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31st July 2003
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WFAIMI BUY Weaver Pallet Express has been acquired by delivery

company Business Post Group in a deal worth £12.5m. Weaver, estimated to be the UK's fourth-largest pallet network firm, will...

Fresh wave carries Seafield

out of Orb's troubled sphere EXCLUSIVE • by Dominic Perry A Worksop-based logistics firm has been saved from extinction...

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Lord Falconer speaks for CM

• The Minister of State for the Criminal Justice System, Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC is to be the keynote speaker at...

Analysts: Time is running out for Salvesen's boss

• by Sally Nash Transport analysts are warning that time is running out for Christian Salvesen chief executive Edward...

Smug Exel steps back from Hays

• Exel was forced to quash speculation once again that the group would be bidding for Hays' logistics arm when it reported on...

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High Court: Are fines calculated lavfully?

U by Mike Jewell A High Court Judge is to decide whether the Home Office's failure to consider hauliers' financial means...

Customs raid yard in search for red diesel

• A Liverpool haulier has been left fuming after Customs seized trucks and fuel from his premises during a raid and then...

Outrage as 1MG examines timber traffic

• A new transport group has provoked outrage by commissioning a study to find ways of reducing the number of timber trucks on...

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Drivers moan about RD Cs

• by David Harris The supermarket giant Safeway has agreed to meet disgruntled truck drivers who say they are fed up with...

RHA donation to Fair Trials

kt. Fair Trials Abroad is to launch a preliminary investigation into International truck drivers' rights after a 1.2,000...

Wincanton wins Matalan distribution

• Logistics giant Wincanton has won a five-year contract worth an estimated £65m to run clothing retailer Matalan's national...

We all pay the price

Tolls, congestion charging, road user charging—try as we might to ignore them, it seems there's no escape for our industry:...

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German charge checked out by EC

E by Guy Sheppard Germany's controversial new HGV roaduser charge is to be investigated by the European Commission following...

LCC benefits too slight Tolls overhaul

throughout EU II London Congestion Charging has failed hauliers, with journey time savings being too slight or localised to...

m Road tolls for trucks are set for a complete

overhaul throughout Europe in a bid to reduce congestion and boost funding on road and rail building projects. A proposed...

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Drug smugglers get total of 10 years jail

• A Scottish haulier and four other members of a drug-smuggling gang who hid £6m drugs in the false floor of a truck have...

Geordie fires cost £50,000

Police are investigating two truck fires which caused 150,000 worth of damage at a commercial vehicle repair centre In North...

Chocs trail sweetens

• Police are chasing a number of new leads in the hunt for a gang of thieves which stole a trailer containing £70,000 worth...

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Yasey firm closes as John stays in jail

by Jennifer Ball The wife of a Newcastle-uponTyne haulier imprisoned in France six months ago for allegedly smuggling 12.5m...

Skills council gets chair and full board

• The new Skills for Logistics (SfL) body, which takes over from the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council, last...

Sleepless in US

Road safety campaigners want drowsy driving to be made a criminal offence In the UK in the same way as drink driving. The...

Scottish protest £30m drop in roads spending

IN The Scottish Executive's spending on road repairs and maintenance will be frozen until 2006 amid protests that the country's...

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Transient plans to "go it alone" again

EXCLUSIVE • by Brian Weatherley Up and Coming trailer rental company Transrent has rebuffed a takeover bid from "another...

Driver cleared on guns charge

WI A Croatian truck driver caught at Dover with a haul of submachine guns hidden in a load of frozen pizza has been cleared by...

Nigh Court plas new inquest

• The High Court has ruled that there should be a new inquest into the death of Stephane Aineto, who was killed when he was...

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Rathbones: Wide awake to danger

• Hugh Brogan is a man with a mission—to make sure fewer of the HGV drivers for bakers Rathbones fall asleep at the wheel,...

SLEEPINESS KILLS

• About 20% of crashes on major non-urban roads are caused by sleepiness. • These accidents are worse because of the...

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TRANSPORT GURU

p rofessor Alan Waller is a man who tries to locate the silver lining in the darkest of rain clouds. Take the Working Time...

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Eurotrakkers reincarnation

• by Oliver Dixon The UK 6x4 tractor marketplace is not a big place; at around 3% of the parc, they're not exactly a common...

Driving Impressions W Double-drive tractors are most at home dragging

a bulk or pushout trailer but they also find a home in the planthire business. Hence our choice of distinctly non-standard test...

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Chaos predicted for German toll system

• by Robin Meows The introduction of road tolling in Germany at the end of August is likely to lead to chaos on the country's...

Policy to drive n ational take u p of systems

Public policy, rather than commercial fleet benefits, will drive the national take-up of telematics systems in the UK,...

