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30th May 1991
30th May 1991
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U COMMENT A RAW DEAL

• The collapse of Transworld Distribution could turn out to be the worst disaster to hit rank and file hauliers since the...

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Sleeper-cab driver beats drink charge

• A Scottish court has dismissed charges against a driver breathalysed by police while parked in an overnight lorry park (CM 28...

RHA presses on with rates table

/ Road Haulage Association director-general Bryan Colley wilt find out whether the RHA is allowed to publish official tables of...

Road haulage

/ Transport secretary Malcolm Rifkind's decision to encourage operators to switch freight from road to rail has been met with...

UK faces tender trap

/ British companies bidding for public service transport contracts will face increased competition when new EC legislation is...

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shunted into siding

on localities that do not have the roads to cope with them," says Rifkind. He also announced his intention to break British...

Third Brooks brother before LA

• A director who admitted being involved in two failed companies, paying penalties for running vehicles on red diesel and...

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Hauliers to fit limiters

• Hauliers will be allowed to fit their own truck speed limiters when they become compulsory on HGVs up to four years old from...

RHA attacks lawyer's claim

• The Road Haulage Association has dismissed as a 'red herring" a transport lawyer's claim that its new conditions of carriage...

Saturday opening

• Seven more vehicle testing stations are to offer Saturday testing from next month, but operators who use the weekend service...

Fuel cartel appeal

• The Road Haulage Association is to press for compensation for hauliers caught out by a fuel cartel involving 17 NorthEast...

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Roadrunner 4x4 goes Electric

• Southern Electric has acquired the first three Roadrunner 4x4s to be converted by Leyland Daf from military to civilian spec...

Dip agrees to put on weight

• Proposals for higher weight limits for trucks between 24 and 32.5 tonnes have been put out for consultation by the Department...

Auto prize winner

• Carlisle-based Auto Recovery is putting a Bonifacedesigned rescue truck into serv ice fitted with side winches which allow...

Veteran Bedfords bound for Africa

• Nearly 60 ex-army M-type Bedfords are on their way to Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania after being refurbished by AWD dealer...

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Mercedes-Benz powers on

11 Mercedes-Benz has introduced five new models, giving a power boost to an already comprehensive range of vans and trucks....

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Creditors furious at Transworld meeting

/ Police were called to an angry creditors' meeting winding upTransworld Distribution Services after its directors were...

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Bibby tackles losses

EXCLUSIVE • Bibby Distribution Services is expected to reveal heavy losses next month, but the company believes that a series...

Bosses compete with old firm

• Three former bosses of tipper manufacturer WilcoxSeadyke are building bulk trailers in competition with the new owners of...

Exel buys frozen foods distributor

• Exel Logistics has acquired its third Continental transport operation. The NFC subsidiary has bought frozen foods distributor...

Swift starts work on coal contract

• Swift Transport Services has started work on its Um contract with British Coal to run a dedicated equipment distribution...

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LA calls for fleet check

oF 4 Oki • Maintenance problems have led to the duration of West Riding Motor Auctions' licence being cut to expire at the...

No evidence so no licence

• The boss of a a. faded transport firm has had his bid for a new li cence refused and his current interim licence revoked...

Objections to Preston site

• The licence held by the Blundell and Rimmer Group has been renewed for two years only by North Western Deputy LA Kenneth...

Licence bid dropped

• An application by Dinas Powysbased Chardcrest Transport to renew its licence was abandoned at a Cardiff public inquiry when...

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Jailed for £23,000 fraud

6 6 • A former manager of Freightliners and the boss of hire company Graylease have been jailed for 15 months and six months...

Longton's licence on the brink

• The twovehicle national licence held by Norman Longton of Chorley, Lanes has been revoked by North Western Licensing...

Bus door opened by piece of rope

• Eldergrove, trading as AB Cars of Leeds, has had its licence revoked after North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick...

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Omni makes a comeback

• The award - winning Omni minibus is back in production, six months after the collapse of its original manufacturer, City...

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IFT Turbocity set for a Swedish showing

• A prototype of Iveco Ford Truck's 10.7m double-deck Turbocity bus is expected to be on show at next month's UITP exhibition...

Bedwas moves into PCV welfare market

• Welsh truck bodybuilder Bedwas is to move into the PCV market with its high-capacity PV600 van. The Gwent-based manufacturer...

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r,1 ook carefully at this picture... it appears

to be a Vauxhall Cavalier (albeit an oversized model) overtaking a Belfast bus. However, the car is an advertisement painted...

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• Ever since the new Volkswagen Transporter emerged from hiding

last autumn, it has been clear that the van market has a serious new challenger. Although other manufacturers displayed...

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ROADT EST FORD vs VW

you'd never know it from looking at them. In fact the two look remarkably similar. Hardly surprising, you may say, as they are...

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• ECONOMY

Fuel consumption is traditionally a strongpoint of the DI diesel Transit so despite the fact that VW now claims aerodynamic...

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CASH CARRY

• There are currently 27 marques of lorry crane to choose from, sold through umpteen franchises and subsidiaries. Not...

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CARRY

The most frequent mistake crane buyers make is to specify too low a capacity. Operators lifting containers, cabins and similar...

INSIGHT CRANES

This situation is not helped when crane makers, like truck manufacturers, round up the numbers in the product's designation to...

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LAWTON ON THE LAW

• Drivers face being prosecuted for being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol every time they go to the...

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• In 1988, Ian Morris believed he could make his

dream come true by building his own independent haulage firm. He wasn't aiming for anything grand, just a profitable, niche...

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ON THE

EFENSIVE • Hours, tachograph and overloading charges are the most common to be brought against goods vehicle operators and...

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• Haulier Jock Carstairs used to regard British embassies as little pieces of England, ready to help at any time".

Now he is disgusted by the service he claims he found available to British lorry drivers when they run into trouble abroad....

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JOCK CARSTAIRS

'The attitude of the officials was unbelievable' treatment because he is an HGV driver. "I honestly believe that if Richard...

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• I was very pleased to read of another satisfied 00UK member — C Kinsella (CM 18-24 April).

However, I should just like to take this opportunity to clarify a number of points. At the heart of 00UK, and the one point...

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L eyland Dal Vans has recruited Jefferies as marketing director to capitalise on improvements in its product range and market performance.

Jefferies, 41 , was most recently AWD's UK sales and marketing director. He will be working with 140 main dealers, including...