• Volvo has developed a prototype version of its turbocharged
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six-litre truck engine which is also fitted with a mechanically operated supercharger. The double blown engine has significantly reduced exhaust emissions with no visible smoke even when idling — for details see next week's Hanover Show report.
RO-R bought
• US group Rockwell has fully taken over UK axle manufacturer Rubery OwenRockwell, by purchasing partner Rubery Owen's 50% stake in the operation.
Posh nosh IN Sealink Stena Line is upgrading facilities for freight drivers on its three Stranraer to Larne ferries. It is spending £200,000 to improve the drivers' restaurants.
Ferries boost • The Port of Dover has recorded a 75% increase in lorry movements in the first quarter of 1992.
Rota request • Recovery operators will press the case for keeping police rota schemes when police chiefs attend the AVRO conference on 12 June.
Hours wait • Blackburn magistrates have adjourned a case alleging more than 150 hours offences until the European Court rules on the 41-hours driving rule.