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20th September 2001
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STOP PRESS: YES TO URN As CM went to press

URTU announced that the ballot for union recognition at Cheshirebased haulier James irlam Sons had gone in its favour. URTU...

VI attacked over 'blatantly poor' speeding evidence

CM EXCLUSIVE II by Cliff Caswell A road haulage consultant has launched a broadside against enforcement bosses this week amid...

EC plans stricter enforcement

• The European Commission is preparing to take action on sloppy standards in road haulage after the publication of a damning...

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'&0 Trans European ders strike action

A 24-hour strike by drivers aught a division of P&O Trans iropean to a standstill on Manly (September 17) following ore than 18...

:ecurity grip ightens...

International hauliers face lays at ports and Channel inel terminals as security is ipped up following the terrorattacks on...

115m fund still floating

. by Dominic Perry Six months after Chancellor Gordon Brown promised the haulage industry an extra £100m, hauliers outside...

Hays wins mail services battle

r logistics group Hays Is to end the Post Office's traditional monopoly of delivering low-cost mall. Two other firms are set to...

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ERF slashes Cheshire workforce by half

• by Cliff Caswell British truck manufacturer ERF is shedding half the workforce at its Cheshire plant in a move to return to...

Anger brews over seizures

• Customs and Excise is considering representations from the Road Haulage Association amid continuing anger over powers to...

A pilot scheme to help ease the chronic driver shortage

in north-east Lincolnshire is being hailed as a success after 26 new drivers entered the industry. The local Employment...

• A new document suggesting that the haulage industry still

has a long way to go to become environmentally friendly has been branded as unfair by the Road Haulage Association. The attack...

• A Dublin transport comp has gone into liquidation another has called a creditc meeting.

The first, Fashion Expre shipped in cbthing to Ireland several chain stores; its dos means the loss of 58jobs. Secui creditors...

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The "Blue Box" biosecurity strictions around Thirsk in rth Yorkshire

have been laxed. The government feels Info:lent that foot and mouth in is hot spot has been conined. The stringent...

It all relies on money

"EU regulations on road transport, particularly on working conditions, are not only insufficient; they are also, and above all,...

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FTA plans driver campaign 1

• First on the agenda was a dose of reality from some of the truck drivers who are out on the roads day in and day out. Their...

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Aldi gets the green light on safety

N Environmental health bosses have decided that they are satisfied with safety at a warehouse run by cut-price supermarket...

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Great future for an o ame

The Leyland name might not be seen on the front of too many trucks these days, but the long heritage behind the badge has...

TVAC expands into a 'me to handle a range of roles

w When Leyland Daf was broken up in 1993, eight of the newly redundant staff. led by Gary Smith. took over one of the old...

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FOUR FODENS Sand and aggregate haulier Smith & Sons of

Oxford has added four Foden Alphas to its 34-strong all-Foden fleet. Two 6x2 tractors are powered by a 410hp Caterpillar C12...

Scania raises a new bonnet

• by Kevin Swallow Scania has strengthened its bonneted tractive unit line-up by raising the cab and installing its range of...

TNT boxes fold for storage

P TNT Container Logistics has introduced 500-litre Palleci Autoflow containers to its hire stock of intermediate bulk entail...

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NO =ON No action was taken against the licence held

by 21st Network, of Newport. Gwent, by TC David Dixon at a Cardiff public inquiry. But he warned the company to keep vehicles...

The drivers were:

• Alexander Fraser, of Newton Stewart, licence revoked and disqualified from holding an HGV licence for four months: David...

Licence trimmed for prohibitions

A West Yorkshire tipper operator has had its licence cut by two vehicles following overloading and maintenance problems....

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TC told: Attention lapsed after illness

A South Wales haulier appearing at his third public inquiry has had his licence curtailed from five vehicles to three for four...

Extension bid adjourned

Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has adjourned a bid for a new licence by Glasgow-based Timber Transport so that...

Firm warned after contractor let it down

A Llanelli operator who tried to remain loyal to nearby business had a spate of problems after entrusting the maintenance of...

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ENGINES' ROOTS I note with interest your reference to the

Mercedes MBE4000/0M457 engines mentioned in the Axor report (CA/113-19 Sept). For the record the MBE4000 has a longer stroke...

