It by Charles Young Ten people killed in a coach crash may have died unnecessarily following a Vehicle Inspectorate official's...

according to research by windscreen replacement specialist Autoglass. Outside the M25, other cities high on the list include...

English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) has launched two deep-sea rail services serving Felixstowe and Southampton. Two trains...

year and fined £300 after he was spotted eating chicken curry while driving his van. Edinburghbased Arthur Knowles was doing...

to smuggling cannabis worth 12m hidden among a trailer load of frozen turkey breasts, has been jailed for seven years.

has been bought by local businessman George Barrack; previous part-owner Ray Massie stays with the firm.

• by Melanie Hammond A group of drivers and their families seeking a new life in the USA have joined forces and suspended...

• A driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving may have been high on cannabis when he nodded off at the wheel of his...

Everything's bigger in America. When the American Trucking Association announced it was launching an advertising campaign to...

• UK hauliers taking British lambs to France could face reprisals after British farmers held up French trucks to protest at...

- 4 by Karen Miles • Owner-drivers can look forward to more work, and more bureaucracy. following last week's decision by...

• by Brendan Nolan Irish hauliers could be charged a £9 toll I for passing through Dublin city. Last week traffic consultant...

• Twelve truck drivers have now admitted committing tachograph offences while they worked for bankrupt haulier John Goddard of...

• International hauliers who use P&O Stena Lines can now use the Internet to check up-todate travel information via the...

• A group of independent hauliers which has formed a cost-cutting purchasing cooperative Is opening a new Office in Scotland....

• The Freight Transport Association's fuel duty campaign war chest is approaching three-quarters full. While it is holding back...

• by Karen Mlles Hauliers could face tougher safety laws after last week's train disaster near Paddington brought renewed...

• Two UK hauliers were forced to fly home from the South of France last week leaving behind their trucks and fines totalling...

• by Karen Miles UK lorry drivers will find themselves barred from another country at weekends if the Belgian government bans...

• A Kent haulier and another man convicted for their parts in a cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed. Paul Furmage, of...

from Meg,gitt Petroleum Systems to service its fleet of 350 delivery vehicles.

with PVC manufacturer Spectus Systems. The deal covers Spectus's 16 vehicles.

TIS is supplying Nightspeed with 50 Mercedes-Benz 3100 vans in a three-year contracthire deal worth £750,000.

Fashion Logistics, part of Tibbett & Britten UK Network Logistics, has won the contract for UK warehousing services with C&A....

UCI Logistics has secured a three-year contract with Clarks International, the leading footwear manufacturer and retailer.

from Chess Logistics Technology. It will be used to control and track the movement of pallets through the company's warehouse.

Evolution, the specialist cars division of the Richard Lawson Autologistics Group, has now been appointed as the exclusive...

BMW and Caterpillar Logistics Services have signed a 10-year partnership agreement under which Caterpillar will build a new...

local train at an unmanned level crossing in Co Limerick. PJ Bourke was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. The cause...

• Multi-agency checkpoints are being quietly dropped in the Irish Republic. The move follows sustained campaigning by civil...

cabs with twin bunks and facilities for two. Colin Barnett finds Renault wants to be alone in its new cab. Premium class for...

by Peter Lawton LDV is set to offer an after-market LPG conversion for the Convoy in the company's first move towards...

• West Midlands floor-covering supplier Tomkinson Carpets has replaced its delivery fleet with six Scania P94-220 17-tonne...

• Turning a 16.5m long tanker in a tight yard is made a little easier with the help of some lifting axles and rear steer. DW...

September 1998, but year-on-year sales are still down for most manufacturers. Latest figures from the Society of Motor...

MAN is supplying 15 10 - tonne 12000 reefers to Lox Transfleet for its contract with Woodwards Food Service. The 10.163Fs are...

Canada. It will be able to produce around 20,000 trucks a year for the North American market.

Five Berlingo Electriques are going into service with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The Citroens will be used to deliver...

Fiat's range of Ducatos is being modified and extended but prices are staying the same. The 2.8-litre diesel is now offered on...

addition of a new outlet for its range of trailers, tippers and reefer bodies. Rod Pybus and Peter Fleming will be selling the...

worth $1bn from JB Hunt Transport, the second biggest haulage outfit in the US. Hunt will be taking 15,000 trucks from...

• by Phi Sampson Just as Hurricane Floyd was ravaging the eastern seaboard of the USA, the North Yorkshire weather was doing...

local dealer. But as operators are increasingly put through the mill with higher costs and ever-tighter deadlines they're...

A Beattock-based company, which allowed an operator whose 0-licence had been revoked to put a vehicle on its licence, has had...

UK Holdings to pay West Calder lorry driver John Garry £750 in respect of unauthorised deductions from his wages. The company...

for four vehicles by Cambridge-based MacTraction has been turned down by Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms at a Cambridge public inquiry.

to Castleford-based Kenneth Howley Transport failing to increase its licence from 19 vehicles and 14 trailers to 25 vehicles...

by Winterbourne, Bristol-based Skyline Scaffolding being suspended for a week by Western IC Christopher Heaps.

Lichfield magistrates bailed lorry driver Graham Revill until November after he denied falsifying a tachograph record and...

Breaches of a condition restricting movements at the Taplow Mill, Buckinghamshire, depot of AA Griggs & Co have led to the...

III Last week Commercial Motor published a story in our Legal News section concerning an application for an Operator's Licence...

North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Pat ii rick Mulvenna promised to try to get a "phoenix" company's bid for interim...

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Cornmercial Motor,...

Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

Re the recovery fee threat, I have been in the recovery business for 35 years so I have some idea of costing. The Association...

Re "Foden Farewell to Sandbach" (CM16-22 Sept), the announcement was a sad story for me. My father started as a steam fitter...

There are times at the controls of his Reliant Robin when the Hawk slips into fantasy mode, harking back to his younger days...

0i, you lot, pay attention! Despite looking as if he is about to pick a fight, Kevin Keegan has clinched another big deal. The...

Calling all "Truckophiles1 On 23 October CV history buffs will have the chance to bid for a unique piece of history at an...

' PRICE AS TESTED: £19,703 (ex-VAT) including £13,040 for the chassis-cab and .£5,736 for the Razorback conversion. ENGINE:...

following a frantic three years during which they were updating their products to comply with the European Union Machinery...

by the Tories, including the right to union recognition. Will this signal a rush back to union membership? Mike Sherrington...

Four-and-half years ago driver John Mills was locked in a tiny room with no windows and an electric light which stayed on for...

opening specifically to target fuel sales to UK hauliers. Steve McQueen reports. We started selling it to local hauliers here....

signs you see will read "Toutes directions," or "All routes". You might also see the same sign in Sheffield, where it will have...

With the UK economy making its promised "soft landing" it could be a good time to expand. But what's the best way to get hold...

Bus, explains the massive investment behind the operation that justifies an increase in the price of truck parts.. • if you...