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14th October 1999
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VI was warned about death-crash company

It by Charles Young Ten people killed in a coach crash may have died unnecessarily following a Vehicle Inspectorate official's...

SMASHING TIME Manchester tops the table of smash-and-grab vehicle crime.

according to research by windscreen replacement specialist Autoglass. Outside the M25, other cities high on the list include...

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English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) has launched two deep-sea rail services serving Felixstowe and Southampton. Two trains...

CURRY BM A driver was banned from driving for a

year and fined £300 after he was spotted eating chicken curry while driving his van. Edinburghbased Arthur Knowles was doing...

DRUGGED TURKEYS Pontefract truck driver David Lloyd, who pleaded guilty

to smuggling cannabis worth 12m hidden among a trailer load of frozen turkey breasts, has been jailed for seven years.

SHIPPING DEAL The EC has authorised shipping line Maersk (Denmark) to buy the container activities of US firm Sea-Land.

NEW BOSS Aberdeen Leyland Daf dealer Norscot Truck and Van

has been bought by local businessman George Barrack; previous part-owner Ray Massie stays with the firm.

TWO ROUTES Stem Line is dividing its Republic of Ireland route organisation to form two routes: Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire/Dublin, and Fishguard-Rosslare.

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UK drivers angered by First Point delays

• by Melanie Hammond A group of drivers and their families seeking a new life in the USA have joined forces and suspended...

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Drugs found in cab after fatal crash

• A driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving may have been high on cannabis when he nodded off at the wheel of his...

It's time to do your bit

Everything's bigger in America. When the American Trucking Association announced it was launching an advertising campaign to...

Lamb hauliers fear French reprisals

• UK hauliers taking British lambs to France could face reprisals after British farmers held up French trucks to protest at...

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Hours row continues

- 4 by Karen Miles • Owner-drivers can look forward to more work, and more bureaucracy. following last week's decision by...

Hauliers face /9 Dublin toll

• by Brendan Nolan Irish hauliers could be charged a £9 toll I for passing through Dublin city. Last week traffic consultant...

More Goddard drivers ovm up

• Twelve truck drivers have now admitted committing tachograph offences while they worked for bankrupt haulier John Goddard of...

Ferries caught in net!

• International hauliers who use P&O Stena Lines can now use the Internet to check up-todate travel information via the...

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Cost-cutting co-op opens up in Scotland

• A group of independent hauliers which has formed a cost-cutting purchasing cooperative Is opening a new Office in Scotland....

Industry backs FTA ads

• The Freight Transport Association's fuel duty campaign war chest is approaching three-quarters full. While it is holding back...

Paddington disaster may lead to 'corporate killing'

• by Karen Mlles Hauliers could face tougher safety laws after last week's train disaster near Paddington brought renewed...

Vodka trucks held in France

• Two UK hauliers were forced to fly home from the South of France last week leaving behind their trucks and fines totalling...

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Belgian an at weekends?

• by Karen Miles UK lorry drivers will find themselves barred from another country at weekends if the Belgian government bans...

Haulier jailed for part in drug case

• A Kent haulier and another man convicted for their parts in a cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed. Paul Furmage, of...

Ran= Carlsberg Tetley is using the TRISCAN fuel management system

from Meg,gitt Petroleum Systems to service its fleet of 350 delivery vehicles.

MMUS SUMS Lex Transfleet is handling a new contract-hire agreement

with PVC manufacturer Spectus Systems. The deal covers Spectus's 16 vehicles.

BIG ORDER

TIS is supplying Nightspeed with 50 Mercedes-Benz 3100 vans in a three-year contracthire deal worth £750,000.

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Fashion Logistics, part of Tibbett & Britten UK Network Logistics, has won the contract for UK warehousing services with C&A....

SHOE CONTRACT

UCI Logistics has secured a three-year contract with Clarks International, the leading footwear manufacturer and retailer.

MOSHE CRESS BGL Logistics has chosen a warehouse management system

from Chess Logistics Technology. It will be used to control and track the movement of pallets through the company's warehouse.

PORSCHE CARRIER

Evolution, the specialist cars division of the Richard Lawson Autologistics Group, has now been appointed as the exclusive...

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BMW and Caterpillar Logistics Services have signed a 10-year partnership agreement under which Caterpillar will build a new...

111 A milk tanker driver survived this collision with a

local train at an unmanned level crossing in Co Limerick. PJ Bourke was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. The cause...

Irish check blitz fades

• Multi-agency checkpoints are being quietly dropped in the Irish Republic. The move follows sustained campaigning by civil...

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Much is often made by the truck manufacturers of big

cabs with twin bunks and facilities for two. Colin Barnett finds Renault wants to be alone in its new cab. Premium class for...

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LDV gasses up the Como

by Peter Lawton LDV is set to offer an after-market LPG conversion for the Convoy in the company's first move towards...

Drawbars are magic for carpets

• West Midlands floor-covering supplier Tomkinson Carpets has replaced its delivery fleet with six Scania P94-220 17-tonne...

