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France has done it, Belgium is thinking about it, but the UK still says no. Jennifer Ball reports on fuel duty reprieves. THE...
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TRANSPORT SECRETARY Alistair Darling has promised that hard-pressed operators will see the final draft of the WorkingTime...
THE ROAD Haulage Association has launched a fighting fund to help a truck driver jailed in France for 18 months for drug...
The ETA has launched a "contract of understanding" for Lorry Road User Charging detailing the objectives of 'revenue...
Transport Ministers Alistair Darling and David Jamieson claimed £112,729 and £130,563, respectively, in expenses last year...
The number of trucks travelling through the Channel Tunnel fell 4% in the third quarter to 314,133; Eurotunnel blames...
The European Commission is threatening to take France, Germany, Luxembourg and Denmark to the European Court of Justice for...
Police are hunting an armed gang who dragged a driver from his cab and held him hostage while they robbed a wholesaler in...
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More drivers working for RE Fielding have been to court on tacho and hours charges. Mike Jewell reports. ANOTHER 11 drivers...
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The collapse of Leeds-based freight forwarder Vision Logistics International (VLI) has claimed another victim after the company...
"If you can read this, thank a teacher" the slogan went.. well if you have a book to read or school supplies to teach with you...
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Anyone already exasperated by the injustices of European competition should take a valium now, The French government has just...
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FARMERS PROTESTTNG about low milk prices have begun blockading distribution depots. The action is being co-ordinated by...
IC Bell has again refused 0-licences to a firm set up to take over Oliver's business. Mike Jewell reports. TRAFFIC...
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TRADL UNIONISTS in Manchester are worried that any moves by hauliers to employ more EU drivers will result in a big cut in pay...
Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the transport industry this week. Public...
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Drivers say claimed improvements at Southampton have not materialised. Sally Nash reports. DRIVERS ARE furious about claims by...
TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER David Dixon is calling for truck drivers to be randomly tested for alcohol in a bid to stop drinkdriving....
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The FTA wants police to follow VOSA's enforcement line and stop prosecuting those who aren't deliberately flouting the law....
A MIDDLESBROUGH truck driver who drove on the wrong side of a dual carriageway has failed in his bid to cut his fourmonth...
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Truckers have caused a third of fatigue related crashes. Jennifer Ball reports. DOZY TRUCK DRIVERS are to blame for a...
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE operator has been fined 110,000 with 12,446 costs for polluting a local river with diesel, B Taylor and Sons...
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THE FREIGHT Transport Association says congestion will cost British operators billions of pounds while they wait 10 years for...
TRUCKS NOW CARRY 84% of the UK's freight,with 40% moving by motorway.'The Department for Transport's report Transport...
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Ireland has reshuffled its transport team, appointing a new minister and junior minister. Can they win the trust of the road...
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Yet another driver is injured as yobs hurl concrete from a motorway bridge. David Harris reports. THE INCREASING danger to...
POLICE ARE hunting this man who stole a £300,000 load of Minolta cameras and computer hard drives from an airport freight...
INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS face fines of up to €138 (f95) if they are caught without highvisibility clothing in their cabs when...
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The Hazchem Network builds on the runanway success of pallet networks with a specialist next-day service. Jennifer Ball...
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The heavy van sector (2.6-3.5tomes GVW) continues to drive overall CV registrations. Despite a slight decline in August, heavy...
September registrations rose just 0.4% to 5,545 but are still heading for a year-end figure of around 56,000. Up to September...
The average price of diesel in the UK rose by 0.8p/lit last month on the back of rising oil prices. Crude oil hit $55.33/barrel...
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Eurosafe Training's Geoffrey Cave-Wood tells Brian Weatheriey the answer to the driver shortage is staring the industry in the...
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WITHTHE current debate regarding the speed limit for HGVs on single carriageway roads it would be easy to think it a new...
to south, and virtually all other roads being single carriageway, the problem of tailbacks behind vehicles running at 40mph is...
my fear that the UK haulage industry is heading for a meltdown. SfL was apparently launched last year with its "key aim" being...
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Our 'Pushing 50' Campaign is quickly gaining support. Chris Tindall talke to drivers — and, opposite, you can write to Alistair...
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A Cheshire haulier has his authorisation cut to owner-driver status as the IC concludes he lacks management skill. A CHESHIRE...
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TENBY-BASED Enviroventure has lost the 0 licence it had been granted after attracting numerous prohibitions while running under...
MEI( YR TYDFIL-based Andrew Harris, trading as Pant Transport, has received authority for an additional operating centre in...
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THE LACK of shower and toilet facilities at the Port of Heysham was attacked as scandalous when Preston driver Gary Duboulay...
to pay fines and costs totalling £630 when they failed to appear before the Ystradgynlais Magistrates to answer charges of...
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When police and VOSA clash who is really driving enforcement policy? Tim Ridyard of lawyers Barker Gotelee offers an insider's...
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A knotty problem I have been experiencing problems with load ropes from a particular manufacturer which have broken while in...
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Government research into pallet networks reveals an efficient enterprise but with room for improvement. Andy Salter reports....
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Although the Euro-4 deadline is less than a year away, truck manufacturers like DaimlerChrysler and Scania have already...
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clocked up 18,000 miles and it's had one service It's time for an end-of term report on our latest long-term test van, the...
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Are you wondering how to make your drivers more efficient? Maybe you should introduce a fuel bonus. Emma Penny reports. D...
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Who are Ireland's most outstanding operators? The Irish Road Haulage Association aims to reward the cream of the crop. Patric...
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These companies won the 2004 awards, which were announced at Easter. Could you be in their shoes next spring? Held at Bun ratty...
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Ray Dickson of F Dickson Transport has his say on the infrastructure that makes running trucks in the South-East a daily...
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Many auctioneers found September a little slow for truck sales, but the light commercial market has gone from strength to...
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CM tests more CVs than anyone else; now we're using our extensive database to help you search for the right vehicle. Product...
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In the three years since Adam Slater took over a hesitant truck re-marketing division at Mercedes-Benz he's turned Approved...