3991. A Day with Children in Wonderful Barcelona
July 27, 2016
The bustling, exciting city of Barcelona, in the Catalonia region of Spain, is one of the best city breaks you can take when bringing your young children along. With plenty of parks, museums, galleries, and even beaches nearby, it will be hard to find a dull moment during your daytrip into the city....
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3992. At Last - Trailblazer Apprenticeships for the Haulage Industry
July 26, 2016
One of the biggest problems facing haulage companies is the critical shortage of trained HGV drivers. In some cases, this has reached critical proportions that even threaten the supply of goods to different sectors (See report in the Telegraph from October 2015).
Over the past few years we h...
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3993. The Role of the Transport Manager
July 26, 2016
Haulage companies that run a fleet of lorries will often have a fleet manager whose main task is to ensure that the company and its employees strictly adhere to all regulatory requirements. Dependent on the size of the company, this person may have a part time or a full time position. In some instan...
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3994. You Are Responsible for Hauling the Load
July 26, 2016
I still remember my early days as a truck driver. I thought that all I had to do was climb into the cab, drive to my destination and then drive back - maybe picking up some back loads on the way.
It didn’t take me long to realise that driving a truck is a lot more complicated than it seemed....
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3995. Why A Daily Walk About Around Your Truck is So Important
July 26, 2016
The “Daily Vehicle Walk About” is a visual check of your truck’s parts and systems carried out at the start of each day. This daily visual check is very important, legally, to your haulage work.
Is The Daily Walk Around a Legal Obligation?
In a word – yes. Before the first journey of...
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3996. What is an Operator Licence and Why You May Need One
July 26, 2016
As a truck driver spending long hours on the road, you’re aware of the rules and regulations of the industry. For the most part, these are there for yours and the public’s benefit. But knowing and understanding the web of regulations can be difficult in the extreme, and cause drivers and operators p...
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3997. The Truck Driver's Daily Walk About
July 26, 2016
A profitable haulage business depends on many different factors. One of the more vital of these, that to a large extent will determine the owner’s profit margin, is the safety and roadworthiness of their vehicle. In fact, the law requires that all haulage work operators, big or small, have in place ...
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3998. Overloading - the Risks Are Far Greater than the Benefits
July 26, 2016
Back loads are a truck operator’s dream come true. After you’ve completed a job, if you can get a load for your return leg, it’s clear profit. After all, the original load paid for all your costs.
However, with the haulage industry being such a competitive one, with high costs across the boa...
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3999. The Distribution of Jaguars in the Wild
July 26, 2016
Despite being an apex predator and the largest wild cat endemic to the Americas, Panthera onca, the Jaguar, has lost more than 50% of its historic range due to loss and fragmentation of habitat and human encroachment. Its conservation status now stands as 'near threatened.' While without a doub...
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4000. El Jefe - The USA's Only Known Jaguar
July 26, 2016
Able to survive in a diverse variety of habitats, the Jaguar's domain once stretched from Argentina, in the far south of the Americas, right up to Arizona in the USA. With vast tracts of habitat decimated or fragmented due to deforestation, today, although Panthera onca is still king, it's a realm t...
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Author: Laura Jeeves
