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Msas Able To Bar Rivals By Eugene Silke • Hauliers
could face inflated repair charges and delays at motorway service areas following a change in an obscure Department of Transport regulation. Operators of privatised MSAs will be......
Scots Pay Delay Vote • Thousands Of Drivers In Scotland
are to ballot on whether to accept the Road Haulage Association's decision to reject a pay increase until at least June. The result of the ballot will be learnt on 24 February.......
Bitumen Deal • P & Roadtanks Has Started A Three
year contract for BP Bitumen to provide distribution throughout the south from the Isle of Grain terminal.......
Dent Watch • The Metropolitan Police Are Calling On...
and maintenance managers to come forward if they spot any unexplained damage to the nearside rear of a trailer or vehicle. The driver of a red escort van died when he went under......
Quick Change For Mail Privatisation • The Prospect Of A
rapid privatisation of Royal Mail emerged this week although the Board of Trade president Michael Heseltine stressed there have been no decisions taken so far. Consultants......
Potter Pays • Gloucester Lorry Driver Douglas Potter Has...
fined £300 after admitting fraudulently altering a tachograph and making false entries on record sheets.......
Accident Toll • The Cost Of Accidents In A Transport
company can amount to 37% of profits, shows a Health & Safety Executive study of an unnamed medium-sized milk distributor.......
Pit Props • A Motorway Should Be Built From Sheffield
to Manchester to relieve the effects of pit closures, the Government has been told by the Yorkshire and Humberside Partnership, a business, unions and councils group.......
Lofty Plans • British Rail Is To Consider Redesigning Wagons
and increasing height clearance on some lines to accommodate piggyback freight, transport minister Roger Freeman said in parliament.......