during which £130,000 worth of goods were stoleie The employee of Road & Sea Express in Winsforti, Cheshire, was tied up with...

charged following a police investigation into haulage theft worth more than £1m. West Mercia Police say the six-month probe...

Three London councils are opposing congestion charging in London. Westminster City, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...

sales were abolished. First-half profits were £10m compared with £26m for the seine period in 1999, although freight volumes...

Amoco to develop new fuel technologies, environmentally friendly policies and traffic management systems.

years on 9 June when heavy rain led to 2,000 separate jams. An AA spokesman says it was "further proof that the road system is...

*: t I Kin g tackles data lo gg in g problems with R:Com. PAGE 13 VEHICLES Technicality means that RPC holders can't use...

A Staffordshire-based driver is warning others to be on their guard after a man claiming to be a police officer stopped him and...

• by Melanie Helmond International hauliers who buy even the most expensive stowaway detection devices remain at risk from...

• New guidelines to help employers improve the driving standards of their staff are being promoted by the road safety campaign...

• Home Secretary Jack Straw is to press the French government to tighten up security at Calais for UK-bound trucks after...

• European Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has added her voice to those calling for lower oil prices. Last week the...

by Charles Young Grain hauliers who sign up to the industry's voluntary code of practice face a sharp rise in insurance...

II EU Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has backed down on her proposals not to issue any further truck permits for...

• Hauliers working In France who commit speeding or hours offences face having their trucks impounded unless they carry a...

Thank goodness for the French. Not our usual cry, we admit, and certainly not what many British hauliers must feel as they...

by Mike Jewell A Welsh haulier who is alleged to have committed more than 700 overloading offences has had his 0-licence...

Livestock haulage in Greece is subject to additional controls and restrictions due to outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and...

HGVs over 12 tonnes are now prohibited throughout Poland from 0700-14:00hrs. This replaces the previous Polish restriction,...

Weight restrictions in Kazakhstan have increased from 18.8 tonnes to 22.5 tonnes for triaxle bogies and from 36 tonnes to 40...

The Sound Bridge link between Denmark and Sweden opened last month. it is 15.9km long and comprises a tunnel and motorway as...

operators to claim a fuel tax refund. When the Italian Official Review is published hauliers who bought fuel in 1999 can claim...

Hauliers caught committing traffic offences in Belgium now have to pay a fine on the spot or provide a deposit for the fine...

• An operator has been fined for using a truck without an annual test certificate because it did not know it could have applied...

A motorist's complaint about rubbish falling off the back of a truck led to a skip hire firm being fined a total of £1,000 by...

of all Fen's toy products from one of its main logistics centres in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

a temperature-controlled regional distribution centre for Safeway in the South-West and South Midlands.

Ttff Logistics has won a five-year contract to manage PowerGen's logistics operations for its East Midlands Electricity...

to outlets throughout the UK. It will distribute more than 115,000 pints every week.

NIghtspeed Services has won a £100,000 contract to deliver lawnmowers and spare parts for Mower World. Nigtitspeed claims it...

Biwater Industries, a global supplier to the water industry. It involves distributing iron pipes and fittings across Europe.

• Drivers could face months of disruption up and down the country if plans to update telecom cables along the verges of...

A group of hauliers in Ireland are advertising for others to join them in forming a new Irish freight alliance. The allied...

• Compact road cleaning specialist Euromec has adapted its Azura design, expanding the range. The new Aquadyne 2500 is a...

by Peter Lawton Filling up with cheap Continental diesel could technically cost operators their Reduced Pollution Certificate...

• Bridgestone/Firestone's massive tyre recall problems in North America (CM17-23 August) continue to escalate, as the huge...

• by Mark Dodd Outbreaks of salmonella and listeria in the mid-eighties forced new laws on the coolchain to reduce the...

• by Peter Lawton The cost of commercial vehicles remains as high as ever in Britain while car prices tumble in response to the...

The Citroen Baling° is now equipped with multiplex wiring, offering Improved reliability thanks to 20% fewer connections. It...

CM'S recent Product Roundup of moving floors omitted to mention Legras Industries, winner of the bulker category in the 1999...

Cuba Logistics has added 14 Utility reefer trailers to its fleet. The taro weight is 7004 and the internal height 2.6m. The...

Ryders international's Quicklift range of lightweight electric hoists now comes with electronic load limiting as standard. The...

11 Family-run Watson's Dairies has replaced part of its 18strong fleet with four Daf 18 - tonne rigids, each with six - year...

dates) • atrolin: Low and 0% finance on certain models and cash back offers up to £1,000. • Rat 0% finance on all light...

Though taking no action against the one vehicle licence held by Kilsyth-based Benhar Systems, Scottish DIC Richard McFarlane...

Scottish Tt Michael Betts has revoked the three-vehicle licence held by Robert Sherry, of Wishaw. The licence had enviously...

Two associated firms, Middlewich-based Continental Road Haulage and Warehousing and Christopher Clarke, which had their...

No action was taken against the licence held by Enfieldbased City Express Transport after the firm gave various undertakings in...

