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27th September 2001
27th September 2001
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LONDON FEAR TransportAction, the organisation set up by the Energy

Saving Trust to tackle transport pollution, has welcomed tough new air quality targets. But it fears that less stringent...

FUEL PLEA Fleet funding company Arval PHH has urged the

government to reconsider its fuel trarisport policy in the wake of the EC's call for harmonised fuel taxes, describing the...

RHDTC REPORT The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council has

just published its first review, covering the organisation's response to the industry's skills shortage.

ALCOHOL DUTY The EC is looking at plans to harmonise

alcohol duty between member states. It sees the current tax system as an obstacle to the single European market.

THEFT RESPONSE Companies must take precautions against thefts from employees,

the latest meeting of the Transport Association was told after grim Home Office figures suggesting twothirds of staff in UK...

1INNEL DME The Mont Blanc tunnel should re-open in November

The FTA says that work on the Italian side is nearly complete and the French have promised to hit deadlines. The tunnel will...

IMMIGRANT CASE A businessman, Kashmir Hann, Is awaiting his fate

after he admitted facilitating the entry of illegal immigrants into the UK.

Ma Manton pulls plug on its European chilled division

Eby MIAOW Perry Leading transport and distribution firm Wincanton is to pull the plug on its chilled Continental division,...

EC wants contract protection

• Ambitious new plans to protect hauliers from sharp rises in the price of fuel have been unveiled by the European Commission....

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James !dam is forced to discuss pay with URTU

• The new enforced relationship between Cheshire haulier James Ham & Son and the United Road Transport Union looks likely to be...

MG plans more P&O strikes

• The dispute between the Transport and General Workers Union and P&O Trans European stepped up a gear this week after it was...

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EU fuel trial haulier caught by red tape

• by Guy Sheppard A Black Country haulier claims to have been bombarded with a morass of paperwork after agreeing to take part...

No jail for butt

w A truck driver who broke the nose of his transport manager outside a public inquiry earlier this year has avoided being sent...

Blunkett backs stowaway fines

• Home Secretary David Blunkett has come under fire from the trade associations for failing to end the unjust treatment of...

Road deaths hold steady

• The number of people killed on Britain's roads last year fell by just 14 to 3,409, suggesting measures introduced to reduce...

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Dartford tolls will Mid other projects

by Miles Brignall ',milers expecting tolls across the Dartford Crossing to be scrapped after the bridge has been paid for are...

Two Siena ferry fires in 24 hrs

• Nearly 90 trucks were evacuated from a Stena Line ferry last week when a fire broke out in the engine room shortly before it...

A birthright to fight for

"Totally unnecessary" is the only reasonable response to the news that EU Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio is...

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EC presses for bar

• It sounds all encompassing— European transport policy for 2010: Time to decide. And, in spirit at least, it attempts to...

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NI Westlink is given the green light

• Improvements on a notorious bottleneck in Northern Ireland have finally been given the go-ahead by the Northern Ireland...

Food training plan slammed

• by Cliff Caswell European plans to introduce truck drivers to a regime of healthy eating and exercise as part of their basic...

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Euro-3 heart for Renault's flagship...

• With the Euro-3 deadline nearly upon us, Renault VI has revealed its Euro-3 dCi common-rail engines with E-Tech continuing in...

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Magnum facelift • The new-look Magnum has been given a

softer look. Out goes the small Diamond badge, the right angles and straight lines and the square lights on the grille; in...

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Thermo King gasses up to cut reefer noise

• by Kevin Swallow Thermo King has launched the SB-Ill CR cryogenic temperature control system that is said to significantly...

Giving it five

• The Pinzgauer off-roader, built in Guildford by Automotive Technik, is to get a new engine. Its VW IT straight-six will be...

Andover heavy for Mar-Train

• Abnormal-load haulier Mar-Train of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, has added a four-axle low loader trailer from Andover Trailers...

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Young fans of the North's finest manufacturing company this side

of Hebden Bridge will be heartened to learn that a new comic book series featuring the Spagthorpe Motor Company is to be...

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LESS UCENCE

The licence held by Kuldev Singh Oakhal, trading as Premier Transport Services of Birmingham, has been cut to 13 vehicles and...

1111EFJK OFF

Church Stretton driver Phillip Morris has had his HGV driving licence suspended for a week by West Midland TC David Dixon....

