More Power • Iveco's 17.2-litre 8280 Truck Engine, Rated At

355kW (476hp) in 190.48 and 260.48 TurboStar chassis, is being uprated to 380kW (510hp) for the EuroStar when it supersedes the TurboStar next year.......

Goods News • The Provincial Group Plans To Increase Its...

Standing down • Jim Lockhart has retired from the board of Transport Development Group after 34 years with the company. Tunnel vision • Eurotunnel has postponed the opening of......

Truck Deaths • The Number Of People Killed In Road

accidents involving goods vehicles in the second quarter of this year has risen to 73.......

Retro Threat • The Dot Is Considering Laws Forcing Operators

to retro-fit existing LGVs with anti-pollution equipment — but there are no plans to help hauliers pay for any modifications.......

Fighting On ▪ Around 200 Tgwu

drivers at Castle Cement continue to defy their employer's call to end industrial action or face the sack.......

M M I Survives

• Municipal Mutual Insurance, which cover 85% of council fleets, has resumed "full payment of claims", says chief executive Brian Wade.......

Hse Will Learn Fron Anker Crash

• The design of tankers carrying inflammable liquids will be influenced by the accident in August in which a Linkman Tankers vehicle overturned and caught fire, says the Health......

French Win On Points After Blockade Action

• The French Government has caved into hauliers' demands for changes to its driver licence endorsement scheme. When the scheme was announced in July French hauliers mounted a......

Danger Route In North-east

• Vehicles carrying dangerous goods through Tyne and Wear are to be directed along nominated "safety routes". Recommendations to Tyne and Wear Fire and Civil Defence Authority......