look will be seen on 80 UC vehicles, as well as on uniforms, literature and the web site. • Tibbett and Britten is to add 18...

by Miles Brignall • Faltering legislation to introduce the impounding of unlicensed vehicles looks to have been saved by an...

• A lorry driver who claimed he didn't know the difference between a house window and a computer program of the same name has...

by Michael Jewell IN One of the country's largest hauliers, Wincanton Logistics, has been fined almost £30,000 for drivers'...

• While many British hauliers are hoping to base their vehicles on the Continent, it has emerged that as many French operators...

• Martin Edge, the recently reelected chairman of the Shropshire branch of the Road Haulage Association, has been forced to...

• A Scottish haulier is in dispute with a York-based skip and container company which advertised in Commercial Motor after it...

by David Craik • Merseyside haulier Hardisty, which fought a bitter dispute with the Vehicle Inspectorate through the pages of...

COMMENT HAVE IT... ho says the House of Lords hasn't got a purpose? Two weeks ago CM revealed that the Labour Government was...

• Hauliers are being urged to descend on London in their thousands on 24 February in a "make or break" lobby of Parliament to...

by Karen Miles • A major chemicals manufacturer threatens to embarrass the Government twice over, by dropping plans to shift...

to remain secure following Tibbett & Britten's takeover of Hampshire-based intermodal operator Haulmark Europe. Tibbett &...

• A haulier who tried to force a non-paying freight forwarder into bankruptcy so he would get the money he was owed, is...

• The Road Haulage Association has moved quickly to allay fears that this year's TipCon show has become a casualty of the...

by Tim Maughan • Police arrested 54 hauliers across the UK last week for offences ranging from drug trafficking to theft, in...

• Commercial drivers in Ireland could be held responsible for injuries to illegal passengers if the decision of a Dublin Court...

• Hauliers are dismissing the Government's promises to exclude vigilant drivers from the impending fines designed to deter...

• The Government has promised that its long delayed Transport White paper "daughter documents", including the one on freight,...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers are being urged to report cut-price competitors who are using illegal, cheap eastern European...

• The Ministry of Defence has asked for tenders for work worth hundreds of millions of pounds following proof that contracting...

• A row has broken out in the recovery industry after the AA ran a series of adverts suggesting that other operators are...

by Karen Miles • A recovery operator who has complained to his MP about the poor state of British haulage says he is wondering...

• A haulier has been disqualified from being a director for trading while "at the risk of his creditors" Geoffrey Aston, of...

• Maritime Haulage has merged with Port of Felixstowe Transport to form a fleet of almost 140 trucks. The new firm, trading as...

• Truck drivers are being forced to make "suicide bids" when joining or crossing the A90 dual carriageway between Perth and...

Iveco Ford EuroTech Cursor 8 tractive units. Grattan ran extensive trials of the Cursor-engined tractors for Iveco,...

by Toby Clark ▪ Scania has shown Euro-3 versions of its truck engines, a number of refinements to the 4-series cab and chassis...

• St Helens Borough Council has added four new ERE EC rigid waste collection vehicles to its refuse fleet and in a bid to cut...

• The Concrete Company of Peterborough has taken delivery of the first Mercedes-Benz Atego 2628 6x4 Hyrnix truckmixer chassis,...

• A new service kit has been introduced by Ecoair UK to support its range of rotary air compressors. The ECOnomy, ECOmin and...

• Three independent CV workshops, including Prismo in Cheshire, have just invested in Trace Systems' computer software package...

it Spalding's tyre tread bead breaker is now in its Truecraft workshop equipment range. It allows quick and easy tyre changing...

• Protrak QCT is a new low-tech wheel alignment system which can easily and simply be used to measure camber, toe and thrust...

• Pressure washers and vacuum cleaners have been added to the Rand equipment range, providing budget-conscious products backed...

• Trico has relaunched its CV blade range, and introduced "exact fit" blades for trucks to simplify fitting. Blades in the VS...

• Allen Industrial now produces the "Push-in" air brake coil designed to use a wide variety of end connector combinations so it...

• Mobil has upgraded its CV lubricants, relaunching them under the banner "Delvac". The range covers every diesel engine...

• Kirkpatrick Carriers has to wait to see if West Midland TC David Dixon will allow it to base 30 vehicles at Seafield Farm,...

