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Lord Sees 50 Sense
TORY PEER Lord Attlee has added his weight to Commercial Motor's 'Pushing 50' campaign, promising to "argue hard" for the speed limit to be raised when the Road Safety Bill......
Storm Gathers At 23 Uk Ports
CON'IAINER OPERATORS are facing massive disruption as 300 workers at 23 ports are threatening to strike. The threat of a walkout comes after crane drivers and dockers rejected a......
Fruehauf Hopes For Swift Romance
THE ADMINISTRATORS appointed to rescue trailer firm Crane Fruehauf hope a buyer can be found within two weeks. Stephen Oldfield,joint administrator at PricewaterhouseCoopers,......
Transport Talk
FTA chief executive Richard Turner has written to Treasur Economic Secretary John Healey outlining key transport developments the Chancellor should take into account of ahead of......
Paramilitary Busl
Truck driver Gareth Coombs who was caught carrying £250,000 worth of cannabis for paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, has been jailed for four years.......
Charge List
Customs & Excise is about to name the six companies shortiisted to run its Lorry Road User Charge scheme.......
No Connedion
MAN-ERF UK stresses that it has no link with West Midlands-based MAN Truck Services, which has gone into liquidation.......
Phone John
Our analysis on training initiative from six Kent colleges (CM 27 February) included an incorrect number for John Youell at North West Kent College. The correct number is 01322......
More Predators
Acquisitions within the van and truck hire industry are set to increase in 2005, according to Plimsoll Publishing. The industry analyst highlights 43 cashrich companies that are......