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20th June 2013
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Just for the record...

I saw my mother-in-law last weekend and the only thing she asked me about work was if I had seen the Eddie Stobart Trucking...

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Longer semi-trailer trial revisions come up short By Chris Druce

THE INDUSTRY HAS welcomed the longer semi-trailer trial reboot announced last week, but warned that plans to accelerate the...

REVISED TRIAL The current GCW of 44 tonnes remains, and

only the existing 14.6m and 15.65m longer semi-trailer lengths will be considered for the trial. All existing allocations will...

LONGER SEMI-TRAILER TIMEFRAME: CAN IT BE DONE?

Andy Dodge, sales director at manufacturer Lawrence David, said: "You could turn a longer semi-trailer around in two to three...

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Devey and McBurney take the honours By Christopher Walton NORMAN

MCBURNEY, founder and director of McBurney Transport Group, has been appointed an OBE, while Pall-Ex chief executive Hilary...

Stobart and AWJenkinson take 110 moving-floor trailers STOBART GROUP and

AW Jenkinson have struck a deal for 110 STAS moving-floor trailers to service their biomass contracts. The multi-million pound...

NUMBER ONE: Eddie Stobart's Trucking Songs compilation CD has done

slightly better than its Christmas single (which didn't make the Top 40) by hitting number one in the compilation album charts...

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0-licence is revoked over drug conviction .—,-. drove..

TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken (pictured) has revoked the 0-licence of Perth-based Fair City Skip Hire...

Driver not at fault over injured girl THE DRIVER of

an articulated lorry that struck an 11-year-old girl, leaving her with head injuries, has been found not to have been at fault....

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Bill Chippington closes doors dy Chris Druc., BILL CHIPPINGTON Haulage

was placed into administration and ceased trading on 14 June when Peter Waste11 and Michael Young, partners at FRP Advisory,...

Hauliers that have not signed up to the Road Haulage

Association (RHA) offer of free passage for its members on the M6 Toll during July will have to pay as normal, its operator has...

al Two thirds of operators have stated that drivers' opinions

of the trucks they drive are an important part of their purchasing strategy. The results of a poll on Commercialmotor.com,...

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Orwell lorry park may have to close ,,iris Tindall THE

OWNER of Suffolk's Orwell Crossing Lorry Park said the site may have to close down after demand for secure LGV spaces plunged...

Police called to Nissan premises POLICE HAD TO be called

to Nissan's premises in Sunderland after complaints were made about LGV drivers' behaviour. A spokeswoman for Northumbria...

TASTY BUSINESS: Tomato Plant, the heavy haulage operator based in

Iver, Buckinghamshire, has put in an application to extend its 0-licence after a diversification into tankers late last year...

Haulier sued over £900 parking fines COLCHESTER haulier B&E Hamblion

is being sued by the owners of an industrial estate in Ipswich for refusing to pay £900 in parking fines. Director Kevin Reid...

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course ir CM caught up with Stobart Group chief executive

Andrew Tinkler to find out if the rumours of blood on the boardroom floor were true Words: Christopher Walton THE LAST TIME CM...

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rand on the run How high a profile does Eddie

Stobart have among those outside of the haulage industry? CM set about finding out Words: Christopher Walton THE IDEA THAT YOU...

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WTD enforcement: over to you, Alastair Peoples I WRITE further

to the article in CM 6 June Vosa chief hits back at Bell's comments: URTU represents thousands of lorry drivers employed by...

Hybrids are the way forward YOUR SURVEY in CM 6

June refers to new EU regs on vehicle dimensions. Some say tractor unit cabs should be left alone, but perhaps there is a...

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river was crushed between two trucks Firm fined for failing

to observe safety system by separating workers and vehicles around tipping area By Roger Brown Operator: DS Smith Paper Matter:...

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Disqualification for director who misled TC Operator: Lee Burns Transport

Matter: 0-licence law Hearing: Edinburgh Area: Scotland Presiding TC: Joan Aitken THE TRAFFIC Commissioner (TC) for Scotland,...

Worker killed when skip lorry fell on him Operator: Adis

Scaffolding Matter: Health and safety Hearing: Derby Crown Court ADIS SCAFFOLDING has been fined £300,000 after a driver was...

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Movement Solutions (Leyland) MOVEMENT SOLUTIONS (Leyland) has been given the

go-ahead to operate two vehicles and a trailer at an operating centre in Forestway, Leyland, subject to the following...

FORTHCOMING PUBLIC INQUIRIES North western and Welsh traffic areas Cardiff

• Pontypool-based Drum Disposal Collection Services will make a new application at a PI on 25 June. Warrington • Powell...

NAC3 is. NAC3 CAN NOW base seven vehicles at the

Truckspares (Wirksworth) site at the Haulage Yard in Coldwell Street, Matlock, subject to the following conditions and...

NWF Fuels NWF FUELS HAS been given permission to locate

three vehicles at the Valero Energy site at Trafford Park in Manchester.

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Widening In July, it will be a year since own-account

operators in Northern Ireland were brought into the 0-licensing regime for the first time. CM finds out how the process has...

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Operator CPC Part 25 • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • There are many...

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RenapLt renaissance Last week's launch of Renault's Euro-6 line-up in

France was the culmination of seven years work and a €2bn investment by parent group Volvo so what does that buy you? Words:...

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1#4110^br of steel.

Transporting steel is second nature to A Hingley Transport, which is celebrating 45 years in business Words: George Barrow!...

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How to make your own hybrid Unconvinced by the diesel-electric

hybrids on offer, DHL Supply Chain sourced its own alternative Words: David Wilcox Although there are several diesel-electric...

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Looking into the crystal bait Light urban delivery vehicles will

use a combination of different driveline technologies in future, according to Iveco Words: Will Shiers Iveco has got out its...

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Industry prospects for 03 remain positive by 1-clUI rldil.Stone ONLINE

SHOPPING is boosting recruitment prospects among e-commerce delivery firms, but the transport sector as a whole has reduced its...

Get ahead with Women in Logistics Women in Logistics (WI

L) UK is holding a personal development event in London next month, covering topics such as using social media effectively;...

Milestone training to come in July Driver agency and recruitment

specialist Milestone is to launch a training division in July, offering cut-price Driver CPC training to encourage its drivers...

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A Luxury Daf with only 18,600km on the dock Welcome

to Laurie Dealer's used truck of the week. Each week our man inside the used truck trade picks out a truck or trailer from CM's...

Ford's only venture into the heavy side When it launched

the Transcontinental, Ford insisted it was a European truck — so where better to test it than in Europe? That's what CM did in...

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Under the hammer Buyers dug deep at the Launch of

Tip-Ex's first ever truck auction Words: Kevin Swallow Protruck Auctions, which hosted the first truck sale to be held at...

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Building up value In this day and age, just hiring

assets isn't enough. TIP Trailer Services explains how it built a thriving retail maintenance business as well Nords: Kevin...