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20th June 2002
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JOBS CUT lonsignia is to cut another. 17.000 jobs as

part of "a threefear renewal programme to .estore profitability" after flaking a pre-tax loss of R11bn. It plans to revert to...

Foreign drivers could face spot fines for road offences

• by Dominic Perry and Mlles Brignall Foreign drivers caught committing offences in the UK could face on-the-spot fines in a...

Parcel firm fails to deliver

911 Distribution companies waiting for payments from stricken parcels firm Apex may not receive a penny, its administrators...

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Fisher site deal

II Reefer operator Frigoscandia has signed a deal with Belgian vegetable processor Pinguin to buy the King's Lynn site of...

wore jail time for Bryant

i Driver Steve Bryant may have serve an extra year in a oroccan jail because a £19,000 ne has not been paid. Bryant,...

Delivery—

take two • Police had a busy weekend in Stocksbridge, near Sheffield, as they escorted a 25-tonne transformer on its...

HSE called in to km crisis

• by Chris Tindall The Health & Safety Executive is investigating drivers' complaints that there are not enough toilets at...

RHA

call to join assault on ED a The Road Haulage Association is urging the government to join forces with the Spanish and Finnish...

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How the sliding scale will work

Owner/hirer of vehicle • Vehicle fitted with adequate security devices and well maintained. System in place which, if...

New group claims 20(

II A new campaign group which aims to promote the image of road haulage is claiming a membership of nearly 200 following its...

Wacker: jail appeal fails

St Dutch driver Perry Wacker has failed to clear his name in the Appeal Court over the deaths of 58 Chinese immigrants who...

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New OK security futile say critics

• A raft of new security measures to thwart illegal immigrants has been unveiled in Dover by Home Secretary David...

Big claims

Scottish hauliers have been given an extra incentive to complain about plans for E2-avehicle congestion charges in Edinburgh...

Drivers told to stick together

• UK drivers are being urged to watch out for each other In the face of the increasing number of violent attacks by would-be...

Calling Robocop

"Should we actually be throwing resources at stopping youngsters stealing other youngsters' mobile phones?" Probably not. There...

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Truck hits nuclear train

• A driver tor East Sussexbased Jempsons Transport Contractors is helping police with their enquiries following an accident...

Scots diesel fraud

by Guy Sheppard Ind Miles Brignall 3ustoms officials are cracking lawn on the use of rebated red iiesel following a series of...

• Dover has a new truckstop to fill the void

that will be left when the truck park at Dover Docks closes in August. The new site is at Whitfield, three miles from Dover on...

M25 may get truck lane

• A traffic lane reserved for freight and PSVs could be set up on the M25 following a government-commissioned report into...

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refusing work

• An agency driver who refused to make a delivery because he felt too tired, even though he could legally do the job within...

• by Emma Penny Christian Salvesen's profits have plunged by 25.7%, despite a 13.2% increase in turnover.

Announcing the company's full-year results to 31 March 2002 ; chief executive Edward Roderick admitted that it had been "a year...

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Shifting the F parameters...

If only truck manufacturers could improve other aspects of the driver's lot in the way they can improve drivelines. But Volvo...

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Volvo tells EU to clarify Euro-4 regs

• by Colin Barnett 'Make up your minds" is Volvo's Tiessage to European legisla:ors, but the plea could have :ome from any...

Volvo lifts the lid on engine line-up

• During the presentation, Volvo's driveline experts „. listed the engine platforms that will power all Volvo Group...

EU concessions needed for FUPS II While the EC works

on the Euro-4 requirements, 40140 is highlighting another area where legislators could help the road transport industry with...

Duffield can test brakes unladen

I The Enfield workshop of , olvo dealer Duffield of East Inglia is operating an innovative est facility that enables unladen...

Is it a Ka or is it a van?

• Ford has unveiled a van version of Its diminutive Ka hatchback. The UK-only model, powered by a 1.3-litre, 59hp petrol...

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Disc brake incomparability leaves hauliers disillusioned

• by Rabin Meczes Confusion over the compatibility of some disc-braked axles with certain trailers and tractors is leaving...

Lights in the lead

• • A total of 27,314 CVs were registered last month—up 7.9% an May 2001, according to the latest figures from the...

FIRST EUROTBAKKER

Sunderland-based Alex Smile: has taken delivery of the UK's first Iveco EuraTrakker 6x4 tractor. Supplied by North Eaf. Truck &...

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AXLE/VEHICLE OVERLOADING MN ENVIRONMENTAL ILJ CONCERNS PIE LICENSING it‘ HEARINGS DRIVERS' Ed FA HOURS inft COURT CASES 1r7 AND TRIBUNALS

1111121 4ei VEHICLE al MAINTENANCE LOST DAY he licence held by Sheffieldased Graham Crossland, rading as Gail Builders &...

