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• by Miles Brignall The Department of Transport has gone to the time and expense of publishing a business plan for the Traffic...
in revenue to £736.7m for the first half of 2002, but profit before tax fell to £8.8m. Operating profit was 1100.000 up on...
• Thousands of hauliers could be forced out of business if there is a significant rise in oil prices as a result of a war with...
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More than 600 Exel drivers are to be balloted on strike action in support of a better pay offer. The drivers, who deliver...
• Midlands haulier DJ Ponsonby has gone into liquidation blaming an accumulation of bad debts. All 30 employees have been made...
• Operators using remote transport managers employed by Weston-super-Mare-based Trans Consult have been dealt another blow....
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for buying new trucks • by Sally Nash Training providers are accusing the Driving Standards Agency of a "monumental foul-up"...
• A Birmingham - based Continental driver has been left over £2,000 out of pocket by a financial consultant who was helping him...
• Both the Road Haulage and Freight Transport Associations have hailed their separate meetings with Transport Secretary...
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by Dominic Perry Dusands of trucks with Euro-2 gines could be left almost worths if local councils force through * new...
up its fight in Scotland for trucks to be exempted from congestion charging after tolls were given a thumbs up by city...
London's been a busy place this week, with the first of hundreds of the congestion-charging cameras, which will cost our...
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A by Guy Sheppard Vehicle recovery operators who work for the police may soon find it much harder to overcharge hauliers when...
• A haulier died when he was crushed under his artic in a :railer park last week. The incident occurred on 3 September at...
• Haulier John Heads of Elwick. Hartlepool, smuggled cigarettes into the UK on 14 occasions by hiding them in consignments of...
• A revised code of practice on vehicle load safety is expected to deepen the crisis facing timber hauliers when it is...
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from chemical company Rhodia to manage distribution from its UK sites to Ireland, the Continent and Scandinavia. DFDS expects...
• by Domicile Perry A Bedfordshire haulier who claims the Vehicle Inspectorate has pursued a vendetta against him has been...
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• A new licensing system designed to help safeguard companies against unscrupulous vehicle mechanics and dangerous practices...
• by Chris Tindall The possibility of a huge influx of trucks through a small Northumberland village has led to a storm of...
• A mechanic was crushed to death while examining a lorry on the hard shoulder of the MA after one of the vehicle's axles came...
• A truck driver and three other motorists were killed in a six-vehicle pile up on the M6 in Cheshire last week. The incident...
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More than 3,500 lorry loads were stolen last year—but this growing crime is being given a higher priority as the National...
• Criminals will often use knives to cut holes in curtainsiders, and once they have identified the load they will phone their...
and hijackings reported to the desk. New incidents are rapidly circulated among police forces, and the police also use these...
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Making the most of the available space inside a truck cab isn't easy. Brian Weatheriey meets Scania's styling gum Kristofer...
week's massive IAA show in Hanover Scania is showcasing two new msual design concepts... anias eXc is fuH-size truck featuring...
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• Faversham-based RS French has added this Scania P124 CB 8x4 to its fleet. The 24ft body can be fated with a 6ft extension to...
o by Colin Barnett Today (Thursday) is the first public day of Europe's largest CV show, the IAA at Hanover. which continues...
O Citroen is set to bring Its Berlingo high-cube van range up to date with a thorough revamp. Behind the new-look frontal...
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• Four months can seem an awfully long time without a truck to sell. Despite unveiling its ECT range at the Motor Show in May,...
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• iveco's 2003 Dailys will have a been reduced with the introduc new engine at entry level. The two lowest ratings of the...
of the new models in the countryside near to lveco's factory north of Madrid. In some ways the test venue in the ancient town...
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a A Middlesex haulier was said to have been duped by an unqualified driver when she appeared before Eastern Traffic...
Scottish IC Michael Betts has granted a new one-vehicle licence to Stenhousemuir market trader Mohammed Javed Akthar. He had...
1 Falsification of tachograph charts has cost a Berkshire driver £1,050 in fines and costs. Barry Swadling, of Langley, pleaded...
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The Operator's Licence held by Yate-based JE Clark & Co (Transporti has been cut from 40 vehicles and 28 trailers to 30...
For the second time Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown has rejected a Wiltshire hay and straw merchant's bid to move its...
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After reading last week's CM, and seeing your piece on page four about the A4-size stickers you are distributing, may I ask...
Further to the letter from Robert Syms MP ( CM 29 Aug-4 Sept), readers might be interested to know that there is also some...
of Luton, allow himself to be taken for a ride over medical casts I wonder?( CM 4 - 10 July). Why not try Mitten Medical Centre...
May I congratulate the Vehicle Inspectorate on its speedy response to a problem I first raised through a Vehicle Safety Defect...
I notice your magazine has been devoting attention recently to tipper stability, with coverage of the United tests at Cobham....
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adapted to drive through the legal loopholes of the day. Who can forget Land Rover - tractors" with the load floor cut out, or...
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Think of specialist truck bodies and you tend to think of HGVs. But from mini artics to CH reefers, operators are ordering a...
• The 3.5-tonner is ubiquitous on supermarket home-delivery operatio because of its acceptability in residential streets. Most...
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Demountable bodies on 3.5-tonners are nothing new. Ray Smith's Metro Swap, for ample, uses larger vehicles to trunk 3.5-tome...
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• Small tipper and dropside bodies ai popular on 3.5-tonners because they lei themselves to a variety of operation including...
• Boalloy and Southfields both offer fast-track bodies for 3.5-tonners. Boalloy has long been associated with fast-track...
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to give it an essential user rebate on diesel—which it then had to pass on to its customers for fear of accusations of being...
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P 0 VI E 11 The EU is planning legislation that would penalise drivers involved in accidents with cyclists—even when the...
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with widespread legal action, the campaign to reduce the death and Injury toll among cyclists goes on. Lobby group Transport...
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Reported trailer thefts are up 40% on last year, partly because our intelligence is Improving. Len Fuller, technical director...