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19th May 1994
19th May 1994
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• Eurotunnel's Iong-awaited freight service starts this Thursday (19 May),

with one train (14 shuttle wagons) leaving each way per hour. The passenger service starts in October.

• A bill to freeze folk on the Severn River

Crossing at 1994 levels will not reach its first reading because its originator, Labour MP Roy Hughes, now believes it is...

• TIP Trailer Rental has placed an order worth around

25m for 270 York trailers with Boalloy 13.6m Tautliner bodies to be delivered from late July.

• Receivers have been running the profitable haulage arm of

Lincolnshire-based fruit and vegetable producer Gosberton Group since 9 May: the workforce numbers 70.

• Nottinghamshire-based Bowring Transport had 22,070 of overloading fines `I'

L2''r eu on appeal to Bradford Crown Court: the company's legal costs were paid out of central funds.

• Magistrates fined Northern Ireland livestock haulier Oliver John Loughran

24,724 after he pleaded guilty to failing to produce a certificate or journey E) ar sheep bound abroad.

• Axle manufacturer GKN Kirkstall has reached an agreement with Eaton which will market its products in the US.

Routeing decision opens floodgates

by Amanda Bradbury • Hundreds of drivers and hauliers, including the biggest operators in the industry, face prosecution as a...

Langdons staff charged on hours

• The company secretary and at least 10 other staff employed by Taunton, Somerset-based refrigerated operator I...angdons...

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Tarmac Quarry to talk tipping rates

by Amanda Bradbury • A long-awaited upturn in the fortunes of tipper and concretemixer owner-drivers working for large...

Tax review for islanders

• Roads minister Robert Key has promised to review vehicle taxation for hauliers on remote British islands, many of whom lost...

Big wins for Wincanton

• Small hauliers and the own-account sector lost further ground in the primary distribution area this week as Wincanton takes...

Scots drivers demand 2.5%

• Scottish drivers are holding out for a 2.5% pay rise after conciliation service ACAS negotiated a 2% increase from hauliers...

Five hurt in truck chase

• A stolen truck was at the centre of a four-hour police chase which went through a city centre and ended in the early hours of...

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Sheertruck is sold

• Acquisitions and a move into general haulage and warehousing activities are likely for car transporter company Sheertruck...

Ford parts up for re-tender

by Karen Miles • Ford is re-tendering distribution of up to 2,500 tonnes of car parts per day to its UK factories as part of a...

Tipper work to go with CrossRail?

III London tipper operators stand to lose work worth millions of pounds as the CrossRail public transport project in the...

BRS puts more into spot hire

?" As the market continues to grow BRS Truck Rental, which handles spot hires of under a year, has spent 28.1m on new vehicles,...

Freightliner answers

• Further details are about to emerge on the sale of the intermodal container handler Freightliner as its owner, British Rail,...

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DSA gets warning

• The Driving Standards Agency has been given 14 days to respond to an offer by LGV training schools to pay for the privilege...

Hawes opens another stop

by Kathy Watson • Battling truckstop proprietor Jenny Hawes is set for another showdown with the Department of Transport after...

Mersey to operate Channel ferries

• Mersey Docks and Harbour Company plans to start twice daily sailings between Sheerness and Vlissingen, it announced just...

No Transfresh cash

• The 20 unsecured trade and expense creditors of Poolebased freight forwarder Transfresh will probably not get a penny of the...

Transcare staff settle

• Warnings by Transcare managers to staff that valuable work for Marks & Spencer could be withdrawn if drivers and warehousing...

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Used vehicles boosts sales

by Kathy Watson • Commercial vehicle sales rose by 7% in 1993 reaching a value of £3.1 billion, says an industry report. The...

Deadline set for trial

• A judge has directed that the trial of Francis Newell and Paul Wright, partners in Sheffield based Newell & Wright, on...

Opportunities in West Yorks

• Short-haul intermodal transport opportunities increased for operators in the Wakefield region last week with confirmation...

Inquest into steam cleaning accident

• An inquest was opened at Wakefield's coroner's court last Friday into the death ofJacksons Transport employee James Hodgson,...

Policy based on wrong terms

• Kent haulier Tony McPherson had a £3,000 windfall from his goods in transit insurance last week, just one week after the...

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CONDITIONAL APPROVAL

What? Not STILL writing about the London Lorry Ban? We're afraid so. But then those nice people at the London Boroughs...

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Stress survey: Euro fund plea

by Juliet Parish • More and more truck drivers are heading for an early grave because of stress-related illness, a union chief...

How you can reduce the chances of suffering from stress

at the wheel: • Opt for calm blue colour schemes in your cab, rather than angry red. • Stick a blue dot on the cab mirror, so...

ME AND MY CAB

Nicky Armiger, 22-year-old partner of Brian Armiger Transport in Wyboston in Bedfordshire, tells us about his £33,000 unit he...

Chunnel truckstop open

• Eurotunnel's truckstop opened last week at Ashford in Kent off J10 of the M20. The Channel Stop has space for up 257 artics...

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Tripmaster in Europe

• Econocruise is to market Rockwell's Tripmaster data logging and satellite communications systems in Europe. The American...

