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15th May 1997
15th May 1997
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BRIEFS

• The Government says it plans to introduce legislation to penalise iate payment of debts. It will give firms the right to...

Ferrymasters fined for tacho offences

by Andy Young • P&O Ferrymasters has been fined £8,300 for tachograph offences and ordered to pay £2,000 costs—but after the...

Kinnock plans to harmonise EU bans

• EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock wants to regulate Sunday and public holiday driving bans to harmonise restrictions...

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Eurotunnel stands by open-sided carriages

by Miles Brignall and David Craik • Eurotunnel will carry on using open-sided carriages to carry trucks through the Channel...

Pickfords recognition row

• sources say that removals giant Pickfords has derecognised the Transport & General Workers Union, following a dispute over...

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WE'RE REVERSING re we the only ones to see the irony in the story on page 14? Bardon (England) wants its owner-drivers to fit...

Commercial Motor gives hauliers the best news each week by

providing the information they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk io our readers, to...

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Hauliers face washer ban

by Karen Miles • Hauliers are facing vehicle washing bans this summer because of Britain's longest drought for more than two...

T&B bids Elim to buy up ADG

• Tibbett & Britten moved a step closer to acquiring Applied Distribution Group for £17m with this week's issue of shares to...

Bell Line: IRHA goes for 35p in the pound

• Irish hauliers stand to get only Ifirn of the £17m they are owed by Bell Lines if the Irish courts approve a rescue plan for...

Blackwall driver pleads guilty

• The driver who single-handedly brought London's traffic to a standstill before Christmas by driving into the overhead gantry...

Rates row brews at port of Dublin

• More than 250 Irish hauliers working out of Dublin Port are set for a showdown with shippers and consignors after demanding...

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Sowerby examination

by Karen Miles • A week-long hearing has been scheduled to examine the evidence in the manslaughter charge against Eric...

Four rood schemes on hold • The future of four

road buildin g proiects, including the Birmingham Relief Road, is in doubt under the Labour Government. The new administration...

Green fuel grant deadline

• Hauliers have until next week (19 May) to apply for g rants to help pay for the introduction of g reen fuels. The...

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Will it be minimum wage for increased work rate?

by Karen Miles III Drivers look set to gain improvements in their working hours and pay following Labour's landslide victory....

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IC steps over boundary a The power of Traffic Commissioners

to hold public inquiries outside their traffic areas was challenged at a recent Leeds public inquiry. John Backhouse,...

AVRO looks at hours

by David Craik • The vehicle recovery industry should be restructured to prevent staff working up to 19 hours a day, says an...

Taxman cover!

• Hauliers can now insure against the cost of being randomly investigated by the Inland Revenue. With the introduction of...

Phones get an ear bashing

• Evidence that cancer may be developed through the use of mobile phones should make haulage companies more aware of how often...

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FTA looks for links with RHA

by Sally Nash • Both the Freight Transport Association's president and director general have now come out in favour of closer...

Row brews over truck widths

• Special Types vehicle rules have once again come under the microscope as Cleveland police clash with heavy hauliers over tax...

Bardon demands quieter reversing

• Bardon (England) has told owner-drivers working out of its West Drayton quarry near London to fit reversing camera systems in...

Volvo and ERF buck sales trend

41 Volvo and ERF both sold more trucks in April compared with the same month last year although overall registrations fell by...

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Sun keeps the cargo cooled

by Bryan Jarvis In This year's IRTE exhibition boasts the world premiere of a reefer trailer that uses solar power to cool the...

White's Scanias take five

• White & Co has added four Scania P94-220 17-tonners to its Botley-based fleet, all equipped with Marsden Vanplan 12m/...

Pickfords prepares

• UK removals giant Pickfords is preparing for changes in the housing market by adding 48 new rigid pantechnicons to its fleet...

• Daimler-Benz has opened a research centre in Bangalore, India

which will concentrate on computer technology. It is working on a satellite-aided sensor for Mercedes' Intelligent Traffic...

• SAF's SK-Intraax combined trailer axle and air suspension is

now available in a 45-60k9 lighter version with hanger brackets at 1,200mm centres.

• Kestrel Freight Logistics hos bought three garmentcarrying trailers in

an order of 10 from Montracon. The large volume trailers, in Delamode International livery, have insulated roofs, spare-wheel...

Extra smoothing for Actros cabs

• Ecotek is producing fairing kits, designed and manufactured in the UK, for MercedesBenz Actros tractive units and drawbars...

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Take me to your Leader

EXCLUSIVE by John Kendall • Seddon Atkinson launches its Leader municipal/urban delivery chassis with low entry cab and...

SEDDON ATKINSON LEADER Engine: Cummins "C" series 8.3-litre in-line six-cylinder

charge-cooled diesel, with wastegated turbocharger. Option Max power hp (kW) Max torque lb& (Nm) 2,200rpm @ 1,400rpm C245...

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Scanias on thick ice

Mud? Slush? Black ice? You don't know the meaning of the word slippery until you've driven in Lapland...Tipper driving is all...

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Funds required

• David Kite, trading as DK Services Midlands, of Tipton, was granted a new national licence for two vehicles and one trailer...

Wait and see

• Maintenance problems resulted in the licence held by Patrick and Hugh Laing, trading as PA Laing of Hawick, being cut from 16...

La st chance • Though deciding not to take any disciplinary

action against Armadale haulier Archibald Johnstone, Scottish TC Michael Betts issued Johnstone with a final warning with...

Reduced numbers

• Maintenance problems and a number of convictions have led to the authorisation on the licence held by Wrefords Transport...

