Dover retains its position as the UK's busiest cross-Channel freight port-1,667,942 trucks passed through Dover to Calais and...

Anglia, with a new site in Peterborough followed by depots in Luton, Norwich and Ipswich.

Travel agents have voted P&O Stena Line "Rest short-sea cross-Channel operator 2000" in the trade paper Travel Weekly. PSV...

The VI is recruiting vehicle examiners for its Single Vehicle Approval scheme of pre-registration inspections for light...

CV tyre supplier ATS Euromaster has opened its first TruckCentre in Belishal. Scotland. The centre has 11 mobile service units...

who allegedly assaulted a car driver. The truck driver is said to have forced a car to stop on the A45 in Rugby, grabbed the...

by Karen Mies Chancellor Gordon Brown is Set to use his March Budget to tell operators that they will soon be able to run...

• Hauliers have received the clearest signal yet that Ihings can only get better" —direct from Prime Minister Tony Blair. He...

(;. Drivers employed by Manchester-based PJN Freight (International have been laid off while its directors try to rescue the...

• More than 120 drivers are threatening to strike at Cheshire-based James Ham & Son in a row over union recognition. The...

• Two directors of a haulage company who were jailed for using a wire to allow them to produce fake tachograph charts have been...

• French chemical haul Group Samat has taken m Welsh BRT International in move which adds 90 trucks a 120 tank trailers to...

• by Michael G Jewell North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchlffe is to refer a licence application by a...

We wouldn't normally think of David Green in the Charlton Heston role of Moses, but it is tempting. After his one-to-one with...

• by Guy Sheppard One of the three main steel hauliers in South Wales is about to be taken over as the sector continues to...

• Blackburn international haulier Stuart Taylor. his transport manager and two of his drivers have denied smuggling £2.4m worth...

• by Guy Sheppard A huge shake-up of logistics contracts is underway as part of a drive to stem continuing losses at Rover car...

• Hauliers are being urged to have their bank charges checkec closely after Patrick Hall MP told parliament: "It would seem tha...

, Cumbria police plan to run more spot checks on HGVs after their latest crackdown netted more than a dozen offenders. During...

has called for an independent roads "czar' to be appointed to champion the interests of road users. The organisation, which...

handle and store more than 10,000 boxes on behalf of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

CV leasing network firm Northgate Motor Holdings with 90 Tracker Communicator units.

a three-year contract worth around £1m with Taylor Barnard for the management of its entire inventory.

has won a £500,000 contract from Serviceteam, an outsourcing company specialising in the local government sector.

to find up to 50 ADA drivers for Hoyer UK to fulfil its new contract with Esso.

a number of Jack Allen Swingfink bodies on Dennis chassis refuse vehicles. The vehicles will go to Northampton Borough Council.

contract with South-West Water, providing service, repair, recovery and fuel for a 1000-strong fleet.

• by Ian Wylie An initiative by Essex police to improve the recovery rate of loads stolen from trucks has been launched...

• Hauliers will be given additional ammunition to prove their costly delays to customers when local authorities produce league...

• European distribution firm Cavewood, part of the Geodis Group, has taken full ownership of Scottish-based express transport...

• by Peter Lawton Operators entries into an IRTE safety design competition were so disappointing that the judging panel is not...

Bedford Transport of Leeds is operating one of the first Iveco Ford EuroStar Cursor 10s in the UK. The unit is expected to...

from £4,191 complete with free fitting and covered by a four-year warranty. The offer will be available through the ERF network...

around £41m to SITA. The order is far SITA contracts won with six local councils in the UK. It includes LA18.215B 4x2s and...

Hubbard has revised its 460 range of refrigeration units, replacing the metal covers with plastic versions. The company says...

