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Dockers Stop Freeway Sealink British Ferries Was Unable...
a party of operators on a customer liaison trip from Dover to Dunkirk last week owing to a strike by dock workers at the French port. One said: "It's not only the British who......
French Heavies In Price War • A Survey Of The
French utility and heavy goods vehicle market conducted by SAEP for the French Ministry of Transport has concluded that there are interesting openings for manufacturers in the......
Less Tax Abroad • According To The Federal Freight Transport
Association (BDG), there are wide discrepancies in the various taxes paid by transport firms in different European countries. The UK has the most expensive road tax for......
Hungary Closes Border • The Hungarian Border Crossing...
in the West of Hungary and Austria has been closed to international traffic, remaining open only for two-way traffic between Austria and Hungary. Omnibusrezrue, September.......
Austrian, M-way Dangers • Part Of The Austrian Motorway To
the south in the province of Styria has acquired the reputation of being highly dangerous. Several fatal accidents have occurred because some stretches have no central......
Ikon's Goes To Turkey • The Hungarian Bus Manufacturer,...
is proceeding with an expansion programme which it started last year and is now aiming to obtain a share of the Turkish market. A production line for City buses will start up in......
Man's Italian Connection • I Man Has Set Up An
Italian subsidiary in Verona to improve its truck distribution operations and to offer servicing and repair facilities near to the main transport corridors. These depots will......
Chinese Neoplans • Neoplan Has Concluded A Licensing...
Norinco in Peking for the manufacture of 1,000 buses per year over a 10-year period. Omnibusrevue, September.......
40-tanners Banned • Trucks With An Overall Weight Of 40
tonnes will not be allowed in Austria. The new Transport Minister pointed out that the extra weight would cause too high an increase in road maintenance costs and the Brenner......
Czech Tolls • The Special Fee Of 3,000 Czech Crowns
payable by truck drivers crossing Czechoslovakia is only due if the total weight is between 48 and 60 tonnes and not 42 tonnes, as previously reported by the 1RU.......
Romanian Ransom • A British Lorry Driver, Keith Shaw,...
by Brookes Transport of Margate, Kent, has been forbidden to leave Romania until he pays a 332,000 lei (£20,000) tine for killing a "drunken" cyclist in a road accident seven......
Oldies But Goodies • Refurbished Trams, Essentially 1950s...
designs, in Lille, France, compare well with the new automated VAL metro, but automation alters the economics of operating short trains on a frequent service and attracts new......
Stateside Safety • '11w Us Insurance Institute For...
has released a study showing that EEC standard underrun bumpers designed to stop cars sliding under the rear of trucks, are working well on British trucks. A detailed study of......