Exel's first interim results since the merger of NFC and Ocean Group show turnover up 32.6% to £2,115.7m: but profit before...

Drivers are being urged to check their brakes before approaching Slane Bridge in Co Meath. Ireland following the death of two...

A fire forced the closure of the Frejus tunnel last week, causing long tailbacks. HGVs were directed to parking areas on both...

The VI has 74 weighbridge sites, of which 12 sites are available for self-weighing. free of charge, not the number stated in...

Food critic Egon Ronay, known for his outspoken condemnation of motorway service station food, has accepted a challenge from...

An arbitration board has approved the sale by SJ of international ferry company Scandhnes to Stena Line,

The M8 motorway in Glasgow will be closed three times for work on the 50,000-tonne Kingston Bridge. The most serious...

A truck driver was killed last weekend in an accident which temporarily closed the southbound carriageway of the M42 between...

support for Dover protest... III by Charles Young The Hauliers and Farmers Alliance has slammed the lack of support for its...

• Shadow Transport Minister Bernard Jenkin MP launched a nationwide petition to highlight the "massive amount" of fuel duty...

• The Road Haulage Association delivered its fuel message to the Chancellor last week when chief executive Roger King arrived...

It Despite the publicity surrounding this week's Dump the Pumps fuel boycott. most garages across the country were reportin g a...

reject fuel duty claims by Clan O'Brien The haulage industry's claim that hi g h fuel and vehicle duty is making it...

It shelved its protest plans early this summer in the expectation that the Transport Select Committee's findings would support...

• A driver could face 10 years in jail for smuggling 28 illegal immigrants into the UK. Julian Lee, who is due to appear in...

rr A black box satellite communications system has been launched to crack down on stowaway illegal immigrants. Bedford-based...

• Unigate is to spin off its Wincanton Logistics operation and give it its own stock market listing within nine months. This...

• A driver who ploughed into a Father-of-three with his truck has been jailed for four months after being found guilty of...

have a better chance of recovering their money under improvements to enforcement legislation being considered by the Lord...

Utterly unbelievable. ..but true. After three months of evidence from a variety of industry sources, the Transport Select...

s strike back l• To an outsider the haulage business run by Thomas Malcolm was a modern, profitable and professional outfit....

• ZF believes that by 2007 up to 70% of the light CV (sub-8.5t GVW) market in western Europe will be using automatic or...

certainly believes that the future lies in the electronically controlled AS-Ironic design, and will be offering it in a number...

• Reinhard Buhl, who runs ZF's CV Axle Systems division, is convinced that, while vehicle manufacturers want comfort,...

ZF is developing the 4P four-link rear suspension for medium and heavy trucks. The bottom of the drive axle is connected to the...

• ZF is a l so working on independent front suspension (IFS) for medium and heavy trucks, using either coil or air...

ZF has formed a 50/50 joint verdure with Bosch to create ZF Lenksysteme, which will develop "steer-by-wire" electronically...

Unimog and Amos go to war • by Bill Godwin Mercedes-Benz is offering a new range of military vehicles which are based on the...

merger tale II MAN has denied it is in merger talks with lveco as reported in Commercial Motor's sister title, Motor...

• Atlas Hydraulic Loaders has launched a new 9.5t/rn lorry loader crane. The 95.1 model incorporates a twin...

In UK fifth wheel manufacturer VBG has been sold by its Swedish parent company VBG Produkter. The firm, based in a...

SAF has extended and improved its Intradisc nine-tonne axle range and expanded the scope of its million-kilometre warranty....

of its SL ICI units from Pulleyn Transport of Reading. The haulage company is using the units on new Schmitz Cargobull trailers...

of its first Seddon Atkinson Strata. The 18.215. which joins a mainly Mercedes-Benz fleet, is fitted with a Cummins B-Series...

Volkswagen has launched a series of deals and offers on Transporters and 1135s until the end of the year, Transporter buyers...

• The Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of eight specially designed 4x4 off-road training vehicles from Ryder's defence...

TLS, the vehicle rental and contract hire specialist, is spending 16m on tippers to meet strong demand from the construction...

BPW is supplying the running gear for 90 Lawrence David curtainsiders which are starting work with Tesco. The 70 triaxle and 20...

