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25th May 1995
25th May 1995
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BRIEFS

• Truck driving test candidates will have to give 10 working days' notice if they want to receive a kill refund of the £62.50...

Kingswood crisis puts jobs at risk

by Miles Brignall • Southamptonbased international haulier Kingswood Transport has suspended trading, leaving 33 drivers with...

II review will lead to cutbacks

• Hundreds of in-house and contract drivers could lose their jobs as Safeways' parent Argyll carries out a massive review of...

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Tough time for Eurotunnel

• Eurotunnel faces almost insurmountable odds if it is to meet the freight-carrying forecasts it used to renegotiate the £700m...

Now is the time to fight for 44 tonnes

by Nicky Clarke • Hauliers who want to operate 44-tonne vehicles should begin to lobby their MEPs now if legislation allowing...

THE LONG WAY ROUND

here are times when we wish we had paid more attention at school. Especially to basic physics. Now what was it Sir Isaac Newton...

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Stolen truck ring smashed

by Martyn Ziegler • A gang handling stolen trucks has been jailed for up to six years, after the ring was smashed by Humberside...

URTU wants headboards

• The United Road Transport Union is to campaign for the compulsory introduction of headboards on flatbed trailers following a...

Group 4 cuts its costs

• Parcels delivery firm Group 4 Nightspeed is replacing subcontractors with owner-drivers in a bid to cut costs and improve...

Drivers face sniffer dogs

• Springer spaniels are being used to sniff out illegal immigrants hidden in trucks and trailers. Drivers face up to seven...

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Diesel will power --I 21st century CVs

• Diesel engines will continue to be the first choice in British trucks well into the next century, according to a top...

by David Harris • Proposals to confine heavy lorries to

motorways and develop greener lorries for the rest of the road network have been dismissed as nonsense by the haulage...

• Newport West MP Paul Flynn is stepping up his

campaign to ban bull bars on vehicles following a 28°o increase in the number of children who were hit and killed by road...

Job wait for dray drivers

• Brewery drivers are waiting to find out if their jobs are safe following Scottish & Newcastle's agreement with Foster's...

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Jailed drivers' review planned

by Karen Miles • Lorry drivers languishing in Moroccan jails on disputed drugs convictions are hoping for a review of their...

Foreign truck checks slide

• The number of foreign lorries inspected at the roadside is decreasing, according to roads minister Steven Norris. Norris...

£420 for lack of 'vignette'

A Gloucester-based owner-driver has been fined £420 at the German/Danish border for failing to display a "vignette" or motorway...

Glos takes brunt of toll dodgers

• January's 10% rises in Severn Bridge tolls pushed more trucks on to minor roads in Gloucestershire, bringing the threat of...

Helpline space wanted on trucks

• Hauliers are being asked to help people with learning difficulties by advertising the British Dyslexia Association's helpline...

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Driver's appeal set to clarify breaks law

by Miles Brignall • The High Court is to decide if the law on drivers hours and rest breaks needs to go back to the European...

One in ten overloaded

• Nearly one in 10 lorries stopped by Trading Standards Officers in Gloucestershire last year was overloaded, according to...

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Fair dismissal

• A Leeds Industrial Tribunal has decided that Linfox (UK) was right to dismiss tanker driver Christopher Norton for breaches...

Appeal support

• Middleton. Manchesterbased W Harrison & Sons (Carriers) is backing a driver's High Court appeal against a magistrates...

Fresh tests

• West Midland LA John Mervyn Pugh has adjourned consideration of disciplinary action against Kingswinfordbased AE Hawkins...

Less licence

• The authorisation on the licence held by Michael Leah Skip Hire of Penzance was cut to five vehicles at an Exeter...

Permission granted

• Michael Shirley, trading as MJS Transport, has won authority to base two vehicles and three trailers at Leek Road, Wetley...

Laser fights reefer ban

• Laser International Transport of Hythe is appealing against South Eastern LA Michael Turner's ban on reefers at its operating...

Got a legal problem?

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! The latest version of CM's Legal Directory is now available to readers,...

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Hours convictions for DSH

• Staffordshire haulier DSH Freight Services, and its transport manager Shaun Hughes, have been convicted of permitting and...

Heavy fine for recovery case

• Wigan Magis trates ordered Transtrack (War rington) to pay £ 3.765 in fines, costs and back duty after deciding that a Volvo...