• Operators have to keep records on paper so Traffic Commissioners can make judgements about them on the documentary evidence....

• Keighley-based Watkinson Lifting and Transportation and one of its drivers have been cleared of alleged overweight and width...

• Audenshaw, Manchester-based Thomas Platt, trading as R&P Commercials, was cleared of using a vehicle when the tachograph was...

• Doune, Perthshire-based Robert Gray and Partners, trading as H&R Gray, has six months in which to find a new operating...

• Glynwedd Pipe Systems, which had been fined £14,000 for permitting drivers' hours offences, escaped with a warning when it...

• 10 February: University of Huddersfield debate: This house believes that agency drivers are more trouble than they are...

• The Road Haulage Association has set up a series of training courses to help hauliers comply with the new legal requirements...

• The 37th edition of the FTA's Yearbook of Transport Law has just been distributed to FTA members. Key updates include...

• James Bodkin has joined automotive components supplier Hella as national filter specialist. Lex Transfleet • Mark Clisset...

T Tread your recent article setting out your views on the Government's plans to impose a civil penalty on drivers who carry...

O n the evening of 22 December 1998 I shopped on the 22:30hrs Zeebrugge to Dover ferry This arrived in Dover at around 03:30hrs...

I t has been reported that the Vehicle Inspectorate has warned some road haulage companies about using "cheaper eastern...

'Co liming the publication r of CM's Cargo Facts on 0-licensing (CM 7-13 Jan), re the question: "Do vans with trailers need an...

S ome time ago Eddie 5tobart stated: "If transport rates needed cutting in order to obtain business, they were too high in the...

starts thinking about spring cleaning and having a bit of a turn-out. A thought ifs safe to say that has never crossed the mind...

u here are fans, and then there are FANS To say Formula One fan Phil Grinsell was pleased with the West McLaren Mercedes 1998...

0 ed-blooded truck • drivers may like to boast that they have sown plenty of wild oats in their time, and now some will be...

soucrroRs COMMENT Is it too much to ask that someone comes up with a definitive guide to how to keep truck wheels on? For the...

CARELESS TORQUE COSTS LIVES The Department of Transport has produced a guidance leaflet for HGV operators, Careless Torque...

loCONVICTION? • Every conviction has to be notified to the Traffic Commissioner within 28 days. This will probably result in a...

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT REPORT ON THE INCIDENCE OF WHEEL DETACHMENT FROM COMMERCIAL VEHICLES This report estimates that there...

THE VEHICLE INSPECTORATE Categorisation of Defects on Road Vehicles states that: • More than one missing or loose...

PROSECUTIONS • The operator, driver or fitter can be liable to prosecution following the discovery of loose or missing...

THE LOST—WHEEL SYNDROME CONCLUSION Is it possible to give the operator definitive advice on the optimum frequency of wheel...

D o your drivers check their vehicles every day for defects? If they do, how do they report them back to you? If you've...

• Volvo introduced the FM last year to supersede models at the heavier end of the FL range, but the FL rigid stays in...

HOT IL COLE, Whatever the economic climate, people have to eat. But is the controlled-temperature sector recession proof? If...

What are the priorities for controlled-temperature operators as the Millennium approaches and supermarkets begin stocking up...

ACCURATE TEMPERATURE MONITORING is an essential requirement for anyone carrying food products in the UK, The Food Safety Act...

Productivity is the name of the game in temperaturecontrolled transport. To meet this need manufacturers have developed a range...

IN Developments in refrigeration units include the introduction of scroll compressors from Frigoblock and Thermo King, and the...

FOR THOUGHT The future of diesel as a practicable engine fuel could be in doubt. Chris Graham considers some of the...

DISPOSALS W hat do you do with your scrap tyres? Are they disposed of responsibly, or do you simply chuck them over the...

Area 18, which covers Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Leicestershire and Rutland. His working week didn't...

Four regional used truck centres are to be set up by Renault Truck Commercials, Renault VI's group of wholly-owned dealerships...

+ Renault VI has appointed Martin Rhodes as general manager, used operations, while Paul Young has been promoted to used...

trailers on air suspension, and those that do come under the hammer are attracting competitive auction bids. "But 40ft tandems...

A leading trailer dealer claims UK hauliers are paying 35% more to hire trailers than they ought to because there's too little...