ii by Cliff Caswell A High Court judge presiding over what is being viewed by the haulage industry as a landmark case has...

• The trade associations, the government and the unions are displaying a rare united front this week with a last-ditch campaign...

George Lawson. the man who oversaw Rugby Cement's controversial move back to own-account operations, has resigned. In a...

After months of high-profile lurk cases against its drivers, ikes Transport (Craigavon) .s been putting its case before iottish...

• by Mlles Brignall Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts wants every haulage company to have a Certificate of Professional...

• by Guy Sheppard The global slump in the aviation industry following the September 11 terror attacks an America is about to...

cut will not hurt haulage • Road hauliers are unlikely to see large numbers of customers moving to rail freight despite the...

II Residents in the County Tyrone area of Northern Ireland are feeling the effects of the huge diesel laundering rackets that...

• UK hauliers are missing out on the benefits of falling world oil prices. While unleaded petrol prices have been falling...

i by Dominic Perry Scottish transport firm and )e two partners running the oniony have been declared ankrupt after failing to...

Shock horror uproar! 0-licence revocations up by 35%! Don't let this startling statistic from the latest annual report from the...

• by Guy Sheppard Hauliers could soon be filling their tanks with diesel which includes a dash of environmentally-friendly fuel...

• More than 100 miles of motorway and trunk roads are to be resurfaced over the next four years because their concrete surfaces...

their fingers burned after stealing a trailer packed with caustic and hydrochloric acid. The 18ft tandem-axle trailer was...

• A French truck driver was on the wrong side of the road when his artic collided head-an with a coach, an inquest was told...

by Dominic Perry reakdown operators in Kent, issex and Lancashire are ?eking changes to policeanaged recovery contracts ter...

II Eurotunnel freight services were delayed by up to four hours last 1Yednesday (17 October) after a Euroqar train broke down...

• The larger the engine, the lower the manufacturing volume (and, dare we say, the lower the volume, the better the engine is...

[here's a great deal more to fifth wheels than meets the eye, according to Cheshire-based manufacturer 'a ntaine VBG. The firm,...

• Fontaine VBG's owner Marmon is not a conventional conglomerate; instead it is an "association" of more than 100 companies. As...

• Livingston-based NUS Toiletries (right) has fitted its eight Scalia R114 tractive units with Fontaine VBG's 150 SPPA...

• by Cohn Barnett The bleak situation in the North American truck market (CM1824 Oct) continues to take its...

to triaxle Chereau 13.6m reefers on ASDA's fleet; this follows an order for the 55 Vectors fated last July. The reefers are...

National store chain Bewise has acquired 16 new Scanias. Fourteen P94 220hp 4x2 rigids engines are fitted with Peter C Reeves...

District Council's housing maintenance unit. The order, comprising three Kango 8650s, 12 Master SL28 (Ms and three Master 5133...

Daily City trucks to its fleet of 1,500 CVs. The new arrivals are fitted with 2.8-litre, 105hp engines; they are covered by a...

three Scania P114 8x4 280hp tippers to its fleet; Cyncro fitted them with Rhino steel bodies.

• A MORI poll has shown that just 8% of vehicle fleets use any form of remote tracking, data capture or other telematles...

• The latest product from King Trailers provides a unique solution to clearing the roads of dead 44-tonne arta. Designed for...

A breakdown in company systems led to a Widnes tanker operator being fined several thousand pounds after a court was told of...

fitted in his vehicle has cost Aberdeen owner-driver Michael Sunley his licence. Sunley had been called before Scottish DTC...

grant Malpas racehorse transporter Richard Francis an HGV driving licence. Francis, who had let his previous licence expire,...

Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence held by London-based Nickle Scaffolding being cut by two vehicles. The...

Southern Co-operative has had its licence curtailed to BO vehicles and 65 trailers with effect from 31 October for three months.

Berkhampstead-based John Gower & Sons has been granted authority for a new operating centre for four vehicles, on condition...

A Cheshire international haulier whose company went into liquidation in a vehicle and trailer on his own account is successful....

IN Auto Service Tools of Solihull has launched a range of 11 timing kits for Fiat vans and cars. It covers petrol and diesel...

• here are nearly 30 milkon vehicles in Britain producing some 165,000 tonnes of waste oil every year, says waste management...

will be aware of the problems caused by condensation: stock damage, corrosion and possible structural damage. Eco Polyurethane...

• Agriemach's Transporter combined fluid evacuator/injector unit is designed to help workshops cut dawn on the time needed for...

• Partco Autaparts has updated its Taskmaster catalogue covering storage and handling equipment. Innovations include secure key...

• Serck has launched a range of winter chemicals to help CV owners clean and maintain their vehicles quickly and efficiently....

Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

T he ability to adapt to anyone and anything" says oug Paton, the man ?hind TOTALCard the 2V1/ fuel management 'stern from...

YOUR drivers? • How well do your drivers know the Highway Code and road traffic law? In a recent test by Warwickshire Police,...

please contact Backfire, Connorcial Motor, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 020 8652 8971....

As winter approaches and the Northern nights draw in, the Spagthorpe Amateur Operatic Troop (SPAT) has been entertaining...

110 CDI 2.7-tonner to the four corners of the British Isles. The brochure says "V is for versatile" (before reminding us that...

and stress: these are just a few of the factors whch turn potential HGV drivers away from the industry. But if we do not take...

The Young HGV Drivers Scheme is a little known gem—but Ian Hetherington, chairman of the Road Haulage Distribution and Training...

Hauliers take note The New Deal can offer hauliers financial help to train HGV drivers. The scheme is restricted to those who...

Driver Drive 21101 wont into a higher gear last December when the media took an interest in lhe campaign. We were interviewed...

more than 70% said they have no plans to recruit drivers next year. Many of the operators will be forced to change their minds...

is no mean feat for any family haulier. Michael Gordon finds out how one of Barnsley's finest has managed to thrive when so...

could be a double whammy if your have to lash out on better security systems in order to obtain insurance cover. Bryan Jarvis...

MAN's 23 wholly owned operations have CCTV. movement detectors and a loudspeaker system dis creetly installed inside the...

Based on a large industrial estate on the edge of this former g arrison town, it has been hit several times recently. Security...

CV? When did you last have your torque wrenches calibrated? There could be a link, whether you and your fleet aspire to IS09001...

precision instruments, ind even in the best run garages they can he E. rapped or bashed now and again. When Ney're jarred the...

Mere, Wiltshire has a busy week out on the road setting up specialist insurance deals. • If you would like to feature in...

• ERF dealers have given a warm welcome to owner MAN's move to restructure the company. It is to be split into separate...

• Lex Commercials has spent Lsoo,000 on improvements to its Beeston, Notts, Daf distributorship. The offices have been rebuilt...

• Two 38ohp Volvo FM 6x2s came under the hammer at a recent sale held by Commercial Vehicle Auctions at Doncaster. They were...

• An independent Midlands dealer is setting up an Internet-based used truck auction. Stourport, Worcs-based Toby Rogerson...

Purfieet, Essex-based Scania distributor Scantruck is building new premises which are due for completion during the first...

Renault Trucks has recruited Tyrone Aaron to be field manager, north in its used vehicle department. Aaron joins from Southway...

Ex-Ministry of Defence trucks are now being marketed at fixed prices over the Internet by British Car Auctions under the...

Used values of Scania 4 Series, Volvo FH and Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors have all been firming up recently says George...