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Wincanton acquires home delivery firm

The purchase of Bristol-based Lane Group should enable Wincanton to offer "supply chain capability in all areas". Dominic Perry...

Consortium calls for M62 to become toll road

THE M62 COULD become a toll road if local transport authorities have their way. As part of the government's Comprehensive...

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Government pledges £2m for research into green logistics

THE GOVERNMENT-funded Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has awarded £2m to six 1.; K universities to launch a...

M42 overtaking ban extended to A14

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) will follow its trial truckovertaking ban on the M42 with a similar scheme on the A14 in East Anglia....

Curtain fleet

Trailer firm Cartwright Is to supply more than 200 curtainsided trailers to logistics firm TDG before the end of 2006....

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Rising profits at Maritime as UK import levels soar

The growth in imports is bad news for some sectors, but for container hauliers the cloud has a sterling silver lining. Bridget...

Truck loan helps to train police

KENT HAULIER MJD & Sons is doing its bit for enforcement by lending vehicles to the Metropolitan Police training unit at...

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Corus safety simulator provides data for Daf

DAF HAS teamed up with engineering giant Corus to produce a crash simulation model designed to improve road safety. The...

LAGTA pips training regs

SCOTLAND-BASED LAGTA Group Training has bought six new MAN TGL 12-tonners in preparation for the new rules on truck driver...

It ain't broke...

"What on earth is going on in Vosa?" asks Brian Weatherley, casting a deeply sceptical eye over suggestions of privatisation...

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Former CRS owner 'fighting back' against accusations

An administrator's report into the collapse of a Scottish haulage firm has prompted a robust response. Chris Tindall reports....

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Check up on your work

Commercial Motor brings you alternative views from experts who are allied to road transport. This week Sergeant Mark Thompson...

VW buys a piece of MAN

Synergy between MAN and Scania is among the reasons behind VVV's move Dylan Gray reports. VOLKSWAGEN HAS snapped up a 15.06%...

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Volvo sued for the cost of a truck following write-off

A RECYCLING FIRM and truck giant Volvo are squaring up for a court showdown following an accident that left a truck driver with...

RHA sets the Security Standard

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RNA) has launched a service to help operators designed to beat criminals who are preying on the...

Operation Indicate is on the move

OPERATION INDICATE, the West Midlands-based police unit dedicated to fighting truck crime, has moved from its base in West...

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TRADE UNION members from four countries have demonstrated to demand better rest facilities for truck drivers throughout Europe.

The protest took place outside the European Commission HQ in Brussels on Tuesday (10 October) ; it involved union members from...

£137000 to interest youngsters in logistics

SKILLS FOR LOGISTICS (StL) has received a funding boost in the form of a £137,000 cheque for its Schools Programme, which is...

Collaboration cleans

up East Anglian roads tforurcimksporpovsed Enforcement agencies teamed up in East Anglia to stop a law-breaking operator....

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Anti-tank mine wounds Croatian driver in Iraq

You think driving over here is tough? Be thankful you aren't working in the Middle East David Harris reports. THE DANGERS OF...

Makeover for the Hiace

TOYOTA'S SLOW-SELL] NG Hiace panel van has been revamped for 2007 with engine revisions and a restyled exterior. Its 2.5-litre...

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Christian Salvesen boosts its

turnover by 7% in six months Despite tough trading conditions, Salvesen has won a string of new contracts — but margins are...

Westminster denies targeting delivery drivers

THE BREWERY LOGISTICS Group (BLG) claims Westminster City Council is deliberately targeting its members for parking violations...

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Muldoon's 'fast response' rear-steer semi-trailer system enters the mix

MULDOON . FRANSPORT Systems of Dungannon in Northern Ireland is introducing its semi-trailer positive rear-steer system into...

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Euro-3 goes down a storm

As predicted, many operators snapped up Euro-3 trucks in September to delay adopting Euro-4; now expect a couple of quieter...

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A lifetime of knowledge

He is one of the UK's oldest operators and has a reputation for being one of the wisest. Bridget Carter meets Scottish veteran...

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We must drive well, not slowly

FOR FARTOO LONG speed has been attributed as the cause of motor accidents, particularly 'excessive' speed.This strikes at the...

Why make vans so powerful?

ON I H E DEBATE over speed limiters for lighter vehicles, their introduction seems to be part of the ongoing process of EU...

Avoid three-in-the-bed situations

I AM REGISTERED with the Driving Standards Agency on fleet and LGVs. In our canteen at the LGV driving school, there are a...

uestions over cataple xy REGARDING THE ARTICLE headed "Sleep disorder driver cleared of causing girlfriend's death" ( CM 28 September).

The vehicle, a recovery truck, was in a collision after leaving the road at 60mph. The driver had travelled about 450 miles in...

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Owner-drivers speak up

Can owner-drivers survive? You'd better believe it, say CM readers. Louise Cole finds out how they make more than a good...

