1 :0 Essex police are warning owners of Mercedes trucks to be especially vigilant following a rash of thefts in recent weeks...

by Amanda Bradbury • The Department of Transport has issued a warning to foreign operators: if you bring in over-length or...

• In the Industry News section (12-18 May 199 , 0 we carried a report of a writ issued by 48 hauliers against Richard Tuxford...

• The TGWU's national officer for road transport Victor McGeer is to sit at the other side of the negotiating table at TNT...

• The Government ruled out any form of legislation governing vehicle security and theft this week. The move endangers a recent...

by Juliet Parish • Truck drivers could be subjected to hidden surveillance checks at level crossings throughout the UK...

on smoking trucks emerged this week as both the Government and industry welcome the new technology. At tests held by the RAC,...

tachograph fraudsters in France were revealed this week following the legislation passing through France's supreme court. But...

• After two months in which no suitable offer was made, 36-vehicle Shipman Haulage was hours from liquidation when a buyer...

by Karen Miles MI Fears of a uniform system of electronic tolls across Europe within four years look set to be fulfilled as the...

• NFC looks to set to sever its last link with the traditional general haulage business after deciding to sell The Truckstop,...

• Three men involved in haulage appeared in court last week on drugs-related charges. A driver from County Armagh appeared in...

£200,000worth of gin will be shown on television to encourage witnesses to contact police who are seeking three assailants. In...

• The European Court has ruled when a driver's day begins in order to clarify EU driver's hours regulations. It has decided...

by Geoff Perfitt • Aylesbury-based Aston Clinton Haulage, a subsidiary of Norbert Dentressangle, was fined £14,200 with £750...

• Thorpe Marriott, Norwich-based Charter Transport boss Mark Charles Crooks has admitted in court to pressuring his drivers to...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has told its enforcement staff they should not hold up trucks for more than an hour at roadside...

• The growing market for tippers in the UK helped independent truck manufacturer ERF's return to profitability in the second...

• A verdict of unlawful killing was returned last week following the fatal shooting of a Bedfordshire truck driver. The...

• About 30 drivers and 60 warehouse staff jobs are now assured at Hays Distribution Services' Minworth depot as the company...

by Eugene Silke • A company set up to provide combined transport between Scotland and EuropeSpedtrans Scotland—begins...

• Scottish 30 vehicle haulier Finlay Guy is discussing an acquisition to expand its recently launched truck rental divi sion...

• The divisional court has ruled that for material to be subject to controlled waste regulations it must be in the process of...

• Palletways, the consortium of small hauliers launched in May, is already planning European expansion. Talks with a Dutch...

* A bankruptcy order has been made against West Midlands haulier W L Jones in the county court. The Official Receiver is...

How is it that a Government which claims to be unequivocal on law and order can be so ambivalent on truck crime? It's a...

and 2 emissions laws will be powering Foden trucks early next year. The return of the Cat engines will further strengthen...

There's little change from the original seventies design apart from steel side raves in place of the standard alloy components....

• John Laing's plant-hire offshoot EPL has put three MAN L2000 7.5-tonners into service equipped with Finnish-made high - reach...

• Purfleet haulier BJ Myers has replaced 10 Iveco EuroTech 38-tonne GCW 4x2 tractive units with the same number of Renault...

• Two new tandem centreaxlecl drawbar outfits supplied to the Lane Group, by Ray Smith are fitted with the Dutch Estepe close...

• Hino importer Harris UK expects to launch two new 4x2 tractive units in Britain this year. Sales and marketing director...

• Fareham, Hants magis trates cleared Wilfred Holden (Blackburn) of using a vehicle with defective brakes after being told the...

• A bid by Felixstowe haulier Keith Brimicombe to increase the authorisation on his national licence from two to three vehicles...

• Planning problems over the use of the Sutton Coldfield base of Nigel Ainge, trading as Nam Transport, has led to the...

• Birmingham owner-driver Peter Brothwood, called before West Midland LA John Mervyn Pugh following a complaint from French...

• Eddie Stobart driver Duncan Robinson, who admitted falsifying a tachograph chart, was given a conditional discharge for two...

A West Wales truck driver who disconnected his tachograph and drove for hundreds of miles without recording was fined a total...

Navigation based on a in-cab system using digital maps and interchangeable smart cards is available for CVs. l)y Danny...

yy ith a name like Team Hawk this lot could hardly fail to get a mention in Bird's Er View for a recent mercy mission to...

13 ongratulations to Kidderminster operator Philip Jones who has won a mini Hi-fl system from Scania for this picture he took...

was formed in London last week to launch a campaign to boycott ferry companies which ship live animals for slaughter. Former...

D am indebted to a reader who wishes to remain anonymous (I wonder why) for the following "job advertisement". FREIGHT...

0 taff on Parcelforces national enquiry desk were fizzing after finding themselves on the receiving end of thousands of calls...

0 his country's sporting prowess may currently be the butt of jokes, but the Hawk has good news for all those cricket fans out...

• A new deal between the AA and Leyland Daf means that independent breakdown and recovery agents can take advantage of...

• French firm Robin Chatelain Transports has won the European Transport Maintenance Council's 1994 trophy for the best...

• Michael Heseltine is the guest speaker at the 1994 Retail Motor Industry Federation annual dinner at the Royal Lancaster...

• A new guide to handling unsaturated polyester resin is available from the British Plastics Federation at £12.50. Contact...

• The Institute of the Motor Industry has launched a fleet management version of its certificate of management qualification....

• 3M has developed selfadhesive seals to show drivers whether their load has been tampered with. Typically the adhesive...

N early a year has passed since the law required speed limiters to be fitted to all trucks built after 1988. Although I am all...

T his letter is a mixture of complaint, despair, hopelessness, resignation and sheer exasperation. On 19 May my MercedesBenz...

a humble cab into a mobile home or office. Here we review some of those little extras, including a stereo that knows the way...

latest variation on the theme, the Peugeot Boxer, could be the best yet with a carrying capacity that sets a new record. p...

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

CASE HISTORY: WHITE ARROW F or home delivery specialist White considerably easier than in the old Arrow, route planning has...

of the UK. But, as industry watcher Roberto Quairoz explains, the two countries' haulage industries have little else in common:...

Manaus supports a population of 1.25 million people yet has no major roads connecting it to the rest of Brazil. Instead 4,000...

Hauliers seldom jump at the chance appearing before an LA—but those acfep ng a recent invitation to the West Mi. d Traffic Area...

44 or all that glitters is gold". How easily we forget the lessons of our childhood. But it is a saying worth remembering if...