Runaway artic wrecks car

A Liverpool haulage company was fined £500 with £50 costs after an antic careered out of control in a North Wales village and...

Tribunal says letter was forged

Milton Keynesbased Direct Movement Services and its sole director, George Gallop, who forged a letter required by the Eastern...

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Driver 'unfit to hold a licence'

iik . , Falsifying tachograph records and -- 's , speeding has led to a driver from Felixstowe firm Newell (1, Wright losing...

IC 'exceptionally' returns • impounded truck to owner

Finance, hire and leasing companies who have had vehicles more than once due to a failure to check a cent's Operator's Licence...

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A GOOD TIME FOR DRIVERS

I read with concern the outdated views of `Sodalist Truck Driver David McKay (CM 6-12 June). Mr McKay states that the industry...

STILL UNDER THREAT

You are reporting on inroads made by East European hauliers using cheap labour into transEuropean work previously done by UK...

NOBODY'S DARLING

We now have a new Transport Secretary to replace Stephen Byers in the shape of Alistair Darling. It is disappointing to note...

HEART BRAKER

Reading Bryan Jarvis's article 'Rolls Choice' ( CM30 May5June) I almost suffered heart failure when I read: "According to...

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By our Northern Correspondent

Eric Strongitharm, Oswaldtwistle. The Spagthorpe Motor Company has been hit by claims in The Osivaldtwistle Procrastinator...

BACKFIRE WANTS TO KNOW that truck drivers out there are

prepared to stand up and tell the world how proud they are of their occupation. This column was baffled to switch on its...

GREGORY DISTRIBUTION, West Country haulier and operator of the brownest

vehicles this side of the 1970s, will sponsor the Air Ambulance Challenge 2002, a marathon drive for charity to raise awareness...

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T here is more than one type of Vario. It can

come as a chassis-cab or a chassis-cowl, but in the UK it is the large panel van that takes the lion's share of the market in...

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"The Vario is simply the largest van we can put on the road at under 7.5 tonnes"

Roger Bishop Bishop's Move, based in Wandsworth, South London, has been in the removal and storage business for no less than...

DEALER VIEWPOINT

BELL TRUCK SALES Garry Graham Is the dealer principle at Bell Truck sales of Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. The firm has a...

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"The Vario costs me less to run than the old 709"

Mark O'Connor Snap-On Incorporated of Wisconsin in the US makes and markets hand and power tools as well as diagnostic and...

OPERATOR FEEDBACK

Isis Rescue, with bases at Oxford and Hoperoft Hat near Bicester, has been in the recovery business for 32 years. "We operate a...

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IAL VEHICLE AUCTIONS

I-200 trucks, 80-150 trailers and various items of .nt. Wright also conducts sales around the country customers' premises. "No...

VERDICT

There's a lot to be said for buying a "complete vehicle" without having to worry about the extra hassles of speccing a body....

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LEGAL ULLETIN

PROIDUcwa IN ASSOCIATION rORCIN 4%. WARREN SOLICITORS Rules of objection T he operating centre is the heart of any transport...

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To protect the licence

The operator must be a good "neighbour". The operator should be in regular contact with the Traffic Area Office to establish...

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Conditions or undertakings

• A breach of a condition or undertaking could rase in the loss of the licence by virtue of disciplinary action being taken...

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Objections and representations

If it is a representation: • Has the notice been signed? • Has it been sent on time? • Have you received a copy? •...

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WV hen Lex Transfleet recently questioned 200 UK fleet managers about

their environmental policies, it found exactly eight of them were using gaspowered trucks or vans. ;iven that the questionnaire...

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Case study

One independent haulier which has invested heavily in gas technology is Caratrans. It has the Ilk's largest ENG filling station...

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It's time to declare war on waste—but where to start?

Only by properly monitoring fuel consumption and vehicle damage (not to mention the safe disposal of shrink wrap) can you make...

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Parry's golden rules of cost management...

• Get accurate information that allows you to make proper cost-saving decisions. if you can't rely on it, where do you...

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Damage and wastage taking ownership

• At the recent British Transport Advisory Committee annual conference, Interbrew UK logistics technical services manager...

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quickly. From 1910 until the late 1970s, the Bedfordshire location

of Rogers Transport was an ideal base for its agricultural work, moving everything from flour to farm machinery. But in the...

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Y ou might not think a consignment of high-pressure hoses would

be particularly attractive booty to a gang of thieves. Think again. A couple of years ago a 3reat Yarmouth-based Frans Maas...

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S OUND OFF till Collier, proprietor of components distributor CV Parts,

argues the case for using ndependent suppliers, rather than relying exclusively on franchised dealers. To =Rid off about a...