EXCLUSIVE ill by Dominic Parry BACK The Home Office Is set to face yet another court battle over its flawed immigration...

M Lorry road user charging (LRUC) will provide the government with a direct insight into the challenges it win face when it...

• by Sally Nash Trade associations are fighting to safeguard over £50m—the sum of money left in the pot when the Road Haulage...

lilackin cam ai n' • by Dominic Perry One of the founders of the Blue Ribbon campaign to free jailed British truckers abroad...

• An overdrawn haulage firm in Alcester, Warwickshire has been fined a total £4,350 on 56 charges of permitting drivers to...

• Industry trade associations have joined together to draw up a four-part proposal on smartcard tachos, which they are to put...

III Improvements to the Young HGV Driver Scheme will help speed up the training process and encourage more new entrants into...

It's hard not to feel sorry for English, Welsh 8c Scottish Railway (EWS) after the Royal Mail's decision to drop rail-freight...

• by Micky Taylor The haulage industry could be saddled with a massive £360m bill thanks to changes in dangerous goods...

• Police have begun vetting security at around 70 haulage yards in Felixstowe in a new drive to cut truck crime. Each yard is...

i A truck driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after his vehicle ploughed into the back...

• An ex-Asda transport team leader has won her case at an industrial tribunal against the company for its failure to consult...

• Royal Mall says it is dropping its use of rail-freight has cut traffic jams T3 /XL 178 71.12 CHARGING OS MEHICIES • by...

failing to pay his congestion charge penalty notice, despite his claims that he settled the bill three months ago. Tony Parks...

It also plans to run 2,000 fewer vehicles on the road through the use of regional hub and spoke operations. Royal Mail stated...

• A controversial tyre mountain on a Norfolk industrial estate is to be demolished by Cambridgeshirebased recycling company...

A pressure group for truck drivers says they should be allowed to drink alcohol with their meaks at motorway service stations...

• Pressure group Transport 2000 has condemned potential plans for a second M25 motorway, saying it would lead to...

m May saw further steady growth in the UK CV market, the exception being continuing decline little 4x4 utility sector The...

• Exel is renaming its tanker division which specialises in chemicals, petroleum and bulk food distribution. Tankfreight is...

• by Jennifer Sal The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has slammed the government for its failure to address the growing...

• Derbyshire police are appealing for a truck driver who may have witnessed a fatal collision to come forward. At 8.3(ipm on...

• A single device offering both vehicle security and global tracking will available later this month. Aeromark has developed a...

Asking your employees their opinion can be risky— what if they haven't a good word to say about your business? But that's...

the torque! 1.—= The great guessing game is finally over: Volvo has delivered what it promised back in 2001. Its all-new...

• Climb into an FH16 and you're Immediately aware of Its 'limited edition' status from the Bass Green standard metallic paint...

For some people, four-wheel drive is almost a matter of life or death, like being able to park the Discovery on the pavement...

For our driving impressions, we headed off to the Seven Sisters estate in the upper Swansea Valley. Best known as the main...

• by Colin Barnett Don-Bur, Volvo and American Airlines have joined forces to create a working concept urban artic for use in...

• The 1lS parcel carrier FedEx Express is set to become the first fleet to put diesel-electric hybrid vans into full commercial...

which didn ' t ask questions to . A garage has had its applica tion for the return of an impounded tractive unit refused for...

Five drivers employed by Derby-based World Corp Trading have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,750 after...

A poor maintenance record has resulted in the licence held by Penrfth-based Derek Hill being cut from eight vehicles and eight...

sell mussels for onward transport to France, was given a 12month conditional discharge for using the truck without an...

with 170 costs, after pleading guilty before Harlow Magistrates to three offences of driving for more than four-and-a-half...

bid for a licence for one vehicle and one trailer. The company, formed to take over the business of John Dalton, gave Welsh IC...

A Stranraer-based driver who was caught red-handed with a falsified tache chart and who lied to a traffic examiner about a...

A Cumbrian tipper operator whose vehicle lost a pair of wheels Oil an A-road has had his licence cut from six vehicles to...

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Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 12 June 1928...

1: 0 1 5 t0OUCEI, 1141 ASSOCIATION! WITIFI FORD WILIFIREPI SOLICITORS Contracting out your maintenance n order to get, and to...

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I PRICE AS TESTED: 175,615 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 12.88 litres 532hp (397kw). GCW: 44 tonnes. PAYLOAD: 28.5 tonnes. AVERAGE SPEED:...

accepted practice in some fleets. But make sure it suits your operation before you take the plunge. Sharon Clancy reports. N ot...

• Electronic braking systems have now been adopted by the European truck manufacturers and EBS is increasingly specified on...

• When the driver presses the brake pedal, a deceleration value is imposed. The electronic line connected to the brakes...

• All trailers should now connect via the dedicated ISO 7638 ABS connectors (where these are present) on the tractor unit. All...

• While heat dissipation is crucial in prolonging disc life, friction materials actually need to reach a certain temperature...

• Knorr-Bremse and Wabco both offer roll stability options with EBS. Wabco's version, called Roll Stability Support, works...

• Excessive wear in linings or pads is the most obvious manifestation of tractor-trailer compatibility problems. So operators...

port office wall bears an impressive selection of newspaper cuttings, complete with photos of men standing alongside HGVs....

an archaic and unfair piece of Moroccan law can make a criminal out of an innocent victim. Nicky Clarke talks to the driver...

trying to make something positive come out of it. Without any doubt, the already serious shortage of drivers is going to...