Freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel rose in the third quarter of this year to 272.052 trucks—up 31% on the third quarter...

stalls around the country to promote its second national fuel action day. Leader William Hague has called the Chancellor...

Logistics group Exel has teamed up with its American rival UPS to set up a supply network for Ford in Europe.

wants a cut of 7p/lit; the RAC is calling for a "fuel duty stabiliser".

Road Transport Union because of serious policy differences about its future.

25% despite a turnover increase of 13.6% year-on-year in the six months ending 30 June.

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I by John O'Donnell The government might encourage hauliers to quit the industry by paying them for their old trucks as part...

• Leading Hazchem haulier Sutton & Son (St Helens) has had its licence slashed by 45 vehicles because of continuing maintenance...

II Diesel pump prices have finally risen in line with crude oil price hikes. The oil companies have been under pressure from...

• by Dominic Perry Tanker drivers faced an orchestrated campaign of intimidation during last month's fuel protest, according...

The latest Haulage Forum has failed to calm the fuel crisis, and ministers are refusing to commit themselves to help struggling...

• The Greater London Authority has promised to work closely with the freight industry to address concerns over congestion...

• A British driver was been attacked by illegal immigrants in Calais earlier this month. Ken Murphy, 59, works for Caerwys,...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate and Warwickshire Police are running a pilot scheme to prosecute offending foreign drivers directly...

Have you ever been tempted—or forced by financial difficulties—to consider leaving the industry? If so, you may be one of many...

• Coolchain has taken over fresh produce haulier A Wood & Son of Outing, Kent but a spokesman for the company says there will...

by Dominic Perry Truck drivers' pay deals are improving, according to the Transport & General Workers' Union. The preliminary...

• Motorway services—regularly blasted for their substandard food—have apparently managed to attract a new group of diners, But,...

• P&O Ferrymasters was called before the Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown after the company had been encouraged to...

• Ex-haulier Howard Wledman has launched an Internet fuel service, hoping to beat down oil prices by putting fuel orders out to...

Wincanton Logistics has won one of the biggest contracts awarded by a petrol firm to a logistics provider, worth 190m. The...

Lynx Express has retained a contract to manage Saab's parts logistics for three years. It will distribute parts from Sweden and...

contracts from Tesco in recent years in a deal worth around 120m. It covers the management of a new distribution centre in...

Carpet Express has notched up a £5m contract from Ryalux for the next five years. It will run a new 1500,000 liveried fleet...

contract for Cheshire Recycling. It will collect waste newspapers and magazines from 4.50,000 homes In the North-West.

Nightspeed Services has won a 2120,000 delivery contract from OE Electronics, distributor of highspecification radios. It...

• by Pete Sytkigler A truck driver died when he was trapped in his blazing cab after it struck a broken-down truck, an inquest...

m Safeway has beaten the driver shortage with a two-day recruitment blitz including open days, presentations and a telephone...

A transport and warehousing firm has launched a driver-training course to improve the standard of agency drivers and help ease...

• by Colin Barnett For the first time in its long history, Allison Transmissions has begun production outside the Americas. CM...

• DaimlerChrysler has set up a division to handle its e-commerce and technology acquisition activities. The company's Internet...

• Michelin has added a new tyre to its range to cope with the worst of the winter weather. The drive-axle XDN Grip is the only...

• Carrier has made its first reefer unit to run on compressed natural gas (CNG). The alternatively fuelled Genesis R90...

DalmierChrysler has completed its acquisition of Detroit Diesel, paying $23 (about £16) for each outstanding share,

the Sprinter. It also gets the Assyst servicing computer, which can extend service intervals by 9,000 miles, to 24,000 miles.

RMC Aggregates has fitted more than 40 Brigade Electronics Backeye CCTV reversing kits to Its quarry machinery. The company...

Vauxhall is now offering a three-year/100,000-mile warranty on its Merano and Vivaro vans, the Brava pickup and the car-derived...

equipment to all of Its BOO vehicles. So far 515 units are running with VeMIS, and Asda reports fuel savings of up to 9%.

An RAC survey shows car drivers get 30% better fuel results than manufacturers claim. The survey didn't cover commercial vehicles.

This is the drive we thought might never happen. Since the Renault Mascott was unveiled at the I RTE Show at Telford in May...

Two former drivers for Transfreight Services have been fined for falsifying tachograph records and for using vehicles with...

Oils with a formal warning about its maintenance standards at a Glasgow disciplinary inquiry, but took no action against its...

A bid for a new five-vehicle licence by James Ford, trading as Jet,M Skip Hire, of Bury, has been rejected by North Western TC...

Lyon Couriers. of Oxford, has been revoked on financial grounds by Western TC Philip Brown. He also disqualified Lyon from...

Bournemouth, have been given a final warning by Western TC Philip Brown. The partners had been called before the TC at a...

Jack Dessaur £2,145 redundancy pay and money in lieu of notice. A Shrewsbury Employment Tribunal heard that the company...

The use of trailers without authority has led to the revocation of the two-vehicle licence held by Croft, Lincs-based Derek...

Bournemouth haulier Sally Marshall lost her Operator's Licence after Tailing to appear at a public inquiry or to notify the...

3 A Derbyshire haulage company has lost its licence following a fatal accident last January involving one of its drawbars....

The wife of a disqualified haulier nearly lost her Operator's Licence last week when she was questioned over maintenance for...

• DeVilbiss's new Airodrynamie air dryer system is said to dry resprayed panels as quickly as infra-red units, and is...

weather-, greaseand corrosion-resistant rubber hand lamps, lanterns and rechargeable emergency lights that switch on if power...

