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Fewer Trucks • The Number Of Licensed Goods Vehicles In
the UK fell from 505,000 in 1989 to 482,000 in 1990, according to Department of Transport figures. Public transport vehicles dropped from 122,000 to 115,000.......
Hazard Help • Everyone Involved In The Carriage Of Hazardous
goods needs to co-operate and communicate, according to a seminar run last week by the RHA and Suffolk police.......
Spanish Flier • The Wife Of Spanish Haulage Strike Victim
Mike Blunt has had to fly to Madrid this week to personally "validate" her husband's claim for compensation because the Spanish authorities will not accept a posted photocopy of......
Truckers' Exams Ni The New Road Haulage Industry Training...
Council wants an industry-wide system of national vocational qualifications in place by the middle of next year.......
Chunnel Study • A Study Into The Social And Economic
effects of the Channel Tunnel on transport is being conducted on behalf of the European Commission.......
Chope's Message • Roads And Traffic Minister Christopher...
addressing the ERIE conference in Telford today (9 May) on the subject of Vehicles on the Move — Safety and the Environment.......
Tool Theft • Bodybuilder Mcdonald Kane Of Nottingham Lost...
entire stock of tools worth £20,000 when burglars raided its factory at the weekend. Contact the firm on (0602) 603204.......
Tanker Wreck Clears Three Villages
• Emergency authorities were this week trying to find out how two road tank trailers containing poisonous gas were washed ashore off Norfolk, causing the evacuation of three......
April Sales Fall By 27%
• The recession in the truck industry may be bottoming out, but it shows few signs of recovery, judging by the latest SMMT figures. Commercial vehicle sales for April were......
Norman Trial Adjourned
• Panic Link chairman Eric Norman has denied causing death by reckless driving at Leicester Crown Court. The case has been adjourned until June. Norman, 43, is charged with......
Pickering Recruits At Peterborough
• Unit '91, the owner-drivers association founded by haulier Mike Pickering, received a boost at last weekend's Commercial Motor Truckfest when more than 500 drivers asked for......