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John Dee: Li Apped Over Licence
• The Transport Tribunal's written reasons for overturning the decision to grant John Dee an 0-licence were published this week. And they leave the way clear for boss John......
Hays Snaps Up A French Operator
• Hays has taken the first step towards a pan-European distribution network with the £37.5m purchase of Groupe FRIL, a French operator specialising in grocery distribution. In......
Parcelforce Loses £24m
• Parcelforce has announced a £24m pre-tax loss in its second full year of trading, but claims to have made a £.3m profit in the second half of 1991/2. Last year the operation......
New Limiter From Kienzle
• Lucas Kienzle is to stop selling the Groeneveld speed limiter system, replacing it with a unit from VDO the German-based manufacturer. This follows last year's purchase of a......
Truck Tracking • A New £300 Satellite Tracking System Has
been developed by Californianbased Trimble Navigation, It can locate a vehicle to within 5m and follow its course and speed.......
No Change • Changes Which May Have Caused Operators To
receive more PG9 prohibitions because of neglect have been postponed. The FTA persuaded the VT not to bring in administrative changes for registering PG9s until the whole......
Empty Bath • Bath City Council Plans To Ban Trucks
from the city centre from 10.00-16.00hrs. It has applied for a Um EC grant to fund a pedestrianisation scheme which is due to be in place by 1994.......
Darbys' Day • The Owners Of Darbys Transport In Ely,
Cambridgeshire are retiring and selling their fleet of 11 trucks and nine trailers.......
Armed Defender • Land Rover Has Adapted Its...
110 into a heavily armed Special Operations Vehicle designed for reconnaissance behind enemy lines.......
Going Dutch • A £70m Publicly Funded Tunnel Linking...
to Chatham is to be built under the river Medway by a joint UK-Dutch venture.......
Saudi Deal • Norfolk Truck Dealer Drumstar, Based At Great
Witchingham, has won a Lim order to ship 71 used Mercedes trucks to Saudi Arabia.......
Brief Addition • Birmingham-based Gately Wareing Has...
Group, the consortium of three firms of solicitors specialising in transport.......