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14th August 2003
14th August 2003
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TEST FEES VP

HOY testing fees went up from 11 August. VOSA says the Increase is to help finance a major refurbishment of test stations....

UK operator's truck seized for driver's unpaid penalty

A Bristol-based haulier is believed to be the first UK operator to have a truck impounded for the non-payment of stowaway fines...

The industry has rejected a judge's comments that hauliers should

provide their drivers with ladders or extended mirrors to check their vehicles roofs to avoid paying stowaway fines. Mr...

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Stobart woos drivers with flexitime

• Haulage giant Eddie Stobart has broken with tradition by asking drivers to virtually name their hours in a bid to woo good...

Robbery ends in driver's murder

• A murder investigation Is under way following a truck theft that left a driver dead. Ian Jones (right), 44, from Hawkhurst...

Pilot scheme to give NSA stop powers

• VOSA will be given the power to stop vehicles for roadside checks in a pilot scheme taking place across England from...

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Haulier cleared, but Customs won't quit

• by Jennifer Ball A Diss haulier has slammed Customs & Excise for pursuing a civil action against him for fuel duty evasion,...

TDG accused of `doing a Moore'

• TUG has been accused of burying news of the closure of its depot in Paisley at a time when most people's attention was...

French set Yasey's appeal date

• John Vasey, the truck driver held in a French prison after .£2.5m of cannabis was found on-board his truck, will have his...

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Off looks at accrediting self-escorting services

• Heavy hauliers will be spared the wasted hours of waiting for police escorts from the beginning of next year, when they can...

A cheese sandwich

Don't you just love technology? From the sublime to the inevitably ridiculous, what is it about high-tech kit that makes...

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Hauliers braced for ferry strike losses

• by David Craik Scottish hauliers are bracing themselves for hem losses if a ferry strike, which would cripple services...

Transport firm closures rise

a The number of transport businesses failing in the first six months of 2003 has risen by more than 9% compared with the same...

Congestion blights optimism

• Truck operators are predicting a better second half of the year after a slow first six months, but firms remain concerned...

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Invest to create a refined pallet

Until very recently football club Chelsea was, relatively speaking, struggling. Although occasionally challenging for success,...

THE INDUSTRY VIEW

• Martin Chapman: United Pallet Network "I think they have stolen a march on the other parcel networks—there will certainly be...

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Weaver partners' views

• John Fuller: Spandlers, Great Yarmouth "I'm absolutely delighted—more money was needed and this takeover will provide it. To...

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COMPANY NEWS

TIPTON JOINS PALLETFORCE West Midlands-based Tipton Transport has joined Palletforce and will cover the DY postcode....

Union calls for negotiated ay deal for Warn drivers

• by NY ShoPliard A union leader says drivers at haulier James Irlam & Sons will not stand for another imposed pay deal when...

• The United Road Transport Union (URN), which has just

signed a recognition agreement with Scottish firm Whitburn Car Transporters, still believes many traditional hauliers are...

Superfast too hasty over freight traffic?

• Directors of Superfast—which launched the Scottish ferry service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge last year—have admitted they...

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VOSA plan for road weighers

W Speed cameras could soon help detect overloaded trucks in ajoint initiative between enforcement agencies. The Weighing In...

Road Tech's way to `foil' the German toll

• International operators keen to avoid paying the planned German motorway tolls should invest in a driver's lunch, according...

AA head Waiter denies

uote was "anti-truck" • The AA has moved to head off a potential row with the haulage industry after one of its officials was...

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CAP meets dual fuel demand

• by Whin Barnett Following CeWs recent review of the Clean Air Partners (CAP)-Hardstaff joint venture to convert...

The latest phase of the MANERF Joint branding process is

now in place. MAN ERF EuroService 2415 the group's new roadside assistance service, operating out of a new call centre at...

Light CVs boost record growth

II The continuing rise in commercial vehicle registrations shows no sign of abating, with another record month recorded in...

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On the road to improvement

• by Colin Barnett It's not often that we see the debut of a completely new truck brand in the UK, and it's fair to say that...

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LICENCE REVOKED

The licence held by Heather Brown, trading as Wrexhambased Browns Mini Skips, has been revoked by Welsh IC David Dixon. She had...

Haulage firm has six months to improve its maintenance

311 Consideration of disciplinary action against a South Yorkshire haulage frm has been adjourned for six months to give it a...

Haulier fined for dangerous axle

Feltham-based David Fiockhart, trading as Phoenix Motors, has been fined 1400 and received three penalty points for permitting...

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Skip hirer wins adjournment

A public Inquiry into a Merseyside skip hire firm has been adjourned to allow the company and its transport manager to obtain...

Managing director claims that police took tachograph charts

A Midlands haulage firm whose boss claimed that tachograph charts went missing during a raid by "30 armed policemen" has had...

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TIME DWELLER

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 14 August 1928...

Hot news from Frigoscandia

Our thanks this week to Frigoscandia Distribution for the most endearingly pointless press release of the week. The gist of it...

Tipper gets a miu Yes, I can see now how

the mistake occurred. The trunk of the tree and surrounding land outside CH's offices does look like a wastebin, doesn't it?...

Peak of achievement

A big round of applause to staff from UCI Logistics' Derby depot who have raised over £3,000 for the County Air Ambulance. The...

Separated at birth...

No 256 in an occasional series. When this photo from the Worshipful Company of Carmen dropped onto our doormat we couldn't...

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ot the most dynamic of vehicles, the tipper is the

staple transport of builders, tradesmen and cowboys alike. Currently undergoing an increase in popularity as more people...

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H igh-quality paint and

corrosion protection systems are now taken for granted by many operators. Cabs are painted on-line in the operator's choice of...

DESIGN TIPS

• Don't overcomplicate. Too many words or small typefaces lose impact. Your message has to be read from a distance and at...

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PAINTS

• All the paint manufacturers are moving towards coating systems that will allow distributors or paintshops to mix a wider...

RETRO-REFLECTIVE MARKER TAPE FOR TRAILERS • 3M and Ref lexite

produce the retro-reflective or conspicuity tape used to outline trailers and emergency service vehicles. It helps other road...

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LIVERY • Most signwriting, from simple lettering to four-colour images,

is done using self-adhesive vinyl. This material has transformed truck and van liveries, making it cost-effective for even the...

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VEHICLE WRAPPING A new livery technique is to completely cover

the truck, van or body in vinyl. This technique offers the benefits of an eye-catching livery but allows you to preserve the...

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T o the casual observer. C Butt is something of a

contradiction. On the one hand, it is the epitome of a traditional famlyowned and operated transport company. Family members...

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Welshman Steve Barrett is five feet five inches tall and

10 stone in weight but truck manufacturers, dealers and drivers all know he's a force to be reckoned with as fleet engineer of...

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E leven years ago, when Paul Willis met his partner Kath Butler, he was working as a driver for a local

firm in Bradford: "It was then that I realised it was far easier to operate a truck rather than to drive one," he laughs....

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The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003, CIF 1 August 2003

These regulations implement the European Horizontal Directive on working time, bringing non-mobile workers in the transport...

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i Commitment has been at the heart of trade and

industrial relations for centuries, The Training Code of Practice for the road haulage and distribution industry is endorsed by...