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17th July 1997
17th July 1997
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UK bridges will not meet 40t deadline

by Sally Nash • With just 18 months to go before the first 40-tonners hit UK roads, the Government finally admitted this week...

France slammed over truck blockades

11 An embarrassing legal reprimand to France, which could help prevent future disruption to international operators from French...

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Euro 48-hour week will lead to hours confusion

by Karen Miles • Operators and drivers face more complicated drivers' hours rules following this week's EC proposal that...

Pay disputes are brewing

• Drivers at Kwik Save and Northern Foods Transport have rejected pay offers. Brian Revell, TGWU national secretary for food,...

WHEN ERMINE MEETS TARMAC

D oes any good ever come out of the House of Lords? If nothing else the recent exchange in "The Other Place" highlighted the...

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Brussels acts over livestock

by David Craik • Livestock hauliers are seeking urgent clarification on the amount of financial pain they can expect following...

Former policeman caused fatal crash

• A former policeman who drove in front of a truck to stop it overtaking has been convicted of dangerous driving and causing...

Whitehall works on 0-licensing revamp

• Civil servants will advise transport ministers how to update enforcement of the operator licensing system within the next...

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Low payout by Bell Lines

by Brendan Nolan • The liquidator of the collapsed Bell Lines shipping company has confirmed that the payout to UK, Irish and...

Trucks wrecked in riots

• An estimated 40 trucks wen: wrecked in riots in Northern Ireland last week, devastating operators on both sides of the...

Prescott plans to support rail

• Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott confirmed his longterm aim to transfer more freight from road to rail last week when he...

TNT drivers to fit gas fires

• TNT Logistics has branched out into the installation of as appliances as part of a contract with British Gas Energy Centres....

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No pardon for Bryant

by Sally Nash • Hopes that Steve Bryant, the owner-driver jailed in Morocco for drugs trafficking, would be freed this month...

Driver still held after death crash

• Essex lorry driver Steven Murray, whose truck was involved in a fatal accident last month, has been remanded in custody for...

Duty-free freight rates fear

• Seafrance has warned that freight rates could more than double if the planned abolition of duty free sales goes ahead in...

URTU denies any U-turn on shame

• The United Road Transport Union denies making a U-turn over its pledge to publicly shame employers who force drivers to break...

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Hauliers banned from waste site

• Three Surrey hauliers have been banned from a local waste site after a successful objection from the county council....

Hire vans were dangerous

• Van hire companies in the West Midlands have been told to clean up their act after trading standards officers found an...

Road review report due out next week

Ml The Government is expected to invite the praise of hauliers— and the wrath of environmentalists—next week by approving two...

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Fuel Duel: gentlemen.•• choose your tractor!

by Brian Weatherley • Timing is everything. Even ERF's fiercest rivals would admit that the timing of its Fuel Duel campaign...

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Hi-tech Cummins hits 600hp

by Steve Sturgess • Cummins has launched its long-awaited 600hp engine, code-named Apex, as the Signature 600. As predicted, it...

Bargain price Hyundai

• Hyundai's H100 panel van will go on sale next month for around £9,500 (ex-VAT). The basic-trim model will have a 2.5-litre...

More room on top

• Hatcher Components has manufactured the first topsleeper in the UK for the Mercedes Actros S Cab. Made from GRP, NightCap...

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Hi-tech threat to drivers' careers

• Skilled truck drivers could be thrown on the scrap heap by new technology, if science experts have got their predictions...

Budget blow to pensions

• Drivers paying into personal pension schemes may have to increase their contributions by 15% following the Chancellor's...

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JK must wait and see

3. JK Transport must wait to see what action • Hinckley-based must wait to see what action Eastern Traffic Commissioner...

Haulier is warned: don't come back

• A West Yorkshire firm of pallet recyclers has been warned that a second appearance at a disciplinary inquiry would have...

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Driver is fined for hours and tachograph offences

• Drivers' hours offences and the falsification of a tachograph record have cost a North Wales lorry driver £775 in fines and...

Licence lost over untaxed vehicles

• An Essex operator who was said to have operated untaxed vehicles for years and to owe tens of thousands of pounds in unpaid...

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Worn brake warning

• Ferodo is to launch a product called Brake Alert which is said to highlight problems with worn brakes. It can be fitted to...

Wheelnut safety aids

• New wheelnut security devices are being marketed by Hatcher Components of Woodbridge, Suffolk and Tisbury, Wilts supplier...

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letters

Support for DSA I have read the letter headed DSA disaster, in this week's edition, with some amazement. I was chatting to a...

Y our editorial comment "The quick and the dead" (CM 3-9

July) struck a chord with many, I suspect. It was not only a worthwhile re-statement of the truck and car populations (a pity...

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TORQU EY

TRUNKER ere driving WHOSE truck?" Whenever Commercial Motor talks to readers about roadtests you say you prefer to see...

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0112 ROADTEST: SCANIA R124-400 of Leyland Daf's 85A00 showed (CM

6-12 March). Could we expect the same from the Scania? Pausing only to comb our hair and polish our shoes (well it was a...

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SODA CUBE VAN 1.9D

, H ow about this one, sir? The Skoda Pick-Me Up—it's a reasonably priced little Czech number, but it travels well and it...

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A series of acquisitions throughout this decade has made the distribution

division of Securicor the biggest in the company and a major player in its own right. And it hasn't stopped spending yet— plans...

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zrid ezol v ) A lpha had often been complimented on its distinctive

cerise, white and blue colour scheme, says transport operations manager Chris Clayton (pictured, left) whose idea it was to...

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'Is it just reflecting the interests of a select few high-profile companies?'

T he past few years have seen a major change in the freight industry's perception of itself. The tidal wave of logistics has...