Tank investigation • Two small splits have been found on
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the Linkman tanker which exploded in Sunderland last month with 33,000 litres of petrol on board. HSE investigations into the structure of the tank continue (CM 3-9 September).
Chunnel link • Proposals to build privately operated Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, which will be linked to the Channel Tunnel and have a capacity of 150,000 truck loads of freight a year, were announced this week.
Heavy haul • Unemployed George Trevor Smith, of Redditch, Worcs was charged with possession of 750kg of cannabis this week, after police stopped him on the M25 near Denham, Bucks in a Ford Transit they thought was overloaded.
Handling regs • Regulations were laid before parliament last week to implement EC laws governing manual handling of loads. The Health and Safety (General Provisions) Regulations will take effect on 1 January 1993.
Austrian limit ▪ Following a serious
accident, CVs of 7.5 tonnes and above are restricted to 40kmfh on the A13 Brenner motorway between Nosslach-Matrei and Schonberg-Zenzenhof, Austria.
Tobacco escort • Consignments of tobacco worth over US$50,000 going to or through Hungary must now have a customs escort: escorts cost US$600 per vehicle.