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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Ireland - McBurney Transport chooses Volvo
Ballymena,Co. Donegal, Ireland -HGV -10 July 2009: -- McBurney Transport, one of Northern Ireland's largest independently owned transport operators, has placed an order with Volvo Dealer, Dennison Commercials of Ballyclare for 50 FH-460 tractor units... As part of McBurney's drive to reduce the environmental impact of its fleet, all the trucks comply with the latest Euro 5 emission specification and are equipped with Dynafleet, Volvo's telematics system, and their fuel efficient I-Shift automated transmission... In addition to the 13-litre powered tractor units, the company also ordered an FH16-700. This flagship vehicle, which is also Euro 5 compliant, joins a long line of special high specification Volvo trucks operated by the Ballymena company... * Licensing rules need overhaul - IRHA claims
Dublin,Ireland -HGV -10 July 2009: -- The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the Department of Transport to tighten up rules that make it virtually impossible for a licensed haulage company to have its licence revoked... IRHA president, Vincent Caulfield, believes haulage companies that flout the law remain on the road because the Department of Transport can do little to revoke their licenses because of constitutional issues... "When we met the Transport Minister, Noel Dempsey to discuss this matter he said that to revoke a licence could be a breach of the Constitution because it would harm that person's ability to earn a living"...* UK - VOSA reported more than 8,000 Irish hauliers last year
Bristol,UK -HGV -10 July 2009: -- The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has reported over 8,000 incidences of Irish hauliers breaking the law in the UK in the past 12 months... Offences included breaches of driving hours, driving an overloaded vehicle and failing a roadworthiness check, according to the Department of Transport... The Department also confirmed this week that another 6,250 offences were logged on the Gardai's Pulse system last year with several haulage companies having "multiple road transport offences detected"... A spokesperson for the Department could not say how many haulage licences were revoked last year and admitted that the legislation governing the revocation of road a haulage licence was currently under review.
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