NEW ROUTE Stena Line is to launch a ferry service between Larne in Northern Ireland and Stranraer in Scotland from September....

• by Charles Young A company which offers to act as a transport manager for small hauliers is failing to check their tachograph...

A Derbyshire haulier which went bust owing half a million pounds is being investigated to find out why it showed a loss for its...

III A trailer dealer in Northern Ireland sold a supposedly "Al condition" trailer which in fact needed more than £2,000 worth...

II by Miles Brignall Roads Minister Lord Whitty has told MPs that the Government does not plan to introduce a "Brit-disc" toll...

The first two drivers to be caught under the Home Office's new "civil penalty" scheme for carrying stowaways face fines...

• Worcester-oased PV Dew Transport is to cease trading at the end of next week after 32 years in general haulage. Director...

Picture the scene if you will. Tony, Cherie and the kids step ashore at Dover after a fortnight's holiday in Tuscany. "Just a...

in by Karen Miles European Commission plans to ban the use of East European drivers could be thwarted if these drivers apply...

• A haulier used a Scania antic with defective brakes and no test certificate because he was fed up with waiting for a new...

From August 2001two letters will denote the city and county in which the vehicle was first registered, followed by two numbers...

• An owner-driver has been cleared of causing the death of a car driver who crashed into an artic which was reversing across a...

• Birmingham haulage firms have gone to the dogs to protest at high road and fuel taxes. Members of the Birmingham branch of...

• by Charles Young A transport boss for an NHS trust who boasted to Commercial Motor how he was saving his hospital money is...

• Once again hauliers have been warned to embrace e-commerce or face being sidelined by their more forward-thinking...

by Brian Weatherley ERF plans to launch two brand new tractive units by September: one with a steel cab, the other made from...

near Gloucester is being opposed by English Nature because vehicle movements could disturb swans on nearby meadows. Bewick...

"cabotage penetration rate of foreign operators in the UK" is just 0.06%—a figure which some British hauliers are bound to...

• Nationwide trials are under way to test an ,ntermodal car transportation system. Freightliner subsidiary Autoliner is...

by Colin Barnett As CM predicted two weeks ago, the blocking of Volvo's intended takeover of Scania by the European...

• Bodybuilder Southfields has launched a collection of products for the domestic and export markets. The BusyBody, for trucks...

by Toby Clark Cummins launched two new ranges of engines at the CV Show, covering the mid-range market for Eure-3 and beyond....

• The new Ford Transit will have a three-year, 100,000-mile warranty as standard. This puts it on a par with the best in the...

• LDV launched a dual-fuel version of the Convoy at the CV show. The BI-Fuel, powered by LPG or petrol, will go on sale this...

• by Brian Weatherley Daf Trucks' US parent, Paccar, is pushq ahead with its research into trucking technology At last week's...

car drivers? Kenworth has added a clever wrinkle to its hi-tech tractor in the shape of front brake lights. When a vehicle...

• Fed up of looking at the same old gauges every dayP In its T2000 demonstrator, Kenworth showed a flat-panel LED dash which...

and 20 trailers by Cushings Transport Fakenham has been refused. This followed the revocation of the licence held by Amanda...

A West Yorkshire company which operated illegally for up to four months after its licence was revoked must wait until midApril...

The falsification of a tacho graph chart by a partner in Whitiand, Dyfed-based Lyn Davies et Partners led to the firm's...

guilty to two offences of falsification and five offences of using a tachograph chart with intent to deceive. Manchester...

considerable disarray" has had its licence suspended for a week. Huddersfield-based Deluxe Beds, which holds a licence for two...

• When Bagilt, Flintshire-based tip per operator Clifford Corbett appeared before Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon at a...

Having read the SMMT preview of the "exciting new products" which were to be exhibited at the NEC, I decided to scrap my travel...

I would like to enlighten your readers about changes to the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 resulting from last month's...

After worrying about how to pay for diesel at its present level, we now have to worry about how to stop people pinching it. We...

March 1,1 have written to the following people and organisations expressing my concerns that Willi Betz should be allowed to...

A plea to all commercial operators: please, please check your diesel tanks regularly and warn drivers of over-filling. Friends...

I have been an international driver for 30 years. In this time, I have seen many changes. But on reading CMthis week I ask...

Having read the letter from Chris Veasey headed Tunnel Vision (CM 23-29 March), I fear this is what he is suffering from! His...

"Absolutely delighted!" was how Peter Hunt, of Darrell Couriers based in Fife, summed up his feelings on learning that he had...

HGV Class 1 driver Martin Stamps (right) is celebrating his 10th anniversary with Relief Driver Services of Wolverhampton....

Robin, the Hawk has from time to time received some unwarranted advice from other motorists along the lines of "get off and...

If you were indulging in a past-Budget grumble at the 2p/lit rise in fuel, you should spare a thought for the poor motorists of...

I In general, legislation requires tachographs to be fitted and used to goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes GVW. There are a number...

MANY QUERIES are raised about the need for tachographs in recovery vehicles. The exemption in the regulations refers to...

between diesel engines for heavy trucks and those for somewhat lighter applications have met with varying degrees of success....

enterprise. The major change was probably the boosting of capital gains tax taper relief on business assets. Effectively, if an...

than produce, consignments. No load and a CV doesn't roll. All sectors of the indus try have their share of day-to-day hassles,...

adds. "Customers like the reefers because of the security they offer. We also carry temperature-controlled hazardous goods,...