by Michael Jewell • A haulier who knowingly used unlicensed sub - contractors, one of whom did not even have an HGV licence,...

£40m, almost unchanged on 1997's figure. Freight volumes on its UK routes fell by 3%. As a result of the figures, six directors...

• Legislation to impound illegally-operated trucks should be introduced before 2000, the Department of Transport has confirmed....

• A Spanish artic caused hours of chaos on the M25 last week when it overturned spilling its load of plastic granules. The...

• Hauliers have expressed concerns about whether the Road Haulage Association's campaign of nationwide rallies to help defeat...

• About 60% of transport workers surveyed by the Transport and General Workers Union in its Midlands region pay and working...

by Karen Miles • Lorry drivers questioned by Benefits Agency or immigration officers in next month's national roadside lorry...

• Nestle UK is to close its Warrington depot with the loss of 110 jobs, including 28 drivers, by next March because the site is...

ou can take liberty too far. And that's exactly what civil rights group Liberty risks doing when it claims that checking for...

by Ian Wylie • A Leicestershire haulier, who has been in dispute with his local council over planning permission for four...

• A lorry driver travelled 17 miles along the M5 while asleep before eventually crashing into a wood, Gloucester Crown court...

by Karen Miles • Operators look set to face increased delays in Ireland following the bomb blast in Omagh. Irish road hauliers...

• Irish haulage firm John Breen of Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, has been Forced to cut rates by 5% and 10% to keep Iwo major...

• A lorry driver was fined £200 with £65 costs by West Bromwich magistrates for driving for more than nine or 10 hours after he...

• Hauliers delivering to the heart of London Can expect longer delays as plans to pedestrianise parts of Trafalgar Square....

by David Craik • Britain's hauliers are being urged to fight for the future of a transport cafe which is being closed by the...

• Truck drivers pulling into transport cafes could find themselves sharing a table with restaurant critic Egon Ronay who wants...

• Leeds-based MacFarlane Transport has been fined £250 with .C65 costs by West Bromwich magistrates after admitting sending out...

are facing a battle to stop the local council closing down their layby facilities. One trader, Jacqueline Hartley, says the...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers should be extra vigilant about the legitimacy of concrete loads they are asked to dump following...

"t Joe Glanville, the employee of Liverpool haulage company Port Losistics charged with 10 offences of handling stolen...

by Charles Young • The managing director of P&O Trans European, Charles Rice, has denied rumours that he pushed for 41 tonnes...

• Turners (Sohaml Ltd has bought II ERFs, its first Britishbodged tractive units for a decade. The East Anglian fridge and...

by Sharon Clancy • MAN has introduced Premier Program, an operator support scheme that will offer free labour and two-year...

• Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott MP unveiled the first electric Citroen Berlingo in the UK. The van was bought by the...

by Cohn Barnett • Eaton will be introducing its latest transmission developments at next month's Hanover Show. Star of the new...

by Danny Coughlan As Daimler-Benz forges ahead with the creation of DaimlerChrysler, details are emerging of what this means...

• Renault is now offering an in-cab fridge for its Premium Long Distance models, mounted between the seats. The option costs...

by Steve Banner • Straightening twisted chassis is now much easier for technicians at Press Car & Cornmercial Bodyworks since...

• British Midland Cargo has bought five new Scania tractive units and rigids, plus three Southfields triaxle trailers. Two of...

• Independent remould tyre manufacturer Bandvulc has secured a contract worth about 4:500,000 a year to supply tyres to United...

• A new test completed by Millbrook Proving Ground has shown that CNG (compressed natural gas) offers fleet operators the most...

engine lubricant selection, BP las issued a fact sheet, Talking specifications—how to select the right engine oil, for...

• Andrew Taylor is the new aftermarket sales manager at ERF. He says: "I've joined ERF at an exciting time; With Part Attack...

• Waste management is big business these days, particularly if you run a bodyshop as part of your operation. Rob Cook,...

• The Air Compressor Group of Ingersoll-Rand has appointed Wales Fluid Power of Cardiff as its new authorised distributor...

• One of the latest releases from Rapid Racking is the Rapid Work Station, which is a heavy-duty structure that slots together...

• Allen Industrial has introduced the Trailflex range of ADR cables, The cables have gained TiN approval for use on trucks and...

• HRP has introduced the Vulkan Lokring which is said to be a revolutionary jointing system, replacing the need for brazing and...

• All the key benefits of pollutionfree, simultaneous degreasing and wet blast-cleaning are now available to a wider market...

Hetra is launching a mobile vehicle lift called the Universal. In common with others in the range it will have a lifting...

and transmission applications, as well as a wide range of engines, thus removing the need for workshops to stock many types of...

• Operators have been told to move with the times and invest in their infrastructure as they would their vehicles. Scottish...

• Tesco Distribution has won authority to base 102 vehicles and 295 trailers at Bletchley, despite opposition from residents....

• The former transport manager of Wetherbybased AB Couriers, who was convicted of drink-driving in a seven-tonne truck (CM 6-12...

• Magistrates have thrown out an attempt by the Environment Agency to convict an operator that lost its waste transfer notes....

• A decision on a new licence for Danson (Midlands) has been adjourned while West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon...

ki • A haulier with several convictions for vehicle defects escaped action against his operator's licence after West Midland...

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I was amused to read the honesty of the Iveco Ford advert for its four-cylinderengined Cargo, saying "No one will touch it"....

despair when another of our colleagues goes under, seemingly every week now, strangled by the Government's outrageous increases...

W ith reference to your Fleet Focus feature on piggyback forklifts (CM 2026 August), the statement made in the second paragraph...

O n behalf of the Coventry drivers of Exel Logistics working on the now defunct Mirror contract, we wish to express our thanks...

C ould you please publish this letter in the hope that the trucker who came to my assistance last Tuesday (18th August) on the...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

0 potted by one of my eagle-eyed spies was this crane bearing the name of one of Wales's most distinguished sons, the poet...

0 he Hawk has always known CM readers . are folk of many hidden talents. It is no surprise to him, then, to learn of the...

Ride and Drive for Police is an event to promote harmonious relations between hauliers and the force. Derek Lanham, chairman of...

But, despite the plus points such as cab comfort, the AE420's unladen weight is a constant problem. • The Magnum started life...

Sharon Clancy reports on how manufacturers and operators are coping with legal restrictions on lifting pacify and looks / ahead...

not lost hope in the peace process. The elected Northern Ireland Assembly meets next month for the first time and will provide...

numbers of mistakes are still being made. Chris Graham looks at this safety-critical issue. C utting corners to save cash is a...

Poor wheel alignment remains a frequently ignored fact of commercial vehicle life. Chris Graham struggles to understand why....

East Sussex. The company operates a fleet of 70 vehicles and 150 trailers on general haulage and carrying plasterboard and...

While some franchised deal. ors show little interest in the used market, selling second-hand commercials is paying off at North...

Ford & Slater of Leicester has won this year's Leyland Daf Approved Used Vehicle Dealer of the Year award. Highly-commended...

CHILTERN • Renault Trucks Chiltern is launching a commercial vehicle rental operation from its Dunstable site in September. The...

Factory-owned distributor Volvo Truck & Bus (South) has opened a £2m depot on Coventry's Middlemarch Business Park in the...

took pre-emptive action six months ago to cushion the downturn in the economy, according to independent dealer Malcolm...