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Reducing risk should be a powerful tool in negotiating insurance renewal rates. Fit a burglar alarm to your house or car and...
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Thatcham refreshes its truck security ratings — but insurers don't care. Guy Sheppard reports. TRUCK MANUFACTURERS are...
WE'VE HAD FAXES and letters pouring in to support our "Pushing 50" campaign, and now have hundreds of replies from people who'd...
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MORE THAN £500,000 worth of property has been recovered and 20 people arrested since the launch of a police squad dedicated to...
FEARS OF A flood of cut-price East European truck drivers following the expansion of the EU seem to have been unfounded. The...
Traffic chaos was caused on the M25 over the weekend of 13-14 November by a fatal fuel tanker crash on Friday night between...
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An Exeter-based haulage firm has gone into liquidation leaving a trail of debts. Jennifer Ball reports. EXLTER-BASED Union...
truck crash 14 years ago which left him needing 24-hour care. London's High Court heard how Douglas Taylor was being trained...
took place this week, with discussions centring on ways to improve the country's road transport infrastructure. The Road...
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SHIPPING GIANT P&O has finally settled its differences with logistics firm Wincanton over the sale of P&O's TransEuropean...
Insurance. You've got it; we've got it and Brian Vikatherley has it. But more than 50,000 accidents a year involve uninsured...
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A FREIGHT FORWARDER, owed money by failed Scottish operator Kilsyth Transport Services, has expressed astonishment after he...
scheduled for next month in a bid to defuse mounting unrest among tanker drivers. The meeting at the Department ofTrade and...
HYUNDAI ISTO establish a CV manufacturing base in India, in a move seen by some observers as a tit-for-tat response toTata's...
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Well-known Devon operator Stoford Transport has thrown in the towel David Harris finds out why. A DEVONSHIRE HAULIER that...
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WHEEL CLAMPING contractors are discriminating against British truck drivers because they are easier to extract lines from,...
KENT-BASED John Seymour Transport has bought pioneering trucking company Astran Cargo Services in a bid to penetrate markets in...
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Take a stroll with us through the little sideroacis ot haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...
Chirstian Salvesen has a new chief exec — but he's not allowed to start work yet. David Harris reports. CHRISTIAN SALVESEN...
GERMAN CONSORTIUM Toll Collect insists its distance-based road charging scheme will be launched on 1 January, despite concerns...
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Cheshire haulage firm James Irlam & Son has escaped punishment at a public inquiry because it has its house in order. Mike...
A TNT truck driver had a lucky escape when he foiled an attempted hijack at gunpoint in Cheshire. The incident happened at...
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A LEICESTERSHIRE operator is offering a £500 reward for information leading to the arrests of arsonists who caused £140,000...
MORE THAN 20 dangerous trucks have been taken off the road in Cambridgeshire following a series of roadside checks in the...
THE EUROPEAN Commission has criticised the Irish government for not preventing the widespread dumping of illegal waste in...
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Bristol is piloting a consolidation centre to rationalise its city bound deliveries Dominic Perry asks the obvious question:...
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CV REGISTRATIONS broke monthly records yet again in October, with 33,672 new vehicles registered-up 10.4% on October 2003,...
Heavy van sales (2.6-3.5 tonnes) continue to drive CV sales, pushing October's monthly figures up 24% and year-to-date figures...
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The government talks up rail freight while cutting grants. Dominic Perry meets a man who puts his money where his mouth is. A...
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REGARDINGTHE speed limit for trucks on single-carriageway roads. a 50mph limit would be far more sensible for a number of...
IN RESPONSE to your campaign regarding speed limits for HGVs on single-carriageway roads, I cannot agree more strongly that the...
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From 1 January Germany will be tolling all trucks over 12 tonnes travellinF on its autobahns. After the delays and horror...
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January 2003: Ater initial legal challenges the German government formally announces the launch date for its distance-based...
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Deputy IC strips operator of his licence and issues a warning to anyone who shows such a "flagrant disregard for the licensing...
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A FINANCE company failed to secure the return of an impounded car transporter after it was unable to prove it was unaware its...
THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has upheld a TC's decision to refuse a licence application because the advertisement could have misled...
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DERBY-BASED John Shenton has lost his appeal against the refusal of the North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell to...
A SUFFOLK OWNER-DRIVER applying for a one-vehicle international licence faced stiff opposition from local residents on the...
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Drivers who suffer from a heart condition can face a long struggle to prove they are fit to drive again. Sally Nash reviews two...
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on this topic: What can drivers with heart conditions do to win back their licences, and in what circumstances do they have no...
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Exclusive! Readers still have time to take advantage of CM'S exclusive training deal with the FTA. T he Freight Transport...
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DVLA fee proposals: Following a consultation in 2003, the DVLA is considering various options for revising fee structures to...
The Goods Vehicle (Evidence ol Test Certificates) Regulations 2004, CIF 15 November 2004 These regulations revoke and replace...
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The V-B Vito has just been awarded the International Van of the Year award. But is its double-cab derivative, the Dualiner,...
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Two recovery operators a year are killed working on the hard shoulder and many more are injured. So what is being done to...
to a halt • Park on the hard shoulder facing straight ahead, leave the vehicle and get as far away from the carriageway as...
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We packed Oliver Dixon off to the Tokyo Motor Show where he found plenty of interest, including pointers to a truly global...
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Sandy Bruce queries the speed limit and why Alistair Darling has spent as much to argue against an essential user rebate as the...
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New trucks are so slow to materialise that eager operators are showing fresh interest in 7.5-tonne used vehicles. F inally...
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British Car Auctions reports exceptional demand this autumn, leading to record sales figures in the van and truck sectors. W...
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The latest figures suggest 2004 will be a record year for used commercial vehicle transactions. I nitial figures for used...
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Functional and practical, lveco's Cargo has proved popular with all types of operators since its birth in 1991. Geoff Ashcroft...