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6th January 1994
6th January 1994
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OK drivers lose out in Euro wage table

by Guy Sheppard • UK truck drivers are among the lowest paid in the European Union, according to a Commercial Motor survey of...

BRIEFS

• Tom Llewellyn of Econofreight Transport and member of the Road Haulage Association's national council was ed an OBE in this...

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Total boost for pensions

• About 140 drivers and 30 mechanics employed by Total Oil have voted 55% in favour of accepting an enhanced pension package...

by Grant Prior • Two haulage bosses are hoping trucks

and trailers worth £250,000 will be released from a Turkish compound following a hearing scheduled to take place today...

• The Department of Transport says it has no plans

to change the design of motorway crash barriers despite last month's crash on the M5 motorway in which three people died when...

LGV driving test fees to rise

• LGV driving test fees will rise by up to 2% in April to £62 for a weekday test and to £80 for a weekend or evening test. The...

More grief for jailed driver

• The family of a British truck driver imprisoned in France for drug smuggling is facing eviction from its home in west Wales....

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W Mercia set for check blitz

by Amanda Bradbury • Multi-agency LGV checks in Hereford & Worcester and Shropshire will treble from the New Year as West...

Decision at last for JG Osborne

• No action is to be taken against JG Osborne by the North East Traffic Area following the Rotherham haulier's collapse last...

TIS snaps up Auto

• Van hire specialist TLS Range has boosted its fleet by 1,100 vehicles with the £7.5 million buy-out of Auto Rentals...

Winding up takes cash

• Creditors owed over £320,000 after the collapse of Warwickshire-based Express Freight Services have been told there is little...

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Parcelforce job threat

by Karen Miles • Hundreds of Parcelforce staff are facing redundancy as the company moves to put itself back in the black....

Prentice creditors face non payment

APEXSETTORECRUIT • Acclaim Parcels Express (APEX) plans to expand its 70-strong agent network by appointing a haulier near...

• Transport companies expect workloads to increase by 4.5% this

year. A Freight Transport Association survey shows more than half its respondents expect to move more goods than last year.

• NFT Distribution has been fined £6,000 after admitting polluting

the River Colne in Herts with vehicle washings from its London Colney depot in March last year.

• Delivery vehicles are to be banned from parts of

Congleton town centre in Cheshire from February between 10:00 and 16:00hrs. High Street, Bridge Street and Duke Street will be...

• The former receivers of Leyland Daf, John Talbot and

Murdoch McKillop, corporate recovery partners at Arthur Andersen, have called for compulsory company-Funded schemes to finance...

• Volvo has won the International Truck of the Year

Award for its FH range of heavy trucks. Judges from 13 countries awarded the accolade to the Swedish manufacturer for a record...

Beck & Pollitzer has won a contract to manage all

la Paints' direct deliveries from a central warehouse in Stowmarket: B&P will also handle most of the company's distribution of...

Harvest International Transport Services and its continental partners have formed

Modexpress Belgium, based in Ternat, to carry hanging and car tonned garments into Belgium.

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Strato tippers' lipCon debut

EXCLUSIVE by Brian Weatherley • Seddon Atkinson plans to unveil a range of Strato multi-wheelers at the TipCon Show in April....

Mazda power for ultra-low Omnibus

by Noel %Hier • Shildon, County Durham based Omnicoach has re-powered its ultra-low-floor Omni minibus using a 3.5-litre Mazda...

Volvo sets up sales outlet in Poland

• Volvo has established Volvo Trucks Poland to handle truck sales and servicing in the former Eastern Bloc country. Volvo hopes...

F90 conversion for MV

• Croydon-based recovery specialist MV recovery has added an unusual recovery vehicle to its fleet. The MAN-based vehicle began...

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THE THINKING BARRIER

A year ago Commercial Motor urged the Department of Transport to consider using higher concrete "containment fences" in place...

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£3,480 for tip overload

• Three over loaded tippers have cost Manchester-based W Maher & Sons and three of its drivers £3,480 in fines and costs...

Verbal warning • Wednesbury-based Barr Common Trading Company was given

a verbal warning about maintenance standards, when West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Gerrard Sullivan (above) renewed...

Short term Maintenance problems have led to Scottish Traffic Commissioner

Michael Betts renewing the licence held by Dave Edgar & Sons Plant Hire, of Dundee, for one year only. In addition. he was only...

No show Wolverhampton ownerdriver Ernal Ellis had his one vehicle

licence revoked when he failed to attend a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry. West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Gerrard...

Conditions set for McKnight

• A series of prohibition notices has resulted in the licence held by Margaret McKnight, trading as Jack McKnight & Son, of...

