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27th February 2003
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ICs' verdicts vulnerable after 'Human Ribts' win

• by Dominic Perry A Lancashire-based haulier has wort an important victory in the Court of Appeal that could have a serious...

CM campaign enlists transport barrister to research £2m case

• Commercial Motor's campaign to force the government to return the £2m of stowaway fines has made a breakthrough this week in...

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Chereau hits problems I SA J Chereau, the French trailer

manufacturer recently featured in CM (6-12 Feb) has run into financial difficulties. Last Friday (21 Feb), the refrigerated...

Police trawl depots to nab fire-starter

111 Police in the North-East are to interview dozens haulage workers in a bid to catch a serial arsonist who h; caused millions...

Spellar blames JIT for jams

• Transport minister John Speller has hit out at 'Just in Time' (JIT) logistics, blaming it for increased congestion and an...

Tad° delay row rages on

• The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning that the delay in introducing smart-card digital tachographs will...

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Haulier lobbies MPs over SRA grant cuts

• by Miles Brignall A West Country haulier left in the lurch when the Strategic Rail Authority froze all rail freight grants...

Long jail term

• A German truck driver has been jailed for eight years at Canterbury Crown Court for importing cannabis with an estimated...

Truckstop campaign

The Highways Agency and Freight Transport Association are In negotiations to increase the number of truckstops in order to...

Oil prices climb by 60%

IF Uncertainty about the global political situation is forcing oil prices to shoot up. They are now 130°./0 higher than a year...

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Gloystarne calls in Ernst & Young after cash crisis

• by Dominic Perry Rotherham-based distribution and warehousing firm Gloystarne has gone into administration due to a cash...

Wake up to reason

It seems that Britain's judges have finally woken up to the problem of driver fatigue. Have you? Our story on page ic) should...

Fag thief said he was robbed

• A trucker covered up his involvement in the theft of cigarettes worth nearly £1m by claiming he was robbed as he drove...

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Judges wake up to fatigue

• by Milos Brignall Truck drivers who kill someone after falling asleep at the wheel are likely to spend at least two years in...

White van man hits child and flees scene

• Northamptonshire police are hunting a hit-and-run van driver who collided with a cyclist and drove off, leaving him injured....

Freight Ignored' by plan

• Black Country business leaders are drawing up their own transport plan for the region, claiming the needs of hauliers are...

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London congestion launch: Best traffic in living memory?

London's congestion charging system went live last week, and with early reports hailing it a success, it looks set to be...

How did hauliers fare during the first week of congestion charging?

"Commercial vehicles shouldn't have to pay. There are so many retail outlets in the West End that have to be delivered to. It...

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CONGESTION CHARGING QUESTIONS ANSWERED Where and when does it operate?

The London congestion charge operating hours are lam-6.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays. Traffic signs make it...

Registration glitches

• The Freight Transport Association Is still alarmed at the sQ of congestion charge-related problems after an FTA memb received...

• The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has

slammed Transport for London's (Ill) decision not to allow leasing companies to transfer liability for congestion charging...

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Salvesen: Tou Ii es ahead

Last week's announcement that Christian Salvesen shares had fallen to their lowestever point was a continuation of its...

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AV GOA

avid Rhys believes the British are a people who do things by the book. it has a lot to do with the British psyche. When you...

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Truck makers to act on warranty issues

• Truck manufacturers have promised to produce further guidance on the acceptability of third-party telematics systems after CM...

• Although largely an issue between vehicle manufacturers and their

customers, concerns over warranties, buy-back arrangements and residuals have also brought third-party telematics system...

MEE U ME CS Electronics has launched TrakNay, a new

telematics system based on the Siemens VDO navigation product that combines vehicle navigation. tracking and job...

RECORDER UPDATE Maple Fleet Technology has announced an upgraded version

of its lied Box fleet data recorder. The new version has extra reporting facilities covering vehicle and journey logs to make...

TRACKING PARTNERSHIP Land Rover has selected Its Holdings' NayTrak tracking

system as the only approved stolen vehicle tracking system for installation on the new Range Rover. flavTrak will be available...

TRAFFIC MFO Microlise has added live traffic information from RAC

Live to its Opus Fleet Transport Management Centre software. The new feature warns drivers of impending hold-ups and gives...

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Communication is key

r Leeds-based Macfarlane Transport is still benefiting from a bespoke telematics system installed on its trucks some three...

MAN ‘pay-per km financing

• MAN/ERF has announced it is to use its in-house telematics system to provide a new contract hire package based on the...

Masternaut switches to GPRS

Masternaut has become the latest telematics provider to offer a GPRS-based vehicle tracking system. The new service, which...

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Renault unveils the lightweight Highway

II by Coln Barnet Renault's long-awaited lightweight 8x4 chassis has finally been unveiled—the UKspecific Highway Kerax....

