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18th May 2000
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0-licence refusal seems to outlaw partial flagging out

• by Mite Jewell Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane has effectively outlawed the partial flagging out of...

Fewston boss applies

• The haulier whose truck caused a horrific accident in West Yorkshire in which six people died has applied for another...

Demo delay

• The Hauliers & Farmers Alliance denies it is bowing to outside pressure by postponing its national protest against fuel duty...

JOBS LOST Newark-based haulier Robertshaw Transport Services has gone into liquidation with the loss of around 20 jobs.

MORE TRAFFIC Traffic levels have risen by 1% since the first quarter of 1999, according to provisional estimates for the first...

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Laugh at the lord

Transport Minister Lord Gus Macdonald was laughed at and jeered by Road Haulage Association members for suggesting that a fall...

VIV's board with Scania...

• Volkswagen is edging closer to its goal of becoming a major European truck builder by taking a more active role in the...

Continental hauliers get ready for immigrant row

• by Sally Nash Speculation is growing that the French, Belgian and Dutch transport trade unions are preparing to take action...

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Chart check leads to huge hours fines

• by Sally Nash A routine check spiralled into massive fines of £54,000 for transport firm Cyril Knowles and £26,850 between 23...

Dublin Port hauliers threaten strike

• Dublin Port hauliers are threatening to withdraw services from Stevedores Marne Terminals mu in protest at the company's...

The realm of farce

AM K's spokeswoman hit the nail right on the head this week when she described the fine off28,000 for illegal immigrants found...

Click onto Law on the Web!

• Commercial Motor is extending its editorial activities at roadtransportnet with "Law on the Web" legal pages, produced in...

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Railtrack backs a£200m depot

• Railtrack has given its backing to a £200m rail freight terminal west of London, which will take a projected 600 million...

Hauliers slow to ask interest

• Legislation designed to crackdown on the late payment of small businesses is having little effect on the problem, according...

Final appeal by NHS boss

• A transport boss for an NHS trust is launching a final appeal after being dismissed amid accusations of various illicit fund...

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Storm brews over trucks damaged in ferry crash

N by Liam O'Brien Hauliers on board the P&O Stena Aquitaine when it collided with a Calais jetty fear the ferry operator won't...

Kent roads decision

III Transport ministers are deciding whether to approve £900m-worth of road building and maintenance in Kent. Roads Minister...

IRTE members fight merger

II Disgruntled members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers opposed to the planned merger with the Institution of Plant...

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The cars are still the stars

One car plant was axed and another was reprieved in the space of three days last week. But, as Guy Sheppard reports, these...

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Ever since we've had HGV speed limiters, cowboy operators and

drivers have been fiddling them, and with no mandatory physical test it's been hard to monitor their operation. But now the...

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Trucknology proves itself on UK roads

• CM has spent a full day at MAN's UK headquarters in Swindon with a variety of TG-A tractive units at our disposal to see how...

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SPS loop seals the door to stowaways

• by Peter Lawton A specialist security company is stealing into the transport market with a new system for trailers designed...

Alligator weighs up 10 10 tonnes an axle

• A new portable weighing system has been developed by Central Weighing. The Alligator is designed to cope with any truck on...

PPG body

II Keen-eyed readers will have spotted that the Volvo FM? 310 we drove in last week's issue was in fact fitted with a PPG...

110 SITES

Shell is trying to create "the best LPG infrastructure in the UK" by bringing LPO refuelling to 200 of its sites within the...

Land Rover goes for life of leisure

' Land Raver is challenging for a share of the lifestyle market with a new version of the Defender. The 110 Double cab uses...

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HEAVY FINE A 21% front-axle overload on a 7.5-tonner cost

Leyland-based Burrows (GM) £550 with £70 costs. Chester magistrates fined driver Andrew Ferrer £200 with 170 costs. NO...

Smuggler gets licence ban

A Solihull international haulier who is serving a 21month prison sentence for smuggling tobacco has had his Operator's Licence...

Boss's name costs driver dearly

Using his employer's name on tachograph charts has cost Lancashire lorry driver Anthony Lees £2,150 in costs. Lees pleaded...

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Persistent failures hang absent firm

• A Merseyside haulage company lost its licence when it failed to attend a Trafford disciplinary inquiry before North Western...

Ban in balance for breaches

A Cumbrian operator is waiting to see what action will be taken against his licence after evidence of alleged drivers' hours...

Gilder's licence saved after ostrich abuse

Gloucestershire livestock haulier Edward Gilder, who trades as Graham Gilder has been cleared by Western Traffic Commissioner...

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VAN ART

Heck, call me old-fashioned, but as much as loves me trusty Reliant Robin, I draw the line at bringing a into the house. For...

WONDER MEN

In this group photo the order of the day was not so much "say cheese" as 'say cheese and onion". Geoffrey Simms (centre),...

MODEL COLLECTION

The Hawk burst into song earlier this week, the reason being that the old bird had just received the final pair of new releases...

PASSING INTEREST

The prospect of a driving test is enough to induce an attack of the vapours in most sensible folk. No such faint-hearted...

CEREAL SPILLER

The Hawk has eyes and ears everywhere, and this week news reached him of an incident which occurred on the Black Isle in...

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he F L618 was launched in 1992 to replace the

FL617. The main differences were the increased design GVW—hence the new model number—and compliance with the Euro-r emissions...

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USER'S VIEWS

• There's no better guarantee of any motor vehicle reaching old age in good condition than to give it to one responsible...

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IMO Meilk Milli NW 111 E very haulier wants higher efficiency,

greater profitability and resources flexible enough so he never has to turn down work. Some fleet operators believe they have...

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S ooner or later, one of your customers is going to ask you to hold their goods briefly before delivering them, and unless you...

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T he next time you settle down in your local fleapit

with a bucket of popcorn to soak up the latest Hollywood blockbuster, spare a thought for the unsung heroes of the film...

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ack in the 198os, Conservativ MP Norman Tebbit please some

people and rattled other cages when he said that hi father "got on his bike" an found work. Powerful stuff an the phrase is...

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The Generation Game

When your colleagues are also family, relationships can be too close for comfort. But David Harvey shows you how to heal your...

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VI HO MIN

H auliers in rural sites are feeling more exposed than ever to the unpredictable and seemingly unstoppable activities of the...

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i fTuor rtohewbeudsbyrhotuliaerg,rtohaen and the "downtime" causes a

the drooped shoulders of resignation. No matter how much time we spend forward planning, downtime happens to the best of us....