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9th February 1995
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Top livestock haulier fights livestock ban

by Guy Sheppard • The owner of Britain's largest international livestock transport business is fighting to overturn the two...

BRIEFS

• The DVLA is to issue proposals for drivers' eyesight standards in the next few weeks as part of the Government's move to...

CV theft cases go to court

• The first of two major truck theft trials in North-East England has opened at Grimsby Crown Court. Four men have been...

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Police ban repairs on hard shoulders

by Miles Brignall • Hauliers whose trucks break down on West Midlands motorways will have to pay towing away charges because...

VED plan hits islanders

• Treasury Minister David Heathcoat-Amory, who wants to force island-based hauliers to pay full vehicle excise duty, has agreed...

TAKE A HORSE TO WATER

S omewhere near the end of every B-movie horror flick you'd hear the immortal words: "There are some things man is not meant to...

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Unions query Lynx contracts

by Guy Sheppard

• Union leaders have accused parcels carrier Lynx of trying

to force drivers to sign new contracts by advertising their jobs in the local press. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union...

Hauliers lose Greenwich truck park

• About 10 hauliers face losing their operating centre and dozens more will have to find somewhere else to park when Greenwich...

Haulmark on rails again

• Haulmark—the intermodal company British Rail closed last year—started international services again last week after a relaunch...

Rail rates to come down

• Railfreight is set to increase its long-term competitiveness with road, following moves by the rail regulator which should...

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FIND OUT HOW PAYING MORE FOR YOUR DIESEL ENGINE OIL CAN COST YOU FAR LESS

A new 12 page colour brochure from Shell Oils takes a refreshingly different approach to the often ignored subject of engine...

New fact booklet from Shell Oils

In a hard-hitting new fact booklet from the Shell stable, the workings of the oil supply chain from the oil well to your engine...

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Truck ban hits ARC'S fuel bill

by Ian Wylie • Aggregates supplier ARC Central warns that its owner-drivers could face soaring fuel bills if Leicestershire...

Fewer hauliers go to the wall

• Business failures in the road transport industry appear to be stabilising, according to a survey of administrative...

HAULIER WAS NOT TO BLAME

• A Midlands haulier has been absolved of any responsibility for hiring a trailer to an unlicensed owner-driver who was...

BROADER BACKING FOR BRAKE • Road haulage trade associations have

endorsed some aims of a campaign to impose tougher controls on hauliers. The Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage...

The Brake campaign will lobby Government to:

• Introduce compulsory six-monthly checks on brakes, steering and speed limiters. • Ditch plans to introduce continuous...

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Walon takes on Rover deal and goes by road

• The export of 60,000 Rover Group cars a year will be switched from rail to road next month when French-owned operator Walon...

Inter-City set for battle over depot

by Steve McQueen • Inter-City Transport will come under attack over its plans for a warehousing and distribution site on a...

UK Waste buys Moore's

• UK Waste Management has plugged a hole in its Yorkshire operation by buying the waste collection business of Moore's of...

A third venture for Mark Currie

• A former director of two failed transport companies has been given the go-ahead to run his new business. North Western LA...

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CONTRACTS

. has won a 2500,000-a-year distribution contract with eaforth Corn , a new company formed by KeIloggs and Cargill of...

Cannabis found in tyre

by Jane Sayer • An owner-driver faces up to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of drug smuggling by Maidstone Crown...

FTA reports on British Rail '

Collect CM tokens for a free Euro Atlas • Road haulage users are being deterred from moving more goods to rail by political...

Collect CM tokens for a free Euro Atlas

• Commercial Motor has 7,000 European road atlases to give away. All you have to do is collect any three tokens from inside the...

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Virtual reality rollovers

Commercial Motor has become the first European truck magazine to deliberately turn over a 35-tonne artic—and live to tell the...

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Sonia moves to meet Euro-2

by Brian Weatherley • Scania plans to extend the use of turbocompounding and electronic diesel control across its engine...

BRIEFS

• Britax has launched a range of replacement lamps for European trucks including Scania, Leyland Dal and Volvo. It includes...

Suzuki SuperCarry catches a cat

• Suzuki has added electronically controlled carburation, new trim and a three-way catalytic converter to its SuperCarry micro...

Fiat charges more but includes more

• Fiat has increased the price of its car-derived vans by some 3% with effect from 1 February but Fiorino vans and pickups gain...

Lucas puts on the brakes in China

• Lucas is to start producing truck brakes in China through a 60% share in a joint venture with state-owned Hua Yang...

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Mil is doing well 'over there'

by Steve Sturgess • Although the first Cummins Mll diesels won't be appearing in UK trucks until later this year, the new...

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No action

South Eastern & Metropolitan LA Brigadier Michael Turner took no action against Tottenhambased Turkan International and Abel...

Tax bill

Consideration of disciplinary action against Bedwas-based CVH Transport Services has been adjourned until late February by...

IA supported

The Transport Tribunal has upheld Western LA Ronald Ashford's decision to refuse a fresh licence to Marlborough, Wilts-based...

No show

The licence held by Ashbourne-based livestock haulier Rosalyn Chadfield was suspended when she failed to appear before West...

Albu gives third chance

• A Stockportbased haulier who has been in the industry for 21 years has appeared before North Western LA Martin Albu for the...

Indefinite disqualification for two missing directors

• Cardiff Bay Industrial Services was disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0licence for three years when it failed to...

Guilty manager

• The former transport manager of NE Transport & Plant Hire (Brought , / Ferry) of Beattock, has pleaded guilty at Carlisle...

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'Give us all the facts' RHA

• The Transport Tribunal must rule on the question of whether statutory objectors have the right to see all the information...

