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it would be cutting up to 1,000 jobs at its Grangemouth plant; a spokesman stressed that BP's oil tanker drivers would not he...
inflated recovery charges by Guy Sheppard and Miles Brignall A scheme launched this week is designed to prevent overcharging...
it has been overcharge( under the police recovery contract system It was charged £2,408 for a tractor am empty semi to be...
• The European Commission has threatened UK Customs and Excise with legal action over the way its officers treat truck drivers...
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• The number of Eastern European-registered goods vehicles travelling from Great Britain to mainland Europe in the first...
European MPs have finally n convinced by the arguft that setting night work ts of eight hours in the :beaming Working Time...
• by Dominic Perry A father and son team of freight forwarders ran a string of failed businesses so badly that they could never...
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• by Mike Jewell The husband and wife directors of Coventry-based haulage firm Frederick Allen. which collapsed owing nearly...
• The Freight Transport Association is lobbying the Highways Agency in a bid to exempt trucks from tolls on the Dartford...
PL, H, YU, BG, RO, LT, SK, EST, SLO, CZ...noticed any of these badges on the back of an artic lately? If you have we're not in...
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by Pete Swingler A haulier was slammed into trees during a fivemile terror ride as he clung to the wing mirror of his stolen...
• The Freight Transport Association is to complain to Transport Minister John Spellar after a one-day dockworkers strike in...
• Road haulage looks set to bail out the railfreight sector again after Consignia announced it is replacing several mail trains...
II Warrington driver Michael Turner, who killed a motorist after swerving to avoid a broken down truck on the hard shoulder of...
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iverpool-based Rainford Trailers is paling to operators and finance panies to help it publish a list of all missing trailers in...
• by Keith Nuthall Roadside checks to detect overheating and limits on the amount of fuel trucks can carry through long road...
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• by Brendan Nolan Irish hau hers who traditionally rely on 10 weeks' work hauling sugar beet face problems this week with two...
• Wilson Double Deck has been taken over by the Montracon Group, continuing the trend to consolidation in the UK trailer...
• Hauliers and drivers are to face stiff financial penalties if they fail to follow correct procedures before going to an...
13-15 November Intermodal 2001, Hamburg, Germany. In its 14th year, this event is for everyone involved in containers,...
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• by Brian Weathorley At any one time something like 150,000 tachograph charts are being analysed each day in the UK through...
• Siemens VDO's coml chart reader may well be cr ble of analysing driver from the next genera "smart card" tac hosoperators...
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o is to provide an infracture to do it." id, although the technical S for digital tachos and • cards have been . oved, they've...
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• CM must apologise to coupling manufacturer Fontaine VBG, and issue a correction: in our recent article on the firm ( CM 25-31...
U Carrier Transicold has launched the Supra range of rootmounted fridge units fitted with microprocessors that are claimed to...
• Tata has launched a competitively priced but highly specified commercial version of its 4x4 Safari sports-utility vehicle....
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takes a lot to persuade a hard-nosed haulier that a radical nv trailer system has any real advantage over a conventional...
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Toyota has entered the competitive chassis-cab market with the new Dyna—but is this forward-control design just a blast from...
• The first impression of the Dyna is the sheer awkwardness of getting into the cab. However good the grab-handles, these...
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A major Vehicle Inspectorate investigation at the Manchester Containerbase has led to a number of hauliers and drivers being...
The licence held by Bo'nessbased Derek Heeps has been curtailed from 10 vehicles to six for a week by Scottish DIG Richard...
was also among the offenders caught out during the investigation. He pleaded guilty to eight offences of falsification and...
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A Telford international haulier who hired Irishregistered vehicles which were not specified on his 0-licence has had his...
Driving a vehicle when the speed limiter was not working and falsifying a tachograph record cost Northern Irish driver Robert...
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Reading a letter from Clive Hoyland (CM18-24 Oct) I must say I could not agree more with his comments. I feel particularly that...
The comments made by Clive Hoyland (CM1B-24 Oct) are totally valid. In a democratic society physical demonstration of...
I read with interest in CM about proposed speed limiting of 7.5tonne vehicles. Long overdue in my opinion; we don't need these...
After passing my HGV level 2 test, I have found it very difk to secure a job with any haul; company because they will n employ...
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When Spagthorpe Motor Company of Oswaldtwistle wanted a famous face to launch its new vehicle "The Catcher" (pictured below...
But in Ireland there's a very different movie trailer around. A here it's more a case of "Coming soon, to a CARPARK near you.....
was from a Romanian gentleman who drives a right-hooker expressing his concern about visibility difficulties when driving...
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for now its future seems secure as part of the MAN group, along with names like Star and Steyr. In fact ERF has a longer...
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Chris Rose, a director of JH Rose and Sons, hau contractors of Gillingham. Dorset, bought an ES6 from SA Trucks of Avonmouth....
Dawn Charlton In Dawn Charlton has been working as an HGV driver for three years alongside her husband Paul. He has been in...
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other makes." Bob Yarnell Bob Yarnell has been transport superintendent for Rushcliff Borough Council for five years. He has a...
On the other side of Nottingham from Rush Dennis Booth is maintenance manager for Ash; Borough Council where he looks after a...
Martin Rhodes, director of vehicle assets r agement for ERF, is responsible for the sal about 1,200 vehicles a year. They come...
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ennis Booth ir so, while there are other considerations, the !ice has to be competitive. We lease them over ur years. The ES6s...
Bob Reed, heavy commercial vehicles editor for the CAP Red Book, says: 'The ERF ES6 and ES8 lend themselves to a wide range of...
If there is a moral to be taken from these tales it has to be: read a current spec sheet before buying a new truck. The ES6 was...
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think what it must be like running someone else's. You'd think that taking over from the man who built the whole thing up would...
If you can't contemplate bringing in an outsider to the business, the alternative is to improve the management skills of' your...
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Start looking as early as possible and bring the recruit in to work alongside the existing boss for a changeover period. Don't...
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or Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, then the last place you want to work is Avanti International. Along with its sister company...
If you want to be sure of having the extra trucks and trailers you need in the run-up to Christmas. book them early, advises...
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1November 2001. Introduce new fees payable for annual tests. Goods vehicles in Class VII (not exceeding 3500kgs) will be...
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Association, ABE (Ledbury) boss Andy Boyle is not shy of voicing an opinion on most aspects of running a haulage business....
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Transport (Worcester) is no run-of-the-mill business. Since its foundation nearly 20 years ago as a courier running two vans...
admits that haulage can be a tough environment in which to work. "You have come at a time when the transport industry has big...
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• Assistance is available for operators in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Business Link can help hauliers:...
• Business Link UK switchboard, which provides contact details for local business links: 0845 600 9006, or...
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quick glance at the headquarters of Richard Read Transport and you know that you're looking at a thriving, diverse operation....
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set up to market and deliver fruit and vegetables from its home patch in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, but it now han...
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of. But Geoff Cecil, managing director of BH Cecil and Sons, based in Blakeney, Glos, has the luxury of full loads—and usually...
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the Internet may be shrinking the virtual world, freight and logistics are the key to shrinking the real world and delivering...