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• by Guy Sheppard Dutch operator licensing officials have begun questioning UK hauliers whose vehicles are registered in the...
• A number of Hanson Aggregates' owner-drivers are understood to have quit since a controversial new payment system was...
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Fleetwood-based K9 Logistics (UK) after ay were caught running without Operators Licences. VI staff seized the vehicles...
on the dole after the firm's joint administrators decided the company no longer has a future and will be wound down. The...
• Rugby Cement (RC) has confirmed TNT Logistics as its UK haulage contractor despite claims from owner-drivers that the new...
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Far be it from Commercial Motor tc criticise a 26% increase in the number of vehicle examiners and a 13.5% jump in traffic...
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• by Michael Jewell Two airectors of a Scottish haulage firm have been banned from holding Operators' Licences for five years...
• A Dumfries haulier has been hit by fuel thieves two nights in a row, costing his firm up to £1.000 in stolen diesel. On 12...
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by Chris Tindall A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a French truck driver who failed to pay a fine following a fatal...
they wish to interview about the theft of two containers from Felixstowe Docks last month. The containers, one silver. one...
(VI) has risen by 26% over the past eight years. According to Transport Minister David Jamieson the VI now employs 289 vehicle...
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• by Chris Tindall Exel's profits fell last year because of "difficult market conditions", but the logistics giant says it has...
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that Volvo is leading the shift from road to rail: two of its latest innovations are designed to be equally at home on asphalt...
deal to provide £5m worth of Oafs to Powerhouse Retail The bulk of the order comprises 101 Daf LF45150 7.5-tonnert for home...
• A former fuel thief has developed an alarm system designed to catch anyone interfering with a fuel tank. Any attempt to...
in In the first major change to the range since its 1999 launch, Suzuki has introduced a Dropside version of the Carry. With a...
• Andover Trailers' latest product has added versatility to the new Iveco Cargo Teeter tipper run by Kent groundwork contractor...
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by Kevin Swallow tic sales fell 20% in February, :cording to the latest figures om the Society of Motor anufacturers and...
• Tipmaster, the East Londonbased lightweight tipper specialist, is first off the mark with a tipper body for the new Daewoo...
Lex Group has formed Lex Defence, comprising Lex Transfleet, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Lex Multipart Defence and RAC, including BSM....
longer service life with enhanced versatility. The tread has been redesigned to be more damage-resistant.
The standard warranty on Mercedes-Benz's Vito range has been extended from two years to three years/ 200,000km. The extra cover...
Eaton's on-board radar collision warning system (VODAR CWS) and SmartCruise will now be available as a linefit option from all...
into two sections: 111 dealers will sell heavy vans covering the whole range; a second tier of 100 light van dealers will...
Italian knuckle boom crane manufacturer Effer SpA has appointed Bill Green and Rob Gilbert as dealers covering the UK and...
British company Automotive Technlk Is on a shortlist of two for a Multi-million-pound order to build and support Hungary's...
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out onto the streets of Bolton to see it in operation. The driver works It from two control boxes. The external control box has...
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A company formed by Kathleen Long, wife of disgraced Liverpool haulier Anthony Long, has been granted a six-month interim...
The licence held by maior North Wales hauler LE Jones has been cut from 60 vehicles to 40 and suspended for three weeks by...
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A Cross Keys owner-driver said to have had "nine brushes with the Vehicle inspectorate in five years" has had his licence...
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the form of a scale model of a white Transit van, says The Sun. The 29.99 toy from Ueda Collectibles will come complete with...
based Minorplanet is making an official approach to the Cambridge Dictionary to ask them to recognisethe word 'Telematics'....
Progress marches forwards as inexorably as th( hands of a clock turn around the clock face mark ing the steady creep of time...
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T he MAN M2000 family runs from a 4-tonne rigid through to a 36-tonne tractive unit by way of an 18-tonne 4x2, a 25-tonne 6x2...
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MAN 2000s" Richard Catley a From humble beginnings in Australia in 1947, TNT (Thomas National Transport) has grown into one of...
the L type cab has good vision, which ideal in a distributio vehicle" Geoff Mitchell Bibby Distribution is part of the mu...
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with them" Philipe Harding • Philipe Harding is the managing director of Gulliver's Truck Hire, which was set up by his father...
"The M200018 tonner holds its value as well as other trucks in this sector"Boh Reed Bob Reed keeps an eye on the introduction...
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AUCTIONS Independent auctioneer Chris Wright MD of Commercial Vehicle Auctions based r Doncaster. He holds...
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This r8-tonner has been around long enough for MAN to sort out any problems that it might have had. Both cabs have stood the...
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will examine how the UK's largest haulage companies operate, Miles Brignall puts Tibbett & Britten under the spotlight. n an...
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Drivers are susceptible to a host of work-related ailments—and when your staff are off sick, your trucks don't roll. But, as...
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over us it's surprising that they are choosing to introduce drivers' hours changes as well." Peter Bennett H auliers and driv...
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I PRICE AS TESTED: £17,700 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 4.0 litres, 192hp (143kW). GVW: 2,190kg. PAYLOAD: 495kg FUEL CONSUMPTION (LADEN):...
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good luck in developing the family business. But his operation, set in a picturesque corner of Suffolk, has also been built on...
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to harmonise fuel tax and road pricing wM affect all hauliers — for better or worse. MI To sound off about a road transport...