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New Form
• SITPRO, the organisation which aims to simplify trade documents, has agreed to introduce a new dangerous goods note to meet the needs of shortdistance RO-RO traffic. This......
Strike Blamed
• The Post Office's parcels business made a profit of £9.4 million last year against £35.3 ninon in 1987. It blames the drop on last year's postal dispute.......
Into Ireland
• Parcels firm Nightfreight is expanding its services to Ireland. The company, which developed from Heraway Transport in 1984, says this is the start of its plans to expand into......
Hanson Sells
• The Post Office's parcels business made a profit of £9.4 million last year against 235.3 millon in 1987. It blames the drop on last year's postal dispute.......
Popular View
• The FrA has welcomed the European Commission's view that proposals by the German Federal Republic to introduce a road fee for all vehicles using its roads contravenes the......
Bigger Team
• Land Rover is to take on 200 more workers at its Solihull factory to make the 4WD Discovery vehicle.......
Sally Bids
• Sally Line has issued its formal offer document for the Red Funnel ferry company, which operates between Southampton and the Isle of Wight.......
United Voice
• The recent Transport Industry Forum organised by Overdrive and entitled A Time to Act called for a more united voice and an improved image for the industry.......
Drawbar Limits Cau
• A top scientist working on a study backed by the Department of Energy has told Commercial Motor that the Department of Transport is forcing hauliers to waste fuel. Val......
Truck Smoke Levels Study
Britain's hauliers have been warned to prepare for tougher new pollution controls on diesel-engined trucks. Representatives of the industry are now co-operating in a European......
Animal Movers Border Priority
All internal border controls the transport of live animals within the EC will be scrapp under a proposal formally adopted by the Brussels Col mission. The EC wants to ensure 1......