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• France Road Accidents
The road accident rate in France is up slightly reports L'Officiel des Transports, February 19, with a 4.99k increase in fatalities for 1986. However, over the past 10 years,......
• France Frejus
An average of 915 trucks a day passed through France's Frejus tunnel in 1986 (as against 260,760 in 1985), an increase of 28,05% in goods traffic.......
• Belgium Centre
A new road haulage centre, Transport Echo, March 1, has opened in Belgium at Houdeng Goognics. The new Garocentre is ideally situated for the E42 motorway and the major road,......
• West Germany Davies Turner Dusseldorf-based Lw...
working exclusively with British freight forwarder Davies Turner. Export groupage trailers are scheduled to leave Britain every working day. Davies Turner's driver-accompanied......
• West Germany Five A Week Whittle International's...
has achieved its first year's targeted level of weekly departures within the first six months of operation. Groupage departures in both directions are now being increased to......
• Sweden Reach-stacker The Swedish Company Kalmar Lmv Has...
a reachstacker, the ContChamp, that can handle containers in two rows and has a lifting capacity of 35 tonnes in the first container row and 18 in the second, according to the......
• Czechoslovakia Arctic-tipper Czechoslovakia's Tatra...
Arctic version of their tipper for the mining industry in Siberia with the ability to contend with snow-covered, frozen or flooded terrain up to 80 centimetres deep, according......
• Usa Decontrol Continued Trucking Regulation Has Become...
in the USA that it's hindering the ability of manufacturers to compete with their foreign counterparts, according to the Private Truck Council of America, says Traffic......
Danzas Mantell Freight Forwarder Danzas (uk) Has A New...
of European services, in the form of Roger Mantell. He joined the company at the end of last year, and is now responsible Danzas TIR and groupage services operating between......
North Sea Ferries Speld Remi Speld Is The New Managing
director of North Sea Ferries. He was formerly regional manager of Nedlloyd's South East Asia operations, and will move from Singapore to take up his new post in May.......
Hoults Removals Bell And Watson Two New Area Managers Have
been appointed to the National Freight Consortium's alternative removals brand division. Tom Bell, 56, is the area manager north for Hoults Removals. He will be responsible for......
Meru Bourke Hertz Fleet Manager Vince Bourke Has Been...
to the role of fleet director. He has been with the company since 1976, when he joined as accounts assistant.......
Fill Nw Midlands Representatives The Committee Of The...
Midlands division of the ETA has elected the following officers for the year 1987/88; E Chairman, Stewart Davies, transport manager of Stafford-based Lotus. E Senior......
Bar Yearley After 35 Years In The Transport Industry Roy
Yearley has been appointed assistant secretary of the British Association of Removers. His duties include special responsibility for the Association's consumer relations, as......