by cm s news team ■ Hauliers already suffering a 15% rise in diesel prices since the summer will have to fork out an extra...

■ Eurotunnel was no closer to setting a date for resumption of a full freight service this week after it admitted that it was...

Colin Young, lleftl and of Kent-based Cranleigh Freight Services describes the budget os yet another kick in the teeth for...

by Karen Miles • International truck operators suffering more than a week of the French lorry drivers' blockade have little...

F rench truck drivers manning the road blocks have won grudging respect by some of their British counterparts who have been...

by Derren Hayes • The European Union is to develop a Europeanwide Certificate of Professional Competence under new plans that...

• A international driver who got back into his cab and repeatedly drove after being disqualified, has been sent to prison for...

• Transport and General Workers Union members at Goodway are set to begin industrial action next month after giving unanimous...

• Hauliers whose vehicles and drivers are involved in bridgebashing incidents will see their insurance premiums go up as a...

by Ian Wylie • A Nottinghamshire owner-driver is threatening to sue ARC Pre-Mix for witholding his earnings after a five-year...

• Granada has put its chain of Welcome Break motorway service areas up for sale, but says more Granada-branded sites are being...

• Truck drivers could be banned from driving for life if they are convicted of any kind of criminal offence under new court...

• More than £50m worth of lorries were stolen last year, according to figures from the Freight Transport Association and police...

By Michael Jewell • A Crown Court judge has warned drivers moving their trucks off ferries into parking areas that if they have...

• BOC Distribution Services' troubled contract services business is cutting nearly 300 jobs. The closure of four sites and the...

• In-cab computers which I top drivers falling asleep top t the wheel could be a e ality soon if road transort organisations...

by Lee Kimber • A quirk of British customs law is forcing an innocent owner-driver to fight to get his tractive unit back from...

• Essex driver James McGrath was crushed to death last week when a third lorry ploughed into the back of a crashed truck as he...

by Dan Gilkes ■ Mercedes-Benz looks set to take the municipal vehicle market by storm with its novel Unimog UX100 (CM 13-19...

by Charles Young • Oil companies and engine manufacturers are arguing over an agreed standard for the lubricity of the new...

• Tipmaster has introduced fixed-price tipper conversions for the Isuzu NKR and the Volkswagen IT 3.5tonne chassis-cabs. The...

• Three new Tibbett & Britten 13.5m Cartwright GRP boxvan semi-trailers working on an Elida Faberge contract are fitted with...

• This is the first official picture of the Leyland Daf 95XF first shown in Commercial Motor 10-16 October 1996. It will be...

• BOCM Pauls has bought 16 EM Wilcox 38-tonne tipper/ blower trailers for its animal feed delivery service. Triaxle running...

• Tesco has ordered a computer-based communication and monitoring system for its supermarket transport fleet. The FleetWizard...

• Derbyshire haulier Herbert Pheasey succeeded in a bid to increase the authorisation on his licence just four days after an...

• A Dudley owner-driver has been banned from holding an WV licence for 10 years after obtaining one through deception while...

• A hid for a new national licence for six vehicles and two trailers by Coogan Plant of Coventry has been adjourned by West...

• The licence held in the West Midland Area by Dolan Transport Services, of Sidcup, Kent, was revoked when it failed to appear...

Eddie Stobart aided and abetted the unauthorised use of a vehicle has been adjourned until the New Year by Penrith magistrates....

• Carnforth lorry driver Charles Golightly has been cleared of two charges of making false entries in his tachograph records....

• I lodges Transport driver Gareth John Plank, 41, of Tregwilym, Cwmbach was fined £400 and given a 12month conditional...

• The defence costs of a Preston haulier are to be paid out of public funds after he was cleared of using a vehicle with an...

• A Derbyshire lorry driver involved in an accident in which a woman motorist was seriously injured has been banned from...

• Suspicions that a Bilston man may be a front for a disqualified operator have led to the adjournment of his application for a...

■ Nearly 10 years of research has resulted in brake friction material specialist Don's new disc pad compound, 7450, which it...

• Following eight years' production of its hydraulically powered steering system, Hosta (Netherlands) has introduced a...

• Auxiliary power systems specialist Antares has extended its battery equaliser range to include a 30A version. Intermittent...

• Robert Bosch has launched a range of motor pump units designed to provide a mobile source of hydraulic power. The range...

• A new arrangement between Walsall-based Carver & Co and the Japanese Mikuni Adec Corporation has led to UK production of a...

• A Europe-wide training programme has been launched for towing and recovery operators. Modules cover recovery mechanics,...

I n his Sound Off article (CM 14-20 Nov) Paul Fox quite rightly condemns the lax attitude that this Government has towards...

write in response to the iSound Off feature by Paul Fox (CM 14-20 Nov). The ability for users of all agricultural tractors,...

Tt seems strange that the J.Road Haulage Association would want to appoint Steven Norris, the man who did nothing for the...

am writing this letter as a last desperate attempt to get my brother Steve Bryant released from the living hell he is going...

t is about time the I Go ver nm en t introduced a law making it compulsory for everybody to be paid in 30 days. If this...

2 ast month truck parts specialist Kellett of Sheffield launched its invitation golf challenge for customers and suppliers. The...

© y colleagues are used to talking to transport companies who are full of hot air, but Poole-based EC Transport will take no...

w hat can you buy for £20,000 these days? Many top-of-therange motor cars fetch more than that and certainly £20k won't cough...

FA ost motorists caught speeding during the recent National Speed Campaign Week ended up with a ticket or a fine. But in West...

■ Scania tractive units range in power from 250hp to over 500hp using 9, 11, 12 and 14-litre engines. They all start life as...

G raham Smith, a rural haulage contractor in his forties, says he is being stalked. He says he has received 10 visits to his...

Parking and running your business at home The development control section of your local council is charged with ensuring that...

where generous tax and training concessions have attracted hundreds of foreign companies seeking a European gateway. CM's...

CONTACT: Partners Paddy Diver and Frankie O'Donnell. FLEET: 11 trucks including seven Volvo FH12s, two Scanio 450s and two...

Co Clare. 1,525m 2 warehousing. FOUNDED: 1984 by Aengus King. CONTACT: Aengus King, managing director; Tom Greaney, transport...

CONTACT: Iggy Madden, managing director; David Madden, transport manager. FLEET: 21, including curtainsiders, tankers and...

Cork. Warehousing in Ireland: 400,000ft 2 . Overseas depots: six in England; two in Holland (including subsidiary Ploeger...

• For the first time Irish drivers can claim tax-free allowances for nights spent in their cabs. Financial adviser Paul Conaghy...

• With 6.5% growth this year the Irish Republic has the fastest growing economy in Europe. In the past five years it has grown...

by partners Gordon O'Keefe and John Lucy. CONTACT: Gordon O'Keefe, managing director. FLEET: 28 vehicles, mostly Scania and...

Corporate manslaughter charges look set to become more common in the future if hauliers continue to take inadequate safety...

M ost UK employers will have been disturbed by the European Court judgement on the need for the UK to implement the working...