• BRS is looking for 35 drivers for its Banbury, Oxford depot for a new food distribution contract it has almost clinched. It...

• Leyland Daf Truck has appointed Chassis Cab as main dealer for Ipswich. The firm has three recovery vehicles and a repair...

• A new ferry service between Rosslare in Ireland and Cherbourg in northern France starts in November. Operator Pandoro will...

• A £1.3 million management buy in at parcels operator Christal Rapid Transport has been completed by Grosvenor Venture...

• Charles Sidney, owner of the Mercedes dealer Northside Trucks, is to be floated on the Stock Exchange by the end of the year....

• The Freight Transport Association is asking the Treasury to provide at least £100 million for grants to companies wishing to...

by Juliet Parish • United Transport UK has sacked at least two drivers who refuse to take their names off a High Court writ...

III Members of the Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association are set to deal with different staff structures...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate's own staff are likely to be the biggest investors in its privatisation, it emerged this week. The...

by Juliet Parish MI The decision last week by Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel to ban up to a third of all hazardous loads...

• The prospect of road pricing has been rejected by hauliers as failing to offer any real benefits, says a report, London...

• A Worcester haulier who lost his licence after being given a seven-year prison sentence fur drug smuggling has been granted a...

• P&O European Transport Services subsidiary Pandoro has bought express distribution and warehousing firm Elan Ireland. Pandoro...

• Council for the Protection of Rural England campaigners are protesting against plans to upgrade the A303 in Somerset to a...

Lda of Portugal have teamed up to offer high-speed groupag - e and part-load services to Lisbon and Oporto.

• Fire fighters are learning how to deal with problems caused by air suspension equipment in truck crashes thanks to a unit...

• Green campaigners are protesting against Shell UK's decision to switch bulk petrol distribution from rail to road in north...

• A fuel stop for gas powered trucks will open in Southampton next month.

• Improving road and rail links between northern England and the continent will be top of the agenda at a conference in...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers working for the security forces in Northern Ireland have been told by the IRA to quit their work or...

• Irish drivers caught using number plates issued outside Eire face having their trucks impounded on the spot, stiff fines and...

• Distribution and rental giant Ryder is buying 1,000 new trucks worth £30m as bosses predict an end to the recession for the...

by Brian Weatherley. • Mercedes-Benz (UK) will offer its latest high-roof Eurocab as an option on all two and three-axle 1834,...

• TNT Express Worldwide has ordered 35 Iveco Ford Cargo 80E15s for its UK operations and plans to add a further 25 Cargos to...

• Ten MANs have joined the Marley Extrusions fleet in Kent. There are six 17.272FLD drawbar units and four 17.192 rigids plated...

• Detroit Diesel has launched a natural gas-powered version of its 8.5-litre 50 Series diesel engine in the US. It comes in...

by Toby Clark • Marconi has launched StarTrack a fleet control system which combines satellite-based vehicle location with...

by Juliet Parish • Russell Davies has teamed up with competitor P&O Distribution to bid for British Rail's loss-making...

• A South Wales haulage business went up for sale last week after its directors appointed administrators to sell the business...

• Delivery giant Federal Express is hoping to expand its UK international parcels operation following the announcement of...

• Paint delivery drivers working for West Yorkshire KaIon Paints are facing the axe in the latest stage of a long running...

• . - ...edcion Atkinson IS looking for new dealers in New castle, Darlington, and Billingham, in a shake-up of its dealer...

• A deal is being thrashed out to save 11 drivers jobs at the Livingstone, Scotlandbased transport group Grampian International...

by Karen Miles • Methods of encouraging the Post Office's 37,000 drivers to buy into a privatised Royal Mail and Parcelforce...

• British hauliers and exporters are failing to operate proper export clearance procedures, says an HM Customs report published...

• Whitby haulier W T Readman & Son has been rep rimanded by North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner for failing...

• Glasdon Manufacturing was ordered to pay 1200 in compensation to lorry driver William Rimmington after a Manchester...

you get what you pay for' inspection records showed gaps of up to four months. Mohan said the vehicle had been in the garage...

to lorry driver Robert Jack, after he claimed at an Inverness Industrial Tribunal that he had been underpaid. The company...

of Derby, was warned about future maintenance standards of her one vehicle, when she appeared at disciplinary proceedings...

