ENEXT WEEK TANKERS
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• Volvo's low-line FLI.0 is a very differentlooking vehicle from the older F1.0, but it has an almost identical mechanical specification. What differences are there in performance and driveability, or is the change just skin-deep? Next week's long-awaited road test of this significant new truck provides the answers.
• Tanker operation is a very specialist business, directly affecting a relatively small number of operators. The trends in tanker design, construction and operation have many lessons for the wider field of haulage, however. In next week's tanker special we look at new design ideas, at an unusual refurbishing and remodelling operation, and at both sides of the debate over hiring or owning tankers.
in Competition for British hauliers increasingly comes not just from rail and air. but from continental truck operators. How do operators based in Europe manage to get significant British-based business, and why do they succeed? We have been to visit Transports Le Calvez in Brest to find some of the answers.