An Asda order for 20 trailers fitted with Carrier Transicold TR1000 reefer units has boosted the number of the manufacturer's...

with fire emergencies at its Sandwich. Kent site with a new Nen Ford Cargo fire engine. The 80E15D, converted by Angloco, has...

trailer has the choice • Southfields has developed an innovative trailer based on its Ultraloada for a contract serving...

U by Robin Meczes Any company that can claim a 47% increase in turnover in a single year must be doing something right. And in...

SB Components started life in a double garage in Levrington, Cambridgeshire, 12 years ago when Bushell left an accessories...

Volvo V90 ambulance Tata to the rescue! • by Colin Barnett The traditional van-based ambulance is being threatened by Volvo's...

• Peugeot is fitting its HDi common-rail engine into its Partner and Expert van ranges. In the Partner 800 LX, which goes on...

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service has taken delivery of a Tata Loadbeta. The 2.0 TDi 4x4 was chosen for rescue missions in...

about his future maintenance standards, Scottish DTC Richard McFarlane has required accounts and other financial information by...

An appeal by Ernest and Natalie Parker, trading as Spencer Wood Demolition. of Liverpool, against the revocation of their...

Lichfield magistrates have fined Maidenhead-based Horwood's Transport £250 with £85 costs for failing to have a two-yearly...

Southgate. London-based Winters Haulage succeeded in adding five vehicles to its existing Operator's Licence for 25 vehicles...

A bid by Steven Hale of Bury St Edmunds for a new international licence for four vehicles and two trailers based at Ely was...

The Operator's Licence held by Ton Pentre, Rhondda-based Ronald Griffin has been cut from three vehicles to one following a...

Charnwood Borough Council and local residents have failed to stop,) Goodacre & Co From operating trailers rom Wide Street,...

A Lancashire company which received three immediate prohibitions in its first nine months had its licence reduced by 25% at a...

A three-week suspension of the licence held by Hinchcliffe Bros Skip Hire 119851, trading as Raven Skip Hire, of Dewsbury. has...

m The obligation to park vehicles inside an operating centre applies to "authorised vehicles", said the Transport Tribunal. if...

Reading your article "Look & Learn" on "...the impossibility of knowing good fitters" ( CM 25 Nov-1 Dec 1999) it struck me that...

So, another interest rate rise. Yet another nail in the coffin of the British transport industry; the Government's favourite...

I note with total dismay the HSE's attitude to companies carrying dangerous goods who do not have a duly appointed Dangerous...

"Oi can't read or write, but oi can drive a tractor (or a JCB Fastrac!)..." But I must agree with Paul Fox of Manea, Cambs...

I hope:01.1 can assist me in my quest. Due to my wife's work in the Civil Service I am living in Germany for the foreseeable...

Let's face it. the lunatics have taken over the asylum. We're buying the most expensive fuel in Europe; we pay the highest road...

So both major trade assoc tions are praising Tramp( Minister Lord Macdonald afl the last Industry Forum been he promised to set...

If you are looking to be cheered up on a wet January afternoon, may I recommend this insurance claim which was nominated by the...

Intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is certainly no home bod. St Valentine's day sees the start of his latest adventure,...

Move over Delia Smith, US trucker Chris Maynard is going to show you what's really cooking! Chris has written a book, Manifold...

Frigoscandia Distribution, based in Hoddesdon. Herts, recently donated 2.240 to the RSPB's Rye House Marsh Nature Reserve, also...

• by Brian Weather* Is there such a thing as "dead time in haulage? We doubt it. Finding enough hours in the day to make any...

• Our first Law on the Road tape (we plan to produce a series) covers enforcement weighing—something that affects every NOV...

• In addition to practical advice on check weighing procedures on dynamic or static plate weighbridges, we've also been able to...

• The CV section of the ADF (Automotive Distribution Federation) has a new brake shoe re-lining programme which is designed to...

• Fleetguard's latest self-cleaning Sy-Klone air filters are now available in air intake sizes from 2-8in (50mm-203mm) and with...

