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Europe Universal Numbers For Euro Routes
• Motorways in 25 European countries will be renumbered with a universal numbering system by March 1987. Eastern Europe and the USSR will participate in the scheme, which should......
German Blitz On Had Drivers
• The drastic increase in road accidents in West Germany since the beginning of 1986 (fatalities were up almost 18%), has led to a tighteningup by the police in the enforcement......
Austria Extends A2
• Another part of the Austrian southern A2 motorway from Vienna to the province of Carinthia is now open, earlier than expected. Since June a 15km (9.3 mile) stretch south of......
Portugal Border Warning
• Routiers member Bill Blaikie, recently held up at Matosinhos, near Oporto, gives this warning to drivers going to Portugal for the first time: Although the Portuguese are......
Rhine River Ro - Ro Proven
Freight distribution by water within the European land mass is proving a success for Rhine Ro-Ro, which provides three United Kingdom-Rotterdam ferry services with a direct link......
Turkey Motorway Plans
• The Turkish Government plans to build 3,0001un (1,900 miles) of motorway by the year 2000. There is certainly a need for this as there are not even 100km (62 miles) of......
Man's Russian Contract
• MAN has won a contract with the Soviet trade organisation WO Licenstorg to develop the Russian Altai A-11 TA sixcylinder in-line diesel engine used in tractors in the farming......
Nortil America
High premiums hit US truckers • Last year's insurance crunch has taken a heavier toll on American truckers than originally expected. According to figures from the General......
Africa
M A survey of inter-city hauls Over 100km to and from manufacturers in South Africa shows that 43% goes by rail, 39% by public road carriers, 11% by private road carriers and......
Far East
Yozald links up with Caetano • Yasaki of Japan, one of the world's largest manufacturers of electric cables, has linked with Salvador Caetano, the Portuguese vehicle group, to......
Chinese Assembly Contracts • Contracts To Provide Paint...
conveyor systems to the Tianjin light truck factory have been won by two companies in the Haden Group, bringing the total value of their work in the Republic of China to 26......