Transport Minister Glenda Jackson says that legislation to ban the use of hand - held mobile phones while driving is " not...

of exemption allowing vehicles being used for the carriage of dangerous goods in packages in a swap body to be operated without...

UPS has reported a rise in its net income, with a 28,5% increase for the second quarter to 5588m, compared with $45Bm for the...

merger between British Steel and Dutch group Koninklijke Hoogovens. Hugo yens says the merger would not lead to job cuts; it...

Manchester - based Galaxy Air Cargo plans to increase its share of the European air freight market after acquiring the assets...

commercials, who now runs a garden centre in SW London, has written to Transport Minister Glenda Jackson. He is trying to stop...

IN by Charles Young Trans-Action founder Frank Stears is calling on hauliers to step up their campaign and lobby Parliament...

In the same week that the Government again refused to acknowledge the crisis in the haulage industry, another wellestablished...

• by Guy Sheppard Flagging out will remain a tough option for 75% of UK hauliers, even though operating costs are up to 20%...

• Hopes for legislation that would empower the authorities to confiscate trucks run by unlicensed hauliers have been dashed...

• Logistics giant NM is negotiating the sale of Allied Pickfords, Britain's largest removals business. NFC says discussions...

• Livestock haulier Gordon Gilder, who has suffered repeated attacks by animal rights activists, has failed in a bid to expand...

• by Charles Young Disgraced haulier Road Movement Services, which had its Operator's Licence revoked more than a year ago and...

• A Dublin judge sent a message to all truck drivers last week, when he sentenced a driver to 10 years in jaiL Judge Frank...

"Dialogue, not disruption," says Transport Minister Helen Liddell. A very reasonable plea, but talk is cheap—unless it leads...

could ease A14 jams — • by Guy Sheppard A £15m toll road for commuters could free a notoriously congested stretch of the A14...

• One of the largest players in UK distribution is to be created by the merger of Cavewood and United Carriers. Both companies...

• A Merseyside haulage contractor convicted of handling 140,000 worth of stolen tractive units and trailers has been jailed for...

IN Truck drivers are being urged to play their part in the fight against drug, tobacco and alcohol smuggling by reporting any...

AI The British International Freight Association (Birk has set up 12 policy groups and a council of members as part of a...

• by Guy Sheppard Fuel company Bayford Thrust has switched from road tankers to canal barges for oil deliveries to its storage...

• HGVs could come under tougher restrictions as local authorities gear up to meet national air quality objectives by 2005. A...

• Drivers in Scotland will have to wait more than three years before the pressure is eased on a blackspot that has been the...

Logistics to deliver its range of products throughout the Continent; it has also renewed its UK contract.

worth more than £1m. They are with Southern Counties Agricultural Trading I SCAT); Romford -based Guppy Paper; and Cormar...

Van manufacturer LDV has won a contract to supply 20 Convoy minibuses to the Irish Army: the vans are worth £440,000 at...

vehicles to operate on its shared-user contract with food manufacturer Heinz. Wincanton has specified 76 ERF 6x2 380hp tractors...

signed a commercial alliance; they will base their joint fleet at Automania's Mt depot.

P&O Trans European to collect and store smuggled goods that have been confiscated. The service operates 24 hours a day, 365...

to deriver flowers and gifts for C Zwetsloots & Sons, which distributes to a variety of retail outlets.

• Drivers for Wincanton Logistics are up in arms over a new contract which will make them work longer hours for less money....

• Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has no immediate plans to increase the cost of freight crossings, despite announcements...

• Grahams of Gildersome, the commercial vehicle body building group which went into administration last month, looks set to be...

!I by Peter Lawton An innovative trailer loading crane could soon be on the UK market flits US manufacturer finds a European...

• Refrigeration specialist Hubbard and BOC Gases are jointly developing a new generation of cryogenic vehicle systems suitable...

• Curtain-sided reefer trailers are entering service with fresh fruit distributors Fruitex. Southfields of Loughborough built...

• Don Bur is supplying 12 alustable height double-deck trailers to the John Lewis Partnership. The 12.8m Multi-Deckers are...

• An eye-catching bonneted Staniar 4-Series is starting work at Southampton docks with waste treatment and recycler KD...

one truck to follow closely behind another on the motorway (CM 10-16 June). The system relies on electronically controlled...

cab shell using resin transfer moulding (RIM) technology The Unimog cab has been developed by a Mercedes sister...

so several years ago DaimlerChrysler Research set out to develop a prototype tractive unit that would be a tonne Fighter than a...

• by Colin Barnett Automotive research and development specialist Ricardo has opened the first phase of its 212m Advanced...

• The latest figures from the Vehicle Inspectorate show that 5743 trucks were recalled for various defects in the first six...

• Shepton Mallet-based haulier Framptons is taking delivery of 10 new curtain-sided trailers with sliding roofs. The 13.6m...

and a number of its drivers broke the drivers' hours rules while carrying raw milk. The case will be held early in September.

