by Derren Hayes • Hauliers may have to spend thousands of pounds extra a year on tolls because the European Union wants to...

• Both main political parties rearranged their transport teams this week, with Clare Short demoted by Labour and Steven Norris...

by Miles Brignall • Traffic Area Office staff have voted five to one in favour of taking industrial action to oppose closure of...

• France has backed down over belly tank fines after pressure from the EU over its persistent abuse of the hazardous cargo...

1 s there really any "mystery" to commercial yelwheel loss? Or is that single word simply a col nient excuse for poor...

by Derren Hayes • A British meat haulier is threatening legal action against a French farmers' union after a mob hijacked and...

• Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has called on the Government to intervene in the case of British driver Stan Allsop. He is...

• Losses at the Central Transport Rental Group soared 750% to 12181m in the year to the end of April after exceptional costs...

• A haulier was hurt when thugs torched two of his trucks in an apparently motiveless attack at his Woolston Bank yard near...

• The jobs of hundreds of Merseyside drivers have been saved following the return of a major US container shipper to the port...

by Lee Kimber • Express parcels carrier Parceline is offering its drivers the chance to become owner-drivers under a new...

• Early results of the traffic control pilot scheme on the M25 show it has been so successful it is likely to be used on other...

• Truck driving is getting safer. The number of LGV accidents declined for the third year run ning in 1995, despite an increase...

by Derren Hayes II British international operators are being fined hundreds of pounds in France because the French police don't...

by Derren liayes • Lorry drivers who commit minor road offences will be able to swap fines or penalty points for extra tuition...

• A truck driver was beaten up by three raiders and threatened with what he thinks was a gun as he slept in an Essex yard. The...

by Brian Weatherley • A new, more powerful exhaust brake, an improved faster-acting version of Eaton's semi-automated...

• Whale Tankers has added computerised control to its Whale Blazer gritter design. The system allows users to specify precise...

• Palfinger distributor TH White of Devizes has introduced a crane designed specifically for timber operations. Rated at 9.7...

by John Kendall • London-based Transport S ecurity Systems has developed a flat tyre detector for use with its Runflat 2000...

• Grahams of Gildersome has built an unusual temperature. controlled curtainsider. The insulated trailer is fitted with a...

by Charles Young and John Kendall • The future of compressed natural gas-powered commercial vehicles lies firmly in the...

• Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel engines could be fitted to ERF trucks in future, according to Mike Harvey, vice president...

M •Dorking 0 Magistrates have given employed by VP McKeffry an absolute discharge for using an overloaded vehicle, but they...

I Andover Magistrates granted Kenneth Howley Transport an absolute discharge, after the company admitted using a dangerous...

• A York haulier who was said to have carried on operating the same mainte nance system for years without bringing it up to...

keeps its 0-licenci • A company which has not operated vehicles for two years, despite specifying vehicles on its licence,...

• Until the end of September Varta is offering its Super Heavy Duty batteries for sale at the same price as the Heavy Duty...

down with Spatz guards Ram reminder • Hyva Group has developed a II Swift has successfully completed a 12-month evaluation of...

• A lube-free pump which all but eliminates the intermittent stalling caused by freezing air valves has been introduced by...

• Vehicle power equipment specialist Mobile Power has introduced a space-saving, vehicle-mounted air compressor. Operated by a...

Scotched theory T read with interest your story about North Yorkshire Police's attempts to stop hauliers overnighting in the...

I 'm not surprised to see that small operators are making bigger profits than big firms. They run on lower costs, employ fewer...

need sun glasses to look at it, this striking trailer is the work of Glasgow art student Bridget Allison. She was the winner of...

SICKNESS / t's amazing the places some manufacturers choose to launch a truck. If you're MAN or Mercedes it's got to be in the...

INDEPENDENC C ommercial vehicles have been around for the best part of 100 years, and in all that time basic chassis design...

Joe Turner is the second generation in the family business started father Henry more than 40 years ago. Beginning as an...

SUCCESSION OR SALE NEATH, EST, GLAMORGAN W hat do you want to happen to yot. business? Are you creating an ass( to sell? If...

LIMERICK, IRELAND Freightshift was founded by former international driver Sean Murtagh in 1987, in the wake of the previous...

The Forum of Private Business conducted I extensive research into the nature of UK private businesses in 1989 and from 2,000...

NEWLYN, CORNWALL Fish supplier W Stevenson has been keeping it in the family since 1845 and now runs Britain's largest trawler...

Tipperman Mike Forder employs his son Robert as transport manager in the eight-vehicle business which he founded 24 years ago....

HARDEN, WEST YORKSHIRE Jonas Crowther has three sons in his seven-vehicle business. A fleet of four tippers work in North...

FlUE L abour MP Angela Eagle has some wry advice for the haulage industry as it prepares for the introduction of 40tonne...

bulletil Jail risk on houi I f current prosecution levels are anything to go by, many operators, transport managers and...

A large number of all cases which come before magistrates courts are dealt with in the defendant's absence. Procedures allow...

two of its vehicles were taxed and tested at a Birmingham Disciplinary Inquiry before West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner...

Most operators will receive a prohibition at some stage in their careers, but how do they understand the details on the...

n general a goods vehicle with a gross plated weight of more than 3.5 tonnes jor, in the absence of a plated weight, an unladen...

S enior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts recently warned operators that he would consider revoking licences if they failed to...

C T ransport: The Way Forward—but which way? That is the question I have to ask. The Government's transport green paper, while...