Two sides to the argument TO PUT STEWART OADES' views

in context, he is not disputing the value or the quality of small road transport businesses. But he is suggesting is that with...

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The big and the small of it

PROFESSOR Alan MacKinnon of Heriot-Watt University does not expect the consolidation of the road transport industry to continue...

Define your terms

ONE OF THE THINGS that becomes clear when you toss a stone into the murky economic waters of road transport is that there is...

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Firm loses 0-licence after using UK base only once

IC rules that a company's 'UK operation' was actually based in — and controlled solely from — Spain. Mike Jewell reports on the...

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Bell calls for different TC to take over inquiry

A PUBLIC INQUIRY has been adjourned for a second time after North-Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell decided a...

Leasing company's vehicle is held after it failed to check hirer's 0-licence

A LEASING FIRM that failed to ensure a customer had an 0-licence has been refused the return of an impounded vehicle....

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Firm's licence is suspended until the director shows up

AN OPERATOR HAS had its four-vehicle licence suspended until it attends an inquiry to explain how its vehicles are maintained,...

LEGAL BRIEFS Haulage firm's licence revoked due to unlicensed driver

A company was called to a public inquiry alter being convicted of employing an unlicensed driver who was involved in a fatal...

Revocation follows drivers' hours and tachograph offences

Breaches of the drivers hours and tachograph rules have led to the revocation of the two-vehicle licence held by Lanark-based...

TC impressed by 'top brass'

A company formed to carry on the business after two predecessors had gone into liquidation has been granted a new two-vehicle...

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Power in the valleys

In our second article on devolved power, Adam Hill looks at the Welsh Assembly and examines how it affects road transport. U...

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EU pays millions to move

freight off the road EUROPE Marco Polo, Europe's programme to encourage intermodal transport, has had a successful start. For...

MARCO POLO 1 AND 2 • The EC White Paper,

European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide, proposed measures designed to return the market shares of various modes of...

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SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS Here are some of the 12 successful claims

for funding made in 2004 (2005 claims closed on 30 January 2006; successful projects will have contracts by the end of 2006):...

MAKING A CLAIM Invitations to apply for Marco Polo 2

funding will be published in the first quarter of each year on the Marco Polo homepage (see panel, previous page) and in the...

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It's a hold-up

[have put in an application for a site where five others have also applied. There is an existing operator who has been there 30...

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LIVING LIP TO ITS NAME

It isn't completely new, but the latest Transit offers plenty of innovations that justify its recent election to International...

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GOOD

TRANS 1 A round trip of nearly 1,000 miles across Europe left the CM team with a new found respect for the award-winning Ford...

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THE RETURN JOURNEY Most of the return journey, two days

later, was in daylight, which helped to reduce tiredness. Apart from a quick plate of currywurst, a pitstop for a second tank...

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W ant to be slimmer, fitter and healthier? Don't think it's

possible you could be dramatically healthier and more energetic in January than you are now.just by changing one small thing a...

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How it works The CM Online Health Challenge is simple.

Enter your details when you sign up, follow the instructions as they are e-mailed to you and return to the site to keep track...

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A COMPOSITE GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE

The massive IAA truck show overflowed with innovative ways of improving logistics, enhancing efficiency and minimising...

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MAINTENANCE DEALS

Many manufacturers have realised that to sell their products they must be able to offer customers ways to make operational...

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Axles and suspensions

Daimierehrysler's trailer axle division has come up with a prototype DCA Airmaster, which stores all the air for the suspension...

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SCHMITZ CARGOBULL

'Hitting the €2bn barrier' Schmitz built 36,000 new vehicles last year and 20,000 axles, boosting its turnover by 10% to El...

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OVER AND UNDEE

THE WATER The ferry industry has had mixed fortunes in the past year; CM goes to sea for its annual update on our linKs with...

FERRY OPERATORS

Refurbished ships and new routes • Following DFDS Seaway's acquisition of Fjord Line's Fjord Norway, the company plans to...

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AT YOUR. . . SERVICE •

Hire-and-reward transport has had its day, says Trevor Ellis. Tim Maughan looks at the firm's diversification programme and...

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THE FLEET

The CS Ellis (Group) used to involve itself in contract hire deals; these days, it chooses to buy its trucks. This, in part,...

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THE FINANCES

Financial analysis specialist Plimsoll Publishing provides hard business details about a host of industrial sectors, including...

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THE ULTIMATE SALESMAN

Over more than 40 years Malcolm Harrison has done everything in road transport from running tucks to selling them. Today the...

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FIRM BUT FAIR

One of the most recent Saturday auctions was the disposal of Rueben Fielding's fleet on a hot sweltering Saturday in June, with...

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No cash for green sales

The absence of financial incentives to go green means operators are turning to late-year, low-mileage Euro-3 vehicles. CM'S...