A series of prohibitions notices and breaches of the drivers' hours and tachograph rules have led to the revocation of the...

Environmental representations from neighbours led to the refusal of a licence bid by Sandra Becton, trading as JS Partnership,...

Dundee-based Safedem escaped with a warning when it appeared before Scottish IC Michael Betts at an Edinburgh disciplinary...

trading as AA Quarries, of Blantyre, Scottish TC Michael Betts warned the partners about their future maintenance standards.

A Nottinghamshire haulier of 29 years' standing, who was caught using rebated fuel in his vehicles, has been allowed to keep...

The husband of Bournemouthbased Donna Hammond, trading as Collingdale Transport, has been warned that he cannot continue to...

The falsification of tachograph records, and other offences, have cost Bath driver Dean Edmunds £650 in fines and costs....

Kent international haulier John Smith has lost his appeal against a limit on the number of vehicle movements into and out of...

• Allen Industrial is now producing the 15-core 113 Series, primarily for trucks and trailers which use 15-pole electrical...

• TVI Europe has introduced a compact tachograph that fits a standard ISO 7736 radio fascia aperture, yet uses conventional...

• Rockinger has uprated its 500-Series drawbar coupling. Tested to the latest European standards, the new device is able to...

Bodyshop chemical and consumable specialist Cramos Surface Treatment has relaunched its Ten71 textured TAKrag. Ten71 is an...

absorbers as original equipment. The four-stage damping system is said to help ensure a comfortable and safe ride, under all...

The company has purchased a five-user Trace system based on a server at its Bournemouth depot. It has taken on a sixmonth...

• HeIla has developed and patented a charge compensator unit that improves 12-volt consumer connection to vehicle batteries and...

M O nitorin European rules now mean that reefer cargo space temperature recording systems must be independent of the fridge...

The Viper unit can tackle all aspects of air conditioning servicing tasks including recycling, evacuation and re-charging....

includes 159 new part numbers and a new vehicle application section. This publication is the first in the Lucas range to be...

• Vision Techniques has introduced a reversing aid Sound Bleeper Inhibitor kit which is said to provide the ideal solution for...

• CompAir offers two new 5.5 and 7. 5kW rotary vane air compressors, available in both open - Classic" and enclosed low noise...

Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

The Hawk's great passion for his die-cast model collection means the old buzzard always has something to look forward to. And...

As something of a relic himself, the Hawk was interested in a recent booklet published by the Highways Agency: Roads to the...

If you were in the Southampton area around the beginning of July, looked up into the sky and thought what you were seeing was...

Earlier this month, Woburn Safari Park held a special fundraising day for the Mercedes-Benz Mobile Eye Surgery Unit. it was eye...

292 and 332 eight-leggers rolled off the MAN line in the spring 011996. Their successor, the F2000, has maintained MAN's...

can't fault them" Tim Fowles Tim Fowles Haulage is based at Colnbrook, close to Heathrow Airport, and runs a fleet of 14 MAN...

need any work" David Bell About 20 years ago P4+.1 Church established his plant hire, bulk excavation and aggregate recycling...

Richard Sheehan IN Sheehan Haulage and Plant Hire is a family business which was established some 30 years ago and now runs a...

• Insurance bickers Robert & Davies of Norwich supplied us with sample quotes for an ownerdriver operating in the UK with full...

in-hoe approved used vehicle programme designed achieve greater consistency across the netwo in sales and residual values....

Chris Wright Commercial Vehicle Auctions in Doncaster is an independent auction house handling trucks, trailers and plant. The...

The F2000 uses basically the same means of propulsion as developed at MAN by Rudolf Diesel in 1893, but however much...

organisation, efficiency and attention to detail. Complete accountability within the workshop is a vital issue for all fleet...

Chris Graham examines the benefits of contracting out your tyre supply. here is a widely held view that tyre manufacture and...

Wallace Arnold is working with BP on several environmentally positive initiatives, giving its fleet a number of significant...

OBAN EXPRESS O ur Scottish odyssey begins in Argyll, west Scotland. And the weather is not good—the clouds have descended,...

chief factor behind his firm's work is geography—it dominates everything. A mile or so from the company base 01 conducts its...

revor Boyd, partner at Dundee-based Express Van Haulage, pulls no punches when he talks of the "graveyard" that Dundee's...

avid McClelland, partner of Opus One Logistics based in Glenrothes, Fife, only embarked on the journey into haulage in January...

eith Grant. partner of Freight Express in Edinburgh, is busy when Commercial Motor arrives at his depot in the city's...

C ontinued work on the Continent combined with consolidation of the UK market. This is the guiding philosophy behind...

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III Manufacturers which compel dealers to sign up to approved used truck schemes against their will are contravening European...

r Renault VI dealership Staffs CV has just disposed of its 33rd Magnum Elite. and aims to sell 60 this year. Devised by dealer...