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26th November 1998
26th November 1998
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BRIEFS

• Newport steel transporter Carlin€ has bought a further 32 Sconias including two bonneted T - cab 4x2s. • P&O's Buffalo...

No exceptions to the 48-hour limit

by Karen Miles • Hopes of bypassing Europe's 48-hour week legislation were dashed last week when Brussels made it clear that...

Jacobs launches Ontime parcels

• Transport and shipping group Jacobs Holdings will launch a parcels and freight distribution subsidiary in January with a...

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Police need truck spotters/ help

• North Yorkshire police are asking Eddie Stobart truck spotters to help catch two masked criminals who attacked a Stobart...

Better news ft beef specialisl

by David Craik • Beef hauliers have given a cautious welcome to this week's agreement by European Union Agriculture Ministers...

Convicted instructor is training truck drivers

• A man who was imprisoned in 1994 for masterminding a bogus car driving licence scam is now offering truck driving...

Freight ferries stay at Ramsgak

• Fears that dozens of Kent hauliers would go out of busir with the withdrawal of freight ferry services from the Por...

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Cold comfort for Walls' UK hauliers

by Guy Sheppard • Birds Eye Walls (BEW) plans to replace the 27 hauliers which distribute its ice cream across most of the UK...

Salvage group fights crime

• The secretary-general of a new trade association for the salvage industry has promised to support the Government's plan to...

COMMENT'

HOURS NOT TO REASON WHY... here's an old line that running your own business is easy—you can do any 12 hours a day you like....

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Chemicals lost to rail?

by Karen Miles • The largest rail-freight grant application of all time is due to be placed next month in a move which could...

Foreigners fare worst in VI check

• Foreign drivers in the UK are far worse than their British counterparts for hours and overloading offences, according to...

Fined for tacho sheet shortage

• A shop fittings firm was fined 4150 by West Bromwich magistrates after one of its lorries was found to have insufficient...

Wincanton rebrands for right image

• Winconton Logistics' Transport business has been renamed Industrial and Commercial because "transport sends the wrong...

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Jail for Mars Bar thief

• The Tibbett & Britten warehouse manager who programmed robots to help him to steal 300 tonnes of Mars Bars has been jailed...

Rental firms loin 'grey ' market • Contract hire and rental

firms could join hauliers and start sourcing "grey' imports from abroad, according to rental company TLS. Managing director...

Search for blast truck

• Police are searching for a lorry which could have caused a massive explosion at a Cambridgeshire petrol station, killing...

CONTRACTS

• Wincanton Logistic has spent 22m on 22 new rigids for its contract with Texaco Equity distributor Team Flitwick, •...

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DOT takes five on 44f

by Karen Miles • The Government has been forced to accept what it terms road-damaging 44-tonne lorries on five axles on...

Climate control to attract drivers

• Driver shortages have led Securicor Omega Logistics to introduce air-conditioned cabs to attract more drivers to the...

Safeway makes tracks

• Safeway says it is to make by far the biggest commitment to rail distribution by a supermarket with the launch of a daily...

Hauliers snub Government pleas to shun 'flagging out'

• Hauliers, including at least one Road Haulage Association director, say they are now more determined than ever to go abroad...

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Bridge work hits Scots

by David Craik • A number of small Scottish hauliers could he forced out of business by bridge-strengthening needed to meet...

Drugs smuggled in box swaps

• Police discovered a £300,000 haul of cannabis after going to investigate two men transferring boxes from a truck to a car...

Yeardley the latest Penrith theft victim

• Cumbrian Police is to step up its pleas to BP to improve security at its Truckstop in Penrith after another valuable load...

Another rescuer dies on M-way

• An RAC patrolman was killed last week when he was hit by a truck while working on the northbound hard shoulder of the M6....

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Dutch idea pays back

by Iep van der Meer • A need for greater flexibility when handling return loads has led Dutch family haulage company Reijenga...

Fridges in less than three weeks

• Leeds-based GRP group is offering its Glacier 35 and 75 refrigerated box body systems with a promised delivery time of...