Trailer turns tighter a sales are down

• Turning a 16.5m long tanker in a tight yard is made a little easier with the help of some lifting axles and rear steer. DW...

Last month's truck and van sales were up compared with

September 1998, but year-on-year sales are still down for most manufacturers. Latest figures from the Society of Motor...

FOCKI CARRIERS

MAN is supplying 15 10 - tonne 12000 reefers to Lox Transfleet for its contract with Woodwards Food Service. The 10.163Fs are...

PACCAR PLANT Paccar has opened a £55.5m factory in Quebec,

Canada. It will be able to produce around 20,000 trucks a year for the North American market.

MIENS NEP SE

Five Berlingo Electriques are going into service with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The Citroens will be used to deliver...

DUCAR 1111111111111

Fiat's range of Ducatos is being modified and extended but prices are staying the same. The 2.8-litre diesel is now offered on...

NEW OUTLET Montracon is aiming to increase sales with the

addition of a new outlet for its range of trailers, tippers and reefer bodies. Rod Pybus and Peter Fleming will be selling the...

AMERICAN DREAM American truck manrifacturer Freightliner has landed an order

worth $1bn from JB Hunt Transport, the second biggest haulage outfit in the US. Hunt will be taking 15,000 trucks from...

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Northern show cleans up despite weather

• by Phi Sampson Just as Hurricane Floyd was ravaging the eastern seaboard of the USA, the North Yorkshire weather was doing...

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Most truck operators couldn't give a hoot about truck manufacturers' global machinations. They're more interested in the health of their

local dealer. But as operators are increasingly put through the mill with higher costs and ever-tighter deadlines they're...

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Licence swap leads to loss

A Beattock-based company, which allowed an operator whose 0-licence had been revoked to put a vehicle on its licence, has had...

MONEY BACK An Edinburgh Industrial Tribunal has ordered Bathgate-based CIS

UK Holdings to pay West Calder lorry driver John Garry £750 in respect of unauthorised deductions from his wages. The company...

SIMMS SAYS NO A bid for a new national licence

for four vehicles by Cambridge-based MacTraction has been turned down by Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms at a Cambridge public inquiry.

INCREASE REFUSED Maintenance problems and a number of convictions led

to Castleford-based Kenneth Howley Transport failing to increase its licence from 19 vehicles and 14 trailers to 25 vehicles...

SCAFFOUNNG SIISMIK1111 Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence held

by Winterbourne, Bristol-based Skyline Scaffolding being suspended for a week by Western IC Christopher Heaps.

DRIVER URFA'

Lichfield magistrates bailed lorry driver Graham Revill until November after he denied falsifying a tachograph record and...

Time conditions were breached

Breaches of a condition restricting movements at the Taplow Mill, Buckinghamshire, depot of AA Griggs & Co have led to the...

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Ex-prisoner granted licence : an apology

III Last week Commercial Motor published a story in our Legal News section concerning an application for an Operator's Licence...

'Fast track' to let firm operate

North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Pat ii rick Mulvenna promised to try to get a "phoenix" company's bid for interim...

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Factfie provides operators with brief news on subjects ranging from

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Cornmercial Motor,...

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Do you want to comment on any stories in Commercial

Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

RECOVERY FEES

Re the recovery fee threat, I have been in the recovery business for 35 years so I have some idea of costing. The Association...

FODEN MEMORIES

Re "Foden Farewell to Sandbach" (CM16-22 Sept), the announcement was a sad story for me. My father started as a steam fitter...

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FLIGHTS OF FANCY

There are times at the controls of his Reliant Robin when the Hawk slips into fantasy mode, harking back to his younger days...

KEV DELIVERS

0i, you lot, pay attention! Despite looking as if he is about to pick a fight, Kevin Keegan has clinched another big deal. The...

TREASURE TROVE

Calling all "Truckophiles1 On 23 October CV history buffs will have the chance to bid for a unique piece of history at an...

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VOLKSWAGEN RAZORBACK

' PRICE AS TESTED: £19,703 (ex-VAT) including £13,040 for the chassis-cab and .£5,736 for the Razorback conversion. ENGINE:...

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Tipping gear manufacturers are going through a period of consolidation,

following a frantic three years during which they were updating their products to comply with the European Union Machinery...

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New Labour has revived a number of employment rights removed

by the Tories, including the right to union recognition. Will this signal a rush back to union membership? Mike Sherrington...

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NS

Four-and-half years ago driver John Mills was locked in a tiny room with no windows and an electric light which stayed on for...

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As UK domestic diesel costs escalate, new Continental outlets are

opening specifically to target fuel sales to UK hauliers. Steve McQueen reports. We started selling it to local hauliers here....

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riving off the ferry at Calais, one of the first

signs you see will read "Toutes directions," or "All routes". You might also see the same sign in Sheffield, where it will have...

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GOING FOR GRO

With the UK economy making its promised "soft landing" it could be a good time to expand. But what's the best way to get hold...

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Vince Welsh, director of customer support at MAN Truck and

Bus, explains the massive investment behind the operation that justifies an increase in the price of truck parts.. • if you...