Fresh licence for Brooker

• Basingstoke-based Brooker Transport has been granted a fresh licence by Western LA Air Vice-Marshall Ronald Ashford with an...

Early expiry after prohibitions

• Two immediate prohibitions in a year led South Eastern and Metropolitan LA Brigadier Michael Turner to the cut the duration...

Transport Tribunal rejects VED appeal

• A man disqualified from holding an 0-licence after a firm in which he was a partner failed to pay vehicle excise duty, has...

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Slow response

I would like to express my disgust at the City & Guilds Institute and the DVLA for the retarded response in processing the...

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MAN in Coventry

• An MAN Truck Centre has opened in Coventry offering sales, service and parts with a 24-hour recovery and parts service with a...

Renault in Thurrock

• This summer Renault Truck Commercials will open a £1.2m truck centre in Western Avenue, West Thurrock in Essex. Contact...

Green theme

• A one-day seminar on Logistics and the environment will be held in London on 9 March. Speakers will include Mike Aldridge,...

Tech talk

• How to become a successful technical manager is the subject of a series of one-day seminars being organised by Fred Pryor...

Carnforth rally

• The Fifth Wheel Lorry Club will hold the first Carnforth Changeover rally on 1-2 July at Truckhaven's Carnforth Truckstop,...

Maastricht revisited

• Maastricht in the Netherlands will be the venue for a European conference and trade fair on 3 and 4 April focusing on LPG: a...

.Pole to Poznan

• The 1995 POZall Automotive fair will take place in Poland on 28 April-7 May. Last year's show attracted 95,000 visitors and...

Tyre technology

• The latest tyre and retread technology will be on show at Brityrex '95 Labelex Exhibitions, organised by Labelex Exhibitions...

FTA Dinner

• EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock will be guest speaker at the Freight Transport Association's annual dinner at the...

Paris in the Spring

• There are still a few places available for the Road Haulage Association's International Group Conference in Paris on 17...

Trucks on show

• The South West Truckers will be holding their 4th Truck Show at Westpoint, Exeter on 17-18 June. Contact (01566) 86515.

Bodvbuilding prizes

• Visitors to the SMMT's International Commercial Vehicle Bodywork Show at the NEC on 7-9 March can win one of three trips for...

Tyre directory

• The National Tyre Distribution Association has issued its 1995 directory/yearbook. It includes features on conciliation and...

H oward Clayton's dream of being an ownerdriver was shattered when

his Scania 142 was stolen from an industrial estate in Poole where it was awaiting repair. Clayton, of Reading, Berks, had...

New Apprentices

• The Road Haulage & Distribution Training Council has received draft approval from the Employment Department to launch an...

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Bigger range

• Midland-Grau has brought out two additional ranges of anti-locking braking systems. The company will soon be offering...

Spotlight on Hella

• Hella has added six new models to its range of auxiliary lights designed for CVs. Spot and fog lamps with rectangular or...

Truck washing

• Vy'imbor ne-based Mon - is Swaine Engineering has launched an underbody and wheel washing system called Turbo Wash. It is...

1133311 with engine number 5535876.

Contact Howard Clayton on (01734) 613396 01 (0370) 232798. A n E-reg tipper was stolen from Simmons Tipper Hire soon after it...

Hazard warning'

• Coeval Products has produced an in-cab warning device that can tell the driver of tippers and other vehicles fitted with...

Metal shelves

• Metalrex, the Birminghambased manufacturer of storage and conveyor systems, has brought out its latest range of product...

Quickly detachable

• Reading-based Tow-Rite has launched the Readi-Link range of towbars with detachable towballs. The bar is detached through a...

ROADWORKS

M61: J5-6, lane 3 and hard shoulder closures on both carriageways; 50mph limit, until June. M63: J9-11, contrafiow with 50mph...

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aul Blackburn, transport manager at Birmingham-based international operator Chambers & Cook, is contemplating a wet and exciting summer.

For the fourth consecutive season he is competing in the Formula Three Powerboat Racing World Championships, kicking off at...

Wehave lift off

D ome folk can be so impatient. A JCB driver caught in a traffic jam decided to alleviate the congestion by using his...

The Bill runs up a big bill

ver zealous actions by Hampshire police officers during antiroad building demonstrations on the M3 extension near Winchester...

Out go the suits

esearch from America ' shows that employees : who come to work in their favourite Hawaiian shirt and a pair of cut-off jeans...

Free flights to The Big Orange D ounds tempting, doesn't it?

A free flight to Florida, escaping the misery of a British winter, lounging in a recliner with a long, cool orange juice, or...

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Good neighbours

Falling out with the locals is a problem hauliers can do without: operators who make the effort to be good neighbours can nip...

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Made for muckaway

The Mercedes-Benz 25276x4 won a place on our Testers' Choice roll of honour: can its 3234 8x4 big brother match that success?...

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DRIVERS' VERDICTS

Following our usual practice, we took the 3234 out on the rood to see how it fared in the hands of professional drivers. This...

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Catering fo

every taste W hen the average haulier surveys his fleet at the beginning of the year, calculating what it will cost to run in...

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GAM Two HALV

F 4, ngland's failure to qualify in last summer's World Cup finals cost William Kirk money. The previous summer the...

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America's most important highway leads to 'lie. oilfields of Alaska.

The operators who make the trek to the oilfield town of Deadhorse have to be ready for anything: securing a load at 78' below...

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INTERNATIONAL ALASKA 4 1 The tarmac ends north of Fairbanks. As

Loveland turns on to the Dalton Highway a sign warns that the speed limit is 50mph for the next 416 miles but he is in no...

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'The removal of permits will, effectively, destroy the London Lorry Ban.'

6o in n r d e o s n's n Lo se rr t y I Banntr u f c r e o d m L Londoners whose lives were being made a misery by the...