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Esso Drivers Win A £33,000 Pay Deal
• Tanker drivers at Esso have agreed to give up collective bargaining in return for an increase in wages to as much as £33,000 a year. The drivers have agreed to personal......
Safe On The Road
• Road.transport is as safe as rail for moving dangerous goods, says a new Health and Safety Executive report. But it says a major road accident involving trucks carrying......
Cummins Engine Drain Intervals Rise
• Cummins is increasing the drain intervals on its 10 and 14-litre engines thanks to an increase in sump capacity. The company has also announced plans to introduce a 261kW......
Bsi Tackles Wheel-loss Puzzle
• A major dUltl step towards I ', solving the • I t great wheelloss mystery on trucks will this l be r■rolub" * ;""Z month e 06 wit when the......
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CM's Wheel Loss Campaign, launched last year, raised more than £13,000 to pay for months of work by wheel design specialist Don Wright, who chairs the British Standards......
Swiss Hold Uk Charity Driver
• A British truck driver, carrying urgent aid for children in war-torn Yugoslavia, has been held for 32 hours by Swiss police for driving at the weekend. Mike Whitney, who was......
Racing Brakes • Racing Trucks Will Soon Feature Anti-lock...
as standard, predicts top truck racer Slim Borgudd, One in seven racing trucks currently has anti-lock brakes. Borgudd says they dramatically improve handling.......
Greek Fears Ii Greek Hauliers Fear Ec Sanctions Against...
could cripple their industry — 80% of road transport from Greece crosses Yugoslavia.......
Scots Lobby A New Body To Lobby On Behalf Of
transport users in Scotland has been formed. The Scottish Transport Users Group has the backing of the FTA.......
Parcels Repackage
• Parcels company UPS has relaunched Seabourne Express, which it bought a year ago, as Euro-Expedited Service, delivering to 13 countries.......