Sealink delays / Troubled ferry operator Sealink has put off
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talks with rival P&O on co-operating on cross-Channel services until it completes its restructuring.
Licence photos / All drivers will have to have their pictures on their driving licences from 1995.
Open meeting • An open meeting to discuss problems in the Scottish haulage industry will be hosted by Owner Operators UK at the Crest Hotel, Glasgow on 10 November.
Buy now • Buying a new truck now could save hauliers thousands of pounds, says Mike Mudie of the Retail Motor Industry Federation. The compulsory fitting of ABS and speed limiters next year will add £2,500 to the price of the average vehicle, he warns.
Tackling jams • The Government must press ahead with improvements to the UK infrastructure, says David Yeomans, former Wincanton managing director and chairman of the CBI policy committee.
TIP issue • Dutch-based trailer rental giant TIP Europe has launched a rights issue to raise cash for capital investment; David Callear is now group chief executive.
Limited benefit • Speed limiters will improve hauliers' fuel economy, said Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind at a Chartered Institute of Transport lunch on Tuesday (5 November).