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You can always trust the Bible for a good quote. Having heard Alistair Darling's depressing pre-Budget report, those who had to...
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By Roanna Avison, Roger Brown and Joanna Bourke THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to increase fuel duty to counter a cut in VAT has...
Rob Smith, spokesman and former driver for Spalding, Lincs-based JS Cook and Son Transport, says: "I estimate the fuel duty...
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By Joanna Bourke Despite our recent survey showing many operators have no faith in the ability of the police or Home Office to...
THE COMMERCIAL Vehicle Show will still go ahead in 2009, despite the absence of the big eight manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz,...
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By David Harri s VOSA IS MORE rigorously checking trucks using the Port of Holyhead than those at any other port in the...
SMALL HAULIERS should be encouraged to improve their maintenance and training to reduce the carbon footprint of freight...
EAST ANGLIAN operators have welcomed plans that will bring forward a 1;147m scheme to dual the last single-carriageway section...
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' conventional ' service By David Harris CONTAINERLIFT, THE specialist sideliner container haulier, is promoting its more...
I hate to mention it in November, but there is no escaping the fact that the festive season is rapidly approaching....
RENAULT TRUCKS has reiterated its commitment to the UK, despite the testing economic difficulties, and claims it will increase...
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By Chris Tindall. A PARTNERSHIP between the Brewery Logistics Group (BLG) and Westminster City Council has seen a dramatic...
AS THE MUSIC industry continues to struggle with free downloads, hauliers in the music distribution sector are reaping the...
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WINCANTON IS to merge its chilled consolidation activities in the UK with Culina Logistics. The agreement, which will take...
BULMER'S LOGISTICS, the family-run bulk and container fleet operator, is to cut 50 jobs from its 350-strong workforce. The...
STOP/START engine technology is to be fitted as standard on both Mercedes-Benz Atego and Axor trucks up to 26 tonnes from...
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In the third of our 'First Drives' of Volvo's recently-revamped product line-up, we turn our attention to the FH, with its...
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Electric vehicles may not be breaking into most operators fleets just yet, but TNT is Leading the way by using 50... with even...
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The DfT initially turned down the idea for 25.25m trucks on UK roads, but it is now looking at the concept of longer, single...
On the separate issue of refrigerated trailers, pressure group Transfrigoroute is campaigning for a controlled temperature...
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I HAVE TO confess to moments of irritability when I read the papers about how little esteem our industry is held in, and when...
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Does outsourcing your fleet management make sense during an economic crisis? CM talks to Prohire's directors, who explain why...
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NORTH-WESTERN Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has adjourned an inquiry considering action against two operators who had lent...
THE HEIGHT OF a fence at the exit to a transport yard was central to an appeal made to the Transport Tribunal by Surrey County...
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A SKIP OPERATOR has had his licence suspended after lending another operator a dice, while one of his trucks ignored a Vosa...
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE problems have led to the licence held by Barnstaple-based David Lawson being cut from three vehicles to two...
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With a new cabotage regime due in 2009, a campaign has been launched to harmonise European Union fuel duty before its...
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The European Commission has proposed that cabotage should be limited to a seven-day period, with a visiting haulier allowed to...
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The FTA's campaign points to Department for Transport (DfT) figures that suggest a number of foreign lorries do not meet the...
Ian Jarman, environmental and legislation manager, Owens Road Services, Dafen, Carmartenshire, Jarman is alarmed by figures...
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LOADER WORKHORSE FOR THE WORLD O n all sorts of construction sites, on farms and estates you'll find a JCB backhoe loader at...
THE WORLD'S MOST AMBITIOUS ENGINEERING PROJECTS Q DVDs in one U package providing over 6.5 hours of viewing! This pack tells...
T his series records I some of the world's largest and most exciting earthmoving machines at work today. Each programme is...
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Caddy Maxi 130 By fitting its impressive DSG automatic gearbox, Volkswagen has broadened the appeal of the Caddy Maxi. Words:...
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Driving a tight CV in towns and cities is now such a task that any device that helps reduce driver tension, and in turn...
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Words: David Harris Cabotage those that indulge are understandably in favour, but those against it mainly UK hauliers see it...
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The environmental argument for allowing cabotage is straightforward: more cabotage, fewer empty trailers. Empty trailers are a...
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Most UK hauliers will tell you that they dislike foreign competition in domestic markets not because they are afraid of...
The current UK rules on cabotage state that any foreign haulier taking on work in this country must do so on an "ad hoc' basis,...
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While UK hauliers may get upset at foreign operators undertaking cabotage work, one of the most recent high-profile cases of...
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What effects has the Eurotunnel fire and the economic slump had on Channel hopping operators this year? Words: Dave 'young...
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CM spoke to three drivers Alf Buckman, Rick Sayer and Kenny Cudworth — who, between them, have 90 years of cross-Channel ferry...
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Thanks to a special low-loader complete with its own crane, Merritt has saved both time and money. We find out how... Words:...
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Richard Merritt, managing director, Joseph Merritt Group Until recently, the marketplace seemed focused on the cheapest price....
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King's MTSE range of single-spine extenders has become an important part of the company's product range over the past two...
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The used truck business is down, but not out, if Scania dealership TruckEast is anything to go by. With a proven sales policy,...
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"I don't retail anything other than Scanias, and I'm confident that a five-year-old Scania that's been regularly maintained and...