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As Commercial Motor went to press French port workers from the OCT union were deciding whether to go ahead with a 24-hour strike. Passengers on Sea France will be transferred to Eurotennel services where possible.

ME MEC The Freight Transport Association has warned that the current proposals for the Working Time Directive will push another 200,000 trucks onto Britain's roads at peak times.

EXEMPTION CALL TransportAction. the government's authority on clean fuel vehicles, is recommending that the list of vehicles exempted from the proposed London congestion charging plans be widened to include dual-fuel and bi-tuel vehicles.

UMORTALKS Pay negotiations between Cheshire haulier James Ham & Sons and the United Road Transport Union will resume in the last week at November. The union is confident of reaching a "voluntary agreement" between the two parties.

NO SMNITACE The Freight Transport Association's chief executive, Richard Turner, has told the T&G Transport Skills Shortage Conference that "there is no shortage of drivers and skilled people, just of them wanting to work in our industry". The FTA claims some 300,000 qualified HGV drivers prefer other jobs.

TACHO TIME

A number of CMreaders spotted the error in our Operation Mermaid feature (CM 1-7 Nov) regarding tacho clocks. In fact the law states that a driver must ensure that the time recorded on his chart agrees with the official time in the country of registration of that vehicle.


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