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18th September 1997
18th September 1997
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Truckfleet drivers get strike ballot

by Ian Wylie and Miles Brignall • The United Road Transport Union is to ballot Ford Truckfleet drivers for strike action over...

When trucks are bad they are very bad

• Operators are getting better but the bad are getting worse, according to the results of the latest Operation Mermaid check on...

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Pollution is 'too much'

by Rob WIHock • The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution today (Thursday) publishes a review of the impact of transport...

Transeurope closes

• Rotherham haulier Transeurope Distribution ceased tadMg on :Monday and a liquidator is calling a creditors' meeting with a...

BLESSED DISUNION

he very public spat between the Transport and General Workers Union and the United Road Transport Union will do nothing to...

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Freight futures planned

by Karen Miles • The owner of the UK's largest trailer rental company is preparing a system which it says will allow freight...

Channel merger still undecided

• The future of crossChannel services for international hauliers continues to hang in the balance with just days to go before...

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Call for ATP extension

by David Craik • A French motion at the annual conference of Transfrigoroute International to extend ATP regulations to cover...

Nem revamps Cargo line-up

• Iveco has revamped its topselling Cargo range with a number of interior, exterior and driveline updates. The latest 1998...

Eurotunnel probes alarm fault

• Eurotunnel has admitted that it has still not solved the problem that caused the emergency evacuation of Le Freight trains on...

Sheep plans at Scarborough

• Memories of the violent public protests at Shoreham and Brightlingsea are causing Scarborough councillors to reconsider the...

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Steel switch in Wales

by Charles Young • Hauliers in South Wales will be severely hit by British Steel's decision to transfer 25,000 truck loads of...

Drivers asked to help murder hunt

by Karen Miles • Police investigating the Norfolk murder of 12-year-old Thomas Marshall are appealing to 1ony drivers for their...

Give trucks more space says FTA

• The Freight Transport Association is campaigning to encourage road users to give lorries more room, following calls to its...

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Heavy fine for dock accident

by Mike Jewell • P&O subsidiary Pandoro has been ordered to pay £21,260 in fines and costs following an incident in which a...

Disregard for tacho regs

• A London-based company and its directors have been banned from holding an 0licence for three years after showing a "complete...

Inferior brake hoses 'flood in'

• Safety fears grew last week after Trading Standards Officers in Manchester seized a large quantity of suspect HGV brake hose...

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Low-sulphur fuel may not be best

by Rob Willock • Ultra-low-sulphur (ULS) diesels do not represent a costeffective way of reducing emissions, according to Shell...

Removals growth

• Removals firm Busines,Moves wants to buy independent removers to expand its network into Glasgow and Ireland. The planned...

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A taste of vans nouveaux

R enault's Master replacement is an all-new vehicle with no components carried over from the previous model. It will also...

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Fuel Duel will run and run...

by Brian Weatherley • The Fuel Duel, which started as a totally cynical attempt to put bums on seats—ERF's own words, not...

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Dennison plans UK tank attack

by Brian Weatherley • Irish trailer maker Dennison is hoping to win a bigger share of the UK hulk powder market with tankers...

Joint CV show flops

• The IRTE and SMMT have abandoned plans to stage a joint Commercial Vehicle Show in 1998. Despite months of negotiation the...

Mid-lift transporter II Car transporter specialist Glendinning of Consett, Co

Durham, has an unusual ERF EC11 340hp (253kW) 6x2 drawbar unit in its fleet. It's the first ERE' car carrier to have a special...

Renault changes to IF gearboxes

• Renault VI is to cease fitting its own gearboxes in favour of ZF units, after a joint-venture deal which will hand over...

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B's Driver was self-employed

• A Carmarthen haulier was cleared of using a vehicle after Crewe magistrates accepted that haulier Denzil Evans' driver, who...

First appearance in 40 years

two weeks at a St Helens disciplinary inquiry. Norman Hughes, who holds a licence for four vehicles and four trailers, had...

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Licence loss closes firm

• A Coventry operator who complained that West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh was putting him out of business by...

Fish pressure led to chart offences

• A number of hauliers and drivers involved in the carriage of fish from Aberdeen to Continental markets on behalf of Blue...

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City slickers clean up

T he Institute of Municipal Transport's annual gathering provided everything its members could desire: a central venue north of...

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Cassette keeps dirt out

• Grayson Quality Products believes it has solved an inherent radiator fitting and overheating problem on the rearengined...

Hofmann warns on non lead balancing materials

• Lead balance weight manufacturer Hofmann Balancing Techniques warns of its concerns about the use of new internal balancing...

Eyeball mirrors

• Brigade Electronics has launched a range of wide-angle eyeball mirrors intended to eliminate blind spots. These latest convex...

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letters

I n his letter commenting on the "Well Driven"? scheme Ian N Bird asks: "does anyone phone to say how courteous the driver...

T his weekend I attended 1 the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

Many CM readers no doubt did the same, despite the high admission charge (£7.50 each). It is possibly the greatest show on...

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bird's eye view by the hawk The winner's winner A

proud man indeed. Tim Haynes shows off his trophy after being named 1997 Lex Transfleet Driver of the Year. The award, and...

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TOO GOOD TO MISS?

W ouldn't it be nice to be able to look into the future? To bet on next year's World Cup, buy into the next Microsoft—or just...

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FIAT PUNTO IMO

C hanges to vehicles these days originate as much from emissions regulations as they do front market forces and competition....

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F it a sliding fifth wheel and you immediately make your

tractive unit more versatile, reckons Mike Pinder, managing director of Eurohitch (UK). "Sliders currently account for 50% of...

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all hours

p hil Creed needs 15 trucks to run Creed Wholesale Catering Supplies, in Cheltenham. Without overnight servicing, he says, it...

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Fuel's gold

B ritain's fuel retailers are an endangered species. Ferocious price competition between the oil majors and the hypermarkets...

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'Moving a parcel from A to B should be a straight forward exercise'

A re you connected to the Internet and interested in the shape of things to come in the parcels industry? Take time to visit...