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Up Yer Bumper With Cm Stickers El Cm Is Now
offering you the chance to spread the message that Britain needs trucks with four stylish stickers: (A) "Trucks keep Britain rolling"; (B) "Trucks deliver the goods"; (C)......
Staying Fresh • Using An Ioniser Is One Way Of
keeping a truck cab smelling fresh and clean without harming the environment with chemicals, says the makers of Mountain Breeze. Costing from 224.95, the Mountain Breeze gets......
Tyred Out • An Italian-made In-cab Detector Which Alerts...
Electronics of Marplc, Cheshire will market the product, which monitors pressure via sensors in the valves. When pressure falls below a pre-set level an alarm and light go off......
Fix It On Screen • The Vehicle Builders And Repairers
Association has developed a computer package for its members to help them with estimating, job control, invoicing and financial management. The Automate package costs 27,950,......
Working Away • Major Work Has Begun On The Coastbound
carriageway of the A2 in Kent between Pepperhill and Tollgate, and will continue until mid-December. The works will restrict the London-bound carriageway to two lanes. Contact......
• The Creaking Transport Industry In What Used To Be
East Germany is fast being assimilated into what was previously West Germany. Already 7,000 extra permits have been allocated to UK operators, and the East is now accepted as......
France • The Brussels-based Economic And Social Committee...
France and Belgium for their efforts to improve road and rail links to the Channel Tunnel. The ESC, which includes representatives from employers' organisations and trade......
Greece • The Ec Is Giving Greece £78m To Improve
roads between its continental region and other parts of the country.......
Switzerland • The 2.3m-wide Truck Chassis, Built For Many Of
Switzerland's width restricted roads by several manufacturers including Daf, Scenic, MAN and Volvo, will soon be no more. Swiss voters have decided in a referendum to allow 2.5m......
Community • The Tie-up Between Volvo And Renault Is To
be probed by the new EC merger vetting team. While this is not a formal merger, the body is empowered to examine some cooperation agreements. ▪ A European transport safety......
Japan • Japan's Hauliers Are Bracing Themselves For...
now the government has set rates, but in December, operators will be allowed to decide their own in a move to encourage competition and entice foreign firms.......
Malaysia • Malaysia Has Too Much Palm Oil. The Solution
— Daimler Benz has decided — is to use it in buses instead of expensive petrol or diesel. Apparently it works, and 40 PSVs are currently running on the plant juice.......