Customs reported increas es in the amounts of eroin and cann,-.1 found on board vehicles last year. But the amounts of...

Craik • Trans-Action, the group of hauliers protesting against the recent fuel increases, is planning to get organised and...

claims there are improved prospects of a 44tonne British limit for transport to ports after Northern Irish hauliers won the...

Roger Wrapson and told him "in no uncertain terms" that the RHA should be getting involved. One member, Mike Beer (pictured),...

sterling has reached a more ing him to suspend the Budget increase in fuel duty on diesel sustainable level".

of French and Dutch operators have warned Steven Norris, director-general of the Road Haulage Association, that they plan to...

Dumfries-based Currie Group last week wrote to CM claiming they are being exploited and plastered copies of a letter outlining...

aggrieved about paying the highest fuel and excise duties in Europe, yet thousands of French citizens, including hauliers, are...

Cumbrian haulier West Coast T&R has gone into liquidation owing £250,000 and adding another chapter to the eventful history of...

plan to attack the UK food distribution market after changes to cabotage regulations sounds a bit like the classic pantomime...

Trans European at Hull has tightened up its procedures for recording and checking drivers' hours after the local Traffic Area...

firm which was found to be operating trucks with wires overriding their tachographs has had its 0-licence revoked by Scottish...

caught out by changes to the payment system of Humber Bridge tolls, which went up again on 1 April. For a truck over 7.5...

checked 1,098 vans and found nearly 1,000 offences in a month-long campaign prompted by a TV show. "White van man" became a...

Transport is putting the finishing touches to a report on wheel loss, nearly two years after it was criticised for failing to...

Norbert Dentressangle driver who was found slumped over the wheel of his stationary artic on the hard shoulder of the M6 has...

Sheerness Docks now face a £25 (ex-VAT) charge or eviction from the site. The ruling comes from Medway Ports, which says:...

Superdrug's distribution centre in Mossend, Lanarkshire. Products trunked there overnight by road and rail from Pontefract will...

has become the latest target for organised gangs trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK. In a recent two-week period...

the recent demonstration in the capital during which the trucks simply joined the traffic rather than implementing their...

and Wales reached their highest ever level in 1996 at 9.5 million, or 401 per thousand vehicles licensed. According to the Home...

A Devon haulier is on its knees after its insurer refused to pay out on a £7,000 claim for damage allegedly caused to its only...

get all fitters working in the haulage industry regulated was stepped up last week at a conference organised by the road safety...

Agency drivers may soon be able to "name their price" as the driver shortage begins to bite further. That is the opinion of...

two British truck drivers contracted a potentially lethal bug from the showers at a Spanish lorry park. The unnamed drivers,...

to leave their keys in their cabs when popping out for a snack. The warning comes from Stoke-on-Trent haulier Barry Proctor...

There's a mood of guarded optimism at Scunthorpe-based trailer maker Weightlifter. The factory is busy, and last December's...

side curtain design, which is now a fully load-bearing type. The smooth, pocketed design is claimed to improve aerodynamic...

an automatic clutch system for the Transit van, and a couple of refinements to the van's ABS braking set-up: Traction Assist...

is buying four unusual tipping trailers from Montracon for a dual-use contract. This involves carrying light scrap metal oneway...

communications vehicle. The self-contained demonstration van includes satellite phones, fax and TV, and a four-way...

to be sold has gone into service with Cawley Brothers of Llanrwst. Cawley recently borrowed a Detroitpowered ERF demonstrator...

they could have anything they wanted, Foden has now switched to building "standard" trucks with its new Alpha range. CM is the...

• Austrian body and trailer manufacturer Empl has more than 50 years' experience of building tippers for extreme conditions...

conference might still be small but it's growing. Reefer trailers were particularly plentiful (and all displayed in suitably...

first CV-specific starters and alternators catalogue to support its BX Factory Exchange Programme. The new 282-page...

current truck/trailer marker material. material, the supplier reports kits are also available. that night-time accidents were...

micro-fibre elements to create an oil filter intended for use on all types of vehicle. The new technology enables the filter...

Jankunas were convicted of exceeding the permitted first axle and gross weight of a 7.5tonne road construction vehicle by Leigh...

to the parking of vehicles, the running of engines and restricting maintenance times imposed on Sheerness-based RW Haulage...

its licence revoked at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry. The company's managing director failed to declare convictions recorded...

standards, Alan and Paul Gregg, trading as Merit, of Oakenclough, near Garstang, succeeded in a bid to increase the...

licence authorising the operation of three vehicles by Hayes-based Absolute Logistics has been turned down at a London public...

Brecon Beacons National Park resulted in a string of environmental conditions being imposed on the twovehicle licence granted...

string of environmental conditions imposed when Britvic Soft Drinks successfully applied to base 11 vehicles at the Bass...

produce the current tax discs for three vehicles, or face having his company's licence revoked. The company had been called...

interest about last week's London Trans-Action truck demonstration. But surely the best way to put across the message to the...

Reading various articles published in CM over the past few months, the Vehicle Inspectorate appears to be coming under fire...

April) rightly defends the decision of the RHA to continue to hold its conferences abroad. After all, he is a member of its...

Haulage (CM 9-15 April). Do as the French do and bring the country to a halt This is the only way of making the Government see...

Steve Gray, Paul Frampton and Peter Davies (CM 9-15 April), as in completely different ways they were attempting to defend or...

Motor may I say how much we are enjoying reading such a comprehensive publication on the haulage industry. Two of our drivers...

Hawk is a keen sports fan, but frankly he is more at home on a putting green than on a squash court, where there is every...

but it's rare for us to get our hands on a drawbar outfit, particularly one that's laden to 38 tonnes. So we jumped at the...

in an area should band together and form their trucks into a wagon-train circle to fight off the baddies? Well, now you can, in...

comes on to the market which can not only tell you where your truck and driver are, but also how efficiently they are...

for hauliers, the Webb brothers are having to look carefully at saving the pennies where they can in their waste transport...

which are designated poor areas. Northern Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland have benefited so far but the Objective 1 zone...

Andy Ballard, partner in commercial litigation at law firm Irwin Mitchell, explains how a Traffic Commissioner's decision could...