GAINING EXPERIENCE I passed my Class 1 nearly two months

ago and have walked into many agencies, only to be told that most companies insist on two years' experience. I find this very...

ESSENTIAL SERVICE As a nation, Great Britain has become very

anti-HGV: but why? I seem to recall that last year during the fuel crisis the whole of the country ground to a halt and again I...

BONUS POINT I enjoy reading Working Week, but in the

30 August issue I was somewhat surprised to read in the first paragraph Jane Smiles talking about a "cunning bonus scheme to...

BAN DOUBTS Christopher Hudson-Cool claims the London Lorry Ban has

"made a difference to the quality of life of countless Londoners" (CM23-29 Aug). It would be interesting to see the substantive...

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Now the nights are drawing in arid Autumn lurks just

around the comer with its bracing frosts and invigorating downpours, farmworkers across the land must work like dogs to get the...

Truckers in the North-East will be delighted to learn that

there could be a quick and easy defence to charges of speeding: simply tell the court that you can't remember who was driving...

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RECENT& IMMINENT LEGISLATION

The Road User Charging and Workplace Parking Levy (Classes of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001. CIF 28 August 2001....

FUTURE LEGISLATION

• impounding The DoT continues to work on the detailed legislation for the impounding of vehicles operating illegally without...

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The legal need for lifelong leart

The training needs of a transport company can be split into two groups: minimum legal requirements, and training which goes...

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ars 95 Series dates back to 1987, when it was

introduced with a choice of Luxury Day, Sleeper, Top Sleeper and Space Cabs for operation at 38 tonnes, and with an engine that...

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"We had run 85s before and found them reliable and economical on

maintenance." Paul Dawson Deben Transport was established In 1987 by managing director Paul Dawson with two second-hand...

"Our policy is to run them for seven

years, and sell them for export." Chris Long Over four generations J Long and Sons (Haulage) of Leeds has progressed from one...

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"They are difficult to get hold of but we

will take as many as we can get" Frank Parr Harris Oaf at Grays in Essex carries a stock of about 20 used trucks, but XFs are...

RECALLS

The Vehicle Inspectorate's Safety Branch has been notified of the following safety-related recall items for the 95XF range...

"The big cab is the quietest on the road, and it is ideal

for our drivers" Roy Gill Roy Gill runs his business with his partn( Sarah from a hilltop just outside Tideswel not far from...

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VERDICT

Many fleets which once bought Scanias as a matter of course are now buying Daf s Super Space Cab XF as a flagship;...

"Many operators bought second-hand

vehicles to bridge the supply gap" Bob Reed Bob Reed keeps an eye on used truck price trends at CAP He says: The XF was a...

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T wo years ago CM unearthed a scam in East Anglia

where drivers belonging to one haulage firm were selling diesel directly from their tanks. The drivers would pull into a pallet...

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he most romantic image outsiders have of the road haulage

industry is of UK hauliers who run abroad: the long distances, the different towns seen with panoramas spreading wide. But it's...

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FLEGG TRANSPORT

.7) fter a family split in 1996, A Jayson Flegg and his mother Lyn re-mortgaged their respective houses, arranged a bank loan...

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A SALVATORI 80 SON AS it is based bang in

the middle of the Garden of England, it's no surprise that A Salvatori's main business is fruit. Although the company's...

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D s road transport

companies go, Hitchinbased WRM Logistics (Contracts) must be one A of the largest operators in the Hertfordshire area. It is...

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DAVE KAMAN TRUCKING

Originally from Lambeth, Dave Deadman cut his trucking teeth on a 7.5-tonne dustcart working for his father's waste business....

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GREGORY 80 DAVIS TRANSPORT

vif hen Graham Greg ory and Colin Davis estab lished their haulage business in 1973, they had fewer sleepless nights than most...

From bulk farm produce to food dist button, when you

use RT Steward you g: the full family service. "I don't want to us subcontractors, because most of the take the job but you...

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d with i f t e h w T e m s o c n o t s h u s p a e g r o m , on e of f decided i customers,

toomi introduce d in u collusion a system of fines for hauliers who arrived either lateor early for pre-determined booking...