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of Bury St Edmunds was stolen from the Farmhouse Cafe on the 417 near Ho!beach, Lines some time on 26-27 August. The 1998...
An inquiry is to be held into the death of a truck co-drive who died when8Omph winds overturned a Scottish Co-op truck in...
A report recommending that improvements be made to the 4453 off J24 of the M1 to upgrade it to dual carriageway standards has...
for Education to create a Sector Skills Council to address staff shortages and training in the haulage industry, Backers...
to 80p/lit by the end of September on the back of rising fears over US military action against Iraq. The Freight Transport...
• by Dominic Perry The chief executives of the three main trade associations have blasted the government's plans to charge...
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A threat to blockade supermarket regional distribution centres by militant farmers has been slammed by the Freight Transport...
le Hauliers using trucks to commit serious crimes in the North-West have come into the sights of the region's Traffic...
• Hauliers who are being priced out of business by rocketing employers' liability insurance premiums may soon be thrown a...
Are you fed up being treated like you are the bane of other motorists' lives? Next week CM will be giving away free stickers...
• Kent Police will meet with the government next month to discuss ways of clamping down on foreign dhvers caught on speed...
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• by Miles Brignall The long awaited Traffic Area Network website is now on line and is about to be trialled by a select group...
• A cull in the number of timber hauliers is set to spread because cheap timber imports are cutting margins to the bone, an...
• A recovery operative and a truck driver have been killed and another driver has been left seriously injured following a crash...
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• The National Stolen Lorry Load Desk (AULD), shortly to be taken over by the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard, is to...
II A study into the use of speed cameras suggests their location has more to do with raising revenue than savng lives....
There can be few instances where a rise of i,000% in costs hasn't caused an outcry. It's taken some lime, but now companies are...
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• The amount of freight carried by UK HGVs in Scotland last year fell by 7.7 million tonnes compared with the previous year anc...
• by Jennifer Ball Transport Minister John Spellar has given the go-ahead for the Highways Agency to draw up plans for a £141m...
• Another long-standing transport firm is shutting its doors, blaming the state of the Industry for its closure. John Cox...
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im MP Liam Fox hasn't yet decided to take up a career as a truck driver.., but he has just completed a "challenge course" In a...
• A Scottish waste management company has been awarded a controversial £12.7m contract by Highland Council to dispose of the...
• Truck operators and dealers in the West Midlands are being warned to be extra vigilant after a spate of thefts of vehicles in...
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s by Emma Penny Scottish hauliers' representatives are calling for urgent upgrading work on the A8000, the road linking the...
II A truck that was hijacked and relieved of thousands of pounds' worth of alcohol has been found abandoned on an industrial...
• Trucks with better security features could soon benefit from cheaper insurance, says the Society for Motor Manufacturers and...
• Car drivers are mostly the cause of accidents between trucks and cars, according to a recent US study. The American...
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• Motorway service areas (MSAs) have never been a favourite stop for a number of hauliers; many truck drivers see them as being...
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m by Colin Barnett Siigdtly ,aler tran we promised you, Ford has revealed the UK model line-up and pricing for its new Transit...
• The first batch of Spanish-built Seddon Atkinson products have landed in the UK. The 10 Strato 16 6x2 tractors are also the...
• Mercedes-Benz dealer Rygor Commercials has just won two high-profile orders from neighbouring fire brigades. Wiltshire Fire...
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• by Colin Barnett Any thoughts that Mitsub shi had abandoned the working vehicle market in favour of the "lifestyle" sector...
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Exhaust gas recirculation, American engine makers' solution to meeting emissions regs, has serious implications for service...
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Drivers who regularly exceed speed limits are to lose their HGV licences for months rather than days or weeks. North Western...
A recovery vehicle operator has succeeded in winning back one of his vehicles after it was impounded in April for carrying...
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Prl A driver who falsified entries on his tachograph charts because he had not taken enough rest and overloaded his truck has...
A Scottish haulier has been booted out of the industry after he was described as having a "totally cavalier attitude to the...
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• Ravaglioli's Scottish importer, Autoparts Ecosse Garage Equipment, has installed a 45 tonne scissor lift at the Vehicle It is...
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I read with interest the publicity you are giving the subject of the Irish speeding (CM18-24 July). I find these days that some...
Regarding your article on the closure of the M20 for nine hours, we agree that it is totally unacceptable. Accident...
I see that CMmentioned my appointment to the Transport Select Committee in your last issue. In the article you su: :est that...
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number of new younger drivers becoming available since the change in driving licence legislation has added to speculation among...
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if your company is ever likely to employ agency drivers on long-term contracts, its implications could be coming right around...
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A government proposal that meets with universal approval from all interested parties sounds about as likely as Roy Keane...
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been absorbed by German manufacturer MAN and not having any hardware to sell right now, there's no reason why it can't continue...
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only to keep down noise levels. Today's systems also have to reduce both sootand smog-generating compounds from the engine's...
use either DPFs (Diesel Particulate Filters) or SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) to meet the emissions standards. In...
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has had the pleasure of meeting. "On the Isle of Wight you have trouble getting a truck into top gear," he chuckles, as we...
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• A leading Scania dealer has launched an angry attack on police forces in the Midlands for an alleged failure to tackle a wave...
P Changes to Block Exemption, which governs the franchised dealership system, are unlikely to have a masstve impact on truck...
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A massive new dealership at Aylesford in Kent to be constructed between now and 2004 will be one consequence of the takeover of...
• Volvo dealership Crossroads has set up a Lim depot at Stallingborough in Lincolnshire. On a 9oom 2 site on the Redwood...
Large numbers of one-, two-, and three-year-old trailers have flooded onto the used market in recent months, says Chris Wright...
The demise of major independent used truck dealer Brandrick has stunned traders countrywide. The West Midlands business has...
A policy of persuading fleet customers to accept a mixture of tractor units—some of which have big sleeper cabs and a...