Sidewinder, a side-mounted design featuring automatic operation. The company claims that the Sidewinder is able to cover the...

• by Toby Clark When MAN revealed its new line-up of TO-A trucks—the revised M2000 and L2000 ranges and its Euro-3 engines...

• The Frankfurt show will be used to launch the Lane Guard System (LOS), an option which sounds a warning if the driver...

Services (PATS): this uses a GPS/GSM module on board the truck, and will include vehicle tracking, message forwarding and fleet...

MAN will show an improved version of it.s EVB engine brake at the IAA. Mechanically the pressure-controlled EVB is little...

An experimental TO-A tractive unit at Frankfurt will feature switchable front-wheel drive using a hydrostatic drive system...

By mid-2001 MAN will offer a form of adaptive cruise control (ACC) with radar sensing to assess the safe distance from the...

A fuel-cell-powered electric bus powered by hydrogen stored in roof-mounted tanks will also be on display at the Frankfurt...

common-rail fuel injection and cooled EGR will be enough to reduce NOx formation from the Euro-3 level of 5.0g/kWh to the...

Three more Greek operators have had their British 0-licences revoked by Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms, but they...

(Ancaster) from 20 to 17 vehicles because of the company's poor maintenance record, Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms...

Scottish IC Michael Betts has taken no action against the three-vehicle licence held by Falkirk-based Roads & Lighting, but he...

held by Port Bannatyne-based Ambrisbeg being cut from five vehicles and trailers to three vehicles and one trailer at an Isle...

The licence held by Wolverhampton-based Balvinder Singh, trading as GSD Haulage, has been cut from five vehicles to one after a...

The licence held by Darlingtonbased M Line was revoked by North Eastern TC Tom Macartney after the firm had been fined £8,700...

The falsification of tachograph records by drivers employed by Martin Jolly Transport, of Newton Stewart, Dumfries &f,...

attracted two immediate prohibitions for a considerable number of defects, escaped with a warning at a Leeds disciplinary...

,icences neld by associated companies Ideal Waste Paper and United Fibres. Director Barry Thew was disqualified from holding an...

A taxi firm which permitted drivers to breach the hours rules after moving into light haulage has had its 0-licence suspended...

The reasoning put forward in last week's Sound Off by the Secretary of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for its...

The recent tragic events in Dover have brought the immigration issue bouncing back into the headlines and public opinion is,...

The Freight Transport Association was delighted by John Prescott's announcement in his 10-year transport plan that 44 tonnes...

Remember when bobbies patrolled on bikes? The Hawk does. (Surely they were peelers in your day9—Ed.) Well, you see before you...

Kirsty, Sarah, Damian, Comma, Vikki and Stacey always knew their dad was the best, but now it's official. Glen Leatham, a...

If you were planning on being nicked for illegal parking, may I recommend doing it in the Irish Republic? Judge Desmonde...

Some smart Alecs on the road think they have speed traps sussed. At present, speeding vehicles are detected by radar which...

In the never-ending quest for new fuels. The Hawk has learned of one development guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. A...

risk paying a fine IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES ON TIME OR IN THE RIGHT WAY, YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH THE...

Cleaner vehicles The Department of Transport has launched a scheme designed to help businesses cut back on carbon dioxide...

to ignore middleweight distribution trucks, but it's not true, honest. The truth is that the appearance of one of these...

27ft Gray and Adams two/three-compar iment reefer body and a Ross and Bonnyman 1,500kg tail-lift. Refrigeration was courtesy of...

Kevin Swallow tagged along when an MAN fleet transported race cars across Europe and found the TG 46oA to be a dream machine....

Hauliers expect problems. But how many persevere in the face of adversity? Chester-based George Mayers (NW) has had more...

M ATTERS To many hauliers the phrase "occupational health" means very little, but even the smallest employer must take steps...

school head teacher Tim Gunn resigned from Wolsingham Primary School in order to become a full-time truck driver. It is true...

Union is striving to reduce the working week, one of Britain's best known food manufacturers should try to nearly double it to...

In illegal immigration, argues David Illggin bottom, general secretary of the United Road Transport Union. • If you Want to...