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12th July 1990
12th July 1990
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Tacho evidence is now inevitable

THE proposal of Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson (CM 21-27 June) to change the law so that the evidence of a tachograph...

Ill wants margins

EVERY operator ought to have a margin for Increase on his licence, according to South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn...

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The power of words

A CONTINUING problem for hauliers is the misdescription by their customers of the load they are to carry. This usually occurs...

!Merlin to appeal

INTERLI FT (UK) Ltd is appealing against its conviction by Derby Magistrates on an offence of using a vehicle with dangerous...

Night out at home

WILLIAMS Bros (W a I es) Ltd had not acted unreason ably in sacking a driver they believed had made a false claim for...

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Four over the eight

SOUTH Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner has attacked the legislation that enables holders of restricted psy...

Extra time

NORTH Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu has renewed the two-vehicle restricted licence held by Alec, Stanley and Eric...

Tiled over

THE case of Swanseabased Casey Hoofing Contractors Ltd was the old, old story of a restricted licence holder who did not have...

Charts go missing

Ltd being ordered by Bolton Magistrates to pay fines and costs totalling £375. The company admitted three offences of failing...

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ulti-use ddle

environmental legislation are well illustrated by a recent case dealt with by the Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Professor...

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The poor relatio

RRORS of skill, that result In tragedy, should be dealt with more harshly than errors of judgement that have the same result....

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The poor relation

continued from page 5 should be a separate examination for fleet engineers and a correct training syllabus for all involved....

Be there!

RECENT case in which I was called upon to give expert testimony confirms my belief that unless you are unquestionably guilty,...

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Developing

all impact WOULD, I think, have taken the view that I had encountered all the problems raised by those who seek to object to...

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Nissan Diesel moves into Europe

• The Japanese assault on the European commercial vehicle market has been strengthened, with the news that Nissan Diesel trucks...

Be special to survive says 3i

• Specialist carriers are faring best in the economic downturn says venture capital group 3i, which invested 23m in 40 freight,...

Philips in Nedlloyd deal

• Philips is planning to sell its Dutch transport and forwarding organisation to Dutch-based international operator Nedlloyd....

Italy's turn for transit trouble

• Italy, which has taken over the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers, is emphasising the need to reach a deal over truck...

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CPC test crackdown

MI Students and teachers of the Certificate of Professional Competence exam are facing tighter security from the administering...

Unions merge into RMT

111 A new transport union is to be created from a merger between the National Union of Railwaymen and the National Union of...

Merton rethinks on Ban

The London Borough of Merton has decided to rejoin the London Boroughs Transport Scheme which administers the London Lorry Ban....

Renault set to buy-up Mack

• Renault is bidding .454m to take total control of Mack Trucks, the troubled US pro ducer in which it already holds a 44.5%...

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First-half sales slump

• First-half truck sales over 3.5 tonnes plummeted by nearly 28%, from 1989's record level of 196,630 to 164,574. !yew Ford...

London haulier held on remand

• Robert Khan, a 25-year-old haulier from East London, is being held on remand for theft following the death of missing garage...

MAC builds a TL deal

• AN AWD dealer has beaten the contract-hire giants to win a major deal with national builders' merchant Malden Timber. MAC...

Williams is MT's Haulier of Year

• Williams Bros (Wales) has been named Haulier of the Year in the 1990 awards organised by CM's stablemate Motor Transport....

Find a fast match

• Essex-based Cargofile has developed a load matching system which is claimed to be much faster to operate than anything else...

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Peugeot Talbot set for singles

• Peugeot-Talbot is expanding its tri-axle special vehicle production line at Stoke to build a single-rear-axle version under...

Lighter fuel bills

• Crompton Lighting is introducing body design modifications which are claimed to improve fuel consumption by up to 30%. The...

Clear Cone congestion

• A vehicle body called Clear Cone is designed to reduce the need to cone off traffic lanes for survey work. It has just...

High-spec service

• Crane Fruehauf has built 20 high-spec 13.4m trailers for trailer and container operator Autocontex, to service a regular...

17-tonner unveiled

• Besco has shown its latest aerodynamic 17-tonner, intended for the Tankfreight fleet, this time based on the Steyr-cabbed ERF...

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Sadler first with 2700

• Sadler Tankers has become one of the first UK operators to take delivery of a Leyland Daf 2700 tractor, launched at the...

Autolatina investment

• Autolatina, the Ford and Volkswagen joint venture in Brazil and Argentina, is close to completing an investment of 837m (Ulm)...

Steetley delivery

• Steetley Transport in Woburn has taken delivery of a Foden 4000 Series 8x2 to service its customers in the Milton Keynes...

Summer surfing

• Next time you fancy going Surfing USA in Cleethorpes, consider a Californian. Ford's modified P100 pickup comes with a...

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Receivers at Rockwood

• The receivers have been called in to Rockwood Holdings following the collapse of a plan to sell off a substantial part of the...

No bovver: hover

• Isle of Wight-based MWV Transport is teaming up with a hovercraft operator to offer next-day parcel deliveries to and from...

Riding for growth

• Pony Express plans to double its business in London within the next year and to break into the German sameday delivery market...

Going for groceries

• Applied Distribution has won its first contract in food manufacturing with European giant Nestle. The four-year deal is the...

Teaming up in Europe

• A major UK leasing company is at the forefront of a push to expand the range of services offered by European leasing firms...

