Ved Rebates

their costs up to 15% more than the rest of the EC." European Conservative spokesman Anne McIntosh says that the German decision will have a "devastating affect on British......

Truck Sales Fall 25%

• Registrations of trucks over 3.5 tonnes were down 21.5% in March compared with the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor......

Ferry Fires Ec Moves

• The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to boost ferry safety standards following the Scandinavian Star tragedy and the fire on board the B&I Line ferry Noronna. It......

Moore Appointed As Union Leader

• John Moore is to succeed Jack Ashwell as national secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was formerly the union's southeast road transport officer. Et......

Training Practice

• A voluntary code of practice for driver training has been proposed by the Centre for Transport Studies at Cranfield Institute of Technology.......

Live Issue

• MPs are to investigate the road transportation of livestock. The All Party Commons Select Committee on Agriculture will launch its inquiry after Easter, to coincide with the......

Green Recovery

II A Green transport users group, the Environmental Transport Association, has been set-up to promote "clean" transport. It is backed by Transport 2000, World Wide Fund for......