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Countryside Depot
• VIA Countryside, the UK truck rental arm of VIA Gil, is opening a depot in Lenton, Nottingham. Alistair Houston is joining the company from Ryder and will manage the depot. A......
Services
Discounted rates • Norwich Union Fleetwise is offering a range of motoring services at a discount. Additions to the Fleetwise insurance package include: a discount of between 22......
Antipodean Freight
• A new scheduled ocean freight consolidation service between the UK and Australia/New Zealand comes from The PSL Group. Working with the Australian forwarder Intramar, full and......
Iberian Links
• Scansped UK, part of Bilspedition, has signed an agreement with Eurofrete SA to begin services to Spain and Portugal. For the Spanish service, Scansped is operating......
Load Matching
• A new subscription service called Freightback which is open to haulage companies, independents and clients, has been set up which aims to bring together empty truck capacity......
Uninsured Loss
• Lopian Wagner is offering an Uninsured Loss Recovery service which is available to insurance brokers and bodyshops where the customer has a valid claim and the overall damages......
Claims Group
• A Bodyshop Claims Group has been developed by the Retail Motor Industry Federation, Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association, Motor Vehicles Repairers Association and a......
Top Apprentice
• David Craig, 18, of East Kilbride has been named the Ryder Apprentice of the Year 1994. Based at Ryder's Glasgow location, David is one of 11 first-year vehicle technician......
Crane Safety
• The Construction Industry Training Board has updated the mobile plant operators' safety guide. The A5 booklet is designed as an on-site reference covering lifting operations,......
Data Protection
• A reference book for those who process personal information on computer is available, free of charge, from the Office of the Data Protection Registrar. The Data Protection......
Insurance Facts
• A comprehensive range of 27 information fact sheets has been produced by the Association of British Insurers. The sheets explain, in plain English, the main types of......
Institute Programme
• The national lecture programme for the Chartered Institute of Transport continues with Peter O'Keefe, managing director of Harris Logistics, presenting a paper called......
Brewery Transport
• The Brewery Transport Advisory Committee's "44 Tonnes in Weighting" conference is to be held on 28 March at the Forte Posthouse, Coventry Topics include: The case for 44......
Tankcon Sold Out
• There is now a waiting list of exhibitors for the Road Haulage Association's TankCon '95 specialist tanker exhibition which opens at the Donington Exhibition Centre, Castle......
A Volvo F10 4.x2 Tractive Unit And Its Wilcox Seadyke...
bulk alloy tipping trailer were stolen from Cosby Road Industrial Estate, Market Harborough during the night of 26 - 27 February. The tractor, registration number C401 DBH, has......