by Sally Nash • The Government has been forced to review sideguard regulations following a change in Vehicle Inspectorate...

drought are set to hit costs by Karen Miles • Operators should brace themselves for a double squeeze on costs following...

I f you've read Charles Dickens' classic novel David Copperfield you may recall Mr Micawber's pronouncement: "Accidents happen...

• A former transport manager of a company whose lorry killed six people when it ran out of control was appearing in court this...

by Sally Nash • The Foreign Office has rejected claims that UK drivers in jail abroad have been subject to any miscarriages of...

by Ian Wylie • Hauliers who are over-reliant on international contracts will soon be feeling the chill of recession again,...

• Illegal drivers are costing taxpayers an estimated £25 per vehicle per day, according to the results of a recent...

• Speed cameras can reduce road deaths by more than two thirds—but li their use is unlikely to be increased in the short term...

by Lee Kitnber • Trucks crushed more workers to death last year than at any time in the past five years, with seven employees...

• Owner-drivers and subcontractors are witnessing the end of a period of windfall activity at parcels carrier Nightfreight as...

by Lee Kimber • Tipper operators, lowloader specialists and general hauliers are in line for a multi-million-pound bonanza as...

• The future of tolls on the Skye Bridge has been thrown into disarray following a ruling by a Scottish court in favour of two...

• DFDS Transport has won a long battle with the Russians to get its name removed from a Customs blacklist. Danish-owned DFDS...

by Sally Nash • "A major time-bomb waiting to explode" is how Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody describes the so-called bridge...

by Bryan Jarvis • Barnsley-based PDS Liquid Bulk Haulage has taken the first Cummins M11-powered Seddon Atkinson...

El Cartwright, in consultation with TI)G Williams, has produced a curtain-sided triaxle semi-trailer with an unladen weight of...

by Steve Sturgess • Cummins new 600hp, 15-litre engine — code-named Apex— will be sold in North America as the Signature 600...

by Dan Gilkes • Any tanker is bound to suffer from a degree of load movement, which can adversely affect handling. To counter...

was given an absolute discharge for using a vehicle with defective brakes after magistrates in Sale, Cheshire accepted that the...

• Harris Transport (Merthyr) has been given one last chance to produce financial information required by South Wales Traffic...

• A Derbyshire tipper operator's licence has been cut from 15 vehicles and 12 trailers to 12 vehicles and 10 trailers because...

• A Cheshire operator who admitted that he was unable to afford to maintain his vehicle has lost his licence. Mohammed Shoaib,...

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I feel I must write to question details of the McIntosh profile (CM 19-25 June). The owner, Mr Manuel, claims a turnover of...

W e write as a long-established training provider in all those driver skill areas covered by your article headed "Where have...

In the driving seat etter late than never, I suppose. The Hawk is delighted to announce, somewhat belatedly, the winners of...

MIXTUR E A s a truck manufacturer you certainly wouldn't want to rely too heavily on the multi-wheeler tipper market at the...

our test truck is Scania's faithful 11-litre DSC11-79 charge-cooled sixcylinder engine. This Euro-2 direct-injection diesel...

p hoenix companies are named after the mythical bird that arose from the ashes of a funeral pyre. Hauliers will be familiar...

the body swappers W ith local authorities strapped for cash, and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, it has...

save on brakes C hris Elwell's tipper fleet is only small; nine eight-leggers in all and nothing at present newer than a brace...

T op-of-the-range vehicles arc not normally associated with pallet collection and distribution, but Motward's fleet of Volvo...

y et another shake-up may be on the way for the LGV test. Views on whether driver training and testing should be carried out...

I t is very easy for motorists to say the roads are for their convenience and that lorries are a nuisance. Lorry operators...