Medical care fleet upgraded

• Fresenius Medical Care's hospital and home care delivery fleet has been upgraded with 14 new Scania 220hp P94DB 17tanners,...

Cargo gets in-house crewcab

• lveco Ford has introduced a factory-built crewcab Cargo. The new four-door cab, styled to blend with the Cargo's familiar...

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Tips and hints for extra brake care

• With the Vehicle Inspectorate conducting more spot-checks, braking specialist Don has suggested practical hints and tips...

Slam-locks prove worth

• Sheffield-based Tuffnells Parcels Express has ordered a further 100 Maple Freightlock shutter slam-locks for new Leyland...

BRIEFS

• Following the recent launch of the range of Supra diesel overcab transport refrigeration systems, Carrier Transicold has...

Disc-Locks offered as axle option

• Hendrickson Europe now offers Disc-Lock Safety Wheel Nuts as an optional extra for all its axles. The company, which...

Relining code

• The Automotive Distribution Federation's new code of practice for brake relining services received a "hearty welcome' at a...

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Merlin charger uses its brains

• Whether you need to recharge vehicle batteries rapidly, keep them topped up, have power available 24 hours a day or charge...

&lifting tough and cutting costs

• A new low-cost, heavyduty version of Backeye from Brigade Electronics, the Commax Backeye, is suitable for all applications...

Fast gun cleaner

• Fercell Engineering has introduced a range of automatic spray gun cleaning machines. They are said to save time and money...

Keep those suzies tid

• The two air-brake coils which join tractor to trailer are often prone to becoming tangled, stretched and untidy. But a new...

Allied moves into shoe

• AlliedSignal Aftermarket Europe's Jurid commercial vehicle braking and axle parts business now has a lined brake-shoe kit...

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Warned for prohibitions

• A Staffordshire owner-driver, who collected four prohibition notices in his first 10 months' of operation escaped with a...

Drivers admitted 87 offences

• Twelve drivers employed by William Hall, trading as WF Hall & Sons, of Fishguard, have been ordered to pay fines and costs...

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Delay on second vehicle

• A Merseyside company has been granted an additional vehicle but North Western Deputy Traffic • Commissioner Patrick...

Court had no jurisdiction

• Twelve drivers and their employer, Delta Distribution, of Burscough, were cleared of alleged drivers' hours and tachograph...

Authorisation cut over maintenance

• A West Yorkshire waste disposal firm which said it had been let down by its maintenance c o ntractors had the...

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haulage factfile

Crs Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

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bird's eye view by the hawk Commercial Motortakes road haulage

very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent. the Hawk. steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the...

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COMPACT

RIF RIF MAIN PHOTOGRAPHY by TONY HOLK • Scanias have always cost that bit extra and the more powerful models were, for a...

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RUB.BIE1

review Tyre choice is about to become even more complica for hard-pressed truck operators. Controlling tyre cl is no longer...

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trailin g

1E1E11 NI, Poor servicing, maintenance and repair of trailers could be costing you thousands of pounds in unnecessary downtime...

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a new spin on

F LTERS Chris Graham looks at the introduction of a state-of-the-art engine oil filter which features a woven-glass...

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MINI SPORE GREATER WANOISTR

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE UK BASED: Salford, Manchester. FOUNDED: 1978 (in the UK) by Daniel Letard. CONTACT: Petar Cveiicovic,...

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Nancy Clarke BJ Clarke

Nancy Clarke, transport manager of general and agricultural haulier BJ Clarke of Overton-onDee in Wrexham. Monday 7.30am....

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Searching for sales

The recession is already being felt in the used truck market, with demand for vehicles falling as the manufacturing sector...

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ROUND-up M•B gears ur

on used trud Mercedes-Benz will roll out its long-awaited approved used trucks scheme during the first quarter of next year....

IVECO FORD

Iveco Ford has quietly dropped plans to set up its own used truck centre at Ampthill, Beds. Unhappiness about the location...

VED doubts hit new truck sale

Talk of recession has yet to cause a major collapse in new truck sales but the uncertainty over VED and 40/41 tonnes is...