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by Karen Miles • The Vehicle Inspectorate and the police have signed an agreement which should reduce cases of roadside checks...
• Scottish international freight forwarder Eagle Freight Management has gone into liquidation, ending months of speculation...
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nd now a "how long is a piece of string?" question: how many illegal operators can you catch in roadside checks in 300 hours?...
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by Lee Kimber • Department of Transport officials are reviewing their attitudes to Eurovignettes after a judge criticised the...
• UK and French hauliers are owed thousands of pounds following the liquidation of freight forwarder Mckay International...
• Most of the LGV training industry has dismissed the Driving Standards Agency's plans for a voluntary register of trainers and...
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by Lee Kimber • Rail freight carrier English Welsh & Scottish Railway is attempting to cut costs in a long-term bid to win more...
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by David Harris • Nobody suggested it would be straightforward getting money out of the French Government. But after November's...
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by Lee 'Umber • EU plans for a 48-hour working week will hit drivers and operators harder than the rest of British industry...
• British and overseas trade unions are teaming up to develop a strategy to improve workers rights at the US parcels giant...
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by Karen Miles • International operators have been given permission to sue five ferry companies for an illegal imposition of a...
• Car transporter drivers at Axial's Sheerness depot have postponed industrial action over the terms and conditions of a new...
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by Lee Kimber • Six men appeared at West Hendon magistrates court this week after police arrested them soon after a Radlett,...
• EU Social Affairs Commissioner Padraig Flynn could block Neil Kinnock's plan for a pan-European 48-hour limit on drivers'...
• International hauliers will soon be able to insure against being held up in blockades and strikes of the kind that have...
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• Hauliers have to prove that compensating axles are functioning properly if they are not to he prosecuted for exceeding the...
II Haulier David Hesketh has won his appeal against fines of £2,000 which were imposed after he had admitted a number of...
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• A Merthyr isky Tydfil haulage company that licence at the third attempt last August but failed to pay the fee in time, won...
• A Scunthorpe owner-driver, who had been ordered to pay fines, back duty and costs totalling more than £1,500 after being...
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by Charles Young • Renault is giving a "strong indication" of how its replacement for the Extra van will look by unveiling its...
• Citroen launched a refrigerated conversion of the Berlingo van at the SMMT CV and Bodywork Show this week Carried out by...
• Sa i nsb ury City Diesel/Greenergy City Diesel has come out top in Commercial Motor's fuel survey (page 32). Despite...
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by Steve Sturgess and John Kendall • Ford has sold its entire US heavy truck business to Mercedes-Benz subsidiary and US market...
• Newbury-based Hi-Met has produced a reflective sideguard for trucks, designed to increase night visibility. It is claimed to...
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by Toby Clark • EuroTronic is a semi-automatic version of ZF's AS-Ironic gearbox, first revealed in CM in 1994. This is an...
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hen will the British haulier have professional representation at a national level? Various associations perform a useful...
I have just read the story headed "Trainers call for inquiry" about the dispute over the proposed voluntary register for LGV...
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soon out-selling the taller F10 by four to one as traditional F10 buy ers moved on to more powerful models. The no was finally...
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+ Sulphur Content Since October 1996 oil companies have been required to produce diesel with sulphur levels of no more than...
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THE ROAD I 4 iberal Democrat transport policies are easy to dismiss as J an irrelevance because the party has no chance of...
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M arket Harborough-based King Trailers is building a new family of modular extending low-loader trailers with hydraulically...
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A fter 25 years in the haulage industry and several opportunities to expand his business, Harry Gornall has a fleet of only...
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T he UK is a successful trading nation and its location on the periphery of Europe means businesses rely on fast and efficient...