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Truckfest's Tops / Britain's Biggest Trucking Event,...
celebrates its 10th anniversary on 3-4 May with a new competition: the Continental Truck of the Year Award. For full details contact (0775) 768661.......
Steven Trial • Kent Haulier Brian Steven Was Due To
face drug smuggling charges at Dover Magistrates' Court this week. Steven, who owns EJS Haulage, is being defended through the Road Haulage Association's legal insurance scheme.......
Davies Merger / Russell Davies Group Has Merged Its...
haulage divisions, one specialising in contract work and the other in general haulage, into a single company, Russell Davies Container Transport.......
Czeching In / Mercedes-benz Has Taken A 31% Stake In
Czechoslovakia's thirdbiggest truck builder, Avia. The country's other CV manufacturers, Liaz and Tatra, are also talking to potential Western partners.......
Red Tape / At Least 20 Truck Drivers Carrying Cargoes
of British beef for Russia were turned away from Hull docks last week as red tape in Moscow stalled efforts to ship the relief consignments.......
Transport Failures • Out Of 4,112 Business Receiverships...
around 150 were transport and communication firms, according to City analyst KPMG Peat Marwick.......
Marseilles Mob Attack
• Three British truck drivers have been threatened at gunpoint and beaten up by a mob of French dockers at Marseilles after arguing over a load. Gordon Philip, of Aberdeenbased......
Rewards For Transport In New Year Honours
• Road Haulage Association chairman Bobby Heaton has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's honours' list; John Harvey, chairman and chief executive of Tibbett & Britten, is made......
Experts Fear Lap Attack In 1993
• Japanese truck builders will hit Europe with a vengeance after 1992, when pan-European Type Approval is achieved, warns a new report. Nissan Diesel and Isuzu are likely to......
Duracell Dilemma
• Duracell, the battery company, is to close its UK warehouse at Crawley, West Sussex, and move the operation to a multi-national distribution centre in Belgium in July. The......