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Driver wins dismissal hearing

• FW Thorpe has been held to have acted unfairly in sum marily dismissing a driver following a series of minor accidents. A...

Costly convictions

• Six convictions have led to the licence of Anglo French haulier Pan European Distribution, of Hayes. Middlesex, being renewed...

Lengthy list of hours offences

• Drivers hours offences have cost a driver employed by Galawise Transport at lean in Staffordshire E550, when he appeared...

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Lighter Cargo 4x2 sneaks in

EXCLUSIVE by Danny Coughlan • Iveco Ford's rush to replace its entire line-up in just 36 months has masked the arrival of at...

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Chewing on staying awake?

D taying alert on long journeys is a problem many lorry drivers will have experienced. Now a chewing gum has been introduced...

Seasonal good deeds

a he Hawk is pleased to learn that TNT's Christmas appeal collected 20,000 tins of soul), meat and desserts to provide the...

Clots in the arteries

2 ast year's final tally showed there were well over 61 million vehicles of all types in Japan and after a midday drive from...

Still crazy after all these years

ristol haulier Lane Group became television stars in a BBC programme Crazy Ways for Crazy Days with Torn Peters, which looked...

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• CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

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Weigh up Ma wood

• South Humberside-based Fleet Weighing Services has been appointed distributor for Maywood On-Board weighers. Contact Fleet...

Clean exhausts

• Canadian manufacturer Diesel Controls has appointed Agriemach in Uckfield, East Sussex, to sell its range of diesel exhaust...

Driver agency

• Birmingham-based HMS Personnel Services plans to launch a staffing service specifically for the transport industry next...

Popular bodywork

• Exhibition space is already almost sold out for the first International CV Bodywork Show at the National Agricultural Centre,...

Goods handling

• The latest developments in technologies for the handling, storage and distribution of goods and materials will be on show at...

Retail solutions

• Meeting the needs of the retailer will be the theme of the next Transfrigoroute meeting on 27 January at the Volvo Truck...

NVO seminars

• Six seminars will be run this year by the ETA on national vocational qualifications. The dates are: Nottingham18 January;...

Truck sale

• Part of Transfleet's pool of vehicles will be up for grabs at two auctions at NCA premises at Huthwaite, Mansfield,...

Euro transport fair

• The Eurocargo trade fair will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany, on February 23-23. It will focus on new logistics solutions...

Waste tips

• A free booklet outlining how waste can - iers can avoid the pitfalls of breaking the Environmental Protection Act is...

Rest awhile

• A map which shows drivers where the nearest rest places are off each junction on the 1111 and M40 is available free from...

Recovery bible

• A handbook for professional recovery operators called We the Professionals Rook Three by Bill Jackson is now available for...

Tachograph analyst

• An economic charts scanner device has been produced by Rollforward to improve analysis productivity with tachograph charts....

Tracking trucking

• An enhanced graphics version of Routemaster called Route Plot has just been launched by Analytical Systems. It allows the...

Moving plug

• AdGuard has launched a full width flexible rear deflector panel for rainwater and debris which can be used to advertise a...

Fleet watch

MI A fleet inspection and Tyre management system called the Tp - ewatch which claims to to do job in one third of the time is...

Software solution

• A new Truckmaster 202/602 program has been produced by Ram which gives easy to read printouts recording temperatures for...

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Land Raver 21st Century

Find a successor to one of the best-known vehicles in the world—the Land Rover. This was the brief handed to Royal College of...

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199

That was the year that was Another tough year has been and gone; hauliers must be hoping that the green shoots of recovery...

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Question time

What does 1994 hold in store for the transport industry? Paul Newman asked a panel of operators to gaze into their crystal...

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Breakilig i hard to do

Demand is increasing for trucks to be recycled down to the last nut and bolt. How are the truck manufacturers responding to...

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S i I I

BR Commercial Motor tested its first Fiat Ducato at the beginning of 1983. Eleven years and one facelift later this may be our...

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If you fall victim to a failed company, what can be gained by attending a creditors' meeting?

F ,4 very day another business appears to be going into liquidation, receivership or bankruptcy, often as a result of...

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Stand and deliver

4 ou don't have to be mad to work here but it helps" is an over-used slogan, but it should hang in the cab of every commercial...

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The law is an ass

R egarding your story on drivers hours (CM23 Dec-5 Jan), I have been involved with transport for over 30 years and lam still...

Two wrongs don't make a right

T write regarding a letter in 1 Dear Sir (16-22 Dec). The article was more interesting and controverisal since it appeared to...

And finally...

your comment in last 1 week's issue was interesting. While you point out that 58 operators fell by the wayside in the previous...

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'It is no longer necessary

for each adult to work 40 hours or more a week' / ndustry in the developed world becomes I less and less dependent upon...