In the three weeks since congestion charging was introduced in Durham Citifs Peninsula, traffic using the road has been slashed...

Maersk Sealand which will bring container vessels from the Mediterranean to the Clyde for the first time in 20 years.

Traffic jams in the Midlands stretched for 11 miles after a 44-tonne artic was blown over in last weekend's storms. The driver...

More than 90% of people questioned in an RAC survey said talking on the phone while driving causes other people to drive...

Portsmouth and North Sea Ferries, will now operate as P&O Ferries with a central reservation number. Contact: 08105 202020.

• The Freight Transport Association has written to the immigration Minister Beverley Hughes protesting at the government's...

a by Guy Sheppard Unions are to press for three annual pay increases of between 8-10% to ensure that drivers in the...

• The Freight Transport Association is seeking urgent talks with the vehicle hire sector to seek a solution to problems posed...

• [he fast track booking system (VBS/ at Southampton Container Terminal has been slammed by drivers facing huge tailbacks this...

• Truck finance firm GE Capital has brought in a team of forensic accountants to try to find the 215m it lost when City Group...

• by Dominic Perry The 56-member Transport Association is considering emulating new company Jigsaw Solutions by setting up a...

m by Miles Brignall The UK looks set to introduce Continental-style fixed penalties for truck drivers caught committing minor...

• SAF's recommendation that operators using a tipping trailer equipped with its air-suspended running gear should dump the air...

• The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called on the European Union to protect hauliers from the effects of EU...

• Adding 1.3m to the length of a Topline R Series sleeper cab could create the kind of truck that will stop HGV drivers from...

• The family of a Scottish truck driver jailed in France for drug lrafficking has given up its appeal against his six-year...

Are you ready to pay 10% more money each year for your drivers? Do you really think they're worth it—or are you simply planning...

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling is backing calls to cut the amount of time motorway lanes are closed following an...

is by Guy Sheppard Fish hauliers in Scotland say they will be wiped out if the European Commission bans cod fishing in a bid...

• Another Welsh haulier has accused the Vehicle Inspectorate of issuing delayed prohibition notices unnecessarily. Herm Owen,...

• Tackling a new scheme... professional rugby player Chris Lovett Is the first person to win his Category C licence under the...

• A delivery driver who was run down with his own van as he tried to stop it being stolen was killed in a "deliberate and...

EXCLUSIVE Yw by Emma Penny The brother-in-law of a driver who died In an accident while working in Spain says companies...

• A truck passenger has been jailed for six years after pleading guilty to smuggling Elm of cannabis into the UK. The driver...

• Vehicle advertising company RoadAds has signed up Abbey National as the first company to use its mobile billboard scheme....

Van rental specialist Northgate has bought Target Vehicle Rental for £3.35m. This adds 1,100 vehicles to Northgate's...

chain partner'. Wincanton previously handled about a third of Total's distribution: now it has it all involving 330 employees...

2002 National Training Awards for a supervisory management course to help boost staff retention and development which it...

distributor Reed Boardall, based at the company's Boroughbridge. North Yorks depot.

OTS Logistics is sponsoring the charity Aid to Africa with free warehousing at its Leicester site for supplies donated by...

the automotive logistics industry to win Investors In People accreditation, having completed the first stage in the programme.

Lanarkshire depot from Bellshill to new purpose-built premises at Eurocentral just off the M74/M8,

Geo& is expanding Its Glasgow depot—adding 930m 2 to store another 1,500 pallets.

• Patrick Greenhous, chairman of the Greenhous Group from 19601994, died last weekend at the age of 83. Patrick joined the...

Mark Hammill's design features a night vision camera on the rear of the trailer to monitor the rear blind spot and trailer...

on drivers who jump red lights at level crossings after a sharp Increase In the number of offenders. He cites the Kirknewton...

• Geoff Jackson, who retired in 1995 after 25 years with Volvo Trucks, died on Tuesday 15 October after a brief battle with...

• Merseyside police have found more than 218m worth of drugs in the back of a truck heading for Glasgow. Officers stopped the...

NI Alliances in haulage are nothing new—after all logistics giant - DG started out as a group of regional big player's coming...

Anglia the alliance between Knowles (Transport), Jack Richards Transport and R Corn working on contract to HL Foods under the...

• by Robin Moues Aluminium tankers look likely to become a lot more expensive from January as a direct result of the way new...

All L2000s are now supplied with an air suspended driver's seat, tinted glass, electric nearside window and external sun visor....

A system to combat fatiguerelated accidents is being Installed in three demo vehicles for evaluation in six European countries...

ambulance for St John Ambulance based on the 158hp turbo-diesel Nissan Patrol; the volunteer service now has 15 examples in...

Group have recently introduced a new design of itve poultry rigid and drawbar trailer to the latter's Anglesey Division, Cymru...

IN Road tanker specialist Massey Tankers has increased its workload and employee count following a £1.5m investment on a new...

• After announcing a revamped Partner van last month (CM 19-25 Sept), Peugeot has now revealed the full UK model line-up and...

