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17th October 1991
17th October 1991
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• COMMENT

• "The haulage industry is notorious for extended credit terms. In times such as these when the cost of money is so high it is...

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Haulier holds cargo against cash

• An angry London haulier has impounded cargo belonging to ICI until he is paid for delivery by one of the two freight clearing...

Alpine truck compromise

• The European Community has struck a deal with Austria and Switzerland over transit rights for trucks. Details will not be...

Stockeurop reviews ties

• European warehousing and distribution consortium Stockeurop Logistics International is trying to break its ties with its...

RHA fails to convince OFT

• The Road Haulage Association has had to resubmit a proposed operating costs table to the Office of Fair Trading. If approved...

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Flowers sale is imminent

• North Yorkshire haulier Flowers of York is expected to be saved from the receiver by a management buyout this week. Three...

Tippermen refuse to pay Tarmac's costs

• Derbyshire tippermen who went on strike at Tarmac quarries a year ago (CM 18-24 Oct 1990) have offered the company a...

Walon wins from BRS

• Car transport firm Walon has wrested a three-year Toyota distribution contract for 50,000 vehicles a year from BRS. BRS had...

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York postpones flotation

• The recession has forced trailer manufacturer York to revise the way it repays the debts from its £61m management buyout...

Ban battle costs rise

• Fighting Condition 11 of the London Lorry Ban will cost the Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association and...

Paralysed driver is compensated

• Truck driver Anthony Moore, who was left paralysed after a crash with another lorry nine years ago, has been awarded nearly...

Single document for scrapped regs

• MEPs are calling for a single document setting out which border regulations will be scrapped on 1 January 1993. A spokesman...

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Dennis Rapier launched

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles finally launched its Rapier fire appliance chassis at last week's fire exhibition in Torquay,...

Doubling-up cuts Q8 fleet

• P&O Distribution has now equipped nine of its 17-tonners to carry both packaged and bulk products on a contract with Kuwait...

Ford unveils Transit pricelist

• Ford has released prices for the new Transit; increases average about 2.5% across the range. Short wheelbase vans start at...

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AE power gap plugged

• Renault is set to fill a power gap in its futuristic AE tractive unit range next year with a new model offering around 317kW...

SA offers lower Strato cabs

• Seddon Atkinson is offering lower height options on its Strato TC multi-wheelers. A lower cab takes 70mm off and a low-ride...

Wide singles for tri-axles

• Michelin has followed Continental in developing a widesingle tyre for 19.5 rather than 22.5in wheels which can handle...

800 Pinzgauers for Saudi forces

• Saudi Arabia has ordered almost 800 high-mobility Steyr Pinzgauers for its armed forces. They come in 4x4 1.5-tonnepayload...

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Fish contracts at risk

• Scottish fish haulier Charles Alexander may lose contracts worth more than £500,000 because London wholesalers fear the TDG...

New BR division hopes for whole train loads

• Rail Express Systems (RES), British Rail's new freight service, is attempting to woo large hauliers into chartering whole...

Parcelforce faces Christmas strife

• Parcelforce could face disruption at Christmas after union members overwhelmingly rejected a 4% pay offer. A ballot on...

M-B to reduce staff by 100

• Mercedes-Benz is cutting around 100 jobs within the next nine months, mainly from its 900-strong workforce at the head office...

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Late payers force failures

• Small hauliers are being put out of business by late-paying customers, according to a new survey. Only construction firms...

TUG helps on Eezee debts

• The Transport Users Group has offered to represent hauliers who have not been paid by Eezee Euro Services, which closed its...

Publicity paying off for BITS

• A Northumberland-based haulage consortium is poised to go national after a CM profile led to a spate of enquiries from...

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Frustrated artics

• The son of the principal director of Staffordshirebased Shirleys Transport has had his plan to operate artics frustrated....

Pugh revokes 0-licence 1 • AF McDonald Transport of Pyle

has had its licence revoked on maintenance grounds, but South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has granted a licence...

A livestock transporter too high

MI The partners in Carlisle livestock haulier T Bell & Sons, and one of the firm's drivers, have been convicted of a weight...

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Purity puts its licence at risk

• Purity Soft Drinks has been warned by West Midland Deputy LA Roger Seymour that two prohibition notices have put its...

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Volvo unveils B6R midi

• Volvo has released details of its B6R midi chassis which has inherited most of its components from the manufacturer's FL6...

Northern looks to Hong Kong

• Northern Counties plans to use a revamped version of its Countydec double-decker to enter the Hong Kong market. It is...

Scania plans lower citybus for UK use

• Scania will be bringing a version of its single-deck citybus N113 chassis with a lower front floor to the UK. The modified...

Buyer sought for failed Carlyle

• Minibus specialist Carlyle Group has gone into voluntary liquidation, making around 160 staff redundant. Liquidator Ernst &...

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Changes in attitude

MI The recession in the new and used truck market is far from over. The picture painted by truck dealers, especially used truck...

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est ad lib of the Road Haulage Association conference last

week came as chairman Bobby Heaton launched the RHA's BS5750 video. It begins with an infuriated customer trying to get through...

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INSIDER

IDENTITY DISCS The next time someone asks you to lend them your 0-licence identity disc, think twice... you could be breaking...

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ROADTEST

SCANIA R113.400 I/ Compound-turbocharging is hardly a recent invention — shipbuilders have been dabbling with it for years —...

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PROFILE

AUTOS KY He believes that staff morale has been boosted over the past three years as more openings have arisen from an...

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Rogues or heroes?

• Setting up a driver agency is easy. All you need is a licence from the Department of Employment and an office. Specialist...

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E verybody seems to have a horror story about temporary agency

drivers, but they are often the vital link in a transport fleet. To discover what transport operators really think of agency...