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the Traffic irea Network and the Vehicle nspectorate is to be called the kthIcle and Operator Services tgency. The merger will...
by Chris Tindall Concerns are growing that the European Parliament may go ahead with an EU advisory committee's proposals to...
• Registrations of new trucks in the UK fell by almost 4,000 last year, but the total still remains above the 50,000 total...
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• One of the UK's biggest road transport companies has infuriated union leaders by scrapping its final-salary pension scheme...
• A truck driver may have died in a motorway fire as a result of a tanker driver being unable to hand over his fire...
• The German government has formally announced the start date of its national distance-based charging system for HGVs. In an...
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ui by Miles Brignall Hauliers clinging to the hope that threats of war will pass and the price of diesel will fall have been...
been hit by an Increase of up to 40% in employers' liability Insurance in 2002. According to a survey by research group Taylor...
robbed of diesel during rest stops in laybys in Sussex and Hampshire to come forward. Two drivers have reported incidents on...
• The government is stepping up its campaign against driving when tired by finding out how important motorway service areas...
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• A haulage company that had three Scania trucks stolen in separate incidents before Christmas has recovered one truck with...
We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...
• Anyone booking an HGV driving test to be taken after September this year will be facing a more difficult test. The Driving...
We may be getting unnecessarily hot under the collar about the retrofitting of smart-card tachographs—but the threat is real...
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• by Michael Jewel A Stockport man who is suing the North Afestern Traffic Commissioner Beverley 3ell has begun a separate...
• Telecommunications giant LiT has scrapped plans to outsource its 51,000-strong fleet of vehicles. The company will now...
m Framptons Transport Services driver Paul Rooney has been awarded an International Road Transport Union Diploma of Honour for...
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II A truck driver is refusing to pay a parking fine after he was forced to stop in a motorway service area coach park to take...
Parcel delivery company Business Post expects to create 1,000 jobs within three years as a result of taking over a slice of...
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KEATS TRANSPORT—MICHAEL KEATS I No-one hkes a phone call at am; you're just not ready for it. ou're still asleep, in fact. And...
GlaxoSmithillIne told Barry Laverick anyway. it reacts wtth water forming hydrochloric acid. If It conies into contact with...
• One of the Gloucester-based company's vehicles was searched in the British part of the Eurotunnel compound in Coquelles, near...
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11 Two stowaways were found in one Knights of Old vehicle in September 2000, for which the company was fined £4,000. Paul...
it to Commercial MutorCampaign, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5A5; or fax it to us on 020 8652 0971. If you...
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I So far, Commercial Motor's onclusion travelling around the ;cottish route at 44 tonnes cornared with 41 tonnes is that...
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• by Craig Sheer As predicted by CM, Renault Is expected to launch lighter versions of Its heavy construction range within the...
• A Jersey operator has become the owner of Renault's 30,000th Kerax construction chassis. However, the deal has challenged the...
• Since CM highlighted the problem of lighting low-loader trailers during loading operations (CM5-11 September 2002), Andover...
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by Brian Weatherley olvo is backing its plan to develop cornion 'engine platforms for its Volvo, :enautt and Mack heavy truck...
CT Fruehauf has commissioned an advanced new chassis painting facility at Its Dereham plant. Unlike conventional spray shops...
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have been ien a formal warning about eir future maintenance andards. The partners were Med before the North stern TC Tom...
A north-west London company, one of its directors and its transport manager have been held to have lost their repute because of...
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being operated without authority. Windsor-based Stephen Bond had his Operator's Licence revoked after 30 years of operation...
Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has recommended that companies declare all convictions to Traffic Commissioners, speaking at...
Cr ' A County Durham waste disposal company, said to have been involved in a dispute with the Vehicle Inspectorate for the...
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the transport press recently about operators complaining they are failing their annual inspection (CM 21-27 Nov). I would like...
I find it somewhat strange and amusing that the VI has to recruit its inspectors from former Eastern Bloc countries CM 21-27...
I was astonished and greatly disappointed to read your front cover headline, "Pallet Networks—are they really worth joining?"...
Are the accidents they are in 25% more expensive? According to the FTA the case isn't proven, and I don't think our clients...
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please contact Backfire, Commercial Notor, 1.2, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey 5M2 SAS, or fax 120 8652 8969....
Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law. .what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago ro January 1928 CM...
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I PRICE AS TESTED: £14,795 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.5 litres, 114hp (85kW). GVW: 2,830kg. PAYLOAD: lomkg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden):...
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It's easyto see why Laura Weatherley won Inas Women in Transport owneroperator of the year. As well as running ..••••••• her...
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fact of life in 21st century Britain. But what can an employer do if one of his employees is charged or convicted? David Craik...
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rejection for, or dismissal from, a job based purely on their past misdemeanours. If someone has been convicted of a criminal...
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Provides robust aluminium plates which can be fitted over fuel caps to prevent pilfering. PHH Centre, Windmill Hill, Swindon...
but what do you do if your own drivers are stealing fuel from your trucks? Hammond takes a look at this costly and insidious...
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magistrates bench. Producing a brake drum in court, or explaining what a triaxle trailer is, might just help tip the scales in...
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Gordon Brown announced that he was cutting the duty payable on biodiesel, most hauliers' reaction was probably one of...
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One man who is very pleased with biodiesel so far Is Kevin Richards. He is the fleet engineer for Yorwaste, which has the...
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employing 600,000 employees, of whom 500,000 are drivers. The industry makes a significant contribution to the UK economy but...