(n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The road haulage and construction sectors must pursue best practice to improve their road safety record.
(2) A few yards from the Munich clock, the memorial to the victims of the 1958 air disaster, Ian McGill, 58, a haulage contractor from Bristol, was explaining its significance to his grand-daughters, Bonnie, eight, and Milly, seven.
(3) He trained as a lorry driver in Detroit, got a job with a long-distance haulage firm and slept in his vehicle to save his earnings.
(4) France should pay compensation to British holidaymakers and haulage companies for the disruption caused by the migrant crisis and wildcat strikes, Harriet Harman has said in a letter to David Cameron .
(5) "How is anyone facing serious criminal allegations going to feel being represented by a haulage company?"
(6) Peter Cullum from industry group the Road Haulage Association said the demands on Operation Stack remained unprecedented.
(7) The threat of a national fuel strike has receded after the Acas conciliation service confirmed that peace talks between tanker drivers and haulage companies will take place on Wednesday.
(8) After comprehensive school he went travelling in Australia, before returning to work as a lorry driver for his family's haulage company.
(9) Her employer is among many haulage companies hoping to take on more women.
(10) Quentin Willson Motoring journalist and FairFuelUK campaigner, Angus MacNeil MP SNP's Westminster spokesperson on transport, Geoff Dunning Chief executive, Road Haulage Association, Jason McCartney MP Conservative member of transport select committee, Naomi Long MP Deputy leader, Alliance party of Northern Ireland, Nigel Dodds MP Deputy leader, Democratic Unionist party, Paul Sanders Chairman, Association of Pallet Networks, Pete Williams Head of external affairs, RAC, Rob Flello MP Labour, Rob Shuttleworth Chief executive, UKLPG, Sammy Wilson MP DUP parliamentary spokesman on economic and finance matters, Tessa Munt MP Liberal Democrat, PPS to the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, Theo de Pencier Chief executive, Freight Transport Association, Howard Cox FairFuelUK campaign founder
(11) Following Monday's announcement, it now appears that the seven haulage companies involved in the dispute have given their backing to the agenda drawn up by Acas.
(12) Richard Burnett, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, was less than impressed with the package: “Quite simply the measures I’ve just heard from David Cameron aren’t enough.
(13) A subsidiary of the haulage firm Eddie Stobart has emerged as a leading contender in bidding for a new generation of criminal legal aid contracts that would deprive defendants of the right to choose their own solicitor.
(14) The Briton said he was one of seven or eight drivers from the MJD haulage company who were stuck on either side of the Channel.
(15) He has worked in both the haulage and jewellery businesses, and has a lively hinterland; he loves skiing and sailing.
(16) The maneuverability of the sledge with the new haulage shaft was good and the braking mechanisms worked well.
(17) Compensation should cover all losses.” On Friday, Cameron and the French president, François Hollande discussed the crisis by phone, with the British government promising more secure fencing and sniffer dogs in a move that chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, Richard Burnett, called a “sticking plaster”.
(18) Richard Burnett of the Road Haulage Association later criticised the fact that the new secure zone will not be in place until the autumn.
(19) We have been calling on the British and French governments to intervene for some time, and are now asking the prime minister to give the matter his urgent priority and implement plans to alleviate the crisis.” The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called for the deployment of the French military to boost security in Calais.
(20) Britain ‘poised to open door to thousands of migrant children’ Read more Richard Burnett, the Road Haulage Association’s chief executive, said the problems facing British truckers in Calais had become routine as he called for urgent action.
Haulier
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Operation Stack has become the rule rather than the exception, and on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year it is causing mayhem for hauliers, holidaymakers and local residents alike.
(2) However, haulier Andy Tennant, 42, said that the Conservatives' warnings had already antagonised people like him so much that they had switched to Salmond.
(3) However, the seven hauliers involved in the dispute do not want discussions to include national pay bargaining, even though Unite has been keen to establish a minimum pay level.
(4) This situation cannot continue because it’s putting hauliers at risk, in terms of their lives and their livelihoods.
(5) David Blair lost his job as a traffic manager when Stobart Group hauliers closed their Corby hub this year, axing 140 jobs.
(6) Unite sources dismissed claims by Andrew Spence, the haulier who led a crippling fuel blockade 12 years ago, that thousands of truckers were prepared to support a strike by tanker drivers.
(7) The threats these hauliers are facing every day is unacceptable.
(8) He said the action was a "last resort" because hauliers and farmers were going bust.
(9) It is the same story nationwide and, at the moment, legal firms are saying they won't bid; Stobarts (the haulier), Tesco (the food shop) and Co-op (who should know better) have all thrown their hats into the ring.
(10) Technologies such as driverless cars look set to replace taxi drivers and hauliers in the next couple of decades but will also create jobs – for different people with different sets of skills.
(11) Paying compensation is not unprecedented, Harman said, pointing out that UK hauliers received money after industrial action in 1996.
(12) Lying on the floor of a friend’s house, eating two snapper fish in the company of a local haulier, trader and musician, Hajj - who claims to have successfully sent 1,000 people to Italy last week - did not appear worried by the EU’s threats to end his trade.
(13) We recognise the extraordinary security pressures that French law enforcement organisations are under at this time and are working closely with them and commercial partners to ensure passengers and hauliers of goods are processed as efficiently as possible on both sides of the Channel.
(14) It is understood that Unite and the hauliers still have differences over the agenda for the talks, although there is hope that those will be ironed out in time for sit-down talks to begin on Monday.
(15) She called on him to demand compensation from France for hauliers, holidaymakers and truckers affected by the chaos.
(16) The Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association are backing the Fair Fuel UK campaign, co-ordinated by Peter Carroll, a haulier who orchestrated previous protests, as well as the successful Gurkha Justice Campaign of 2009 with Joanna Lumley.
(17) The truckers are led by the farmer and haulier Andrew Spence, who was instrumental in the blockades in 2000 which led to 3,000 petrol stations running out of fuel.
(18) Companies ranging from gardeners and hauliers to florists trying to deliver flowers for French Mother’s Day this weekend complained about the impact on business.