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20th April 2000
20th April 2000
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harder with huge debts to hauliers is hit by arson

E by Karen Miles A freight forwarder which collapsed owing millions of pounds to hauliers was the victim of a suspected arson...

Senior IC interprets licence regs

Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts is about to publish guidelines for TCs on how to interpret the new wording in the...

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Creditors slam Penhale bosses

• The directors of Penhale Commercial Services, which went bust last month, have been accused of "haemorrhaging the company's...

Forum told: we fight on

• This week's government Road Haulage Forum left ministers In no doubt that, despite concessions in the Budget, the industry...

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Court rules: records must be surrendered

• by Mike Jewell In a landmark judgement that overturns legal advice often given to operators, the High Court has ruled that...

Flying Dutchman had no rest for 25 hours

• A Dutch truck drivcr who was stopped in a roadside check had been on the road for 25 hours without a break. He was among 20...

Phoenix phonies

Even a casual look through this week's news pages confirms a worrying trend: the one where companies go bust, owing thousands,...

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Internet bacIdoads set to depress rates

• by Liarn O'Brien Confectionery giant Mars is poised to launch an Internet freighting auction that will give shippers access...

Two years to extract pay

IN Freight forwarder Federation Freight has paid a Dutch operator—more than two years after it carried out the work, and only...

[-commerce needs trucks

II Verdict, one of the country's leading retail analysts, warns that the success or failure of Internet retailers will depend...

Hauliers plan action at Dublin

• A summer of discontent faces Dublin hauliers following the failure of a port forum to resolve opening hours issues. A...

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Action call to cut shoulder toll

• More motorway lighting and rumble strips are needed if the number of people killed or injured on motorway hard shoulders is...

failed operator

• by Charles Young Hauliers owed thousands of pounds by Matthews European, which went into liquidation last year, are angry...

Fleet is cut over rates

r Barnard Castle-based tipper operator TF Corner is sang all but three of its units "because rates are around 40% what they...

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Iceland van driver caught on the Web

• Iceland driver Rick Love's daily routine can be seen live on the Internet via a webcam broadcast. Digital images of Mr Love's...

Drivers not told about hours regs

• A meat haulage firm has been fined nearly £8,000 for failing to train its drivers about tachograph records or to tell them...

Tacho cheats hit by border patrols

• Thirty truck drivers have been prosecuted for falsifying their tachograph records after a joint operation between Scottish...

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MPs favour TED cuts for greener vehicles

• by Toby Clark More than two-thirds of MPs would support vehicle excise duty reductions for 'technology-enabled vehicles"...

Fast discharge boosts profits

• Wright Minimix of Bristol reckons to have gained 10% higher productivity with its new Oaf 65XF mixer. The Hymix RD5C gear can...

Fork lifts Don-Bur deck

IN CM would like to apologise for a mistake In last week's product round-up of doubledeck trailers. We ran the photograph...

ERF double-deckers

cut wasted journeys • A pair of ERFs with liftng decks are boosting productivity for a clinical waste specialist. The...

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Scania testing light tractor

• by Peter Lawton Scania may add a new Lightweight tractor to its range if a prototype performs well in trials. Derek Jones...

Ladders load aid

• Easi-Load is a new roof-top loading system for ladders from BriStor of Stafford. The system works on a similar principle to a...

Pirelli to sell tyres over Web

• Pirelli has unveiled a range of products, including an Internetbased tyre management and ordering system. This is designed to...

Turbo-diesel shaves costs

• Ford has introduced a direct-injection turbo-diesel unit for the Courier and Fiesta vans. The 1.8TDdi engine adds £130 to the...

Magnet, the kitchen, bedroom and joinery company, has bought more

than 40 new MANs from LOW Truck and Van Centre. So far 21 units have been supplied, ranging from 410hp F2000 Evolution tractors...

WO CHOICE

Exel is taking delivery of 40 MAN 414 4x2s with automated transmissions after successful year-long trials. The three-pedal...

DRAWBAR DEAL BOO Gases has acquired a further 20 Oaf

850Fs for its drawbar fleet. The three-axle prime movers are designed to run at 41 tonnes but can move up to 44-tonne...

