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Wincanton has boosted its presence in the container sector with the purchase of Hanbury Davies. Roanna Avison finds out why....
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STOBART GROUP has revealed that Eddie Stobart has continued to trade well since it was taken over last year (CM 28 August...
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has slashed the amount of paperwork demanded of EU hauliers. Once the move is confirmed by the EL.;...
CUMMINS IS TO re-enter the heavy-duty truck market. The Darlington-based company will launch the X-13 in September for Chinese...
BUSINESSES IN the West Midlands arc to be asked if the) want to transfer freight from roae to canal. A partnership including...
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Transport for London has given operators 28 days' breathing space to - nake their trucks compliant with the LEZ. Dylan Gray...
IRELAND'S ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency reported last week that greenhouse gas emissions from road transport have risen by...
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have been given more than Om of central government funding to develop plans for road pricing. Transport Minister Rosie...
HE MAYOR OF a Hampshire town wants a Roadways Container Logistics driver to be charged with careless driving after his truck...
SUPERMARKET GIANT Marks & Spencer has taken delivery of 60 Mercedes-Benz Axors fitted with the manufacturer's 12-speed...
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New, slightly larger versions of Peugeot's Partner and Citroen's Berlingo have been unveiled. Colin Barnett casts his eye over...
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A county councillor 'pleads guilty to holding up the scheme' and says Droposals failed to consider facilities for drivers....
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CAR DRIVERS HAVE become so aware of the safety threat posed by left-hand-drive trucks on UK roads that they are giving them a...
COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S stablemate Motor Transport has launched its 2008 awards you have until 28 March to enter. There are 17...
BUSINESS POST group turnover rose 13% in the last quarter of 2007 compared with the final quarter of 2006. The fastest-growing...
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Dylan Gray takes a look at Vosa's weigh-in-motion sensors (/1/111/S) ls the agency puts them to good use on the M25....
a 7.5-tonne CV limit in '(ate: instead it says it is "considering the options". Residents in '(ate have been campaigning for...
competition in the Christmas issue of CM have now been picked. They are: Hazel Tack.Crowland; S Ormrod, Carnforth; S...
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It comes as no surprise that the latest report into UK roads condemns them as "unfit for purpose". But what are we going to do...
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TLS was once a problem child for parent company GE. But the rental firm may now be coming of age, as well as coming into...
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IF YOU really want to make the government listen, perhaps you ;hould adopt the attitude of the French— block the Dartford...
WAS in Southern Spain for he whole of November. On my rrival diesel was €1.05/lit (at wo different places). Listening 3 the BBC...
I AM writing to you with regard to the lack of secure truck parking throughout the UK. We all know secure sites are virtually...
PAIR1CK ALLAM, director of Springer Logistics,wrote that he would be honoured to be a member of an organisation such as the...
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G CM regulars know, we often review dealers' vvebsites and are )roud to be associated with TruckNet UK. \ow we're going...
TruckNet UK has many vibrant forums covering subjects from owner-drivers to transport technology and computer/software. Two of...
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Revoked operator tried to hide chart by sitting on it Mike Jewell reports. TACHOGRAPH and drivers hours' offences, including...
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,N EMPLOY MENT Tribunal has given a trainee . uck driver the green light to proceed with a case Ileging racial discrimination...
AN OPERATOR who appealed against the revocation of his 10-vehicle, two-trailer licence on the grounds that the decision was"...
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A MAN WHO wrongly claimed exemption from requiring an 0-licence has lost his bid for the return of his impounded vehicle when...
Refusal to return vehicle upheld Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mary Kane's refusal to return an impounded vehicle to...
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Road transport solicitor and barrister Miles Dorrington has haulage in his blood — his father ran a 15-strong fleet. But as he...
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Dperators must regularly check their drivers' locuments to ensure their 0-licence is not being )ut at risk by licence cheats,...
is essential that every driver holds the ight vocational licence for the vehicle he )r she is driving, otherwise their...
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p and coming law with the FTA 'UTU RE LEGISLATION iorthern Ireland operator licensing reform: Ire DOE intends to amend the...
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ERF was the last British truck manufacturer. With the help of IVAN and Cummins the final line-up allowed this classic marque to...
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Manufacturers have clearly worked hard on developing cabs that age well —today a well maintained used truck can look as good as...
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When (he ERF ECT tractor roiled off the MAN production line in Germany it came with four cab options and, at 11 litres, the...
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persuaded his father Edwin Richard Foden to finance a venture building trucks. In 1933 Dennis, along with Ernest Sherratt and...
Fl&A Scott. ERF and MAN service centre, Gainsborough, Lime MAN inherited a strong and traditional dealer/service network when...
the engine feels strong and unstressed at 44 tonnes, and the cab has remained abusefree during its first life. It's hard to...
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A simple visual aid for coupling tractors to trailer claims to increase safety and reduce fuel costs. Kevin Swallow checks it...
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To maximise load efficiency hauliers aligned to centralised pallet networks need double-deck trailers — but they return...
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fleet, one with a sloping roof and another with a flat headboard, were pitched against each other at Millbrook Proving Ground...
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triaxle aerodynamic sloping-roof curtainsider with a height of 4.8m and double decks on the floor of the step-frame up to the...
design, and you will cu your fuel costs. Our tests reveal that as much as 8.6% could be saved at 85km/h pretty much the normal...
aim of the trial was to achieve a benchmark figure for these two types of trailer. It didn't take long for the testte establish...
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ere's what to expect Tip-Ex08, the K's only dedicated per show... A nyone who's been in this business for 10 years or more...
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road transport? Inspired by a Dutch initiative, Sainsbury's is trialling 'Silent Approach' to supply its supermarkets at times...
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With the London low-emission zone going live imminently, some operators are desperate to find trucks that comply — while others...
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Despite some worrying financial signs, used truck dealers are predicting that sales in 2008 will match last year's figures....