London-based charity BESO needs help to get 17 pallets of medical supplies to Kazakhstan; volunteers will be invited to its...

More than 300 motorists were caught speeding by cameras on a 40mph section of the A48 in Cardiff in just two hours; the top...

The FTA's Good Van Code has won a Prince Michael Award for Road Safety.

Customs has disrupted 116 drug smuggling gangs and stopped £2.4bn worth of drugs entering the UK in the past year.

Pauline Stevenson-Fraser is Securicor Omega Express's new chief operating officer.

Sainsbury's and British Gas have put the country's first liquid gas refuelling pump on a supermarket forecourt in Beckton, east...

Fire-fighting and rescue vehicle supplier Angloco has been named Britain's top small business exporter.

Palletways is to open a 12,540m 2 warehouse at Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffs.

CM INVESTIGATION ml by Melanie Hammond First Point International's (FPI) USA truck drivers' programme is under threat this...

judge at a St Albans court had David Webster and Geoffrey Burman disqualified from acting as directors, Webster appealed the...

II Truck operators running legally could face overloading charges if the Vehicle Inspectorate sticks by its plans to tighten...

• Wakefield-based Cresta Freight services will go into creditors' voluntary liquidation next month. The company which runs 12...

• Home Lane, the homedelivery joint venture run by Lane Group and SHL Delivery Plus, has bought Manchesterbased Falcon...

• by Charles Young The Government has finally accepted that the haulage industry is suffering compared with foreign...

• by Karen Mies Proposals to slash the cost of rail freight while cracking down on cowboy hauliers are being considered by the...

II Residents in a Cotswold village are winning their battle to have trucks diverted away from their homes. A total of 203...

• A new national call-minding service for small businesses is targeting hauliers as potential clients after signing up...

• Durham truck driver Allan kirtley has been given a four-month jail sentence for the attempted evasion of nearly £10,000...

John Prescott's comments this week that he is determined to help make the haulage sector competitive are very welcome. The...

• by Brendan Nolan Another diesel laundering plant making profits of at least 111E50,000 a week has been seized by Irish...

• Construction has started on a £15m Lure freight terminal in Wales that is expected to take 40,000 lorries off the road each...

pr The government Is believed to have shied away from reducing speed limits, preferring instead to give local authorities...

• Predicted diesel price increases are hitting hauliers even sooner than expected due to the combined effects of increased...

• South Yorkshire police prosecuted a Barnsley truck driver for not having a tachograph—just weeks after he was hailed as a...

N Electronic seals designed to reduce the risk of stowaways in hauliers' vehicles are available from Encrypta Electronics. It...

• by Richard Harris A truck driver has claimed that he was sacked because he refused to "drive like an idiot" to complete all...

Disruption is expected in France from roadworks on the RD933 near Baudrieres and Saint Germain du Plain until 31 December

Police in Hanover, Germany, are increasing patrols on motorways and are asking drivers to be vigilant after an upsurge in...

Possession of vehicle snow chains is mandatory In Bulgaria from now until 31 March 2000.

Operators are advised to make sure tachograph charts used on the Continent in the new year have 2000 printed on them. Ft is...

Dover Harbour Board's Freight Clearance Facility EPU & FS0 will be closed from 23:00hrs on 24 Dec until 07:00hrs 27 Dec and...

certificate has been replaced by the E128 certificate. The [128 certificate is country-specific, which means a driver needs one...

Scania reveals spring models • by Toby Clark Scania is eager to show that it is—and will remain—a viable independent brand....

• Eddie Stobart has added 40 European-spec Cartwright curtainsiders to its 100-plus international fleet. Features Include...

• Pembrokeshire County Council has equipped another 50 of its municipal vehicles with the latest ICS Black Box onboard...

Trailer coupling manufacturer VBG is to launch a "safe" coupling warning system for artics, possibly at the CV Show next...

A Cheshire operator has had its licence suspended until further notice, but North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian...

OVERDRAFT CONDITION Airdrie-based Leoforce, trading as PM Logistics, has been granted a licence for 10 vehicles and 15 trailers...

warning about future convictions but has taken no action against Larkhall-based Lektron Services following drivers' hours...

authority for four vehicles and two trailers at a depot at Tattenhali, Cheshire. But North Western DTC Patrick Mulvenna imposed...

£300 in fines and costs when he admitted the offence before Llanelli Magistrates. Williams, who trades as DW Landscapes, was...

using two vehicles with expired test certificates between April and September, and 75 overloads. Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms...

The licence held by Ashby De La Zouch-based Stuart and Susan Andrews, trading as Andrews Haulage, was suspended for 14 days by...

Using a replacement vehicle following a breakdown when there was no margin on the 0-licence has cost a West Wales operator E755...

A Wrexham skip hire operator, whose untaxed vehicle was found to be in a dangerous condition, and who was using an unauthorjsed...

A Welsh ownerdriver, who was fined £1,200 for 25 offences of falsifying tachograph records when he appeared before Flirrtshire...

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. if you have information for inclusion send It to Coninordal Motor, Roam...

Does someone In the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room H203,...

Armed with his thermos and enough corn beef and piccalilli sarnies to feed a small army, The Hawk, along with much maligned...

An invention from down-under could save hauliers valuable time getting their trucks off ferries. Suction pads to replace the...

Where you might ask, could you buy a van for £697.40p? Why, back in November 1973, when CM roadtested the new Reliant Robin TWA...

In addition to the obligatory and other lights described as being required for most vehicles last month (CM 4-11 November), the...

CM's Need To Know is put together in association with Miley Publishing, which produces regular monthly business bulletins...

IPFLOOILICEE) IN ASSOCIATION WITH FO ID & 1/VAFIFIENI SOILICrrorts The law has changed: two strikes and you're ou W hat an...

DRIVERS' PENALTIES Remember ICs act against drivers too... E very HGV driver can be subject to disciplinary action initiated...

• These undertakings are set out on the 0licence application form which every would-be operator has to sign. The form carries...

• When a driver receives a first-time disqualification from by a court for 12 months or less the TC will usually issue a...

• Goods vehicle operator licensing is controlled by the TC. It is the TC's job to police the industry to ensure that adequate...

There's no such thing! W hat are "road and transport" offences and what are the penalties? It is clear that the Traffic...

• Careless driving: £2,500 fine; nine penalty points. • Dangerous driving: £5,000 fine; six months' imprisonment; 12 months'...

I Price as tested: £71,300 (ex-VAT). Engine: 11.2 litres, 386hp (288kW). GAY: 41 tonnes. Payload: 26.23 tonnes. Average fuel...

local hauliers, coping with adverse conditions is all part of a day's work. Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and David Taylor spoke...

spend money on training would-be drivers providing they're really willing to turn up...and work. • If you want to sound off...