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w by Nicky Taylor The haulage industry is gearing up to block a rise In diesel duty, but operators should start planning now...
• The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has demanded the European Commission holds an investigation into the...
Ccntact: Dan Sullivan at Kettruck on 0121 524 1804. MM. UNITE Plimsoll Publishing is to launch an interactive version of its...
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Stena's Irish bid • The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Stena's M to buy P&O's Irish Sea ferry routes to the...
• A tanker driver died after his artic careered off the motorway and smashed through the central reservation in Greater...
• by Guy Sheppard Nearly 50 Christian Salvesen drivers are poised to cripple one of Tesco's main distribution centres in a...
As of next week, Commercial Motor will be sporting a brand new look and feel as the UK's favourite weekly road transport...
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EXCLUSIVE • by Chris Tindall Two International haulage firms must watt to see whether they are granted an appeal against hefty...
NI Rogue haulage bosses who breach health and safety regulations could be more likely to escape detection following the...
• A joint venture delivery company working for Marks & Spencer appears to have resolved its pay dispute with drivers. Around...
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• John Vasey, the truck driver held in a French prison after £2.5m of cannabis was found onboard his truck, has lost his appeal...
If you think your chances of beating Health 8[. Safety regulations have just improved, then stop and consider what could happen...
xt Kent police are hunting for a truck driver who drove into the side of a police car, injuring a policewoman, after she...
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• by Emma Penny The owners of Britain's biggest dairy processing company have gone into receivership, and haulage companies are...
• A new radar-based collision avoidance system bat amid help vehicles "police" the road is being tested at the University of...
A gang of robbers held a Londis delivery driver at knifepoint before stealing more than 24,000 worth of cigarettes in the West...
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• One in every six heavy vehicles failed the Irish DOE test— the Irish MoT—last year, according to a new Department of the...
• Ten defendants were last week found guilty of evading £209,000 of excise duty on 1.5 million cigarettes. During the heaitg,...
ac,cialmed as one of Britain's top employers by the Corporate Research Foundation, JIGSAW PIECE Operator alliance Jigsaw has...
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• The Department for Transport ( DfT) is proposing a clampdown on drivers who avoid wearing seatbelts while making frequent...
• Two Cornish firms have each been fined 2115,000 with £10,000 costs following the death of a truck driver whose vehicle...
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• International hauliers who have signed up to the Eurowatch truck security scheme can now qualify for insurance discounts....
• by Emma Penny Sussex police are appealing for information and offering a reward of £10,000 after a haulier was killed in a...
• Pressure group Farmers for Action is warning that it is to begin blockading dairy processIng plants and supermarket depots...
• Twelve drivers under 30 will be competing this weekend in the UK finals of Scania's Young European Truck Driver of the Year...
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stands slap-bang in the middle of a busy ring-road Just off Leeds city centre. A team of 50 solicitors works within its walls....
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• Goods vehicle operators will need to invest in telematics systems if they are to survive the administrative burden of new...
• Mitten Keynes-based InfoTrack has announced the launch of Its redesigned Satellite Vehicle Management system. The new system...
• Thales Telematics has introduced an advanced telematics solution—FleetMatik —which combines traditional vehicle tracking and...
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• Removals company Pickfords has recently started using the VDO Dayton satellite navigation system to help make life easier for...
• Procter & Gamble has begun trialling tracking technology to help it monitor a number of vehicles run by haulage firm James...
le Recent figures from the Freight Transport Association (FA} reveal that 93% of the country's top goads vehicle operators have...
Telecom has Introduced a free location-based tracking system for all new and existing customers of its Orange-based mobile...
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CM is the first transport magazine to put Volvo's new right-hand drive F1-116 though its paces and it impressed. By Emma Penny...
As its UK registrations plummet. LOV's acquisition of its ex-partner's assets has come just in time to spur on its new...
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• Suitable for MIG/TIG/ARC and acetylene welding or cutting, a new welding helmet from Laser Tools Incorporates a progressive...
Installing/removing truck transmissions, and in particular pressure plates, can be a difficult task due to their weight The new...
For those of you who need to brush up on your technical knowledge, PCM has published a comprehensive guide to vehicle...
amount of electrical output—satnav, tracker systems, microwave ovens and televisions, to name but afew. Charging up the...
• Using nitrogen instead of compressed air to Inflate tyres has acknowledged benefits, with fuel costs reduced by up to 4% and...
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li A Cumbrian skip operator has been given a sec ond chance to prove himself after VOSA officials were unable to attend a...
A Cardiff haulier has fallen foul of a whistle-blowing former employee who tipped off the Traffic Area Office that his...
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blaming a transport manager recruited through an advertisement for the problems they had experienced. Interhaul Pallet...
it failed to supply financial information to the Traffic Commissioner has seen the decision upheld by the Transport Tribunal....
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created three different sub-sets of the Daily van range just to treble its exposure in the trade press. Although we've...
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T he thorny subject of test failures prompted Tim Griffin, boss of Retford-based Griffin Freight Services, to contact CM over...
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• Drivers occasionally complain of excessive heat in the cab, often to the point where they'll call for roadside assistance....
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were acquired last February by East Anglian Scania dealer RO-Truck. Its Wellingborough and Peterborough depots have the most...
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see the brightest youngsters going to college and only the poorest candidates come their way. No wonder the industry is...
across the UK from Cornwall to Grampian. By far the largest consensus of views came from Lex Commercials group. which is a...
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With the CM offices located in Surrey and me living in Shropshire, I start my day at the crack of dawn in order to dodge the...
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II West Midlands ERF dealership Aquila Truck Centre has been acquired by managing director, Gary Mullaney, from Asset...
• A yawning gap is opening up between prices for used trucks at franchised dealers and independent outlets. Independent dealer...
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• Demand for used 7.5tanners may be faltering at last, as a result of the belated impact of changes to driver licensing...
Ili Trucks with unusual specifications are attracting keen bidding at what Is otherwise a quiet time of the year at most...
• Manheim is to pump over , 1 2m into its Gloucestershire site in a bid to create one of the biggest van and truck auctions in...
III Figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that sales of used heavy trucks rose by 12.2% in...