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the first new road bridge across the river Clyde in Glasgow for more than 30 years. It is expected to cost about £8m. PROFITS...
re by Brian Weatherby and Jennifer Ball Operators have hlt back at claims that many of them are too lazy to adjust headlamp aim...
• Ports around the UK are beefing up their checks on CVs following warnings of a possible attack on a ferry bound for the UK....
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it Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown will become Senior Traffic Commissioner when Michael Betts retires at the...
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after man is crushed... by Emma Penny The boss of a now defunct Dorset haulage firm has been fined £10,000, plus almost £8.000...
• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is stepping up its campaign to control spiralling workplace accidents in haulage by...
• A Welsh haulier who dumped 50 tonr biodegradable waste onto a landfill site t not licensed for that sort of material has...
• Gist drivers at Carlisle are threatening another two-day strike over pay after carrying out through on their threat to take...
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n Livingstone's controverplan to charge drivers ing central London could done by the DVLA:s poor d keeping, motoring Is are...
Testing times... Why do some people feel honour bound to meddle with drivers' hours legislation? And at the risk of sounding...
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by Guy Sheppard Haulage leaders are to carry on fighting for a new motorway link road around the Black Country even though the...
• Legal pressure group Fair Trials Abroad is seeking funding for a research project to assess the way the French legal system...
A truck driver has been Jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to death by dangerous dr ving after his truck crashed Into a...
pay for 12 months' work—or else • French truck dnvers are threatening to strike and set up road blocks later this month in...
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• by David Craik A detector unit designed to Identify stowaways Iii trailers through low frequency sounds such as the rumblings...
HI 1-lauhers who reject job applications from drivers with spent convictions for drink-driving Could end up being sued, a judge...
• Kent police are hunting a hitand-run truck driver who collided with a stationary ambulance and drove off leaving a number of...
• Transfrigoroute has launched a driver training pm gramme for the temperature-controlled sector as part a package of new...
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• Haulage operators can now get free employment advice over the phone or via e-mail 24-hours a day, seven days a week. PPMC...
• The Drivers Action Movement has slammed the governme Ignoring the problem of a lack of overnight parking, which it cla...
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The initial annual test failure rate for trucks and trailers has increased for the third year running. So are operators getting...
• While the 2001/02 VI Effectiveness Report is long on statistical data It's rather short on explanations. However, one reason...
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II Here's a bit of cheerful news: following the recent demise of Utility Trailers in the Montracon boss John Bryant reckons...
Mentracon has four manufacturing sites in England and Northern Ireland producing some 3,000 units a year excluding rigids. The...
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I Montracon's next strategic goal "is to try and improve the aftermarket side", says Bryant. That means creating a nationwide...
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• Daf Trucks Is jettisonDig exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) techniques in favour of urea-based catalytic conversion in the...
Truck registrations over 3.5 tonnes GVW rallied slightly during October after their dramatic 36% slump in September (Cif 17-23...
• by Brian Weathoriey The popularity of Caterpillar engines in Foden chassis continues to grow at Cummins' expense, with 75% of...
• This is one of a fleet of six French Pomiers ejector trailers now being used to help construct a section of the MO toll...
A high-roof variant of the Vauxhall VIvaro goes on sa next Spring In short (3,001 and long (3,498mm) wheeibases, both with a 2....
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• Sandbach was the last bastion of British truck manufacturing. Come the end, though, ERF and Foden were shadows of their...
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A Caerphilly haulier who ran his trucks or paraffin for four months has been kicked out of the industry for a year and a half....
Tirn Wooiey, trading as Cat Transport, of Cardigan, has received a formal warning about keeping inspection records and...
The falsification of tachograph charts by two drivers employed by Wigtownshirebased Alex Scott &, Son while they were...
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A driver branded a liar by a Crown Court judge has been ordered to do 200 hours of community service and to pay 1500 costs—and...
The Transport Tribunal has ruled that the revocation of a Brentford firm's Operator's Licence should be reconsidered by a...
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every week: today Backfire is going to give you a golden tip on the profits front. Take a leaf out of farmer Harold Beer's...
will notice that in last week's test of the new Scania eXc cab our beloved editor-in-chief Brian Weatherley revealed his true...
and cold food; but for Chris Hallet and Susan Smith, dear old Newport Pagnell on t MI will always be associated with sheer...
Our new column in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 18 Nov 1927 The new Prince...
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litres, 396hp (295kW). GCW: 40 tonnes. PAYLOAD: 26.1 tonnes. AVERAGE SPEED: 72.6km/h. AVERAGE FUEL CONSUMPTION: 7.93mpg...
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▪ ER TIMMS drives a Renault Premium 400 for Tiff out of Stoke. "No problem there," he said as he climbed In behind the...
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fifth-wheel buying patterns, from dealer-fitment to line fitment. European Union standards in the shape of the 94/20/EU...
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reckons that Big D's latest universal slider solution for both the company and operators want greater choice. "Our new slider...
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I The advent of 44-tonners means fewer operators are looking to we every last gram of weight so the UK preference for...
all■1101.1■1 FIFTH-WHEELS • Low-maintenance fifth-wheels Incorporate low-friction top-plates that eliminate the need for...
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COUPLI NGS • Drawbars are enjoying a new period of popularity, according to Tom Dee, sales manager for Marcar Steel and...
• HistoricaRy, drivers have the prime responsibility for checking that the tractive unit is safely coupled to the trailer....
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I PRICE AS TESTED: £15,435 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.5 litres, 101hp (75kW). GVW: 3,000kg. PAYLOAD: 1,135kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION...
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decline in performance" among 177 of the UK's leading road haulage companies. The key indicators detected by Plimsoll...
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everyone else they are the Green Goddesses. Built on Bedford S chassis between 1953 and 1956, and developed at least in part to...
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capitulated to a group of hauliers, led by a firm of London-based solicitors, who argued against the imposition of heavy fines...