TAX REBATE Omega Logistics is boosting its fleet with 200

new 41-tonne tractive units. The company is taking a mix of Scania 280 6x2s, with Euro-3 engines that qualify for the VED...

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NO SNOW The licence held by Fleetwoodbased Upright Scaffolding North

West was revoked when the company failed to appear at an Oldham disciplinary inquiry before North Western DTC Patrick Mulvenna,

BE EJECTED A bid by Clifford Jones, trading as CB

Logistics, to base four vehicles and five trailers at Micheldever was rejected at a Southampton public inquiry after it was...

FORMAL WARNING Though taking no action against the licence held

by Stranraer-based J McCulloch & Son, Scottish TC Michael Betts warned the firm about its maintenance record after it was...

RVE Convictions for overloading, lack of a two-year tachograph check

and a breach of the London lorry ban led to five vehicles being suspended for a week from the 48-vehicle licence held by WRM...

LICENCE LOST Speeding drivers caused the revocation of the licence

held by Bury St Edmunds-based F J Taylor-Balls. Eastern TC Geoffrey Simms also disqualified the company and director Barry...

Operator's licence revoked after series of prohibitions

The licence held by Nottingham-based Vincent Hart was revoked by the new North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney when...

Skip hirer cut to a single vehicle

23 A Lancashire skip hire operator has had his 0-licence Out from two vehicles to one with a warning that further maintenance...

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Convictions doom appeal

tem* The Transport I Tribunal has confirmed that north Londonbased Roadway Transport cannot have a new Operator's Licence....

Tribunal punishes quake man

A Stafford operator who was in Turkey when there was a Mara earthquake involving members of his family has lost his appeal...

Owner-driver beats council

A driver has been granted an 0 licence after Western Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps accepted his explanation for a...

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Do you want to comment on any stories in Commercial

Mahe Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back or a dressing dorm? Drop us a line at Commercial MOW, Room H203,...

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TOP MAN

What better way to mark the new millennium than to win Trucker of the Year 2000P Tony Selby (pictured with his better half...

FOR KINNEIL IT'S MASSIVE!

In the league of big loads I reckon this one would rank pretty high in the premier division. Spotted by one of The Hawk's many...

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Daf 95XF Super Space Cab

• The Daf cab looks a bit wider from the outside than the other cabs in this test, and once you're inside there's no shortage...

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Ivo Euro3tar101.0440E

• lveco has tried hard to convince the world that it makes a credible high-spec, long-distance cab, but customers (at least in...

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AN TG 460A XXL 5x2

• Apart from a few niggling details, a night away in the XXL-cab of MAN's brand new TG-A was a pleasant experience. The...

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-B Amos ega Space

• The four-step climb into the Actros cab is a daunting challenge for the athletically challenged—surely with this level of...

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Renault Premium 400 Single Driver

• Our initial impression of the Premium's Single Driver cab is one of puzzlement: what have they done with the passenger seat?...

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Scania R114 LA6x4

• Crossed lines meant that we received the "R" sleeper cab rather than the Topline which competes directly with the other...

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Volvo FI111460XL

• The biggest Volvo cab certainly makes a cosy bedroom; the warm blue colours and comfortable fabrics made us feel right at...

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CONCLUSIONS

• Cab design progresses with every new model, and the ingenuity shown here was admirable. The radical single-driver Renault...

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The "one-stop shop" claims to take all the hassle out of buying a new thick, but is it a realistic

option for everyone? Adam Hill reports. t's a hassle. You want a new truck; you contact the dealer; you tell him what chassis...

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T he versatility of demountable bodies is underlined nearly every day

of the week by Parkfield Southwest, the Devon-based transporter of PVC-framed patio doors and window units. Twoand-a-half years...

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T he United Kingdom has some of the cheapest fuel in

the world—until tax is added on. Once tax is taken into account UK fuel, especially in outlying areas such as the Highlands of...

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What you can do to reduce fuel consumption

"The best thing you can do to reduce fuel costs is to fill up in France where diesel is considerably cheaper," says RHA...

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Martin Croucher, business development manager of Intermec Technologle.s, explains why you need to use fleet management systems ...

• If you want to sound off about a road transport issue write to features editor Patric Cunnane or fax your views (up to 600...