• by Sally Nash A public inquiry is to investigate the licence application of transport firm Stonetop following evidence that...

• A Spanish haulier was arrested after an accident in which three boys died and seven people were seriously injured on the Al...

Shell UK and its Elgin-based partner Gleaner Oils has opened the first of 23 Autogas (LPG) outlets in the north of...

truck driver David Davies is calling on the government to end its policy of fining drivers caught with illegal immigrants.

Deutsche Post is facing formal competition proceedings by the European Commission to determine whether the German parcels giant...

to get their breakdown cover extended to Greece if plans by the European Court of Justice against the Greek government go ahead.

owed over £15,000 for back loads by Widnes-based Assured Groupage (CM17-23 August).

reminded members that trucks must be cleansed and disinfected—wheels, exteriors and blowing pipes—before entering and leaving...

of Transfreight Services at Wallasey Magistrates Court paints out that neither he, nor his wife were directors of the company.

• by Charles Young The Road Haulage Association has shelved its plans to take the government to the European courts while it...

• A haulier convicted of a string of drivers' hours offences has won an appeal to knock nearly £40,000 off the original fine...

El Pump prices are expected to escalate again as crude oil commands its highest price in a decade on International markets....

II The Freight Transport Association was due to meet the Home Secretary Jack Straw yesterday (23 August) to discuss better...

M by Hobert Izzard An Isle of Wight haulier might face a claim for millions of pounds against his insurance by the Highways...

• Thansport firms need time to prepare for new proposals to ban older trucks from central London, the Freight Transport...

• A dangerous vehicle charge against express deliveries haulier TNT was thrown out of court last week after a prosecution error...

II Truck drivers must slow down, say Nottinghamshire police, after five articulated trucks overturned in one area in less than...

• by Liam O'Brien Sentences handed out by magistrates courts for driving offences are expected to become tougher if plans to...

II A delivery of building supplies to a Cotswold village turned into a comedy of errors last week when a delivery truck got...

inspection The international outcry over the deaths of 58 stowaways at Dover in June brought many calls for governments to...

• Following a phone call from the Road Haulage Association, Commercial Motor would like to clarify a point raised in our...

• by Liam O'Brien The Department of Transport is racing to draft legislation prohibiting the use of a new device which can warn...

• Devon villagers were moved from their homes after about 300 litres of heating fuel leaked from a road tanker. The spillage...

• A haulier was fined 22 last week—for failing to maintain his windscreen wipers and washers. The charges were brought against...

• If you've ewer wondered what powers a police officer or Traffic Examiner has when it comes to road traffic enforcement, then...

• by Peter Lawton The race is on to secure reduced pollution certificates (RPCs) before the rules change next month. Trucks...

• John W Hannay and Co is running two new MAN trucks with Palift hookloadors to collect confidential waste for destruction....

Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits fleet with two Alpha tractors running at 32 tonnes. The Cummins-powered units are pulling...

with TLS vehicle rental worth £1.2m. The contract Is for 160 vehicles with an initial tranche of 50 Transits already at work...

Seddon Atkinson Strata 26.2800 for its fleet. The truck is fitted with a 280hp Cummins engine, Eaton transmission and a...

The apatite group has renewed its fleet contract with Citroen and will take about 30 Belling° and Dispatch vans a year. The...

Tesco is running six of these twin deck, multi-temperature trailers from Gray and Adams fitted with Thermo King SL Tel fridge...

• Rental and contract hire company TLS has bought its first fleet of vehicles with bodies from Spanish-owned Schorling,...

Don-Bur has developed a new double-deck refrigerated trailer which it says is the most heatefficient ever. The first of these...

• Land Rover has overhauled the Freelander range, introducing a common rail engine and Steptronic transmission. The Td4 common...

• More than a quarter of companies running vans have no Idea how much they spend on fuel, according to a survey conducted for...

• by Kevin Swallow Mercifully dealing with an emergency in a fully laden truck is a rare occurrence—but when it does happen...

Gases. Be says part of the reason the training is so effective is because it is training for drivers, by drivers. "We've been...

It is the only UK provider of such training, It has been running the programme for the past six years. It is a one day course...

IN by Colin Barnett While van operators continue to set a good example, fewer UK car buyers are following the overall European...

The licence held by Goldwings (Wales) has been curtailed by two vehicles for two weeks after a spate of prohibition notices....

Various offences committed on the Continent have led to the revocation of the licence held by Frome haulier Stephen Nethercott,...

Isle of Wight-based Kevin Crimes escaped with a warning at a Portsmouth disciplinary inquiry. Grimes had been called before...

Consideration of action against Brian Keown of Rugeley was adjourned by West Midland TO David Dixon for him to be legally...

Prohibition notices attracted by vehicles operated by Invernessbased Dalcross Air Cargo Services has led to its licence being...

The licence held by Hull-based B Cross (Transport) has been suspended until the company attends a public inquiry. The firm...

Ail Beverley Bell, the North Western Traffic Commissioner, is continuing her campaign against poor maintenance by cutting the...

A failure to notify two convictions for overloading led to a familyrun business being called before Western Traffic...

A N uneatonbased opera tor, whose repute was in question, will be granted a new licence as long as Raiitrack and Warwickshire...

A skip hire operator locked in a battle with residents over noise and an old tree will have to wait to see whether he can...

I read with interest your response to a letter of enquiry regarding the adding of 'two daily driving periods' when the driver...

Having read CM (10-16 August) regarding the poor turnout at the Dover protest and being a small fleet operator myself, I too am...

nomillii■mairom I have known John DicksonSimpson for a good many years and have nothing but the sincerest regard for him as a...

As a TGWU member I feel I have a right to comment on your article 'Union Asks for Huge Pay Rise' (CM17-23 August). Whilst...

In Scotland last week, one of The Hawk's correspondents learned that the Road Haulage Association's Fuel Duty campaign Is...

All this rotten weather gave The Hawk a good excuse to repair to the snug bar of The Mouse and Keyboard for an afternoon's...

There's nothing like coming out tops to put a smile on a chap's face. Jim Woods (left) and David Satter (right) fought off...

sell-by date for Renault's Midliner range passed some time ago. In recent times, UK sales had all but dried up, with just a...

their wounds after finding their premiums rocket. Pat Hagan examines the factors behind the high quotes and looks at how owners...

but their presence Is likely to increase, fuel duty escalator or net. With some UK companies, particularly those in the...

of timber hauliers accidentally shedding loads and narrowly missing passing traffic. But in April, on the A7 south of Langholm,...

Party (RHWP), which is made up of contractors, growers and processors, covers all aspects of safety in timber haulage. Its...

The code of practice produced by the Roundwood Haulage Working Party costs £5 from the Forestry Contracting Association (Lel:...

Paul Holgate MW's decision to wash its hands of Rover, followed by Ford's announcement that car production at its Dagenham...

Will hauliers be on board the gravy train? Mike Sherrington reports. A fier years of being a Cinderella sector, transport is...

B asically, the 10-year transport strategy applies only to England. The exception is that it does embrace a mainline rail...

T he rail industry is cock-a-hoop over proposals In the strategy to invest an extra .f,4bn in rail freight over the next 10...

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