URTU announced that the ballot for union recognition at Cheshirebased haulier James irlam Sons had gone in its favour. URTU...

CM EXCLUSIVE II by Cliff Caswell A road haulage consultant has launched a broadside against enforcement bosses this week amid...

• The European Commission is preparing to take action on sloppy standards in road haulage after the publication of a damning...

A 24-hour strike by drivers aught a division of P&O Trans iropean to a standstill on Manly (September 17) following ore than 18...

International hauliers face lays at ports and Channel inel terminals as security is ipped up following the terrorattacks on...

. by Dominic Perry Six months after Chancellor Gordon Brown promised the haulage industry an extra £100m, hauliers outside...

r logistics group Hays Is to end the Post Office's traditional monopoly of delivering low-cost mall. Two other firms are set to...

• by Cliff Caswell British truck manufacturer ERF is shedding half the workforce at its Cheshire plant in a move to return to...

• Customs and Excise is considering representations from the Road Haulage Association amid continuing anger over powers to...

in north-east Lincolnshire is being hailed as a success after 26 new drivers entered the industry. The local Employment...

has a long way to go to become environmentally friendly has been branded as unfair by the Road Haulage Association. The attack...

The first, Fashion Expre shipped in cbthing to Ireland several chain stores; its dos means the loss of 58jobs. Secui creditors...

have been laxed. The government feels Info:lent that foot and mouth in is hot spot has been conined. The stringent...

"EU regulations on road transport, particularly on working conditions, are not only insufficient; they are also, and above all,...

• First on the agenda was a dose of reality from some of the truck drivers who are out on the roads day in and day out. Their...

N Environmental health bosses have decided that they are satisfied with safety at a warehouse run by cut-price supermarket...

The Leyland name might not be seen on the front of too many trucks these days, but the long heritage behind the badge has...

w When Leyland Daf was broken up in 1993, eight of the newly redundant staff. led by Gary Smith. took over one of the old...

Oxford has added four Foden Alphas to its 34-strong all-Foden fleet. Two 6x2 tractors are powered by a 410hp Caterpillar C12...

• by Kevin Swallow Scania has strengthened its bonneted tractive unit line-up by raising the cab and installing its range of...

P TNT Container Logistics has introduced 500-litre Palleci Autoflow containers to its hire stock of intermediate bulk entail...

by 21st Network, of Newport. Gwent, by TC David Dixon at a Cardiff public inquiry. But he warned the company to keep vehicles...

• Alexander Fraser, of Newton Stewart, licence revoked and disqualified from holding an HGV licence for four months: David...

A West Yorkshire tipper operator has had its licence cut by two vehicles following overloading and maintenance problems....

A South Wales haulier appearing at his third public inquiry has had his licence curtailed from five vehicles to three for four...

Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has adjourned a bid for a new licence by Glasgow-based Timber Transport so that...

A Llanelli operator who tried to remain loyal to nearby business had a spate of problems after entrusting the maintenance of...

Mercedes MBE4000/0M457 engines mentioned in the Axor report (CA/113-19 Sept). For the record the MBE4000 has a longer stroke...

ago and have walked into many agencies, only to be told that most companies insist on two years' experience. I find this very...

anti-HGV: but why? I seem to recall that last year during the fuel crisis the whole of the country ground to a halt and again I...

30 August issue I was somewhat surprised to read in the first paragraph Jane Smiles talking about a "cunning bonus scheme to...

"made a difference to the quality of life of countless Londoners" (CM23-29 Aug). It would be interesting to see the substantive...

around the comer with its bracing frosts and invigorating downpours, farmworkers across the land must work like dogs to get the...

there could be a quick and easy defence to charges of speeding: simply tell the court that you can't remember who was driving...

The Road User Charging and Workplace Parking Levy (Classes of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001. CIF 28 August 2001....

• impounding The DoT continues to work on the detailed legislation for the impounding of vehicles operating illegally without...

The training needs of a transport company can be split into two groups: minimum legal requirements, and training which goes...

introduced with a choice of Luxury Day, Sleeper, Top Sleeper and Space Cabs for operation at 38 tonnes, and with an engine that...

maintenance." Paul Dawson Deben Transport was established In 1987 by managing director Paul Dawson with two second-hand...

years, and sell them for export." Chris Long Over four generations J Long and Sons (Haulage) of Leeds has progressed from one...

will take as many as we can get" Frank Parr Harris Oaf at Grays in Essex carries a stock of about 20 used trucks, but XFs are...

The Vehicle Inspectorate's Safety Branch has been notified of the following safety-related recall items for the 95XF range...

for our drivers" Roy Gill Roy Gill runs his business with his partn( Sarah from a hilltop just outside Tideswel not far from...

Many fleets which once bought Scanias as a matter of course are now buying Daf s Super Space Cab XF as a flagship;...

vehicles to bridge the supply gap" Bob Reed Bob Reed keeps an eye on used truck price trends at CAP He says: The XF was a...

where drivers belonging to one haulage firm were selling diesel directly from their tanks. The drivers would pull into a pallet...

industry is of UK hauliers who run abroad: the long distances, the different towns seen with panoramas spreading wide. But it's...

.7) fter a family split in 1996, A Jayson Flegg and his mother Lyn re-mortgaged their respective houses, arranged a bank loan...

the middle of the Garden of England, it's no surprise that A Salvatori's main business is fruit. Although the company's...

companies go, Hitchinbased WRM Logistics (Contracts) must be one A of the largest operators in the Hertfordshire area. It is...

Originally from Lambeth, Dave Deadman cut his trucking teeth on a 7.5-tonne dustcart working for his father's waste business....

vif hen Graham Greg ory and Colin Davis estab lished their haulage business in 1973, they had fewer sleepless nights than most...

use RT Steward you g: the full family service. "I don't want to us subcontractors, because most of the take the job but you...

toomi introduce d in u collusion a system of fines for hauliers who arrived either lateor early for pre-determined booking...