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CHILLED TRANSPORT specialist NET Distribution is launching a consultancy arm as it explores the viability of expanding into the...
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resco's north Manchester iistribution warehouse has been 3acked — allegedly because he spoke up about how his colleagues were...
A NEW STRATEGY for tackling truck crime in the West Midlands is to be drawn up by business leaders and the police amid fears...
seriousness of an attack on a truck driver that led to the biggest single theft of goods since its anti-freight-crime team,...
Stead plan of Clitheroe has become the STAS dealer for North Wales. northern England and southern Scotland.
The FIAS 'Women in the Transport Industry' conference on 12 September is now fully subscribed.
A new trial of roadside messaging is taking place on the M5 and M6 giving guidance on journey times.
The FTA has published its 2006 Manager's Guide to Distribution Costs.
The European Commission has approved proposals for adding three main roads to the network covered by the German Toll Collect...
A truck carrying chocolate biscuits crashed on the M5 motorway on 23 August and burst Into flames, releasing hundreds of litres...
Oxfordshire police are calling for truck drivers who were travelling along the A34 in the early hours of 26 August to check...
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Although it is being sold at last, TNT's logistics arm may not have the rosiest of futures. Guy Sheppard reports. TNT'S...
JIMMYYUTLI one of Scotland's best known hauliers, has died aged 72. Yuill was responsible for setting up highly regarded...
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Mr X believes the issue of cabotage is distracting the industry from the real problems it faces. So are those foreign hordes a...
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The scheme is intended to cut rush-hour congestion without causing hold-ups, and if successful it may be extended to other...
an action plan to revive the Black Country's fortunes because it falls to identify how the region's roads should be improved....
A WEST MIDLANDS bulk haulier has become a millionaire after one of its Mercedes tippers passed the million-mile mark. Although...
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TNT believes it is time for a rethink of our outdated speed limits on single-carriageway A-roads. Guy Sheppard reports....
SOUTH YORKSHIRE-BASED JDF Logistics, whose owner Douglas Fearnley will retire this month, has been acquired in a management...
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THE PROSPECT OF the iconic Land Rover Defender being legislated out of existence has disappeared with the disclosure of the...
THE CONTENDERS IN the great CM/Shell Furo-4 roadtest are undergoing final pre-test verification testing in readiness for the...
fuel bills by up to 4% CLEAN DIESEL Technologies (CDT) is offering hauliers a subsidised trial of its new fuel additive,...
BUSINESS POST subsidiary UK . Pallets has appointed well-known London courier firm Lewis Day Transport to its network. The...
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MOVES TO HAVE convicted freight-forwarding fraudster Jeff Lewis made bankrupt were hafted in the high court this week after his...
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Ramage Distribution has updated its livery to include free advertising space for worthy causes. Sally Nash reports. AS PART...
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THE DVLA PLANS to overhaul the rules for LCiV drivers suffering from notifiable medical conditions. DVLA spokeswoman Linda...
LOTH I AN-BASED TIPPER operator Neil Williams Haulage has just taken on two new Volvo eight-wheel tippers. The two FIVI400s...
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Livestock hauliers and associated industries are getting hot under the collar about new EU livestock transport regs. David...
NORTHERN IRISH transport firm Mulgrew Haulage has switched its tyre supplier in a bid to slash its annual tyre bill, which...
THE TRANSAID CHARITY has teamed up with Bibby Distribution to train ambulance drivers to become trainers and assessors in...
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A LOT HAS BEEN written recently over the Mansfield vs NYK Logistics case. It appears to me that no one is reading and...
ASTHE BOSS of a driver-hire company and a training provider I'm in a position to supply free training to certain companies...
RE YOUR ARTICLE headed Sheet Lightening (CM 10 August). Harsh has spent much time and money testing aerodynamics and the...
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Leggett Freightways has received a three-month disqualification in one traffic area for using an operating centre illegally....
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Looking for a backload? Trying to find a truck with space for that urgent consignment? Vaybe you should check out the...
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capital to fund its acquisition are not unusual, but they are tightly governed. Generally a company is prohibited from offering...
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A 'nominated' transport manager denies holding the role and is threatening action over the misuse of his CPC. Mike Jewell...
2004 revealed that the nominated transport manager, Mark Sumner, was not doing the job. The Deputy TC said that in September...
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A SCOTTISH operator has had its licence authority reduced for six weeks for a series of drivers' hours and tachograph offences,...
AN 0-LICENCE has been granted to an operator on condition that his disqualified stepson has nothing to do with the company....
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A CUMBRIAN haulier whose vehicle attracted 10 prohibitions in five years has been allowed to surrender its existing licence...
DRIVERS' HOURS offences and using a vehicle without an 0-licence have cost Burbage, Leicestershire-based BH Express and one of...
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More than a decade after cabotage permits were first issued, confusion still exists over the meaning of "temporary". Adam Hill...
They must involve the vehicle leaving the UK at least once per month; they must be entirely ad hoc, casual and circumstantial;...
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Europe has called for blind-spot mirrors to be retrofitted to almost four million trucks registered since 1998. Will the...
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time it required typeapproved N2 and N3 LGVs to be equipped with class IV (wide-angle) and class V (close-proximity) mirrors....
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The best way to prevent workplace accidents is to assess any risks that your site poses to staff and visitors. Nigel Smith...
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With the introduction of the Crafter, Volkswagen has completed an overhaul of its range in record time — but does the final...
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The number of landfill sites is decreasing as the waste-disposal industry bows to legislative pressure and adopts a more...
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Nearly all the legislation on landfill sites is driven by the European Landfill Directive which was issued in 1999 and has been...
The penalties for illegal dumping are so steep that few hauliers will take the risk nowadays, according to the Chartered...
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If hauliers lose some work due to landfill sites filing up or becoming unacceptable. corresponding opportunities await them in...
Much of the new legislation on environmental issues comes from the European Union. which emphasises that the disposal of waste...
Are landfill sites smelly? Not if they are properly run, according to industry specialists. "They used to be stinking,...
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For many hauliers, warehousing has become a natural extension to the services they offer. But what can you really get out of it...
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Although warehousing is generally acknowledged to be more lucrative than haulage, not everyone in the business has it that...
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in haulage and expanded into warehousing is Southampton-based Meachers Group. The firm currently has a 100,000ft 2 (9,290m 2 )...
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Family firm AE Gough suffered hard times at the turn of the millennium — but the tipper operator has now regrouped and...
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In the period following the fuel crisis, AE Gough gradually built up its fleet with second-hand trucks, mostly ERFs. Much of...
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Flegg Transport has invested in new blood by putting an 18-year-old through the Young Drivers Scheme. Dominic Perry reports....
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The gap left by Foden's demise has been filled by Hino, and dealerships such as MTC Northwest have been quick to join the...
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Northwest — a family firm As well as its Hino franchise, MTC Northwest offers Oaf parts and servicing. Stephen Gray junior...