MISSING UMffEll Speed limiter offences cost County Tyrone driver Donal

Donnelly £220 in fines and costs. When he appeared before Liverpool magistrates Donnelly admitted two offences of using a...

=NM Though taking no action against the licence held by

Charles Marshall (Aberdeen), Scottish TC Michael Betts issued the company with a warning about maintenance standards and...

LOOSE INNERS

Using a vehicle with insecure wheels cost Erith driver Larry Breeds £450 in fines and costs when he appeared before Barking...

Licence cut for driver speeding

Speeding by 14 drivers employed by Holyheadbased Gwynedd Transport, has led to the company's 0 licence being cut by 14 vehicles...

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Heavy fine for puzzling overload

A train weight Prosecuting for the Vehicle overload cost Inspectorate, Tony Ostrin said Romford-based that a Volvo artic...

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Extensive Dinex range

• The latest Dines range of vertical exhaust conversion kits extends to most HGV makes. A brochure helps to identify the...

Ray gives a lift

m Ravaglioli has launched a range of two-past vehicle lifts with working capacities from two to five tonnes. They feature...

Dennis guards from rust with Loctite

N One of Henkel Loctite Adhesive's range of rust-protection treatments has found favor with Dennis Eagle for its refuse...

Glass offers motor cover

m The Bodyshap and Insurance divisions of Glass's Information Services have come up with an integrated repair and motor...

Easy oil change

is a good Vision • Middlesbrough-based Vision Energy is marketing a system that promises a near perfect engine oil and fitter...

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900kg Key for workshop

A workshop crane with a 900kg capacity is on offer from Key Industrial Equipment. The telescopic jib has four settings,...

BF parts to come through EPN

• BF Germany (Burkert Fahrzeugtiele) has appointed independent parts supplier Engine Partsnetwork (EPN) as its exclusive UK...

Customers fine tune

jump starter packs • Two units In Serenco's of portable jump starters have gained extra features requested by existing...

Edge puts pressure on din Hy-Parts for hydraulics

• Edge's new range of highers is designed to spruce up the pressure hot/cold-water cleandirtiest tippers, construction wagons...

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o you make your secretary type on an old manual

typewriter? Do your fitters change wheels with a hand brace? Does your wife clean the carpets with a dustpan and brush? Thought...

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T he phrase "one-stop-shop" has to be one of the most

tired cliches in modern commerce. But for fast-growing Merseyside waste disposal specialist OSS it's a registered trademark—and...

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A certain accident wiLL

rate might be ny haulier about to despatch a novice driver off on his first day's work behind the wheel would do well to hand...

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n the contract-lure and fleet-management industry there has nevee.been a

deal like it. Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office, is outsourcing all its 6,000 trucks, 35,000 vans and 3,000 cars in...

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up opportunities for employees who are transferred. In the case

of maintenance staff, these could come from servicing vehicles apart from Consignia's, because parts of the country are short...

TUPE regulations

Before calling for industrial action, the Communication Workers Union needs to establish that the rights of the 1.700 employees...

TENDERING .

• Initial expressions of interest in taking over Consignia's fleet must be made by 10 October. This date was set to comply with...

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rucks are expensive animals. So when hauliers put their hands

in the pockets they want a warranty that can cover every eventuality. However, the statutory rights covering such warranties...

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V isitors to last year's CV Show could be forgiven for

missing ABRO, the former Army Base Repair Organisation in Hall 5—this, after all, is a huge show where time flies by quickly....

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RI NIGAIIERS

GET ON 11111111 F ew pundits predicted that Magna Steyr would switch Pinzgauer production from Graz in Austria to sunny...

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MONDAY

I arrive at the office at 08:00hrs and begin the day by consulting transport in all areas to find out what happened over the...

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MAN tractors are all ready to tip and mix

• Independent dealer Euro Wise is marketing used MAN 22.403 6x2s that can be operated as tractors, tippers or mixers—the tipper...

Big demand for walking floors

• It's 18 months since tipper trailer dealer Andrew Smith of Newton Commercials started to sell Belgianbuilt Stas tipper and...

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INTERNET SALES

Auction giant Manheim Europe plans to help operators buy used trucks over the Internet courtesy of its Cybertruck site, which...