• by Charles Young The wife and father of a used truck dealer exposed by Commercal Motor for selling dangerous trucks are...

• The Road Haulage Association has accused the Government of delaying tactics following the decision that the Transport...

press for a UK motorway vignette to be introduced as a way of equalising VED rates with other EU countries.

Thieves spirited away a truckload of whisky worth more than t20(1,000 from a depot in Gloucester at 05:00hrs last Sunday. Its...

Hammond Logistics has been named Automotive Parts Logistics Company of the Year by the Institute of Transport Management.

and logistics director of Safeway, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.

A Leyland Constructor sixwheel tipper was stolen from Gordan° Services on the M5 near Bristol over the weekend of 5/6 June. It...

• by Mike Jewell A North Wales owner-driver who admitted fitting a device enabling him to falsify tachograph records has been...

• Moves to shorten the working week of Europe's truck drivers could be derailed by this week's shift to the right in the...

• Hauliers in the South can now cross the Channel every weekend to buy cheap diesel thanks to Trans-Action, which has...

N A truck driver who averted disaster when he steered into crash barriers to halt his runaway artic in May 1998 has been...

• An Irish haulier who appealed against a IRL750 vehicle excise duty fine was told by the presiding judge that the judge had...

In just under a month, hauliers from East Anglia are to meet MPs in the House of Commons to explain the impact of recent fuel...

• by Karen Miles Hauliers smuggling diesel into the UK are set to become the latest target for Customs. Anecdotal reports of...

a At least four British trucks carrying dairy produce were impounded on the border between Belgium and France last week when...

• The use of speed cameras to catch reckless drivers increased by 25% in 1997, according to the latest Home Office statistics....

a Suffolk Police are considering legal action against farmers who tried to stop Continental trucks from leaving Felixstowe Port...

• by Tim Maughan Isuzu Truck has slammed the - macho attitude of commercial vehicle drivers who are refusing to attend...

TUG Nexus has increased its business with Du Pont Nylon to include the haulage of 22,1300 tonnes of products each year from ADS...

Letchworth-based steel distributors Associated Shearers has awarded Welch's Transport a threeyear contract to make daily...

Football strip manufacturer Um bro has signed up Parcehne to handle all its UK distribution of kits.

P&O Trans European has been chosen by solvents distributor Chemftrade to supply four tankers and drivers to handle the delivery...

Practical Car & Van Rental has been signed up by accident claims managers Town & Country Assistance to supply a range of...

Cider and lager manufacturer HP Bulmer has renewed its contract with Exel Logistics' drinks division, Tradeteam, to warehouse...

Cleaning products specialist SC Johnson Wax has appointed P&LI Ferrymaster to carry out European distribution from Johnson's...

a An Irish truck driver has been jailed for five years for attempting to import IRS..600,000 worth of cannabis into Ireland....

• The Government has welcomed the House of Lords' first reading of Earl Attlee's private members' bill on impounding CM10-16...

• The Freight Transport Association is urging members who have not yet relicensed their vehicles after replating them to a...

• by Rosie Davenport

House of Commons to explain to MPs the impact of recent fuel price rises. The buffet reception on 15 ,it4 is being organised...

The Government is to set up an advisory committee to look into mobile phone health fears, but there are concerns that any...

— An attempt by local residents to close down the business of one of Britain's largest livestock firms. Gliders Transport, has...

• Inadequate road links to the Channel ports are stopping economic growth, according to a report by Sussex Enterprise, which...

III A crackdown on lorry theft has been launched by police in Northamptonshire. Operation Convoy is set to last indefinitely...

• A West Midlands haulier was banned from being a director after his transport company failed with debts of £90,591. Michael...

II Residents In a Shropshire town have won a year-long fight to prevent heavy lorries making a short-cut through the area to...

• by Karen Miles Hauliers should be able to move around Newcastle-upon-Tyne more easily from the autumn when the city council...

• by Brian Weatherley Following the news that Scania's 340hp 11-litre 0011-01 engine will qualify for a £1,000 VED reduction...

• Thousands of Renault Kangoos, Trafics and Extras and Vauxhall Arenas are being recalled because of potentially faulty...

• Mentor Automotive has formed a joint venture company with ZF to make and sell medium and heavy-duty transmissions for the...

111 TNT UK is making significant savings in time and money on Its new rigid vehicle preparation following a change to its...

• Thinking of uprating or downplating your truck? We still have copies of the recent Commercial Motor/Scania vrallchart which...

Every truck maker has a "sleeper" hidden away in its model line-up...a vehicle that's left to find itself a home in a niche...

This year's annual Institute of Waste Management exhibition looked like the largest to date—it attracted a huge array of...

A Scunthorpe company which was said to have "driven a coach and horses" through the 0-licensing system has had its licence...

A wheel-loss incident cost Doncaster trailer manufacturer Montracon and one of its drivers, Arthur Cope, £840 in fines and...

Police objections resulted in the withdrawal of a bid for a new international licence for two vehicles and two trailers by...

move the operating centre of its six-vehicle licence from Little Wymondley, near Hitchin to Wyrnondham, Norfolk at a Diss...

by North London-based Roadway Transport has been turned down ate London inquiry.

Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has granted Kelso haulier John Nairn an extra two vehicles and two trailers. The TC...

by Falkirk-based William Morton when he was called before Scottish IC Michael Betts because of concern over his maintenance...

Cranleigh Freight Services and one of its drivers have been granted an absolute discharge for using a vehicle with defective...

Operator's Licence at the second attempt The company won a twovehicle licence at a Cardiff public inquiry after Welsh Traffic...

Removing the fuse from his tachograph has cost Holywell, North Wales-based owner-driver Thomas Corbett 22,200 in fines and...

from events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Cammervidlister,...

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

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

The Hawk and Foden the dog recently treated themselves to a day out at the Horsham Historic Vehicles Show at Ditchling„ near...

Fifteen-year-old Andrew 250 miles, but it's always Robinson from Fordham, worthwhile,' he says. "I like Essex must surely be...

ENGINE: 3.9 litres, 134hp (100kW). GVW: 7.5 tonnes. BODY/PAYLOAD: 4.89 tonnes. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden): 17.1mpg...

loads to their destinations. David Taylor reports on White Arrow Express's decision to buy Transporter Engineering trailers—a...

life of their own, so putting them on semi-trailers L. could seem decidedly risky. However, some fleet operators are going for...

from high street retailers to van manufacturers seems to go to for advice on keeping cool... PROFILE: Company: LAC Vehicle...

O ne of the main themes of the large goods vehicle scene recently has been the increased emphasis on driver training, but much...

takes a look at training for van drivers. For the first time in many, many years, our man Colin Barnett went back to school......

Milk Marque and British Steel have raised questions about business thinking on this issue. David Craik finds out why some firms...

protection from unfair dismissal after just one year instead of two, warns Jonathan Exten-Wright. T he Government has now laid...

Asseclatlor legal department to highlight the latest Changes to UK and Eli transport law. He Is unable to take telephone calls...

it is _ vital for anyone using the motorway hard shoulder to inform the police immediately... I If you want to sound off about...