EXCLUSIVE • by Dominic Perry The government's undertaking to treat hauliers fairly under its new stowaway penalty scheme has...

the Freight Transport Association, claiming all hauliers who paid the now discredited civil penalties have admitted their...

has in successful. Scottish First lister Jack McConnell said Scottish Executive would iport plans for the Western ipheral...

A Sussex - based haulier has gone into receivership leaving a dozen subcontractors saddled with massive debts and facing an...

• The extent of the problems inherited by Norfolk Line in its acquisition of Murfitts Transport in 2001 were being more fully...

A jailed haulage boss described by a judge as a "dishonest, manipulative and skillful fraudster" has been ordered to pay back...

y Miles Brknell een directly-employed drivers have lost their 3 and several sub-contractors face possible ikruptcy after the...

n Scottish hauliers have welcomed a £200m government investment in the country's road system. The package of improvements...

• A new ruling in the Netherlands administrative court could boost hauliers who have flagged out to Holland. According to...

• by Jennifer Ball The Freight Transport Association has welcomed Transport for London's move to commission an independent...

w Police will be taking to the motorways next month to crack down on 'lane hoggers' flouting lane rules. Officers will be on...

Heavy hauliers are fighting plans to re-route abnormally large loads away from the AS onto the M6 toll motorway which opens...

vaunted 'new' system of stowaway fines has been exposed this week in CM as a sham. For the haulier and driver affected it...

y Guy Sheppard istics group Tibbett & Britten says it has dived more than four applications for ry driving job at its new...

• Scottish hauliers are to benefit from a £5m fund aimed at modernising road haulage north of the border. The Scottish Road...

days of each ler: Peterhead-based Ewan 0th Transport, and Benzies ansport, based in Turriff. The continuing downturn in a...

Pall-ft has teamed up with Danish transport company Combffragt Group to launch Pall-Ex Scandinavia. The new company will...

The Right Hon David Blunkett MP Secretary of State for the Home Department The Home Office 50 Queen Anne's Gate London SWII-1...

,ast week the government ounced it was suspending 2m worth of funding from the ategic Rail Authority's grants Iget over the...

HAULIERS HIT BY THE GRANT CUTS dk One of the companies already hit by the cuts to SRA grants is Chlicompton-based Massey...

(Colin Barnett laws could add £6,000 to the cost of a truck, warns fleet management spest Lea Transfleet. According to Mark...

Mi Citroen has unveiled the latest round of measures intended to maintain its aggressive commercial vehicle marketing strategy....

an order with Mansfield-based trailer builder SDC for more than 750 trailers. The order Includes curtainsiders, GRP box...

stems for breach of contract after refusing to the telematics supplier finish fitting its system 100 of the haulier's trucks....

vehicle-tracking system with the launch of a real-time traffic and travel information (ill) service. This web-based service,...

wireless telemetry platform that should make sending, receiving and managing data simpler. Aimed at telematics system...

• Daf is the latest vehicle manufacturer to offer a telematics system with its trucks. The truck builder has recently teamed...

• A new truck telematics terminal that fits into the dashboard DIN-slot has just been announced by Finnish firm Aplicom. The...

• Bradford-based contract-seating manufacturer Knightsbridge Furniture is saving an estimated £700 a week on the costs of...

Isotrak system across more than 1,350 vehicles and 25 distribution centres nationwide. The real-time f management system includ...

Despite complaints from nearby residents, Gloucestershire livestock haulier Gliders Transport has been cleared of breaching...

A North Wales operator, who blamed a conviction for unauthorised operation on his brother, has had his bid to have his...

A Manchester meat wholesaler who admitted "playing at" its transport business has had its restricted licence cut from four to...

The son of a Wiltshire operator who had hi licence revoked has obtained one of his own b proving that he is now in sole charge...

uel or hydraulic oil leaks from disconnected es can lead to dangerous conditions in the .kshop, and could result in an...

Van pad and shoe range extended Distributed in the UK under the Balco brand, extra friction references for Sprinter and Ivaco...

Roadlink International has invested £500,000 in a new 930m 2 ,000ft 2 brake shoe remanufacturing and storage facility at its...

a Status Fluid Power has established a cost-effective repressurisIng service for all types of gas spring struts. The work is...

• Bowmonk's latest BrakeCheck portable electronic brake tester can be used by workshops, testing and inspection stations to...

and EBS braking systems for CVs Is available on the Web (wvra.via.gov.ukl. Go to the section marked 'About VI', then click...

DPW is now the UK and Ireland agent for the Italian-made Bertocco range of suspension and air brake products. Contact: BPW on:...

Garages and workshops worried about increased surveillance from Heath and Safety inspectors can now refer to the Garage...

Stertil Koni has added the Samoa brand of servicing gear, benches, trolleys and cabinets to its product list. The range...

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 31 January 1928...

Motor get to grips with a more diverse group of vehicles than ever before. With 35 vehicles given the full test treatment, and...

. I TRUCK Winner: RENAULT TRIFIC Others: Toyota Dyna Vauxhall Movano Toyota Hiace Mitsubishi Canter 35 he crop of the 2002...

MDC-BENI Atego let Others: lveco Cargo 7.5t MAN M2000 lit Hino 6x4 26t T he Reverend W Awdry, creator of the Thomas The Tank...

OAF 45LF Others: Iveco Daily 6.5t Iveco Cargo 7.51 Mercedes-Benz Atego 1.51 Daewoo 75 or lawgivers may have decreed that the...

Winner: MAN 12.185 Others: Scania P94 260 Volvo RE220 lveco Ford Cargo F i, or some reason (and we can't quite work out why)...

Winner: SCANIA 0114 44t Others: Oaf 05CF 40t Mercedes-Beni Actros 38t MAN F2000 401 Foden Alpha 441 Volvo FM12 301 ontrary...

Winner: OAF 85CF 6x2 Others: Scania 480 Scania R124 Mercedes-Benz Axor Oaf 85CF 4x2 W e're not quite sure why, but 2002 was a...

Winner: FIAT DOBLo Others: Vauxhall Combo Renault Clio Citron Dispatch eing the smallest sector of the two-axled CV range...

within its limitations and known to few people beyond its small band of regular customers. It had been trading for almost 8o...

Iespite a generally strong economy, IK manufacturing is suffering. How is his affecting hauliers who collect rom the factory...

• The Confederation of British Industry Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey published on 22 January makes soberin reading for...

• 30% of firms less optimist° than a ye ago — just 11% more optimistic. • Unemployment up with the CBI predicting 42,000 job...

he subject of this month's Tech Tips feature is a real mrkhorse, a 340hp Oaf FAD 85CF eight-legger from outh - west London...

• With the roller brake tester sited by the workshop entrance, any vehicle driven Inside to the hydraulic lift in the...

THE P NALT Why don't more operators fit on-board weighers to their tippers? They help you to avoid an expensive overload and...

St Albans-based Kane Haulage has been associated with PM Onboard for 14 years, and helped it develop and improve elements of...

back on a ek of cycling, engine failure, and Impressive Christmas lights. f you would like to feature in Working Week please...