RHA sparks fuels row
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• Latest proposals to amend the British Standard on diesel fuel quality have been rejected by the Road Haulage Association, a week after the British 'Standards Institution made a last-ditch attempt to avoid arbitration. (CM, 3 September).
Representatives of vehicle manufacturers, operators and oil companies on the BSI committee — which has been trying to agree on a new British Standard for diesel — were given until Thursday last week to decide whether or not to accept a compromise. The RHA's rejection now looks set to prolong the dispute.
The proposals include replacing the present two fuel standards with three from 1 January 1989, and a reduction in the minimum value for dery cetane number from 50 to 48.
The RHA says the moves do not go far enough, and claims that lower ignition dery could mean more white smoke on start-up and longer cranking times.