Thoreau: "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." Obviously he never worked as a British road haulier....

planning to raise summonses involving Carlisle haulier Eddie Stobart over charges against various people relating to alleged...

Sixty owner-drivers are picketing 10 ARC sites in South Wales in protest at rates cuts which will slash their earnings by...

Tipper operators working in the construction industry face fines of up to £20,000 for failing to sheet up loads collected from...

of turning the west of the county into a "patchwork quilt of no-go zones for lorries". "In the past six months we've had more...

loading bays, should not impose restrictions before 08:00hrs, and must allow 30 minutes for loading to meet the needs of...

they are considering militant action to protest about declining standards in the industry. Dan Kinsella, director of The Port...

fell by 2.4% last year, but the signs are that the slow haul back to recovery is underway. Registrations rose 7.9% in December...

long-standing row between the shipping lines and international traders over profit levels intensified this week in a dispute...

Express UK's biggest distribution centres in the North-East are bracing themselves for a pay cut of up to £120 a month as the...

a 12-month contract with The Caledonian Brewery to deliver its bulk beers. Bosses warned • Bosses who flout health and safety...

One of the company's drivers was threatened by three men armed with a baseball bat at a Shepherd's Bush, west London truckstop...

Purpose Vehicles) believes it has found a market niche converting tractive units for airport runway snow clearance....

Services has completed the first optional line fitment of Hersham Valve's Retro Super VPS retarder on a Foden tractor for...

have joined the Kennerty Farm Dairies 500-strong fleet operating throughout Scotland. They are fitted with insulated box bodies...

coupling has been made more rigid and easier to use. Extra springs have been introduced to hold the forgedsteel jaws open,...

of Driffield, Glos has acquired the first Volvo F16-500 6x2 Air Ride tractor to go into service in the UK. It was supplied by...

Ford will launch the 17tonne Super Cargo in April. The latest addition to the new Cargo range will be powered by three variants...

of its Geartronic automatic gearshift system to the FL10. Geartronic—revealed exclusively by CM in July 1991—has previously...

drivers at WH Smith News' magazine and newspaper distribution depot in Peckham, south-east London expect to be around £200 a...

will be forced to apply for a full 0-licence and compete with private contractors for the services it provides West Berkshire...

executive of the Transport Development Group, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Boalloy following last summer's...

its warehousing, currently in and around Widnes, Cheshire, to its Gavin Road site in the town. Logistics manager Steve Drury...

of economic recovery by their failure to understand the needs of small businesses, according to research by the Forum of...

be one of only four European truck manufacturers to survive into the 21st century, says Iveco Ford Truck managing director Alan...

taken over the operation of the Volvo cargo terminal at South Killingholm on Humberside from Smythe Shipping. John Symons,...

road transport industry are slowing down, according to statistics compiled by accountant Touche Ross. The final toll for 1992...

to take over the assets of Southworth Chassis Engineering, which called in the receiver on 14 December. Chris Drinkwater, the...

by Alan Adair and Anthony Westwood, trading as Haulage Technique, has been cut and their HGV licences have been suspended for a...

the duration of the licence held by LM & JS Stamp Transport of Cookley, near Kidderminster being cut to expire at the end of...

John Mervyn Pugh adjourned a disciplinary and licence renewal hearing until February when he heard that Collingbourne...

launched its Tru-Hitch Type 240 tractor/trailer recovery unit at the Automechanica show in Frankfurt. The model shown was...

new Boalloy 13.6m curtainsider trailers for Tesco have been built to full Tautliner specification with self-supporting roofs...

manufacturer Acco-Rexel has added three sleeper-cabbed MAN Euro-1 Eco 17.322FLD 4x2 drawbar outfits to its fleet. The trio are...

Control Systems has a new family of portable and fixed data loggers for recording the many variables such as temperatures,...

Association has produced a policy statement on the use of non-original and secondhand panels in vehicle body repair. Such...

of Severn Trent, has acquired 11 multi-axled Scania rigids worth nearly £750,000 with a variety of body systems for retrieving...

a quick-fit fixed-roof conversion for trailers and rigids to help livestock hauliers comply with legislation that came into...

launched a range of lightweight corrosion-resistant stainless steel flooring and cladding designed to replace the traditional...

reefer van trailers have entered service with Heron Distribution for its contract with the Gateway supermarket chain. They are...

invested almost £1.1m in 65 new 13.6m curtainsided semi-trailers from Craven Tasker and Boalloy. Craven Tasker is disposing of...

Central Trailer Rentco, is buying 900 new trailers and swap bodies from Schmitz Cargobull for its pan-European fleet. The...

(60hp). GVVV: 1,850kg. Payload: 705 kg. Fuel consumption (laden): 6.614/ 100km (42.7mpg) (Escort 40 diesel, CM 14-20 Feb...

prostitutes known as "Lot Lizards" because of the way they dart between trucks in parking lots, according to a survey in the...

industrial auctions where anything from a computer to a trailer can be picked up at knockdown prices. But bargain hunters...

a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

On a recent trip to Scotland I parked overnight in a lay-by near Carlisle. It wasn't a lay-by at the road edge but was a...

business using mini or midi skip trucks. Can you tell me what licences and insurance I would need? A If the skip truck you...

buildings and recently we were carrying one 4.8m wide when police stopped the driver and told him he should have had marker...

power steering, tachograph and full bulkhead. Engine: 2.5 litres, 60kW (80hp). GVIN: 3.2 tonnes. Payload: 1,500k9. Average...

Freight pulling a trailer without sideguards (CM 7-13 Jan). What kind of people are taking these things to court? Police,...

Taylor's article on the market for refurbished trucks in America (CM31 Dec6Jan), readers might be surprised at the extent to...

regulations and bureaucratic control as the transport industry, be it nialatiqr to goods vehicles or passen Wt, now have the...

system of fines, known , as Unit Fines. It's is among the most radical change in sentencing policies kr,2Byears. „ General...

be taken literally, for such a person must be someone who is not only recognised by the court as a specialist within a certain...

We all know that the freight forwarder's role is to arrange for goods to be transported between A and B, while the haulier...

put me out of business". This is not an uncommon complaint from hauliers whose operating centres are in residential areas. The...

7.5-tonner has modernised the fleet of potato wholesaler Jess Turner Potatoes, a family business of grandfather Jess, son...

years Rockwell has returned to the front-axle business with a flourish, as sole supplier to ERF for its continental market SPB...

our fitters' 4 T he problem of wheel loss on commercial vehicles is a bigger issue today than it was 40 years ago when I...