Briefs • P&o Trans European Started An Intermodal Service...

• The two Vehicle Inspectorate examiners arrested at the Purfleet HGV test station last November, following allegations of fraudulently issuing test certificates, have been......

Irish Plan Action Day By Patric Cunnane • Irish Hauliers

are planning a day of action in protest at low rates and illegal competition—more than 50 trucks will assemble at Port Laoise in the Irish Midlands and drive in convoy to Dublin......

Brakes Are The Top Fault • Hauliers Are Wilfully Continuing

to defy the law, according to Vehicle Inspectorate figures from last week's Operation Mermaid nationwide lorry check of more than 5,000 vehicles. Vehicle Examiners inspected......

Hijackers At Large Near Paris International Operators...

of hijackers in the Paris region alter the sixth attack on a goods vehicle there within a month. The armed hijack of the HGV at dawn from a truckstop near......