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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK - Tinnelly ran trucks without O-licence
Longtown, Carlisle,UK -Road Transport (UK), by Dominic Perry -1 April 2009: -- Collapsed Northern Irish haulier Tinnelly International Transport (TIT) was running trucks on the UK mainland without an O-licence, an MT investigation has discovered. In addition, the firm's director, Kevin Tinnelly, was this week described as a "highly non-compliant operator" by North Western TC Beverley Bell at a public inquiry... TIT, which has since seen its assets sold to linked company Tinnelly Transport, also run by Kevin Tinnelly, was operating around 30 vehicles from a site in Longtown, Carlisle. It acquired these when it took on work and drivers from a local haulier that had ceased trading in 2007... Local hauliers, suppliers, and TIT insiders all say that it was operating vehicles from the site until late January this year; TIT went into administration on 24 February. The company had previously applied for a licence to run vehicles from the site on Brampton Road, Longtown, but this was refused in June 2008 after TIT was unable to provide details of financial standing...* UK - DHL makes 60 redundancies
Middleton,Manchester,UK -Road Transport, by Joanna Bourke -2 April 2009: -- DHL Exel Supply Chain has made 60 redundancies following the closure of its Stakehill base in Middleton, Manchester on 31 March. The closure came on the back of lower Marks & Spencer (M&S) volumes in the region... In addition to the redundancies, 17 DHL employees have been redeployed within the company... The group could not confirm how many of the affected staff were drivers... Up to 193 other DHL Exel Supply Chain employees could also face redundancy following the plan by M&S to close its Exeter Distribution Centre...* UK - Graduated fixed penalty legislation kicks in today
London,UK -Road Transport, by Brian Weatherley -1 April 2009: -- Graduated fixed penalties for UK and foreign truck drivers kick in today (Wednesday 1 April), with Department for Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick promising: "There's no hiding place in the UK for foreign drivers who break the law."... Under the scheme, police and VOSA enforcement officers can issue graduated fixed penalties both to foreign and domestic drivers for a variety of offences including the obvious drivers' hours, overloading and un-roadworthy vehicles... The penalties will range from £30 to £200 depending on the severity of the offence. In those cases where an offence requires court action and the driver cannot provide a satisfactory UK address, there will be a £300 deposit requirement per offence, up to a maximum of £900... Meanwhile, VOSA's decision to consider including foreign trucks in its OCRS system has been welcomed by the UK's road transport industry...Labels: trucking industry news UK
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