• The news that the Government has awarded the first concession to build a 50km private toll motorway around Birmingham should...

• A Brussels-imposed 80km/h (50mph) speed limit for trucks on Britain's motorways has moved closer. Members of the European...

• Police want to question the boss of a Chichester firm which offered backloads to Spain and has shut owing hauliers thousands...

• Hauliers will have to pay the equivalent of £3 at today's prices to use the Birmingham Northern Relief Road, Britain's first...

• The Office of Fair Trading is still considering a plea by the Road Haulage Association to allow it to publish cost tables to...

• Traffic examiners have been ordered to be "more receptive to the reasonable requests of drivers" when they ask for a reweigh...

• Derbyshire tippermen have received letters from ARC asking them to submit fresh tenders for contract work — and the company...

• The effect on motorway congestion of moving freight from road to rail is a factor the Government should consider when...

• Kent-based haulier Frederick Stanton was remanded on bail at Sheerness magistrates last week after being charged with drugs...

• Government plans for a national Environment Agency to take control of waste regulation from local authorities will help waste...

• Two trade associations are calling for Government cash to be given to companies to run public weighbridges, and for more...

• Former Road Haulage Association vice-chairman Barry Hempsall has died after a long illness. Hempsall, who started his...

• A haulier, who got a public inquiry into his licence bid adjourned after demanding to question an absent traffic examiner,...

• Lynx Express Delivery Network is about to start aerodynamic artic bodywork trials which could lead to fuel savings of more...

• This unusual recipient of the three-pointed star is one of the 24 "Service Tunnel Transport System" vehicles being supplied...

• TNT is hoping for 15% fuel savings on a contract with Lever Industrial by introducing a fleet of aerodynamic tractor units...

• Detroit Diesel is joining in the call for improved diesel fuel quality, and says that without the necessary changes some of...

• Scania has sold its first highspec Centurion tractive unit to Worcestershire haulier Taylors of Martley. It is the company's...

• A pusher axle 6x2 80 Series Leyland Daf, developed by Billingham dealer North East Leyland Daf (CM 25-31 July), has gone on...

• Leyland Daf is set to boost its Series 60 Freighter range of 17-tanners with an uprated model. The new truck, likely to be...

• Renault's 17-tonne G230 truck will be available this autumn with an automatic clutch, The development could later be an...

• Golden West Foods of Hemel Hempstead, fast-food chain McDonald's' sole distributor, is expanding its fleet with two 13.6m...

• English China Clay has slashed wages of Cornish tippermen by up to £120 a week, but drivers are not opposing the cuts. "The...

• Truck cab maker Motor Panels has been rescued from receivership with a £14.75m cash bid by a company a quarter of its size....

• Red Star International, the British Rail parcels carrier's international division, has cut delivery times by half by...

• Parcelforce is offering unions a £280 one-off payment instead of imposing a wage freeze — but the cash has been rejected as...

• The Courage Beer Company has confirmed it is the mystery drinks firm for which John Dee began advertising for contract...

• TNT Retail Express has announced new contracts with Makro and Littlewoods subsidiary Index Catalogue Shops. The Makro...

• Grimsby magistrates have thrown out charges alleging that a vehicle belonging to C & C Transport, of Scunthorpe had exceeded...

• Permitting drivers to take insufficient daily rest and break the 41-hour driving rules cost Oldham haulier Alan Wilson £605...

• The bankruptcy of one of the four partners in Windmill Transport Services has cost the company its goods vehicle and PCV...

• Albert Deeble, a partner in Darley Ford Coaches of Upton Cross, near Liskeard was alleged to have put his name on a...

• David Pearson and his son Mark have been granted authority to keep their two vehicles at home. They lost the use of their...

• Teesside Crown Court imposed fines of £7,800 on 12 drivers and two fitters employed by AW Biker, trading as Bikers of Bedale,...

II A York operator who was said to be unable to find time to train his drivers to carry dangerous chemicals has been ordered to...

• Twelve overloading charges against Basingstoke-based Janaway Farms have been thrown out by Southampton magistrates and the...

• Kassbohrer is unveiling its latest 300 Series coach at the Kortrijk fair in Belgium this October. The new range is expected...

• Birmingham-based bodybuilder the Carlyle Group has introduced a new welfare vehicle which it hopes will double its community...

• Plaxton's commercial and marketing director John Tortis one of the casualties in the latest round of redundancies at the...

jam after his truck broke down at a Yorkshire service station. Penniless and hungry he faced a 10-day wait for parts to be...

truce in the power war. Now that the 500hp (373kW) barrier has been broken even the most self-indulgent ownerdrivers are...

But the Foden's performance does not depend on good luck. Better-than-average hillclimb times were backed up by even faster...

• If motor cars had developed as fast as computers, a Rolls Royce would be the size of a pinhead and cost less than a £1. Some...

environmental legislation, has been working to make its trucks quieter — and now they are about to add a powerful hi-tech...

• The microchip has given a great boost to the efficiency of road transport. The advent of small, cheap personal computers...

N o matter what measures hauliers take to stop their trucks being stolen, they are almost powerless when faced with an...

availability of driver training in respect of hours and tachographs rules (CM 27 June-3 July), 1 should like to make two...