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12th June 1997
12th June 1997
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Hauliers' blockade hits Port of Dublin

by DecIan Cullen • Angry Irish hauliers brought Dublin Port to a standstill last week as their dispute with the shipping...

Major move to third party

• Haulage runs are getting longer, empty running is in decline and own-account haulage is going out of fashion, Those are the...

Livestock warning

• From 1 July livestock hauliers who persistently break animal welfare regulations will be put out of business, warns...

BRIEFS

• The deadline for entry into CM Trailer of the Year Awards 97 has been extended to 20 June (see page 33). • On 9 June drivers...

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by Miles Brignall • The Vehicle Inspectorate is looking at

"imaginative" ways of increasing its funding, including sponsorship from within the haulage industry. VI chief executive Ron...

Landfill tax branded a flop

• The landfill tax has failed to achieve its objectives, according to a report by accountantcy firm Coopers and Lybrand. It...

p icture the scene. A roadside spot-check "somewhere in Britain". As

a 38-tonner is directed into a layby a frighteningly cheerful man in a striking green and mauve fluorescent jacket climbs into...

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by Sally Nash • NFC is slashing up to 600

jobs as part of a wideranging shake-up costing £49m which will hit the company's truck rental and contract hire activities....

Transport review

• Hauliers should prepare for a "fundamental review of transport policy" after Labour announced it will launch an integrated...

T&G calls for EU drivers' hours

• UK domestic drivers' hours regulations should be abolished in favour of a maximum 48-hour working week proposed by the...

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Trailers sealed to stop aliens

by Sally Nash Somerset-based Framptons International has told all its drivers to put seals on their trailers after three...

Renault boss warns on weight • Hauliers will not be

paid more for hauling 40 tonnes than they were for 38 tonnes, warns Bernard Momin, managing director of Renault VI UK. He says...

lveco heads the May sales league

• The Iveco group took pole position for truck sales in May with 802 registrations, up from 721 last year. Society of Motor...

EC plans ferry checks

II Ferry crossings could be delayed by an EU law forcing ferry companies to note every passenger's name before leaving port....

Poor check result

III Dyfed police have warned local hauliers to clean up their act following a spot-check which uncovered an alarmingly high...

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EURO NEWS

* The Freight Transport Association warns hauliers that they could be Fined in France For carrying medication without the...

Action on phoenix firms

by Karen Miles • A Government initiative to help reduce the number of "phoenix" directors who repeatedly rip off creditors has...

Ferrymen talk merger

III International hauliers should be able to benefit from a further few weeks of competition between ferry operators P&O and...

New hope for Bryant's release

• Steve Bryant has been taken to another jail in Morocco in a move which is being interpreted by his family as a preparation...

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New Master takes a bow

by Charles Young • These are the first pictures of Renault's replacement for its Master panel van range, which is due to go on...

Elector semi enters service

• A 13,6m ejector semitrailer built by Ejectors (UK) of Smethwick is going into service with waste transport specialists...

Firbank picks a Belgian weigher

• Bedfordshire-based wastedisposal specialist Firbank has just acquired a second eightwheeler fitted with a £20,000...

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New licence

• Alan Layton and Percy Powell, based in Vowchurch, Herefordshire, were granted a new one-vehicle Operator's Licence after West...

Trouble-free • A bid for a new two-vehicle Operator's Licence

by Richard Savage, of Leicester, was granted without restriction at an Oadby public inquiry despite a petition objecting to the...

Not yet • Shetland Line (1984)'s licence has been cut

from 16 vehicles and 20 trailers to 10 vehicles and 14 trailers because of maintenance problems. Scottish Traffic Commissioner...

Fewer vehicles

• lnvergordon-based Michael McDonald, trading as M&B Fuels, has succeeded in winning a new restricted Operator's Licence at an...

BRIEFS Loaded by forwarder

• A Grimsby owner-driver has been fined £1,410 for an overloading offence and orderecl to pay £55 prosecution costs, Frank...

Cash problems arose from BSE

• A Staffordshire inimal waste carrier who blamed the BSE crisis for his maintenance problems escaped with a serious warning...

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Gill used untaxed trucks

• A Wolverhampton tipper operator who said he was unable to tax his vehicles after running into financial difficulties has lost...

Residents lose out to Robins vehicles

• Thetford-based Robins Inter AA national Transport has won authority to base vehicles at a Leicestershire site despite the...

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Blue skies but dark clouds

A nother well-presented Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators event (the 18th) is over; John Buckle of Buckdale Recovery...

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Track testing technology

1 ST WEEKEND'S FIA European Truck Racing Cup event at Thruxton marked the return of the FIA series to Britain after an absence...

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letters

Who should check drivers' licences? y our story about John Davidson driving while banned highlighted how this country's laws...

Hauliers did not feel threatened

FF ollowing the article and editorial in CM 29 May on the operating licensing seminar on 3 June, I thought you would be...

Get out of the cars

S o the new Government and John Prescott in particular has decided the UK needs an integrated transport policy—about time too....

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bird's eye view by the hawk

Buckeye wheeled trencher cad any book on World War 2 epics and it's odds-on you'll find chapters on D-Day and the Normandy...

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WI LLING

WORKER Many hauliers see hatchvans as a bit of a joke, but if you need to carry a small payload and value your creature...

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3112 ROADTEST: FORD FIESTA 35 118D 4 improvements over the

previous model. Aside from cosmetic changes, the front suspension, steering and brakes have all been revised while a Safeguard...

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FAST and

FURIOUS When Just-in-Time deliveries were introduced many were in awe at the ruthless efficiency of the system. Now Mrs...

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heaving nothin

Vehicle and fire insurance may be standard but how many hauliers are insured against all the other calamities that can befall a...

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THE A It THAT

F. 4 lections can be inconvenient. Once the back-slapping (or sulking, if you were on the wrong side) is over, there follows a...

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he air

No, it's not a low-flying plane—the "air freight" arriving at your local airport really has come by truck. But why? Steve...

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T he aroma of chips, mayonnaise, mussels, beer, and chocolate that

permeates many a Brussels street looks set to become a little more distinct thanks to ERE Working closely with Perkins, it has...

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in the Ardennes. and he's impressed. "It pulls well, responds

well, and is very flexible," he says. "What's more, the cab is as quiet as the interior of my Chrysler Voyager!" A CNGpowered...

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any questions

No adjustment Two drivers double man a lorry and each drives two-and-a-half hours to a destination and two-and-a-half hours...

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'Transport companies do not have the time, money or inclination'

raditionally in Britain the primary sources of transport research funding T have been the Government, research councils and a...