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6th February 2003
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Adams creditors surprised at links to new pallet firm

.1 by Dominic Perry Members of the United Pallet Network are asking why they have been saddled with around £50,000 worth of...

Attlee rebuffed in Lords

ovr,U Opposition front bench spokesman Earl Attlee has 1 , upbraided the government's sto ___J newalling on calls to re-pay...

NOON 1— out 95% of the 154 letters the wernment

received on indon's congestion charging )tween May 2000 and 15 muary 2003 opposed the ;heme, Transport Minister avid Jamieson...

IT Ar

early half London's small usinesses are considering witching to clean-fuel options ) obtain a discount on ondon's congestion...

PERATION INERMAII

he VI issued 132 immediate nd 194 delayed prohibitions r mechanical defects during he latest Operation Mermaid. xaminers...

CUSTOMS GO DUTCH wo drivers have been mrested after Customs

officrs discovered heroin with a treet value of £1m concealed n a Dutch-registered truck mar Junction 10 of the M40.

YOU. SEWER toadchef has won a 25-year :ontract to operate

a new iervice area on the M6 toll .oad near Birmingham. The 68tore site will park 51 trucks.

DARTFORD CHANGE

.e Crossing will be the new rperator of the Dartford liver Crossing from 1 April t003 when new tolls are ntroduced to cut...

CHIVE DRIVE

Chive Fuels, the firm that launched Liquid Natural Gas in the UK five years ago, Is currently developing a motorway refuelling...

FERRY TROUBLE

The Stena Europe ran into trouble off the Irish coast last Thursday (29 January), suffering engine failure.

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It's snow good

• Hauliers have hit out at the government for failing to protect roads from the forecasted snow last week, with the FTA...

Chasing Bryan's job

• Three union officials are thought to be front-runners to take over one of the most highprofile negotiating jobs in road...

First JIC pay guide gives 30p/hr raise

• Around 1,000 Road Haulage Association members are Win; advised to increase their drivers' pay by 30p/hr following a deal witl...

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Murfins awaits IC Simms' written word

1 by Michael Jewell lurfitts Transport, and its parent company, orfolk Line, must wait to see what action the astern Traffic...

LW lays waste to 'dirty' diesel

• London Waste (LW) has become the first waste company in the UK to convert Its entire fleet to natural gas. The decision was...

NA lobbies for free on-board toll units

111 The Road Haulage Assoilation is putting pressure on he Treasury to ensure road oiling telematics units for UK rucks will be...

TfL chaos costs dear

II More CM readers are facing problems registering their fleets for London's congestion chargejust two weeks before charging...

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BOSS: crash driver on rest break

A Felixstowe haulier says that there was no reason for his driver to be travelling on the Al2 at the time of a fatal road...

MAN and ERF brak am on uyac s

• MAN and ERF have put the brakes on buy-back deals for trucks in an attempt to improve profitability and manage used vehicle...

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Notorcyclists: "Stop killer diesel spills"

by Guy Sheppard otorcycle campaigners and politicians are imanding a crackdown on hauliers who spill esel on the road because...

Need drivers?

Grow your own • Five West Midland hauliers are to trial a new scheme aimed at easing driver shortages by turning their own...

Three jailed for baccy stash under doughnuts

111 Three HGV drivers have been jailed for a total of eight and a half years for smuggling £1.2m of cigarettes into the UK....

Thieves have a lot of bottle

• Police are hunting a gang of conmen who tricked a truck driver into handing over his 260,000 load of wine and champagne. The...

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Calls for fuel tax harmony

• Trade associations are urging a House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee to back proposals for harmonising fuel duty...

Laser spots felons on the move

• New technology designed to help the police deny violent criminals the use of the roads is nearing the end of its trial period...

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Charging up the autobahns

In 2006, the government has announced, hauliers will have to pay to use UK roads. But the system is already in place in...

Enforcing the System

• Germany's autobahns were equipped with gantries set up for toll charging seven years ago when the German government made...

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Paying your way

• There will be two tolling systems available in Germany: automatic and manual. Automatic booking makes use of the on-board...

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IAN reveals future plans

5y Colin Barnett ring its recent pre-CV Show ass briefing (see also pages j), the MAN Group unveiled its oduct plans for the...

