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Perhaps we're guilty of being cynical. Only the recent headline story announcing that under new driver licence reforms, every...
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Severn Bridge operator cuts toll rises for trucks CM EXCLUSIVE by Chris Tindall THE TOLL OPERATOR that runs the Severn Bridge...
New Axor has that 'X-factor' DAIMLER HAS introduced a new addition to the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck range — the highly specced...
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t4 Joanna Bourke LORRY CRIME HAS almost doubled over the past year but the Road Haulage Association (RHA) insists that many...
Uncertainty on the rise A SWATHE OF retail collapses has lead to further uncertainty among operators and vehicle rental...
No money' for United Trailers (UK) creditors THE ADMINISTRATOR for United "'loners (UK) has confirmed creditors' fears and...
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Pay-as-you-go' set to make Stobart Group recession-proof By Roger Brown STOBART GROUP claims its "pay-as-you-go" business...
Dispatch goes off the road CITRON HAS launched an enhancedtraction version of its Dispatch van, which has been badged XTR4-....
THE DRIVER AND Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has dismissed suggestions that people will have to declare every 10 years if...
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Family business plans to open essential Suffolk lorry park By Chris Tindall A SUFFOLK-based family firm that specialises in...
MP calls for overtaking ban on Mul SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE MP Andrew Lansley has called on the Government to introduce an HGV...
Optifuel 2010 cuts diesel by 10% RENAULTS RECENTLY unveiled 'Optifuel Generation 2010' aerodynamic artic, based on a modified...
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3y Joanna Bourke A SCOTTISH land-management company whose former haulage business clocked up more than 2,000 hours offences has...
DHL boosts fuel economy by 9% with curtain-sided Teardrop DHL EXEL SUPPLY Chain claims trials of a new sideaccess,...
parts of our 18 December edition. This was due to an error at the printers. We hope that it did not spoil your enjoyment of our...
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Highways Agency takes on straps, snow and smashes By David Harris REMOVING dangerous debris dropped by trucks on the UK's...
Volvo trucks to benefit from Clean Air Power CLEAN AIR POWER has signed a letter of intent with Volvo to incorporate its...
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Welsh councils on course to trial sat-nay warnings By Roanna Avison THE WELSH Assembly has approved a trial scheme to allow...
inconsistent headlamp alignment checks, Vosa has introduced an electronic measurement system that will be used in HGV annual...
a truck driver wanted for questioning in connection with the suspected murder of a convicted rapist. Alan Lee Street is...
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Diesel galore? OFT rejects a Western Isles fuel survey... By Christopher Walton HAULIERS ON THE Shetland Isles, Orkney and the...
Donoghue retires as Langdons chairman MIKE DONOGHUE has retired from his role as company chairman at temperaturecontrolled...
Merger is just the job for recruitment giants TWO OF THE logistics industry's major executive recruitment specialists, BiS and...
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By Christopher Walton THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has called for the Northern Ireland Assembly to - select first...
THE MOTOR TRANSPORT Awards 2009 arc now open for entries. There are lb categories this year, including Haulier of the Year,...
Well, it's January the start of a new year, and a traditionally quiet time for our industry. But this year is different to any...
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The public mood seems to be turning against road pricing. But what other schemes are on the cards and can we learn from our...
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I READ WITH interest the article by David Harris, 'The clock's ticking.... (CM 6 November), but I doubt the demographics of the...
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What's in store in 2009? We sit down with the heads of two of the largest trade associations RHA chief executive Roger King and...
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As crunch became contraction and downturn morphed into recession, CM asks: "2009 how bad will it be?" Words: Louise Cole SO...
vice-president of supply chain at Solving Efeso and professor of supply chain management at Cranfietd School of Management "If...
The UK logistics market is under enormous economic pressure. In the container market, for instance, the haulage industry has...
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seeing no improvement, and there will be uncertainty in the air until the building industry gets going again. It will depend to...
managing director, Pattettine Logistics "I have a feeling we'll lose a pallet network or two, either through merger or...
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New hearing considers whether or not partnership fit to operate. KATHARINE OLIVER, wife of disgraced haulier Stuart Oliver,...
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Tacho fiddling leads to licence reduction TACHO FIDDLING by drivers has led to a rental firm's 0-licence being reduced from...
A DERBYSHIRE haulier has won a partial victory after the Transport Tribunal quashed his disqualification from holding an...
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Tribunal dismisses owner-driver's appeal AN OWNER-DRIVER who failed to pay his renewal fee has lost his appeal before the...
A WIGAN OPERATOR who had his licence revoked after failing to attend a public inquiry has won a fresh licence from...
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Will new measures to resolve workplace disputes by mediation take the aggro out of industrial relations? Words: Mike...
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A new Government scheme allowing more time to pay tax arrears could prove a lifeline for small operators. Words: Paula Talton...
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was the Kerax. Undeniably bulletproof enough for the toughest muckaway operations, it could do with losing a bit of weight for...
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Those readers, and we know who you are, who just look at the headline fuel consumption figure of our road tests before moving...
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Auctions are a popular route for retailers to stock forecourts with vans and pickups. We follow Jamie Gamble around Manheim...
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Inforrranon _ Lombard puts more than 40,000 cars and light commercials on the road annually through several routes of finance....
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on the sale by auctioneer John Harland. The buyers mill around to sort out payments and see if any provisional bids might be...
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As the pressure mounts to use every precious drop • of diesel, conflicting claims for various streamlining systems are leaving...
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• Boundary layer: The thin, relatively slow-moving, stable sheets of air in direct vicinity to an object. • Drag: A term used...
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MAN's Dolphin concept artic offers oceans of aerodynamic opportunities when it comes to saving fuel and emissions but will the...
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The aerodynamic effectiveness of the tractor/trailer combination has been ratified using computational fluld dynamics and there...
to German trailer-makers, particularry Schmitz Cargobull. Schaller says: "It is interested and has been following the ideas...
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Volvo's Used Truck Retail Sales operation at Coventry is relocating to other sites across the Midlands and the South Words:...
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One way of riding the recession is to stock older vehicles. Harris Daf sales manager Matt Hammond explains his strategy Words:...