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3rd August 2000
3rd August 2000
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HIST IBM

Exel's first interim results since the merger of NFC and Ocean Group show turnover up 32.6% to £2,115.7m: but profit before...

MAE MEM

Drivers are being urged to check their brakes before approaching Slane Bridge in Co Meath. Ireland following the death of two...

REM; CUSID

A fire forced the closure of the Frejus tunnel last week, causing long tailbacks. HGVs were directed to parking areas on both...

NM UV

The VI has 74 weighbridge sites, of which 12 sites are available for self-weighing. free of charge, not the number stated in...

MOTORWAY FOOD

Food critic Egon Ronay, known for his outspoken condemnation of motorway service station food, has accepted a challenge from...

MEN IJOKI

An arbitration board has approved the sale by SJ of international ferry company Scandhnes to Stena Line,

CLONIES

The M8 motorway in Glasgow will be closed three times for work on the 50,000-tonne Kingston Bridge. The most serious...

NM MUD

A truck driver was killed last weekend in an accident which temporarily closed the southbound carriageway of the M42 between...

HFA slams 'pathetic' lack of

support for Dover protest... III by Charles Young The Hauliers and Farmers Alliance has slammed the lack of support for its...

PROTEST: 2

• Shadow Transport Minister Bernard Jenkin MP launched a nationwide petition to highlight the "massive amount" of fuel duty...

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PROTEST: 3

• The Road Haulage Association delivered its fuel message to the Chancellor last week when chief executive Roger King arrived...

PROTEST: 4

It Despite the publicity surrounding this week's Dump the Pumps fuel boycott. most garages across the country were reportin g a...

...as committee of MPs

reject fuel duty claims by Clan O'Brien The haulage industry's claim that hi g h fuel and vehicle duty is making it...

• The Road Haulage Association is considering direct action following the failure to secure results by negotiation.

It shelved its protest plans early this summer in the expectation that the Transport Select Committee's findings would support...

Stowaway jail threat

• A driver could face 10 years in jail for smuggling 28 illegal immigrants into the UK. Julian Lee, who is due to appear in...

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Stowaway searcher

rr A black box satellite communications system has been launched to crack down on stowaway illegal immigrants. Bedford-based...

Wincanton will float in market

• Unigate is to spin off its Wincanton Logistics operation and give it its own stock market listing within nine months. This...

Death by dangerous driving leads to jail

• A driver who ploughed into a Father-of-three with his truck has been jailed for four months after being found guilty of...

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• Hauliers left with unpaid debts from collapsed companies will

have a better chance of recovering their money under improvements to enforcement legislation being considered by the Lord...

High fuel helps us?

Utterly unbelievable. ..but true. After three months of evidence from a variety of industry sources, the Transport Select...

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Vic t i

s strike back l• To an outsider the haulage business run by Thomas Malcolm was a modern, profitable and professional outfit....

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OTHER TRANSMISSION NEWS

• ZF believes that by 2007 up to 70% of the light CV (sub-8.5t GVW) market in western Europe will be using automatic or...

DEVELOPMENTS IN AS-TRONIC

certainly believes that the future lies in the electronically controlled AS-Ironic design, and will be offering it in a number...

THE SYSTEMS APPROACH

• Reinhard Buhl, who runs ZF's CV Axle Systems division, is convinced that, while vehicle manufacturers want comfort,...

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THE 4P LINK

ZF is developing the 4P four-link rear suspension for medium and heavy trucks. The bottom of the drive axle is connected to the...

INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION

• ZF is a l so working on independent front suspension (IFS) for medium and heavy trucks, using either coil or air...

STEER-BY-WIRE AND THE CHAUFFEUR PROJECT

ZF has formed a 50/50 joint verdure with Bosch to create ZF Lenksysteme, which will develop "steer-by-wire" electronically...

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Unimog and Amos go to war • by Bill Godwin Mercedes-Benz is offering a new range of military vehicles which are based on the...

MAN denies

merger tale II MAN has denied it is in merger talks with lveco as reported in Commercial Motor's sister title, Motor...

Lorry loader from Atlas

• Atlas Hydraulic Loaders has launched a new 9.5t/rn lorry loader crane. The 95.1 model incorporates a twin...

Fifth-wheel specialist VIM is sold

In UK fifth wheel manufacturer VBG has been sold by its Swedish parent company VBG Produkter. The firm, based in a...

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SAF uprates its guarantee Eby Peter Lawton

SAF has extended and improved its Intradisc nine-tonne axle range and expanded the scope of its million-kilometre warranty....

KING-SIZE ORDER Thermo King has landed an order for 10

of its SL ICI units from Pulleyn Transport of Reading. The haulage company is using the units on new Schmitz Cargobull trailers...

3111ATO FOR MERCHANT Builders' merchant GA Day has taken delivery

of its first Seddon Atkinson Strata. The 18.215. which joins a mainly Mercedes-Benz fleet, is fitted with a Cummins B-Series...

Pick your own deal f ro m VW

Volkswagen has launched a series of deals and offers on Transporters and 1135s until the end of the year, Transporter buyers...

Leyland 4x4 gets rou

• The Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of eight specially designed 4x4 off-road training vehicles from Ryder's defence...

MS EXPANSION

TLS, the vehicle rental and contract hire specialist, is spending 16m on tippers to meet strong demand from the construction...

RUNNING GEAR

BPW is supplying the running gear for 90 Lawrence David curtainsiders which are starting work with Tesco. The 70 triaxle and 20...

'Ma WW1 Transcover, the sheeting systems supplier, has introduced the

Sidewinder, a side-mounted design featuring automatic operation. The company claims that the Sidewinder is able to cover the...

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MAN's Frankfurt launches will be greener and safer

• by Toby Clark When MAN revealed its new line-up of TO-A trucks—the revised M2000 and L2000 ranges and its Euro-3 engines...

Lane Guard System

• The Frankfurt show will be used to launch the Lane Guard System (LOS), an option which sounds a warning if the driver...

L=I IAA 2000 will be used to launch MAN Telematic

Services (PATS): this uses a GPS/GSM module on board the truck, and will include vehicle tracking, message forwarding and fleet...

BONE ORME

MAN will show an improved version of it.s EVB engine brake at the IAA. Mechanically the pressure-controlled EVB is little...

SKITCNABLE DRIVE

An experimental TO-A tractive unit at Frankfurt will feature switchable front-wheel drive using a hydrostatic drive system...

ADAPTIVE CRUISING

By mid-2001 MAN will offer a form of adaptive cruise control (ACC) with radar sensing to assess the safe distance from the...

ROOF TANKS

A fuel-cell-powered electric bus powered by hydrogen stored in roof-mounted tanks will also be on display at the Frankfurt...

Beyond Euro 3 III MAN believes that the combination of

common-rail fuel injection and cooled EGR will be enough to reduce NOx formation from the Euro-3 level of 5.0g/kWh to the...

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Greek trio escape ban after being misled on 0-licences

Three more Greek operators have had their British 0-licences revoked by Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms, but they...

EVIDENCE DEMAND Cutting the licence held by AC Williams Garages

(Ancaster) from 20 to 17 vehicles because of the company's poor maintenance record, Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms...

FORMAL WARNING

Scottish IC Michael Betts has taken no action against the three-vehicle licence held by Falkirk-based Roads & Lighting, but he...

LICENCE CUT: 1 Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence

held by Port Bannatyne-based Ambrisbeg being cut from five vehicles and trailers to three vehicles and one trailer at an Isle...

LICEIME GUI 2

The licence held by Wolverhampton-based Balvinder Singh, trading as GSD Haulage, has been cut from five vehicles to one after a...

LICENCE LOST

The licence held by Darlingtonbased M Line was revoked by North Eastern TC Tom Macartney after the firm had been fined £8,700...

Tacho sham puts fleet off road

The falsification of tachograph records by drivers employed by Martin Jolly Transport, of Newton Stewart, Dumfries &f,...

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Sercon Building Supplies, of Bingham. Nottinghamshire. whose one vehicle had

attracted two immediate prohibitions for a considerable number of defects, escaped with a warning at a Leeds disciplinary...

Continuing maintenance problems have led to the revocation of the

,icences neld by associated companies Ideal Waste Paper and United Fibres. Director Barry Thew was disqualified from holding an...

Taxi firm let drivers exceed hours

A taxi firm which permitted drivers to breach the hours rules after moving into light haulage has had its 0-licence suspended...

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IRTE CHANGES

The reasoning put forward in last week's Sound Off by the Secretary of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for its...

NO CONTROLS

The recent tragic events in Dover have brought the immigration issue bouncing back into the headlines and public opinion is,...

NO WEIGHTING

The Freight Transport Association was delighted by John Prescott's announcement in his 10-year transport plan that 44 tonnes...

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THE SOFT ARM OF THE LAW

Remember when bobbies patrolled on bikes? The Hawk does. (Surely they were peelers in your day9—Ed.) Well, you see before you...

TOP OF THE POPS

Kirsty, Sarah, Damian, Comma, Vikki and Stacey always knew their dad was the best, but now it's official. Glen Leatham, a...

LUCKY PARKERS

If you were planning on being nicked for illegal parking, may I recommend doing it in the Irish Republic? Judge Desmonde...

SPEEDERS IN THE FRAME

Some smart Alecs on the road think they have speed traps sussed. At present, speeding vehicles are detected by radar which...

MONSTER MUNCHIES

In the never-ending quest for new fuels. The Hawk has learned of one development guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. A...

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Pay by the rules or

risk paying a fine IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES ON TIME OR IN THE RIGHT WAY, YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH THE...

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TRANSPORT

Cleaner vehicles The Department of Transport has launched a scheme designed to help businesses cut back on carbon dioxide...

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t might be thought that Commercial Motor has a tendency

to ignore middleweight distribution trucks, but it's not true, honest. The truth is that the appearance of one of these...

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Our test truck came ready for work with a sturdy

27ft Gray and Adams two/three-compar iment reefer body and a Ross and Bonnyman 1,500kg tail-lift. Refrigeration was courtesy of...

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Do you want a truck that's a truly relaxing drive?

Kevin Swallow tagged along when an MAN fleet transported race cars across Europe and found the TG 46oA to be a dream machine....

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T E TRIALS

Hauliers expect problems. But how many persevere in the face of adversity? Chester-based George Mayers (NW) has had more...

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HEALTH

M ATTERS To many hauliers the phrase "occupational health" means very little, but even the smallest employer must take steps...

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n a high-profile change of direction last month, 51 -year-old primary

school head teacher Tim Gunn resigned from Wolsingham Primary School in order to become a full-time truck driver. It is true...

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t seems incredible that, at a time when the European

Union is striving to reduce the working week, one of Britain's best known food manufacturers should try to nearly double it to...

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The government must be held to account for the trade

In illegal immigration, argues David Illggin bottom, general secretary of the United Road Transport Union. • If you Want to...