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Lorry Ban Plan Foi Private Roads
• Trucks and coaches could be banned from toll roads built by private road contractors eager to make their motorways more attractive to car drivers. Under June's Green Paper on......
M25: Fourth Lane Furore
• Department of Transport proposals to squeeze a fourth lane out of the existing threelane M25 motorway have been received with extreme reservations by the road haulage......
Trailer Package
• TIP has won a multimillion-pound contract to supply parcels specialist ANC with 110 12.2m tandem axle ,Crane Fruehauf box van trailers on longterm rental. The contract......
Mixed Result
• Registrations of 38tonne artics fell by 11% during June, but in the 12 months to June, registrations of all HGVs rose 18%.......
Rage In Eden
• At Eden District Council in Cumbria, the council's own workforce beat off bids from Sitaclean Technology and Biffa to win a 22.4 million five-year refusecollection contract.......
Green Tax • Friends Of The Earth Is Calling For
hauliers to pay a fuel tax on diesel and petrol on the principle of "the polluter pays". Its latest report, Air and Pollution Health, claims that motor vehicles are responsible......
Modern Poets
• P&O European Transport Services (POETS) has been restructured for the run-up to 1992 and the Single European Market.......
T J Nx Print
• NEC firm Lynx Express Delivery Network has sealed a 000,000-a-year contract with Primary Print Group. Under the deal, Lynx will guarantee nextday-delivery throughout the UK.......
Halt At Hemel
• The receivers have been called in at computer and electronic equipment haulier Hemel International Transport (UK). The company had a turnover of £350,000 Last year, operating......
Big Deal
• Strathclyde Buses has bought 95 Alexander-bodied Volvo Citybuses — the operator's first on this scale since 1983 — is worth £7.5 million, according to the company. Strathclyde......
Its A Deal
• Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel has placed an order for 252 railway wagons, designed to carry HGVs and their drivers, with an Italian consortium.......
Sally Plans
• Sally UK Holdings says it might expand Red Funnel's road transport interests if its bid for the Isle of Wight ferry and transport group is successful.......