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members. They are George Inch, general manager of group transport and distribution at Unipart; Stuart James, who has 30 years'...
teamed up to open a dedicated forum on the Working Time Directive. The Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage...
driver from a crossChannel ferry a week ago (1521 August) say the body of a man has been found off the South Coast.
which went into voluntary liquidation in July (CM 11-17 July), are to be sold at auction in early September. Stock to be sold...
dedicated to freight on its Liverpool-Belfast service. increasing the number of daily sailings to three on Tuesdays to...
• by Dominic Perry Dozens of subcontractors have been left reefing following the collapse of container transport firm Transport...
Hauliers who allow their drivers to use handheld mobile phones while driving could face prosecution under new government...
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• A Kent-based haulage firm has had its Operator's Licence cut from 49 vehicles to 40 after a string of convictions and...
• Charging £120 an hour demurrage works, and is helping to improve business efficiency, says Peter Lithe, managing director of...
will not be subject to the average 48-hour working week until August 2005, under draft regulations released last week by the...
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• by Mies Brignall Hauliers whose trucks break down in Nottinghamshire could face big bills in the future after its police...
II Scottish hauliers are being warned that they must use the new Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry service, launched in May this year, or...
1 The family of a Frenchman :filed when he was run over by a :ouncil refuse truck in Brighton ire appealing to the High Court...
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• by Jennifer Ball r The UK government is holding talks with the Belgian authorities aimed at tightening security at its ports...
When it comes to mobile phones we're a nation of hypocrites. Yes, we all think it's dangerous to use one while driving, only...
It Senior managers from national haulage companies are implicated in a 9,30m scam to avoid paying tax on alcohol distributed...
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and use of technology, lording to a recent MORI idy. A total of 238 supply iin professionals responded the survey, with only...
F International has beaten 20 other logistics tsultancies to develop a insport management stegy to be implemented key emergency...
has been arded a contract by Toyota deliver its corporate cars all its UK employees. Enable owned by car delivery giant toLogic...
inaging director for import and logistics firm li-Ex, Hilary Sharpies, is to conferred to the Institute Transport Management's...
ohol logistics group Ceodis has announced the pointment of Richard ithorne as director of rporate sales—logistics. ithorne...
0 Trans European has been Farded Unilever's Irish tea [rehousing and distribution ntract by Unilever stfoods. The contract will...
press operator, Europa ■ rldwide Services, has nounced the launch of a me-day express service roughout the UK. nsignments will...
• by Miles Brignall A grieving father who has fought for seven years to bring a private prosecution against John Wall, the boss...
knifepoint hijack of Reality truck Pi West Mercia police have issued e-fits of two men wanted in connection with a truck...
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kr UK hauliers have been praised for their speedy response to an appeal to deliver sandbags to flood-hit eastern Germany....
• Driving trucks is one of the top )0 most dangerous professions in the UK, with drivers more than six times more likely to...
I P&O Stena Line is blaming increased competition for an 8% slump in freight volumes during the first half of this year. The...
• A Worcester truck driver has called on the DVLA to clarify its truck taxation system after Police accused him of running...
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1 Customs officers have uncovered three more arge red diesel laundering plants on the UK nainland. Last week officers raided a...
• Despite the tragedy of the Selby rail crash drivers are still not taking steps to prevent themselves falling asleep at the...
• Durham will become the first UK city to introduce tolls on motorists when it quietly introduces a ,E2 congestion charge next...
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IM by Chris Tindall Fly-tipping is fast becoming the number one problem for legitimate waste hauliers in the UK and is...
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• by Brian Weatherley Laying urban myths to rest is never easy. For years truck and tyre manufacturers have warned that the...
until the end of September. A customer savings programme has taken £1,000 off the Movano short wheelbase panel van, £2,000 off...
by Kel-Berg Trailers and Trucks, which has just gone into service with Graham Sweeting Haulage Contractors of Weston-SuperMare,...
Daf's 1F45 for a major 7.5-tonne replacement programme. The firm operates around 450 7.5-tonners and will replace more than 50...
a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG1 to develop exhaust gas after-treatment systems. Known as Ivedex, it will develop...
has just supplied a fleet of 18 vehicles to pharmaceutical distributor Polar Speed Thermologistics to help transport medical...
IN The 15 new blue-and-silver 1cabbed Scania 1421 tanker combinations of Dutch haulier NJ van Berrtum currently working the...
• Shetland Islands Council has taken delivery of three specially-adapted Seddon Atkinson Stratos 18-tonners, converted to 4x4...
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II A cab claimed to be among the longest factory-fitted sleeper cabs available in the light truck sector has just been added by...
WI Citroen has added a dual-fuel version to its Berlingo van range. The LPG/petrol Berlingo 600i LX has a Euro-3, 1.4-litre,...
• by John Kendall Advanced on-board computers that can combine navigation information with an ability to recognise traffic...
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'Text to tyres, trailer-landing legs Lre probably the most neglected :omponent on an artic. Hauliers learly expect them to be...
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revocation of the 0-licence held by Aberdeen-based Bruce Mackland. At an Aberdeen disciplinary inquiry Mackland told Scottish...
December because of speed limiter and tachograph offences. has :iucceeded in winning a fresh icence. North Western TC 3everley...
against the withdrawal if its licence as a consequence If non-payment of fees by its bailee director; who was on cave of...
tichard Barber, trading as J&R Lutes (Haulage), because of his allure to answer letters from he Western Traffic Area Office as...
A Traffic Commissioner has yet again warned 'inance houses that they must get their act together over impounding legislation—or...
A Glasgow employment tribunal has upheld a firm's right to reclaim overpayments from its employees without their permission,...
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Greenwich-based Zultiqur Ilaza Jaffery has been ordered to pay fines, back duty and costs totalling 12,504 after he was...
Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown has expressed disquiet at the lack of driver training being carried out by a...
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save on overheads has to be taken. Today, it's not just c-urtainsiders and box trailers franking up and down the...
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p icture the scene... your driver returns a company vehicle and you discover that equipment in the cab is damaged. On closer...
• insert a deduction clause into any ad hoc agreements that are made with the worker during their employment, where...
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lany hauliers choose to buy their own trucks, but pith shrinking profit margins, others choose to 3ase their Ms. speaks to one...
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Despite current vehicle premium increases being relatively small, insurance costs are still driving many out of haulage. Steve...
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1 i fter three years of crisis, many rail users are feeling frustrated. But with the promise of change they are looking...
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e n i s g k ht d during nleave g t h the t d o ay r t i h n e a w n a offi c t e h and safety of home. A truck driver's...