Bavarian Limits

• A vehicle and its load together must not be more than four metres high except for trucks used in agriculture and forestry. In a recent court case, a truck driver who had......

Weight Limits

• Modifications to West German regulations mean that the maximum driving axle load has been raised from 10 to 11 tonnes and the maximum weight for artics is now 40 tonnes......

Universal Charges

• In order for the free transport market — projected to start by 1992 — in the EEC to work smoothly, says the Union Internationale des Chauffeurs Routiers, road taxes or duties......

Too Fast Trucks

• According to the West German regional Transport Minister in NorthrhineWestphalia, lorries caused 18.2% of the accidents in the region although they represented only 13.4% of......

D-b Probe

• The European Commission in Brussels and the Bonn Government are launching an investigation into the plans of the Daimler-Benz motor group to build a DM 1.8bn (S584m) car plant......

Vacuum Solution

• Vacuum Superinsulation (VSI) containers developed by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blolun (MMB) of Munich-Ottobrunn, are filled with a non-compressible, inorganic powder to provide......

Gefco Image

• French haulier Gefco, which has 2,000 vehicles and 3,000 rail car transporters, is seen increasingly in Britain, shedding its 30-year image as a Peugeot transporter and making......

Us: Hard Times

• Navistar International, the US heavy and medium truck group which changed its name earlier this year from International Harvester, has reported a further decline in quarterly......

Egyptian Boxes

• Egypt's containerised traffic is expected to experience one of the fastest growth rates in the world during the rest of this century. Lloyd's List, August 4.......

Aussies Go Far

• Trucks owned by carriers and hauliers, as opposed to ancillary operators, average 63,000km a year, according to published figures from the Australian Bureau of Transport......