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Creditors clamour for their money as controversial director racks up £500,000 debt. Chris Tindall reports. A CONTROVERSIAL...
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Exclusive THE FUTURE OF the workforce at Langdon Group is safe now that German logistics giant Nagel Group has bought the...
THE GOVERNMENT has finally published the draft regulations on the Road Transport (WorkingTune) Directive which is scheduled to...
Commercial Motor wishes to make it clear that Writtlebased RE Fielding Trucking is in no way associated with the RF Fielding...
Ken Livingstone says the congestion charge will rise to at least £6. Since the scheme was launched in February 2003 traffic in...
MPs on the Transport Select Committee want tougher sentences for killer drivers, with more cases moved from magistrates to...
Up to 65 0 /o of British companies see the UK's transport system as more of a hindrance than a help, according to an Institute...
Next January DFDS Tor Line will launch a RO-RO service between its terminal in Immingham and Dart Line's Zeebrugge terminal.
A truck driver has been jailed for six years for attempting to smuggle seven million cigarettes into the UK. Bournemouth Crown...
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Brynle Williams is calling for an essential user rebate. Jennifer Ball reports. BRYNLE WILLIAMS, former fuel protest leader...
HEIL WILL UNVEIL a sub-five tonne tare-weight 44,000-litre petroleum tank trailer at the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers...
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ISUZUWILL OFFER a heavier product range by the end @1 2007. Senior executive officer Jun Utsumi, speaking to Commercial Motor...
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety hauliers to use equipment such as Authority (EFSA) has suggested forced ventilation,misting in...
I love statistics — here are two I've collected recently. Up to two million drivers could each be fined €138 in France for not...
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Take a stroll with us through the little sideroads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...
(I - IA) should widen the M1 properly instead of using part of the hard shoulder and central reservation. They are responding...
AN OPERATOR has been killed as she desperately tried to stop thieves stealing a truck from her yard in West London. The fatal...
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Richard Lawson is not interested in buying the remnants of his old company — but he may not be leaving the industry for good....
THE IRISH Road Haulage "backward step, economically and misinformed about the height of Association has blasted the Irish...
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A ROW HAS BROKEN out between the Transport & General Workers Union and parcels firm Lynx Express over a nationwide strike by...
THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE will have to be resurfaced every four or five years, primarily because of the pounding it is suffering...
ATRUCK DRIVER has called for more support from other drivers in his campaign for better facilities at motorway service areas....
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A massive investigation into illegal dumping is sparked by a BBC documentary. Anton McCabe reports. AUTHORITIES ON both sides...
THREE MEN have been jailed for a total of 10 years for their part in stealing nearly £5,000 worth of property from trucks...
POLICE ARE appealing for truck drivers to report any sightings of a red recovery truck that has been responsible for illegally...
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The Transport Tribunal has slammed a consultant: Michael Jewell reports. A CONTROVERSIAL TRANSPORT consultant has been savaged...
in their attempts to escape with a truck loaded with furniture after they jammed it underneath a railway bridge. The incident...
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RENAULT'S EVER expanding Master range continues to grow with the introduction of a Luton van and a rear-wheel-drive variant,...
A CORONER HAS called for more action over trucks' blind spots after recording a verdict of accidental death on a pensioner who...
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Bacon butes and fry-ups are top breakfast fare for many people in the road transport game. But where's the best breakfast...
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Crime by cost TruckPol figures show that the average loss per incident during the quarter was £29,649, taking into account the...
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In an increasingly global market, MAN may be viewed as the stay-at-home, but it is not averse to international expansion....
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AS A I)RIVER for over 20 years, I just could not believe what was printed in your safety conference report (CM 14 October). I...
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It is hard to predict where the cheapest fuel will be from day to day. Dick Flute does his sums and sees why it's worth finding...
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The TC disqualifies a firm and its director — and challenges two transport managers who never got to do their jobs....
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THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has thrown out an appeal by a Norwich plumbing company that claimed its licence renewal fee had been...
A MANCHESTER operator has escaped with his licence intact, despite two disciplinary inquries within a year. North Western...
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IGNORANCE WAS accepted as an excuse when a West Midlands tyre company succeeded in being granted its own licence after wrongly...
To win the return of an impounded vehicle the owners have to show that they were unaware it was being used without licence...
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F uel prices and labour costs may put them at a competitive disadvantage, but its not all bad news for UK-based international...
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The minimum hourly rate has risen by 8% to £4.85 and the unions are pressing for a 50p rise next year. Jonathan-Exten Wright...
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Small employers must now accept responsibilities for disabled employees and customers. Is your workplace up to scratch? Patric...
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R eputation and expectation.These two words are key to the future success of Scania's R Series. Sweden's one-time King of the...
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I s Customs a friend or foe? Unfortunately if you imagine that Customs and Excise will enter into any sort of discussion to...
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This year's CM Ferry Focus takes on a different format as our team samples the busiest route at first hand. E very year the...
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but on the return trip many were of that unwholesome breed of young people known as chavs. Boarding was easy, although it...
sector, this ourney marked our first drive of the Vivaria in its latest 1.9CDTI 100PS guise. We're still waiting for the Vivaro...
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de Change and a large duty-free area with plenty on offer, though the surly checkout attendant obviously felt deeply insulted...
Our charge for the run over on the Midnight Merchant was Nissan's new Terrano van. OK it may not have the carrying capacity of...
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Drivers injured or taken ill on the Continent are automatically covered by EU medical insurance, right? Wrong! David Hams...
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T he tradition of the family motto seems to have ended. Winston Churchill's family motto was the incongruous "faithful but...
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Everyone's at risk from 'hot' property unless we have trailer registration believes one Welsh dealer. T he image of the used...
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Armed with £6,000 CM went in search of a clean post-1998 7.5-tonne tipper — starting with our unequalled classified section......
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Next year Smith Brothers will celebrate 20 years as an independent used truck dealer. CM dropped in to see how it's staying...