London Mayoral candidate Frank Dobson says he will not introduce congestion charges if he is elected.

Transport Minister Gus Macdonald will not meet delegates from the RNA and others to discuss taxation policy before the Budget.

The number of foreign vehicles checked for roadworthiness by the Vehicle Inspectorate fell by almost 2000, in the year...

Police want to interview the driver of a green Volvo artic, 0429 WM, following a fatal accident in Dark Lane, Rhayader. Powys...

Two ever-present features of haulage—traffic jams and junk food—are major factors in the risk of heart attacks, according...

The tracking system feature in last week's issue gave the wrong number for one of the suppliers, Tardis Mobile. The correct...

The Norbert Dentressangle Group boosted its turnover by 15% last year, to £465m.

II by Karen Mies British hauliers are quite legally—using cheap, Eastern European drivers within the European Union, and...

el About 150 hauliers and farmers are to stage a joint demonstration in Newcastle upon Tyne this weekend as a final protest...

Prospective hauliers should have access to at least £20,000 before being allowed into the industry, according to the managing...

• by Michael Jewell Senior lraffic Commissioner Michael Betts has warned that registering vehicles abroad purely to pay a...

• The haulier who faced a £2,000 bill for diesel bought on his fuel card after it was stolen is taking legal action because...

• The director of Global Transportation, which ewes thousands of pounds to disgruntled hauliers, faces further legal action...

m by Karen Miles Operators and drivers have a little over two years to get to grips with digital tachograph technology All...

• A family haulage firm which has been trading since 1910 is to close. Preston-based Doodler & Sons will cease trading within...

Summer of discontent Next week we'll be reporting on the Budget and, unless we're much mistaken, we'll be giving you bad...

We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...

• by Charles Young The Road Haulage Association says it received a more sympathetic hearing from a cross-party group of MPs...

• The director of a Welsh haulage firm is among Britain's top young millionaires, according to The Sunday Times. Although...

• North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe has warned that operators who fail to attend public inquiries to...

• A Frenchman who set up a haulage operation in the UK has escaped a corporate manslaughter charge following the death of one...

• Irish Customs officers have raided another diesel laundering plant just south of the border with Northern Ireland. This...

• The disparities in fines handed out by magistrates was emphasised last week by two cases involving hauliers who appeared...

• he days of drivers offloading goods and being required by store owners to stock supermarket shelves is coming to an end on...

• The Scottish lawyer who is fighting to stop agricultural contractors taking on general haulage with red diesel in their...

II Irish police have followed the example of the UK's Vehicle Inspectorate by buying mobile weighpads for rural areas. The...

Ne by Peter Lawton An owner-driver who shipped his Canadian Volvo back to Britain has found himself landed with an expensive...

Norweb, is taking delivery of 14 new Seddon Atkinson Stratos. The 26.305Ms join 40 other Seddons in a 400-strong fleet. They...

warranties on its entire range of CVs to three years with unlimited distance. The company has also contracted with the RAC to...

C15 Champ, which first hit the market in 1984. This year's sales are up liss an last year, and Citroen plans to offer the van...

van, which goes on sale next Thursday. Prices have increased by an average of less than 1% over the previous model, despite...

I_DVs, bringing the total in its fleet to BOO. The latest batch comprises 29 vans and 125 minibuses.

shop through Yorkshire-based Distribution Tractor Services. Services on offer include vehicle sourcing, design. refurbishment...

• FRE has unveiled the operational details of its latest Fuel Duel exercise. The major change is that Fuel Duel booXings...

When TOG specced up the latest Volvo FM to join its fleet, versatility was a top priority. The tag-axle 6x2 tractor is working...

Mercedes-Benz is very cagey about improvements in fuel consumption from the commonrail engine, saying it would rather wait for...

• by Sharon Clancy Central Tyres, the Pirelli-owned tyre distributor, has closed its 130 truck tyre branches and replaced...

