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20th March 2008
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Shouldn't be your job

When it comes to the latest 'advice' from the government's Immigration Service to a haulier finding stowaways hiding in one his...

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Kent truck park funding might not Stack up...

By Chris Tindall KENT COUNTY Council admits that its plan to acquire land next to the M20 and develop a site for trucks to park...

NEW REGIME 'MAYHEM' OR 'SUCCESS'?

SUFFOLK POLICE SAY the roll-out of new Operation Stack procedures for trucks bound for Felixstowe Port last week was a "huge...

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P MMIGRATION

Stowaways 'released into community' TURNERS (SOHAM) HAS criticised the police and immigration officials for not having...

DHL EXEL SUPPLY Chain Logistics and Don-Bur have designed an

air deflector for high-street retailer TK Maxx to use on its double-deck trailers. Dave Bassett, head of engineering at DHL...

TESCO SAYS IT WILL close its Weybridge distribution depot with

the loss of 700 jobs if planning permission is granted to build a 75 ,000m 2 warehouse near Andover. The supermarket is in...

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Portsmouth Port defends Levy of £6 parking charge

6y Roanna Avison PORTSMOUTH PORT has defended its decision to impose a £6 charge on drivers who park for more than eight hours,...

P BUSINESS

RSG's demountable rights bought up WHEELBASE ENGINEERING has snapped up the intellectual property rights, designs, drawings...

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Artics driven at 'terrifying' speeds

A METROPOLITAN POLICE investigation into a haulage and recovery company's tachograph records uncovered "terrifying" speeds...

Glasgow considers consolidation depot

A THREE-MONTH STUDY into whether a freight consolidation centre will make deliveries into Glasgow more environmentally friendly...

P TEST RESULTS

Navara enjoys star role in crash tests THE EURO NCAP organisation has moved faster than expected to publish tne revised...

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P 1RUNK

Hauliers back campaign for A82 trunk road upgrade by Roanna Avison HAULIERS, EMERGENCY services and local businesses have...

P CONSERVATION

Can you help? THE SURVIVAL Tour a charity organisation which hopes to save the natural habitat of elephants in India is...

P TESTINL

Staffing issues at Vosa's Purfleet test station OPERATORS ARE having to wait up to six weeks for a retest at Vosa's test...

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A bigger, better box

Next month's CV Show will, feature a 'new' Magnum. CM explores how much has changed Words / Images: Brian Weatherley OK, SO...

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P -MA SEMINAR

'Misleading' statistics mask 10% increase in truck crime by Dave Young TV CRIME reporter Roger Cook chaired the sixth Road...

P WEATHER

High winds wreak havoc across UK LAST WEEK'S HIGH winds caused chaos across the country, with a number of trucks being blown...

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Lib Dems blame government for putting road before rail

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS claimed last week that Labour has expanded Britain's roads 15 times faster than its railways in the past...

DTC lifts weight restrictions on licence despite objections

A DEPUTY TRAFFIC Commissioner has allowed weight restrictions to be removed from a company's 0-licence, even though he agreed...

www.TruckNetUK.com

Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK. reports on current hot topics at the driver forum. There have been a few...

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Delay to 2p/lit fuel duty rise receives cautious welcome

by David Harris THE DELAY TO the rise in fuel duty unveiled in the Budget last week has been given a qualified welcome by...

INDEPENDENT PETROL stations warned this week that not only is

the price of diesel likelyto increase despite the 2p/lit rise in fuel duty being delayed, but also that there will be fewer...

VAN SELLERS ASK DARLING TO DO MORE

THOSE INVOLVED in selling vans were last week badgering Chancellor Alistair Darling to do more to cut the price of fuel, Duncan...

P FUEL DUTY

Lib Dems attack 'duty delay' decision THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to delay the rise in fuel duty in last week's Budget was a...

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Scania's move is a dream come true

Volkswagen's acquisition of a controlling share in Scania is the result of one man's vision for a company big enough to rival...

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Standing up for drivers

A union in her native Denmark approached the MEP Anne Jensen to help get safer parking, prompting her to push for better...

