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23rd January 2003
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STRUCTURE hansport Association is J to announce the title dructure

of its new Igo operation, consisting ound 30 of its members lng both UK and national work,

RESULTS k security firm Eurowatch 2m worth of stolen erty was recovered in its six months of operation.

tunnel says shuttle ice revenue Jumped 6% to im In

2002 compared with wevious year. The number 'tacks carried rose 3% to TOO vehicles.

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tine worth £3m was ilsticatedly concealed le the wheel axle of a truck ipod by Customs officials over docks. Three people e...

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lIngton Borough Council the 466 bypass around town must be upgraded to ial carriageway for the )nomic regeneration" of Tees...

Institute of Logistics and isport (ILT1 has launched iew Level

4 Professional oma. The new qualification imed at middle managed and covers transport rations, warehousing and duction planning.

ck rental company BRS is to n three regional call tres, signalling the end of national centre In Liverpool.

Per Port has a record year in 12, with more

than 1.8 million ries passing through the 1—up 5% on 2001 levels. All Mc was carried on 54.100 ry crossings.

No obligation to return the

Lim says Home Office GIVE US • by Erma Penny The Home Office is still refusing to return the £2m it took from hauliers under...

THE QUESTION: From Humfrey Malin, Shadow Asylum Minister. "To ask

the Secretary of State for the Home Office 'David Blunkett] what his policy is in relation to the reimbursement of penalties...

Self-employed hit by ED plans 7-

• Self-employed drivers and couriers will be subject to Working Time Directive restriction under drivers' hours proposals...

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Aitken Scottish IC

• The Department for Transport has announced there is to be a second woman Traffic Commissioner. Joan Aitken has been...

Tipper in horror smash

si A Sheffield family narrowly escaped with their lives after a runaway truck ploughed into their car in an accident that...

WRII forced to close two subsidiaries

• hy Chris Tindall Distribution and warehousing group WRM Logistics has been forced to close two of its subsidiaries less than...

Pi The Freight Transport Association Is claiming a minor victory

in its campaign against congestion charging, after Transport for London (TfL) agreed that logistics companies will now be...

EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR Cif READERS!

' , Want to know more about London's congestion charging and howmuch it's going to cost YOUR business? Commercial Motorand the...

• Government plans to grow rail freight by 80% by

2010 took a nosedive this week following its move to slash over £300m from the Strategic Rail Authority's grants budget. The...

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uderndence key or T s in new body

Department for Transport (Dfl) has acknowlid it needs to take special steps to ensure the lc Commissioners remain independent...

Log details or you face a fine

• Operators need to make sure their fleets' registration numbers are logged on an insurance industry database, or they could...

Mt-and-run driver arrested

• Northamptonshire police have arrested a truck driver in connection with a fatal hit-andrun on the M - 1( CM915 Jan)....

utlook is bleak for hauliers

\ new business information vice which tracks the cornrcial viability of hauliers says ikruptcies are likely to - ease over the...

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Road freight figures soar

• by Jemiter Ball The amount of freight carried by road has soared 69% over the past decade to 157bn tonne-kilometres, says a...

`Secure yard' list for port

• Crime prevention experts are to draw up an approved list of secure haulage yards in Felixstowe to combat soaring levels of...

Campaigm continues

When New Labour was first elected, everybody knew it had a major job ox its hands with regard to transport. That's why (among...

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Traffic tsar for West Midlands

II The West Midlands looks set to have its own 'roads tsar to minimise disruption to traffic from roadworks. The official will...

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Rail crossing crackdown

• Scottish MP Bristow Muldoon has again called for a crackdown on drivers who jump red lights at level crossings after figures...

• Want to know how London's Congestion Charge will work,

how twill affect you and your drivers—and how much it will cost your business? Commercial Motor and the Freight Transport...

• Wiltshire police are appealing for witnesses after thieves stole

a load of electric scooters worth .£6,000 from a truck In Swindon. The incident happened on 9 January as the driver slept...

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Finger o the pulse

Every year the seven Traffic Commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport deliver their verdict on the...

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Oshkosh tanks on

• by Colin Barnett The Ministry of Defence has appointed Oshkosh as the preferred bidder for its contract to supply 350...

Dynamic 75 in wine

• Volkswagen has revealed preliminary details of the Multivan version of its forthcoming Transporter TS range, due to be...

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idlum completes Renault's CV range

:enault Trucks is part of a select group of three companies that offer perators a full range of vehicles from 2.8 tonnes...

ON THE ROAD

CM took the 16-twine Midlum on a three-hour drive to take in the delights of Dunstable's daytime congestion, Amuthill, the AB,...

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e licence held by l&H Brown is been cut from

20 vehicles id 15 trailers, to 20 vehicles id 13 trailers for a period of days. The Perth-based ■ mpany had been called tore...

aintenance problems have suited in the revocation of le licence

held by Bruce ibert Mackiand & Partners, ading as SNB Building ipplles. In addition the ;ottish DTC Richard cFarlane has...

achynlieth-based Cann orlon Hughes escaped with a arming after giving

Welsh TC avid Dixon a series of idertakings relating to the aintenance of his vehicles. ughes appeared before the TC t a...

le licence held by Top Scrap, mding as Stillman &

Sons, of eath, was suspended for a irtnight at a Port Talbot iquiry because of problems ver vehicle maintenance.

Tribunal concludes Advance appeal is totally groundless

A Stevenage man has failed in his appeal to overturn Eastern TC Geoffrey Simms' decision not to grant him an Operator's...

TC cuts OK Millar's licence to one

Stranraer-based OK Millar & Sons has had its Operator's Licence cut to one artic after the Scottish Traffic Commissioner said...

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Six prohibitions sees licence cut

IS Matthews & Son has had its Operator's Licence cut from 10 to eight vehicles for a period of a week after it received six...

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FIGHT ON!

I believe that British truck drivers have very legitimate cause for complaint over the way the government treats us,...

It's your shout!

Have you ideas for our campaign to make the government recognise the Injustice of not repaying immigrant fines? Help Of help...

NOT FAIR

Why knock all agency drivers? Let me give you a brief rundown of my past, and then this question may make more sense. I have...

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TIME TRAVELLER

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 24 January '928 CM...

New Year, New Livery part 2.

Following last week's story on Welsh haulier Owens' makeover of some old City Group trailers, here's another twist on the same...

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he term 'New Look' means different things to different folk.

To fashion followers of a certain age, it signifies Christian Dior's extravagant 1947 answer to postwar austerity (it's amazing...

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0011$ anti

to loors and doors may not be the sexiest :ern on the specification sheet, but corn them at your peril. Unless they re right...

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ROLLER iu1tl 1I'1

N Roller shutters are more complicated closures than doors, with accompanying higher in-service costs. Despite this, they...

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s any disgruntled farmer will tell you, he bottom has all but dropped out of ritish agriculture. Recognising this,...

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NASTE VIANT

Councils will soon be able to offer spare landfill capacity to their neighbours, leading to longer transport journeys. While...

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HAPPIER FILM ES

From April, all employers will have to introduce policies that make the working environment more family friendly, including...

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Rothera, partner at solicitors Rothera Dowson, applauds ClIVS2m Back' mpaign and wonders if the government can Justify Its position.

fo sound off about a road transport issue write to Patric Cunnane (patric.cunnane* Lco.uk) or fax your views (up to 600 words)...