• Stolen power tools are expensive replace so busy contractors might want check out Birchwood's new range of lift a shift...

Additions to Spaldings workshop equipment range include a new 3/4indrive torque wrench capable of tightening wheelnuts, engine...

Spraybake is offering service contract packages on its own brand of paint spraybooth as well as other makes, under the control...

creating one of the largest independent distributors of Parker Hannifin and Manuli hydraulic and pneumatic hoses across the...

counterpart Furgocar. UK sales of Pommier products are handled by Normanton Laminating, and via ICU In Ireland. Major...

top 1,000 companies in the CV repairer business. Plimsoll's Portfolio Analysis Vehicle Repairers — Top 1,000 Firms tells all....

• Snap-On Sun Tech Systems of Kettering offers a range of carbon cleaning equipment that connects to either petrol or diesel...

Service equipment manufacturer Beissbarth has developed an "in-situ" tyre-testing unit suitable for light CVs and cars that is...

• Autodata's latest publication covers component testing and fauit diagnosis of antilock braking and traction control systems....

• Norbar Torque Tool's latest torque multipliers are aimed at contractors handling off-road vehicle and heavy plant repairs....

• Elf says its Tecnic 3500 engine oil has proved to be a great sales success since its launch last year. This 15W/50...

• Two cleaning materials manufacturers, Quadraline of Derby and Belper-based Deb, are offering new products. Quadraline has...

the job. The Iveco EuroStar is efficient, but what effect will ZF's AS-Tronic semi-auto box have on its residuals? veco's...

BOB GUSSION Gussion Transport operates out of a 10-acre site at Whines not far from the M6. MD Bob Gussion started his company...

the truck is doing" EDDIE MILTON Ramage Brothers of Glespin, some 30 miles south of Glasgow, was set up 2,7 years ago and has...

market" MIKE BEER IN Mike Beer, based near Dover, operates 45 vehic.les on bulk tipping and palletised cur. tainsider work in...

Truck operators arer ready to unreservedl embrace semi-auto boxes just yet— especially if it mean5 paying extra for then...

the greenhouse gases your vehicles emit That's exactly what Chelmsford-based Acces Freight is doing—and going green has been...

a van; quite a few will be looking for a fleet of vans. But if you're interested, there's an entire van industry for sale in...

One of the hest investments a haulier, or anyone else, can make is property. It may be that you want to lease office space, a...

As service intervals extend and vehicles enjoy less downtime, garage managers have to fill their workshop bays in other...

part of afrm investment programme at its headquarters near Kegworth, Notts. Charnwood is a main Foden dealer and operates a...

always hectic—the last thing anyone worries about is the condition of truck or trailer floors. But now the rush is over and...

Spend the morning completing analysis of reports for our quarterly Health, Safety and Environment meeting. These are designed...

E :re road early to spend the day with one of our driver trainers. We have eight full-time driving instructors and more than...

Arrive in London for the quarterly Health and Safety meeting which is attended by our group chief executive, David Garman. The...

Return to my office at Mossend in Motherwell and catch up with correspondence. Approve safety article for next edition of TDG's...

Meet with a video production company at EuroTerminal, Manchester, to start filming Be The Best, our new driver safety video....

• The problem of disposing of lowpower fleet-spec tractors without taking a big loss will continue to plague manufacturers for...

• Volvo distributorship Hartshorne is planning to relocate its Nottingham depot to another site elsewhere in the city. "At the...

• Second-hand Magnum A E43o tractors are fetching up to f4,000 above CAP guide prices, reports Martin Rhodes, general manager,...

Franchised heavy truck dealers hoping to add a light commercial franchise to their operation could do worse than ring Danny...

It's been a slow start to the sales calendar, according to Chris Wright, managing director of Commercial Vehicle Auctions. At...

• Mercedes-Benz dealer Gerard Mann is opening a used van and truck centre just off Humber Road in Whitley, Coventry with room...