.1 by Dominic Perry Members of the United Pallet Network are asking why they have been saddled with around £50,000 worth of...

ovr,U Opposition front bench spokesman Earl Attlee has 1 , upbraided the government's sto ___J newalling on calls to re-pay...

received on indon's congestion charging )tween May 2000 and 15 muary 2003 opposed the ;heme, Transport Minister avid Jamieson...

early half London's small usinesses are considering witching to clean-fuel options ) obtain a discount on ondon's congestion...

he VI issued 132 immediate nd 194 delayed prohibitions r mechanical defects during he latest Operation Mermaid. xaminers...

officrs discovered heroin with a treet value of £1m concealed n a Dutch-registered truck mar Junction 10 of the M40.

a new iervice area on the M6 toll .oad near Birmingham. The 68tore site will park 51 trucks.

.e Crossing will be the new rperator of the Dartford liver Crossing from 1 April t003 when new tolls are ntroduced to cut...

Chive Fuels, the firm that launched Liquid Natural Gas in the UK five years ago, Is currently developing a motorway refuelling...

The Stena Europe ran into trouble off the Irish coast last Thursday (29 January), suffering engine failure.

• Hauliers have hit out at the government for failing to protect roads from the forecasted snow last week, with the FTA...

• Three union officials are thought to be front-runners to take over one of the most highprofile negotiating jobs in road...

• Around 1,000 Road Haulage Association members are Win; advised to increase their drivers' pay by 30p/hr following a deal witl...

1 by Michael Jewell lurfitts Transport, and its parent company, orfolk Line, must wait to see what action the astern Traffic...

• London Waste (LW) has become the first waste company in the UK to convert Its entire fleet to natural gas. The decision was...

111 The Road Haulage Assoilation is putting pressure on he Treasury to ensure road oiling telematics units for UK rucks will be...

II More CM readers are facing problems registering their fleets for London's congestion chargejust two weeks before charging...

A Felixstowe haulier says that there was no reason for his driver to be travelling on the Al2 at the time of a fatal road...

• MAN and ERF have put the brakes on buy-back deals for trucks in an attempt to improve profitability and manage used vehicle...

by Guy Sheppard otorcycle campaigners and politicians are imanding a crackdown on hauliers who spill esel on the road because...

Grow your own • Five West Midland hauliers are to trial a new scheme aimed at easing driver shortages by turning their own...

111 Three HGV drivers have been jailed for a total of eight and a half years for smuggling £1.2m of cigarettes into the UK....

• Police are hunting a gang of conmen who tricked a truck driver into handing over his 260,000 load of wine and champagne. The...

• Trade associations are urging a House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee to back proposals for harmonising fuel duty...

• New technology designed to help the police deny violent criminals the use of the roads is nearing the end of its trial period...

In 2006, the government has announced, hauliers will have to pay to use UK roads. But the system is already in place in...

• Germany's autobahns were equipped with gantries set up for toll charging seven years ago when the German government made...

• There will be two tolling systems available in Germany: automatic and manual. Automatic booking makes use of the on-board...

5y Colin Barnett ring its recent pre-CV Show ass briefing (see also pages j), the MAN Group unveiled its oduct plans for the...

of RG Bassett & Sans based In Staffordshire. A 12-litre 420hp DC12-01 unit injector engine and 12-speed transmission power the...

extend their long-standing Sevel joint venture until 2017. They will invest more than -1.9bn (£1.2bn) in developing two new LCV...

TransportEnergy has introduced a telematics guide for operators to help them select the right system for their business. To...

their fleet up to Truck Ads, which offer between £150 and 1250 per vehicle per month. A fleet of 10 trailers could earn an...

• Volvo has broken into Ford's car transporter fleet for the first time with the delivery of 40 FM12 drawbar outfits supplied...

Ill Just over a year ago, at Renault Trucks' bi-annual company meeting held at the UK headquarters in Dunstable, the company...

I Think refrigerated semi-trailers and &ore too long, Chereau's name nevitably pops up. Based in Avranches, Jormandy, this...

• In France, Ghereau has a whopping 53% of the market for refrigerated trailers and bodies, which Pratt says equates to around...

NI As in the UK, Chereau is represented in Ireland by a single exclusive distributor—County Carlow-based Victor Treacy...

A part-time transport manager nominated on six Operator's Licences may lose his repute following the issue of S-marked...

A Surrey scaffolding company has lost its appeal against South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps'...

PI The Transport Tribunal has allowed an appeal against a refusal to return an impounded vehicle by directing that the matter...

A Cheshire haulier who allowed an unlicensed operator to use vehicles under his licence has been pre vented from working for 21...

Regarding Sound Off (CM12-18 Dec 2002) entitled 'Duly of Care'. Whilst the Drivers' Action Movement fully supports the work...

Ruth Pott's comments on pensions (CM16-22 Jan) quite frankly amazed me. If we are to address the increasingly pressing problems...

read your news item and editorial regarding the possible introduction of the "Markov" proposals for drivers hours and...

May I say that, while the article outlines the requirements for good driver training, I found the main photograph used in the...

It was Paul Channon, a former transport minister, who first set targets for reductions in serious injuries on our roads. The...

cently (look it wasn't me, it is or... a friend that told me) II have seen all sorts of goings I in a haulage yard, with one...

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 7 February 1928...

NKR and 6.2-tonne NPR in 1997, before overwhelming operator demand forced the Japanese to introduce its bigger brother, the NQR...

The lsuzu's original owner was construction company Harry J Palmer (Broadstone) based in Poole. The company builds houses and...

coal mines in the UK, producing over zoo million tonnes of coal a year. By the time the industry was privatised in 1995, there...

gaming machines and refrigerators are everyday items in the world of pubs and restaurants—and they are bread and butter for...

The Modernising Operator Scheme aims to improve the business performance of hauliers by making advice on crucial issues more...

• The MOS initiative is targeted at hauliers in England, but Scottish and Welsh hauliers should not feel left out. Last month...

Hauliers often fail to notice that their customers are having financial problems until it is too late. John Davies offers a...

times the number in agriculture and six times the figure working in motor vehicle manufacturing. However, the UK is already...