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Fta Ups 40t Pressor( On Channon
• The Freight Transport Association tightened the screws on Transport Secretary Paul Channon this week, in an attempt to pressure him to allow 40tonne GVW trucks on Britain's......
• Davies Magnet Group's Businesses Have Been Bought...
company's collapse (CM 16-22 February). Davies Magnet's fifth-wheel assets have been snapped up by Cheltenhambased M L Douglas Equipment: the assets and rights to produce......
Driver Jones Scrapes By
• Truck driver David Jones was stopped by police on the M4 on Monday after damaging five motorway bridges with his load of 5m-high steel sections. Jones had collected the steel......
• Two Freight-ferry Operators Are Expanding Their...
of international freight growth. OLau Line has launched two 35,000-tonne ferries for its Sheerness-Flushing route. Truckline is to introduce the Normandie Shipper on its......
Lowder's Big Steyr Debut
• South Wales haulier Graham Lowder Transport has put the first Steyr tractive unit to hit Britain's roads into service this week, running under a liveried contract to Somerset......