• The Government says it plans to introduce legislation to penalise iate payment of debts. It will give firms the right to...

by Andy Young • P&O Ferrymasters has been fined £8,300 for tachograph offences and ordered to pay £2,000 costs—but after the...

• EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock wants to regulate Sunday and public holiday driving bans to harmonise restrictions...

by Miles Brignall and David Craik • Eurotunnel will carry on using open-sided carriages to carry trucks through the Channel...

• sources say that removals giant Pickfords has derecognised the Transport & General Workers Union, following a dispute over...

WE'RE REVERSING re we the only ones to see the irony in the story on page 14? Bardon (England) wants its owner-drivers to fit...

providing the information they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk io our readers, to...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers are facing vehicle washing bans this summer because of Britain's longest drought for more than two...

• Tibbett & Britten moved a step closer to acquiring Applied Distribution Group for £17m with this week's issue of shares to...

• Irish hauliers stand to get only Ifirn of the £17m they are owed by Bell Lines if the Irish courts approve a rescue plan for...

• The driver who single-handedly brought London's traffic to a standstill before Christmas by driving into the overhead gantry...

• More than 250 Irish hauliers working out of Dublin Port are set for a showdown with shippers and consignors after demanding...

by Karen Miles • A week-long hearing has been scheduled to examine the evidence in the manslaughter charge against Eric...

road buildin g proiects, including the Birmingham Relief Road, is in doubt under the Labour Government. The new administration...

• Hauliers have until next week (19 May) to apply for g rants to help pay for the introduction of g reen fuels. The...

by Karen Miles III Drivers look set to gain improvements in their working hours and pay following Labour's landslide victory....

to hold public inquiries outside their traffic areas was challenged at a recent Leeds public inquiry. John Backhouse,...

by David Craik • The vehicle recovery industry should be restructured to prevent staff working up to 19 hours a day, says an...

• Hauliers can now insure against the cost of being randomly investigated by the Inland Revenue. With the introduction of...

• Evidence that cancer may be developed through the use of mobile phones should make haulage companies more aware of how often...

by Sally Nash • Both the Freight Transport Association's president and director general have now come out in favour of closer...

• Special Types vehicle rules have once again come under the microscope as Cleveland police clash with heavy hauliers over tax...

• Bardon (England) has told owner-drivers working out of its West Drayton quarry near London to fit reversing camera systems in...

41 Volvo and ERF both sold more trucks in April compared with the same month last year although overall registrations fell by...

by Bryan Jarvis In This year's IRTE exhibition boasts the world premiere of a reefer trailer that uses solar power to cool the...

• White & Co has added four Scania P94-220 17-tonners to its Botley-based fleet, all equipped with Marsden Vanplan 12m/...

• UK removals giant Pickfords is preparing for changes in the housing market by adding 48 new rigid pantechnicons to its fleet...

which will concentrate on computer technology. It is working on a satellite-aided sensor for Mercedes' Intelligent Traffic...

now available in a 45-60k9 lighter version with hanger brackets at 1,200mm centres.

an order of 10 from Montracon. The large volume trailers, in Delamode International livery, have insulated roofs, spare-wheel...

• Ecotek is producing fairing kits, designed and manufactured in the UK, for MercedesBenz Actros tractive units and drawbars...

EXCLUSIVE by John Kendall • Seddon Atkinson launches its Leader municipal/urban delivery chassis with low entry cab and...

charge-cooled diesel, with wastegated turbocharger. Option Max power hp (kW) Max torque lb& (Nm) 2,200rpm @ 1,400rpm C245...

Mud? Slush? Black ice? You don't know the meaning of the word slippery until you've driven in Lapland...Tipper driving is all...

• David Kite, trading as DK Services Midlands, of Tipton, was granted a new national licence for two vehicles and one trailer...

• Maintenance problems resulted in the licence held by Patrick and Hugh Laing, trading as PA Laing of Hawick, being cut from 16...

action against Armadale haulier Archibald Johnstone, Scottish TC Michael Betts issued Johnstone with a final warning with...

• Maintenance problems and a number of convictions have led to the authorisation on the licence held by Wrefords Transport...

IN A Liverpool haulage company succeeded in winning authority to operate additional vehicles and trailers despite being warned...

given a severe warning at a Leeds public inquiry after disputing whether prohibitions imposed on his vehicles were justified....

