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Tag Archives: turkeyTuesday, January 22, 2013 Well the New Year is ticking over!
It has not been the flying start that we had all hoped for! There is one truck currently on its way to Abu Dhabi for our good client from The Netherlands with another load of marquees for some sporting event, but otherwise just enquiries for trailers that are yet to be confirmed. We are however continuing with trailer movements from Abu Dhabi through to Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia and loaded 4 trailers yesterday, bringing the total moved now to 14.
Our Iceland service is proving to be successfull with regular container departures on a weekly basis. With Astran/Lema having good contacts in the UK, we can compete with the larger shipping lines, by offering a more personal service.
The UK Trade and Investment department are sending a Trade mission to Iceland in the begining of February and we will be ... READ THE FULL ARTICLE: CLICK HERE Click here to add your comments (0) The first overland trips - How the legend started Monday, September 12, 2011 On Wednesday 29 April 1964 the 2 medically trained novice drivers, Woodman and Paul, made their way out of London to the docks to begin their journey to Kabul.
Their first problem arose even before leaving the country when they rolled to an unplanned stop. A lorry pulled up and the driver told them they’d run out of diesel. As none of the gauges worked properly on the dashboard they said they weren’t to know. The driver gave them a spare can of fuel, and told them they just had to bleed it through and they’d be rolling in no time. The only bleeding they understood about was in their medical world.
The driver stayed to help and asked where they were going. When they said Kabul, he stared up at the trailer with his mouth wide open and said ‘you’re f.....g mad’.
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