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VOSA has developed new ways to target operators who breach the rules — but ifs also shedding jobs. Emma Penny reports. LAW...
Operators tuning overweight vehicles have more chance of being caught under a new VOSA trial currently running in the West...
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CM about its recent purchase of Staffordshire-based Bowmur Haulage The deal boosts the container haulage and storage operator's...
Operation Indicate has proved highly successful in reducing truck theft in the region. which last year suffered the highest...
WHEN THE MAN behind the Lorry Road User Charge appeared at an industry seminar he failed to alleviate widespread industry fears...
AN EMPLOYMENT Tribunal has found in favour of Somersetbased Caxton Transport in its dispute with 23 drivers threatened with a...
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An owner steps aside to try to save his firm's licence — but the IC still slashes its authorisation Mike Jewell reports. AN...
becoming more proactive in tackling security; now other operators should follow its lead, according to the firm's security...
cannabis in his truck will have to return to prison after a Spanish judge ignored the UK's Crown Prosecution Service assurance...
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COMMERCIAL MOTOR will be out and about next week carrying out a survey as part of National Men's Health Week, and we'd like...
Brian Weatherley catches up with an old acquaintance — and is reminded of a missed opportunity... "Hello old cocker!" said the...
has accused the road transport industry of wasting a vital opportunity to modernise the industry in its negotiations over the...
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A PLANNED truck park in north-east Scotland faces years of delay after a council decided against including the full £245,000...
ROBERT WISEMAN Dairies might close more distribution depots in Scotland as part of a review of its depot structure following...
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Take a stroll with us through the little sideroads of - iaulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...
Ni Police stand accused of assault during a raid on a haulier's depot. Anton McCabe reports. AN OWNER-DRIVER in Northern...
FREE WITH THIS week's issue you'll find Commercial Motor Trailer 2005 supplement —a unique directory of UK trailer makers and...
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CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1925 and...
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Germany has temporarily muzzled the digitach ruies. Guy Sheppard and Dominic Perry report. THE GERMAN government is following...
from the German government for loss of income caused by the late implementation of the Maul truck tolling system....
A GUEST APPEARANCE by Timmy Tarbuck and Kenny Lynch will be among the highlights of the European Tow Show's all-industry Sinner...
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Dutch haulage magazine TLN has found many of its readers struggling in the face of East European competition. Dominic Perry...
ille g al fuel-launderin g plants in south Arma g h with a combined capacity of six million litres a year. This would have cost...
ITIE FRENCH Embassy has lamed a British trucker and his wife jailed for smu gg lin g cannabis is Trevor and Kerry Bentley. The...
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HGVs ARE still speeding in vast numbers, according to the Department for Transport's 2004 National Statistics of Vehicle...
haulier who cut his teeth at Rover plans to save :he car maker from oblivion. David Harris reports. k SOLIHULL operator who...
URTU hopes to hand in a petition with "thousands of drivers' signatures" to the government in August as part of its campaign to...
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STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE are hunting a gang who threatened a truck driver at knifepoint and forced him to hand over his wallet and...
TRUCK CRIME unit Operation Grafton is investigating the £500,000 theft of a consignment of Cobra vehicle alarms and in-car...
TWO YOUTHS have been arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent to endanger life after throwing bricks...
TRUCKPOL HAS warnec operators that criminals are nom using legitimate couriers to stea valuable loads from hauliers. This...
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The LRUC is likely to cause huge probienns in Northern Ireland, raising transport costs and threatening ports. Dominic Perry...
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This year's sales mirror last year's almost completely and the lease market is giving demand an unusually stable profile....
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Friends of the Earth denies that it is anti-road transport. Jennifer Ball meets Fon senior transport campaigner, Tony Bosworth,...
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REGARDING THE comments about speed cameras by Dave Hammond (CM 5 May), yes they do generate revenue and yes, they are there to...
FOLLOWING MONTHS of concern over the Working Time Directive,we are now six weeks in.The biggest worry I had was how it would...
We know why REGARDING THE LETTER from Anthony 0 Phillips (CM 28 April): if 80 private cars are emptying the supermarkets of 20...
ALTHOUGH THE NEW WorkingTime Directive has been covered a great deal in CM, the one aspect I have not seen specifically...
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The fall-out from the catastrophic accident at Calais last February is still being felt by international operators. Brian...
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The 20-year-old son and grandson ot two disgraced former hauliers has lost his appeal against a TC's refusal to grant him a...