• Seddon Atkinson has a new air-operated folding door for

its latest Ivecosourced six-man high-roof municipal crew-cab.When open the full-height door extends only 130mm beyond the...

• Right-hand-drive versions of Iveco's EuroStar flagship are likely to

be delayed until next year as Iveco Ford continues to concentrate its artrc efforts on the bigger volume EuroTech market....

• Leyland Daf is launching a 180hp version of its

Cummins13-Series-engined 50 Series light-middleweight: until now the 50 Series has been available at 130,150 and 160hp. All 75...

New long-distance Pirellis

• Pirelli has launched steer and drive-axle tyres for trucks and touring coaches. The FH55 steer-axle tyre and the TH65...

First in the UK for Mere M-type

• In our TipCon Show report we incorrectly stated that Hugh Bourn's Mercedes-Benz 3234K eight-legger had Grisdale bodywork. In...

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Security: actions and words

by Brian Weatherley • If you're going to help road hauliers avoid truck theft there's no better way to show practical security...

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Tacho ten

• Brassington, Derbyshire hauliers John and Dorothy Allsop and eight of their drivers have appeared before Huntingdon...

Kingsley loses

• Stourbridge-based Kingsley Upholstery lost its three-vehicle licence when it failed to attend a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry.

Home only

• Though renewing the licence held by Bentham owner-driver Douglas Taylor in respect of one vehicle and two trailers, North...

Nisbet warning

• Scottish LA Michael Betts decided not to take any action against the licence held by J & E Nisbet, of Kilsyth, at a Glasgow...

MacGregor Cory

• MacGregor Cory Ltd has pointed out that it was not involved in the prosecution of Great Mills (CM 24-30March) and that the...

aintenance warning

• Cull ingworth Commercials & Freight Services of Bradford has been reprimanded over its maintenance standards and record of...

Vehicles to be in 'perfect nick'

• Oldham haulier Brett Hampson has been warned about taking vehicles to their annual test in less than perfect condition by...

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Application did not include conviction

• Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner has refused to renew the national licence for six vehicles held by Kaur...

Council objects but Miles gets his licence

• Lincolnshire owner-driver Anthony Miles has succeeded in obtaining a new international licence, despite an objection from...

Stanford to pay up by September

If Philip Stanford, trading as Wolverley Plant Hire, does not pay fines and costs totalling £19,145 by 5 September, his licence...

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Pursuit of excellence

D espite rumours of a move to the NEC the Institute of Road Transport Engineers' annual show looks set to remain at Telford, at...

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VANS

EMISSIONS V ans have had it easy for far too long. Emissions laws have added to the cost and complexity of cars and heavy...

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Milk Marque Limited

Milk Haulage The free market for milk is being opened up providing further opportunities for hauliers to tender for the...

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Van prize

• Volkswagen is sponsoring a national safe driving competition for small vans to be run in parallel with the Truck Driver of...

Intrade 94

• The three day conference and exhibition takes place at the Wembley conference and exhibition centre on 21-23 June. Topics...

Urban solutions

• Transport solutions for sustainable cities is the topic of a conference on 12-14 July at St Catherine's College, Oxford....

Conference cordiale

• The annual Franco-British transport conference takes place on 1 June at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel in London. Legislation,...

Bosch deal

• RSR, the suspension and axle firm, has been appointed distributor for Bosch air braking products. Contact (0332) 340085.

Debt recovery

• Guardian Collections of Woking in Surrey are urging businesses to act swiftly over slow payers by passing accounts over to...

Brakes centre

• Lucas has expanded its network to 45 outlets with the appointment of nine new brake relining centres. They are: David Huggett...

Distributors sought

• Brake drum and disc manufacturer, Thos Winnard, is seeking stockists interested in becoming distributors particularly in...

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Blackwall warning

s a newcomer to road .LlJiaulage, I have just purchased a R310 and have a contract pulling containers. Recently I had an...

Fatigue research

J am a final year student at 1.Nottingham University conducting research into the causes of fatigue and backache in truck...

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Seats of learning

El niversity students sit exams in lorry factory" ran the headline in The Daily Telegraph last week. A Fine example of lateral...

Miles of oldies

here's some mighty proud Scania drivers and operators out there. And they tend to keep hold of them for a mighty long time too....

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BIG MACK TO GO

If you're looking for a flagship tractor to haul over mountainous terrain with ease, featuring the sort of cab comfort that...

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Recovery wrangles

The AA and RAC have been winning contracts to manage recovery work for a number of police forces—the independent recovery...

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Racial prejudice?

'Our drivers all carry Green Cards because we have to accept there are different points of view and we have to try and fall in...

• Lawyers believe the cost of fighting Continental spot fines

are prohibitive and advise operators that their best bet is to stick rigidly to the law and if necessary carry extra paperwork...

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A free-running road network could save the UK £10 billion a

year, according to the British Road Federation (BRF). Unfortunately that goal is now further off than ever following the...

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cif = coming into force

SI No 298 Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994—cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC Directives 92/1 and 92/2 on...

FUTURE LEGISLATION

Operator Licensing—simplification of the 0Licence system included in Deregulation Bill before Parliament. 0-Licensing changes...

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STOP OFF

Truc orld This month our galloping gourmet Steve McQueen visits Essex-Truckworld to test the culinery delights on the menu....