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4th April 2013
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Name and shame Over the past few weeks I've spent

a lot of time talking to operators at various functions, and I'm shocked at what I've heard. I already knew that it was tough...

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New boss surplus to Stobart Group's needs By Christopher Walton

STOBART GROUP has shaken up its board of directors for the second time this year, in a move that sees Avril Palmer-Baunack...

CV Show 2013: SDC to show off new transporter SDC

TRAILERS is set to unveil its first car transporter semi-trailer at the CV Show next week. It claims the trailer is more fuel...

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Number of people taking and passing LGV driving tests finally

on the rise By Chris Druce THE NUMBER of people taking an LGV test and passing increased last year, bringing a six-year period...

D Mortimer to pursue Lloyds WILTSHIRE'S D Mortimer & Sons

has appointed lawyers to pursue Lloyds Banking Group for compensation after it was sold a financial product designed to protect...

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Boyle ruling sends out clear message By Roger Brown POLICE

SAY the decision to order two former directors at Northern Ireland haulage company Boyle Transport to pay £1.8m under the...

Bridge strike driver loses job appeal AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal has

dismissed an appeal by a former driver for own-account operator Food Partners, who was sacked after driving his vehicle into a...

Failure to find buyer leads to Bosal closure AFTERMARKET VEHICLE

exhaust manufacturer Bosal (UK) has closed its manufacturing business after joint administrators Duff & Phelps could not find a...

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Volvo slams proposals by cycling lobby as impractical By Derren

Hayes VOLVO TRUCKS has poured cold water on proposals by a cycling lobby group for the introduction of a bin wagon-style LGV in...

Rol REBATE COULD MEAN MORE ILLICIT FUEL The introduction of

a rebate on fuel duty for operators in the Republic of Ireland (Rol) may tempt operators in Northern Ireland and Great Britain...

Extra buys nine Welcome sites EXTRA, THE motorway services group,

has purchased nine Welcome Break sites in a deal that takes its services area portfolio to 18. Extra, which opened Cobham...

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SCANIA HAS taken the unusual step of introducing second-generation Euro-6

engines nine months before Euro-6 emissions legislation is fully implemented at the end of this year. When it unveiled its...

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Public backs hauliers Survey for Commercial Motor reveals surprising support

from the British public for road transport industry and its hauliers Words: ii...1111=,L.,1 uLe aim ItupIIeu vvauon WOULD YOU...

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Hedging debts Hauliers have not proved immune to the mis-selling

of financial products. As the first examples emerge, CM asks how many operators could be affected Words: Chris Tindall HAULIERS...

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It's a new dawn for Tip-ex The development of the

Harrogate tipper show is being led by Richard Bennett Words: Justin Stanton / Images: Jonathan Moore TIP-EX 2012WAS a...

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Vosa and HSE are targeting the wrong people and the

wrong crimes AS I READ the latest edition of Vosa's Moving On email, I could hear the tap of the undertaker's hammer putting...

When can we use extra lanes?

I WONDER whether your readers could answer the following: why did the government spend millions of pounds on widening the Ml?...

Unions aren't worth the cash RE: STATE of the Union

(CM 14 March). No union has ever created jobs for drivers, but they have lost plenty. Some hauliers who got sick of being told...

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Red diesel truck was used on public roads SAI (Services)

suspended after it used a modified forestry locomotive to move timber for customer By Roger Brown met Norbord's purchasing...

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Twins Home Improvements TWINS HOME Improvements can base one vehicle

at The Crestway in Whetstone, Leicester subject to the following conditions: • there will be no operation, movement, loading...

FORTHCOMING PUBLIC INQUIRIES Eastern and South Eastern traffic areas Cambridge

• Map Haulage, based in Dunmow, will make a new application at a PI on 8 April. • An inquiry on 12 April will look at...

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Does a facility where your vehicles park overnight or temporarily

count as an operating centre? It isn't crystal clear Words: Patric Cunnane / Images: Tom Cunningham The definition of an...

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Operator CPC Part 14 Now well into the second quarter

of our weekly guide to the Operator CPC, this week we look at road charging: national and international tolls and fees, and...

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Drive to survive For many hauliers, surviving the past five

years has been hard but hard work and persistence can sometimes pay off, as family-owned Midland Container Logistics has...

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Cruising with precision CM took a PPC-equipped Mercedes Actros down

Germany's autobahn to find out if the new system really will save you money ,voras: Will Shiers Mercedes-Benz made a rather...

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Higher. education The ability to run tall trailers is a

big productivity plus for UK operators, but are poorly matched roof-fairings frittering away some of the gains? Words: David...

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• : Dealing with pressure In terms of vehicle systems

and components, there are some obvious themes at this year's event — not least the appearance on the market of a number of...

Gaining from training With the deadline for Driver CPC training

now fast approaching, driver training will be a major theme at this year's show. Driver Hire (4G69) will be promoting its eFED...

Talking technology As always, new technology proliferates at this year's

show. Digitach suppliers Stoneridge (4F111), Tachosys (4J30) and Continental / Automotive (5F49) will be 7 launching smartphone...

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Return of the trucks Perhaps most notable at this year's

show is the return of so many major truck makers. Among them will be Daf (5C81), with the world premiere of the new Euro-6 LF...

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Loads of vehicle approval European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EWVTA)

has started to affect the manufacture of multistage vehicles in earnest now — and forward-thinking bodybuilders have...

SORTING OUT THE SERVICING This year's show will also feature

a plethora of exhibits to help those charged with servicing and maintaining CVs, many of which will appear in the dedicated...

Keeping it all together...

Load retention is a major consideration for every fleet and catering to this objective will be Load Choker (5J114) with its...

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A van-tastic display Despite some notable absences, light commercials will

also be well represented. Ford (5G10 and 5G20) will have more than 15 vehicles on display, including the 1 all-new Transit,...

Happy handling Efficient loading and unloading is always a major

theme of the show and visitors will be spoilt for choice this year, from the new Kinglifter truck-mounted forklift making its...

Lights, camera, action...

The use of onboard vehicle cameras is another growing trend. Among those promoting such systems this year will be !drive...

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It litriF : 1 • , Aitil Ashley Brown Operations

graduate DHL Supply Chain Joined company: September 2011 What do you love about your job? The variety: no two days are the...

City Link seeks new recruits Words: Laura Hailstone FOLLOWING THE

success of its inhouse apprenticeship programme, City Link is rolling out the 12-month scheme to 80 new recruits, aged 18-25,...

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An 08 wagon and drag perfect for cubed Loads THIS

WEEK'S top truck is a 2008-registered MAN TGX 6x2 prime mover with Wilson tri-axle drawbar trailer. The 08-plate TGX is...

Banged-up and with a terrible engine "Soviet-built light commercials are

about as common as 38-tonne Sinclair C5s," wrote CM's technical writer Brian Weatherley in February 1986, after he was unlucky...

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Thinking of riding solo?

Drivers who are being told by employers that they are going to be made redundant are also being told that they can continue to...

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Time to lose some weight Once a popular choice, the

7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego has slipped back in the pecking order The launch of the new Euro-6 Mercedes-Benz Atego range at...