urks to its initial order for 121 placed in February 1998 with Volvo Truck. Eleven million tonnes of freight and 704,666...

by Toby Clark • Speculation is mounting over the future of Scania following Swedish rival Volvo's announcement last week that...

• The avalanche of haulage company failures which blighted 1998 has continued into the New Year with the closure of Isle of...

into complaints by UK hauliers that German operator Willi Betz is undercutting them by working outside international...

• Vigilant hauliers who are constantly on the look-out for illegal immigrants might be excluded from the Home Office's plans to...

Trans-Action, the haulage campaign group fighting for fairer Fuel duty rates, has written to Eddie Stobart urging him to join...

been revoked and Borzellieri has been disqualified indefinitely from holding an 0-licence. Borzellieri, who held a licence for...

speed limiter legislation—namely the lack of any physical test for compliance until we're blue in the face, Commercial Motor is...

• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), receivers for Aberdeenbased general haulage group Munro Transport, says it has received...

French-owned Transalliance UK and up to 10 of its drivers are in negotiations to settle a dispute over the loss of their jobs....

• Iveco Ford's UK managing director has left the company after turning down another role within the group. Roger Phillips has...

by Guy Sheppard • The Vehicle Inspectorate is testing a new device for checking speed limiters amid growing concern at the ease...

• Booker Foodservice, the distribution arm of troubled cash-and-carry group Booker, is up for sale. Foodservice operates 650...

• New toll rates apply for travel through the Mont Blanc and the Frejus Alpine road tunnels. Vehicles with four or more axles...

• Exel Logistics has a sevenyear contract to provide chilled warehousing and distribution for retail consortium Nisa -Today's...

by David Craik • Hauliers will be deprived of vital ferry services between Newhaven and Dieppe at the end of this month...

• Vehicle pollution is not to blame for the Government's failure to hit its air quality targets, according to a report prepared...

• A lorry driver cut his regulation breaks from driving so he could dash back home and see his son, who was in hospital, West...

by Karen Miles • "The Road Haulage and Freight Transport Associations will merge in time for the new millennium," according to...

by Brian Weatherley • The Road Haulage Association is stepping up its efforts to woo operators with a new range of benefits...

Self-employed hauliers shocked by demands for double their expected tax could be victims of an error by the Inland Revenue,...

• Last May Ryder announced plans to sell its UK contract-hire and rental operations. Now it wants to keep them. Why the Uturn?...

111 Ryder will continue to run two separate business units in Europe: contract hire and truck rental ; and lo g istics— the one...

• Ryder's current UK turnover is just under £500m with contract hire and rental accountin g For 2260m, and lo g istics for...

BFLGIUM provides a unique platform for the CV industry to compete on an equal footing: with no domestic motor industry,...

by Toby Clark II Mitsubishi has expanded its range of 4x4 vehicles with the Challenger, a five-door off-roader which fits...

• Following the launch of the EuroTrakker Cursor on/off-road range at the Brussels Show, Iveco Ford confirms the UK will get a...

has a number of intrinsic advantages as a fuel, but they can be negated if the engine is not optimised to use it, Bi-fuelled 51...

While German politicians are exercised by NOx emissions, British politicians get most heated over particulates, so between them...

• lveco's latest CNC engine, the 8469.21, is a charge-cooled 9.5-litre design which has full-loop stoichiometric control and...

3. tor of WPS, who was disqualified pany director for five years in October 1996, has obtained an 0-licence in his name at a...

• The three-vehicle licence held by West Kilbridebased Gilmour Cameron was suspended for two weeks by the Scottish Deputy...

• Three vehicles have been suspended from the licence for 18 vehicles and 12 trailers held by Perth based I&H Brown Plant at a...

• A number of convictions, together with a speeding driver, have led to the licence of Bathgate-based D&J Sibbald being cut...

• South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Brigadier Michael Turner accepted the surrender of the licence held by MA Freight Services,...

III Shank and McEwan (Southern Waste Services) has won authority to base 30 vehicles and six trailers at Haverfordwest, subject...

• The hearing of charges against Scunthorpe ownerdriver Joseph Taylor was adjourned for three weeks by Hull magistrates. The...

• It is no excuse to talk about "operational defects"— the law does not distinguish between operational defects and others,...

• A Lancashire company granted a licence last May has had one of its two vehicles suspended for two months after receiving...

• Wiltshire haulier SW Transport (Swindon) is edu cating drivers about the hours and tachograph rules through quizzes and a...

EVENTS • 22 January: The 7th Annual Railways Conference. on European Rail Freight Restructuring for the 21st Century, at the...

A model year 0 ood news for die-cast anoraks such as yours truly. The latest from Corgi is that in order to preserve the...

The major van manufacturers have been keeping White Van Man happy with a succession of 120hp-plus projectiles. But while...

The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998. CIF 1 July 1998. Introduce legislation for the issue of...

• Drinking and driving: DOT is now considering proposals to lower the legal blood alcohol limit and other measures to reduce...

North Sea you want to be sure that the necessary equipment and support is on hand. CM paid a visit to Aberdeen-based Ashley...

Trailer trouble I drive for a company running a fleet of 17tonne rigid vehicles which tow two-axled, 16.7-tonne drawbar...

well underway, CM reflects on a mixed bag of resolutions companies would be well advised to start contemplating. E MPLOYMENT...

Consider the impact of the Competition Act 1998 The enactment of Competition Act 1998 on 9 November last year was the biggest...

ON TES T VOLKSWAGEN XLT Price as tested: £41,460 ex-VAT (£17,760 for Volkswagen L135 2.5Tdi chassis-cab, 26,900 for fifth...

DESPITE THE THREAT OF ABOLITION THIS SUMMER, THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT DUTY-FREE MAY WIN A LAST-MINUTE REPRIEVE. BUT IF...

they will charge for freight journeys if duty-free is abolished. Steno operates three routes to Ireland and the Harwich-Hook of...

HANDED To stop illegal immigrants entering Britain hidden in trailers the Government is targeting drivers and hauliers with...

T his year is set to bring a lot of new challenges to our industry: legislation to fine our members who unwittingly bring...

art The latest 12-litre and 7,3-litre engines power the new Volvo FMs. TRUCK asks the people responsible for their development...

ower gvw FM chassis are equipped with a new 7.3 litre engine, the D7C, which replaces the old 6.7-litre Volvo engine, a unit...

With the launch of the FM Volvo has completed its heavy truck range renewal package. A bold new dawn has arrived for the...

Slick shift There is new technology wherever you look on the new Volvo FM. Here we check-over the all-new transmission range...

There's a lot more to the FM than an attractive modular aerodynamic cab. TRUCK delves into the detail with a walking tour of an...