I by Robin Meczes Vehicle rental arid fleet services supplier Leo Transfieet is calling on the government to help boost the...

• Stolen vehicle recovery specialist Tracker Network helped the police retrieve a record £502,000 worth of HGVs during...

• Transport and logistics giant Gist has begun using a tracking system to warn drivers of impending bridge-bashing incidents....

Kent-based construction and waste building products haulier CSE Haulage has Installed the YMI telematics system from...

Cardiff operator Rhys Davies Freight Logistics is to fit Thales Telematics' Orchid fleet management system on 80 of its rigid...

Alcatel Mohicom's new On Board Computer records driving and rest periods and transfers the details via satellite to a main...

Road Angel, from Blackspot Interactive, uses Internet technology from Transition Computing to keep road users up to date with...

Use of ICS Black Box's Nee Log on-board computer has saved St Edmundsbury Borough Council from a claim for damage. The system,...

• Renault Trucks has started a new technical training scheme at its Dunstable headquarters; the first 11 would-be technicians...

• Sykes-Pickavant's latest developments include a new diesel glow plug tester with an easily read OK/fautVinterrnittent LED...

MB Marketing's new Anti Siph will combat the theft of fuel from vehicle tanks. The device locks into the filler neck and will...

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A new search facility www.boschautoparts.co.uk will make finding genuine OE truck parts easy, says Bosch Truck Parts. Just...

Specialist vehicle builder Dennis Eagle is offering an allmakes range of winteressential consumables. It includes wiper blades,...

3538 is one of a family of three CV 650 top coat systems. It can be used on large jobs and offers excellent drying performance...

CKLseries of direct drive screwtype compressors. Rated from 2.2-5.5kW, they can be added to an existing air installation,...

• DuPont's new Refinish Training Centre at Dagenham, Essex has a number of courses on offer for the latter part of 2002,...

• Sellarc has revised and upr-ated its range of vehicle-mounted air compressors for the tyre replacement and automotive repair...

• Test equipment manufacturer Kismet has a new roller brake tester with an array of practical features that make it virtually...

Our column in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 1November 1927 The time is not...

UK is well prepared for any adverse wintry weather. "I thought that Backfire might be interested to learn that during an...

with such superhuman strength as this prime specimen? Despite appearances to the contrary, CM was obviously relieved to find...

being cut to 14 vehicles and 20 trailers, putting one operational vehicle off the road for a week. The company had been called...

Maintenance problem have resulted in the licence held by Cwmbran-based Virgo Plant Hire being suspended in its entirety for...

cut to two vehicles after being called before Welsh IC David Dixon at a Pontypridd disciplinary inquiry because of concern over...

A firm running a truck with brakes reported to be almost as badly maintained as the truck Involved In the Sowerby Bridge...

Driving a vehicle away from a test station after it had been given an immediate prohibition cost a Hertfordshire owner-driver...

Worcestershire operator has last its bid to have one of eight Impounded vehicles returned to it after the West Midland Traffic...

eight Impounded vehicles returned to it after the West Midland Traffic Commissioner rejected its appeal. TC David Dixon had...

reduced-weight tractor unit can offer at 44 tonnes. "Maximising payloads, economy and efficiency," says the brochure. Yet the...

of heavy industry in Britain, yet the firm's red trucks don't haul locally-produced chemicals or steel. Ambient foods and...

transport user demanding delivery yesterday. However, with bulk loads the pressure to hit a specific delivery window is often...

industry remains acute, and transport managers across the country are scratching their heads to come up with ways of recruiting...

p art of the IMI group, Polypipe produces a vast range of plastic products for the construction, building and leisure...

to-date speed butter and tachograph calibration. Wit the Mfrs electronic tacho, that includes examination the main diagnostic...

N Crossroads Truck & Bus Is a privately-owned transport group with 10 sites In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. This includes a new...

when totting up our shopping baskets, it compares so very favorably across the group. We first listed a dozen quick moving...

led the world when it decided, in 1968, to move to a quality-based and market-led system. At that time, the idea of withdrawing...

• The second-hand prices of threeyear-old 4x2 and 6x2 tractor units are drawing closer together as 4x2 values harden and 6x2...

• Widnes ERF dealer Perris and Kearon is now providing parts and service for MANs too. "There was a small MAN outlet a few...

• A new, i.5m, purposebuilt Renault Trucks sales, service, and parts dealership has opened on the outskirts of Southampton....

III Fewer hauliers may be looking to sell up and leave the industry, reckons independent dealer Robert Reynolds. Over the past...

New and used truck sales enquiries are slowing down as the year heads in to its final two months, reports Eddie Knights, safes...

Despite stiff competition from BCA and Commercial Vehicle Auctions, Fleet Auction Group is still battling away to win truck...

Close Consumer Finance has set up a division aimed at providing a service for dealers selling commercial vehicles grossing up...

Mercedes-Benz Brentford has set up a dedicated van service centre in London. The Lionel Road site employs seven technicians....