RI by Dominic Perry The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council (RHDTC) has announced ambitious plans to to recruit an...

recruitment difficult, according to a new survey commissioned by the RHDTC. The UK-wide survey found that drivers with C+E...

ongoing training compulsory—are expected to receive their first reading at the next transport Council of Ministers' meeting on...

tanks ielonging to Freightmasters IM ransport of Northern Ireland. legistration, X231JCW: chassis, 1 1244DAC31A522163. Taken...

Vinchester Crown Court has ward that schoolboy Daniel leveridge was "scythed down" whilst out walking with friends when a metal...

Two men were caught trying to eave a Dover ferry after allegedly losing the keys to a truck containing 68 asylum seekers,...

A trucker is recovering in hospital after crashing into a crash barrier on the M6 near Blacko, Lanes. He is thought to have...

Two freight trains, both operated by English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS), went through red lights in Newport in March....

Wincanton chief executive Chas Lawrence has officially taken up the presidency of the Freight Transport Association. He has...

■ A new wave of fuel protests is set to take place next week, according to insiders from the People's Fuel Lobby (PFL). The...

■ A director and an employee at Rhymney-based Impel Distribution will be appearing at Cardiff Crown Court this week for...

Delays and leakages ot by Miles Brignall The Freight Transport Association has moved to reassure hauliers whose vehicles are...

■ A livestock haulier who also farmed has been found dead in a barn a week after some of his beef cattle were slaughtered as a...

■ by Sally Nash Parliamentary sources suggest that the man international hauliers love to hate—Home Secretary Jack Straw—could...

I International driver Frank aylor has vowed never to use he Humber Bridge again after he bridge operator snubbed its...

■ A South Wales-based timber firm and tanker driver have been fined more than £11,000 after causing a major pollution incident...

■ Well known Bedfordshire haulier Keith Harvey is to retire and is selling his 24-Volvo and 40-trailer fleet. The doors at RW...

European Commission proposals to extend the compulsory fitting of speed limiters to smaller commercial vehicles are expected in...

III by Dominic Perry A Spanish firm exposed by Commercial Motor as a late payer has failed to keep its promise that it would...

Our lead story on driver 4 4 . 1 recruitment this week (see page 4) is excellent news for an industry hard-pressed to find the...

• Coventry City Council was accused of "not knowing what its lorry drivers were doing" when Solihull magistrates fined it...

I by Sally Nash wo big-league transport irms are laying off drivers folowing a cost-cutting blitz by Ugh-street supermarkets....

■ Britain's roads are in the worst condition for decades, according to a government report published last week. Motorists face...

II by Toby Clark be recent boom in truck sales ould be over, as the first quarer of 2001 has been a bad one or some of Europe's...

in Despite the threat from foot and mouth disease, this year's Site Equipment Demonstration will he going ahead as planned on...

■ A direct-injection diesel engine jointly developed by PSA Peugeot Citroen and Ford has been launched with a further 23...

Joda Freight, based in West brkshire, has added 18 Utility T high-cube curtain-sided trailrs to its fleet. The triaxle trailer...

• Haulier Ensor Vehicle Services has taken on four 4x2 ERF high-roof ECX tractors on contract hire through ERF Finance. The...

E Van makers Toyota and Renault have both moved into new UK headquarters. Toyota GB has moved into its new purpose-built home...

all-Volvo fleet to 10 with two 290hp 6x4 FM7s and a 3130hp 8x4 FM12. They all feature Swadlincote aluminium bodies and onboard...

with a Dhollandia tail-lift is being operated by Prestige Shopfltting Services of County Durham. The 105hp 35C11 is fitted with...

to its chilled meat distribution fleet. The 26-pallet triaxie semis have SAF disc brakes, lifting front axle and Thermo King...

fitted to an Iveco EuroToch for Johnston Sweepers to move pre-launched demonstration road sweepers to its customers. The...

have joined forces to become Renault Trucks Southwest. The new partnership will cover South Wales and Gloucestershire,...

III by Bill Godwin TLS Logistics of Munich is about to introduce an innovative moving-floor system which is designed to move...

• Toyota is to increase its stake in h-lino and wit take a tighter grip on its management. Toyota executive vice-president...

• Powder distribution company Arclid Transport is the first company to take delivery of an eight-wheeled Foden Alpha rigid...

