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10th September 2009
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HL beats Bibby to 000m retail contract

COVER STORY By Rc,ger Brow , WarkiN„ RETAIL BUYING group NisaToday's has handed DHL a £500m, seven-year, contract to carry...

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Owner-drivers to stay exempt from WTD

THE EUROPEAN Commission has clashed with MEPs over its opposition to including ownerdrivers within the Working Time Directive....

Wincanton secures £275m M&S tie-up

WINCANTON HAS won three delivery contracts with Marks & Spencer (M&S) worth a total of £275m. Under the five-year agreements,...

P TRIBUNAL

Munro (Highland) loses its appeal against revocation THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has upheld the decision of Transport Commissioner...

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Truckstop owners call for motorway-style signage

By Roger Brown TRUCKSTOP OPERATORS arc claiming that the number of crimes involving lorries could be reduced if the government...

Digitach changes agreed by EC

A NEW GENERATION of driver-friendly digital tachographs will allow activities to be recorded in greater detail, so less...

EVEN 'DAZZLE camouflage on the sides of this mysterious prototype tractor couldn't stop it being captured by a 'spy' photographer.

The high-roof artic is thought to be the replacement for the current Mercedes-Benz Actros, and while the German truck-maker is...

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VOSA takes more than PRIII I RRIN

£500,000 in penalties .1o3tit1;:, i-3curku VOSA HAS COLLECTED more than £500,000 in deposit payments during the first quarter...

Firm aims to save 20,000 road miles with new HO

A SHROPSHIRE haulier believes its planned new £2.25m headquarters will help it cut out 20,000 road miles a year. Maidens of...

TruckNetUK's Rikki Chequer spots a few green shoots, but notices it's still doom and gloom across the forums.

Are we starting to see the green shoots of recovery? Or is it just the weeds pushing through? The forums give a very mixed...

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Fowler Welch spots opening and buys Bawdsey Haulage

By Dominic Perry 411 FOWLER WELCH has cemented its move into the container sector with the acquisition of Felixstowebased...

P (MOW

Related East Mids hauliers put into administration TWO RELATED HAULAGE companies called Regionport, based in Lincolnshire and...

P ECONOMY

Jobs under threat at parts firms after parent files for insolvency MORE THAN 50 JOBS are at risk at two West Midlands firms...

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Councils stock up on salt ready for gritting season

0 , vid Harr Is COUNCILS ARE stocking up on road salt earlier than usual this year, to ensure they have enough for when the...

Ps BUSINESS

Cambridgeshire haulier and dealer enters administration A CAMBRIDGESHIRE truck dealership, breakdown recovery service and...

P ROAD SIG

IMT go-ahead for new signs in Bath BATH AND NORTH East Somerset Council is to introduce new signs to help prevent lorry...

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Sewage waste firm to deaL with expansion objections By Chris A GROWING SEWAGE waste haulier will take on local objectors and...

Sensors in the Tyne Tunnel

ENGINEERS HAVE PUT sensors inside the existing Tyne Tunnel to make sure it doesn't move too much due to the construction of the...

L Radley has to rely on a sat-nay system, and

asks if the new generation of drivers can cope without them... I've never been greatly into the idea of sat-nay, but carrying...

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TC accused of 'sending four people to the dote queue'

By Dorc A BUILDER WHO accused Tom Macartney, the NorthEastern Traffic Commissioner, of putting four more people on the dole...

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P REGISTRATIONS

Vehicle registrations likely to stay down in the doldrums until 2010 By Julian Manes TRUCK REGISTRATIONS will continue...

Revised fuel card from Esso launches

ESSO HAS RELAUNCHED its commercial vehicle fuel card, and is aiming to service the entire CV pare, not just HOVs. The new Esso...

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VOSA vow to target foreign trucks is 'a decade too Late'

CM COVER STORY By David Harris A BUSINESS LEADER in North Wales says that VOSA's pledge to clamp down on faulty foreign trucks...

