• Leading transport lawyer inl of Blackburn, has died. Born in 1930, John joined his father in road transport law in 1 953...

• Scottish hauliers were left battered and blown last week after severe wind and rain brought chaos to road and ferry...

INVESTIGATION by Charles Young • Hauliers are warning against accepting work from two directors who have run no fewer than four...

• Walsall-based Transline Logistics has had its licence revoked after a traffic examiner denied a claim by managing director...

• Two candidates are chasing lorry drivers' votes for the post of Transport and General Workers Union deputy generalsecretary....

by David Craik • The Government has told the Road Haulage Association that the "fuel escalator" policy will remain, despite a...

III The Vehicle Inspectorate says a letter from The Trailer and Towing Advisory Service inviting operators to buy a booklet...

by Ian Wylie • Hauliers could leave themselves open to legal action by fitting steering-wheel aids to their trucks. This view,...

PARALLEL UNIVERSE L ife's full of little parallels. Take road haulage and farming. While British truck operators are being...

• Hauliers suffering Ireland's midlands traffic bottlenecks can now call for directions around the congestion by mobile phone....

• Bradford-based Bradley's Transport Haulage and Distribution has called in a liquidator after suffering cashflow problems....

• Eurotunnel Freight train drivers have called off a series of 24-hour strikes after accepting an improved 11th-hour pay offer...

• Hauliers harassed by protesting crowds should benefit from a new Scotland Yard unit aimed at reducing public order offences....

by Charles Young • Tamworth-based David Williams Transport (DWT) is the latest haulier to throw in the towel, blaming the loss...

• This First World War tank and one of the Army's most modern Challengers were taken to the Cenotaph in London by Bristolbased...

by Tim Maughan III One in five hauliers have experienced vehicle or load theft in the past 12 months, a Freight Transport...

• A £2,000 reward is on offer to anyone who can help recover two new trailers worth more than £100,000 which were stolen from...

• Trade unions must start recruiting members in new companies or face extinction, says the co-ordinator of a TUCsponsored...

• An elderly couple had a lucky escape when a 32-tonne truck belonging to Sewell Distribution crashed through Iwo ardens walls...

• Trading Standards officers have seized 1,700 fraudulent air brake coils in Manchester following a tip-off from a Welshbased...

• A leading Welsh academic has called for legislation to restrict the increases in tolls on the Severn crossings after the...

• Tanker drivers at Kuwait Petroleum have said goodbye to 44 years of driving memories with the retirement of one of their...

The European Commission wants to give employees in firms with more than 50 staff a say in the company's future. What will this...

• Leyland Dal has introduced a Special Edition of the 45 Series 7.5-tonner. Aimed at the retail market, the Special Edition is...

by Toby Clark • Foden has been promoting its new Alpha range of tippers at quarry days hosted by its dealers throughout the...

by Brian Weatherley • Jim Gibb, sales and marketing director at Boalloy, is bemused...apparently hauliers think a Tautliner is...

by Steve Banner • When Kettering-based truck dealer John R Billows and Volvo parted company a few months back after a 30-year...

• A County Durham haulier who refused to attend a public inquiry because he did not believe his company would get a fair...

• Maintenance problems at Pontypridd-based M&E Bin Hire resulted in its licence being cut from four to two vehicles at a...

1 - r ,-• Llanerynmair, Powys-based EW Jones & Son was given a final warning about maintenance standards after a roadside...

• The Transport Tribunal has stressed that any environmental conditions that are imposed on 0-licences, and any undertakings...

• A Bolton com pany, whose nominated transport manager had been convicted of handling stolen trailer parts, was granted a new...

Ors 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 Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

C an anyone recall the firm A&G Training, believed to be from Northampton about 1990, which spe cialised in fork-lift courses?...

I refer to the recent letters in 'Commercial Motor concerning Mr Steven Norris. I am a member of the Road Haulage Association,...

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

III ere's a fellow with the weight of the world on his shoulders—well almost. John West, 56, is the current European...

a. Why did a grown man in a chicken suit cross the road? A. To boost Automobile Association membership in Dublin. I don't...

IN hen it comes to the birds, Business Express certainly knows how to deliver the goods. Bill Kelly, managing director of the...

CM has teamed up with Donald Armour from the Freight Transport Association's legal department to highlight laws in the...

CM has evaluated a number of dual-fuel trucks, but this is our first time behind the wheel of a wagon that combines diesel and...

CONTROL The time, effort and hassle of dealing with the aftermath of an accident can be taken over by a third party. Steve...

UK hauliers have been under pressure—on rates, diesel prices, fear of finding stowaways, traffic congestion and so on. Some are...

IMPRESSIONS BERING() ECTRIQUE Price as tested: £9,120 (ex-VAT). Engine: 162V DC electric motor, 38hp (28kW). GVW: 1,950kg....

Saving fuel is high on Neil Evans' list of requirements, and to this end he has invested in eight ERF ECils—a sound business...

Family-run businesses are the backbone of the road haulage industry but they may be dying dynasties as external pressures force...

West Midland Traffic Area officers joined forces with the Vehicle Inspectorate last month to hold an 0-licensing seminar in...

Dr Martin Busk is a GP in Kent who carries out frequent medical examinations on behalf of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency....