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A - missed opportunity", - a pragmatic compromise, or an appalling 11th-hour fudge." Tick one from column A and one from Column...
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By Roanna Avison INNOVATE LOGISTICS has gone into administration two weeks after it was put up for sale by its parent company,...
run an illegal cabotage operation, which led to the impounding of three of its vehicles. Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner...
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By Patric Curmane DRIVERS' PERIODS of availability (P0As) may be reclassified as working time under proposed changes to the...
THE ORGANISER of last month's M62 fuel protest and at least eight other drivers involved in the demo are facing prosecution for...
TRAILER MAKER Don-Bur has dismissed suggestions that its aerodynamic Teardrop trailer does not meet the swing radius...
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TRUCK DRIVERS WHO have their licences confiscated by a court should not be able to apply for a driving permit in another...
FORMULA FRUEHAUF'S claim to body an eight-wheeler chassis in just two hours has been put to the test by CM's commercial...
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By David Harris TRUCK DRIVERS HAVE been warned by their own trade association to try to avoid using mobile phones when driving,...
⢠Since 2003, it has been an offence to use handheld mobile phones while driving. ⢠Since February 2007, drivers face a...
IN RESPONSE TO driver feedback over in-cab security, Daf has introduced a night lock which, the truck-manufacturer says, will...
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By Roanna Avison WITH A VIEW to cutting the number of HGVs clogging its narrow streets. the city of Bath is due to pilot an...
NEW TRUCKS, BUSES and coaches may be fitted with dedicated daytime running lights from summer 2012 as part of a move by...
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By Louise Cole
Morley, who started in the forklift industry and has been UK sales and marketing director of trailer-maker Schmitz Cargobull...
ROBBERS POSING as policemen hijacked a truck in South Yorkshire last week, just a fortnight after a similar attack in Walsall....
WANT TO LET the world know how fed up you are with paying the highest fuel duty in the European Union? Want other motorists to...
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By Chris Tindall ANY OPERATORS under the impression that becoming a publicly listed company is necessarily glamorous have had...
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined £120,000 with £51,000 costs last week after a truck driver fell to his death in its yard...
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By Joanna Bourke FREE WORKSHOPS for trunking and aggregates groups are set to promote online benchmarking tests for improved...
THE TRADITIONAL London taxi may gain a new rival in the shape of the Mercedes-Benz Vito. Among the features helping it meet the...
It is reasonable to assume that some drivers, being away in a truck all week, may feel isolated. As personal and family events...
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A year on from the official launch of lveco's Stralis artic range, how well has it matured in the UK? Words / Images: Brian...
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By Chris Tindall AN ECONOMIC slowdown coupled with record levels of speculative development in warehousing is resulting in a...
A LEICESTERSHIRE haulier has been fined £62,000 with £2,000 costs for illegal dumping. RC Deacon of Lutterworth admitted a...
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dioxide reduction conference Last week, but the options to the industry are varied. Words: Steve Hobson THE ROAD TRANSPORT...
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ABOUT FOUR years ago, I resigned from my job to work for myself. I was getting along quite nicely when someone suggested I do...
THE TRUSTEES of the Professional Drivers Association read with interest your interview with Bob Monks of URTU (CM 1 May). He...
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Never mind the long wait before you get your new truck, the real issue is how much you will end up paying for it. Words:...
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Repute is retained despite three 11111511111M 0 ' vehicles and a trailer having been used on illegal cabotage operations. NO...
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A DERBYSHIRE HAULIER, who sold his haulage company for £1 and whose current operation had vehicle maintenance problems, has to...
ROSTREVOR, Co Downbased Tinnelly International Transport has lost its appeal to Preston Crown Court against a fine of £2,750...
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who had admitted 25 offences of falsifying tachograph records, was given a 150-hour Community Punishment Order and ordered to...
DRIVER'S HOURS offences cost Penyffordd, Flintshire-based Mark Kynaston and three of his drivers 17,650 in fines and costs when...
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Priorities for the new Equality Bill include closing the pay gap between men and women, and tackling race and age...
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bills. These are: the Equal Pay Act 1970; the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; the Race Relations Act 1976; the Disability...
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Of course, a new version of a vehicle that's been running for a couple of decades will always be something of an unknown...
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vehicle, ticking ali, the relevant boxes in terms of ability, and building substantially on Citroen's mainstays of capable...
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London-based JA Coles has had to adhere to the new LEZ rules in order to safeguard its business. CM talks emissions, expense...
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The 33 Greater London boroughs are designated a low-emission zone (LEZ), where CVs not meeting certain pollution standards are...
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Specialist North London-based UK and international remover and shipper JA Coles can trace its history to Victorian times and...
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With trucks getting cleaner all the time, will the imposition of low-emission zones around the country really bring any...
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If UK cities have been slow to follow London's lead in setting up an I F7 the Europeans are much more enthusiastic about the...
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partial-flow filter employs an oxidation catalyst to cut particulates by up to 60%" A nasty shock awaits thousands of van...
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Per-Tee's full-flow PowerTrap filter. Designed for vehicles grossing at up to 28 tonnes, it manipulates the exhaust gas stream...
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Partial-flow filters don't need maintenance, but the majority of full-flow f ilters need to have accumulated ash cleaned out...
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Make sure the van is worth more than the filter package Van operators whose vehicles will come under the LEZ regs will be best...
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British Car Auctions blames poor quality vans for prices falling on fleet and lease vans to their lowest point this year. THE...
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The Fleet Auction Group will open a remarketing centre in Kuwait as part of a joint venture with Ijara House Holding Company....
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN and develop its growing British mainland customer base, the Belfast-based company Truck & Plant, which...