Keith, who were fined of £1,200 each by Wetherby magistrates for an axle overload, had the amounts cut to £80 each on appeal to...

Transport's authorisation on the licence from five vehicles and eight trailers, to two vehicles and four trailers because of...

• Maintenance problems encountered by Glasgow based George Lindsay & Sons (Haulage) might be solved if it reverted to the horse...

▪ International haulier Paul Hardy of Hartlepool was said to have wasted the court's time when his solicitor withdrew an...

UK EXCLUSIVE by Toby Clark • Belgian trailer and body manufacturer Renders' RMCC container chassis is claimed to be the only...

• Telford-based Norteck Bodies has launched a hybrid curtain. sideritilt semi-trailer. Described as an open-topped...

The last attempt to set a pan-European truck standard was the Philips drawbar. Now three German manufacturers have devised a...

Derecognition of drivers' unions might be seen as an understandable tactic by hauliers who are fighting to survive by holding...

a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

a K-reg van plus the thousands of pounds worth of equipment it contained. The Leyland Daf 400 Hi-roof 2.8-tonne City Special...

Enter number three • A third branch of Swedish Truck Parts opened earlier this month when business started on the Whitwood...

Outlook fair? • A conference discussing the outlook for European trucks and world cars is being held on the 3 and 4 November...

• A two-day conference discussing communications in transport will be held at Coventry on 27 and 28 September. There will also...

• The European motor industry, including the subjects of product liability and the new product safety directive from the EC, is...

III Light rail, or trams, are under discussion at a one-day conference at Birmingham on 23 November. There will also be a...

Codes for loads • An updated code of practice for the safe application and operation of lorry loaders has been issued by the...

III Hauliers are being requested by Kent police to get hold of a series of anti-truck theft posters which are suitable for...

• A Dealing fa . th fire video has been produced by Fire Training Videos. It tells company employees how to use fire...

• Norgren Martonair, has reprinted its reference tube fittings booklet showing the new Pneufit range of metric push-in tube...

• A writing board, which fits over the steering wheel of any vehicle, is being marketed by Wheeler Woodhouse of Birstall. The...

• Bushey Hall Winches is selling a new winch which has been designed with the fire brigade for fast winching that can be...

• Kalmar is selling a new machine which handles empty containers. The DC845 is capable of reaching into the third row of a...

• PPH Ideal has launched a fleet maintenance charge card system which is claimed to allow fleet operators access to a range of...

South-east • Bucks: M25 c-ontraflowD5 to J16. Long peak delays Kent: 1V120 J5-8 major works with contraflow. Herts: M1 J9-10...

• M6 roadworks at J8 (M5 interchange) narrow lanes and 50mph limit. One lane off peak at some times. Warwicks: M6 J 1-2...

• For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min off-peak;...

A 11 credit to Harsh for _tithing an eight-wheeled tipper comfortably to 9' It is untrue, however, to state that this is double...

rain was bucketing it down and the traffic was thick on the M4 near Swansea. A white H-reg Peugeot 205 containing my...

A s the Hawk was A s the Hawk was wandering among the restored vehicles at ERF's 60 anniversary celebrations a strange feeling...

44 alone Mobile phones have become indispensable to many owner-drivers. CM takes a look at the available systems. T he first...

Making the choice of mobile phone is a matter of knowing exactly how and where you want to use it. 1. If you don't need to use...

Cellnet 0800-214000 Mercury One20ne 0500-500-121 Rabbit—Hutchison Telecom 0800-286286 EuroDigital and MetroDigital —Vodaphone...

number of guidelines on the use of mobile phones while driving. There are three main points: 1. Hand-held phones must not be...

Price as tested: £35,000 (ex-VAT). Includes Ferrari 545 crane; Franklen tipper/dropside body; Harsh tip gear; Mobile Power and...

Truck engine designers have cleaned up their act to meet the Euro-1 emission limit. But Euro-2 is on the way, and there's...

PANASONIC EUROPEAN TELEVISION DIVISION, CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES Panasonic has been manufacturing televisions and microwave ovens...

London, due to be extended to Camarthen, and is accessible to Heathrow Airport. A second Severn Bridge crossing opens in 1996,...