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Urban logistics the search for new ideas

The second annual Urban Logistics Conference took place last week, with key people from all sides of the industry coming...

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I CASE ONE

Company gives undertakings to improve ALTHOUGH NO action was taken against the licence held by Uttoxeter-based Boulton Skip...

0-licence in jeopardy after tacho offences

FALSIFICATION OF tachograph records by John Smith Transport's one driver could lead to the loss of the company's 0-licence....

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I CASE THREE

Tribunal upholds Licence refusal decision THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has upheld the refusal of a new international licence for 10...

'Dog ate my tachos' tale fails to sway TC

DRIVERS' HOURS, tachograph breaches and maintenance issues have resulted in two of the three operational vehicles belonging to...

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Number's up for tacho fraud

With the widespread introduction of digital equipment, is tachograph fraud on the way out? The FTA thinks that although it's...

Tach fid Les

November 2007Driver Graham Bell received a suspended three-month jail sentence and was electronically tagged for six months...

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Drop everything

Employees have had the statutory right to time off work in order to deal with emergencies affecting their dependants since...

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Mirror retrofit: This European legislation requires the retrofitting of wide-angled

and close-proximity mirrors to the passenger side of goods vehicles more than 3.5 tonnes GVW and first registered from 1...

The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals

Regulations 2007,The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007, The Removal and Disposal...

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In the cold Light of day...

Five of Europe's finest vans braved Arctic conditions to battle it out for supremacy. Words: Colin Barnett / Images: Heikki...

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CONTENDER CITROEN DISPATCH

Until just over a year ago, the Citroen Dispatch would have been in a different class, facing competition only from within the...

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Although the smallest model of the Ducato range, it still

feels physically big in urban traffic. Despite this, and being the heaviest van in the group, it felt lively and had a car-like...

The test team described the Transit as being the "most

industrial-like", which probably wasn't meant as a compliment. The driving position didn't impress, due to the fixed steering...

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Featuring the most powerful engine, the Vito earned praise in

most sectors of this test. It was described as a handy machine in urban traffic. helped by its smooth five-speed automatic...

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The test team had no problems with describing the \NV

as the drivers' choice, evenly good, and a good compromise between a passenger car and a van. The driving seat's adjusting...

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SUMMARY

The test team was at pains to point out that all five contenders showed far more positive attributes than negatives. But, as...

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More for less

Over a late-night coffee on a North Sea ferry crossing, Knights of Old boss Ian Beattie touched on the company's economic...

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FIGURING OUT FUEL

The company has reduced its dependency on fossil fuels in a number of ways — not only through partnerships. Beattie and Abbott...

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IN FOCUS FLEET MATTERS

When the pair walked through the doors of the current, purpose-built site in 2000, the company operated six rigids, which they...

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Roanna Avison gets on the road with the Scania Driver

Experience and discovers just how challenging it can be to drive a truck. Cat C Learning to drive a truck has never been an...

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Dylan Gray began his quest to become a truck driver

with Wincanton in Luton. He found out that driving a truck is a totally different ball game. Cat C It's long been a dream of...

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Class act

Fraikin has stolen a march on its rivals by taking the classroom to its customers in order to meet training demands from the...

THE FUTURE

For Mark Newnes, the next step for the mobile training unit is to attract a wider commercial market. Its available to Fraikin's...

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Helping customers get to grips with new technology raikin's mobile

training unit is an mobile training unit during the first lveco Eurocargo 75E18 with a sleeper cab and a JO Payne box body It...

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If you thought that the M25 was organised chaos, then the roads in India are full-blown anarchy.

Words: Julian Miues I images: Claude tsarutel Nothing can ever prepare you for the first time you travel on the roads in India,...

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TRANSFORMING YOUR tractor unit into a mobile Christmas tree by

specifying every extra available surface might make you feel good, but don't expect all those goodies to boost the value...

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Difference of opinion

Dealers are divided over the future of the used market with some detecting a downturn while others remain buoyant. Words:...

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it the two-axle 18-26 tonners they're interested in'

The two-axle rigid market is enjoying something of a boom, say dealers, with the main interest focusing on the 18-tonne...