The use of untaxed vehicles and a failure to report convictions has led to tittlers, of Backford, near Chester, being hauled...

tris A company based in Staines, started up without a licence, was refused a licence by the South Eastern & Metropolitan...

A string of prohibition notices led to the licence held by Ivor Card, based in Ely, Cardiff, being cut from four vehicles to...

The licence of Tiverton-based haulier Geoffrey Brown was curtailed for one month as a result of convictions and prohibition...

The managing director of a scaffolding company who held a licence for more than 10 years, had not appreciated the importance of...

• Rezone has a new range of hand-held digital analysers for distributors and key users of batteries. It will also be useful for...

• Wind tunnel tests show that Britax's new Aerolite 420 magnetic light bar will remain clamped to the roof at road speeds up to...

Increase, London-based Sulfdrive is marketing a new barrier system to enhance depot security. The patented AD Barrier is a...

• Roberts-Gordon's Combat warm air cabinet heaters have a new burner system from Italian manufacturer Ecoflam. The heaters,...

• Swedish plastic packaging specialist Arca has produced a new 1,200mm-high Magnum folding container that gives high voiume on...

British vehicle lift manufacturer Somers of Halosowen Is offering a double guarantee on its latest SW1 2000e top-of-therange...

NI Delco Remy's new parts catalogue lists a full range of European heavy duty starters, including KB, JD, JF, BNG models and...

vanadium power bar with a halfinch drive, a CV boot clamp with cutter that avoids dismantling the joint, and special sockets...

3M has launched surface cleaning and stripping discs for regular medium-speed tools The XT-Purple range includes 100mm discs...

This year's automotive-supply industry extravaganza, Automechanika, is being held at Frankfurt Massa from 8-10 September....

National Tyres' commercial division promises to reimburse an agreed percentage of any contract fee if performance levels are...

Bradford-based RC Slingsby Is offering a trolley for lifting and shifting plastic or steel oil drums of up to 210 litres. ft is...

Empteezy of Livingston has a new pelyethelene dispensing unit that takes two 250-litre drums. The unit is deep enough to allow...

• Bradbury has a new range of fully computerised automatic vehicle test systems that meet the Vehicle Inspectorate's...

The Driver Action Movement (DAM) has since 1994 campaigned on a number of important issues. We all know that at the present...

With the tragic deaths of the three teenagers in last nights coach crash in Yorkshire involving two lorries, I'm reminded of...

I note the haulage industry in general is continuing to complain about the cost of fuel. Whilst this is understandable I do...

Your report ("EC may help RHA on duty" CM24-30 Aug) says that the European Commissioner for Competition, Mario Monti, is keen...

The current furore over illegal immigrants and the fact that hauliers are the first people to be blamed for allowing these...

Has it really come to this— choosing jail over fines (CM17 23 August)? When will the government learn that targeting innocent...

Fuel tank cleaner John Duffy was left feeling a right pear 0) after a phone call at work from his wife. John, from Silsden,...

Retired driver Len Watts just can't get enough of being a truckle. During his working life he drove for the Eldridge Pope...

Regular readers of this page may remember Raja, the !oddest elephant in captivity. When he grows up, the young Asian bull...

Over the years drivers have come up with numerous inventive excuses as to why their breath test is positive when they are...

company, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Motors, dates back to 1 964. Though this Japanese company has participated in the light end...

Oakley Fuels only recently added a Mitsubishi Canter 75 to Its 15-vehicle fleet made up of Volvos, Scanias and Leyland Oafs,...

centre deliveries"Mark Doggett Powwow Water is the UK's largest bottled water cooler company. Mark Doggett, the company's...

for Volvo Truck and Bus South, based at Maidenhead, says: "We have been looking at niche markets for the 63 and 75 Canter. A...

start" Chris Wright Chris Wright, managing director of independent Commercial Vehicle Auctions, conducts sales of commercial...

The best chance of finding a used example of the Mitsubishi Canter 75 is to visit your local Volvo Truck dealer. It's turned...

Drivers' pay is a complex issue. The man behind the wheel might want more cash—but this could be impossible for the...

towards a low plain which sweeps away towards the blue Lammermuir Hills. "There's not many offices where you can see for zo...

A ny conservationist will tell you that the loss of a single species is sad, but that its true significance is clear only when...

• UK steel production has been a bit like a roller coaster The best year in the last quarter of a century was 1979, when 21.5...

Nasty, noisy, dangerous but damned useful. We test an extensive selection of angle grinders, something for every use and...

choice, but as with all such technologies there's a strong requirement for proper and efficient maintenance. We've been talking...

• Traders have been hit by the seasonal summer lull, with customers going off on holiday with promises that they'll be back...

• The battering hauliers are receiving from higher fuel tax and foreign competition is denting the confidence of used truck...

• Volvo Truck and Bus's recent acquisition of east of England distributor DuffleIds for an undisclosed sum will not result in a...

The fresh air blowing across Sharpness Docks is encouraging people to bid for trucks, according to Jeremy Martell, Manheim's...