VW's 15 makes an early debut

Volkswagen has unveiled its new Transporter T5 more than four months ahead of its scheduled UK launch and before its final...

DRIVING IMPRESSIONS Commercial Motor was able to drive two Muttivan

(or Caravelle to give its UK name) versions in order to check out the drivelines. Both were diesels—the 1,9-litre with 103hp...

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STERN WARNING

Aberdeen - based R&J Simpson has been issued with a stern warning about the company's maintenance standards in the future by...

DRIVING LICENCE REVOKED The falsification of tachograph records on five

separate occasions resulted in the revocation of the LGV driving licence held by Staffordshire lorry driver Jason Brown. Also...

MAINTENANCE RECORD The licence held by Wolverhampton-based Kishor Chandri Sonl,

trading as Honey Fruit & Vegetables, has been suspended for a fortnight. Soni had been called before the West Midland Traffic...

THIRD TIME UNLUCKY A combination of maintenance problems, the unauthorised

use of a vehicle and drivers' hours convictions have led to the revocation of the licence held by Oldham-based operator...

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of Sussex timber haulier

A Sussex timber haulier has succeeded in getting the three-month suspension of one of its trucks quashed by the Transport...

Licence delay

A Welsh haulier whose father had his Operator's licence revoked last March will have to watt and see if he is successful in his...

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• Beissbarth's Microtec 790 is designed to make balancing and

matching truck, bus, car and oven motorbike wheels much easier. The system makes use of a standard pneumatic wheel lifter to...

• Premier Pits' website has a new 'See the Product'

section which allows visitors to design their own prefabricated workshop pit system. It contains information about the use and...

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Nitrogen system will help to inflate profits

• Pneu Air, manufacturer of on-site nitrogen for tyre inflation, is offering its Uniflate system as a cost-effective, more...

Clean machines on show

• Whale Tankers is showing some new and powerful hot/cold cleaning machines at this year's CV show. Most powerful are the...

New Maha lifts for vehicle-ID checks

• The Vehicle Inspectorate is equipping its vehicle-ID checking sites with Maha's latest two and four-post lifts. The HL 9000...

CHISIUMINB Cheshire Police are using CH Solutions' latest fleet workshop

barcode system. A PC-linked barcode reader scans in mechanic ID, parts quantities and bin locations. No information needs to be...

t" I II Motorclimate UK is offering Its Mach 1

AR200P alrconditioning service station for £1,995 (ex-VAT). The package includes training, k seeker, temperature probe and...

[AIDE CATALOOUE Exide Technology's 2003 Fulmen battery catalogue contains a

tour-tier CV rani for all types including ones extra heavy-duty applIcatit Contact: 0161 786 3333.

IOADLNIK IIREINAllONAL RoadlInk International's nen Brembo OE quality CV brake

disc catalogue Includes product characteristics. drawings. fitting Instructior and reference charts. Conta 7.t. 01902 636206.

Snap-on range

• Snap-on Sun Tech Systems will have a wide range of its latest workshop equipment on display at next month's CV show. The Sun...

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TIME TRAVELLER

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 28 February 1928...

Office environments are fertile breeding grounds for the sort of

pathological hatred of other people most often found in maximum security prisons, Day after day, you're faced with the same...

Searching for examples of corporate sloganeering, we happened upon the

website for Worksop firm Seateld Logistics (www.seafield.co.uk). And found that it's peppered with some of the worst marketing...

If you're an aspiring haulage or logistics company these days,

you aren't anyone until you've got your own natty little corporate slogan. For example, Wincanton's is straight to the point...

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Z A ,\ D) Es)k

VOLVO FH12-460 I PRICE AS TESTED: 191 1 974 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 12.1 litres, 460hp (343Inv). GCW :44 tonnes. PAYLOAD : 28.89...

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CAB COMFORT

The FH's pronounced curving front profile has always been good news aerodynamically, if less than handy for cab access—thus its...

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From humble beginnings as a hay merchant, Alan Haywood has

grown his business into a 17-vehicle general haulage fleet. And, as Dominic Perry learns, that growth was almost accidental....

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FOR LONG S

VICE ERF ECX 6x4 O wner-driver Bob Wheeler from Portishead, North Somerset was determined to raise driving comfort levels when...

Multi-axled flatbed trucks with loading cranes normally shift building materials

or heavy machinery. It's hard work and they suffer accordingly, but regular inspections and maintenance keep the wheels turning...

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PROTECTING

YOUR REARS! Reversing is when vans are at their most vulnerable and when unsightly, costly damage occurs—particularly in dark,...

PRODUCT MILESTONES

• Hope Anti-Jack-1We device Developed in the mid-1960s, this device with its keyed kingpin was mounted in a semi-trailer's...