• The collapse of Transworld Distribution could turn out to be the worst disaster to hit rank and file hauliers since the...

• A Scottish court has dismissed charges against a driver breathalysed by police while parked in an overnight lorry park (CM 28...

/ Road Haulage Association director-general Bryan Colley wilt find out whether the RHA is allowed to publish official tables of...

/ Transport secretary Malcolm Rifkind's decision to encourage operators to switch freight from road to rail has been met with...

/ British companies bidding for public service transport contracts will face increased competition when new EC legislation is...

on localities that do not have the roads to cope with them," says Rifkind. He also announced his intention to break British...

• A director who admitted being involved in two failed companies, paying penalties for running vehicles on red diesel and...

• Hauliers will be allowed to fit their own truck speed limiters when they become compulsory on HGVs up to four years old from...

• The Road Haulage Association has dismissed as a 'red herring" a transport lawyer's claim that its new conditions of carriage...

• Seven more vehicle testing stations are to offer Saturday testing from next month, but operators who use the weekend service...

• The Road Haulage Association is to press for compensation for hauliers caught out by a fuel cartel involving 17 NorthEast...

• Southern Electric has acquired the first three Roadrunner 4x4s to be converted by Leyland Daf from military to civilian spec...

• Proposals for higher weight limits for trucks between 24 and 32.5 tonnes have been put out for consultation by the Department...

• Carlisle-based Auto Recovery is putting a Bonifacedesigned rescue truck into serv ice fitted with side winches which allow...

• Nearly 60 ex-army M-type Bedfords are on their way to Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania after being refurbished by AWD dealer...

11 Mercedes-Benz has introduced five new models, giving a power boost to an already comprehensive range of vans and trucks....

/ Police were called to an angry creditors' meeting winding upTransworld Distribution Services after its directors were...

EXCLUSIVE • Bibby Distribution Services is expected to reveal heavy losses next month, but the company believes that a series...

• Three former bosses of tipper manufacturer WilcoxSeadyke are building bulk trailers in competition with the new owners of...

• Exel Logistics has acquired its third Continental transport operation. The NFC subsidiary has bought frozen foods distributor...

• Swift Transport Services has started work on its Um contract with British Coal to run a dedicated equipment distribution...

oF 4 Oki • Maintenance problems have led to the duration of West Riding Motor Auctions' licence being cut to expire at the...

• The boss of a a. faded transport firm has had his bid for a new li cence refused and his current interim licence revoked...

• The licence held by the Blundell and Rimmer Group has been renewed for two years only by North Western Deputy LA Kenneth...

• An application by Dinas Powysbased Chardcrest Transport to renew its licence was abandoned at a Cardiff public inquiry when...

6 6 • A former manager of Freightliners and the boss of hire company Graylease have been jailed for 15 months and six months...

• The twovehicle national licence held by Norman Longton of Chorley, Lanes has been revoked by North Western Licensing...

• Eldergrove, trading as AB Cars of Leeds, has had its licence revoked after North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick...

• The award - winning Omni minibus is back in production, six months after the collapse of its original manufacturer, City...

• A prototype of Iveco Ford Truck's 10.7m double-deck Turbocity bus is expected to be on show at next month's UITP exhibition...

• Welsh truck bodybuilder Bedwas is to move into the PCV market with its high-capacity PV600 van. The Gwent-based manufacturer...

to be a Vauxhall Cavalier (albeit an oversized model) overtaking a Belfast bus. However, the car is an advertisement painted...

last autumn, it has been clear that the van market has a serious new challenger. Although other manufacturers displayed...

you'd never know it from looking at them. In fact the two look remarkably similar. Hardly surprising, you may say, as they are...

Fuel consumption is traditionally a strongpoint of the DI diesel Transit so despite the fact that VW now claims aerodynamic...

• There are currently 27 marques of lorry crane to choose from, sold through umpteen franchises and subsidiaries. Not...

The most frequent mistake crane buyers make is to specify too low a capacity. Operators lifting containers, cabins and similar...

This situation is not helped when crane makers, like truck manufacturers, round up the numbers in the product's designation to...

• Drivers face being prosecuted for being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol every time they go to the...

dream come true by building his own independent haulage firm. He wasn't aiming for anything grand, just a profitable, niche...

EFENSIVE • Hours, tachograph and overloading charges are the most common to be brought against goods vehicle operators and...

Now he is disgusted by the service he claims he found available to British lorry drivers when they run into trouble abroad....

'The attitude of the officials was unbelievable' treatment because he is an HGV driver. "I honestly believe that if Richard...

However, I should just like to take this opportunity to clarify a number of points. At the heart of 00UK, and the one point...

Jefferies, 41 , was most recently AWD's UK sales and marketing director. He will be working with 140 main dealers, including...