BRIEFS
Page 6
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Applications for HGV and PSV driving licences last November were 20% below the September forecast at 4,357. The 1997/98 forecast has been revised from 87,000 to 53,000.
• 25m is available to hauliers who want to move freight by rail or water, says Transport Minister Gavin Strang.
• Superdrug Stores has bought 30 new P124 1A4x2NA 360 Scania tractors for double-shift work from distribution centres at Croydon, Pontefract and Moss End.
• Hudsons (Storage) of Coseley, West Midlands and Huclsons of Dudley have asked us to point out that they are not involved in any public inquiries.
• Vans are now included in the Well Driven? Good Lorry Code. The FTA has launched a six-month pilot scheme, the Good Van Code, covering 1,000 vans. Contact 0800 225533.
• A RO-RO ferry terminal is to be built at the Port of Birkenhead to provide services between the NorthWest and Ireland.
• Rosier Tankers' Sandbach and Severnside sites have met the European Chemical Industry Council's safety and quality assessment standard.
• Tibbett & Britten's French car transport division, Axial, has bought Causse Walon and its subsidiary Walon France for £14.3m.
• Bedfordshire-based Tidd Trailers is to go into voluntary liquidation. A creditors' meeting will be held on 11 March.