• by Ian Wylie Flagging-out part of your fleet to the Continent to save money on tax and duties might be unnecessary, says a...

* More than 350 faxes of protest about the fuel duty escalator, received at the OM offices over the past week, were delivered...

Boulogne-Folkestone ferry Falcon Seafreight earlier this week after its engines failed in a gale. The ferry arrived safely at...

• A Manchester-based haulier has lost a third of his fleet, half his warehousing equipment and all his Offices in a fire which...

I by Karen Miles Truck operators are squandering more than 1200m a year on fuel as well as unnecessarily polluting the...

II Volvo has abandoned its takeover negotiations with Scania's owners Investor, citing a failure to agree on the valuation of...

• The Road Haulage Association's fipCon tipper show seems to be back in business after major worries about its viability....

• by Tim Maughan A scheme for a 2200m railfreight terminal near London's Heathrow Airport could take 2,500 truck movements a...

• Creditors of the failed international Lincolnshire haulier MPG Transport have been warned not to expect to see much—or any—of...

How convenient that just days before it was due to be lobbied by thousands of irate hauliers demanding relief from punitive...

• Highways officials at Lancashire County Council are considering altering a stretch of sliproad off the M62 after a series of...

in August as an influx of holiday makers travel to view the solar eclipse. Devon and Cornwall Police have dismissed the...

A Norwegian supplier to the shipping trade claims to have developed a "viagra for trucks" which can help hauliers cancel out...

• by Charles Young Animal welfare protesters are using digital cameras to spy on livestock hauliers operating out of Dover...

IN The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is offering a .0,000 prize for the best new design of wheel fixing system in a bid...

• Would-be HGV drivers in the West Midlands who cannot afford training could realise their goal now that a Dudleybased training...

A haulier who lost his sight in one eye after a loading strap buckle broke and sprang back on him has lost his case for damages...

• by Charles Young Christian Salvesen is the latest haulier to run into problems over a chilled food contract for a major...

• A metal recycling firm has been charged in West Bromwich Magistrates Court following the death of a driver. Midlands-based...

• The British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association has, at the third attempt, found a truck manufacturer worthy of one of its...

• An Essex HGV training instructor was so angry about the alleged inefficiency of the Driving Standards Agency booking system...

• by Charles Young A driver has had to pay £700 for the recovery of his broken-down 32-tonne truck which was towed just three...

• Bulk logistics provider Hoyer has joined forces with English, Welsh and Scottish Railways to open a rail terminal at...

W TOO Logistics driver Arran Sutton has won top prize in the first Cycle Awareness Driver of the Year award organised by his...

TESCO IRELAND Exel Logistics has signed a long-term partnership with Tesco Ireland to operate a dedicated distribution site...

In the two years that the Mercedes-Benz Vito has been on sale in the UK it has carved out a healthy slice of the up-to2.8-tonne...

• by Colin Barnett Foden this week announced two further extensions to its "Advanced Function Concept" programme: the Foden...

regional centres, Bryan's Logistic Training Centre and Charnwood Training Centre, each of which has a proven track record in...

CM's Used Truck report has been renamed "Tools of the Trade" to reflect the fact that we intend to report on a wider range of...

MI The A-range of small, rotary-screw air compressor's from Ecoair UK has been extended with the launch of the A5 to A15 models...

• Manufactured from tear and puncture-resistant Flexothane, the Tacana high-oonspicuity jacket from Be!nor Workwear meets the...

• Workshop equipment manufacturer Maha recently installed a high-spec truck dynamometer at P Atkins of Mansfield, where Steve...

• A new emergency locking seat belt retrac tor, called Clear Retractor, is available from Securon. Not only is the casing...

Don's website is up and running to provide customers with a valuable source of Information on friction materials, CV pads, CV...

ICS Black Box (UK) says it has achieved integration and optimisation of functions, ergonomics, user-friendliness and styling,...

• Quadralene's range of cleaning products for bodyshopsincluding polishes, dressings and traffic film removers—is...

equipment specialist Redashe has introduced two new cleaning machines. The 3600 is a fully enclosed automatic cleaner for use...

Dewsburybased kodii West Yorkshire kodii West Yorkshire ..., Bulk Transport, which has not paid fines, costs and back duty...

Though Helensburgh-based Fiona Lafferty, trading as Caldwell Skip Hire, has a new two-vehicle licence, Scottish IC Michael...

The two-vehicle international licence held by Stephen Jackson, trading as Kerrys Freight, of Pontefract, was suspended...

