been appointed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as chairman of the new Commission for Integrated Transport. Sir Trevor...

husband John's fatal car accident on the A550 North Wales Road, Shotwick at 14:50hrs on Friday 15 January. His car, a red Fiat...

to open its service department 24 hours a day. The move will create 30 jobs.

Trucker Chris Brooker, who recently helped convict a drug smuggling gang after they approached him to bring in nearly 50kg of...

DFDS Transport is setting up a company to provide haulage throughout the UK: DFDS Logistics will be launched on 1May.

transport of livestock will be in place by the end of May. They will cover the question of animals fitness for transport (see...

• by David Craik and Charles Young British hauliers are prepared to launch a series of French-style blockades, shutting down...

• Norbert Dentressangle is shutting its Fareham depot with the loss of 24 drivers' jobs because increased fuel and VED rates...

by Mike Jewell A North Wales owner-driver who admitted using an interrupter switch to falsify tachograph records has been...

• A long-term project to make it tougher for UK international operators to break the law when overseas begins next week with...

"There are bad times just around the comer," sang Noel Coward..."We can all look forward to despair. It's as dear as crystal,...

s by Brendan Nolan Irish customs officers have launched a truck "profiling" system designed to catch smugglers at Irish...

• There has been no let-up in the nigh number of HGV smashes in the past few years, according to Government figures. In 1994...

• Truck drivers faced disruption when a West Yorkshire motorway subsided just two months after its official opening. Two...

• Midlands haulier David Vicary and former managing director Jim Weir have emerged as white knight buyers for the transport...

• The proprietor of a number of haulage-related firms was disqualified from being a director last week after Birmingham...

111 Suffolk-based Securicor Omega Logistics has bought Hertfordshire haulier Rosier Holdings. Chemical distributor Rosier,...

• Southern Counties Fuels is offering a "four-figure reward" for information leading to the conviction of vehicle parts...

• by Ian Wylie More than half the companies in the road transport sector are failing to pay their bills on time, according...

El Wigan haulier Steve Edwards is to face charges of tachograph offences less than two months after one of his drivers was...

• Trailer manufacturer Schmitz Gargobull is blaming the downturn in the food industry for the loss of 50 jobs at its County...

A A driver whose truck was among the 160 vehicles in one of the worst motorway pile-ups in Britain was jailed last week for...

• by David Craik A Welsh owner-driver who claims he is struggling to survive working for Redland Distribution's Independent...

• Derbyshire aggregates firm Stancliffe Stone says the reopening of two dormant quarries near Bakewell will safeguard 90 jobs...

• Scania's used truck roadshow gets underway tomorrow (Friday 16 April) at Hamilton Racecourse. As reported (CM 11-17 March)...

• Gwent Police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man who died on a busy dual carriageway after being hit by seven...

popular yet with attendance reaching 12,807 over the three days—up 41% on last year. Just 2,044 visitors came to the first...

of the Freelander will be launched before the end of May to replace the Discovery Commercial, which has been discontinued.

list price of £110m. The 4,000 shortwheelbase 120 customerservice vans and 2,000 190 twin-rear-wheel chassis-cabs for bodying...

to prevent unauthorised movement of trailers; it can also be used as an anti-theft measure. The C-Lock, which retails at £30,...

with a 11,000 cash-back offer. The refund can be taken in cash, or towards a deposit; the offer runs until the end of June.

• Oldham truck maker Seddon Atkinson has confirmed that it will be taking Cummins' new ISM 11-litre electronic engine,...

• Leyland Daf will launch two eightleggers at TipCon on 22-24 April to sell alongside the 85CF FAD 340. The flagship 85CF FAD...

W The Dutch-made CityRox body system was launched in the UK at the recent CV Show. Hydraroll, the UK distributor for Cityllox,...

Eaton's AutoShift gearbox is now available as an option in MAN trucks, and CM has been the first magazine to drive it in the...

• Eaton's AutoShift is available on a wide range of F2000 models—it can be combined with any of the 12-litre straight-six...

AutoShift is simply an automated shifting system, sitting on top of Eaton's S-series 16-speed synchromesh gearbox. While ZF's...

held by Armadale-based Walker Haulage from 19 vehicles and two trailers to nine vehicles and two trailers. He suspended a...

Pallet Services, of Kirknewton, West Lothian. being cut to two vehicles and suspended for a week. The firm appeared before...

A J Long Transport, has been set for the end of August at Liverpool Crown Court. Long is accused of smuggling more than 25.000...

Transport Tribunal after Eastern TC Geoffrey Simms refused to grant it an eight-vehicle/eighttrailer licence at a...

International licence has been turned down at a Cambridge public inquiry by Eastern TC Geoffrey Simms,

The Operator's Licence held by Kilmarnock-based A&D Transport Services has been revoked by Scottish Traffic Commissioner...

a il A North Wales owner-driver who was caught run ning without an Operator's Licence, falsifying tachograph records and...

Glossop Magistrates rejected arguments that a two-axle rigid truck carrying a car was a recovery vehicle and therefore exempt...

r.--7,rms No action was • taken against the licence held by Neath-based owner-driver Owen Egan after he provided evidence...

A Leeds disciplinary inquiry has heard allegations that half the operators in the Liverpool area are using rebated fuel....

The following letter was sent to 10 Downing Street by Trans-Action during the Day of Action on Monday. We in the road haulage...

and RHA have already intervened in the matter of parking charges at Granada Motorway Service Areas (Sound Off, CM1 - 7 April...

So the Hawk takes a fancy to HE Payne's roof-mounted spotlights does he? (Lay-By, CM2531 March). Had he ever had the...

The predominant subject in your current correspondence columns is that related to the price of fuel and the fact that it is...

RETALIATION Regarding our unfair fuel charges in relation to the rest of Europe, am I wrong in thinking that some years ago,...

Although doing a job well is a reward in itself, its always nice to get official recognition. International driver Kenneth...

This year's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Commercial Vehicle show featured the launch of Project Raja. This is an...

Recovery vehicles get sent out to pick up all sorts, but the Hawk suspects there were some raised eyebrows when the call came...

[ PRICE AS TESTED: £11,915 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.0 litres, 89hp (66kW). GM 2,780kg. PAYLOAD: 900kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden):...

f you hire out tipping semi-trailers you'll soon discover which manufacturers' products can stand up to a drubbing and come...

As if they didn't already have enough to cope with, new legislation on cleanliness is targeted at agricultural hauliers hut,...

overcome anomalies in the :urrent legislation. For example, hauliers :an currently load hoofed animals into rucks or trailers...

I PRICE AS TESTED: £18,650 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.5 litres, direct-injection turbo-diesel, 99hp (74kW). °VW: 3,500kg. PAYLOAD:...

vary depending on the circumstances but one operator was flabbergasted to receive a bill for nearly 15,000 to have a lorry...

Last year a Yorkshire haulier won damages and a formal apology from police following a raid on its premises. The police had...

Cases like Steve Wanton's are few and far between—transport solicitor Jonathan Lawton (below) says it carries the classic...

past 12 months—not to say that before then the going had ever been easy. After running a successful haulage business for 17...