P TRAILERS Brewery orders Bevan21-design colours of um..

curtainsider rig ids to save fuel THE FIRST curtainsider rigid from the Bevan Group [s hoped to save Lancashire-based...

WE ALL KNOW that trucks come in many different colours,

but did you know a majority leave the factory in plain old white'? Volvo is trying to get its customers to broaden their...

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I. LETTER OF THE WEEK

Stop creating unnecessary costs and start helping those that matter SO MICK JACKSON of Skills for Logistics (StL) objects to...

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Every Little helps

Commercial Motor talks to Tesco transport director Alex Laffey about how the supermarket giant is reducing its emissions and...

IT'S GOOD TO TALK

One of the biggest influences on fleet efficiency is the man behind the wheel, a pant freely acknowledged by Laffey "Our...

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• -. .11 Last month, Tosco announced that as a

result of a massive logistical exercise in reducing, reusing and recycling, as well as seeking out the best providers of waste...

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attling the blockades with a strawberry

Can British hauliers win compensation after being caught in blockades at French ports? A strawberry could hold the answer to...

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Business ran for three years with no 0-Licence

TC finds out that a director of a failed seafood business had started up again under new name. AN OPERATOR THAT ran a seafood...

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Po CASE TWO

Tribunal upholds financial standing ruling A COMPANY THAT was unable to produce evidence of its financial standing, despite...

Application a front to avoid regulations

AN 0-LICENCE application has been rejected because it was an attempt to get around the rules by two associated companies. West...

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Making the right move

Think very carefully before moving to a new operating centre. Is the site fit for purpose, or will its faults cripple your...

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USE OF THE LAND

If the land has been used in the past as an operating centre, perhaps recently, this may prove an advantage in obtaining...

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Safe, safer, safest

The government has pledged to make the UK's roads the safest in the world. But is underfunding thwarting this ambition? Words:...

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WHAT MAKES FOR SAFER ROADS?

• Reducing speed is the most crucial factor. The DfT says every lmph reduction in average traffic speed equals 5% fewer...

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When it was launched in August 2002, the Ford Transit

Connect changed the compact commercial vehicle landscape with its all-round robust construction, driverfocused dynamics and...

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Ian Tonkin

The high-cube van segment is a crowded and highly competitive one. Contenders need to have all the bases covered to avoid...

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It's interesting how the recession is affecting the space that's

available in the average commercial vehicle workshop. Perhaps CM readers have noticed it as well Where 18 months ago, operators...

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THE LABOUR PARTY Among the truck dealers we spoke to,

the lowest quoted hourly labour rate of £40 came from DAFS Hartands service outlet at Commercial Fleet Services, while Volvo's...

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In tune with the times

CM tests the Bluefin storage device to see if a good tune really can save fuel. Woia. 1. uitgi tJaf riet The principle behind...

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Breakdowns are the bane of every fleet ehigineer's existence, but they are bread and butter for Bedford-based John Arnold Commercials.

CM spent a day riding shotgun on its special MAN TGX... Words: Ian Tonkin Th e world of truck recovery : can be an...

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Reaping the wind of change

Air management kits save fuel by cutting wind resistance, but are only effective if they are constantly and easily adjusted....

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CASE STUDY DAVID FOX TRANSPORTS TRIALS

David Fox Transport reckons it costs about 12,000 per vehicle for the air management kit and the AMC system to control it. The...

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Getting ready to spring into action

As the economy shows signs of recovery, Essex-based used truck dealer Hanbury Riverside is poised to take advantage. Words:...

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Values are on the up

7 I Prices for second-hand trucks are rising, and it's a trend set to continue for the rest of the year. Words: Steve Banner...

Based on the Sandtoft Industrial Estate, not far from Doncaster,

independent dealership European Vehicle Sales (EVS) is active within the domestic market, as well as being an exporter — it has...