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• The Port of Dover is benefiting from the Channel tunnel fire with record levels of freight: more than 6,500 trucks passed through the port on one day before Christmas.
Bulk haulier lanspart ceased trading before Christmas with the loss of 45 jobs. The Alfreton company went into receivership in October. Only its seven-man solid fuel delivery business found a buyer.
Tony Dyer, chairman of Kent-based Cedar Transport and Warehousing, has lost his appeal against his conviction for intent to defraud export refund money from the European body, the Intervention Board. But Dyer's jail sentence has been halved to 12 months: he should be free by early March.
it The Corporation of London's plans to extend its anti-terrorism road blocks westward have been criticised by Labour MP Tony Banks. He says congestion and pollution already spills into adjacent boroughs.
One in seven lorries examined by ,-,von and Somerset police and the Vehicle Inspectorate in a 156-truck road check were ordered off the road.
• Amoteur-buiir and personally imported light goods vehicles will have to meet environmental and safety standards after 1 July when the Government introduces its Single Vehicle Approval scheme.
Volvo has changed the name of its Truck Finance division to Volvo Contract Services (see page A).