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A SMETHWICK-BASFD car transporter has had its licence cut from six vehicles to two,after an inquiry heard it had operated...
A DRIVER "desperate to keep a roof over his head" could be jaded for drivingwhile disqualified and using a duplicate licence to...
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£40,000 then blocks use of site A COUNCIL that charged a haulier £40,000 for operating authority and then opposed its...
A PEVENSEY operator, who sought the return of an impounded vehicle to help pay his debts, has had his application rejected by...
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The net is closing on the unfair use of red diesel as the Treasury loo
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Are operators ready for the arrival of digital tachographs this summer? Emma Page investigates. R egulations are now in place...
The flexibility of the August 2005 deadline leaves it open to interpretation by other EU member states. The DfT has said it...
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A recent High Court appeal decision could make family businesses vulnerable to some major tax demands. John Davies reports....
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In the bitterly contested light CV sector it's rare to find a vehicle that's literally in a class of its own, but in keeping...
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One was The Sweeney's favourite form of transport; another's favoured by African warlords. We pay tribute to four more classic...
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The Stiller Group has expanded substantially over recent years. Tim Maughan looks at the firm's latest project, the...
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MAN's revolutionary new retarder runs on water. Colin Barnett is the first to test it on British roads. Exclusive N ever...
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Malmesbury - based Mark Jenner currently runs two trucks, including the PriTarder-equipped TGA which is his sixth successive...
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Give novices a chance, says Sandy Bruce, as he ponders the future now that the recently returned government is warning of...
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Trailer 2005's Bryan !ands sets the scene on this year's guide. The UK's trailer and bodybuilding industry has certainly had a...
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If you're talking to commercial vehicle manufacturers, sooner or later the expression "Integrated manufacturing" is bound to...
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All too often artic operators see a tractor or trailer as a separate entity when it comes to speccing tyres. Goodyear's view is...
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Reversing HGVs risk physical injury, huge expense and downtime if they have an accident. So how do you avoid hidden obstacles?...
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Remember the old British Gas adverts? "It's nice to be in control': Haldex has taken it to heart with its EB+ and Telematic...
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It's a good thing that artic coupling accidents are rare because they can be catastrophic. However, Jost's new 'Safe Coupling...
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Boalloy's generic Tautliner runs from a standard spec' to double-deckers with fixed,swivel, butterfly or ratchet systems, but...
Atlantic Street Trading Estate, Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 SDH The Cartwright Group is perhaps more closely...
Caton Road, Lancaster, Lancashire LAI WE Though primarily known for manufacturing skeletal trailers, Dennison also builds...
Mossfield Road, Adderley Green, Langton, Stoke-onTrent 5T3 5BW Established in 1981.the Don-Bur group has become an industry...
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Kel-Berg's product portfolio includes curtainsiders and box vans with a choice of fixed, mechanically adjustable and hydraulic...
PO Box 7511, Leicester, Leicestershire LE9 1IL Leicester-based Kogel imports trailers up to 4.2m high via Immingham and...
On the eve of centenary celebrations,Krone says its trailer sales have increased yearly:2004 being 55% up on last year. With...
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St Peters House. Bishops Road, Peterborough, Camhridgshire PE1 i YE Lawrence David is another prominent builder of dry freight...
Having built over 4,000 trailers last year and developed an ex-stock programme. Montracon is busy producing all types of dry...
Perhaps better known in the UK for its Harelaw-built refrigerated trailers, and more recently its dry freight range and bolted...
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SDC manufacturers a wide range of trailers, mostly at its Mansfield plant on chassis supplied from its originalToomebridge,...
trailer design increases carrying capacity by accessing otherwise unused underfloor space between the king pin and rear axles....
Specialist Trailer Hire Bell Hill, Bothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS26 ORS Turkish company Tirsan is first and foremost a...
Dude Waag 24, 4153 BV Beesd, Postbus 8, 4153 IG Bees& Netherlands Van Eck produces dry freight, temperature controlled and...
Van Hool which manufactures over 5,000 semi-trailers, road tankers, intermodal vehicles and tank containers annually, serves...
Haas House. Boyd Way, K eighley, West Yorkshire ▪ 3LG WTrailers specialises in multidecker trailers Extra deck frames are...
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aggregate tipper, originally developed in Ireland has attracted a great deal of interest. For normal road use, the bogie...
arguably the best known UK brand of bulk tipping semi-trailers, was only rescued from administrators in March. But it is now...
Middleton Stoney Road, Weston on the Green, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX6 8TH The company's range of tippers and bulkers is...
