company Business Post Group in a deal worth £12.5m. Weaver, estimated to be the UK's fourth-largest pallet network firm, will...

out of Orb's troubled sphere EXCLUSIVE • by Dominic Perry A Worksop-based logistics firm has been saved from extinction...

• The Minister of State for the Criminal Justice System, Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC is to be the keynote speaker at...

• by Sally Nash Transport analysts are warning that time is running out for Christian Salvesen chief executive Edward...

• Exel was forced to quash speculation once again that the group would be bidding for Hays' logistics arm when it reported on...

U by Mike Jewell A High Court Judge is to decide whether the Home Office's failure to consider hauliers' financial means...

• A Liverpool haulier has been left fuming after Customs seized trucks and fuel from his premises during a raid and then...

• A new transport group has provoked outrage by commissioning a study to find ways of reducing the number of timber trucks on...

• by David Harris The supermarket giant Safeway has agreed to meet disgruntled truck drivers who say they are fed up with...

kt. Fair Trials Abroad is to launch a preliminary investigation into International truck drivers' rights after a 1.2,000...

• Logistics giant Wincanton has won a five-year contract worth an estimated £65m to run clothing retailer Matalan's national...

Tolls, congestion charging, road user charging—try as we might to ignore them, it seems there's no escape for our industry:...

E by Guy Sheppard Germany's controversial new HGV roaduser charge is to be investigated by the European Commission following...

throughout EU II London Congestion Charging has failed hauliers, with journey time savings being too slight or localised to...

overhaul throughout Europe in a bid to reduce congestion and boost funding on road and rail building projects. A proposed...

• A Scottish haulier and four other members of a drug-smuggling gang who hid £6m drugs in the false floor of a truck have...

Police are investigating two truck fires which caused 150,000 worth of damage at a commercial vehicle repair centre In North...

• Police are chasing a number of new leads in the hunt for a gang of thieves which stole a trailer containing £70,000 worth...

by Jennifer Ball The wife of a Newcastle-uponTyne haulier imprisoned in France six months ago for allegedly smuggling 12.5m...

• The new Skills for Logistics (SfL) body, which takes over from the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council, last...

Road safety campaigners want drowsy driving to be made a criminal offence In the UK in the same way as drink driving. The...

IN The Scottish Executive's spending on road repairs and maintenance will be frozen until 2006 amid protests that the country's...

EXCLUSIVE • by Brian Weatherley Up and Coming trailer rental company Transrent has rebuffed a takeover bid from "another...

WI A Croatian truck driver caught at Dover with a haul of submachine guns hidden in a load of frozen pizza has been cleared by...

• The High Court has ruled that there should be a new inquest into the death of Stephane Aineto, who was killed when he was...

• Hugh Brogan is a man with a mission—to make sure fewer of the HGV drivers for bakers Rathbones fall asleep at the wheel,...

• About 20% of crashes on major non-urban roads are caused by sleepiness. • These accidents are worse because of the...

p rofessor Alan Waller is a man who tries to locate the silver lining in the darkest of rain clouds. Take the Working Time...

• by Oliver Dixon The UK 6x4 tractor marketplace is not a big place; at around 3% of the parc, they're not exactly a common...

a bulk or pushout trailer but they also find a home in the planthire business. Hence our choice of distinctly non-standard test...

• by Robin Meows The introduction of road tolling in Germany at the end of August is likely to lead to chaos on the country's...

Public policy, rather than commercial fleet benefits, will drive the national take-up of telematics systems in the UK,...

II Fuel savings, smaller communication bills, increased productivity and a noticeable reduction in overtime are among the...

• A leading transport solicitor has repeated warnings that companies implementing telematics systems could face legal action...

• The Highways Agency has just signed a three-year licence deal with traffic data specialist Itis Holdings to access its data...

Volvo has upgraded its Dynafieet truck telematics system with a new module on driver management. Among other things it allows...

a car licence led wood chipper manufacturer Timberwolf to specify a 6.3-tonne Mitsubishi Canter with a lightweight tandem...

• by Colin Barnett The Office for National Statistics is once again broadcasting the rise of UK commercial vehicle...

• The Americans may have thew Hummer, but the British army is about to get the Iveto Daily. Alvis Vickers has been...

• ESAB has launched two welding machines aimed at those wanting simplicity of operation in a portable package. Origolig 150...

• Birch Engineering has designed a mobile access platform that does not require a battery or electrical input to be...

• Monroe is relaunching its range of heavy-duty shock absorbers in the UK. The Magnum range of shocks for trailers and...

Exhaust fume extraction Is essential where internal combustion engines are serviced and maintained. Nederman has introduced...

Preston-based Paul Dickinson, trading as PRO Haulage, has been given a formal warning about his future maintenance standards....

Two hauliers who transport and deliver electrical goods for the Mastercare Group, which includes high street stores Dixons and...

2200 fine for bending the law being convicted of numerous licensing and Insurance offences. Shaw had denied not having an...

The South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Christopher Heaps has refused to return an impounded truck used by London-based REJ...

the following e-mail.., so much so, we're almost A l a SniAl p . lost for words. It may very well work but I can't imagine...

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

bods TNT (sorry, the "express delivery giant" or "Britain's leading business-tobusiness express delivery operation" according...

the biggest sector in terms of vehicles sold, it's still a tough and competitive area. Nissan's standing in the field is...

elements but it's easy to overlook the back termina Do it once too often and it won't be long defer corrosion begins to form....

tyre cases from the UK and Europe. Its small fleet comprises two Renault artic units, a Volvo Globetrotter and a 7.5-tonne MAW...

five wholly-owned dealerships among Renault's 16 main dealers. Based on Fifth Way in Avonmouth's industrial district, it has a...

Converting a new Oaf chassis for Pet-Reg and ADR use revealed an initial shortage of a factory-option master switch, part of...

• Warninglid-based Southern Counties Fuels runs 58 tankers from seven sites, ranging from a 7.5-tonner for residential...

• Formed in 1987, Channel Commercials supports operators throughout Kent and East Sussex ‘4a its Ashford headquarters and...

a sense of humour and a sharp HB pencil are the best tools to help you through a busy week. • tf you would like to feature...

• Volvo Truck Finder, the truck maker's web-based used truck database, has been upgraded. There are more details on each...

• Tractors dating back to 1996 or 1997 that can be operated at 44 tonnes are proving popular among second-hand buyers, says...

• Franchised dealers need to woo finance houses more effectively if customers are going to get the funding they need to buy...

• Oaf's 95XF tractor remains popular with used buyers, if results at a recent sale held by Commercial Vehicle Auctions (CVA)...

Used sales are slowing down, reports Martin Smith of Huddersfield independent dealership Macs Truck Sales. And the recent cut...

lot tougher, says Jeremy Martell, national 11011 and plant manager at Manheim Auctions. "We'll see a hard market this summer, a...