PAGES Sand 8 VEHICLE NEWS EXTRA Boughton comes back; Montracon trailers shift parts PAGES 12-14 VEHICLES Continental Toyotas on...

• by Charles Young The government is to examine the practicalities of a diesel rebate scheme for hauliers, reflecting an...

climbed onto a trailer loaded with telecom mast sections as a drunken prank. The inquest verdict was death by misadventure.

Gloucester Business Park at Brockworth and the M5 and M4 via the A419.

Trucks over 18 tonnes are now banned from the A68 between Tebay on the M6 and Brough on the 466 unless they are carrying access...

More than 15,000 drivers have had their licences revoked under the New Driver Act since its introduction in June 1997. This...

JS Chopra from PowerStyle Transport of Sittingbourne, Kent has won the CM/DEB Panther Power Washer Competition with the slogan:...

• Industry feeders are increasingly confident that vehicle impounding legislation will be on the statute books by the end of...

• by Chfcerrespondent Two haulage bosses who overworked a driver in the lead-up to a horrific motorway pile up which left two...

III After more than a century, the Leyland name will no longer be seen on the front of new trucks. On 1 January 2000 a new...

loss of another boss • John Chapman has unexpectedly quit as acting head of the Road Haulage Association after being passed...

• Winchester police are hunting for a truck that was hit by a Skoda car last week while it was stationary and unlit in the...

• The UK's largest haulier, NEC, is enjoying an upturn in its fortunes following the sale of Allied Pickfords. It now plans to...

• Meetings were being held this week to prevent a haulage strike in Dublin port today (16 December). Hauliers claim shipping...

The spirit is willing... Did John Prescott jump or was he pushed? And will anyone in the haulage sector really care? While the...

Statoil has renewed its Irish contract with Wincanton Logistics until 2003; the deal is worth about IRE2.5m. MAYNE MI= Mayne...

• by Karen Miles Hauliers can expect to see speed enforcement rise by up to 800% in the new year as at least eight police...

the next 20 years if no preventive action is taken, the government has predicted in its Quality gaffe index published last...

EWinoanton Logistics has spent £500,000 on this tanker cleaning site and has opened it up to all hauliers in the West Midlands....

• A tipper driver was crushed to death by a reversing HGV which did not appear to have an audible warning signal, a Birmingham...

FM cabs fitted with bodies from Heil. Working in regions from Scotland to Liverpool, the Big Bite units have on-board weighing,...

line with cheaper cars. But a spokesman for the company says 1200 buyers will now be able to reclaim VAT on the pickups and...

millionth 300 series engine with a cast bronze version of the engine. The 300 was launched 50 years ago,

Matra Europe is operating two new Iveco Ford EuroStar 420 tractors with extra large 1,250-litre fuel tanks. The units will...

disqualifies it from the new VAT refund, Nissan will pay the tax element (around £2,700) for VAT-registered customers while the...

• The E Series van from Mazda has been updated with a redesigned interior, a new brake load sensing valve and a higher payload....

• Daihatsu is recalling more than 3,000 of its Hijet vans and pickups because of a potential problem with the fuel injection...

• by Colin Barnett As part of a plan to strengthen its position in the European light CV market, Toyota has displayed a...

van manufacturers calls for a vast pool of semitrailers. Ford's 2,00o-strong fleet requires regular replacements; this recently...

• by Colin Barnett Two years ago, the old established name of Boughton was on the verge of extinction. Estimates vary between...

of Dundee has been curtailed to nine vehicles because of a number of convictions and concern over the group's maintenance...

Cannock-based Plato Technology £645 in fines and costs. The company pleaded guilty to the offence when it appeared before the...

Licence for six vehicles and two trailers despite an objection by the police. West Midlands DIG Alan Bourlet accepted that the...

it appeared before South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Brigadier Michael Turner at a Westminster disciplinary inquiry.

led to the licence held by Bradfordbased Paul M Clayton being suspended for four days at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry.

A Wrexham-based haulier has been given 14 days to prove that all outstanding fines have been paid and that two VED matters have...

The three-vehicle 0-licence held by Kendal-based scrap metal dealer B&C Gregg is being reduced to one vehicle for two weeks...

with a trailer Staff were a problem Lichfield magistrates gave Northampton-based Peter Nightingale, trading as Premier Car...

failed to appear before North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner, has had the suspension extended until 5 January...

Failing to produce tachograph charts has cost John Walsh & Sons, trading as Manchester Tip pers, 1900 in fines and costs. The...

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

I have recently become a member of Hacketts & Associates (Scotland) and am amazed that the first service they've arranged has...

I am writing regarding the letter from Mr Farmer who was enquiring about "Nighthawk" anti-glare glasses (CM18-24 November). I...

A century is a long, long time, more than double one's business lifetime, but throughout all those years, save Eve, Commerci a...

and our correspondent The Hawk takes a sideways look at road haulage. If you have suitable tales, charitable works, or quirky...

One of The Hawk's eagle-eyed correspondents spotted this splendid exarmy vehicle unloading timber at a workshop in Mitcham,...

Foden the dog was sniffing round this canine story with great interest, Battersea Dog's Home in South-West London recently took...

If you are going to take the moral high ground, you should first make sure you have a secure foothold. Otherwise, like Bradford...

I Price as tested: £61,250 (ex-VAT). Engine: 1t97 litres, 355hp (265kW). NW: 32,000kg. Body/payload allowance: 22 1 991kg....

32.364VFL 8x4 SPECIFICATIONS MODEL MAN 32.364VFL 8x4 "Highway day cab tipper chassis. Design OVVI: 32,000kg. importer: MAN...

determined to take it easy as we enter a new millennium? The signs are there, from remote control television and Internet...

looks at Roadrunner for Windows, a new ultra-low-cost package that can compete with the best of them for just £99. n terms of...

you're going to need some racking—unless you simply plan to block stack pallets on the floor, that is. Continuing our series on...

ehind the clipped tones and the royal regalia of last month's Queen's Speech to Parliament lies a picture of just what the...

F rance has a population similar in size to the UK's, spread over more than twice the area. But despite the extra space, two...

it was the subcontractors who were hit the hardest. Ian Shaw reviews what went wrong—and looks for the danger signs that might...

1 Len Valsler, the man behind Kent-based LV Transport, had a boyhood dream of driving trucks. That certainly wasn't what his...

Lords, would like impounding to become a priority. And it doesn't necessarily target old vehicles, he maintains. • If you want...