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13th June 2002
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TRADETEAM DEAL Inter brew UK has outsourced its distribution network

to Exel's Tradeteam business in a contract lasting until at least 2010. The contract is expected to have a turnover of around...

Stowaway fines doubled a! driver is stabbed at Calais

• by Dominic Perry The government has outraged the industry by pressing ahead with amendments to the universally loathed civil...

• Yet another British driver was left with serious injuries

this week following an attack outside Calais. Steven Griffiths, who works for Rhylbased Ctywd International Groupage Services...

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Where'd they go, where'd they go, where'd they go...

• Last Friday's England vs Argentina World Cup match had a dramatic effect on the roads—and for once, congestion wasn't the...

Jailed for diesel/paraffin scam

• 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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25% of hauliers 'in danger of colla se'

• by Guy Sheppard More than one haulier In four is in danger of going under because of over-capacity within the industry,...

Blame the French!

Just what is it with the Home Office? Is it really above the law? Its latest move to double fines on operators found with...

Road charging setback

• The governments road charging plans have been dealt a blow by the discovery that global positioning systems (GPS) can be...

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Driver sent to jail

• A self-employed truck driver has been jailed for 21 months after ploughing into the back of a stationary car and killing the...

TAM has final security checks

• The long awaked Traffic Area Network's TAN21 computer system is now going through final security checks before going live....

Appeal victory

A Cardiff haulier who was fined for having an insecure and dangerous load has won the battle to clear his name. Paul Townsend,...

Red hot Stralis for Ambassador

• 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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Over 100 of Murlitts former drivers fined

• by Dominic Perry More than 100 drivers from East Anglian haulage giant Murfitts Transport have been fined for breaking the...

Wincanton profits high

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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French prisons cruel says wife

• The wife of a British lorry driver who is in a French jail has delivered a scathing attack on the Foreign Office for failing...

Calls for action on parkini

• A letter urging the government to begin immediate talks on the growing shortage of overnight parking areas for trucks has...

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Calais security under fire

• Lapses in security at the Calais rail-freight terminal have yet again been highlighted by a group of illegal immigrants who...

Scots speak up on charges

• Scottish hauliers have been invited to tell Edinburgh City Council what they really think about its plans to introduce an...

E-tail loads crime risk

• Crime is likely to become a greater problem as home delivery grows in popularity and steps must be taken to cut the risks,...

Taylors seeks drivers to handle £15m deal

• 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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AROUND THE SHOW

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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Call the register

• by Brian Weatherley The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) are moving closer to a...

Cleaning up on the Riviera

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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Auto box and weight loss for new Daf XF95

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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7AXLE/VEHICLE OVERLOADING ENVIRONMENTAL Li CONCERNS LICENSING HEARINGS DRIVERS' biz:A HOURS COURT CASES AND TRIBUNALS SPEEDING CHARCES fi VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

UCENCE CUT The licence held by A&M Insulations, of Penly, near Wrexham, has been cut from eight vehicles and four trailers to...

Tribunal rejects appeal from haulier who threatened OTC

A Lancashire operator who physically threatened a traffic examiner and subjected her to a stream of foul language has lost his...

Tribunal rejects revocation appeal

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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A haulier who refused to pay a driver for a

journey to France because his vehicle had been damaged acted unlawfully. A Glasgow employment tribunal has ordered James King,...

E2I A Derbyshire

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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Do you have any titbits of industry gossip? if so,

please contact Backfire, Commercial Motor, lim 11203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 020 8652...

Australian authorities are

clearly at variance with UK organisations on the best way to combat driver fatigue. While we are given the comparatively...

How did you get on

watching last Friday's World Cup match? Did you manage to sneak off without anyone noticing? Or did you plan ahead to take one...

By our Northern Correspondent Erie Strongitharm, Oswaldtwisde.

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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ilif hether the industry realised it or not, the launch

of the Actros gave us an insight to the future development of the truck manufacturing industry. Some pundits feared that...

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The tail-lift manufacturers seem to have spent most of the

1990s grappling with design changes required to meet EU Machinery Directive requirements and the LOLER regs. Now they've...

COLUMN LIFTS

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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RATED CAPACITY*

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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From two trucks 30 years ago, Dutch operator Jan de

Rijk Logistics has blossomed into a 500truck operation. To top it all, director Jacqueline de Rijk has become Transfrigoroute...

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THE HISTORY OF TRANSFRIGOROUTE

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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The launch of a ferry route from Rosyth gives Scottish

international hauliers their own route to the Continent without having to run trucks south to English ports. As Tim Maughan...

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THE COMPETITION

• 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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ROLLS-1101'e!

SERVICE A 30-hour week transporting vintage cars for rich customers... Has Oxfordshire ownerdriver Les Watson found the...

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VAUXHALL ASTRAVAN LS DUALFUEL LPG

! PRICE AS TESTED: E12,830* (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 1.6 Wes, 83/80hp (62/60kW). OW: mokg. PAYLOAD: 455kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (LADEN):...

LPG update

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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Agency drivers are an integral part of the haulage scene,

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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hat the law says await part-tine twi;-nowers

As far as the law is concerned, the key phrase when thinking about transport management is "continuous and effective...

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6 Iam increasingly engjy conceredabouttheimposil

ion of charges levidonsuppliersforlatearrivalofgos by retailers or wholesalers. Frequently the suppliers do not challenge their...