by Mike Jewell • A haulier who has two convictions for trailer theft emerged from a public inquiry this week with his good...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has postponed plans to split its operations into vehicle testing, enforce ment and central functions...

by Amanda Bradbury • The biggest ever Metropolitan Police truck theft investigation has ended with 12 arrests in Nottingham and...

• Drivers' hopes for a much needed service area on the M42 at Solihull were dashed last week after the Department of Transport...

Alexander of Ifield Field, Crawley, Sussex has been charged with stealing a truck worth £10,000, with the theft of an £83,500...

• Some 20,000 workers in the milk industry are to be balloted on a series of one-day strikes after twice rejecting an...

same truck to collect pigs from more than one British slaughterhouse on the same day, if a consultation document is accepted....

in north London have been slashed by a third. The British Road Federation is calling for red routes on the rest of the 220km...

by Barbara Miller • An East Dorset haulier says he is being forced out of business, faces "devastating" costs and has had to...

• Irish Road Haulage Association president Sheila McCabe is calling on the Department of Justice for a special police force to...

• The number of trucks on UK roads fell by 3.5% last year. A Department of Transport goods vehicle survey shows that 415,000...

by Steve Sturgess • California's West Coast International Trucking Show at Anaheim was dominated by a crop of hi-tech engine...

by Amanda Bradbury • Water companies look set to start contracting out further areas of their transport operations following...

• Bristol tipper operators could expect a bonanza if a local plant hire firm wins planning permission to level a former...

• Business Post's franchisee operation in Sheffield has unexpectedly closed. The news came as the company unveiled the...

• Acquisition-hungry Robinsons International Removals is on the verge of buying Eynsham-based competitor Cantay Removals. The...

• Ten new drivers have been taken on by Daly Transport Services to cope with an upsurge in business to Morocco. The...

• Former owner driver Robert Twinning has blamed his maintenance problems on his employment of other drivers. Michael Carless...

• An unsatis factory maintenance record and failure to stick to statements of intention has led to the authorisation on the...

• Cwmbranbased Mastergreen was given a severe warning when its licence for six vehicles and six trailers was renewed by South...

• A failure by a driver to collect a fire extinguisher when carrying a mixed load including fireworks, cost United Carriers...

• An operator "badly let down" by his maintenance contractor has had his twovehicle licence renewed for one year only following...

• TNT Express (UK) has been ordered to pay driver Malcolm Green £150 compensation after making him redundant without prior...

Could privatisation really extend to goods vehicle enforcement? One police officer describes the idea as "good news for the law...

"My truck's been stolen and the police aren't doing anything about it..." we hear the same complaint on our Crimeline desk most...

2 Nis 4x4 road testers realise that a vehicle has to be put through its paces, testing it to the limit, but even they draw the...

down on staff CM has introduced a revolutionary new concept, inflatable road testers, seen here for the first time. The...

ritish Rail has undoubtedly mastered the art of implausible excuses for late arrivals— witness the "wrong kind of snow" and...

ij he Russian public will soon be dismayed to learn that the Didsbury davits are coming their way. Surely they will say, the...

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

Greek connection • The Transeuropa Line will run a twice-weekly ferry service from September to Igoumenitsa in Greece from...

Abnormal number • Operators wanting to haul through Wiltshire with abnormal loads—those loads exceeding the weight or...

• A debt collection service which charges only if it is successful is on offer from London-based commercial investigation firm...

Combined show • Intermodal 93 will show off the latest developments in combined transport and container technology in Hamburg,...

• The Road Haulage Association's International Group Conference will be held on 26-27 October at Ashford in Kent. It will...

• The merits of contract and own-account distribution will be one of the themes at the Freight Transport Association's national...

• The impact of EC legislation on temperature monitoring will be the theme of a seminar organised for 21 September in...

In the family • A 20-page booklet giving advice on how family-run businesses can avoid heavy taxation is available for £5 from...

Riveting popper • Maintenance departments needing a new blind rivet setting tool have a few months before Tucker Fasteners...

• A system to help hauliers who store diesel on site keep a tab of how much fuel each of their trucks is using is available...

• Gemini Elettronica is developing an alarm system which will page a driver if his truck is broken into. The Worcester-based...

ROADWATCH • For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min...

Price as tested: £8,310 (ex-VAT). Engine: 1.6 litres, 55kW (74hp). GVW: 1,585kg. Payload: 460kg. Fuel consumption (laden):...

Price as tested: £67,215 (ex-VAT). Includes £2,850 for Cummins L10 Celect 350E engine'; £1,575 for Jacobs engine brake and...

D epartment of Transport figures reveal that 70% of all road traffic casualties occur between 0&00 and 18:00hrs, but despite...

out in Sweden, the Human Sciences and Advanced Technology (HUSAT) Research Institute at Loughborough has been looking at...

St = statutory instrument cif = coming into force SI No 1122 The Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying...

UK • The Vehicle Inspectorate options for the future— Consultation on the privatisation of HGV Test Stations (CM 15-21 July)....

ransport consultant Robert Coates should get his facts right before sounding off (CV/5-11 August). The Freight Transport...

T read with interest the 1 comments from three bosses of small haulage firms about an independent report we have completed for...

LI t_ rin e Most hauliers are used to dealing with demanding clients, but they don't come more demanding than the movie...

C he Government is jumping the gun on road pricing. Despite the fact that its own research on road pricing will not be...

Drivers, especially tippermen, face many risks off the road when loading or unloading. But who should shoulder the...