• by Karen Miles and Charles Young Hard-hit hauliers are to receive strong support in Parliament this week with the...

Pressure is building on Trans-Action to beef up its campaign against the fuel duty escalator and support the growing number of...

r by Nikki Daly Nearly 500 Welsh hauliers converged on Cardiff last Saturday to protest at the recent hikes in fuel and VED...

• The length of the trucker's workng week looks set to become a political football in Brussels with the newly empowered...

• A wave of hauliers have come forward in support of Boltonbased haulier Ken Harvey, who is ready to go to jail rather than p4...

• by Ian Wylie The move to new payload limits has caused dismay at Rugby Cement, with some owner-drivers claiming that the...

If Transport Minister John Reid wants a "get-out" of the mess his Government has created it's probably the BRIT. That's the...

• An attempt to launch a legal challenge against the Government's high vehicle and diesel taxes looks set to fail because of...

you think we should be following: something seen on the road, a firm in trouble or an issue you believe needs highlighting....

• by Nikki Daly A Farnborough haulier who claims he was held for 24 hours when accused of transporting 16 illegal immigrants by...

Paul Carpenter, of Redruth, was fined £1,800 with £125 costs after he pleaded guilty to 33 charges of falsifying tachograph...

Blanc tunnel could be closed for up to a year following the recent fire (CM1-7 April). And lower speed limits with a peak-time...

Around 110 drivers' jobs will be created by the opening of Wincanton Logistics new distribution centre in Middlesex. Due to...

• by David (Valk Hauliers who are involved in the export of livestock could be forced out of the sector if they have to pay...

• Shell has replied to concerns expressed by the Freight Transport Association and says it is not selling Advanced Diesel XL...

• Two Yorkshire-based hauliers have been disqualified from acting as company directors or managers. Stanley Wright and Steven...

• by Mike Jewel Flintshire County Council, which said it "welcomed the opportunity to inform the Commissioner" of improvements...

• Predictions of wholesale bridge closures in West Wales following the introduction of the 40 and 41-tonne weight limits are...

• An Aberdeen owner-driver has slammed Eurotunnel for treating drivers "like prisoners" during a ten-and-a-half-hour ordeal....

• Of the 1,774 vehicles examined in the Vehicle Inspectorate's latest Operation Mermaid nationwide spotchecks. 7% received...

• Joe Anthony Glanville, who works for a Liverpool-based haulier, will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 21 June charged with...

by Phil Coleman A mechanic who claimed his weekly wage was cut by £80 took his revenge by stealing more than £600 worth of...

• The Government is clamping down on Britain's unscrupulous garage owners—but there are no plans to get tough on rogue garages...

• Business optimism is plummeting and bankruptcy figures among small businesses in Wales are rising, according to the...

Residents of a small Cambridgeshire village who are furious about the number of trucks which pass through each day will resume...

lifts in tight spots • by Bryan Jarvis Wakefield, West Yorksbased Chris Precious has invested £110,000 in resolving some of...

F Once again the truck market has confounded the pundits, with a sharp upswing in sales for the month of March. The rise was...

Ryders International of Liverpool is now offering a beaver-tail platform for vehicle recovery. The 31x2m aluminium platform is...

• A major overhaul of London's firefighting fleet is in the pipeline, with 10 companies vying for ,F,45m worth of business over...

• Bonif ace Engineering is currently preparing an lsuzu NOR 7.5-tonner with a Century Express quick lift for evaluation by two...

311 , Three vehicles have been suspended from the licence held by Isle of Wight haulier George Jenkins for two weeks after he...

The suspension of seven vehicles 'rom the 50-vehicle licence held in the Eastern Traffic Area by Kelly Communications, which...

fortnight because of three convictions since a public inquiry in June 1996—one for using an untaxed vehicle and two for hours...

following the conviction of fowl Thomas, a partner in the business, for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Thomas....

Bootlebased AJ Long Transport, has been granted a licence for 25 vehicles and 50 trailers on condition that AJ Long's managing...

The one-vehicle Operator's Licence held by a Cumbrian company was suspended for a week after its truck was found to be in an...

I have read with some interest the correspondence relating to parking fees. I have one Ghent who is being asked to pay £90...

The whole of the haulage industry should be grateful to those who took direct action in London to draw the Government's...

With regards to your legal news story on the operator who was fined £660 for "wheel danger" { CM25-31 March), it states that...

It is a pity that you allowed the debate about road and rail to be clouded by Lord Berkeley's letter (CM8-14 April). He quotes...

I am concerned that it appears only the small haulage companies or owners-drivers are causing disruption and complaining about...

tyres? Now don't all reach for your diaries. For those of you who could be accused of tyre neglect there is some good news. A...

You see that bloke in the foreground with the yellow stripes on his sleeve? Well that's where the Hawk would be standing, at a...

working? That appears to be the choice faced by truck manufacturers these days when choosing their engines. The trend for...

Chlvisited a Readymix quarry and landfill site near Stonleigh to ask drivers for their opinion of Volvo's latest eight-wheeler...

LCif licence climbed behind the wheel of your wagon and attempted to drive it away? As Steve Banner reports, it happens to...

WITH MARGINS PINCHED TIGHTER as each week passes, revitalising existing equipment where possible rather than acquiring new is...

• Don-Bur is launching a major onslaught on the trailer contract maintenance market under the Trailercare banner. it's set up...

• Pay an extra .£700 for your Montracon trailer under the company's image scheme, and that will cover the cost of refurbishing...

& Harvey McLane distribution fleet is that they are employed on multi-drop work to shops and forecourts. David Botwright at...

detect objects in an area up to three metres behind the vehicle. Depending on whether the vehicle is a rigid or an attic...

• Brigade is poised to introduce a reversing camera that doubles as a route-finder system. Meanwhile, its rear-view CCTV system...

• This was developed for waste vehicle bin-lift and side-sweep roadsweeper operations, but is said by manufacturer Mitsubishi...

• New to the UK commercial vehicle market, but well established on the Continent, is the Mobitronic range of rear-view...

risks faced by international drivers. What can hauliers and drivers do to avoid Europe's danger spots? Pat Hagan reports. very...

A s the Government announces the appointment of a "Smuggling Czar" to tackle the massive trade in illicit tobacco, Customs and...

wants to see me at a public inquiry. As far as I know there is no complaint about my transport manager (and there is nothing in...

• My driver and I were prosecuted for using a vehicle when it was overloaded. The driver pleaded guilty so I argued that I...

council and have been asked if we can provide a vehicle at short notice for snow ploughing and road gritting when bad winter...

Taking everything into account, including social costs, are UK hauliers really so much worse off than their Continental...

supporters—I respect the movement and support the idea of direct action—I de feel someone, somewhere has missed the point....