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interpretation of the law. Jennifer Ball and Chris Tindall report. ENFORCEMENT AGENCY VOSA faced attacks on two fronts this...
DRIVERS FOR logistics firm Christian Salvesen will receive a 24% pay rise and their hours will fall to 48 a week ahead of the...
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ha ier Star Transport last week h LS destroyed eight 26-tonne rigi s, one tractive unit and six traile — and the company...
THE EU'S COUNCIL of transport ministers has agreed contr versial Irish amendments to t e drivers' hours rules that me n drivers...
Deaths and serious injuries at speed camera sites have fallen 40% in the past three years, says the government.
UK truck buyers are having to wait longer for their trucks thanks to sharp demand on the Continent: the German market is up a...
Three Scanias were stolen from the Mitcharn, Surrey yard of Dave Deadman Trucking last Friday (11 June). The first was a R124...
Transport awards. Open to all women employed in the UK haulage industry, the awards will be presented at the RHAs annual lunch...
Express Dairies has signed a two-year deal with TNT Mail, which will see its milkmen delivering "heavier weight letters and...
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CM has gained — don't ask us where! — world exclusive access to top-secret pictures of a new van range destined for these...
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IS EUROPE ON THE LEVEL? Barry Proctor ponders our attitude to Europe in the wake of electoral gains by the UK Independence...
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SCOTTISH OPERATORS will receive much bigger incentives to reduce truck pollution this year than their counterparts in England...
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INSURANCE COMPANIES have hit back at accusations of apathy after their representative quit a government-backed initiative to...
What did we say? Takeastroll with us through the little side roads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the...
MIDLAND EXPRESSWAY (MEL) has again refused to release figures for the number of trucks using the M6 Toll, claiming that after...
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VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT officers could soon be using a network of road sensors rather than spot checks to detect overloading. The...
After eight weeks, the jury couldn't agree a verdict in the William Martin Oliver & Partners case. Mike Jewell reports. After...
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SCOTTISH OPERATORS will receive much bigger incentives to reduce truck pollution this year than their counterparts in England....
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RHYS DAVIES Freight Logistics has taken delivery of the first three examples of Don-Bur's Palletmaster MAX double-deck...
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CONSTRUCTION FIRMS McNicholas and Instalcom have been fined £37,500 after a pedestrian was run over by a reversing truck in...
A BRISTOL OPERATOR has paid £1,270 in fines and costs for illegally dumping rubble. Bristol & Avon Transport and Skip Hire of...
WEST BERKSHIRE Council says it has handed out over £10,000 worth of fines after a 15-month blitz on operators breaching weight...
NEW WEIGHT restrictions could cause problems for operators hauling vital loads to remote communities on the Scottish island of...
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CM'S top don't enter you can't win. Don't stand on the cht ou s join the Perhaps not a word you would use following the...
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CV REGISTRATIONS hit their highest level in May for 15 years last month, with 30,491 new vehicles registered -up 7.8% on May...
New efficient trucks and vans are being snapped up, but rising interest rate and fuel prices threaten a downturn.
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charges. He talks to Jennifer Ball. David Stevenson sits in his office surrounded by mountains of out-ofdate paperwork. Old...
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I WOULD LIKE TO answer a number of the issues raised in Roger Grey's letter (CM 20 May). Yes, you do need a waste carrier's...
I WAS VERY impressed with your article on couriers and how the cowboys give the industry a bad name (CM 3 June). Maybe your...
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negotiation? Few operators believe they can raise rates to cover the price of diesel — are their customers really that...
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and grants new licence. Mike Jewell reports. DESPITE OPERATING without an 0licence for several months, a haulier has narrowly...
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A LANCASHIRE operator facing disciplinary action has been given more time to prepare his defence as a TC considers action on...
A WIRRAL OPERATOR, which ignored a court summons, has been fined more than £4,000 in its absence for using a vehicle that did...
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RESIDENTS HAVE FAILED in a bid to block a licence application from a Dundee operator after it improved site access, thereby...
ECO-PLANT, a Welsh operator granted interim authority last August to continue the same business as its predecessor, the...
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'EU drivers' hours rules: The European Commission has published proposals to update and amend the existing drivers' hours rules...
These regulations align the existing UK carriage of dangerous goods regulations with ADR. They bring into scope operations that...
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to: Legal Q&A, Commercial Motor, Quadrant House, Sutton, Surrey SM2 SAS e-mail: patriccunnane@rbi.co.uk Legal Cl&A is a...
I am a non-ADR owner-driver and a customer has asked me to deliver full loads of waterbased paint in 205-litre drums. I cannot...
sign to stop rather than an officer of VOSA or the police? There is a new weighbridge in Anglesey, five miles from Holyhead,...
For the past few months we have received reports from other concerned drivers that one of our drivers is drinking heavily.We...
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among HGV drivers. Sally Nash reports. Manchester-based insurance company Optiontheme is reporting a growing number of...
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Narcolepsy: A neurological condition affecting the area of the brain that controls waking and sleeping. It is characterised by...
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so turnovers must be hefty if serious rewards are to be reaped. Tim Maughan speaks to three contenders. There was a time — a...
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are long gone, but the legendary name still reigns supreme in Tasmanian logging haulier Tony Bardenhagen's fleet. Steve Brooks...
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FIX IT? Truck makers and dealers struggle to recruit enough young technicians. Is this widespread? Jennifer Ball finds out....
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a fleet tracking system — such as preventing your 'best asset' from stripping you bare Robin Meczes finds out more....
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It's not only vehicle operators that stand to prevent fraud by using telematics technology — insurance firms are also very...
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yes, I have bought a new car — after all, the old N-reg Rover was falling apart and perhaps it wasn't the best way of creating...
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The first VW T5s are on the used market, just four months old. The first Volkswagen T5 Transporters have hit the used market,...
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British Car Auctions truck auction at Belle Vue were having none of it... AIlthose pundits predicting the usual summer...
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used van sector has been brisk this year and Glass's Information Services believes there's plenty of scope for dealers to make...
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THE VEHICLE AND Operator Services Agency (VOSA) manages the recall of vehicles with safety defects throughout the UK and lists...
The used arm of Volvo Trucks has launched an incentive scheme for buyers of 1998-registered FL6 18-tonne boxvans.They will have...