BRI *A low-loader belonging to Warwickshire-based Allelys Heavy Haulage was
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not damaged after being kit by on a Belgian level crossing. There were no casualties.
Fight HGV driver fatigu( at an Essex Police, Commercial Motor, Brake and Volvo Trucks seminar on 23 June in Thurrock, Essex. Places cost £20 a head; see page 43 for your booking form. More details next week.
Freight carried by HGVs to 150bn tonne km last year, according to the DOT, taking growth since 1980 to 67%.
The odds on RHA directorgeneral Steven Norris becom ing of L have drifted from 1 41 to 16-1, according to William Hill. Transport Minister Glenda Jackson is fancied at 6-1.
Greenergy will pay the £60 fine incurred by any driver whose vehicle fails a roadside ,Ions chu if he has a receipt to show it was running on Citydiesel.
Insurer Direct Line is taking on the AA and RAC with the launch of a breakdown service offering a ,3 ril.iiurc response time.
• Boots has re-opened part of its C30nn, 25,000m2 Nottingham warehouse just seven months after its predecessor burnt down.
Tibbett & Britten has won its first major contract in —a 10-year distrib ution and warehousing deal with Unilever.
Shepharo replaced Sir Norman Fowler as shadow Transport Secretary in the shadow cabinet reshuffle.
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