• This week, in a quiet room in the Department of Transport, there sat a working party. Its task? To look at ways of tightening...

• The London Boroughs Transport Committee, which administers the London lorry ban, will meet on 29 January to discuss its...

MI Lorry driver, Keith Hart had Wolverhampton. of a truck. Stirchley, Salop. ing of leukaemia. the back of the wagon'."

by Nicky Clarke • The Government is working to harmonise 0-licensing legislation for LGV and PCV operators, in a move which...

• Shoddy and dangerous maintenance at trailer hire companies is putting drivers and road users at risk, according to a leading...

By Juliet Parish • ARC South Wales is trying to make peace with 60 striking owner-drivers, some of whom are being blamed for a...

IN New European laws to regulate tyre noise are likely to be costly and of little practical benefit when they are introduced...

• British Steel is considering plans to drop at least 11 of the 17 hauliers it uses at its site in Lackenby, Redcar, putting up...

• TNT Express (UK) is looking for voluntary redundancies at its Rossendale, Lancs depot to "meet current and projected business...

• More than three-quarters of the 41 vehicles stopped last week at a Derbyshire roadside check were breaking Construction and...

• A £380m rail freight terminal which is planned for the West Midlands would lead to a nationwide decrease in long-distance...

by Gail Ashton • EC and domestic drivers' hours regulations have been suspended in Scotland to allow hauliers to make up for...

The UK truck industry may not be able to organise an international show but the Belgians can do it and do it well. There were...

by Brian Weatherley • Commercial Motor has uncovered more details of the light middleweight truck models due to replace MAN's...

• Scania's launches at the Brussels Show, apart from the integrated braking system and stronger rear axle gear (see show report...

• Iveco Ford is making changes to its 7.5-tonne New Cargo tipper models to make them more acceptable to operators running...

• Mercedes will launch its highroof Eurocab in the UK later in the year. Right-hand-drive production will be in "small numbers"...

• Iveco has developed a 12% more powerful 351kW (470hp) version of its 8210 13.8-litre inline six engine. Its previous maximum...

Cargo package • Parcel delivery operator Home Express has bought 117 Iveco Ford New Cargo 75E14 models, worth over £3.5m at...

• The first right-hand-drive Renault Major 6x4 heavy haulage tractor has arrived in the UK. Powered by a 287kW (385hp)...

• AWD production is starting at Marshall's Cambridge Airport site. Axle, cab and chassis sub assembly is still being carried...

• Lath launched a diesel version of the Niva 4x4 at the Brussels Show. The engine chosen is Peugeot's XUD 9 1.9-litre indirect...

• The wife of a former director of Faringay, now in liquidation, has succeeded in obtaining a licence for 12 months following a...

• North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu has cut the licence held by Liverpool-based James Ellison & Son from 10...

• Swansea-based Tony Williams Traction Services' 0-licence was renewed for 12 months after South Wales Traffic Commissioner...

• Two driving offences of exceeding the 4% hour limit have cost Stockport lorry driver Ian Machan £875. Machan failed to appear...

"al 6 6 • A driver sacked by Autobar after having seven accidents in 13 months, has lost a claim for unfair dismissal brought...

1 - Sheep overload • Irish livestock transporter - Hedley Lomas is to appeal against a conviction for an axle overload on a...

byJuliet Parish • Castle Cement entered the hireor-reward sector last week with a one-year contract to haul 50,000 tonnes of...

The Association of Metropolitan Authorities predicts job losses in street cleaning and waste collection as local authorities...

• Temperature-controlled distribution specialist Bryan Haulage has been given permission to build a frozen-food storage depot...

• Truck drivers have been warned they could blow themselves up by using mobile phones or CB radios in petrol stations. Shell...

by Gail Ashton • Whitbread is to close its Marlow, Bucks, distribution depot at the end of April with the loss of 68 jobs. The...

• Wellingborough parcels operator United Carriers has introduced a profit-related pay scheme for most of its 2,700 UK staff....

BEDWAS PV600 Price as tested: £22,971. Engine: 2.5 litres turbocharged, 72kW (96hp). GVW: 3,500kg. Payload: 1,240kg. Fuel...

A new wave of lorry bans is in the pipeline. But do bans really alleviate congestion, or simply shift the problem to other...

Safe cycling with Mercedes Mtercedes-Benz has *oined in a campaign o promote road safety for young cyclists by selling a young...

• CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or...

While the EC is dragging its feet on harmonisation, the Single European Market came into effect on 1 January and customs...

From 1 October every new truck coming on to British roads must comply with the Euro-1 emissions standard. Foden is among the...

Partari Jr1 (-irrofit Plenty of hauliers talk about efficiency; Gwyn Davies put his ideas into practice when he took over the...

Hauliers thinking of buying lorries this year, whether new or used, will benefit from a recent boost in capital allowances...

• Re your item "Weweler closure" (page 7, CM7-13 Jan); while the information it contained is factual, it failed to point out...

• Upon opening Commercial Motor (31 Dec-6 Jan), the very first thing I saw was Stephen Joseph of Transport 2000 undermining the...

• I have read with interest your Battleground Logistics item (CM17-30 Dec) and there is some unfortunate confusion over the...

T ( he national pastime of lorry bashing and the dream of transferring freight from road to rail is once more on the increase,...