• The first 7.5-tonne MA 12000 Evolution chassis hr gone into operation in the L following its launch at last year IAA show in...

• by Colin Barnett Mercedes-Benz is to launch a 6x4 version of its Econic municipal chassis at the Institute of Waste...

A traffic examiner's report supporting a licence bid by a Cheshire haulier was attacked as "biased and inaccurate" by local...

cut to three vehicles and three trailers and suspended, pending satisfactory financial evidence. Stewart appeared before North...

warning when it appeared before North Eastern DIG Brian Horner. The company had been called before the DTC because of...

defective brakes cost Flint agricultural contractor Alan Thomas £585 in fines and costs. Wrexham magistrates fined driver, Gary...

£85 costs for overloading the first axle of a 7.5-tanner. Dewsbury magistrates heard that it was only the third overloading...

being granted a licence for six vehicles instead of the 10 applied far. Scottish IC Michael Betts said he would not consider...

lo w ... „ Accountancy firm KPMG has - z u f' been attacked by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tam Macartney for putting a...

A Gwent operator has reverted to being a oneman-band after problems with man management led to his vehicles being issued with...

A Wrexham-based waste operator allowed his 32tonner to he used at speeds up to 100km/h because of a defective speed limiter, a...

Aberdeen-based Robert Mitten has lost his appeal against the revocation of his licence on financial grounds by Scottish Deputy...

Re comments in Car/about speed limiters, the Police and VI are to be commended on their efficiency at checkpoints etc, but one...

This letter is to update your industry on developments in the pounds and ounces legal dispute—a debate which will be of...

Your main story last week was about fuel laundering and the way gangs in Ireland are extending into the British mainland (CM26...

read in Commercial Motorthat there is no funding available for training in our industry ("Managing the Assets", page 41,...

■ Are hoardes of foreign trucks running on UK roads without speed limiters? Do you really care if you check your payload in...

Morrison who is attempting to transform the familiar roadside cafe into a place of artistic collaboration, Instead of a bacon...

to make delivery schedules, avoiding fines for stowaways and trying to find a parking space—without having to dodge mad...

fact, if someone could do all our donkey work for us then we'd be much, much happier people and might not have to get out of...

NORTH! By our Northern Correspondent Eric Strongitharm Oswaldtwistle. Showing the Spagthorpe Motor Company has lost none of...

If ou only have to look around when hurtling, sorry queueing, along the M25 to appreciate the popularity of the Volvo FM12...

To qualify for the Volvo Selected Used Trucks programme a vehicle must be less than six years old. Long-haul trucks must have...

Design GM: 26,000kg. Plated GCW: 44,000kg. Importer: Volvo Truck and Bus, Wedgnock lane, Warwick CV34 5YA. Engine: D12C380....

II T365 JCL Was contracted out from Ouftields of East Anglia to Derek Cooper (Transport) and registered on 12 March 1999....

test route After much discussion among the CMtesting team we decided to take some A-road distance off the used test route....

3 RICE AS TESTED: £22,025 (ex-VAT), includes £20,250 for the basic vehicle. ENGINE: 2.4-litre turbo-diesel, 118hp (88kW). GVW:...

Immediately before the company began updating It to coincide with the arrival of the new Transit, we paid Ford's Southampton...

MODEL Ford Transit 350 LWB EL High Roof Jumbo van. ENGINE Four-cylinder 16-valve charge-cooled turbo-diesel. Ca!achy:...

Many hauliers complain that there's no money in haulage—but working in a specialist sector can bring results. Adam Hill talks...

F uel cards have been around for some time and they are an effective way of keeping tabs on fuel costs—but many cards can be...

arguillent BOB MONKS Truck driver turned barrister Bob Monks has just become general secretary of he United Road Transport...

a union which represents road haulage workers is almost certain to be in the T&G. General secretary Bill Morris (above) will be...

Two years have elapsed since the minimum wage was introduced in a blaze of publicity. At the time opponents warned that it...

The Low Pay Commission (LPC) is an independent advisory body which was established as a result of the National Minimum Wage Act...

ndustry-watchers paid particular attention last month [April] when Exel announced its first full-year results since the...

During the first four months of 2001 Exel has scooped up .£500m worth of contracts in the Midlands with the prospect of 800 new...

Two recent incidents raise fresh question marks about ferry safety. What obligations do ship owners have to ensure safety of...

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