CPC Road Haulage Exam case studies
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The Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Haulage is the qualification that demonstrates a transport manager is professionally competent to hold a national road haulage operator licence. It is aimed at people who manage or intend to manage a haulage operation - fleet managers, transport supervisors, owner-drivers scaling up, and logistics staff moving into compliance roles - rather than at drivers, whose Driver CPC is a separate credential. The CPC Road Haulage Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,120 words.
1Crushed machinery on a sealed trailer: CMR liability and recourse
A haulier established in Lithuania accepts 24 pallets of machine parts in Milan for delivery to Munich under a CMR consignment note. The consignor packs and loads the goods and seals the trailer; the carrier's driver does not supervise loading.
668 words, about 3 min2Marginal seventh vehicle: full-cost and break-even appraisal
A haulier operates six tractor units and has an opportunity to put a seventh vehicle on a dedicated contract: 95,000 km a year at EUR 1.38 per km. The new tractor unit costs EUR 92,000; it will be kept for five years and sold for an estimated 15% of cost.
620 words, about 3 min3Three French cabotage runs and a Spanish reload
An Irish haulier holds a Community licence and sends a 26-tonne rigid, registered in Ireland, from Dublin to Lyon with a full load of furniture under a CMR note. The vehicle unloads in Lyon on Monday 3 June at 10:00.
629 words, about 3 min4Overloaded rigid and unsecured steel coils
A transport manager sends a three-axle rigid with a plated gross vehicle weight of 26,000 kg to collect two steel coils from a port. The coils weigh 9,200 kg and 8,600 kg.
598 words, about 3 min5A week of tachograph infringements on night trunking
A transport manager downloads a driver's tachograph for the week ending Sunday. The records show: Monday 9 h 05 min driving; Tuesday 10 h 10 min driving, including a 4 h 50 min stint followed by a 30-minute break and then 2 h driving; Wednesday 9 h 50 min; Thursday 10 h 20 min; Friday 9 h 30 min; Saturday 8 h 15 min.
605 words, about 3 min