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• France
MORE MOTORWAYS A French government committee is considering proposals for the construction of an additional 1,500km of motorway. The potential new routes are Nantes-Niort,......
• France Parking For Trucks The French Union For Maritime
Insurance and Transport has published a list of parking facilities for commercial vehicles in France, which was updated last October. It gives details of public and local......
• France
SALLY'S AT DUNKIRK A new terminal for Sally Line at Dunkirk will open early in July. Coaches and cars for Sally's Ramsgate service will be provided with underground parking. The......
• West Germany Tax Cuts Call The Social Democratic Party
has called on the West German government to reform tax laws for trucks, so as to reduce the tax burden on truck operators to the same level as the rest of Europe. It suggests......
• Italy Strike Costs The Five-day Strike By Italian Lorry
drivers earlier this year cost farmers, industry and business in general more than L1,000 billion (2300 million). Nearly 80% of the country's goods are moved by road — the......
• Italy Truck Link The Florence-bologna Motorway In Italy Is
now so crowded that vehicles are now able to travel at only half the speed they used to. Traffic volume has increased by 40% for heavy vehicles and by 60% for private cars: a......
• Italy-austria Brenner Blockade A Green...
threatened to blockade the Brenner motorway during the main tourist season. The protest group is concerned that congestion will increase as a result of the growth in the volume......
• Switzerland Swiss Iveco The Iveco 160.30 Has Been...
designed for use in Switzerland with a maximum width of 2.3 metres. It is available as a 4 x4 or 4x 2 with a 228 or 246kW engine. The Government is being pressurised to relax......
• Portugal New Motorway Link The Lisbon-oporto Motorway...
operational over a 417km extended section from Setubal to Braga by 1992, providing faster freight movements. It is anticipated that an FEC subsidy will be granted to finance the......
• America Itel Buys Flexivan Us Transport Equipment...
Itel has bought the container assets of FlexiVan in a $220 million (2158 million) deal which creates the world's biggest container leasing company, het now has control of a......
• Brazil
SCANIA L-92s Scania hopes to build L-92 trucks in Brazil to meet the local needs, but the engines will be imported. This is assuming a greater flexibility in the Government's......
• Brazil Heavy Investments Various Foreign Companies Plan...
heavily in the Brazilian HGV market. Investments of 07 million involving the creation of 1,200 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs, will mean that production of Pegasos will be......
• Nigeria Manufacturers Go Bust Two Nigerian Truck...
Leyland Nigeria, in which the UK's state-owned Rover Group has a 40% shareholding, and Nigerian Truck Manufacturers, 40% owned by Iveco, started operating in 1979 as part of......