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Aulage Escapes Green Threat
• The Government has stopped well short of its threatened crackdown on road haulage in its policy statement on the environment. This Common Inheritance was heralded as the......
Unions Set Claims
• Transport union representatives in Road Haulage Association member companies met this Tuesday at Transport House, London, to hammer out the main points of the 1991 pay and......
Diesel Likely To Rise Next Week
• Another increase in dery pump prices is likely by the end of next week, according to fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment. The five oil giants, which were all char!ing 43.5p per......
Now...robo-stop
• An electronic pedestrian crossing which detects when people are crossing, or waiting to cross, and stops the traffic until the person reaches the pavement has been unveiled at......
Waterloo Stationary • London's Truck Drivers Face Massive...
if engineers have to close Waterloo Bridge to repair damage to the supporting pillars.......
Healthy Hays • Hays Group Has Scooped A £175m National
Health Service contract to manage the purchasing and distribution of goods for the Northern Regional Health Authority. The three-year contract covers about 120 hospitals.......
Dover's Role • The Number Of Trucks Using The Part
of Dover this year to August was up 3.8% on 1989.......
Red Rage • The Government's Red Routes Plan For London
is a disaster because it does not provide enough unloading bays for delivery trucks, according to the Freight Transport Association.......
Gasa Truck • Danish Horticultural Haulier Gasa Odense Has...
"Europe's most sophisticated flower vehicle" which sends data on the temperature of its load via a satellite to Odense's offices (more details next week).......
Swiss Switch • Switzerland Is To Allow 2.5m-wide Trucks On
most of its roads, heralding the end of 2.3m-wide chassis for its restricted routes.......
Prescott Speaks • Labour Transport Spokesman John...
the United Road Transport Union's centenary conference in Torquay on 21-22 October.......