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You'd need to be an optimist not to read between the lines in the Latest communiqué from the Road Haulage Association PHA]...
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COVER STORY By Joanna Bourke and Christopher Walton THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) is killing off the freight logistics...
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By Lindsay Clark THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) plans to make 12 of its 37 Weybridge staff redundant. Back-office roles...
THE IMMINENT closure of an essential West Yorkshire VOSA testing station has been deferred after a local MP stepped in to save...
DESPITE CONCERNS to the contrary haulage operators are reporting little problem in securing loan finance packages for vehicles...
THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) is urging operators to ensure their routes are "lawful and appropriate" in the wake of the...
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By Chris Tindall THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) is advising hauliers to pull over to answer phone calls following a...
A COMPANY THAT successfully appealed a licence revocation after the Transport Tribunal criticised a Traffic Commissioner's...
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By Christopher Walton THOUSANDS OF British truck drivers could be driving with defective sight, according to one of the UK's...
THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has welcomed EU haulage revisions which tighten up the definition of cabotage. The Access...
BLUE CUBE RENTALS, the Beaconside, Stafford-based trailer and container rental business, has entered into administration,...
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Load sharing can reduce empty running, but what about the implications concerning competition law? By David Harris EVERYBODY...
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By Joanna Bourke DEVON HAULAGE firm Don Gorton has had three quarters of its fleet stolen in two separate raids on its Newton...
DEVON-BASED agricultural distribution firm TransAg is benefiting from the weak pound as the British public turns to buying...
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By Chris Tindall THE ABSENCE OF adequate training and risk assessments led to the death of a lorry driver who was flung from...
THE BACKERS OF a pan-European truck parking information website are calling on UK truckstops to register with and provide data...
Rikki Chequer reveals how TruckNet UK can be both a social tool and a business tool... "It's nothing but a talking shop, a...
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By Christopher Watton THE CHRONIC LACK of secure truck parking facilities has been eased with the opening of two new sites in...
CM COVER STORY THOSE READERS looking to buy a new vehicle are reminded that the deadline for qualifying for a Reduced Pollution...
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By iutian Wines IVECO IS TO announce a preferred gas supplier in the next month as a precursor to the launch of its...
CONFUSED BY all the claims and counter-claims over fuel and oil additives or citherfuel-saving devices? Nanoboron (CM20...
AT 2AM LAST Sunday (29 March), British Summer Time (BST) began — which means the Universal Time Clock (UTC) on digital...
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Ceva and its drivers provide the logistics backbone behind electricity supplier EON in the UK, enabling specialist engineers...
Ceva drivers are New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) accredited, which means they're trained and authorised to erect signs...
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THIS IS WRITTEN in response to your article regarding pre-pack administrations and their place in road transport (`Making the...
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With the acquisition of Lex Transfleet in 2007, Fraikin made a major leap forward in the UK. To find out what else is in store,...
Predominant makes within the Fraikin fleet are Renault, Mercedes and Iveco, and Laurent Bonnaure, executive vice-president for...
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Trading Standards officers in Suffolk are winning the war on overloaded vehicles, but they are still fighting sat-nay misuse...
Overweight vehicles cause excessive wear and tear on roads; they are a danger to road safety and can lead to an unfair trading...
Drivers are nothing if not creative when Trading Standards officers request a reason why they have breached weight-restricted...
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approach to dealing with overloaded vehicles. Its advice is to: • Know and understand the maximum permitted weight of your...
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Last year, the director and two drivers were jailed and 12 others fined. A CARLISLE MAN. Greg Hartness, has become the 13th...
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A DRIVER FINED for a mobile phone offence has subsequently had his HGV licence suspended for 14 days by North-Western Traffic...
A COMPANY THAT had its licence revoked after it ignored letters from VOSA has lost its appeal before the Transport Tribunal....
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AN INTERNATIONAL operator lost its bid for an 0-licence after an inquiry heard that it had been operating for a year without...
AN OPERATOR whose licence bid was adjourned because he could not meet the compliance standards has succeeded in obtaining an...
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Employees who fear they have been blacklisted now have stronger security through the Data Protection Act. Words: Mike...
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updated and superseded by the Data Protection Act 1998, which came into force on 1 April 2000. • AI firms should appoint a...
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In such circumstances, should staff be paid if they are unable to work? Words: Gareth Edwards The first week of February 2009...
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trying to survive — but McCulla Ireland believes it has a formula that will help it thrive. Words: Ian Griffin / Images: Craig...
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McCune Ireland specialises in temperature-controlled transport. warehousing and storage. It operates a total of 56 trucks and...
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Measuring and cutting consumption with the R:COM on-board black box Fuel is McCulla's second biggest expense. Consumption is...
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1 Big, bold and brash this year's Mid-America , . Truck Show captured all that is great about haulage across the Atlantic. Here...
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Easy loading and unloading is one of the most essential factors when it comes to buying trailers. We look at some of the...
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Ekeri trailer users include Doncaster-based Prosper de Mulder, its biggest UK customer. It processes animal by-products for pet...
MJ GriffithsTransport of Scarisbrick, Lancashire, took delivery of its fifth Ekeri in January, 'They can do fridge work one way...
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Other producers of pillar-less curtainsiders include Dennison Trailers, W Trailer and pillar-less pioneers Lawrence David....
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are d a'built in Spring burn'. How come? When the old Fruehauf went belly-up, Carntyne Transport bought the dry-freight...
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The man in charge of transplanting the Dereham van line into the Springburn site, and establishing the manufacturing process,...
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Words / images: Patric Cunnane When Irish transport minister Noel Dempsey walked into the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA)...
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Vincent Caulfield has been elected president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) for the next two years. This will be...
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When Jimmy Quinn was elected as president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) in 2007, he famously described himself...
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We test out a futuristic system that manages your vehicle's speed and driveline according to the road features up ahead. But is...
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ACTIVE AUCTIONS has sold more than a third of its stock as more than 560 people registered for its rolling online sale. Chris...
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it aims to become a one-stop shop for trailer repair and refurbishment to save operators money. Words / Images: Kevin Swaitow...