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29th June 1995
29th June 1995
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RIEFS

• Truck driver Richard Duclos appeared at Bradford Magistrates Court on 22 June accus€ supplying drugs with a street value of...

livoli collapse hits 30 owner-drivers

by Miles Brignall TIVOLI • Twelve drivers have lost their jobs and more than 30 ownerdrivers face possible ruin this week...

Police set to pull out of escort role

IN Selective cuts in police work to allow officers to concentrate on catching criminals are the main proposals in the...

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TIME TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP

urophile, or Eurosceptic? That's the choice facing Conservative MPs as they prepare to choose a new leader. Meanwhile, as the...

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Beware French gunmen

by Ian Wylie II Two removals lorry drivers were robbed at gunpoint in France last Thursday, prompting haulage organisations to...

FTA backs 'police only' stop move

• Government confirmation that it will only allow uniformed police to stop trucks has been welcomed by the Freight Transport...

Nine out of trucks are illegal

• The industry's safety reputation has taken another knock after a year-long campaign by West Mercia police found 90% of trucks...

i • The Transport and General Workers Union is , promis'

ing new initiatives Morris: Big plans. , promis' ing new initiatives Morris: Big plans. to improve working conditions of lorry...

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Faint praise for livestock laws

by Ian Wylie • Livestock hauliers have given new European regulations on animal transport a qualified welcome, but the major...

More work for owner-drivers

• A Nottinghamshire haulier is inviting owner-drivers to apply for a slice of £9m worth of business in the same week it made 10...

Dover cost fears as privatisation looms

• Hauliers using the port of Dover could face higher costs following an announcement by Transport Secretary Brian Mawhinney...

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Low cost for high tech

by Miles Brignall • Hauliers working for supermarkets and other companies requiring computer links with their subcontractors...

EURONIBS

* The Dutch road transport association TLN is attacking the German government for planning to triple motorway tolls for trucks...

ERF makes more

• ERF, one of a handful of UK truck manufacturers still flying the flag in national and international markets, has posted big...

Man quizzed following £200,000 arson attack

III A Yorkshire man is on bail after a blaze at a operator's base left it with a 1200,000 bill for 10 damaged vehicles. The...

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Demand could bring 55 to UK

by Colin Sowinan • Daf has launched its 55-Series for the 11-15 tonne sector in lefthand drive only. But "if the UK market...

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Talking tank technology

T ankCon, the Road Haulage Association's biennial tanker show, moved to the Donington Park, Leics, exhibition centre this year....

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Final warning

11 Glenrothes-based Stewart Eider &Partners, trading as Viewfield Pallets & Engineering, has been given a final warning about...

Full check

• Stockton on Tees-based CL Prosser & Co was warned about maintenance when it appeared at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry. A full...

Statement breach

• Typetarget has been granted authority to move the operating centre of its two-vehicle licence in Sandwich, but at an...

New advert

• AS Audhali Farm Gate Fresh Poultry, of Hatton, Warks has withdrawn an application for an additional three trailers and will...

Claim rejected

• A Birmingham Industrial Tribunal has rejected an unfair dismissal claim by driver Roger Farnham. He was sacked after he had...

Wrong date for defence

• Carlisle magistrates reluctantly adjourned a case against Cumbrian haulier William Armstrong (Longtown) and 19 of its drivers...

Toilet breaks recorded as 'other work'

• A Manchester Industrial Tribunal has decided that Walkers Smiths Snack Foods was unfair to dismiss driver William Jones...

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Inaccuracies in load summonses

North London haulier Range Transport and driver James O'Dee were called before Redbridge Magistrates on charges of using a...

More trucks for less time

• West Midland TA, Licensing Auth ority John Mervyn Pugh has increased the authorisation on Mel Williams Co's licence—but only...

Out of time appeal was not a 'ploy'

• Consideration of disciplinary action against the licence held by Derwent Valley Lime Co of Consett was adjourned by North...

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Doubles for Parceline

by Bryan Jarvis • Express parcels specialist Parceline has invested £5m in vehicles and equipment for its expansion into the...

Koni gets active under the cab

• The first semi-active dampers to appear on commercial vehicles could be used for cab suspension, says Koni bus and truck...

Two engines for hi-tech jetter

• One engine was not good enough for Carlisle-based Andidrain: its Scania drain jetter has two. As well as the standard...

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Absurd limits

L aws must be observed however absurd they are. And few are as absurd as speed limits. Originally introduced supposedly to...

Known fiddles

Macho abuse has become I much more advanced but it's hard to believe operators do not knowing what's going on. Any operator...

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Cheap beer for the workers

T he Transport and General Workers' Union is joining forces with brewers' representatives to call for a 50% cut in the tax on...

Betty's blockbuster

3 ontrolling that unruly lot in the House of Commons can't be easy, especially when the Prime Minister decides he wants nothing...

The long and the short of it

rivers encountering this splendid sign in a North Yorkshire village may take a moment or two to adjust to its slightly archaic

Roll out the barrel

a he Hawk may not be one of them (hear hear—Ed), but some people are simply born for greatness. Such a man is Nick Cox, who has...

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SERVICES

Second for Sally • Sally Freight has added a second ship to the DartfordVlissingen route with room for 52 accompanied trucks....

EVENTS

Body display MI The 1996 SIVIMT Commercial Vehicle and Bodywork Show will take place on 27-29 February in Hall 4 of the NEC....

PUBLICATIONS

Chunnel digest • Useful addresses and practical information on cross-Channel transport are contained in The 1995 CrossChannel...

PRODUCTS

Eye safety • Wall-mounted eyewash stations can help employer:, meet the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981,...

CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become

the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

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TRAINING

Times to suit • Kendal College can organise courses for the Certificate in Competence for Road Haulage Operators with...

ROADWORKS

Midlands • During the British Grand Prix on 14-16 July Northamptonshire police will refuse abnormal loads on the: U A43...

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A S G

SG • Scania is once again an independent company, separated from the Saab car and aircraft manufacturer that it joined up with...

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Truck of

the IRISH North or South, Ireland's used truck dealers are faced with the same perennial problem as their British...

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I n a country where half the population is under 25,

Irish hauliers have elected another youthful leader after a two-year stint by their first woman president. Because Ireland...

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Irish hauliers welcomed a package of long-awaited reforms announced by

new Transport Minister Emmet Stagg at the IRHA conference in Killarney over Easter. Stagg, the first Minister of State for...

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— 'Full-time officers are

available to members round the clock' 4 T he recent article about Drivers' Action Movement (CM 1-7 June) seemed to imply that...