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Uk Could Be In Line For A 44-tonne Limit
• The introduction of 44tonners in the UK has not been ruled out by the European Commission, which predicts a 33% growth in international freight traffic over the next 10 years.......
Railfreight Wants You
• Railfreight is looking for hauliers to take a stake in a new privately run combined transport operation to rival Novatrans and Kombiverkehr in France and Germany. It is......
Budget Blue:
over dearer diese • Dearer derv, but a freeze on excise duty for trucks and buses. That is what transport operators have been presented with in Chancellor Norman Lamont's first......
Mega Carriers • Liberalisation Of Road Transport After...
lead to lower haulage rates and the emergence of "mega carriers", predicts Dr James Cooper, Exel Logistics' reader at Cranfield School of Management. Crown goes • The Crown......
Chope Promises Six-day Licences
• Applicants for the unified driving licence will not have to wait longer than six days for their arrival, says Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope. From 1 April the......
Renault Boosts Its Used Truck Sales
• Renault is to start selling secondhand trucks from its Dunstable headquarters. It will eventually hold a stock of up to 40 commercial vehicles, making it one of the biggest......