held by Wincanton Logistics as part of its recruitment drive for the new distribution centre it is managing on behalf of...

and Rob Willock • Vehicle Inspectorate staff are up in arms over revelations that they were secretly filmed by their...

authorities have copied their UK counterparts by launching an offensive against truck drivers who claim the dole while they are...

test certificates have been re-bailed for at least another three weeks. The pair were arrested last November at the Purfleet...

Haulage Association has paved the way for a U-turn over its support for hauliers' protest group TransAction as it ponders its...

of the 70mph "runaway truck" on the M1 which hit the headlines last week. Initial examinations by police, the Road Haulage...

truck driver who drove his tractive unit at speeds of nearly 70mph just before colliding with a car, killing two of its...

haulier operating without an 0licence (CM 14-20 May), is in more trouble—this time over its use of the name Transland. Bury...

Willock • An ex-franchisee of parcels firm Panic Link has won legal aid to sue the company for over £80,000 for non-payment...

chance conversations in crowd ed rooms set you thinking. Last week, at the same event, two people said different things about...

has been convicted of two road rage incidents has been fined the equivalent of two-and-a-half weeks wages. Kenneth MacPherson,...

haulier Twice Vital has closed for business, blaming P&O Ferrymasters' "unviable" short-haul rates for its failure. Father and...

HGV driver training through the creation of a statutory register of instructors has come a step closer with the launch of a...

of Transport suggest that some urban areas are proving more successful than others at tackling the problem of rush-hour...

Gavin Strang know what they thought of the Government's fuel duty hikes when he addressed the Road Haulage Association annual...

• Northern Irish operators are to receive a rare boost following a Government pledge to invest £100m in the Province's...

Sussex haulier has refused to pay £1,400 to a man he believes fronts the rogue finance company in Falkirk which has been...

had no effect in reducing the number of accidents, the Freight Transport Association claims. From 1 October last year, all...

this week surrounding the carriage of certain goods into Russia after local customs officers decided not to honour a deal on...

has admitted that last week it sold diesel from up to 200 filling stations in the SouthEast which could block fuel injectors,...

Gora Kalwaria (roads 717-723), Plock (road 60) are closed to all traffic. As this will cause difficulties in crossing Warsaw,...

Federation is to give up its campaign for large-scale road building in favour of "quality of service from the highway system of...

the reluctant In spite of all this, the exhibition at Telford was a great success. There were plenty of operators looking at...

its Ecosplit gearbox. The Servoshift system is said to offer significant reductions in gearchange effort and speed compared...

be showing off its latest factory-built Frontline-cabbed 4-Series municipal truck at next month's Institute of Waste Management...

known for the bodies fitted to the AA's Vauxhall Bravos, is back in business following its purchase by a group of former...

Cadzow Heavy Haulage specified a unique ERF 8x4 tractive unit after its predecessor, a Ginaf Daf rig, was written off in a...

The Dijon-built threecornDartment tanker can be usec with a wide range of foodstuffs but will mostly be used for chocolate....

Haldex Brake Systems (formerly Midland-Grau) has launched a hardware package, known as PC Interface 1, which will enable...

moulded bulkheads for the loadspace of vans is now available from Ecotek (Design & Mouldings). The units are light enough to...

introduced a bin-lifter to its range. Called the Premier, the maker says it incorporates technology resulting from 50 years'...

Freight Services, of March, had been called before Turner, sitting as Eastern Deputy TC at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry, to...

of Irish trailers being hauled by a west Wales firm, which ed to the imposition of a large number of prohibitions, resulted in...

bid by K&K Scaffolding of Southend-onSea for a second vehicle on its licence despite representations from neighbouring...

haulage companies in West Wales has escaped with a final warning at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry following a series of...

vehicle involved in a fatal accident in February 1997 has had one of its trucks suspended for two months by North Eastern...

Some 20 years ago, after dropping a load in Berlin, I happened to cross the Channel with drivers from a wellknown tanker outfit...

Commercial Motor from as far back as the 1980s, and to this day are very pleased with its information and realistic portrayal...

Clearly your tester, in comparing the four-cylinder 2.8litre with "its 2.5-litre fivecylinder stablemate" has been taken in by...

concerning the current driver shortages and, in particular, the initiatives from Ian Hetherington of the Road Haulage &...

its White Paper on transport, presumably with an emphasis on the integration of the various modes for movement of passengers...

why foreign motor vehicles are predominant on the roads of Britain. I can now reveal the answer—complacency and arrogance....

May I ask Commercial Motor to approach the various vehicle manufacturers to ask if they are prepared to justify the outrageous...

just received for my CM vouchers. Very handy, good selection—much better than a Swiss Army knife! C Stopford, Thornton, West...

this man; and why is he so happy? The answers, in order, are: Steve Porretta, managing director of Coventrybased fuel merchants...

was singularly ill-placed to compete in the UK market-place. Its ridiculously hard suspension might have been suited to the...

Freight Transport Association's legal department to highlight laws in the pipeline. He is unable to take telephone calls at...

the payment of fuel bonuses cut down the expense? CM reports. Bonus schemes can be an effective way of ensuring the company...

but if you want to keep costs under control you'll have to accept fleet management as a daily chore—unless you hand the whole...

view that the more services you offer, the more work you get. Judging by its track record, the theory works... FACTFILE:...

So who's afraid of the Millennium Bug? It's only going to affect the big computer users—the giant logistics companies, isn't...

as an example of a transport company that has recognised that the Millennium Bug could cause massive disruption to its...

Henderson does not agree with the Road Haulage Association's Essential User Rebate scheme. He has his own ideas for reducing...