Buyers' Harvest

• Buyers for the Harvest Group of Companies are about to be announced, with the strong likelihood that the packaging and...

Midland contacts

• Two Birmingham transport companies running complementary services have joined forces to create a -Midlands transport and...

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CTR profits surge ahead

• Europe's largest trailer ren tal company, Central Trailer Rentco, boosted its turnover by 54% to 276.2tri and profits by 35%...

Exel wins a super deal

• A £10m distribution contract with supermarket giant Safeway has been clinched by Exel Logistics. The NFC firm has bought a...

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Jobs go at Caldaire NE

• Around 20 jobs will be lost at Darlington-based Caldaire North East following the decision to close Trimdon Motor Services as...

IT plans a major Victoria facelift

• Plans have been drawn up for a £3.7m facelift for Victoria Coach Station to improve passenger facilities and to attract new...

Northumbria fires first shots at Travel Target

• Cramlington independent Target Travel, currently expanding its limited stop services out of Newcastle, is facing fierce...

Badgerline to split Eastern subsidiaries

• Badgerline Holdings is splitting its largest subsidiary, Eastern National, into two companies. A new company, Thamesway, will...

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All-out strike threat

• Go-ahead Northern continues to be dogged by industrial unrest with the threat of an all-out strike following last week's...

Dailybus 2 delivers

• The Carlyle Dailybus 2 is Jaimed to combine increased power with a range of other improvements. The power boost offers 771cW...

Bus safety code

• A bus safety code for children has been drawn up by the Bus and Coach Council to reduce the 20,000 accidents involving...

April launch for Metrorider double-decker

• Optare's double-decker version of the Metrorider will be launched by next April, says Optare managing director Russell...

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Pugh refuses extra vehicles

ceeded in gaining the renewal of its 16 vehicle PSV licence for a period of two years, at a Cardiff public inquiry. But South...

agistrates fine EFG

• The operation of a contract-hire vehicle without specifying it on the company's Operator's Licence, and a failure by a driver...

Comercial services cause chaos

• A new network of commercial services introduced by Rennies of Dunfermline in April led to such chaos that they ceased to...

Evans told to repay rebate

• New Tredegar-based Evans Coaches has been directed to repay 20% of the fuel duty rebate grant it had received over the past...

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Johnson fails to notify load

11 Overloading offences committed as a result of a failure by GCS Johnson (Skeeby) to notify the West Yorkshire Police of the...

Shop steward sacking was fair

• The decision of A Clarke & Co (Smethwick) to sack a shop steward at its Rutherglen depot after he had divulged confidential...

Police opposition falls down

411&9 1111 which had its li cence revoked four months ago, and whose directors were disqualified from holding or obtaining a...

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Delivering the goods

• "Turnover is irrelevant. I'm only interested in net profits. That sums up the difference between Alan Potter and me." Tough...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW BY THE HAWK

• Regular readers will remember the trouble we had in finding a trucker prepared to leap to the assistance of Tracey Hayden,...

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Bodybuilding keeps Telehoist in shape

• A history of engineering excellence dating back almost half a century has made the name of Telehoist synonymous with...

Off the hook

• A logical extension and welcome addition to the Telehoist range has come in the form of the UB20 Hookloader. A 'must' for...

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CONTINENTAL DIVERSIFICATION

Q We have been thinking of diversifying into Continental refrigerated transport and have been offered some second-hand trailers...

SOCIETY SET ON BANNING TRUCKS

Q I have been at my L./operating centre for seven years. We have applied to renew the licence with no changes and the only...

PINK LICENCES

n At the present time HGV licences are issued and revoked by the Licensing Authority for the traffic area in which the...

CLARIFICATION PLEASE

Q Do you think you could be of some assistance to me in clarifying a point concerning AETR drivers' hours? When on a journey...

MARKER BOARD OVERHANG

Q At what length of overk../hang do we need to use a marker board? We carry boats and recently we were stopped and told by a...

RE-CALIBRATION NOT REQUIRED

Q lf I add a tag axle to my tractor unit do I need to have my tachograph re-calibrated? QJ, Hailsham. A No, as long as the...

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OFF-ROAD OR KINGS ROAD?

• Four-wheel drive is now a firmly established niche in the commercial vehicle market Unlike current truck sales, 4x4 vehicles...

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SCHOOL

II We paused on the edge of the hill. Ahead: the bonnet of the Welsh Water Land Rover, then sky. The hill was a 100% (1:1)...

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• Government ministers who believe the free market can supply

the needs of lorry drivers on the road should take a trip up the Al and see for themselves the sheer lack of adequate...

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OPERATOR PROFILE EDDIE STOBART

• The word "Cumbria" is disappearing from the large trailer fleet of Eddie Stobart, an indication that the Carlisle-based...

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ROADTEST VW TRANSPORTER CATALYST

N Make no mistake, the environment is the issue of the '90s. The need to reduce drastically pollutants from motor vehicles is...

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ROADTEST VW TRANSPORTER CATALYST

Externally, the Transporter Catalyst looks no different to other VW Transporters. Not a single sanctimonious "Catalyst" badge...

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DEAR

SIR DIGV DRIVERS GET A RAW DEAL • I have read with interest your article in Headlines on the need for more truckstops which do...

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Managing education

• The International Institute of Logistics Management, based in Paris, set itself several training objectives at its sixth...