• John Moore, national secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union's road transport group is retiring in May, and...

by Nicky Clarke • Hauliers face massive future vehicle excise and fuel duty rises as a Treasury push to increase revenue...

• Drivers taking their LGV tests will have to pay for official guidance from the Department of Transport on how to pass for...

by Nicky Clarke • Hauliers face a 17.6% rise in the cost of an 0-licence to make up a shortfall of £2.2m in the cost of...

MI The Department of Transport has cut next year's budget for new road projects by more than a third following the announcement...

• The Traffic Commission is calling to public inquiry the haulier which operated the tipper involved in the Sowerby Bridge...

by Amanda Bradbury • Drivers and hauliers of vehicles over 38 tonnes could be liable for up to a £ 5,000 fine plus...

• A London-based parcels carrier is this week taking the brunt of a sudden Royal Mail offensive against private carriers as...

whether it is worth a transport operator converting its Fleet to run on compressed natural gas. FleetSave is targeted at vans...

• A union boss has won the backing of northern Labour MPs to press for "an urgent review of legislation controlling truck...

• Hammond Transport Group of Redhill, Surrey has pipped Swift to a £2m-a-year distribution contract from Toyota. The two...

5unblestis bakery subsidiary Porkers is understood to have agreed a pay increase of between 2.4% and 3.2% for 56 drivers based...

by Juliet Parish • East Sussex freight forwarder J Freight Services went into creditors' voluntary liquidation last week,...

• The Channel Tunnel will definitely open to freight in the second half of April. says operator 1q7,urotunnel. The company...

by Juliet Parish • Linkman Tankers hopes to diversify into food and drink this year, and is already believed to be bidding...

• The Natural Gas Vehicle Association will call for tax incentives to encourage transport operators to use cleaner fuels in...

• Nestle Group Distribution says it will cut warehouse staff later this year when it opens a LlOm centralised grocery...

• Truck thefts soared in Kent last year by 37 0 / to 329 units. But numbers for November last year to January 1994 have...

• Christian Salvesen is testing a novel steam injection device which is claimed to cut Euro-1 emissions down to Euro-3 levels...

• Grand Prix motor racing team Williams is to use a Renault Magnum 520 six-wheel tag-axle drawbar chassis as a team support...

• The first ERF to be fitted with a Wabco ASR traction control device as original equipment has gone into service with S&S...

Marshall SPV of Cambridge is planning to meet the demand for rugged, no-nonsense trucks for overseas and the local councils in...

When that Great War veteran Old Bill advised a callow youth: "If you knows of a better hole, go to it," he was paraphrasing the...

No Pre-Mix • Cardiff-based Consolidated Pre-Mix's four vehicle licence has been revoked by South Wales Deputy LA Gerrard...

• Redland Distribution was given an absolute discharge after admitting using a vehicle with an insecure load on the M25....

• North Western LA Martin Albu has adjourned consideration of possible disciplinary action against Derby-based Sanroy Haulage...

• • • Niels Christaffersen of North East Transport & Plant Hire (Broughty Ferry), was ordered to pay fines and costs...

• Hull Crown Court has dismissed appeals from five of JR Range Transport's drivers who claimed they were fined after...

• Tamworth magistrates have cleared Cheshire kit based haulier James Ham & Sons of using a rented trailer with defective...

• Vauxhall has launched the Corsavan hot on the heels of the Corsa-derived Combo. There is a choice of two trim levels and...

• FSO Cars plans to launch the Caro pickup in April, shortly after it launches its car range. The pick-up will be powered by...

• Renault joins the hatchback van fight with the Clio van. It comes with a choice of petrol and diesel engines and will lug...

by Nicky Clarke • The 0-licensing system faced a two-pronged attack last year. First the Department of Transport announced a...

and Contracting Out Bill, could be good news for operators on two fronts: the Department of Transport estimates the move...

y long-term suspicion iVi that nobody knows the rules regarding drivers hours has just been confirmed. After spending several...

T founded The Bankruptcy lAssociation of Great Britain and Ireland over a decade ago and write to protest at the sad condition...

T found your "land Rover 121st Century" feature quite worrying. I hope Land Rover is not serious! (CM 6-12 January). I...

of a Mercedes-Benz 16.17 drop-side tipper which was stolen last month from Eastleigh, near Southampton. The truck's owner,...

El nipart's hot-air balloon dispensed with the usual formality of a staid old wicker basket when it took part in the recent...

5 The Newbury Advertiser reports that "Magistrates on Thursday remanded in custody a man charged with stealing vacuum cleaners...

was no doubt George Ternpleman's response on learning that he was the winner of Mintex Don's competition prize of a seven-day...

51 our lorry drivers sheltering overnight in a North Devon car park to escape blizzards were astonished when they woke to find...

M aste management company Polkacrest is feeling justifiably pleased with itself having just achieved a double success in...

Taking in washing • Environmental services group Grundon is opening its truck wash near Heathrow to outside operators. It is...

Fox at TipCon • Sir Marcus Fox MP, chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee will speak at the Road Haulage...

Card sharp • Two cards are being introduced for Scania operators. The Scania Plus24 card allows the driver to pay for...

• For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min offpeak;...

lveco's new flagship tractor, the EuroStar, won't be officially launched in the UK until the end of the summer but CM has...

Iveco Ford supplied us with a left hooker—an air-suspended 4x2 440E52FP with the double bunk high roof cab—which we used to...

Price as tested: 28,955 ex-VAT (28,735 plus £45 upper bulkhead and 2175 metallic paint). Engine: 1.4 litres, 53kW (71hp). GVW:...

I t's not a racing certainty that French operators will be queueing up at the Calais terminal to take Le Shuttle to Folkestone...

Owner-drivers are entitled to state benefit when there are gaps between jobs. Not everyone, however, knows their entitlements...

When it comes to dynamic axle weighers, expert witness Stan Thomas is rt: the first to admit that the vast majority of...

Busy transport managers don't have time to ensure that drivers are familiar with rental trucks, but Transfleet can help... F...

• In common with other amated mechanical transmissions, from Scania, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, ZF and Renault, Eaton's SAMT...

6 he law regarding agency drivers and tachograph charts has foiled to keep up with the changing needs of distribution...