• BP Commercial Fuels has bought Charringtons Fuels in a deal that has saved Charringtons from going into receivership. • A...

by David Harris and Miles Brignktll • Hauliers are routinely choosing to avoid dealing with drivers who break hours regulations...

to £5000 or even a prison sentence if the case goes to Crown Court. Some prosecuting authorities are trying to persuade...

• T he Department of Transport predicts that traffic levels will rise by as much as 87% by the year 2025—but by the turn of the...

by Miles Brignall • Ely-based UN European Transport has gone into voluntary liquidation, blaming the impact of French and...

J oe Soap haulier is worried. In front of him on his desk is a problem-500 problems to be precise. Scattered across the table...

III The Basque region in Spain is joining France in banning trucks from its roads on Sundays. Long-suffering international...

• Lorry driver Phillip Arlott, who attempted to smuggle 24 illegal immigrants into the UK through the Channel Tunnel, has been...

• The French Government is coming under further attacks for backtracking on promises to pay British hauliers speedy...

by Doug Archibald • Fears that a Dumfries haulier innocently caught up in a worldwide transport scam might have to scrap its...

• Derbyshire international and domestic haulier Peak Freight has gone into liquidation with debts of .£138,000. Earlier this...

• Traffic examiners (TEs) working for the Vehicle Inspectorate are threatening to stop using their own cars on VI business...

• Jacobs Holdings, which owns car transporter firm Sheertruck and the Dart Line ferry service, boosted its profits last year....

• Around 500 British and Irish container hauliers will soon know how much they can hope to recoup from the crisis-struck...

• Government plans to widen the M25 have drawn a cool response from Labour, which will review the viability of the scheme if it...

by Lee Kimber • Birmingham liquidators are sifting through lists of debtors in a bid to find £460,000 after the I3SE crisis...

for drivers' jobs by Karen Miles • International hauliers could soon be using a coordinated ferry service on short Channel...

than almost any other type of work, says a Manpower survey of Britain's employment prospects. It found a net balance of 12% of...

• The French ban on Sunday truck movements, which is is expected to cost UK businesses as much as £27m a year, begins on Easter...

United Carriers' restructuring programme during 1995 seems to have been successful: the company has announced much improved...

• British truck drivers are stuck in the stone age while their US rivals use advanced technology to monitor road conditions...

by Miles Brignall • Die-hard road haulier Eddie Stobart is considering buying his own rail wagons and setting up railfreight...

• Unemployed drivers can now post their details and check For jobs through a free internet service that promises sophisticated...

by David Harris • All Governments are fond of grand plans. Broad brush strokes sound good and don't need specifics. They...

by John Kendall • Few drivers encounter extended serious winter driving conditions in the UK. It certainly chills down in...

by Bryan Jarvis • Stallion has redesigned its Star Tip range of underbody tipping gear, reducing its weight by over 20%,...

by Brian Weatherley • Congleton-based bodybuilder and trailer maker Boalloy will he demonstrating the weight-saving potential...

• Three new Tatas will reach showrooms in April: the chargecooled variants of the Loadbeta Pickup and Gurkha, and the...

• Air-conditioning specialist MAC has developed an air-conditioning system for the LDV Convoy and Pilot. The system puts out...

• United Transport has taken six new three-axled Leyland Daf FAP55.230 21-tonne GVW chassis for evaluation in its Milk Marque...

involving Wednesfieldbased Impexstone, following the loss of 12 months tacho records(CM 13-19 March) had to be adjourned after...

• A Worcestershire haulier and six of its drivers have been given severe warnings at a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry...

• Nottingham shire tipper operator Eric Elliott Transport has been given 10 days to make written representations about the...

• The trial of a Turkish driver who was found with heroin worth £7 million in his truck's wind deflector is due to begin next...

• The existence of restricted licences without any requirement for a qualified transport manager has been strongly attacked at...

• A Fraserburgh owner-driver whose vehicle was involved in a fatal accident with a mobile crane on the M6 has been fined .£600...

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! CM's 16 - page A4 Legal Directory, priced CIO inc p&p, is a valuable...

Livestock haulage in increasingly disliked by the general public. Many hauliers have got out of the market, those remaining...

L et's face it: to most operators tachographs ..dare a pain in the neck. They have a very low priority when they have to be...

T am aghast at the inaccuracies that have been published in the Despatch Magazine by the Driving Standards Agency. It clearly...

I write with reference to your article on Elar International (CM 13-19 March) and I would like to clarify my involvement. True...

• 16 April: Regional Forecourt Show aimed at commercial fuel buyers and managers, at Manchester United FL Cost: Free....

• Logistics specialist Distribution Management UK has completed the takeover of Bradford.hased livestock hide forwarder J Baker...

• Southampton/Isle of Wight operator Red Funnel is spending £200,000 to upgrade its East Cowes terminal so that foot passengers...

• Temp agency Driver Hire has created the National Contracts Division to deal with driver needs for national logistics...

Training standards • The Motor Industry Training Standards Council has introduced two new routes to its Modern Apprenticeships...

Law book scores • Duckhams Oils is giving away a 64-page guide called Motoring and the Law with every five-litre pack of...

TRL • DOT head of road safety Dr Rod 'Umber is returning to the Transport Research Laboratory as research director. He worked...

The South • London, A306 Hammersmith Bridge: Congestion on both sides of the river is expected to remain until January 1998....

a his driver-and-mate combination could prove effective in keeping other drivers awake when they look in their mirror, although...

3 ast week the Hawk reported that a Sotheby's auction of Dinky Toys was expecting big bucks for a handful of rare models. And...

El ive weeks from now, on 1 May, the UK will go to the polls. With the election excitement out of the way, CM readers can vote...

Ei ebruary's winner of a Tag watch in the How's My Driving Lottery is David Horsfall, drivinc for Slumberland at Olcilam,...

• Who cares that Foden is owned by the American Paccar Group—as far as operators are concerned Fodens are as British as preBSE...

u;ith just 3,800km on the clock the 4000 Series Twin Splitter box and Rockwell drive axle were still tight. Fortunately the L10...

they can demand and what your rights are? The police and you have a job to do—knowing where the police powers can be used and...

force You to clean up your act, on pain of a hefty fine... W alk across all-too-many cinder haulage yards, and your steps will...

do if the load starts leaking or spills following an accident, says Lerry. They should also be provided with protective gear....

COMMON' The architects of Port Sunlight and Bournville were the philanthropic bosses of soap and chocolate empires who wanted...

I ntroduced to Parliament as a Private Members' Bill early last year by Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster, the aim of the Road...

Continuing our series on winners of last year's CM Trailer of the Year awards, we visit Norfolk-based Allan Whitby which uses...

F or many years, it has been an objective of the main trade associations (RHA, FTA etc), and many training interests, to see...