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BRITISH operators on inte tional work may not be abli take immediate advantage creased gross weight lin according to the Internatil Through Transport Opera Group.
INTRO, which represents ( tainerlink, Ferrymasters, Transport, Norfolk Line, wheel and other internatil operators, is concerned margins have already b eroded to such an extent some operators will be unab invest quickly in heavier lorri It says that already int( competition has eroded ratE a "dangerously low level" vehicles being laid up, se% companies making losses, others pulling out of the t ness.
Apart from its concern al heavier vehicles, INTRO is worried that Britain may bE out of the recession on a sumer boom in which imr are bought at a faster rate British goods are exported.
"In that very likely event, UK market will be strugE with an even more severe tr imbalance than has applie recent years."