More vehicles after warning

IN A Liverpool haulage company succeeded in winning authority to operate additional vehicles and trailers despite being warned...

BRIE" Row over prohibitions • A Manchester tipper operator was

given a severe warning at a Leeds public inquiry after disputing whether prohibitions imposed on his vehicles were justified....

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0-licence conversion refused on agricultural site

1 • A Lancashire dairy firm has lost its bid to convert its licence from a restricted to a standard national licence after...

Vehicle suspended over maintenance

• A Manchester scrap metal company had one of its two vehicles suspended for a month when it appeared at its second...

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T&G set for recognition

by Karen Miles • The Transport and General Workers Union is to exploit Labour's promise of wider union recognition by forcing...

Ford drivers stick to the URTU

• Ford drivers at the heart of a row over racism are sticking to their decision never to return to the Transport & General...

British drivers won't follow French into blockades

British truck drivers seem to be unique in their reluctance to strike or block roads to win better pay and conditions. Last...

Crow is still on remand

• A Bradford-based owner-driver has been held on remand in a French jail for three months on suspicion of smuggling cannabis....

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Circles to clear the tyre treads

• Bandvulc has launched an innovative tyre for the tipper market with a radical tread design. Called Tippermaster, the tyre...

Double the number of parts

• Kellett (UK), the truck, trailer and PCV spares wholesale distributor's revised comprehensive catalogue has double the number...

Engine oil developments

• Shell has launched a range of heavy-duty diesel engine oils under the brand name of Rimula, replacing the Myrina and previous...

Iskra shows off its range of motors

• Having recently re-established its distribution division in the UK, Iskra made use of the recent Automotive Trade Show to...

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Leader heads IRTE premieres

The 28th Institute of Road Transport Engineers Conference and Exhibition will be the event's final year in Telford—next year...

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EVENTS

• 20 May: Road Haulage Association Southern Sz Eastern Region technical forum at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. To be...

Dorset MAN

• Eurotruck Services is now MAN service centre for Dorset, based less than one mile from Poole ferry terminal. Contact:...

Transport Policy

• Transport Law and Policy is produced by the Waterfront Partnership and gives information on current and future transport...

Shipping agents

• The World Directory of Liner Shipping Agents is now in its 11th annual edition. More than 3,200 container liner agencies and...

PRODUCTS Software testing

• London-based Ivy Learning Software has developed programs to test drivers' hours, licencing and tachograph regulations. The...

Euro legislation

• The Motor Industry Reasearch Association has produced a CD-ROM called ELTAG containing European legislation details, the...

Mercedes-Benz

• Milton Keynes-based Mercedes-Benz Finance has appointed Nigel Coghill as national fleet sales manager commercial vehicles.

RVL

• Refrigerated Vehicle (UK)'s sales executive for the Midlands is Dave Cotter.

Bosal

• International manufacturer Bosal (UK) has a new distribution manager based at its Bamber Bridge plant, Geoff Prysor-Jones.

Royal Mail

• Phil O'Gorman is the first general manager of Royal Mail's nationwide network of road transport vehicle maintenance workshops..

TDG

• TDG Vehicle Rental has named Alan Wildman as general manager. Glasgow.

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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bird's eye view by the hawk

Dennis comes home—finally 0 n 1929 this Dennis fire appliance started its career in Hove, East Sussex where it did sterling...

ALL " 1 - 1 Watch my driving?

mong drivers displaving a "How's my driving" sticker is Paul Kane of the More Group. As well as boosting B 30 the industry's...

Zurich gnomes in the Gardner

here are no less than 35 15 Gardner-powered buses Gardner-powered buses earning their keep in Switzerland (and not a lot of...

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Noon shift

F urther to the letter by Reg C Eplett (CM 1-7 May), [too have checked tacho charts from two manufacturers and have noted time...

Transport efficiency

T noted with interest your I artiCle "Local Pressure" (M 27 March) and indeed the discussion on transport and congestion which...

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Unprofessional T have just returned from Imy first visit to

CM Truckfest where my company had entered me and four colleagues in the best kept company vehicle class, We knew we would not...

Wrong number

W e understand your enthusiasm for combining the strengths of PTA and RNA to produce stronger services for industry (CM 1-7 May...

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Quicker reaction times, better control and shorter 'stopping distances are

iust three of the benefits claimed for electronic braking systems (E135). Add disc brakes and you've gota hi- lech fIGV braking...

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panel, right). As you don't have to wait for air

pressure to build up before any valves are activated, not only does EBS apply the brakes faster, it also allows them to be...

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EBS-BRAKING BY WIRE

In a normal truck the braking process is activated by compressed air. With HS electronics the electrics perform this...

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DISC BRAKES-WHY HAVE THEM?

According to Scania's Sten Lundgren, disc brakes offer a number of advantages: "When it comes to pad wear there are added...

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L IXAA,

CM has teamed up with Neil Johnson from the Freight Transport Association's legal department to highlight laws in the pipeline....

FUTURE LEGISLATION

• Vehicle dimensions: Changes proposed to C&U regs early in 1997 to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU...

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VW TRANSPORTER DOUBLE CAB

Price as tested: El 9,691 (ex-VAT), Includes £15,608 for the basic vehicle plus £1,068 for ABS; £224 for driver's airbag;...

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Question time

M ore than a few transport operators have foundered on the rocks of complacency, but Scottish haulier Andrew Wishart has taken...

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ever on a s u

ternational operators are facing increasing difficulties dodging between the numerous Sunday and public oliday driving bans...

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'Will hauliers ever get real and pass on the cost of operation?'

W e have just bought two new vehicles. One is working locally at £52.50 per hour. The other is working for less than £20 per...