Peyton Calls For Fta's Tolerance Evidence

• Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, has told the Freight Transport Association that his refusal to allow overloading tolerances on goods vehicles is based......

Normandy's 1970 Record

• Normandy Ferries Ltd carried 14,935 freight vehicles and trailers in 1970, plus 4052 manufacturers' cars and 895 export or import caravans. Normandy's roll-on ferries, run in......

Chas Poulter Winding-up

• Transport contractors Charles Poulter Ltd, whose registered office is at 338, The Highway, London El, could no longer oppose the perfeCting of a winding-up order made against......

Tippermen Move To Blackpool

• Norbreck Hydro, North Shore, Blackpool, is to be the venue for the RHA Tipping Functional Group's fifth annual convention, from Friday April 23 to Sunday April 25. Mr W.......

No Licence For Norway

• The bilateral road haulage agreement between the UK and Norway, signed last June, came into force yesterday. No licence is now needed from the Norwegian authorities in order......

Dodging Shap Saves An Hour

• On test this week by CM, a Dennis Defiant tractive unit hauling a York single-axle semitrailer and running at 24 tons gross covered the 379 miles of operational trial route......