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beams being carried on a truck smashed through the side of a double-decker bus in Layton, East London and one of the girders...
A trucker who died when he crashed on the M6 in the West Midlands had probably fallen asleep at the wheel, an Inquest heard....
Group, has joined the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council as a non-executive director.
As Commercial Motor went to press Eurotunnel was making its case to a French court to have the Red Cross refugee centre at...
over the proposed residential and commercial development on Cricklewood rail-freight terminal which would force it to move to a...
17 September to deal with Dukes Transport (Craigavon) has been adjourned for a month.
conditions because of the chronic stress caused by their work patterns, says new Dutch research.
la by Guy Sheppard and Dave Craik Chancellor Gordon Brown is under pressure from the European Commission to cut fuel taxes in...
• Home Secretary David Blunkett has snubbed the Freight Transport Association's request for a meeting over the continuing...
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• Theft-hit hauliers have been offered a crumb of comfort after the government promised additional funding for an industry...
• by Guy Sheppard New safety guidelines are being drawn up for livestock hauliers amid mounting concern that some of the...
• The Vehicle Inspectorate is boosting the effectiveness of its roadside checks with the acquisition of 13 Mobile Roller Bake...
• The road haulage industry is suffering from an astonishing shortfall of 80,000 drivers, latest figures show. The extent of...
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• by Mike Jewell Death threats against a traffic examiner by a County Durham haulier left him on long-term sick leave and...
It was surprising to hear in a news bulletin last Tuesday that, according to the Freight Transport Association, the industry...
We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...
• A haulage firm put six trucks which were not on its 0-licence on the road after biting of)' more than it could chew with a...
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A dangerous driving case against a 35-year-old truck driver has been dropped. Barry Graham was charged with dangerous driving...
• FItters at one of Mercedes Benz's biggest vehicle dealerships staged two one-day strikes last week in a row over a new...
el The Scottish Executive hopes that tolls on Glasgow's Erskine Bridge will be re-imposed next week: they were suspended...
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iy Miles Brignall and Cliff Caswell ok drivers who use mobile phones 1st driving are putting their own and en drivers lives at...
11 The result of a postal ballot of 470 employees at Cheshire-based logistics firm James Ham & Sons to recognise the United...
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artic ever since it broke cover in 1997. Now Daimler Chrysler is banking all on the Axor its "Built for Britain" hybrid fleet...
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ACTROS vs AX011— V6 or straight 6? UK truck buyers have never taken to V-engines with any great enthusiasm, leaving Mercedes...
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with defective speed limiters cost Dyffryn Ardudwy haulier John Ceri Evans t1,167.50 in fines and costs, when he appeared...
of the hours rules when his vehicle collided with a car on the M40, was fined 21,000 by the Leamington Spa magistrates....
Bristol owner-driver David Bryans, trading as DB International, has had the time limit to re-register his foreignregistered...
Hantwich-basedJ Barrie (Plant Hire) against the revocation of Its licence and its disqualification from holding an 0-licence...
have environmental conditions lifted from its licence. The company was warned of the consequences of failing to comply with the...
A Cumbrian haulier, ordered to do 240 hours of community service after he and three of his drivers had admitted their part in a...
A bid for a new two-vehicle licence by Professional Audio Visual (Cambridge), based at Steeple Bumpstead in Essex, has been...
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A Swansea company whose managing director had "a cavalier approach" to 0-licensing has had its licence suspended for 28 days....
A North Wales company and its managing director who knowingly used a vehicle with a defective speed limiter have been ordered...
A Hereford livestock haulier devastated by the foot-and-mouth epidemic has had his licence suspended for a week. John Heath,...
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Western Mail which last week appeared to report how a group of old hauliers had a reunion to remember the golden age:...
and finding a companion on the road for nearly a quarter of them would be a real Labour of lave. A survey just published by...
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The wrath of Oswaldtwistle Town Council has descended on Spagthorpe Motor Company after a prominent town councillor accused...
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I PRICE AS TESTED: £70,400 (ex-VAT) basic vehicle only. ENGINE: 11.7 litre, 463hp (345kW). GCW: 41 tonnes. PAYLOAD: 25.33...
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With more truck manufacturers outsourcing their axle requirements, the axle producers are developing designs that are more...
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for its unstinting work in improving the haulier's lot. But, as Steve Banner reports, some hauliers believe the forum could do...
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Normally such news would hint at a wider problem in the petro-chemical industry. But as Pat Hagan reports, hauliers in this...
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to offer pension provision. Don't worry, plenty of free advice is available and the pension provider will handle most of the...
Stakeholder pensions became available from 6 April to provide a low-cost, privately funded supplement to the state pension. 2...
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Steve McQueen reports on the first case of its kind in the haulage industry. A total of 470 HGV drivers at the Cheshire-based...
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McDevitt and Walters is different: the men behind the firm choose to carry out subcontracting work for logistics giant TOG. As...
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stay at home and rent out your premises for warehousingP There is no easy way to change your fortunes overnight in the...