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Private mileage under control

II Fuel savings, smaller communication bills, increased productivity and a noticeable reduction in overtime are among the...

Warnings on telematics data use

• A leading transport solicitor has repeated warnings that companies implementing telematics systems could face legal action...

Its awarded HA road data deal

• The Highways Agency has just signed a three-year licence deal with traffic data specialist Itis Holdings to access its data...

DYNAFLEEf UPGRADE

Volvo has upgraded its Dynafieet truck telematics system with a new module on driver management. Among other things it allows...

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(NIPPER CANTO The ability to carry the maximum payload with

a car licence led wood chipper manufacturer Timberwolf to specify a 6.3-tonne Mitsubishi Canter with a lightweight tandem...

UK CV makers hard at work

• by Colin Barnett The Office for National Statistics is once again broadcasting the rise of UK commercial vehicle...

Daily orders...

• The Americans may have thew Hummer, but the British army is about to get the Iveto Daily. Alvis Vickers has been...

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Portable weldin machines

• ESAB has launched two welding machines aimed at those wanting simplicity of operation in a portable package. Origolig 150...

Platform with pedal power

• Birch Engineering has designed a mobile access platform that does not require a battery or electrical input to be...

Shock range

• Monroe is relaunching its range of heavy-duty shock absorbers in the UK. The Magnum range of shocks for trailers and...

Technorail gas extractor unit

Exhaust fume extraction Is essential where internal combustion engines are serviced and maintained. Nederman has introduced...

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FORMAL WARNING

Preston-based Paul Dickinson, trading as PRO Haulage, has been given a formal warning about his future maintenance standards....

Electrical goods operators warned about hours abuses

Two hauliers who transport and deliver electrical goods for the Mastercare Group, which includes high street stores Dixons and...

Chatham-based Roy Shaw has been fined by £200 by a District Judge after

2200 fine for bending the law being convicted of numerous licensing and Insurance offences. Shaw had denied not having an...

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Awareness is the key point

The South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Christopher Heaps has refused to return an impounded truck used by London-based REJ...

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Our tiny little minds have been thoroughly baf fled by

the following e-mail.., so much so, we're almost A l a SniAl p . lost for words. It may very well work but I can't imagine...

TIME TRAVELLER

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 31 July 1928...

A big round of applause to parcel

bods TNT (sorry, the "express delivery giant" or "Britain's leading business-tobusiness express delivery operation" according...

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D lthough the pickup market isn't

the biggest sector in terms of vehicles sold, it's still a tough and competitive area. Nissan's standing in the field is...

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BATTERIES Wl The battery cover offers good protection from th

elements but it's easy to overlook the back termina Do it once too often and it won't be long defer corrosion begins to form....

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A vonmouth-based Western Tyres is a tyre casing dealer, retrieving CV

tyre cases from the UK and Europe. Its small fleet comprises two Renault artic units, a Volvo Globetrotter and a 7.5-tonne MAW...

THE WORKSHOP • Renault Trucks South West is one of

five wholly-owned dealerships among Renault's 16 main dealers. Based on Fifth Way in Avonmouth's industrial district, it has a...

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[GRATING T E SERVICES

Converting a new Oaf chassis for Pet-Reg and ADR use revealed an initial shortage of a factory-option master switch, part of...

USER VIEW: SOUTHERN COUNTIES FUEL

• Warninglid-based Southern Counties Fuels runs 58 tankers from seven sites, ranging from a 7.5-tonner for residential...

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CHANNEL COMMERCIALS

• Formed in 1987, Channel Commercials supports operators throughout Kent and East Sussex ‘4a its Ashford headquarters and...

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Brian Lee, managing director of Allan Morris Transport, finds that

a sense of humour and a sharp HB pencil are the best tools to help you through a busy week. • tf you would like to feature...

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Volvo Truck Finder ets a makeover

• Volvo Truck Finder, the truck maker's web-based used truck database, has been upgraded. There are more details on each...

Older trucks still popular

• Tractors dating back to 1996 or 1997 that can be operated at 44 tonnes are proving popular among second-hand buyers, says...

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Finance houses don't see quality

• Franchised dealers need to woo finance houses more effectively if customers are going to get the funding they need to buy...

Used trucks head to Eastern Europe

• Oaf's 95XF tractor remains popular with used buyers, if results at a recent sale held by Commercial Vehicle Auctions (CVA)...

Rate cut hits used market

Used sales are slowing down, reports Martin Smith of Huddersfield independent dealership Macs Truck Sales. And the recent cut...

WI The used truck business looks set to get a

lot tougher, says Jeremy Martell, national 11011 and plant manager at Manheim Auctions. "We'll see a hard market this summer, a...