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• Forty three out of 64 LGVs stopped at an M62 roadblock on Sunday evening were ordered off the road for faults including bald lyres, loose and missing nuts and defective brakes.
• Thorn by Freight iriver Brian Harding is comfortable in hospital in Dudley after suffering a stroke that immobilised him in his cab two weeks cigoiCM 12-18 Oct).
• Central Transport Rental Group (CTR) has settled a shareholder's action in the US against it and its directors claiming it issued false information to shareholders. CTR has settled in principle for $1 2m (27.5m).
e Commercial traffic using the Swansea to Cork ferries rose by nearly 600% to 5,000 units from 1992 to 1994, says the British Shipping Council.
• A Freight Transport • Association leaflet gives adv[ce to internafionai operators and drivers on what to do if something goes wrong when abroad. Contact
01892 526171,
• Felixstowe is proposing a £12.5m rail link from the port to the Peterborough line. Felixstowe to reduce congestion on rail and road routes.
Roads Minister Steven Norris is (—cif-king down on urban bus operators with tougher pollution limits designed to make inner-city streets more environmentally friendly. The move will encourage the use of low-pollution vehicles.