Scania has delivered its first Topline tractor to the fleet

of RG Bassett & Sans based In Staffordshire. A 12-litre 420hp DC12-01 unit injector engine and 12-speed transmission power the...

SEVE1.1111SMIEWIT Fiat Auto and PSA Peugeot Citroen have agreed to

extend their long-standing Sevel joint venture until 2017. They will invest more than -1.9bn (£1.2bn) in developing two new LCV...

TELEMATICS GUIDE

TransportEnergy has introduced a telematics guide for operators to help them select the right system for their business. To...

1162111E 161ST Hauliers looking to supplement their income can sign

their fleet up to Truck Ads, which offer between £150 and 1250 per vehicle per month. A fleet of 10 trailers could earn an...

Volvos carry Ford fleets

• Volvo has broken into Ford's car transporter fleet for the first time with the delivery of 40 FM12 drawbar outfits supplied...

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Last year hit hard but we're still here

Ill Just over a year ago, at Renault Trucks' bi-annual company meeting held at the UK headquarters in Dunstable, the company...

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French freezers--

I Think refrigerated semi-trailers and &ore too long, Chereau's name nevitably pops up. Based in Avranches, Jormandy, this...

SALES STRATEGY

• In France, Ghereau has a whopping 53% of the market for refrigerated trailers and bodies, which Pratt says equates to around...

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CREREAU IN IRELAND

NI As in the UK, Chereau is represented in Ireland by a single exclusive distributor—County Carlow-based Victor Treacy...

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Transport manager's repute endangered by prohibitions

A part-time transport manager nominated on six Operator's Licences may lose his repute following the issue of S-marked...

PI non-attendance: appeal fails

A Surrey scaffolding company has lost its appeal against South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps'...

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Tribunal remits impound case

PI The Transport Tribunal has allowed an appeal against a refusal to return an impounded vehicle by directing that the matter...

Collusion led to tarnished repute and suspension

A Cheshire haulier who allowed an unlicensed operator to use vehicles under his licence has been pre vented from working for 21...

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TIRED OLD LEGISLATION

Regarding Sound Off (CM12-18 Dec 2002) entitled 'Duly of Care'. Whilst the Drivers' Action Movement fully supports the work...

PENSION PROBLEMS

Ruth Pott's comments on pensions (CM16-22 Jan) quite frankly amazed me. If we are to address the increasingly pressing problems...

UNEQUAL EU

read your news item and editorial regarding the possible introduction of the "Markov" proposals for drivers hours and...

MIXED SIGNALS I write in reference to the article in the driver training section of Commercial Motor (CM11-15 Nov 2002).

May I say that, while the article outlines the requirements for good driver training, I found the main photograph used in the...

SAFETY MATTERS

It was Paul Channon, a former transport minister, who first set targets for reductions in serious injuries on our roads. The...

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nyone watching the IC's venerable Saturday night rspital drama Casualty

cently (look it wasn't me, it is or... a friend that told me) II have seen all sorts of goings I in a haulage yard, with one...

TIME TRAVELLER

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 7 February 1928...

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suzu Truck (UK) entered the domestic market with the 3.5-tonne

NKR and 6.2-tonne NPR in 1997, before overwhelming operator demand forced the Japanese to introduce its bigger brother, the NQR...

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Previous and future owner

The lsuzu's original owner was construction company Harry J Palmer (Broadstone) based in Poole. The company builds houses and...

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A t the time of nationalisation in 1947 there were 958

coal mines in the UK, producing over zoo million tonnes of coal a year. By the time the industry was privatised in 1995, there...

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SPEC AL

gaming machines and refrigerators are everyday items in the world of pubs and restaurants—and they are bread and butter for...

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THIS IS

The Modernising Operator Scheme aims to improve the business performance of hauliers by making advice on crucial issues more...

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MOS initiative rolled out to Scotland and Wales

• The MOS initiative is targeted at hauliers in England, but Scottish and Welsh hauliers should not feel left out. Last month...

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WARNINGS

Hauliers often fail to notice that their customers are having financial problems until it is too late. John Davies offers a...

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6 e T rn h e pl U oy K s fre i o i t g h h e t r a e n g d i o lo n g o i s f t l i c 6 s m i n i d i i i u o s o t ry o e c o u p r i e re t n h t ilys is four

times the number in agriculture and six times the figure working in motor vehicle manufacturing. However, the UK is already...