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The government is scrapping the Lorry Road User Charge report in a dramatic overhaul of its transport tax policy. Dominic Perry...
PALLET NETWORK Pall-Ex has been fined £100,000 for health and safety breaches after a driver was killed when a forklift truck...
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THE FULL EXTENT of collapsed haulage firm Wild Logistics LLP's demise was laid bare last week when the firm's liquidator...
DRIVER AGENCIES predict the annual peak in demand for their services may be more acute than normal this summer because of the...
A man was seriously injured after he was knocked down while changing a tyre on the hard shoulder of the M20 on 29 June....
Five trucks have been damaged during a fire at a Wincanton depot in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, during the early hours of 1 July.
Phil Lewellin, a former contributor to Truck magazine has died suddenly aged 64. Our sympathies go out to his wife and family.
CM 's sister title Motor Transport and manufacturer Daf have published a set of interactive cost tables to enable operators to...
The number of people killed on Scotland's road fell 7% last year. The Scottish Executive says there were 307 road deaths in...
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It's going to cost companies delivering into the capital an extra £2 for the pleasure, but to what benefit? Jennifer Ball and...
A MAJOR fuel distributor says he underestimated the cost of proving his company complies with the Working Time Directive (WTD)...
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A SOUTHALL haulage firm has been fined £2,500 for having no 0licence the fifth time the company has been prosecuted for licence...
THE TRANSPORT industry in the West Midlands is to benefit from 350 new drivers on the back of large-scale redundancies in the...
Barry Proctor is all in favour of safety in the workplace, but feels the Highways Agency has gone too far by enforcing speed...
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The government is coming under pressure to upgrade the 130-mile Al 4 before gridlock renders it unuseable. Guy Sheppard...
NEW EU LEGISLATION governing drivers' exposure to excessive vibration will create more confusion and red tape for operators, a...
This is the amount of daily exposure to whole-body vibration above which you are required to take action to reduce risk; this...
HUNDREDS OF operators are to be questioned about the impact of the rising cost of fuel on their business as part of a survey...
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The Working Time Directive has been with us for months now, but despite this the majority of drivers still feel confused about...
A SUPERGRASS HAS been found guilty of murdering a haulage boss with the sole aim of using his freight company as a front for...
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CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1930 and...
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Southampton Container Terminal says it has solved its capacity issues, but this has come on the back of falling volumes. David...
A FORMER director of a Northern Ireland haulage company has undertaken to disqualify himself from acting as a company director...
TRUCK DRIVERS in Scotland will be banned from smoking in their cabs under a new law passed by the Scottish Parliament last...
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Fruehauf Tippers has fought back from administration to a brighter future. Brian Weatheriey reports. FRUEHAUF TIPPERS, the...
ATS IS PLANNING to launch a dedicated national tyre breakdown service for the road transport sector within the next two...
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PALLETFORCE IS ADDING two more names to its UK distribution network after doubling the size of its central hub for the second...
ISUZU UK HAS taken the bold step of making its automatic transmission the standard offering in its improved 7.5-tonner,due for...
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TRUCKPOL has again warned that criminals are reverting to old tactics to get drivers to stop their trucks. DS Mark Hooper,...
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Richard Wild mounted a high-profile campaign against Tesco — and was back in the news when his firm folded. Chris Tindall...
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Operators are officially more worried about their drivers' health than their own — but few know what to do about it. CM and...
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for success CM travelled to Budapest to meet the chairman of Hungary's largest transport and logistics company. Dominic Perry...
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For all the new entrants to the EU the key to success is the infrastructure they possess. Hungary is in a better position than...
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Managing a fleet of some 1.800 trucks and their drivers scattered across Europe is the job of Karoly Csiszar, director of...
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SAD TO SEE Foden die, yes, but not for sentimental reasons. As an operator of Foden and Daf 8x4 tippers! feel justified in...
MAY I EXPRESS how much! have enjoyed the series of articles on "Greatest Vehicles". I have learnt so much about some of the...
I HAVE TO take issue with Brian Firth in his assertion that VOSA does not concentrate on the lawbreakers (CM 16 June). Our...
AS THE AUTHOR of the piece on the AEC Mammoth Major MkI I I in which I am accused by Robin Hannay of "making a common mistake"...
