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by David Harris • The Department of Transport's longawaited survey to find the number of hauliers working without 0-licences...
• Ferry ports are on red alert after fears that the lorry at the centre of last Friday's IRA bomb blast was driven over from...
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by Lee Kimber • A new dress code banning North Eastern Traffic Area office workers from wearing nose rings and leggings is at...
• Hauliers delayed by the recent bad weather have been granted a temporary relaxation of drivers hours' rules. The move,...
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by Derren Hayes • A north London driver and his mate have been sentenced to seven-and-ahalf years in a Bulgarian jail after...
• A British driver who was seriously injured following an accident in France may have to spend another six weeks in a French...
• The winner of the Commercial Motorilveco Ford 'Win a EuroTech" competition is Chris London of Canterbury-based Chris London...
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by Derren Hayes • Nearly one in four tankers stopped in roadside checks during the Yorkshire Water tankering operation was...
• A Belgian lorry driver who killed a Nottinghamshire moped rider because of driver fatigue has been been jailed for three...
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by Derren Hayes • Strict new EU eyesight tests faced by British drivers this summer are being ignored by other European...
• Top Tories are considering increasing road spending by taking the responsibility for the budget away from the Treasury. One...
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by Karen Miles • Driverless trucks shuttling freight through a network of tunnels might seem like a scene from a science...
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by Toby Clark • Scania unveiled a number of engines at the Amsterdam show, completing the Euro-2 lineup for its new 4-series...
• Wellingborough-based Renault main dealer Harborne is now offering a full MoT testing service at its Finedon Road site to...
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by Brian Weatherley • Leyland Daf is stepping up its attack on the 11K middleweight truck market by finally offering a...
• Interland Transport, the Irish subsidary of Norfolk Line, has added 17 dual-compartment controlled-temperature trailers to...
• Volvo Truck Corporation is to form a joint venture company with Dutch specialist vehicle maker Terberg in which Volvo will be...
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I f anyone ever squeezes blood out of a stone the chances are it will be a Dutch truck operator. So if you want to sell him...
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II Four drivers employed by Tarporley, Cheshire. biased Thomas Moir, trading as Gamford Transport Services, were ordered to pay...
by Derren Hayes • An Essex haulier's drivers committed almost 70 tachograph and hours offences so they could get back to base...
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• West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh has refused to allow Coventry skip hire operator David Morgan to change...
• Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by Castlefordbased Kenneth Howley Transport being cut from 33 vehicles and...
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by David Harris • When Michael Betts paid a visit to the remote Scottish island of Islay, known to the world chiefly for peaty...
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• New from Boropex International is the MotoRad Failsafe thermostat which has been designed to provides extra protection in the...
• Dri-Sil Technics has developed a range of light commercial Ozonisers which it says are ideal for use in chilled or...
• Ferodo has introduced a range of CV brake disc rotors, all manufactured by original equipment suppliers and produced to ISO...
• The Steertrak on-site axle and wheel alignment it is now backed by a national network of 15 specially trained technicians...
• The Lowe & Fletcher Group has produced a locking filler cap for use on Leyland Daf's latest fuel tanks. The new cap, which...
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conform to draconian legislation, when the enforcers frequently fail to keep their own act together? CM's legal pages (CM 8-14...
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A sk a British Scania salesman what's the best truck on the market and he'll tell you it's a 3-Series. Why? Because its...
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A II transport companies make contracts with their customers. They may be informal and made orally, or they may be formal...
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gg espatch will appeal to buyers looking for car-like driveability combined with practicality," says Citroen commercial...
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rh e idea of buying the company which as just given you a job as traffic manager might seem an unlikely dream. If the company...
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F ew tales sum up the early reputation of agency drivers as vividly as the one about the distribution manager in west London...
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e and many other large companies have already signed up to a new industry initiative aimed at improving the public image of the...