• Improved road safety, better fuel economy and financial savings are among the benefits claimed for a new vehicle monitoring...

Falsifying tachograph records and taking insufficient daily rest cost driver Paul Bennett 2450 in fines and costs when he...

by Aberdeenbased Direct Waste Management being curtailed to three vehicles and four trailers. Scottish IC Michael Betts said he...

Scottish IC Michael Betts has suspended the licence held by Chisholm Contractors of Cannich by Beauly, Inverness, for a week...

at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry for hours and tachograph offences. The company had previously been fined £5,350 by Bolton...

Lords Manufacturing of Dulwich, south-east London, has been rejected at an Eastbourne public inquiry.

a licence for two vehicles, instead of the four requested, subject to an undertaking that the company employs a transport...

A Huddersfield firm has been refused an 0licence because Its proprietor was connected with various companies that had operated...

inquiry, its inability to produce tachograph charts was blamed on the proprietor of a driver agency who has disap peared. The...

made an unfortunate start since being granted a licence last February has had his authorisation cut from five vehicles and two...

A restricted licence holder cannot be required to employ a CPC holder, but anyone operating HGV s should have access to this...

In a few weeks' time them will be another Budget and I dread to think what new measures will be dreamed up to cane the...

On 24 February my son Karl. Joe Cook and I lost our appeal against being allowed to protest peacefully on the highway. This...

A report in the daily press recently referred to the declining ferry industry in Dover. As part of a Europe that is supposedly...

After reading the informative feature last week on satellite tracking (CM9-15 March), I felt I had to respond to your summary...

Not drowning, but waving, this intrepid bunch of adventurers described as "mature" motorcyclists set off on 15 March to cross...

No, it's not Phil and Cathy from Eastenders, put your glasses on! TLS regional sales manager Paul Lyon is handing over vehicle...

As the time draws near to the opening of the Croydon Tramlink, the Hawk can hardly contain his excitement. Luckily the old bird...

an old joke, but one that simply reflects the increasing importance of waste management and the growing industry behind it. The...

• The Holdall is a five or sixcompartment recycling body, designed for roadside separation of refuse into (for instance)...

• The first user of the Dennis/Trio combination is Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire, which has started to use it on a...

• Borough engineers have often been thought of as dogged individualists, determined to have their own design of vehicle to...

For an international operator, switching to a larger fuel tank or adding a second tank is the best way to take advantage of...

John Williams. BASED: Sandwich, Kent. SPECIAUTY: Traction, UK and international. CONTACT: 01843 823111. • Dawn and John...

• Fitting beforehand saves downtime and is livery-friendly. If you have a truck fitted with a replacement tank it might take...

Farrow. BASED: Great Yarmouth. SPECIALITY: General haulage, UK and international. CONTACT 01493 441444. • "One of the...

• When it comes to making economies on fuel. Nigel Fry has all the angles covered. Not only does behave large tanks fitted to...

While there's no denying that there are gentlemen who conduct business in such a fashion, many collectors operate perfectly...

In effect, you "sell" them to a factoring company, which takes over responsibility for collecting the cash. You can draw up to...

Model trucks might be seen as the stuff of childhood; pens carrying a haulier's logo may be dismissed as just another piece of...

reasonably assume that the most dangerous part of the job is the threat of injury in a road accident. The law of averages...

took his Vauxhall Viva E coupe to Smithfield Market in Manchester and filled its boot and back seat with fresh veg. He bagged...

The Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999. CIF 1 March 1999. Implement Directive 96/35 regarding the...

• MoT testing: A bill to give practical effect to the computerisation of the MoT testing scheme for cars and light vans is...

• Can you tell me what the new authorised weight limits are for single axles and tandem axles on motor vehicles and...

holds a restricted Operator's Licence for carrying our own goods. A haulier has approached us to take over our delivery work...

large haulage company were recently found guilty of manslaughter. The case resulted from the deaths of two people on the M25 in...