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• Kalmar claims to manufacture the world's widest range of specialist materials-handling equipment; since bunching its Magnum depot shunter back in 1996 it's sold about 40 units in the UK. The Magnum is designed to combine driver comfort with operational efficiency. It has a tall (oft) RHD cab fitted with a fullheight rear-mounted sliding door giving direct access to the working platform. With a 6.2m turning radius it can handle trailers with the longest front overhang and its hydraulic fifth-wheel design copes easily with low-chassis-height megatrailers.
• Some £50m worth of trucks go missing every year, but a Knight Lock could save your trailer or tractor For just £200. Its heavy-duty mechanical system uses the vehicle's own safety features to render it immobile. A key, manufactured with a unique combination, is inserted to the modified air line. When removed the unit or trailer can't be driven away because there will be no air pressure to release the brakes.
• LDV added the Cub to its range of Pilot and Convoy panel vans earlier this year. It's a rebadged version of Nissan's Spanish-sourced MPV; LDV can offer an interior body fitting to suit specialist operation by police or firefighters. Another joint venture with Daewoo is expected to culminate in a new body to replace LDV's heavier range.
Licence cut down
• The authorisation on the licence held by Aberdeen Express has been cut from five vehicles to four. The company was called before Scottish IC Michael Betts over its maintenance record.
Two weeks off
• Maintenance problems have led to two of the eight vehicles on the licence held by Douglasbrae Knackery, of Keith, being suspended for two weeks by Scottish IC Michael Betts.
ML refused licence
• A bid bra new national licence for one vehicle and one trailer by Roderick O'Halloran, trading as ML Haulage, of South Norwood, has been refused at an Eastbourne public inquiry.
Sunburst appeals
III Newport-based Sunburst Leisure is appealing against the decision of South Wales DTC Roger Seymour to revoke its licence for 18 vehicles and 34 trailers on grounds of repute and finance.
Year's disqualification
• The licence held by Craig Col ledge, trading as CT Transport, of Guiseborough, was revoked when he failed to attend a Leeds disciplinary inquiry. C,olledge was called before North Eastern TC Keith Waterworth because of maintenance problems, convictions and concern over his finances. He was disqualified from holding an 0-licence for 12 months.