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• by Emma Penny After almost three months of waiting. CM has finally received a reply from the Home Office about the £2m it...
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NI A truck driver is critically ill in hospital after being Involved in one of two horrific accidents that blocked the M6 last...
• A company formed to take over the business of Liverpoolbased Thorburn International Transport has succeeded in winning a...
• I he hadage industry will face rocketing operating costs and a crippling driver shortage once the Working Time Directive is...
• Container haulage is experiencing the transport equivalent of the foot and mouth crisis, according to drivers. Fears about...
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a long-expected battle over how often the Commercial Vehicle Show should be staged. At a pre-show press conference this week...
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ix by Sally Nash Intensive political lobbying could force the Strategic Rail Authority to review Its controversial decision to...
Tipper operators are benefiting from a new tax on aggregates even though some quarry owners have lost up to 75% of their...
Before it's too late You can't argue with the Road Haulage Association's projected cost of the Working Time Directive—...
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is by Jennifer Ball Legal pressure group Fair Trials Abroad (FTA) has called on operators to raise awareness among their...
• Logistics giant Tibbett &, Britten saw its operating profits in the UK and Ireland slump by 6% to 114.1m last year, despite...
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• Police are appealing tor witnesses after a truck driver was huacked and his £135,000 cargo of whisky stolen. The driver was...
4 1 A survey of business people in London indicates that there is strong support for congestion charging following its first...
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by Guy Sheppard Wheel-clamping teams are being sent into motorway service areas f MSAsI to deal with foreign drivers who refuse...
• Cumbria Police are appealing for witnesses after a mechanic was seriously injured by a truck in a hit-and-run accident in...
• The European Commission (EC) has launched an investigation into the terms of the contract for the provision of a...
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• by Dominic Perry Pallet network Palletways has become embroiled in an ugly row over the coverage of the Cardiff and Newport...
and Newport postcodes may lie closer to borne than simply failing to meet Palletways' strict criteria; one of the key players...
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After years of pressure from Commercial Motor, a physical check of a truck's speed limiter was finally been incorporated into...
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A VI tester will check your truck's speed limiter using the following procedure: • Look to see that a limiter 'plate' is...
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• None of the road-drive Volvos were fitted with ESP, but we were able try it under the most extreme circumstances of a closed...
we sampled a long drive out into the countryside in a selection of Volvos, ranging from a little 12-tonne F1.612 to a 500hp F12...
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• by Cohn Barnett With some research suggesting that tiredness Is a factor in a quarter of all motorway and trunk road...
• Following three successive months of growth, February saw a 7.4% drop in the number of commercial vehicles registered...
Manchester-based engineer John Harris has enhanced the design of his truck brake-locking device and developed a new trailer...
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Overloading offences and failure to display an MoT plate have cost a Manchester company and one of Its drivers a total of...
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Yeovil-based car transport firm Waion has lost an appeal against a 12,000 fine imposed for a front axle overload. The company...
Maintenance problems have resulted in three of Tewkesbury 4 Borough Council's waste disposal fleet being suspended for a...
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by Steve Banner All firms running trucks equipped with lorry loaders should fit them with interlocks or equivalent devices...
• Some haubers may be unwittingly breaching health and safety legislation by not having at least one member of staff fully...
Hauliers who fall to fit seat belts to older trucks where it would be practical to do so run the risk of being sued by the...
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• Van and truck drivers all over the country rlsk losing their driving licences because they don't realise how long alcohol...
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Your letter of December 2002 to the Home Secretary has been passed to me for a reply, as this unit is responsible for the...
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I RICE AS TESTED: £72,326 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 12 litres, 456hp (335kW). GCW: 44 tonnes. PAYLOAD: 28.5 tonnes. AVERAGE SPEED:...
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but it is a vehicle's appearance which physically projects your company image. Paul Newman finds out how to attain the most...
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Bristol and looked down across the acres of freshly-imported new cars can't fail to come to the conclusion that moving them has...
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break six years ago—but it has taken canny homework over decades to develop the core of the business. Steve McQueen reports....
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Nick Williams, sales and marketing director of claims management company Willis Motor Initiatives, recommends a risk and safety...