Warnings and wisdom in Mid East guide. ...and from IRU too
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WARNING that the Iranian Fvernment is liable to impose road tax at short 'notice; a at that the Khyber Pass is ficult to use because of rder disputes; and a flat dement that there is no way of entering Egypt by road at present, are examples of the useful operating information contained in a pamphlet Road Transport to the Middle East published this week by the DoE. Covering countries from Turkey to Afghanistan, the pamphlet is a supplement to the Department's publication Your Lorry Abroad and both documents are available free from the International Road Freight Office, 36-42 Low Friar Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The pamphlet covers Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. None of these countries has a bilateral agreement with the UK.
The DoE pamphlet gives information about road conditions, frontier crossing requirements, taxes and currency, the principal weight and dimensions regulations and a great deal more associated information for intending operators to the area. UP-TO-DATE information for intending Middle East hauliers is also being produced by the International Road Transport Union, 1 rue de Varembre, B.P.44, 1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, phone Geneva 34-13-30.
These TRU publications are in the Basic Information series, and provide traffic, customs, tax, legal and emergency services details for Afghanistan, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Parkistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf Emirates, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. Each costs 10 Sw. Fr., or the whole series 50 Sw. Fr.