the Department of Transport; the Highways Agency's network of trunk roads and motorways is valued at £55bn.

• by Michael Jewell The first haulier to lose his Operator's Licence since changes to law governing good repute came into force...

innocence of drug smuggling from his Moroccan prison cell, has started his second hunger strike. Bryant, who is about to start...

Reg Crabtree, 61, was at the Habertoff farm owned by Nigel Hancock shovelling animal feed off the back of his truck when an...

Suffolk last week to discuss the problems facing British haulage. Organisers Brian Palmer and Cohn Frost say they will delay...

is in line with the national UK average—the sector retains its number 11 position in the middle of the job prospects league...

government for exaggerating the health risks posed by road traffic. It says road transport is "rarely responsible for anything...

Year 2000 award for an unprecedented fifth time for its FH12,

reflect a stronger focus on "global supply chain solutions". A new corporate identity will be phased in over two years from...

• The government has no intention of ending the fuel duty escalator, according to Shadow Transport Secretary John Redwood....

• Demonstrations involving around 2,000 French truck drivers are threatening further misery for international hauliers who are...

by Guy Sheppard The influential parliamentary Transport Select Committee is to investigate how effectively the UK haulage...

• Irish meat haulage ground to a halt last week when farmers began a nationwide blockade of plants in protest at new meat...

• by Karen Mlles An eagerly awaited test case on flagging out could still go ahead despite courtroom confusion last week over...

Wrong arm of the law... And so the inevitable has happened: the first operator has lost his licence under the new regulations...

ig A lorry driver was fined £180 after claiming he crashed into a railway bridge because he thought his container was a foot...

• by Melanie Hammond Sales of heavy goods vehicles in Eastern Europe continue to outstrip sales in the UK, according to a study...

truck carrying a full load of bricks ploughed into a queue of rush-hour traffic on the outskirts of Cheltenham. The five-axle...

• A Lancashire haulage firm has ceased trading, leaving 56 drivers out of work after the loss of a major distribution...

by Karen Miles Transport operators handling food are likely to face even tougher scrutiny under European Union plans to set up...

in A leading waste management company is to pay out more than £100.000 after faking the amount of potentially harmful waste it...

• k haulage boss has protested to Derbyshire police after the driver of one of his four trucks received a prohibition notice...

by Guy Sheppard Warehouse operators in the North-west, Yorkshire and Humberside can expect to see the largest rises in the...

• The Road Haulage Association is holding a new annual conference to fill the gap left by TipCon's inclusion in the huge...

Demand from drivers means • Truckfest 2000 will include a competi f tion category for the "best kept light commercial...

to boost 10% target show o:itftetturroeit • by Peter Lawton Renault VI's replacement or the Midliner will be launched at the...

breed of pickups has been unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. The Dodge MAXXcab concept vehicle is claimed to be the first...

• Some significant increases in sales are hidden among the overall fall in registrations reported by the Society of Motor...

• by Toby Clark For Ford, 23 March will be an important date: the new Transit will go on sale, backed up by a new TV...

• A visit to Jere, Spain was our first opportunity to drive the Transit on real roads, and it was a pretty good test We drove...

some time driving a pair of its tractors equipped with EuroTronlc automated 12-speed transmissions. The first vehicle to be...

control, which is usually provided by electronic systems. These systems can communicate with electronically controlled...

A Lancashire firm has lost its appeal against the refusal of North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna to...

0-licence conditions which restrict vehicle loading outside its operating centre when it appeared before Scottish DTC Richard...

Drivers' hours offences committed by Burntwood, Staffordshire-based John Shein, and permitting simi lar offences by his two...

by 7erthshire haulage company Fenton Transport being cut from 14 vehicles and 20 trailers to 10 vehicles and 11 trailers....

carrying marble by 9.9% has cost DRS Partners, of Clay Cross, and driver George Wilson, £1,195 in fines and costs at Lichfield...

to ease timing restrictions on its licence, following objections from the local authority and representations from neighbouring...

at an Eastbourne disciplinary inquiry that Maurice Knowles, trading as T&MK Haulage, should have a licence performance review...

TSC (Barnsley) had its twovehicle licence revoked by North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe on the grounds...

Hauliers have to grin and bear the present eco nomic climate and operate within the law or give up—operating outside the law is...

Falsifying tachograph charts to hide the fact that they were driving for more than 4.5 hours • • without taking the required...

reply from Vince Welsh, director of customer support, MAN Truck IL Bus (CM21-27 Oct 1999). He appeared to be writing on behalf...

getting people out of cars and onto public transport. It could bring slight relief for those trying to service our urban...

Open ietter to the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott: lam a haulier operating in the UK and on the Continent, and I would...

If you are smarting because you still haven't received a Christmas card from your favourite transport journal then allow the...

As an avid Robin fan, The Hawk showed a keen interest in this new quarter - tonne pickup from Reliant. Features on the truck...

Bob from Sheffield is no exception. With his sleek white vest and wet black nose, Bob, Sheffield RSPCA's longest staying...

when we had the Ducato Maxi in the run up to Christmas. The weather was the most miserable and inhospitable of the whole year,...

with companies rushing to stake their claims in cyberspace. And for what? If you simply want a web site because your...

If you've got a computer and want to surf the web but haven't got access, why not try out roadtransport.net, the free Internet...

• Remember that speed is the key. Bear in mind the "goldfish" mentality, plus the fact that there are loads of web sites and...

CM spoke to three companies with differing agendas: • Oneview.net targets the small and medium-size business sector, and...

cY LEGS sir - ) BETTER? E ngineers who specialise in retrofitting lift axles to tractive units might not be lighting their...

trucks that came and w his father's farm in Cronberry, Ayrshi captivated in 1968, he bought a Atkinson tipper and started his...

also true. Do you speculate to accumulate or play it safe? Mike Sherrington spoke to five operators and found compelling...

of October last drivers face losing their 0-licences for the most minor ( according to leading transport lawyer Stephen...

Do you remember Gordon Brown saying in March 1999 that he would reduce the rate of employers National Insurance from 12.2% to...

U have been many objections from the transport industry to the fuel escalator. There have been many transport companies going...