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• The Ever-predatory Hanson Trust Has Built Up An 8.32%
stake in Cummins Engines following a week of speculation on Wall Street about the diesel giant's future and a patchy profit record. Rumours that Daimler-Benz might take over the......
• The Road Haulage Association Has Asked Its South Eastern
members to report local haulage law breakers to their district office to help clamp down on "cowboy" operators. It says all information will be treated in confidence.......
• Frans Maas, The Medium-sized Dutch International...
acquired Belgian freight forwarder Transmarcom for an undisclosed sum. Transmarcom, which employs 112 people at its Antwerp base, will continue to operate as a stand-alone......
• Bulk Haulier Tankfreight Has Won The British Safety...
Sword of Honour for safety of personnel, plant and machinery for the third time in four years.......
• Awd Has Won A 24.36 Million Order To Supply
260 Ti 1090 truck chassis cabs to Tanzania between March and June.......
• More Than 15 Prospective Buyers Have Emerged For...
bus, taxi and train manufacturing businesses, according to the company's parent, the Laird Group.......
• An Articulated Lorry, Owned By Blaydon Plant Transport,...
at the bottom of Burnopfield Bank, trapping the driver for almost an hour as it hung over a 10-metre drop,......
Get Tough On Cowboy Says Survey
• More than seven out of 10 hauliers want tougher 0-licence laws to crack down on the industry's cowboy operators, and six out of 10 would be prepared to accept more roadside......
Dtp Records 1988 Vintage As Best
• New commercial vehicle registrations for 1988 are well on the way to smashing 1987's record levels, according to the latest Department of Transport figures. November's......
New Editor Named On Cm
• Brian Weatherley is the new editor of Commercial Motor magazine. Weatherley, 35, has been with us for 10 years and has been deputy editor since 1987. Geoff Hadwick is promoted......
• The Road Haulage Association Has Urged The Chancellor Of
the Exchequer to .reduce corporate taxes and levies on the provision of services, and to increase funding for the transport infrastructure, as part of the organisation's......
• Licensing Authorities Are Inspecting — And Failing — More
vehicles than ever before, according to their report for the year to 31 March 1988. More than 228,000 HGVs were checked, and 84,000 were weighed at the ports. Nearly 50,000......