of delivery curfews to enable its members to keep shelves stocked in the run-up to Christmas. It says that these curfews,...

be deployed. Many will be the new digital type; the equipment will be financed by money from speeding lines.

more than 40 calls to the emergency services after a truck load of aerosol cans exploded when arsonists torched the vehicle...

seat-belts if proposals from the European Commission are accepted by EU ministers. Brussels is concerned about the number of...

Swaine livery in white on the sides, was stolen on Wednesday 6 December with its £25,000 load of chocolate biscuits. Contact:...

results of roadside breath tests as evidence of drink-drive offences In proposals announced in the Queen's speech. Roadside...

by Melanie Hammond Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has hit out at the Department of Transport for its continuing...

• The Government has admitted that the vehicle excise duty rebates announced by the Chancellor in his pre-Budget statement have...

• The price of fuel is finally coming down for bulk anti forecourt buyers following a fall in global oil prices. Freight...

• Steel hauliers across the country are bracing themselves for further job cuts following the resignations last week of two...

Drivers from the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G I working for P&O on their fuel distribution contract for Shell were...

• by Ouy Shepard P&O Stena Line has ruled out increasing its prices next year to cover the cost of compulsory checks for...

This is the opinion of many HGV drivers who responded to our recruitment feature which detailed the effect driver shortages are...

immigration service, even though it had no evidence to prove its case. The threat of closure has been hanging over SJ Freight...

• by Brendan Nolan irish hackers will be pay i ng thou,:ands of pounds less in diesel duty following a Budget that will leave...

• A French local authority has agreed to buy the port of Newhaven in East Sussex in a bid to safeguard haulage jobs....

• The major oil companies, which sold fuel on their own forecourts more cheaply than to independent suppliers after the...

• National competition authorities and the European Commission have agreed that EC investigators should study the fuel market...

by Guy Sheppard Volvo has admitted that parts from its trucks were secretly removed to meet a customer's weight requirements...

Drivers, drivers, drivers. Possibly tho biggest problem facing the haulage sector in the medium to long term. Many now...

IK by Dominic Perry Hauliers faced with horrendous delays at supermarket Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs) are demanding...

II Scottish fish hauliers are facing a tough year with the European Fisheries Commission expected to impose huge cuts to...

II Government confusion over truck taxation is being blamed for a slump in artic sales. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

SECURE PARCELS Securicor Omega Express has won a three-year parcels delivery contract with Lloyds TSB worth £12m. Lloyds has...

• by Melanie Hammond Police are searching for a hit - and - run driver who struck a scooter and left the rider to die in the...

• Essex Police are appealing for witnesses and informatio following a hit and run involving a truck an 26 October nea...

• Just when you thought US truck operators had finally embraced the idea of an aerodynamic artic-50% of all bonneted tractors...

• With a relatively modest Interstate gross weight limit of just 36.28 tonnes (80,0001b) on three axles, US truck makers want...

• The van Aaken Developments story goes back to 1992, when it began as retirement project for nuclear physicist Dr David...

• The simplest of VAD's diesel offerings is the CPC plug-in module. Designed specifically for the Bosch VP30 CAN-controlled...

This approach caters for electronically controlk turbo-diesels. VAD is one of the network of dealers autte rised to fit the...

le Our guinea pig for the optimisation process was a 100h Fiat indirect-irdection turbo-diesel engine with Lucas medlar cal...

• Leafield AVM has been bought by DaimlerChrysler, in a move which should extend the use of its VeMIS vehicle monitoring...

• by Kevin Swallow German axle and suspension manufacturer BPW has developed a lightweight air suspension system that cuts the...

last year comes the all encom passing wheel hub design. Standar tapered roller bearing: thrust washers, seal irig bearings an...

Following atrial of five vehicles, Dodd's Transport has added five more AutoTrans-equipped Mercedes-Beni Actros 6x2 tractors to...

drivers instruction in the "behavioural aspects of driving" in a bid to improve technical and psychological skills. Contact:...

ICS Black Box in Loughborough has launched three on-board computer systems with Windows-compatible software. Fleet Log is...

With compulsory seat-belt for !ICUs becoming law early next year, Securon of Amersham, Bucks is offering a seat-belt system...

its vans. As well as product information operators can find data on approved conversions and used vans. site: www.renautt....

Freight forwarder Associated Haulage (Liverpool) has been given until the beginning of the year to put its house in order ur...

Using a vehicle with a defective speed limiter cost Liverpoolbased TJ May & Sons (Carriers) £285 in fines and casts when the...

North London-based CHB Transport had its licence revoked after the company failed to attend an Eastbourne disciplinary inquiry.

Barry magistrates decided charges of the theft of £4A00 from M&G Haulage, which arose after former driver James Tindal was put...

Airdrie-based Robert Elliot has had his licence revoked and has been disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0-licence for a...

Glasgow-based John G Russell Transport escaped with a warning about future maintenance standards and convictions when it...

A South Yorkshire haulier which has collected a series of prohibition notices since being granted a licence 12 months ago has...

Breaches of the drivers hours and tachograph rules and problems about maintenance led to Sheppey-based Burden Bros' licence...

_ Stuart Badley's _1 . ' single vehicle was described as "an _accident waiting to happen" when he appeared before West Midland...

An owner-driver re ed said si chograph fi records while acting as a police informant has lost his licence and been...

The government appears to have gained some public support against the hauliers with its reduction in road tax and 3p/lit on...

Havingjust read the driver recruitment article (CM16-22 Nov) I felt I had to write to you about how misleading it was. There...

Having read your article in CommorcialMotor on recruitment (CM16-22 Nov) I thought I would let you know of my experience as a...

Having just read your article "in short supply" ( CM 16-22 Nov) I felt compelled to write in reply. I am 51 years old, and...

Although he has a tight grip on that wreath, MAN's retiring boss Dr Klaus Schubert is determined that the celebrating MAN...

The Hawk's mission to advance the image of Reliant Robin drivers has suffered another setback. A bespectacled grandad set off...

If you're still clutching your sides in agony from the last cart printed, here's another that will have you doubled up. They...

The Lady Truckers Club has good news for its members. quit ally. Along with its newsletter, the LTC has launched an on-lini...

4x2 tractor version has proved something of a revelation, snapping up a tenth of the heavy truck market. Major fleet operators...

CM'S used truck route is shorter but no less demanding than the tried and tested Scottish route we use for new vehicles. The...

• TYRE SELECTION was simple once. Specify drive, steer or trailer axle, negotiate hard on price and monitor wear rates. True,...

• Bridgestone, along with Continental, has been the main pioneer of ultra-low-profile tyres. Interest in these tyres for UK...

Not the best of starts, I grant you. keep instructor Graham Gregory and co-learner Keith "Cowboy" Turner waiting as I turn my...

• If you passed your car test before 1997, you can drive up to? tonnes on that licence. if not, you must first take your Cl...

A new initiative in Northern Ireland si In Northern Ireland, government agencies have worked with the Road Haulage Association...

is sun Bob Grant, a veteran haulier w: business spans three decades, ha back from eight trucks to three, w spare for when...

the protesters outflanked by a canny Chancellor and washed out by inclement weather? Steve McQueen reports. A s campaign...

• The timing of the September protests was perfect. Thousands of British holidaymakers returned home at the end of August...

up and down the country. Or did he? For as far back as most CM writers can remember. British hauliers have railed against the...

• Although this is one of the key points to be decided by the consultati exercise, early indications suggest that it will cost...

increased numbers of mergers and takeovers, with big operators growing even bigger, leaving less room for the traditional small...