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• by Mlles BrIgnall The Vehicle Inspectorate has sent a team to the former East Germany to recruit staff in a desperate bid to...
Crisis, the charity for homeless people, is looking for a van and driver for Its Christmas campaign to make morning and evening...
there are still widespread difficulties in recruiting WY drivers, leading to a heavy reliance on overtime. The average basic...
25 or more vehicles to sign up to one of its congestion charging schemes before fees come into play in February. Contact;...
link between Orkney and Invergorden. The service will run from Monday to Saturday from November to March.
The DoT is to empower local authorities to fine utilities companies that fall to finish roadworks on time,
over the next three years to tackle pollution from Us. Deputy Environment Minister Allan Wilson says It will earmark Lim this...
of the M8. Renfrew-based Westway Is offering drivers a secure area with 24-hour access to rest. catering and showers.
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la Fierce competition is being blamed for driving down grain haulage rates-for this harvest grain mer! chants managed to drive...
• Fines for companies involved in work-related accidents have risen by nearly 40% over the past year, but penalties at...
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by Mike Jewell and David Craik The bosses of defunct West Country haulage firm Maddern Transport have won a partial appeal...
• An East Yorkshire haulier has become an apparent casualty of the new supermarket policy of 'factory-gate pricing' after...
• Gist drivers in Carlisle are claiming that management has not made any attempt to negotiate with their representatives...
Fisherman in Scotland have warned that if European Commission proposals to ban cod fishing in the North Sea are accepted their...
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Muck driver who killed an engaged couple he fell asleep at the wheel has won a reducihis eight-year prison sentence. January...
Mention the words "health and safety" and most employers will assume they're about to be asked to waste precious time and...
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• British roads are more congested than ever before says the Freight Transport Association, leading to huge problems for all...
• Trucks cause congestion so they must be part of the solution—that's why HGVs will not be exempted from London's congestion...
• Drivers have slammed truckstop operator Plightowrs plans to increase its overnight parking rates by over 70% to finance...
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tshire Traffic Police are "disappointed but not surprised'' e number of truck drivers on caught in the county without beits....
to Kent drivers Logistics giant TOG says it has agreed to an 8% pay rease for more than 20 drivers in Kent because of despere...
n by Guy Sheppard Coal hauliers are bracing themselves for further cutbacks as the future of two more Yorkshire collieries is...
• The Freight Transport Association has urged the Chancellor to cut fuel duty to ensure diesel price stability while there is a...
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• by Chris Tindall Truck drivers misconception that they are not legally obliged to wear seat-belts while driving is leading to...
drivers for not wearing seat-bolts reveals that the current situation is far from good. In one day, 64 vehicles were stopped....
someone through failing to wear a seat-belt wht her partner was Involved in a fatal collision. The tragedy has completely...
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iress Pallet Networks ceased iding on 16 August—and has finally Id a creditors' meeting. Dominic r r4 sifts through the...
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ouble-deckers: step or straight? Double-deck trailers are a common sight on UK motorways. With centralised pallet networks...
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• The operator is Cam European, based in Hertfordshire with depots, in Royston. Warrington and Ballyclare in Northern Ireland....
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• by Colin Barnett Turbo-diesel tuning specialist van Aaken has extended its range of plug-in upgrade modules to encompass just...
You don't often see passenger transport vehicles in these pages, but we're making a rare exception for a bus that has...
up to 20,000 Coml vans over five years. The Combos, worth £200m at showroom prices, will repla Ford Escort and Peugeot Partner...
including 50 highroofed Axors. The 15.5m order Includes 4x2 1843 Ax and ex2 25435, all with the 43L1hp, 12-litre straight-s1...
furti 10 Cartwright double-deck trailers to join the 17 day( earlier this year. The triaxl van-bodied trailers will operate out...
of its fleet with 85 Citroen Berk and New Look Relay vans. 1 Citroens, the first in the company's 130-strong van fleet, replace...
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8TM Storage & Distribution (International) has been granted a fresh licence despite operating without authority after a pre0ous...
It is good practice to try and avoid e ronmental objections and represei tions by considering what can be don alleviate any...
111111111TENANCE PROBLEMS The licence held by Coventrybased JSD Haulage was suspended for three days at a Birmingham...
Throe assariated Stokeon-Trent companies appeared before West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon after maintenance...
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The wife of a disqualified operator has been granted an 0-licence in her own name. Susan Grieveson, trading as C&R Grieveson,...
Pp In an admission that will surprise that will surprise many hauliers, North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell says...
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As the producer of the tipper stability code for the IRTE I feel I should comment on the recent Commercial Motor articles...
Although the Mitsubishi Canter franchise passed from Volvo Trucks to DaimlerChrysler in December 2001, there are still those...
I am somewhat confused at I reports from press media a Fire Brigades Union officials. Firstly, statements on television refer...
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Our new column in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 29 November 1929 The Mining...
reveal the winners of the RoadAds competition to design a whizzbang attentiongrabbing advert for the side of a truck falthough...
sexes come damning statistics proving, once and for all, that women can't park. An analysis of 500,000 claims to insurance firm...
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all, and operators confirm the message: if you're looking for a used long-haul tractor this one ought to be near the top of...
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FH12 420s" Steve Pierce S&J Pierce Transport is a family business based in Leighton Buzzard. Steve Pierce has been operating...
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Inspectorate of all safety-related defects. The VI has been informed of the following items relating to the Volvo Fi112; •...
the demand, and the same can be said of the cab" Chris Wright Chris Wright is managing director of CVA, which holds sales at...
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under 20,000km in the first month but it's giving high eights to low nines at the moment. " Bob Sumpler II BS Traction of...
"We can always do with more space and grunt but the FH12 460 gives us plenty of both" Jeff Swift Harold Atkins finds himself...
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John Watts John Watts, senior editor at CAP ;ommercial Vehicle Monitor, says: With 160hp the FH12 was a cut above the average...
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Like it or loathe it, it looks like British hauliers will have to get used to the idea of having their trailers registered. As...
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puts the spotlight on Ha Logistics—a company going in a differe direction to most of its competitm Miles Brignall repori A „...
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Budget changes mean that even small hauliers and owner-drivers can benefit from incorporation rather than remaining as...
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• 4th Motor Insurance Directive: Directive 2000/26/EC, comes into effect from 20 January 2003. By this time all fleet vehicles...
Driving Licences (Designation Ielevant External Law) Order 2, CIF 1November 2002. ws vocational driving noes issued in Guernsey...
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The South Wales area shows just how varied the haulage industry can be. Paul Newman spoke to; subcontractor for a major freight...
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village of Letterston in Pembrokeshire is said ie the best fish and chip restaurant in Wales. It home to a man who must surety...
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• The history of Ryan Ii•ansport highlights the changes that have affected the industrial landscape of South Wales. In the...
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• "Last year a wheel came off an attic on the M4; it crossed the barrier and struck a car travelling in the opposite direction....
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f there Is a key to surviving In the nging industrial landscape of the th Wales industrial belt Attewell ilage seems to have...
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unless new drivers are attracted Into the industry says Pat Nicholson, treasurer of the newly formed Professional Drivers...