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International
STOCKHOLM AT A STANDSTILL • The four-lane motorway brid g e across the Sodertalje Canal at SOdertalje, 30km south of Stockholm, is closed for repairs until autumn. The work will......
Events
RENTCO ROADSHOW • Central Trailer Rentco is sta g in g four roadshows to help operators clarify the new trailer len g th laws. They are on 19-21 June at the Dunlop Test Track,......
Looking At Transport
• Transport, Health and the Environment is the title of a conference being held by Transnet at Stoke Rochford Hall near Grantham, Lincs on 18-19 October. It is supported by the......
Raft Regatia • The North-western Young Executive Section...
Road Haulage Association is organising a raft regatta on 28 July at Leisure Lakes, Preston to raise money for local children's charities and the RHA Benevolent Fund. It is bein......
Services
MORE BOSCH BASES BOSCH • Robert Bosch is building up a network of customer service branches for Bosch vehicle fittin g s in East Germany. It has appointed six new outlets, in......
Paperless Freight
• The British International Frei g ht Association and Frei g ht Network, a member company of Trade Network International, have launched the first sta g e of a paperless tradin g......
Freight Network
The system is designed to allow forwarders, carriers, exporters and importers to exchange standard messages between computers, or from computer to fax, to telex worldwide. The......
One-stop Shop For Finance • Hatfield Hall Finance Of...
is offering road haulage and fleet vehicle operators "one-stop financial shopping." From the purchase of a new trailer to the lease of an entire fleet, Hatfield Hall Finance......
Husk Boosts Its Sunday Service
HUSK • Transport services company Husk (UK) has extended Sunday opening hours at its parts store and warehouse at Lydden Freight Terminal, near Dover, From now on it will be......
Crime
CRANE THEFTS • A reward is bein g offered by Effer (UK) for information leadin g to the recovery of three cranes stolen from the company's Maidstone depot on 14 June. The......
Publications
MAKING IT SAFE • The Community Transport Association has published a revised g uide to the use of vehicles under minibus permits, now called Section 19 permits. It costs .£2.50......
Moving Tales
• f}ickford Removals has published the second edition of Business Mover ma g azine. It is available from branches of Pickfords or throu g h the Removals Advisory Hotline.......
History Teacher
• A 750-pa g e book on the history of the former National Bus Company has been compiled by John Birks, Yvonne Brittan, Keith Dickie and Tony Beetham of The Other Oxford Company,......