Station Street, Cinderford, Gloscestershire GL14 2LG Based in the Forest of Dean, Rothdean has a very diverse business of...
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Saville Road, Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE3 7PR Since its inception over six years ago, Rouse Bodies has become...
Bradder Way, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 5DQ SDC tipping trailers are built on chassis made at its Toorriebridge...
Best known for its heavy duty steel tipping trailers and muckaway truck bodies,Trent Industries has developed a new range of...
Nene Parade, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 3YA Wisbech-based UnitedTrailers (UK) is one of the country's foremost manufacturers...
Weightlifter's traditional heavy duty aluminium tipper range has been joined by a new swaged 'half-barrel' design for...
Blenheim Way, Northfields Industrial Estate, Market Beeping, Cambridgeshire PE6 8LD The name Wilcox has long been associated...
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Motorway, London NW7 3HU Atlantic imports the Ontariobuilt Titan Thinwall aluminium waste handling trailer with Keith Walking...
Located near Calais, Benalu builds a wide range of aluminium moving floor bulkers. powder tanks and tippers, including a...
3, 11111 Street, Dumfries, Scotland DG2 7AQ Dumfries-based JD Engineering imports Doll's German-built moving floor trailers....
Unit D, Atlas Trading Estate, Cross Street, Bradley, West Midlands WV14 ST1 Builds all-steel trailers with tipper and ejection...
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IBC manufactures a range of steel or aluminium moving floor trailers using Keith Walking Floor systems, and is presently...
Knapen's latest bulkers for Eddie Stobart exemplify a strong UK presence, The batch of ten aluminium plank sided bulkers have...
2LG Kraker is a leading Dutch exponent of building waste handling trailers with sliding floors and using Cargo Floor...
37 Rue Marcel Paul, 51200 Epernay, France Moving floor and ejection trailer supplier Legras reckons to have sold over 450...
Allen Munro Commercials. Munro House, Ringtail Court, Burscough Industrial Estate, Burscough, Lancashire L40 8LB Part...
Bradder Way, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 50Q SDC designs and develops trailers for a variety of bulker applications ranging...
Stas sells its tipping and moving floor trailers through Newton Commercials in the UK and reckons its latest 'small' 53.5m'...
trailer range includes ejection and moving floor body systems with monocoque,planksided and U-shape designs. Blowing trailers...
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Allen Munro Commercials. Munro House, Ringtail Court, Burscough Industrial Estate, Burscough, Lancashire L40 8LB Allen Munro...
WA14 5DH Essentially a dry freight trailer producer, Cartwright's temperature controlled vehicles are attracting interest from...
Continental Ferry Port, George Byng Way, Portsmouth, Hampshire P02 85P Chereau sales improved last year following its...
Scandinavian trailer maker Ekeri builds heavy duty side-opening reefers, for both dry freight and multi-temperature work. Most...
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Tony Gray & Sons. Hill of Down, Enfield, Co Meath. Ireland Tony Gray imports Frappa reefers for both the UK and Ireland....
South Road, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire AB43 9HU This wedge-fronted twin-deck reefer for the Transrent fleet is typical of Gray...
Unit 37, Hardwick Grange, Woolstone, Warrington, Cheshire WAi 4RF With 25 years in the UK, Lamberet products include large...
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Birch Coppice Business Park, Watling Street, Dordon, Warwickshire 878 1SZ Lecapitaine reefers enter the UK via Petit...
Can Hill, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8DE Having extended its Market Weighton plant to meet the growing demand for...
GRP's new branch,Westbury Truck & Trailer, sells the Mirofret range of refrigerated trailers in the UK. Built near Valencia,...
Using low cost chassis production facilities in Poland and its own bodybuilding plant at Market Weighton, Paneltex's product...
North Road, Harelaw, Stanle, Co Durham DH9 8111 The mainstay in Schmitz Cargobull UK's product portfolio is its Harelaw-built...
SOR Refrigerated is SOR Iberica's sole UK distributor. A typical example of product is this 13.6m insulated box trailer,...
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Yorkshire WF10 4SB Cisternas' new 'Cobo-lite' ADR petroleum carrier is a six-compartment 43,000 litre tri-axle tanker weighing...
the UK's largest road tanker manufacturer, Clayton Commercials supplies a vast range of industry sectors including oil,...
114 Grove Road, Swatragh, Northern Ireland BT46 5QZ With factories at Swatragh and Burnley, Crosslands can offer a wide range...
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Sutton Bridge, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE72 9XE Feldbinder is the UK's top supplier of dry powder tankers, but aims to...
