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Today in Road Transport, 10th September 2008

Motor Transport's editor Justin Stanton says that the failure of haulier Innovate Logistics is "a £54m mess" - find out why here.

Conversely, Howard Tenens is finding that trade is good, and is building a new depot with a 150,000sq ft warehouse.

Operation Stack could become bigger than ever, if Ashford councillors have their say: they want Kent Council to abandon plans for a 70-acre lorry park.

Volvo Trucks is among a group of firms starting a major trial of the clean-burning biofuel DME (Dimethyl Ether).

LDV's parent firm GAZ has bought half of Italian engine builder VM Motori.

If you want to save fuel then head over to BigLorryBlog, where we meet the man who could be Britain's most economical truck driver. And while you're there, take a look at how to transport a giant tractor unit - yes, it's that 8x8 Nicolas Tractomas again.

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