now following its ad by urging their governants to fight the Working Time rective on cost grounds. This !lows the RHA's letter...

EXCLUSIVE • by Miles Brignall Truck drivers who deliberately set out to break the drivers hours rules could soon face a...

The Freight Transport Association expects the House of Lords to back two of four key changes it wants made to the immigration...

• About 2,000 environmental protesters blocked both entrances to the Mont Blanc tunnel on Tuesday—the day it was due to...

• by Miles Brignall Many of the hauliers who took part in last year's foot and mouth clean-up were over-paid, according to an...

Despite its previous expressions ef interest, Leyland Trucks has decided not to bid for the MoD SV Military Truck programme for...

la Police are hunting two men who kidnapped a driver at gunpoint and stole his load of computer equipment worth more than...

by Mike Jewell le Eastern Area Operator's Licence held by 'ench haulage giant Norbert Dentressangle has :en suspended for 14...

• HGV drivers who stop at the Chieveiey services on the M4 near Newbury are using car pumps to avoid queuing for diesel...

MAN has invited leading log,is:is companies to tender for a rehousing and distribution lution for the combined ERF id MAN parts...

NI The government's 10-year transport plan is not robust enough to meet the UK's future needs and the situation will worsen...

• by Guy Sheppard Dozens of vehicle recovery operators are rejecting the chance to win exclusive police recovery contracts,...

The Road Haulage Association is about to start mobilising opposition to plans for congestion charging in the centre of...

If ever there was a time to end the unholy alliance between dodgy operators and desperate drivers it's now. Senior TC Mike...

i by Dominic Perry NO former directors of disgraced West ountry haulier Maddern Transport have failed their bid to obtain an...

• Road safety campaign group Brake has welcomed news that the driver who caused the Selby rail crash has failed in his first...

XCLUSIVE I by Emma Penny orthumbria police are hunting arsonists who have attacked no truck and bus depots in the North-East...

• The first new road scheme in the government's £2bn programme of improvements to the UK's motorway and trunk road network...

w Hampshire police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision between a bicycle and an artic on the A3. The incident, at...

I Problems at supermarket regional distribution centres are costing money and drivers, says one Bedfordshire-based haulier....

II by Chris Tindall Despite setbacks including stowaways, Raiitrack falling into administration and the Hatfield rail...

• Police have arrested 21 drivers in a national operation targeting hazardous goods, untested trailers and road crime. The...

Geoffrey Forknell is an owner-driver ised in Brugge. For the past three years has been working between Belgium id Scandinavia....

sit The Active Space Cab has two driver configurations available; solo cab and double manning. The passenger seat is an...

y Robin Meczes The P82's lightweight body is y examples of the new P82 :i-drop urban distribution de being built exclusively...

• The transport operation of fashion retailer New Look has taken delivery of eight new garment trailers on a five-year lease...

• Vehicle refurbishment and logistics specialist Eurofleet has invested £4.5m in a fleet of drawbar trailers and prime mover...

Preston-based Carefoot of Preston has taken delivery of 14 MAN TG-A 26.413 6x2 tractors which it will run at 44 tonnes GCW....

Like the livery? This is one of four Floor overings International vans just fitted with a igh impact livery from Media Drive....

saying records were false A Manchester haulier lost his 0 licence after North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell...

ield Construction torway Maintenance) of 'worth escaped with a ming when it appeared 3re West Midland DTC Alan let following...

A Rutherglen-based haulier has failed in his attempt to win back his 0-licence, which was revoked following unlicensed...

The licence held by William Callaghan, trading as Kirby-based B&C Transport, was revoked by North Western Traffic Commissioner...

Knolton Farmhouse Cheese of Overtonon-Dee has had its Operator's Licence suspended for four weeks for speed limiter offences....

Agriemach's latest Gorge water-driven exhaust purifier is designed to clean up even the smokiest heavy trucks, plant and...

• Two pneumatic impact socket sets have joined Laser's range of professional power tools. The An-drive hub-nut set (part...

ESAB's Aristotig DTE200 AC/DC welding set features programmable data and pulsing features. Designed to complement ESAB's 255...

• The VIP group is marketing a battery drain prevention kit from Intra Technologies, USA which offers the capabilities of its...

• The first Gates seminar independent garages will staged next month to help mote greater awareness of importance of correct...

Continental tyre users can keep abreast of technical and regulatory issues via the firm's Technical Service Bulletin, which is...

• The EM130XT 1304 portable MIG welder is one of 450 new entries in Sealey Power Products' latest 450-page power tool...

Norbar's latest lightweight Model 400 sindrive 80-400Nm torque wrench is designed for use in confined spaces, where the angle...

• To achieve superior paint finishes and boost efficiency, DeVilbiss recommends matching its Gifi spray gun equipment with...

Iston-based Robert-Gordon pe has extended its range .adiant heaters with the kheat PH plaaue range. hey are designed for...

of a number of emission testers used in vehicle test stations, has gone into liquidation. The Retail Motor Industry Federation...

- Put that in your pipe and smoke it" Just the kind of phrase you'd expect to hear from the bluntspeaking, no-nonsense, "I'll...

you want, as long as it's black" these days. Almost ioo years after the Model T, product diversity is everything, with a niche...

for McBurry of Northern Ireland. The seat is a good size,'' he says, and there's plenty of room behind the wheel. This is a lot...

Vehicle Excise Duty iignation of Small Islands) endment) Order 2002. CIF 1 e 2002. Amends existing er by designating pinsay,...

• Registration plate national identifiers: The DVLA proposes to amend the regulations to permit the voluntary display of the...

laid many livestock hauliers low teve McQueen finds out how one operator has dapted its business to survive and thrive. i t's...

on changes within their company. What will it mean for the haulage industry? Patric Cunnane reports. any hauliers will feel...

MID-UFT AXLE • The Hendrickson mid-lift axle hubs are occasionally knocked and then, with just three securing bats, the...

Euro-2 Alphas have changed that perception— it has now become a favourite with many fleet owners too. The Alphas came with...

GAME 01 perators of truckmounted fork-lifts tend to believe that with a service and a new set of wheels their little...

Monday is typically the first day eta course for most of our trainees, so the first thing to do is meet, greet and register all...

In the office by 8am. Open up the training rooms and eagerly await trainees' arrival. By 9am, everybodys in and the courses...

Midweek. Straight to a client visit at 9am in Walton-on-Thames; he has a number of chaps requiring class C&E training. My...

In again for 8am and draw up the instructors' training plan for the following weeks, Informing them of the courses they will be...

In very early to arrange the HGV tests with the Driving Standards Agency. Today is the day for booking tests for a Friday. The...

• It's become "almost impossible' to hire truck technicians in the south-east of England, says Nick Riley, marketing director...

• Heavy truck dealers have got to diversify if they've going to have a long-term future, says Brian Bachelor, sales director...

• Independent importers are finding that top-of-the-range Daf and Volvo tractive units are eclipsing Scanias in popularity,...

• What with the Jubilee, the World Cup, and people starting to drift off on their summer holidays, its perhaps not surprising...

• Renee dealership JDS Trucks has hit on a novel way of hiring trainee sales people for new and used vehicles. It holds an...

• The competitive deals struck by van manufacturers with the big rental and leasing fleets mean that lots of late-registered...