Great Bridge Road, Bilston, West Midlands WV14 8NP Leading UK road tanker supplier Heil Trailer International unveiled a new...
Unit Z Broughton Way, Halebank, Widnes, Cheshire WAS 8AX Ros Roca's Indox division produces chemical, powder, petroleum and...
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Williams showed off LAG's new lightweight petroleum tanker at last month's FPS show inTelford. With new stainless steel...
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 BRG Stourbridge-based Lakeland, which builds both gas and petroleum carriers, has joined the...
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RHM Tank Sales. By Ways, Marton-cum-Grafton, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire Y051 9QQ Magyar is a well-known specialist tanker...
59, Rue de la Gare, BPS, F-50510, Cerences, France Family-owned Maisonneuve has 60 years experience of building stainless...
Platts Common industrial Estate, Barrowfield Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S74 9TH Newell &Wright group member Road Tankers...
Situated on the outskirts of Strasbourg, Spitzer's Eurovrac factory Produces around 500 tankers a year. They range from...
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Ridge Road, Ledstone Luck, Leeds, West Yorkshire L525 7BS Leeds-based Val lely Tankers specialises in high specification carbon...
Van Hool builds specialist road tankers and containers for UK, European and Middle Eastern markets. Contact; David George Tel:...
Ravenshaw. Solihull, West Midlands 891 2SU As the UK's major supplier of high performance vacuum tank ers,Vs'hale Tankers is...
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Walworth Industrial Estate, Andover, Hampshire 5P10 5NP. Andover Trailers provides heavy haulage and construction fleets with...
PO Box 18, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire HP27 9TG Manufactures a lull range of ex lendable trailers, semi-low loaders...
Unit 2 - 4, Chichester Street, Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 2AU Italian manufacturer Cornett° produces a range of heavy haulage...
Schwarzenbach 312A, B-4760 Bullingen, Belgium Faymonville builds low loaders and specialist trailers for the construction and...
Riverside Industrial Estate, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7PX With over 40 years experience of providing plant,...
Noote boom's line-up includes extremely long (up to 48m) semis for carrying wind energy components and low loaders with very...
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Whessoe Road, Darlington, Co Durham D15 ORG Dartlington-based Corus produces trailer chassis and skeletals Contact: Dave Parry...
Allen Munro handles UK sales and distribution of D-Tec multiaxled skeletals including the four and five—axled splitter...
based factories. They account for nearly 65% of a group output totalling 1,700 trailers per year, The range includes tipping...
Hayes Lane, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 8PA M&G operates independently of its parent Boalloy. It builds a range of...
Carr Hill, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8DE As well as supplying chassis to other trailer manufacturers. Montracon builds...
Unit 3, Progress Way, MidSuffolk Business Park, Eye, Suffolk 11)23 7HU Ravens builds a skeletal range that meets any container...
Bra dder Way, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 5DQ SDC's standard skeletal trailers have twistlocks to accept all ISO...
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Leicestershire-based Cosby produces elaborately-equipped trailers for many sectors of industry, from motor racing, medical,...
Houghton Parkhouse builds livestock carriers of all types and sizes, but especially artic trailers and drawbars, at the rate of...
Oxfordshire based Kel-Berg supplies construction and plant operators with a range of suitably equipped trailers.They include...
Showpoint group member Lynton Trailers has been building mobile exhibition, hospitality and display trailers for over fifty...
Allen Munro Commercials sells Pacton brick and block trailers to the UK construction industry along with parts back-up and...
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Builds all types of livestock trailers Contact: Stephen Melli Tel: 0039 (0) 309 962 441
Builds car transporter trailers Contact: Mr So brino Tel: 0039 (0) 117 710 687
Specialist trailer engineers SM Trailers, thrives on the small orders that larger manufacturers prefer not to tackle. building...
The UK's only remaining large car-carrying trailer manufacturer is Transporter Engineering. Formed in I 992. the company builds...
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CAP has made a second addition to its line-up with a new light CV editor for its Red Book. D avid Fildes has joined CAP from...
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CM tests more CVs than anyone else, giving us a unique perspective on the used market. Here we dust off a Vauxhall Movano...
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Simplicity and clarity are vital if you're aiming to use a website to sell used trucks — we've taken another look at tle...
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The 7.5-tonne used market is dominated by vehides returning to the marketplace: which is best for you? V isit any truck...
Vehicles: 7.5-tonne volume going through Manheim sales has dropped about 5% but its in keeping with the market place. Martell...