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Cummins Euro-2 trio first airing at Telford

• UK operators had the first chance to see Cummins' Euro-2 B, C, and N-series engines at the IRTE Show in Telford last week....

Five-axle Keedwell heavy

• Bridgend heavy haulier GC Keedwell's 120-tonne rated Scania 144 10x4 tractive unit had its first public viewing at the...

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Unnecessary reversing

0 am sure that readers will agree that Commercial Motor is normally perfect in every respect and bears testament to the hard...

Copper cops an a laird

hile everyone would agree that good traffic policing is necessary for the wellbeing of all road users, it is rare when a...

A right royal gift

H as Prince Edward at last got a "proper" job testing new trucks after years of mixing with luvvies in the theatre world and,...

Starting over

9 eff Barker from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, had been driving tankers for four years when, second in a convoy of four...

Cleanliness is next to roadliness

a he whiter-than-white detergent Persil received a bad press last year after consumer tests showed it was capable of eating...

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Sticking points

I n your 27 April-3 May issue you ran an article including a photograph of a tipper owned by CCC of Liverpool, with the caption...

Insular approach

T read with amazement the I report in your issue 11-17 May that the Illegal Operations Working Group (10WG) recommends a...

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BUSINESS MOVES

On the rails • Thyssen Haniel Logistic (TI-IL) has merged its national distribution and European groupage division with German...

Command centre

• Wickes Building Supplies has opened a 9,300mE "command centre" for its home delivery operation at Brackmills Industrial Park,...

Danzas at Dartford

• The Swiss-based Danzas Group has completed a freight terminal in Purfleet, Essex, which also serves as a UK and regional head...

German clutches

• Combidrive of Llandeilo, Dyfed is now UK and Irish distributor for the Germanmade Suco centrifugal clutches for reefer units....

New name

• The Lex Arlington Enfield Truck Centre has been renamed Lex Commercials; it is one of the biggest truck centres in London....

EVENTS

Talking transport • Transport Minister John Watts will be among the speakers at the FrancoBritish Transport Forum on 13 June...

Winning streak

• A test drive at Silverstone and a tour of the WilliamsRenault Formula One Team technical centre are offered to the winner of...

ATS date

• The next Automotive Trade Show, run by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, will be held on 27-30 April 1997 at...

Telematic talk

• The two day Transport Telematics conference is being held at Margam Park, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales on 5-6 July. It...

FERRIES

Doubling up • P&O European Ferries has doubled the sailing on its Felixstowe-Rotterdam route by dedicating two more ferries to...

TRAINING

Multipart centre • An open learning centre designed to provide support for small businesses has opened at Multipart...

SERVICES

Berth °lace • P&O European Ferries has opened an extra berth at the Port of Calais, France. Built at a cost of £20m, it was...

Many happy returns

• Freightback claims its subscription-based return load service allows drivers to negotiate their own rates with clients...

Disc protector

• Anyone asking for a motor insurance quote from Sun Alliance will be given a free tax disc holder which is said to be...

CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become

the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

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Technical help

In A technical helpline and bulletin service has been set up for members of the Independent Garage Association-and it received...

PUBLICATIONS Card warning

• A leaflet warning of the dangers of leaving plastic cards in unattended vehicles has been produced by Card Watch, the banking...

Map update

• Bartholomew is introducing its new GB map on CD-ROM at the GIS'95 Show at the NEC in Birmingham on 24 May. The software is...

PRODUCTS Synthetic oil

• Castro' has introduced a 5W/40 synthetic oil for heavy diesel engines that is claimed to cut fuel consumption by 4% and oil...

Route marks

• Navigationally challenged drivers can plot their mute in advance with Philip's Routefinder, a £199 calculator-sized device...

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S T OR

MING EDE • Back in the mid-eighties the Swedes were happily running huge loggers at 57 tonnes, so the power of Volvo's...

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L ate afternoon sun casts deep shadows across the yard of

tipper operator Jonas Crowther where director Graham Crowther is keeping busy, knocking a football about. And why not? His...

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cOtriing U .

7osei, T : urn any corner in West Yorkshire and you're likely to find yourself in a haulage yard. This region appears to have...

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Room to let

To lease or buy that new depot? There's no easy answer but if you rent, beware onerous leasing terms and if you buy, watch out...

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'We believe transporting animals long distances is totally unnecessary'

6 espite angry dockside protests against the long-distance transport of live animals, the RSPCA continues to identify...