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Vi Delay Let Cowboy Off Hook
by Charles Young The Vehicle Inspectorate has rejected a golden opportunity to rid the roads of an unlicensed operator it had been investigating for more than a year. The VI has......
Nub Onions The Rim Plans To Replace Former...
Next year's RHA conference will take place in Paris—a move that has angered some hauliers as France continues to impose a ban on British beef.......
Cool Deal Bps, Part Of The Volvo Group, Has Acquired...
Trading under the name "Cool it", Lancashire-based LAC runs more than 300 temperature-controlled trucks.......
Blaze Charge The Belgian Truck Driver Whose Vehicle...
in the Mont Blanc tunnel last March, starting the blaze that killed 39 people, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.......
Take Control
GE Capital Fleet Services has launched Fleet Command: a package of three mobile technology products for vehicle tracking and management. Thieves have stolen a Volvo FH12 tractor......
Licence Refused Pressure On Hours
Brian Palmer, the man exposed by CM for selling dangerous trucks, has been refused an Operator's Licence for a new skip hire company (CM4-10 Feb). Palmer, who failed to turn up......
• Political Pressure Is Mounting To Include Europe's...
in the Working Time Directive's 48-hour working week limit in the aftermath of the Paddington train disaster. Rail employers are arguing in Brussels that they cannot afford to......