EXCLUSIVE by Rob Willock • Hot on the heels of the Government's announcement on impounding comes the revelation that haulage...

• Exel Logistics, part of the UK's largest transport company, NFC, has made a 3% pay offer to its staff—the lowest so far in...

• Dawsonrentals has ordered 250 Volvos in a deal worth 12.5rn. The FL618 and FL7 rigids and FL10 and FH artics will be phased...

by Miles Brignall • One Liverpool haulier was so incensed by this week's budget that as CM went to press he was planning to...

PRUDENT, MR BROWN? T he Concise Oxford Dictionary defines "prudent" as: "Careful to avoid undesired circumstances". So what do...

by Rob Willock • Truck impounding is just 18 months away—and it will be part of a package designed to toughen-up enforcement...

• Transport & General Workers Union officer Maurice Britton says parcels group United Carriers could find itself at an...

• A scheme to encourage the creation of new businesses in Scotland played a vital role in the formation of more than 1,000...

• EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock is proposing new European rules to force other EU countries to carry out random...

by Robin Meczes • The problem of UK operators being overcharged following breakdowns in Europe has been highlighted by a...

• Union bosses arc demanding sanctions against transport employers who fail to recognise a union when workers vote for one. The...

• As predicted, Liverpool-based Thorburn International Transport went into voluntary liquidation last week (CM 12-18 March)....

by David Craik • Carlisle haulier Eddie Stobart has won a £20m railfreight grant from the Department of Transport to develop a...

• The Government has revised the regulations designed to improve the safety of broken down vehicles. Drivers may now use new...

• The death of a courier driver in a head-on crash in France has been blamed on the number of hours he had been driving. At a...

• A traffic lane giving priority to HGVs and buses is to begin operating in two weeks' time in South London to ease congestion...

by David Craik • Hauliers have reacted with anger and bemusement to a statement by a police officer on prime-time TV that for...

• Rising running costs are transport operators' biggest concern, well ahead of safety, the environment, the condition of the...

• Northwich - based chemicals distributor James Coffer)/ & Son has been bought by Cumbria firm Brady Distribution for an...

The Yanks are coming...York is the latest European trailer manufacturer to pass into American ownership—will UK hauliers...

by Bryan Jarvis • ERF has bought the design rights and tooling of Britannia Truck's distinctive centre-steer cab; it plans to...

• Renault VI has won an order to supply the Belgian army with 27 all-terrain 8x4 breakdown trucks. The order was clinched in a...

• Dennis Eagle has supplied the UN's first fleet of gas-powered refuse trucks to North East Lincolnshire Council. The council...

After recently suffering from poor results in the US, Volvo is now staging a strong North American fightback with its bonneted...

working on three "worldwide product platforms" which Gustafson defines as: "A ]ow cabover, a high cabover and a conveinional."...

• Volvo's decision to offer Cummins' latest 15-litre Signature 600 engine (CM 24-30 July 1907) in its bonneted 1IN places the...

• American hauliers have traditionally bought "component" trucks, unlike European operators who have accepted integrated...

• A Shropshire haulier, who swore an affidavit that he had not used his vehicles since his licence was revoked last September,...

• David Palmer, trading as Fellview Livestock, of Longtown, Carlisle, is to be asked why he failed to appear before North...

• Bournemouth based David 301 Power, trading as A2B Rubbish, has lost his appeal against the revocation of his Operator's...

;16 • A Birmingham owner-driver who admitted he had vehicle untaxed and untested has had his licence suspended with immediate...

• A North Wales skip-hire firm had one of its three vehicles suspended for a week when it appeared before North Western Deputy...

by Sally Nash • A Scottish truck driver whose vehicle collided with a train on a level crossing has been cleared of causing an...

• National 48 - hour parcels carrier Business Express is asking its drivers to tell the company how it can become number one in...

• The Transport & General Workers Union's DriverCare insurance, launched last October, has made its first big payout to a...

• Truck drivers travelling in the Doncaster traffic area of South Yorkshire Police should be aware that the division is...

CM'S Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial .:1 i ? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

S oon we will all know what the Chancellor has in store for us in his Budget next week. If the press has got the right "leaks",...

T uesday 10 March! Just another date in the calendar for most people, but a day that will feature in the annals of the road...

W ith reference to your letter from RJ Lister (CV/ 26 Feb-4 Mar), I know how he feels. 1 hive been an Fl(iV driver with...

I could not agree more with Joe Walker of Nottingham (CM 5-11 March). It is about time god (Eddie Stobart) was put in his...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky corespondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

o he Hawk can recall a time when it was the prerogative of chaps from the world of rock and roll to drive their Rollers into...

ho would you most like to share yours with? A Toyota survey shows Tony Blair in pole position, overtaking the likes of Chris...

0 inging truckers, aka the Heathrovy . Flyers, are planning to raise money for Capital Radio's Help a London Child which takes...

nce again Soundwell college makes an appearance on this page. Commercial vehicle supplier Greenhous Leyland Daf has been...

QUESTIONS ANSWERED lsuzu's 6.2-tonne NPR has its admirers, but some of them have been asking for more payload. Isuzu has duly...

Major repairs don't come cheap, but writing off a damaged truck is also likely to leave you out of pocket. Industry insiders...

liar ations a theme Swap-body trailers are nothing new, but there are always fresh variations to be found, or designed, as CM...

Clocking up a century in haulage is no mean feat-the key might be to identify your customers' requirements before they do....

RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION The Rood Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 July 1997. Amends the lighting...

What do you do if an employee takes a job with your toughest competitor and takes your trade secrets with him? With the right...

could signal the start of a trend for truck manufacturers to move down the line into operation. Volvo Contract Services...

& Distribution Training Council, explains the importance of its skills survey if the industry is to overcome the shortage of...