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ews reaches the Hawk of tireless efforts by the road transport industry to help the Romanian people.
Two members of staff from Securicor Omega Express, for instance, have just returned from taking a truck load of supplies to Comanesti and Darminesti in north-eastern Romania.
Transport engineer Dave Little and HGV trainer Mark Packham shared driving duties. The trip revealed a contrast in material values between East and West: "If you put down a bag of old clothes next to gold bars the clothes would be taken and the gold bars left," says Little. Bars of soap were useful currency and a lightbulb persuaded one guard to keep an eye on their cargo overnight.
Blackmarket diesel costs just a fiver for 150 litres in Romania—but "it came in all sorts of colours", says Packham. It was not unusual to find fuel sold from milk churns from the back of a car.
The Hawk also hears that Ryder, in conjunction with the Independent Order of Foresters, has sent a four-vehicle convoy with £100,000 of aid. And Crane Fruehauf, Central Trailer Rentco and Leyland Daf have banded together to help Norwich-based charity House on the Hill to send two 38-tonners from Ipswich.
Reader Nigel Baker needs help to modify a Leyland Daf 2100 so that it can carry extra fuel and drinking water on a second relief trip to Romania. Contact him on (0245) 381933 if you can help. El Alan Payne, boss of haulage company EVTS, Blackpool has been organising help for the Kurds. He recommends that readers contact the Kurdistan Workers Association in London on 081-809 0743.
by the Hawk