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AN objection to an application for an operator's licence by Redbourne Transportation Ltd of Rothwell, Northants, has been lodged by the Road Haulage Association's East Midland •area.
A LEASE and fixed price maintenance package deal is being prepared by Fodens and will be announced at the Scottish Motor Show. The package will offer a leasing scheme under the umbrella of a new subsidiary company, Foden Leasing Ltd.
It will also •have a pay-asyou-go maintenance scheme by which operators will make fixed' pence-per-mile payments and a system by which a replacement tractive unit is provided if a Foden vehicle should be off the road.
MAGIRUS DEUTZ has formed a new company to deal with its increasing volume of vehicle hire and leasing work. Magirus (Facilities) Ltd will be an •independent operation designed to offer a more comprehensive and efficient service to dealer organisations.
BOSCH Ltd, the electrical and electronic equipment manufacturer, has announced that it has changed its company name to Robert Bosch Ltd.
This move takes effect immediately.
AS PART of its operating agreement with Bischof GmbH of Vienna, Cave Wood (Transport) Ltd is now able to offer fulland part-load services to Linz, Austria. The companies have been co-operating in Austrian service since the spring, but Bischof has now opened a new office in Linz.
SEASPEED Ferries have Started a new 24-day-cycle ro-ro service to the Saudi Arabian port of Jedda from Felixstowe via Rotterdam and Antwerp. The service can cater for conventional TIR trailers and abnormal loads up to 150 tons.