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The EU has finally accepted that digital smart-card tachos have missed their August launch date. Peter Shakespeare reports....
DETECTIVES PROBING the murder of a West Midlands haulage contractor who was gunned down outside his yard in an apparent...
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YLESBURY-BASED Coates istribution has gone into volraary liquidation with debts of 50,000, leading to the loss of )out 100...
,OGISTICS GIANT TDG is oosting drivers' pay by nearly D% at a depot in Kent to reduce s reliance on agency drivers. The deal...
VILLAGERS IN the tranquil village of Burton Pidsea. East Yorkshire. were faced with this mountain of mouldering rubbish after a...
ABN Amro Capital has acquired dustcart designer and manufacturer Dennis Eagle for £51m. It produce around 600 vehicles a year...
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Jennifer Ball reports on the collapse of parcels firm Hellmann Overnight Logistics. PARCEL FIRM Hellmann Overnight Logistics...
1 \TECO IS LAUNCHING major campaign to increase ii market share during 2004. accorc ing to UK managing directc Giuseppe...
UNION LEADERS are staging and third-party contractors to set a series of mass meetings around the country as part of a campaign...
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HE HIGH COURT has ruled at drivers' timesheets are admisible evidence in cases involving Ileged hours and tachograph ffenees....
Having criticised the SAFE driver training scheme, Barry Proctor accepted an invitation to try it for himself, and he found...
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Despite the predictions of the soothsayers, the commercial vehicle market hit near record levels last year. Trucks above 3.5...
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Business Post is set to break Royal Mail's postal monopoly. Guy Sheppard reports. PARCEL DELIVERY company Business Post is...
TRUCKSTOP OPERATOR Nightowl will continue to operate normally while a buyer is sought for the group, according to the...
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h. YORKSHIRE HAULIER ailed in France for allegedly .muggling £500.000 worth of cantabis has written to CM protestng his...
David Wilson— successhil in Greece David Wilson, the British truck driver jailed for smuggling refugees, has won his appeal,...
scams flit POLICE HAVE issued a CC still of a man wanted in connect with a bogus haulage firm t stole over £1.5m worth of go...
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Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the transport industry this week. Shaun...
It seems only 0.3% of trucks are usin the M6 Toll. Guy Sheppard reports. A SNAP SURVEY of HGV traffic shows that only a tiny...
A PROPOSED £450m six-lane toll bridge across the Thames in east London will be jointly funded by the government and the...
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two years... VOSA has now confiscated over 200 vehicles and half have been sold or scrapped. Jennifer Ball reports. THE...
DRIVERS MADE redundant by the closure ofTDG's Paisley depot are forming their own recruitment agency which they believe will...
DRIVERS BASED at bakers Warburton's Wednesbury depot are delivering out of temporary premises after a suspected arson attack...
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tEGISTRATIONS OF L1G III 2Vs in the Irish Republic fell durrig 2003, but HGV registrations were up. Van registrations at...
Originally introduced in 1995 it's now on its fourth update.The latest changes include a revised exterior with a new bonnet,...
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I AM WRITING to you to express my dismay and concern that your magazine published a story entitled "Manager's child pic shame"...
I WAS 1NTE.RESTED to see that there are plans to close both the Forth road and rail bridges next summer, for resurfacing and...
IT IS DISTRESSING that a company of the standing of Knowles Transport should find itself in the circumstances highlighted in...
Having just spent a week in eastern Canada during the first bad snow fall of the winter (3 to 4 feet over an area twice the...
I HAVE been a loyal and avid reader of your magazine since the early 1970s. I have always found the magazine interesting and...
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According to the European Car Transport Group of Interest (ECG) Survey on Vehicle Logistics 2003-2004, there are 19,943 fleets...
The maximum dimensions of unloaded car transporters are harmonised throughout the EU, but loaded vehicles are still governed by...
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UK commercial vehicle sales above 3.5 tonnes hit near record leve in 2003. Here we review the best and worst performers and ask...
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the continued rise in van registrations is truly astonishing. Confounding predictions made this time last year, the increase in...
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Group leads the way with a 22.8% share of the total. DaimlerChrysler occupies second spot with 10,153 vehicle registrations...
yet again, the pundits are predicting a mild downturn in 2004. Daf and Iveco sum up popular opinion by talking of an 8-10%...
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design, smooth electronic control and powerful AC drive and lift motors, the Linde Acuvt reach truck range (1.02.5 tonnes) also...
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port and greater use of rail freight. But it also recognises the role of HGVs. Tim Maughan spoke to its main man. D espite the...
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tangle of misleading information fails to protect an operator without )n 0-licence, and its request for one is denied....
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A LEASING COMPANY has failed in its bid to have an impounded vehicle returned after south eastern & metropolitan traffic...
A SCAFFOLDING FIRM has totted up tines and costs of £1,050 for a string of licensing and insurance offences. When Barclay...
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AN OPERATOR has been allowed to expand his fleet, on the condition that he pays more attention to the condition of hired...
of trailers being hauled by their tractors, even if the trailers concerned do not belong to them. Any prohibitions issued...
WEST MIDLANDS Traffic Commissioner David Dixon has accepted a restricted licence holder's ignorance of the law as an excuse for...
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In practical terms, what must employers do to accommodate union reps in the workplace? Patric Cunnane reports. I n a famous...
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1. Legal requirements When recruiting staff it is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race, sex, sexual orientation,...
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Driver and vehicle licence fees: Legislation is now in force to allow the Secretary of State to pool the fees for driver and...
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The Renault Magnum took the market by storm, setting a standard of driver comfort that has yet to be surpassed. It may be an...
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Barry Travis, the editor of the Heavy Commercial edition of the Red Book, says: "There is nothing seriously wrong with the...
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Rawlings Transport was founded 33 years ago at Hook;with the advent of timed deliveries it grew into a regional distribution...
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imon Sarger Owner-driver Sargent's Trucking Services specialises in transport for exhibitions and musical events held all over...
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Manufacturers are required to notify the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) of any defect on safety related items. VOSA...
and even with Renault's updates they have stayed pretty static over the past few years. Demand for high-powered trucks, with...
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From October 2006 all new trucks will have to meet the Euro-4 exhaust limits. So how will this affect you? Andy Salter...
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Operators will do well to consider their options carefully when selecting their Euro-4 purchases, because whichever way you...
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Nondering how easy it might be to buy a recent Daf 95XF, we thoL tveici call on a well-known truck dealer north of Bristol....
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1 Three-year old Daf 95XFs have the 430hp, 480hp or 530ho 12.6-litre XE engine, but the two higher ratings are the most...
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VVith bank rates so low, there's no time like the present to expand your fleet.. but how? Steve Banner covers the options....
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manufacturers in a bid to drive up registration figures have vanished. Large numbers of virtually identical year-old trucks...
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the right kit to reap the rewards and the learning curve for UK operators and equipment providers alike has been a steep one....
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UK or Irish-spec moving-floor trailers are completely different to those products sold on the other side of the Channel by...
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& Dodds and Hampshire Waste, there's clearly a world of difference between a moving-floor trailer and a moving-floor trailer...
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Brian Lee asks why our industry is so full of elements designed to deter rather than encourage membership of the elite haulage...
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)perators of older vehicles often rely on independent workshops foi laintenance — now Volvo has plans to attract them back...
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Every week, CM will be dropping in on a dealer somewhere in the UK to see what's on offer, and to take a close look at one of...
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greener grass... The UK second-hand truck market may be enjoying a boom at the moment but what about the rest of Europe? CM...