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Spain: Counting The Cost
• At the bar beside old Vitoria airport in northern Spain on Saturday, the only English voice was from the record on the jukebox. Just 24 hours after Spanish hauliers lifted......
Alpine Border Still Blocked To Trucks
I/ The dispute which has been stopping hauliers at the ItalianAustrian border looks set to continue, at least until the weekend. EC Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert has......
Agency's Reward
• A Wolverhampton-based HGV driver agency, formed three years ago on a £40-aweek Government enterprise scheme, has been shortlisted for a Radio Four enterprise award. Relief......
New Noise Move
• The Government is considering proposals to reduce noise levels of trucks. Junior Environment Minister David Heathcoat-Amory says he is examining the feasibility of measuring......
Group Targets • The Rha's 14 Functional Groups, Which...
tippers, tankers and international, have been told to come up with "objectives and targets" as part of an internal RHA restructuring designed to make its groups more......
Drugs Haul Ii Britain's Largest Haul Of Heroin, Valued At
£10m, was found among a load of carpets on a Turkish truck at Dover last week. A Turkish driver has been remanded in custody for a week.......