1 • A Lancashire dairy firm has lost its bid to convert its licence from a restricted to a standard national licence after...

• A Manchester scrap metal company had one of its two vehicles suspended for a month when it appeared at its second...

by Karen Miles • The Transport and General Workers Union is to exploit Labour's promise of wider union recognition by forcing...

• Ford drivers at the heart of a row over racism are sticking to their decision never to return to the Transport & General...

British truck drivers seem to be unique in their reluctance to strike or block roads to win better pay and conditions. Last...

• A Bradford-based owner-driver has been held on remand in a French jail for three months on suspicion of smuggling cannabis....

• Bandvulc has launched an innovative tyre for the tipper market with a radical tread design. Called Tippermaster, the tyre...

• Kellett (UK), the truck, trailer and PCV spares wholesale distributor's revised comprehensive catalogue has double the number...

• Shell has launched a range of heavy-duty diesel engine oils under the brand name of Rimula, replacing the Myrina and previous...

• Having recently re-established its distribution division in the UK, Iskra made use of the recent Automotive Trade Show to...

The 28th Institute of Road Transport Engineers Conference and Exhibition will be the event's final year in Telford—next year...

• 20 May: Road Haulage Association Southern Sz Eastern Region technical forum at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. To be...

• Eurotruck Services is now MAN service centre for Dorset, based less than one mile from Poole ferry terminal. Contact:...

• Transport Law and Policy is produced by the Waterfront Partnership and gives information on current and future transport...

• The World Directory of Liner Shipping Agents is now in its 11th annual edition. More than 3,200 container liner agencies and...

• London-based Ivy Learning Software has developed programs to test drivers' hours, licencing and tachograph regulations. The...

• The Motor Industry Reasearch Association has produced a CD-ROM called ELTAG containing European legislation details, the...

• Milton Keynes-based Mercedes-Benz Finance has appointed Nigel Coghill as national fleet sales manager commercial vehicles.

• Refrigerated Vehicle (UK)'s sales executive for the Midlands is Dave Cotter.

• International manufacturer Bosal (UK) has a new distribution manager based at its Bamber Bridge plant, Geoff Prysor-Jones.

• Phil O'Gorman is the first general manager of Royal Mail's nationwide network of road transport vehicle maintenance workshops..

• TDG Vehicle Rental has named Alan Wildman as general manager. Glasgow.

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

Dennis comes home—finally 0 n 1929 this Dennis fire appliance started its career in Hove, East Sussex where it did sterling...

mong drivers displaving a "How's my driving" sticker is Paul Kane of the More Group. As well as boosting B 30 the industry's...

here are no less than 35 15 Gardner-powered buses Gardner-powered buses earning their keep in Switzerland (and not a lot of...

F urther to the letter by Reg C Eplett (CM 1-7 May), [too have checked tacho charts from two manufacturers and have noted time...

T noted with interest your I artiCle "Local Pressure" (M 27 March) and indeed the discussion on transport and congestion which...

CM Truckfest where my company had entered me and four colleagues in the best kept company vehicle class, We knew we would not...

W e understand your enthusiasm for combining the strengths of PTA and RNA to produce stronger services for industry (CM 1-7 May...

iust three of the benefits claimed for electronic braking systems (E135). Add disc brakes and you've gota hi- lech fIGV braking...

pressure to build up before any valves are activated, not only does EBS apply the brakes faster, it also allows them to be...

In a normal truck the braking process is activated by compressed air. With HS electronics the electrics perform this...

According to Scania's Sten Lundgren, disc brakes offer a number of advantages: "When it comes to pad wear there are added...

CM has teamed up with Neil Johnson from the Freight Transport Association's legal department to highlight laws in the pipeline....

• Vehicle dimensions: Changes proposed to C&U regs early in 1997 to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU...

Price as tested: El 9,691 (ex-VAT), Includes £15,608 for the basic vehicle plus £1,068 for ABS; £224 for driver's airbag;...

M ore than a few transport operators have foundered on the rocks of complacency, but Scottish haulier Andrew Wishart has taken...

ternational operators are facing increasing difficulties dodging between the numerous Sunday and public oliday driving bans...

W e have just bought two new vehicles. One is working locally at £52.50 per hour. The other is working for less than £20 per...