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to patrol motorways and truck roads in Yorkshire and the Humber. The team will provide faster response times to clear up...
• by Chris Tindall The Freight Transport Association has attacked the European Commission for its bungled introduction of...
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111 A truck driver is expected to be released from a French jail this week, after serving less than half of a seven-year...
• A Staffordshire truck driver faces extradition to France to answer drug smuggling charges dating back four years after the...
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• by Sally Nash Driver John Hunt, whose appeal against a hefty £155 wheelclamping charge has just been turned down, is calling...
• Prostitutes touting for work at a Staffordshire truckstop face a police crackdown as they attempt to cut soaring theft...
minefield' for employers • The law protecting drivers' terms and conditions when transferring from one company to another is...
• West Country haulier William C Hockln has had its Operator's licence revoked for the second time after its appeal against the...
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• by Mike Jewel Okehampton-based Bryan Haulage has successfully appealed against the revocation of its licence and overturned a...
The Freight Transport Association is right to call the proposed introduction of smart-card tachographs "a dog's breakfast"....
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FOCUS ON TRAINING • by Emma Penny The failure of a Welsh national learning organisation to stump up the £250,000 it promised...
Training Council (RHDTC} after 17 July will be to fund the organisation that is replacing it, says the Council's chief...
IN A murder investigation is under way after a truck driver was found burned to death in his cab in Lincolnshire. The incident...
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P The grisly deaths of 58 Chinese who suffocated In a sealed trailer when attempting to enter Britain illegally three years ago...
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PALLET IIETIONK The Pallet Network has appointed Adam Leonard as managing director. Leonard has been with TPN for over two...
• Figures released by the Department for Transport show that the number of commercial vehicle occupants killed on UK roads rose...
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• The haulage industry must address its attitude towards safe driving if the number of road deaths is to be cut, according to...
II Logistics specialist Christian Salvesen is launching a mobile training unit to ensure its drivers comply with new dangerous...
• Regulars to a roadside cafe in Cheshire are campaigning for it to continue trading after the council announced plans to turn...
: A company that was once condemned by union leaders in a row over recognition is now winning praise from them for introducing...
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In a bid to tackle the current driver shortage, Respect for People aims to take the collective pulse of Britain's hauliers and...
RfP is how many people will participate in the project, either directly or indirectly? As reported in CM two weeks ago, few...
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opportunity? Residual price monitor Cap estimates that unit sales of used trucks to end-users outnumber new registrations by...
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Ford has given its CV range a mid-term boost with the introduction of new model variants, expanded options and improved...
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The growing trend to keep drivers' feet firmly on the ground wherever possible has led Wincanton and Crossland Tankers to...
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Hendrickson unveiled its new PRIMAAX heavy-duty air suspension, designed specifically for roadtrain and heavy haulage work,...
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Protests from local residents nave resulted in the licence neld by Sussex-based Thomas Transport being cut from 74 vehicles and...
Mi ENVIRONMENTAL LIU CONCERNS LICENSING HEARINGS gra DRIVERS' 110-11 HOURS COURT CASES AND TRIBUNALS SPEEDING CHARGES VEHICLE...
A London operator has been given 12 months' conditional dis charge and ordered to pay E600 costs after being convicted of using...
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A number of owner-drivers working for Midland Quarry Products have been hauled before the West Midland Traffic Commissioner...
A Lancashire fruit and veg merchant, operating without a Operator's Licence since his application was refused in 1999, has lost...
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please contact Backfire, Commercial Motor, 1.2, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 020 8652 8969....
Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law.. .what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 3 July 1928 The...
Roadworics, unhelpful warehouse staff at distribution centres, breakdowns. All causes of more delays than you could—and...
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there is no escaping its nature; it's a workhorse environment with multi-drop loads, local and inner city routes, long hours,...
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later he is still going strong. reports. ou only have to sit in Alfred Sammons' exquisitely located dining room and gaze out...
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e e s Four years on, what effect has the right to union recognition had on the haulage industry? Adam Hill reports as the...
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Public consultation on changes to the hot ended in May and legislation based on Its findings is scheduled for the next session...
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40 or so national press releases put out by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise this year gives the overall impression of an...
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Getting paid on time should be top priority for every business. Easier said than done but, as Wilf Altman explains, a good...
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is In everyone's interests to find solutions to the driver shortage... • To sound off about a road transport issue write to...