blast of hot air that masqueraded as the debate over car seat belts a letter appeared in the press from a retired Naval...

The United Nations Economic Commission on Europe believes a redesign could save 80 lives a year in front-impact accidents. If...

to leave the London Lorry Ban scheme at the end of March, leaving 19 boroughs to administer the scheme which forces trucks off...

Workers Union is hoping to reverse a 1992 industrial tribunal decision in April in a case which could have drastic implications...

Hauliers are bracing themselves for a fresh wave of French violence following attacks by French fishermen on British trucks. A...

Operators who have ordered Leyland Daf trucks since the receivership can take delivery of them following a dealer financing...

do not want to wear seatbelts because they are scared of being trapped in their cabs following an accident. A Commercial Motor...

the Eastern RHA that he will look into claims that farmers are "poaching" haulage business by using new 14-tonne payload...

check on waste operators last week could help avert serious accidents, say Merseyside Police, who are mounting an anti-fly...

officials from the Continent could soon be helping to enforce road transport regulations on UK roads. The EC Karolus programme...

on diesel calculated on tank capacity, irrespective of the actual amount carried at the time of taxation. The tax covers...

The 6x6 SNM6D and 4x4 SNN4D both have a cab/body width of 2.9m, which Unipower says is the maximum permitted for emergency...

MIRAs climatic wind tunnel (CWT), commissioned in January at a cost of £5m, makes its aerodynamic centre the best in the...

Hull is hoping for an extended service life from its first 26-tonne 6x4 ERF with the new eighttonne front axle, Norde rubber...

The approaches are being made in areas of the country where Leyland Daf's representation and customer portfolio are...

developing a range of lightweight tractors and multi-wheelers based around the Cummins L10 engine and fit ted with a modified...

examining ways of offering more load volume on its semi-trailers—without compromising structural strength and keeping to...

10 Scanias worth £500,000. The three P93 tractive units with Cartwright trailers and seven box-bodied 17-tonners were supplied...

Japanese plant equipment manufacturer Komatsu. The deal will help Cummins to spread the cost of future engine developments as...

has opened a southern outlet at Aylesford in Kent. It is aimed at improving next-day deliveries for the South. Contact 071-629...

for strike-hit Nolan Transport blockaded a main road in the Irish Republic last week—in support of their employer. The 14...

month after mounting debts forced Derbyshire-based SAY Transport to call in the receiver, a new firm has applied for an...

annual British International Motor Show is under review, with the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) contract due to expire after...

for Allied Bakeries and Rank Hovis McDougall says that three of six union areas have accepted its offer for a 3% pay rise for...

of England will be bidding for extra work following a decision from Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages to cut its distribution...

UK depots are believed to have accepted a £5.20 rise on basic weekly pay from the Ackworth, West Yorks-based operator. Lift...

Creegan Home Deliveries is on the acquisition trail in a bid to challenge the UK's leading catalogue delivery firms. Barrie...

with Modo Merchants. The work was previously handled by BRS's Guildford depot. Wincanton will haul from the Brooklands, Surrey...

vote this week on a 2% pay offer from the Wakefield, West Yorks-based firm.

Trailers has been bought from the receiver by Atalanta Engineering, which manufactures diesel generators. The Chertsey,...

Freight Services's J Ironfield subsidiary are believed to be owed £50,000 following the company's voluntary liquidation in...

shire haulier Barlow & Hodgkinson were forced to do round trips to Sheerness and back in a day to benefit the firm's managing...

Irlam has trebled the authorisation at its Stone, Staffordshire, depot, despite environmental representations. The company...

and an employee, Andrew Brown, have been given a 12-month conditional discharge for Clean Air Act offences. The company was...

that a licence bid by Penrithbased Acredean is merely an attempt to avoid the consequences of possible further serious drivers'...

should not be blamed for its drivers' hours and tachograph offences once they leave the depot, said former traffic examiner...

Amanda Brewster, daughter of Vincent Brewster whose F Goldsmith (Sicklemere) recently had its licence revoked, has been refused...

Smiths Flour Mills has added a Germanmade Feldbinder 53m3 four-pot bottom-discharge powder tanker to its fleet of 14 bulker...

bus and coach builder Neoplan boosted its output by 12.5% last year to a recordbreaking 1,517 vehicles. Over the past three...

its Schmitz Thermostar reefer building subsidiary at Harelaw, County Durham with the Schmitz Trailer (UK) operation. Preston...

gear on its latest batch of 50 air-suspended tri-axle curtainsiders built by Craven Tasker. The trailers feature BPW's...

waste management, recycling and cleansing , will be held in the NEC, Birmingham on 9-11 March.

added 10 Don-Bur doubledecked trailers to its fleet for servicing a contract with Index worth £2.5m a year. "Their...

tyre wear, Banks of Sandy has included self-steering axles on four tri-SAF-axled stepframe grain carriers built by Wisbech Bulk...

replaced its standard delivery trucks with a fleet of demountbodied drawbar outfits as part of a move to a centralised national...

over noise level reductions on its small rigid delivery vehicles has led Thermo King to develop a noise-reduction kit for its...

Neville Charrold reports its best start to a year since 1989 with more than Lim worth of orders in January Most of the business...

ordered eight aircraft catering support vehicles from Norwich Coachworks to supply aircraft at Gatwick airport. They are based...

The DVLA has a plan to catch out road tax dodgers. Car drivers may be quaking in their boots—but how will it affect cowboy...

the wrong tree, Sheffield MEP Roger Barton has delivered a leather-clad protest to the European Parliament against plans to...

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

and mostly accurate reading, but I object to an innacuracy regarding my company. ARC dispute Your articleTipping the Scales...

to assess their own tax based on projected current year earnings rather than last year's. Time to get the crystal ball out ......

but what do you do when your vehicles are attacked by unknown assailants trying to drive you out of business? CM talks to three...

of options it offers. For the past couple of years that service has been available to operators of 17-tonners, courtesy of the...

but finding a software package tailored to road haulage is less easy. CM screens the systems. Jim Hay wants to take the plunge...

and extended. With several companies locked in tribunal hearings, what could it cost the transport industry? Tjast month the...

WarehousingThe Undiscovered Opportunity takes place on 11 March at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London. Organised by the...

and run overweight' 4 1 am appealing to all hauliers to join me in launching the Campaign for Legislation for Road Transport...