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Allegations of pressure on a driver are to be passed to Irish enforcement authorities. ALLEGATIONS MADE by a driver about his...
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MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS have led to the licence held by Broxburn-based J&M Kennie being cut from 12 vehicles and five trailers to...
AN ESSEX HAULIER. who worked without licence authority in an attempt to earn the money to applyfor an 0-licence, has lost his...
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A CUMBRIAN operator whose procedures were called into question has had its licence revoked by North Western Traffic 16.10...
CONVICTIONS FOR drivers' hours offences have cost a Flintshire driver £1 300 in fines and costs. Alister John Wright of...
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The Road Safety Bill should make UK roads safer — but what impact will it have on operators? Steve McQueen reports. T he Road...
• Create a graduated f Ned penalty system • Formalise retraining courses for speeding/ alcohol offenders • Make driving...
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other single cause — which is why new regulations have been drafted to minimise the ris(s. Adam Hill reports. T he statistics...
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work at height where there is a risk of a tali liable to cause personal injury. Anyone controlling the work of others will have...
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T hose who work in the industry every day of their lives are often best qualified to say whether new law can work in practice....
Andy Williams is a training supervisor at BDS, a company which provides training for Ministry of Defence civilians and civilian...
in charge of contracts and fleet management for 200 vehicles in a company employing 400 people. "I have to be conscious of new...
Philip Baker specialises in brick haulage. He says the WorkingTime Regulations have not caused him a problem because he rarely...
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Millard established his business in 1952. He carries out a mix of container work and specialist haulage with two trailers, The...
lettuces and other fresh produce. 'We are a company within a company," says Palmer, transport manager of the 36-vehicle fleet....
For15 years MD James has run the operation his father bought in 1962. The company's seven vehicles specialise in domestic...
the first companies to provide CPC training, Pargeter has 25 years' experience of offering training to the road transport...
Hunt has 20 years experience of driving HGVs. He has driven for John English for more than three years John Hunt and in a...
In business since 1997, Atherton runs 10 vehicles on UK and international work. The work includes transporting packaging, child...
Transport manager Richard Koster manages deliveries at Safeway/ Morrison's regional distribution centre in Richard Koster...
The company provides scaffolding services for tricky areas Well's Cathedral spire is a recent example. Logistics manager...
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expansion into China: it sent a convoy from Lyon along the legendary Silk Road to Beijing. Ivan Stjernqvist reports. A s the...
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It's not as if China desperately needs all-terrain trucks for building up its infrastructure, but the Silk Road Expedition...
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_ but also more_ clients. has bee speaking.to UK operators who see Eastern_ cproRe not as a-threat bUt a-s_an opportunity. T...
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a substantial British operator which specialises in running to Eastern Europe. Croome Goldstar Logistics (CGL) fields 60...
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AND IRAQ; WE USED TO TAKE GOODS TO THE BRITISH EMBASSIES" JAMES COLSON, CROOME GOLDSTAR LOGISTICS Before 1 May 2004 DFDS...
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S PCRIVElt! • The commercial vehicle industry may be full of good ideas but many fall by the wayside due to lack of...
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Mandatory front under-run bars sound like a good idea, unless you're running a tipper off road. Brian Weatherley explains how...
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Scania researchers are already looking towards life after Euro-6. Alan Bunting reports. T here's no let-up in the controversy...
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CIMC has thrown down the gauntlet to the world's trailer manufacturers: by 2008 it plans to be the biggest on earth. But who on...
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Gary Beecrott, MD of consultancy and research organisation CLEAR, reports that 162,000 trailers were registered in Western...
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the all-wheel-drive Transporter with the launch of the latest model. Collin Barnett reports. F or a year or two now, there...
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test venue at a quarry in the forests south of Fulda, in central Germany. A short familiarisation route was tackled in the two...
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Peter Lamer knows his drivers abide by the law. It's not a problem. What does vex him is the cost of proving that they comply...
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Global demand is exceeding the supply of secondhand tippers, leaving those willing to export them in the money. I is common...
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Do you know the history of your truck? Operator Kevin Norris was surprised to learn that his MAN TGA tractor was a veteran of...
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The key to success for independent used truck dealers is quality over quantity. Get the right vehicles and you're quids in....