by Guy Sheppard • Scania (GB) is recalling more than 4,000 tractive units following an investigation into how one of its...

• This Mack truck is on a 1,400-mile journey from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the US carrying a 50Ft Christmas i ce destined...

• Members of the industry's two trade associations are to meet to determine how they can work more closely together, reopening...

tanker plunged nearly 30ft down a railway embankment after the driver braked sharply in front of traffic lights. Mick Hockley...

by David Craik • Michael Stevenson, managing director of freight forwarder Davies Turner, has denied that his company is...

• The managing director of two Irish haulage firms that went bust owing a total of half a million punts has denied that he is...

• Hoyer UK wants to recruit 60 drivers after winning a national distribution contract with sugar manufacturer Tate Sz. Lyle....

by Tim Maughan • Six small hauliers working out of British Steel's Shotton plant have gone to the wall after subcontracting...

IR North Yorkshire County Council has voted to impose weight restrictions on three roads around Tadcaster, rejecting protests...

ENFORCEMENT IS THE WAY H ard-pressed hauliers could be forgiven for thinking that to limit the number of hours they can...

by Karen Miles • International operator Transalliance is in conflict with the United Road Transport Union after trying to claw...

• Roads Minister Lord Whitty said last week that the Highways Agency would be putting a new traffic management system for...

• A number of national organisations have pledged to join hauliers in their campaign to reduce fuel duty with a promise to...

• A major logistics operation swung into action last weekend when the M25 carried its largest and heaviest load ever. The...

• UK operators should be free of Continental blockades for at least four months, following a decision by transport unions to...

• Logistics business leaders have given a thumbs-up to the haulage industry's continuing fight against Government fuel duty...

by Nikki Daly • International freight operator and abnormal load carrier Offshore Transport Services is the latest haulier to...

by Nicky Clarke • The Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency has rejected claims that the procedure required to meet new criteria when...

from Walkington, East Yorkshire because of "environmental reasons", says East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The Freight...

• Irish hauliers could soon face a ban on daytime deliveries in the Dublin area. Local opposition to a proposed national...

• A Gloucestershire haulier is warning livestock operators that a gang of thieves is targeting markets in the South-West after...

• Twelve transport workers have died in Ireland in offroad accidents so far this year. The deaths, which were the result of...

• International operators travelling through Belgium face stringent roadside safety checks early next year. A spate of severe...

• Two men from a Liverpool haulage company are to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 15 December to answer charges of smuggling...

by Bryan Jarvis ▪ Coleshill-based heavy haulier Moveright International has developed a flexible low-loader with integral rail...

• The Association of Load Restraint Equipment Manufacturers (ALREM) has merged with the Made Up Textiles Association (ARITA)....

• Renault has registered over 2,000 trucks in the UK so for this year, breaking this mark for the first time in eight years....

• Two European training organisations have bought simulators which will allow its HGV drivers to be trained without driving on...

by Bryan Jarvis • Triple 9 Services' first artic in a fleet of five animal feed delivery vehicles has been specified so that...

• Ford's Transit Autoclutch has found its first fleet buyer. Securicor Vehicle Services has acquired 28 Transit 190 HiCube...

• LDV has cleared the final hurdle in the preparations for its partnership with Daewoo with the European Commission's approval...

Clearload rises • Danish manufacturer HMF claims to be the first in Europe to gain Type Approval for a personnel basket...

• Mentor Automotive has bought LucasVarity's Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (HVBS) division, ending the uncertainty over its...

• The days of the 12V standard for light vehicle electrical systems are numbered. Following a recent agreement by European and...

• The Royal Air Force has placed an £11.5m order with Dennis Eagle for air-transportable refuelling vehicles. The 26-tonners...

• Sworn affidavits by the proprietor and transport manager of West Bromwich-based Jyote Haulage that two vehicles had not been...

• Consideration of action against Dewsbury-based West Yorkshire Bulk Transport has been adjourned because transport manager...

• Pontarddulais, West Glamorgan based haulier Emyr Davies was prosecuted for permitting hours offences after he sent vehicles...

• The licence held by a Merseyside international operator was suspended when he failed to appear before North Western Traffic...

• Bolton magistrates have adjourned a case , involving a Bolton owner-driver until midDecember, despite being told he was...

• A single prohibition showing a significant maintenance failure led to a St Helens demolition contractor being called to...

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It's nice to hear that Neil 1.Kinnock has his finger on the pulse of European Union transport! The curtailment to 60 hours for...

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

la he Hawk once fancied he had a dramatic calling, hut the lure of the page proved stronger than the lure of the stage. He...

0 t looks like the days of going into an exam and sitting nervously fiddling with your pens and pencils will soon be over, at...

O rs surely the stuff that young boys' dreams are made of; to hop on hoard the school bus and find that your fellow passengers...

Hyundai's revamped H100 promises much in terms of increased power and torque; it also carries a useful load at a...

COMMENT George Orwell might have got the date wrong but the police state can often seem a lot closer than many would like to...

Restricted rights of search and seizure ne dull February morning in 1996, soon after 8am, 16 police officers entered the...

Several areas of law come into play during a multi-agency roadside check. They need to be considered by an operator before his...

seek improvements in fleet usage through diversification, but it might be among the first to have adopted a haulage solution...

your business. But if a livery is to attract new business you'll need to do a bit more than simply painting your name and phone...

Karen Miles has been talking to some of the operators who had to cope with flooded roads and depots—and looks at an insurance...

was among operators left to deal with drowned lorries—when the River Usk burst its banks a Davies wagon was left stranded near...

during their working days and should be left alone to get on with the job, if stress is to be kept within reasonable bounds....