by David Craik • Barring an eleventh-hour solution, French truck drivers will begin blocking roads again at midnight on 2...

• A House of Lords Select Committee hears evidence this week on the implications for the waste management industry of the...

• All HGV drivers will have to retake driving tests every five or 10 years if the European Parliament has its way. This...

trucks that fit bays TO KILL? by Rob Willock

suppliers complained that Tesco's regional distribution centres (RUCs) are turning away refrigerated loads if vehicles are not...

t does seem strange that you can be granted a licence for up to 50 years to drive a vehicle which can kill—regardless of your...

• A Norfolk-based haulier has been found guilty on seven counts of failing to pay his company's income tax. Nigel Jolley, of...

by Mike Jewell II A couple who were disqualified from becoming company directors after their haulage business collapsed have...

• Variable speed limits are being extended round the M25 in a bid to stop dri vers crashing into station ary traffic. The...

• The Trades Union Congress appears to be dragging its feet over a decision whether to expel the United Road Transport Union...

• Exel Logistics will fight to retain its distribution contract with 7-Eleven following the chain's acquisition by rival...

by Rob Willock • Lawyers have repeated demands for better guidelines for magistrates after a small company and its driver were...

• Allegations that WI-I Smith's newspaper distribution operation employed illegal immigrants were discovered to be "unfounded"...

• Insurance firms offering cover against strikes and blockades say hauliers have been slow to take up these policies. Haulage...

• Some 20 refuse vehicle drivers are in fear of their safety after some Rhondda residents protesting against the reopening of a...

by Sally Nash • The Transport and General Workers Union is warning members to declare bonus payments to the Inland Revenue,...

* Greek hauliers have won their battle against the government over proposed changes to HGV licensing, and have called off a...

• liSM Fleet Training is guaranteeing accident and insurance rate reductions for companies investing in its new HGV...

IN The Office of Fair Trading should have included commercial vehicles in its report on second-hand cars, says global...

• Operators travelling through the centre of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, will face disrupted delivery schedules over coming weeks...

by Sally Nash • Container hauliers delivering to Teesport, Middlesbrough are facing long delays as P&O North Sea Ferries...

• Within the next 12 months hauliers and police could be using mouth swabs to check drivers for illegal drugs. A prototype of...

• Volvo Truck and Bus will sell Mitsubishi Canter light trucks in the UK from the beginning of next year under a new deal...

In the first case of its kind, a shared operating centre has been deleted from both parties' licences because of breaches of...

• Cummins is extending the service intervals on its MI1 engines from 40,000km to 60,000km using conventional oil. With...

by Oliver Dixon • With the launch of the four-wheel-drive M-Class next year, the renewal of the Mercedes-Benz product range...

• SAF has reduced the weight of its low-maintenance "Euroaxle" by 8kg by redesigning the brake drums and hubs. Unit weight of...

• Fiat has made its new turbo-diesel engine— already fitted to the Punto van—standard in the Florin() van and pickup, but their...

by Oliver Dixon II Michelin is targeting the van market with its new Agilis range of tyres. Five new products ranging in size...

• 7F has launched a development of the Ecomat automatic transmission, and a 10-speed variant of the AS-Tronic automated gearbox...

• Platform hire company Facelift has bought a 25m-reach Denka Lift 131_25—the fi-st in the UK—and has ordered another. The...

• Derbyshire tipper operator Timothy Birchenough's 17 vehicle licence has been cut by two vehicles, and three further vehicles...

• Walton-on-Thames haulier Alan Pidgley has had his international licence revoked following the use of a prohibited vehicle....

• An absolute discharge has been given to a Reading skip hire operator after he admitted using a vehicle with an insecure...

• The driver of a vehicle stopped by police for acting suspiciously on the 11,16 was ordered to pay L=175 in fines and costs...

• Commercial & Plant Exhausts (Yorkshire) has launched a range of stainlesssteel stack kits and silencers for trucks and vans....

• Pentywn-based JR Industries is the sole licencee for the manufacture of Whiting roll-up shutter doors and lightweight...

• SKF Service has produced a g uide to aftermarket replacement components covering all popular cars and light vans. The...

• Hella has launched its latest lighting promotion, entitled High Flyers. The sales incentive package includes reduced prices...

f1J c Haulage Factfile page provides busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

T he report by David Craik (Call for agency liability change, CM 16-22 October) raises important questions about the way in...

J am writing in response to the debate on training featured in your "Loaded Question" article (CM 24-30 July). It included...

I 'm a Class 1 British driver, currently unemployed, and I take offence at John Heads' comments about the lack of...

am a third-year student studying Design I & Technology at The College of St Mark & St John in Plymouth, and as part of an...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our, quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look...

it for one of their last sojourns of the season before owners lay up their vehicles for the winter, the Hawk and Foclen the dog...

ith nights drawing in, Foden and I pull our curtains early. As we sit by the glow of the fake coal fire, thoughts turn to the...

T he 32nd biennial Tokyo motor show had all the trappings of a major world auto exhibition— glitz, glamour, a glut of...

The great industries associated with the North-East—coal, steel and shipbuilding—have largely perished but there has been a...

14-litre engine make ERF's EC14 a desirable tool for owner-drivers. Used examples are thin on the ground, but it seems they're...

preferred method of keeping in touch with their vehicles. But before long satellite technology is set to revolutionise the way...

with the disparity in road costs paid by UK international operators and their EU counterparts. 'There is one rule for us and...