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to Exel's Tradeteam business in a contract lasting until at least 2010. The contract is expected to have a turnover of around...
• by Dominic Perry The government has outraged the industry by pressing ahead with amendments to the universally loathed civil...
this week following an attack outside Calais. Steven Griffiths, who works for Rhylbased Ctywd International Groupage Services...
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• Last Friday's England vs Argentina World Cup match had a dramatic effect on the roads—and for once, congestion wasn't the...
• A Norwich businessman who set up a scam company self] ng a cut price mixture of paraffin and diesel to travelling showmen and...
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• by Guy Sheppard More than one haulier In four is in danger of going under because of over-capacity within the industry,...
Just what is it with the Home Office? Is it really above the law? Its latest move to double fines on operators found with...
• The governments road charging plans have been dealt a blow by the discovery that global positioning systems (GPS) can be...
We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...
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• A self-employed truck driver has been jailed for 21 months after ploughing into the back of a stationary car and killing the...
• The long awaked Traffic Area Network's TAN21 computer system is now going through final security checks before going live....
A Cardiff haulier who was fined for having an insecure and dangerous load has won the battle to clear his name. Paul Townsend,...
• A red hot date for the Italian Ambassador... Iveco launched its new Stralis tractor unk at a VIP event at the London...
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• by Dominic Perry More than 100 drivers from East Anglian haulage giant Murfitts Transport have been fined for breaking the...
EWincanton has achieved a 10.8% growth in operating profit and a 17.8% increase in pre-tax profit in its first year after the...
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• The wife of a British lorry driver who is in a French jail has delivered a scathing attack on the Foreign Office for failing...
• A letter urging the government to begin immediate talks on the growing shortage of overnight parking areas for trucks has...
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• Lapses in security at the Calais rail-freight terminal have yet again been highlighted by a group of illegal immigrants who...
• Scottish hauliers have been invited to tell Edinburgh City Council what they really think about its plans to introduce an...
• Crime is likely to become a greater problem as home delivery grows in popularity and steps must be taken to cut the risks,...
• Taylors of Manley, Worcs is seeking 19 HGV drivers to service a new £15m, five-year contract with building materials producer...
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This Mercedes Atego 1018 is destined for the Ministry of Defence police force for general cargo duties. The box body from GRP...
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• by Brian Weatherley The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) are moving closer to a...
Scania lowlier Look out for it at the IWM show. • "Where there's muck, there's brass," they say, and where much of next year's...
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by Brian Weatherley Daf's popular 95 Series tractor has been given a major upgrade, with a facelifted front and new interior...
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UCENCE CUT The licence held by A&M Insulations, of Penly, near Wrexham, has been cut from eight vehicles and four trailers to...
A Lancashire operator who physically threatened a traffic examiner and subjected her to a stream of foul language has lost his...
al Wilton Contracts has lost its appeal revocation of its Operator's Licence, but has been allowed to appeal against its...
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journey to France because his vehicle had been damaged acted unlawfully. A Glasgow employment tribunal has ordered James King,...
haulier has lost his Operator's Licence and has been disqualified from holding or obtaining one for an indefinite period after...
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please contact Backfire, Commercial Motor, lim 11203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 020 8652...
clearly at variance with UK organisations on the best way to combat driver fatigue. While we are given the comparatively...
watching last Friday's World Cup match? Did you manage to sneak off without anyone noticing? Or did you plan ahead to take one...
Summer is a'coming in and all around the Legendary Iron Works can be heard the merry screams of young S MC apprentices being...
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of the Actros gave us an insight to the future development of the truck manufacturing industry. Some pundits feared that...
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1990s grappling with design changes required to meet EU Machinery Directive requirements and the LOLER regs. Now they've...
Ratcliffs RGR508 takes the qu fit concept a step further by kr grating the body rear-frame, top sure and tall-Rft in one all-al...
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Tail-lift makers say some operators still forget that the rated capacity of a lift depends on where on the platform the load is...
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Rijk Logistics has blossomed into a 500truck operation. To top it all, director Jacqueline de Rijk has become Transfrigoroute...
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11 Transfrigoroute was set up after the chaos of World War II and the post-war period. On 17 July 1952 the UN Economic...
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international hauliers their own route to the Continent without having to run trucks south to English ports. As Tim Maughan...
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• There is no doubt that the new Superfast Ferry service is a gem for Scottish international hauliers. But, beneficial as it...
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SERVICE A 30-hour week transporting vintage cars for rich customers... Has Oxfordshire ownerdriver Les Watson found the...
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! PRICE AS TESTED: E12,830* (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 1.6 Wes, 83/80hp (62/60kW). OW: mokg. PAYLOAD: 455kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (LADEN):...
The last time we looked at LPG supplies the industry was still suffering from a "chicken-andegg" scenario, with the refuelling...
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and now agency transport managers are a growing phenomenon. They can take the pressure off busy hauliers but, as 4dam Hill...
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As far as the law is concerned, the key phrase when thinking about transport management is "continuous and effective...
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ion of charges levidonsuppliersforlatearrivalofgos by retailers or wholesalers. Frequently the suppliers do not challenge their...