by Charles Young Sugar beet hauliers are venting their anger over new delivery schedules which they say will put some of them...

form part of Jaguar's racing teams for the next two seasons after Volvo became official transportation supplier to the UK-based...

operator has escaped with a fine of just £210 for illegally running a 17tonne rigid and employing an unqualified driver....

use by its staff after it emerged that some of its computers have been used to download illegal pornography. Last week the...

• by Melanie Hammond The number of foreign-registered CVs operating in the UK is rising at 24% a year, according to the latest...

consider the seriousness of road transport offences when considering a haulier's repute. It was the removal of the word...

• by Melanie Hammond Insurance premiums for haulage fleets are rocketing as fewer insurance companies are issuing quotes and...

At last, the conundrum over loss of repute arising from potentially minor road traffic offences is over, with the Transport...

• A Kendal-based firm has written to the Prime Minister expressing its dismay at the rejection of its appeal against an 18,000...

• Animal rights activists are suspected of firebombing an Oxfordshire meat processing firm, Munchmeats and damaging a...

• by Charles Young The consultancy whose research was last year used by the government to demonstrate the health of the haulage...

• A working compromise has ended threats of an escalated withdrawal of services by hauliers at Dublin Port. At least 60...

• Seven overloaded refuse trucks cost Coventry City Council £6,000 last week after six of its drivers were accused of breaking...

• Plans to dump two million tonnes of waste at a former colliery spoil tip near Doncaster have been delayed following protests...

N International hauliers face a summer of disruption on the ferries after a union moved to a strike ballot as the latest step...

II by Coy Sheppard The road safety campaign group Brake has published a checklist of dos and don'ts to prevent driver...

• Award-winning haulier JF Alford Transport of Southampton has been bought by Deben Transport after 30 years in the business....

• Irish hauliers will be included in a new list warning which companies in the Republic are about to be struck off by the...

• by Colin Barnett A dual-fuel system simultaneously running on diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is now available from...

• CM has long predicted that it is only a matter of time before Tata's vehicles reach a standard where they can compete with...

• All off-roaders are a compromise, but the Safari seems to offer a good balance between well-mannered handling on the highway,...

taken its 200th Mercedes truck-a 6x2 25401S tractor with the MegaSpace cab, as part of a 52-vehicle order from Normand...

• MAN is the latest manufacturer to join the "one-stop shop" vehicle market. MAN Bodyline offers single order forms for fully...

• "Does anybody need more than 500hp? Probably not. But does anybody want more than 500hpP You bet!" These words accompanied...

• We began our assessment of the new R164 range in central Sweden's highland region with a selection of general European-spec...

11, by Peter Lawton Ince is depending on its latest low-roof Daily variant to boost UK sales. The company is also adding...

• Specialist haulier John Shephard has taken delivery of its first purpose-built boat trailer from Dennison Trailers. The...

• Infrared sensors are being used by a Cardiff-based company to develop a truck protection system. Heat and Combustion...

six new ERFs, three King low loaders and a Land Rover in a 10-year contract hire deal with Ryder. The artics will carry mobile...

• Renault has developed art 11-litre common-rail diesel, rated at 420hp and launched in the Premium 420 dCi, a threeaxle...

Defective brakes and speed limiters have cost a Cheshire waste disposal contractor £1,995 in fines and costs. Alan's Skip Hire...

The four Greek-owned companies whose 0-licences have been revoked by Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms (CM11-17 May) are to appeal to...

A Sheffield haulage company had its licence cut from 12 vehicles and 20 trailers to hree vehicles and 11 trailers when it...

Scottish Deputy IC Richard McFarlane has revoked the licence held by Avonbridge-based T&J Wilson (Hauliers) and disqualified...

North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe has reminded operators who receive letters calling them to public...

A Dudley ownerdriver called to a Birmingham disci plinary inquiry over maintenance told West Midland Traffic Commissioner David...

New research results show career progression and earning potential of Huddersfield Transport and Logistics graduates. We have...

As you don't run a personal column in your magazine I was wondering if you could possibly be of some assistance through your...

We refer to a recent case reported in CM in which Dudley Council was found guilty of overloading (CM2-8 March). We are a small...

As an international haulier, I am calling on ferry operators to provide more support and better security to stop immigrants...

'Ere mate, don't look now but the Old Bill is watching you! Luckily Steve Creed, an KV driver from fiverton in Devon, has...

The Hawk's south-east London correspondent spotted this puritan message in a Welling overnight lorry and coach park. No ball...

A bunch of dedicated ramblers will soon be pulling on their hiking trousers ready to tackle the rigours of the Sheep's Head Way...

show his emotional side (especially after an evening spent in the snug at the Badger and Logic Board) so he won't mind...

it introduced the 95 XF back in 1997. From that you might have expected to see a completely new truck, but in the truck...

the cab is a reasonable size." Chris Long Is: Chris Long is a director of J Long & Sons Haulage, which was founded at the...

Mike Beer Three years ago Mike Beer Transport, a family-owned concern which started in business in 1976 with a single truck,...

Graham Eames Pulleyn Transport, on the outskirts of Reading, is another company that has grown from small beginnings. Adrian...

good." Tony Stephenson Tony Stephenson is sales manager for Oaf franchise Lex of Wrexham. "We don't keep a large stock of...

There are now more than 3,000 Daf XFs on the road, of which about 70% are 6x2s. About 6o% of XFs have the smaller Space Cab....

left side of the cab is supported and all mounting brackets and bolts are removed from the chassis, right back to the engine...

+ Since the recession that turned the former Leyland heartland into something of a wasteland—a situation made worse by the...

+ Whatever the job, whether it be joining or building up broken parts, the first task is to clean the affected area with the...

air intake ductings been exchanged simply as matter of expediency? Techxio-Weld of Aston in Oxfordshire has developed a repair...

+ It isn't always possible to know if a damaged cast alloy item will melt below the rod's melting point But if it does melt,...

+ Always direct the heat towards the target area; never directly onto it. t. The heat in the aluminium should be enough to...

safety mea sure, turn the run/stop switch on the machine to stop. Check all drive belts for correct tension. Drain the engine...

many hauliers that would be no big deal, but it's a big step for Metcalfe. Not only is his company, W Metcalfe & Sons, a small...

turn 60, but Peter Patchett was already 61 when he launched the business he runs now: Speeton Refrigerated Transport. Starting...

S peaking to Peter Osborne restores your faith in the future of Britain's transport industry. Well, perhaps that's going a bit...

auliers with low-loaders in their armoury can carry just about any piece of plant, When we speak to David Blaker, director of...

South Yorkshire, John Owen's cream and blue tippers spend most of their time in the demanding terrain of Derbyshire's Peak...

s itting in the heart of what was once Sheffield's prime industrial area, Perry's represents the service industry which now...

advice to financial help— from a variety of sources. As the name suggests, Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) concentrate...

is to maintain the focus of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers: the people who specify the vehicles and then have the...

• Exporting used trucks from the UK is proving so difficult that one dealer specialising in overseas sales is diversifying into...

• Anybody with a yard full of clean, lateregistered rigids can count himself a lucky man, says Bob Reed, heavy commercials...

Duncan Ward has been promoted to the new position of business development manager, commercial vehicle sales, at British Car...