The Department for Transport (DfT) has proposed a staged withdrawal of 230 imported fuel tankers that are wrongly certified under dangerous goods regulations. Following GM's report that the tankers built by GRW in South Africa did not comply with ADR regulations (CM 24 October) - and that the DfT had known about the problem for more than a year - transport minister Robert Goodwill made a statement to Parliament last week. "Safety is paramount," he said.
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