• The two hauliers carrying out secret trials of Detroit
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Diesel's new Series 60 engine are Alfred Hymas and Railfreight. CM sneak tests the engine, see page 10.
Seeing red • London's first experimental 'red route' is a "waste of time and money", says the Freight Transport Association. After a week, congestion is as bad as ever and deliveries are being disrupted, it says.
Crane contracts
• Trailer builder Crane Fruehauf is moving a "significant" number of its 60strong Dereharn-based workforce to its North Walsham factory, and putting the rest on a shorter working week.
• Renault Truck Industries is suing the caterer at its Dunstable plant, claiming that 100 of its workers were struck down with food poisoning after eating in the staff canteen.
Sovereign service
• Sovereign Bus and Coach has opened a garage in Harrow to service four London Transport contracts.
Short week
• Workers at !yew Ford's Langley plant, who only returned to work after the Christmas break this Monday (14 January), will be on a four-day week until the end of the month.