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Clean Costs
• Road transport costs would rise by 2.36% and employment in the industry drop by 3.6% if the EC goes ahead with its plan for a $10 per barrel oil tax in an attempt to reduce......
Police Fault Crackdown
12y Gail Ashton • Two separate police crackdowns on dangerous vehicles have found an alarming number of vehicles being driven with serious defects. In a five-day operation,......
Daf Aid Now In Doubt
• A financial rescue package for Daf Trucks in the form of a minority shareholding by Mercedes-Benz would be blocked under EC merger regulations says a leaked confidential......
Tax-cabotage Link To Stay
• Lorry tax ation, cabotage and the EC's plans for trans port infrastruc ture will dominate the EC transport ministers' agenda at next Monday's meeting (19 Oct) in Luxembourg.......