▪ Eberspecher has developed an electric handwash unit to suit recovery vehicles, service vans and other roadside units. The...

• Birmingham-based Crane Care has added the battery-operated Micron 5 radio control unit to its range of crane switchgear....

• Nottinghamshire-based hydraulics specialist ABCO Engineering Hydraulics has developed a range of 10and 20-tonne pit jacks for...

• GKD iechnik of Wimborne has developed an on-board system for the dynamic weighing of loads or trucks and trailers. The...

e Poor quality compressed air can cause premature wear to power tools. Zander UK, which specialises in treating compressed air...

: • ZF's DriveCentre network has been further strengthened by Hindle group's coverage from Scotland to south-east and...

• Esprit of Pullborough, West Sussex. is marketing a new windscreen repair kit for CV operators and repairers. The Compact Pro...

• Diagnos of Oxford has developed a fault diagnosis system that enables independent garages to run full electronic service...

Plymouth-based Interlube Systems has been bought fr lnvensys by its management Interlube produces multi-hr automatic...

Ashford Automotive is marketing a new waterless vehicle wash, Smartwash, s to be non-toxic and 11V-prne It combines a leather...

Hall's of Sheffield has instal a double Spraybake booth at oven complex. The centrally placed booths are linked to new...

• Recently merged An Mentor has rationalised European aftermarket distril non and customer call centre a new multi-lingual site...

An HGV driver from Cranleigh in Surrey has been developing a taste for the Orient—and were not talking about his local...

Glasgow's Posthouse Hotel played host to the RHA's Scotland & Northern Ireland Region for its annual night on the town. It was...

Come on you two, put your backs into it! Celebrity builder Tommy Walsh (left) from the BBC's Groundforce team is seen here...

A couple of issues ago (CM 12-18 October) The Hawk was mourning the forthcoming demise of the Reliant Robin after 65 splendid...

the ultimate in road Wily jeopardise safety for anythiru than WABCO, especially as vehicle manufacturers choose WABCO as...

He told the audience that he had asked for a list of guests broken down by age and sex, adding, "But I can see that you all...

I note that for the second time in as many weeks yet another person is asking hauliers to stick together regarding the fuel...

The professional majority in this industry has fought hard over many years against the charge of being at best an unnecessary...

highlights some of the worst features of the government's action to reduce road congestion and environmental damage. He offers...

Further to the issue of truck drivers in the UK finally standing up and fighting for our rights, there is one continuing gap in...

N owadays it seems to be a matter of course for manufacturers to ask drivers what they want from a new vehicle range, but when...

Chris Metcalf Hepworth Minerals and Chemicals was bought by SibeIca in July, and when CMtalked to logistics manager Chris...

SOUTHERN COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL TRADING SOCIETY Scats (Southern Counties Agricultural Trading Society) has recently been going...

g oing. '' Roger Brown Brown adds. "We were soon converted to Cummins and have stuck with them ever since. The B DR fleet of...

country." Dennis Taylor ANC is the fifth largest parcels carrier in the UK, with a trunking fleet of 16o artics operating...

value."Chris Wright Chris Wright, managing director of independent Commercial Vehicle Auctions, runs sales of CVs, trailers...

One good reason for buying an ERF is the driveline, While ERF has offered other combinations the Cummins/Eaton/ Mentor blend of...

customers." Tony Mudd Tony Mudd is business manager at ERE Medway at %rood, Kent "We see plenty of EC10 and EC14s but ECUs are...

does not mean haulage has to lose out. The two modes of transport can work together admirably and, as Mike Sherrington...

• There are two major grants available to help promote rail traffic. Both were formally administered by the Department of...

electronic smart-card tachographs is a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, unlike the sunrise, we STILL don't know when this...

It's more than two years since CM first reported on digital tachos, and a lot has happened since then. For example, we've found...

The driver's card will store a rolling 28 days' worth of information, including: Hours driven; *Rest taken; *Distances...

Motor Trailer of the Year Awards, we take a look at a couple of last year's winners in action with the operators who use them....

exactly what they want, so think of the benefits that can arise when trailer builder and operator are on the same team. Mike...

Careless driving, accidents and thievery; shifting loads, stillages and erratic fork-lift work—they can all damage curtains,...

One company very interested in using Southfields' Body Armour is UCI Logistics, which runs a large fleet of curtainsiders from...

Spread the curtain over a flat surface in the trailer and clean the area thoroughly with white spirit. "If you don't, the dirt...

ooi-Aap's truck-mounted fork-lift has been around le UK for more than 30 years but recent manual andling restrictions and...

II Having steam-cleaned the machine, remove the engine top cover and either swing the side panel away or remove it altogether....

Association, presents a personal reflection of the events of `Fuel Crisis Week' . • if you would like to feature in Working...

• Saturday sales at haulage yards are still pulling in enthusiastic bidders willing to pay top dollar for trucks with the right...

• Managers at Hull-based Renault VI dealer Thompson have bought the firm from its parent Thompson Group. Managing director...

• Hauliers are finding that finance on used trucks aged six years old or more is almost impossible to obtain now that General...

• Sales of second-hand refrigerated semitrailers have been in the doldrums for the past 18 months, says Steve Wild, asset...

• The difference between what fleet vendors think their vehicles are worth and their real value at auction can be as much as...

• Mercedes-Benz dealer Enza's move to set up a s alone van dealership with a three-vehicle showro( Manchester's Bury New Road...

• GE Capital-Key Lease has set up a web site at www.gekeytrucks.com to help it dispose of second-hand es lease vehicles....