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14th September 1995
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BRIEFS

• The European Commission has allocated UK hauliers an extra 20,000 eco-points needed for transit to or through Austria. This...

International entry fees to rise by 500%

by David Harris and Martial Tardy • The European Commission plans to increase the financial assets required to become an...

Swiss firm takes over carnet checks

• International hauliers are having to travel further to get T1R carnets checked, following the appointment of a Swiss security...

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Planning authorities lose route controls

by Karen Miles • Waste disposal, quarry and mine operators will be free of lorry routeing controls within weeks as the...

RESTRICTED ACCESS

e welcome the news that aspiring inter national hauliers are going to have to meet tougher entry requirements and will conse...

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Reefer call for 44 tonnes

by Miles Brignall • European hauliers must be allowed to operate 44tonne vehicles on five axles and they should be given...

Time out for hours offences

• Glasgow-based international haulier Roy Graham International had its community authorisations suspended for a week by...

Workforce rejects Parcelforce deal

• Parcelforce has failed to install a new national agreement after workers threw out a union-brokered agreement designed to...

Hijack case arrest

• A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the hijack and kidnapping of a Suffolk truck driver last month. The...

Driver died after being drugged in Algerian bar

• A truck driver found dead in a French canal had taken a combination of sleeping tablets and beer, a Bradford inquest heard...

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Brake calls for rest

• The Department of Transport should re-examine the regulations on drivers hours and rest periods to see if they take account...

Sales slump warning

by Ian Wylie • Commercial vehicle sales are heading for another trough, warn truck dealers. Although sales of new CVs...

Fina transfers drivers to UT following union row

• Belgian oil company Fina has transferred its tanker drivers and depot staff to United Transport (UK) following a dispute over...

Labour plans to crackdown on cowboy hauliers

• Drivers and operators found guilty of causing fatal accidents could be charged with corporate manslaughter under a Labour...

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Rates knock Exel results

by Lee Kimber • Falling haulage rates lopped Elm off Exel Logistic's £45.2m operating profit last year although turnover rose...

Fruitful Scots takeover

• JA Robertson & Co (Fruiterers) hopes to create at least four jobs for seasonal drivers after buying the assets of collapsed...

Coal loads lost as Rugby Cement reverts to rail

• Hauliers have lost lucrative loads following a decision by Barrington-based Rugby Cement to switch a 60,000-tonne annual coal...

Hijack witnesses wanted

• Strathclyde police are appealing for witnesses to a lorry hijack in which thieves left the driver gagged and bound for over...

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Unwins' Dartford drawbar

by Bryan Jarvis • Dartford-based Unwins Distribution Services, the transport arm of Britain's biggest independent off-licence...

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Modular axles in Albion range

by Colin Sovvman • Albion Automotive, the independent axle and engineering interest bought from Leyland Daf's receiver, has...

BRIEFS

• Volvo has produced its 1,000th truck in Poland since production from knock-down kits began in November 1993. • August...

Communications on a low budget

• National Band Three (NB3) has developed a fixed-price voice and data transmission system using a Psion Workabout hand-held...

TALKING POINTS FROM IRTE

• Ross & Bonnyman has launched a lightweight tail-lift with a 500kg capacity. Replacing the torsion bars used in the closing...

Renault goes to town in Paris

• Renault will display a wide range of new technology at the Paris Show, including a unit pump injection system on a Mack E7;...

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...but the the price looks spurious.

Conventional wisdom says that a Mercedes-Benz clutch is slightly better quality than a spurious part but not worth the extra...

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East meets west in Moscow

by Bill Godwin • The second Moscow International Motor Show, attended by Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, illustrated the...

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Daf Trucks in action

by Toby Clark • Last week Daf used the Trucks In Action event at its Eindhoven headquarters to announce its half-yearly results...

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Drivers sleep at the whee

by Derren Hayes III Almost half the truck drivers in a CM survey admit that they have fallen asleep at the wheel—and almost all...

Cargo sets Cape to Cape record

• Two Iveco Ford Cargo trucks have created a new record for the quickest north-south crossing of Europe by a commercial...

Accident rate mystery

• Scientists are baffled by a quirk in the number of accidents involving HGV drivers. In theory their accident rate should...

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Ashvale loses

• Bromley, Kent-based Ashvale Transport has lost its appeal against the decision of the South Eastern & Metropolitan LA...

Weighbridge difference

• Northern Irish haulier R Barkley & Sons, of Ballymoney and one of the firm's drivers, were fined a total of £180 after being...

One-year licence with extra vehicles

• A renewal for one year only was granted by North Eastern LA Keith _ Waterworth to Billingham, Cleveland-based Keith Taylor,...

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Deadline to pay all the bills

Christopher Coleman, who trades as C M Haulage of Talywin, Gwent has been given until November to settle unpaid fines and to...

Long-used site refused

• Chertsey tipper operators Terence Francis and Terence Anthony Strutt, trading as TFS Tipping, have lost their appeal against...

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In praise of dealers

T feel I must write to you to I defend that much maligned object "the dealer". After the purchase of our Volvo FL12 420 we...

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Eddie's eagles

a he name Eddie Stobart has become increasingly associated with a load of balls since the Carlisle haulier began sponsorship of...

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Toys r' Us

F or the first time in many years a British vehicle manufacturer has successfully wrested control back from a foreign owner. In...

Old fire engines never die

a wo young the engine enthusiasts found themselves doing the job for real as they were returning from an exhibition in their...

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SERVICES

Special repairs • Aldridge-based transport services group S Jones has set up a truck engineering division to deal with...

EVENTS

US Tour • The registration deadline for American Trucking Associations' 1995 Study Tour for Foreign Trucking Executives is...

PEOPLE

Inch goes • Central Motor Auctions has announced it has parted company with its chief executive, George Inch, by "mutual...

PUBLICATIONS

Cool listing IN The Cold Storage and Distribution Federation has published its 1995/96 directory for the food storage and...

SECURITY

Approval update • The Association of British Insurers has issued its latest lists of approved security devices and installers....

PRODUCTS

Eaton in Paris • Truck components manufacturer Eaton will be exhibiting the synchromesh S-Series gearbox and several other...

CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become

the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

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FERRIES

RO-RO to Sweden • World Shipping Agencies is marketing Latvian Shipping Company's new RO-RO service between Immingham and...

ROADWORKS London

• A30 Staines: Expect delays on Stanwell Moor Road, London Road and the Staines bypass due to roadworks on the approaches to...

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LIET ROOM

MAN's F2000 grew out of the old F90 which had long established itself as a high-quality truck. CM's test of the new model shows...

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DRIVERS' VERDICTS

We tried the MAN out on Scania, Merc and Volvo drivers. They liked the pulling power particularly and the space and comforts of...

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4 Dickie Curran: All

Northeni Ireland references have been removed from his livery. I fish hauliers— north and south of the border— are becoming...

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WHAT THE POLICE SAY

W ith vehicles rolling on and VV off ferries on the LiverpooVBetfast and Liverpool/Dublin routes, Merseyside police see a...

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Tipping at the right angle

Bodiam, East Sussex haulier John Burgess has a tipping drawbar rig based on a Volvo F57. It has one extraordinary feature—it...

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Politicians say that ro-Tio'ferries are not safe-, but will ferry

operafors.pay,for - ne* safety features.andwill haulierslyear the increased F irst the lights went out. Then there was a...

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The backside of a lorry tends to be an under-used facility'

6 he legislative programme to introduce speed limiters on to British lorries will be completed at the end of the year. Into...