Traffiemaster, the Milton Keynes-based high-tech traffic information and vehicle tracking company, has reported a first-half/...

RTIT8 is to be expanded to include 23 regional assessment centres. Drivers can be funded for the training as part of their...

four years. Eugene Flynn was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after being found guilty of running a plant in Batley, West Yorks...

II by Miles Brignall The haulage community is being urged to be extra vigilant following the recent terrorist attacks in the...

• A Manchester haulier has slammed Customs officials after his truck was innocently caught up in a paraffin blunder at the Lymm...

c by Toby Clark British firm has unveiled a 'evolutionary" new type of ngine which it claims could educe fuel consumption by...

MI by Miles Brignall four men who went on a threemonth crime spree targeting trailers parked in lay-bys on the Al have been...

I The threat of continued strike tion by up to 90 P&G Trans uropean drivers over a new age deal has brought their osses to the...

• UK hauliers are angry with Shell after experiencing disruptions to local fuel deliveries and price increases following the...

• by Cliff Caswell Tributes have been pouring in for a well-known and highly respected haulage industry figure following his...

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is right to attack the EC plan to restrict light trucks to 56mph—but for the...

• by Guy Sheppard A UK lorry driver is facing a renewed threat of jail for smuggling, even though he was released from French...

• by Dave Civil( Drivers will die unless those responsible for a spate of attacks on the A52 between Derby and Ashbourne are...

a( A rear-mounted camera on a refuse truck could have prevented the death of a council worker, a Scottish sheriff has ruled....

170,000 lost II A Bedfordshire haulier has had almost £70,000 go up in smoke after its six-month-old MAN was gutted by fire....

• The Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is fighting back against claims by residents of a Northumberland...

• by Guy Sheppard Haulage leaders are mounting a last-ditch attempt to prevent trucks being charged 25 to enter central London...

• by Pete Swinger A West Midlands police officer suffered a fractured arm after he was run over by a truck while taking part in...

• Dublin-based McQuaid International Transport has been placed in liquidation. Dilly O'Riordan of PriceWaterhouseGoopers was...

• A leading fuel card operator is drawing up plans for a new card tailored to the needs of hauliers. Arval PHH, which operates...

• by Kevin Swallow The Government-backed TransportAction group has launched a new system which will allow fleet operators to...

• The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has been chosen by Oxfordshire County Council and the Co-operative supermarkets based in Oxford,...

• Fiat Auto (UK) has added a new engine to the Ducat° lineup, as well as improving the warranty offered on all of its light...

• Finnish company Mascus is expanding its web-based sales site for used trucks, farm and construction equipment to include...

• According to Alan Wilson the est time to enter a market is /hen it's on its knees. After all, the oss of trailer rental and...

MAN TO 460A 6x2 tractors equipped with XXL high-roof cabs. The trucks ar all being supplied on a threeyear contract-hire repair...

Anthony Hird, UK sales director of Krone Commercia Trailers, has died after a short illness. He was initially involved with the...

Southflelds has delivered 30 triaxle trailers to Edwards Logistics fitted with slashresistant curtains and lightweight...

three Alpha rigids with Thompson-built Multi-master bodies to its 15-strong fleet. 1 305hp Cummins ISM engine powers the 6x4;...

www.usedtrucks.ltd.uk, which allows vehicle purchasers to contact the sellers directly. Users can also link into contacts for...

department to it on-line retailing website, which can be found at www.showroom4cars.com.

demonstration vehicle to the St Vincent's fire brigade, which is run by the island's police force. The 360hp 4x4 Scania 124C...

in Germany covering the recent Formula-1 Grand Prix is the five litre Chevrolet pickup fated with the Tyro Systems remote...

on the Isle of Man, has added the seventh 6x6 Pinzgauer lightweight appliance pump to the island's fleet. Fitted with a...

Econic to operate as a multi-function response unit. It will handle water rescues, can be used as an incident command centre...

against the revocation of its licence has been dismissed by the Transport Tribunal. The company failed to appear at the appeal...

the company appeared before West Midland DTC Roger Seymour. It had been called before the OTC because of maintenance problems...

driver have led to the revocation of the licence of Bromyard based D&L Contractors. West Midland DIG Roger Seymour disqualified...

to base eight vehicles and two trailers at a new operating centre in Clevedon, north Somerset. The application had attracted a...

a formal warning over its unsatisfactory maintenance history. The warning came when the company appeared at an Alton public...

A South Yorkshire haulier, who admitted that he was unable to control his drivers has escaped the revocation of his 0-licence...

The future of the 0-licence held by a Cardiff-based tanker operator is hanging in the balance after Welsh Traffic Commissioner...

A failure to keep an undertaking has led to a Liverpool-based firm's licence being cut from two vehicles to one. Quicks...

A building company from Newport has blamed its former mainte ance contractor for the prob?,ms found on its only Davlan...

i was disappointed to read the comments by Maurice Britton about the Working Time Directive in the 'Sound Off' article (CM6-12...

. ead wito interest the report 1 driver shortages (CM13-20 apt) and also the Comment, .:an't Pay, Must Pay!" in your (cellent...

In many trade publications, yourselves included, you will see employers bemoaning the lack of professional drivers. I feel that...

D he F2000 series tractor first saw light of day in 1994 and arrived in the UK the following year. It remained virtually...

a living. As David Taylor reports, it's a hard business with little yield. C anstruction and road transport are arguably the...

Over the past decade or more many construction firms have been contracting out their plant and transport requirements to...

Paul Dixon, Hire Powe 0 totally beyond the haiiiier's controi. "We will get a call at, say, 4pm telling what they need next...

Construction industry, as expectn embracing 44-tonners with enthusiasm weights uplift has increased capacities I a typical...

sector, and this year they are moving off dealers' forecourts in quick time. As 'zillrfin Clancy reports, 44tonners are making...

• Running at the new top weight limit can certainly boost a vehicle's payload potential, but tlyva warns that not all rams are...

I PRICE OF CHASSIS-CAB: £25,945 (ex-VAT); Tipmaster body, £2,994 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.7-litre,156hp (115kW). GM: 5 1 990kg....

to 12 EU countries in time for the January changeover, thieves have already struck. Guy Sheppard assesses the challenge facing...

In the 1960s there were more than 40 independent truck manufacturers in Europe: now there are six, the others lost through...

combat discrimination will force hauliers to rethink their recruitment practices. Pat Hagan reports. he cosy ways in which...

impact on the haulage industry in terms of the employment of disabled people. Experts say that this area is already well...

Employment experts say haulage firms should start preparing for age discrimination laws now by ensuring that they meet the...

dd Go straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200. Or rather, in the monopoly land of the regional Well, we drivers...