Norbert Dentr•e-ssangle driver Patrick Chicoiene was cleared of an overloading offence after the defence had pointed out that...

Beattock haulier David Hyslop was I told he had to live down the family name by Scottish Transport Commissioner Michael Betts...

Bury St Edmunds magistrates who hoard that a driver had disobeyed instructions and had failed to secure his load, gave...

It is unusual for Traffic Area Offices to comment on reports of decisions made by Traffic Commissioners, but the coverage in CM...

With reference to the fuel rebate initiative being fought on our behalf by the RHA, I would like to comment on one major point...

ultra-low-sulphur (ULS) diesel standard at most of their sites ( CM11 - 17 Feb). The report says reduced particulate emissions...

headed Eurotunnel Vision (CM4-10 Feb), for the record, our published rate for non-account customers is £23 per metre, so had Mr...

protest, I would just like to thank you for being the driving force behind the protest and can assure you that you have our...

have faxed it to our MP, Theresa May. JW Dodsworth Haulage Contractors, Reading, Berks. Our thanks for these and similar...

thought it was a good idea to put amber flashing beacons on the rear of long loads, lowloaders, cranes and the like. I have...

CM for more than 25 years, and drove HGVs for a living until an injury 10 years ago. During the past quarter of a century I...

For the past few nights the Hawk has been tucked up in bed with Spiers of Melkshaal—no, it's not what you're thinking. The...

The Hawk has learnt of a supreme example of adding insult to injury. Shopkeeper Muriel Week Icy, 63, of Mattby, South...

Some dads make their little 'uns a kite, or perhaps a sailing boat to race in the village pond. But two-year-old Thomas Floyd's...

In his more fanciful moments the Hawk sometimes imagines himself as a daredevil racing driver. In truth he finds the wheelshake...

maximum-weight tractive units benefited from an orderly programme of chassis and driveline development. Then, in January 1997,...

else on fuel" John Berry — Butler Transport based at Driffield, Humberside runs seven trucks—it has used nothing but Mercs ever...

:OnSUMPtiOn PP Dave More One wall in Ross Garrett's office is covered with tl silverware he accumulated on his way to becomir...

is a lot better" Robert Wilcox Over the past 45 years Massey Wilcox has established strong links with the local paper industry...

Richard Green The Mercedes-Benz Used Truck Centre at Wentworth Park operates as an independent trade outlet, set up to deal...

If manufacturers didn't push at the leading edge of technology there wouldn't be any progress. But does it sell trucks? No, if...

T hey can be noisy, power-sapping and troublesome if neglected, but vehi cle refrigeration units now play a vital role for...

• In the past the industry relied on CFC-based refrigerants, with R12, R22 and 11502 being the favoured choices for a complete...

111AG ...well, the curtains at least! Chris Graham uncovers a revolutionary new product to bring them back to life. f it was...

Preparation is the key with Tarpaul and really does determine how good the finished job will be. For the best results the...

• A visit to most haulage depots in the UK means driving through wire gates and stopping on a large expanse of concrete. But...

II Not many hauliers can claim that their firm takes on the highly unusual—and prestigious—load of a Formula One racing car....

• The image of heavy tippers and idyllic English villages seems a little contradictory—but one Warwickshire-based haulier has...

• Four months ago the cab of a Waldings Transport truck exploded while it was parked up in Portugal. The driver was blown out...

• Many family haulage firms evolve through plain hard work and dedication, but occasionally we come across a history that is a...

Hauliers across the Midlands can apply for financial help and advice from several sources. Training and Enterprise Councils...

A solid handshake greets CM on arrival at Kidderminster-based Fransen Transport—the headquarters of an international haulier...

The centre is open for business from 8am but I am usually there 45 minutes earlier to make sure everything is ready for staff...

• Trucks coming into the country as grey imports may not be the bargains they appear to be at first sight, warns Mike Mudie,...

• The Working Time Directive could cause truck dealers major headaches as they frantically juggle shift patterns to maintain...

N Karen Jones is the new aftersales director at Scania distributor Derek Jones Commercials, and she'll be hoping to interweave...

• by Brian Weatherley Should independent used truck dealers have their own specialist trade association? Trafford Park,...

• Polar Motor Group's move to acquire First Motors Group—bestknown for its trading title Dagenham Motors—could pose problems...

acquiring Swansea Foden dealership Fairwood, one of the UK's longest-established Foden outlets. "We heard the owners wanted to...