• by Mite Jewell Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane has effectively outlawed the partial flagging out of...

• The haulier whose truck caused a horrific accident in West Yorkshire in which six people died has applied for another...

• The Hauliers & Farmers Alliance denies it is bowing to outside pressure by postponing its national protest against fuel duty...

MORE TRAFFIC Traffic levels have risen by 1% since the first quarter of 1999, according to provisional estimates for the first...

Transport Minister Lord Gus Macdonald was laughed at and jeered by Road Haulage Association members for suggesting that a fall...

• Volkswagen is edging closer to its goal of becoming a major European truck builder by taking a more active role in the...

• by Sally Nash Speculation is growing that the French, Belgian and Dutch transport trade unions are preparing to take action...

• by Sally Nash A routine check spiralled into massive fines of £54,000 for transport firm Cyril Knowles and £26,850 between 23...

• Dublin Port hauliers are threatening to withdraw services from Stevedores Marne Terminals mu in protest at the company's...

AM K's spokeswoman hit the nail right on the head this week when she described the fine off28,000 for illegal immigrants found...

• Commercial Motor is extending its editorial activities at roadtransportnet with "Law on the Web" legal pages, produced in...

• Railtrack has given its backing to a £200m rail freight terminal west of London, which will take a projected 600 million...

• Legislation designed to crackdown on the late payment of small businesses is having little effect on the problem, according...

• A transport boss for an NHS trust is launching a final appeal after being dismissed amid accusations of various illicit fund...

N by Liam O'Brien Hauliers on board the P&O Stena Aquitaine when it collided with a Calais jetty fear the ferry operator won't...

III Transport ministers are deciding whether to approve £900m-worth of road building and maintenance in Kent. Roads Minister...

II Disgruntled members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers opposed to the planned merger with the Institution of Plant...

One car plant was axed and another was reprieved in the space of three days last week. But, as Guy Sheppard reports, these...

drivers have been fiddling them, and with no mandatory physical test it's been hard to monitor their operation. But now the...

• CM has spent a full day at MAN's UK headquarters in Swindon with a variety of TG-A tractive units at our disposal to see how...

• by Peter Lawton A specialist security company is stealing into the transport market with a new system for trailers designed...

• A new portable weighing system has been developed by Central Weighing. The Alligator is designed to cope with any truck on...

II Keen-eyed readers will have spotted that the Volvo FM? 310 we drove in last week's issue was in fact fitted with a PPG...

Shell is trying to create "the best LPG infrastructure in the UK" by bringing LPO refuelling to 200 of its sites within the...

' Land Raver is challenging for a share of the lifestyle market with a new version of the Defender. The 110 Double cab uses...

Leyland-based Burrows (GM) £550 with £70 costs. Chester magistrates fined driver Andrew Ferrer £200 with 170 costs. NO...

A Solihull international haulier who is serving a 21month prison sentence for smuggling tobacco has had his Operator's Licence...

Using his employer's name on tachograph charts has cost Lancashire lorry driver Anthony Lees £2,150 in costs. Lees pleaded...

• A Merseyside haulage company lost its licence when it failed to attend a Trafford disciplinary inquiry before North Western...

A Cumbrian operator is waiting to see what action will be taken against his licence after evidence of alleged drivers' hours...

Gloucestershire livestock haulier Edward Gilder, who trades as Graham Gilder has been cleared by Western Traffic Commissioner...

Heck, call me old-fashioned, but as much as loves me trusty Reliant Robin, I draw the line at bringing a into the house. For...

In this group photo the order of the day was not so much "say cheese" as 'say cheese and onion". Geoffrey Simms (centre),...

The Hawk burst into song earlier this week, the reason being that the old bird had just received the final pair of new releases...

The prospect of a driving test is enough to induce an attack of the vapours in most sensible folk. No such faint-hearted...

The Hawk has eyes and ears everywhere, and this week news reached him of an incident which occurred on the Black Isle in...

FL617. The main differences were the increased design GVW—hence the new model number—and compliance with the Euro-r emissions...

• There's no better guarantee of any motor vehicle reaching old age in good condition than to give it to one responsible...

greater profitability and resources flexible enough so he never has to turn down work. Some fleet operators believe they have...

S ooner or later, one of your customers is going to ask you to hold their goods briefly before delivering them, and unless you...

with a bucket of popcorn to soak up the latest Hollywood blockbuster, spare a thought for the unsung heroes of the film...

people and rattled other cages when he said that hi father "got on his bike" an found work. Powerful stuff an the phrase is...

When your colleagues are also family, relationships can be too close for comfort. But David Harvey shows you how to heal your...

H auliers in rural sites are feeling more exposed than ever to the unpredictable and seemingly unstoppable activities of the...

the drooped shoulders of resignation. No matter how much time we spend forward planning, downtime happens to the best of us....