Injuries and fatalities on Britain's roads fell by 2% last year, says the DOT. There were 320.310 road casualties recorded in...

Herefordshire police are appealing for witnesses to a collision on the B4350 HayGlasbury road between a motorcycle and a truck...

The last section of the French Maurienne A43 motorway will open on 11July, connecting the Frejus tunnel to the French and...

The Vehicle Inspectorate says that fees for annual truck tests are to increase by about 6%. Contact your local vehicle testing...

up anew management structure following its merger with the former NFC.

between 22:00hrs on Friday 7July and 10:00hrs on Sunday 9 July while a bridge is demolished.

Merchant Ferries has introduced new timings for its Irish Sea services. Contact: 0151 955 4000.

corporate partners which support the road safety campaign group Brake. City Truck runs more than 2,000 tractors and trailers.

• by Sally Nash A web site calling for a "dump the pump" campaign has stolen the thunder from the Road Haulage Association,...

• Edward Roderick, group chief executive of Christian Salvesen, has joined the national executive board of the Freight...

• The £2,000 fine tor hauliers caught with illegal immigrants on board can now be imposed on hauliers entering any UK port....

• by Melanie Hammond Subcontractors have been left reeling after an Essex-based haulier went into receivership just four...

is The managing director of a failed haulage company was disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for 10 years after...

• A French truck driver was given conditional bail on Monday at North Leicestershire Magistrates Court charged with causing...

by Guy Sheppard The government has published research which it could use to justify the tax burden inflicted on the haulage...

• Timber haulage leaders are due to meet tomorrow (7 July) to discuss revising a code of practice following a spate of...

• The enforcement agencies plan to almost double the number of checkpoints which are available to assess truck weight...

• Tarmac has rejected claims that it has dumped a dozen tipper operators after putting its Hatton East coating plant in...

• A haulier which withdrew its application for an Operator's Licence after the Road Haulage Association made objections has...

Eleven more drivers employed by a leading haulier have been fined a total of t2,500 with £990 costs for working a "trucker's...

Will thousands of members of the general public really start to boycott petrol pumps on r August to register their protest over...

by Melanie Hammond The government's 10-year transport plan will include measures to almost double rail freight over the next...

• The Scottish lawyer who is single-handedly campaigning to stop agricultural hauliers carrying out general haulage with...

• Motorway service stations in the UK are among the worst in Europe, according to a survey by European motoring...

• Hauliers in Ireland may be forced onto new toll roads under an ambitious road building scheme. The National Roads...

MAN remains totally confident in its dealer network despite the disciplining of five employees over rogue sales tactics,...

The sale of four trucks to Rugby Cement which were heavier than promised raises an interesting and wide-ranging question for...

The investigation into the Sheffield sale was conducted by senior personnel at MAN. including the financial and personnel...

• by Colin Barnett Two leading trailer manufacturers from opposite sides of the Atlantic have joined forces to create a new...

• Italian livestock trailer builder Pezzaioli has launched a renewed assault on the UK market, spurred on by the competitive...

by Colin Barnett Truck driving can be a solitary job, but two new Daf 55s operated by Somerset White Linings are designed to...

• Volvo is offering to re-program FH12s for operators who want to move up to the Euro-2 emission standard. Engine management...

Nissan has boosted the payload of its double-cab pickup, allowing buyers to claim back VAT worth up to £2,609. Capacity has...

RH Stevens of Macclesfield is running four new Don-Bur 96m 3 Palletmasters on its international contracts after success with...

Scania is improving the traceability of its trucks by using the Alpha Dot marking system on every new truck delivered in the...

Tracking system company Alcatel Euteltracs has added a "Traffic Snapshot" feature to its web site which pinpoints 20,000 trucks...

Burnley based Fagan & Whalley has taken its first 18tonne Mercedes-Benz for its 45-strong fleet. The company picked the 1823...

Alta Gas has taken delivery of eight new 18-tonne Super Cargos and 16 7.5-tonne Cargo dropsiders from Iveco Ford. The vehicles...

• Production has reached record levels at Leyland Truck's factory near Preston in Lancashire. The plant is turning out 65...

• by Steve Sturgess US engine builder International has revealed its strategy to tackle the United States' next two emissions...

Convicfions for tachograph offences and overloading have led to the revocation of the fourvehicle licence held by Graham...

Scottish TC Michael Betts has cut the 10-vehicle licence held by Bo'ness-based Derek Heeps to five vehicles for one month. The...

Solihull haulier Robert James, who was jailed for 21 months for smuggling tobacco, has appealed against the decision of West...

Using a recovery vehicle with defective suspension to recover a vehicle which had just been given a prohibition cost Merseyside...

Spalding-based Peter Evans, trading as Evans Road Transport, has been granted a licence for two vehicles and two trailers on...

Seven subcontractors used by Hayton Coulthard have appeared before Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts following...

E2 A Cheshire family business which blamed maintenance problems on its rapid expansion has had its licence curtailed by five...

A Cumbrian operator who was said to be embarrassed to be at his first public inquiry after nearly 30 years in the business has...

• You can now check out the latest Vehicle Excise Duty rates on road transoortnet—the web site operated by Commercial...

Problems with maintenance have led to the one vehicle operated by Neath-based builders Dennis and Raymond Sparkes, trading as...

A Turkish-owned company which paid a man who had lost his repute 22,000 to be its CPC holder has had its licence cut from 10...

The Freight Transport Association has sent the following letter to Chancellor Gordon Brown.. This urgent communiqué concerns...

I would like to send a message to the government to show them what the crippling fuel taxes of up to 85% of cost is doing to us...

When will the government introduce honesty and sanity into their political agenda when it concerns road transport? We will...

We've all done it...you get off the ferry at a foreign port, still a bit bleary-eyed from your cross-Channel snooze, and take a...

The Hawk gave his reading specs a good spit and polish as he settled down to peruse the latest title from the Commercial...

The Hawk would like to shake the hand of everyone who took part in the Convoy of Hope to Belarus, Croatia and Albania. TLS, the...

This year's London to Brighton Cycle Ride was proof that two wheels can work in tandem with four wheels as truckers throughout...

Everyone knows that incorrectly inflated tyres will wear prematurely and hit your fuel consumption. But is the difference big...

• We used an abridged version of our M25 van test route for this comparison to give a 53mile run (about 34 miles short of the...

provide the road test for our Christmas 1999 issue, we were impressed by their thorough approach. So much so that at the next...

although still not quite in the numbers that its makers would like. Mercedes-Benz still feels some frustration at its slow...

T he most recent Commercial Motorroarttest of the Renault Premium listed only two significant misgivings the elderly nature of...

0 t might be thought that Scania put Itself at a disadvantage by pitching its Euro-3 contender against a pair of Euro-2s. But...

DAY 1 The first day is mainly concerned with the logistics of assembling the tractors and trailers in one place, and checking...

A nd the winner is...the Mercedes-Benz Actros. There is no doubt that the Mere took the victory on the strength of its...

• Many rules govern the loading and unloading of goods vehicles, particularly on streets in urban areas. Every delivery...

Safety at work The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published Safe Unloading of Steel Stock, with guidance on unloading...

the issue of occupational stress in the UK. The first estimates that 20% of workers suffer from high levels of occupational...

to a report made by the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones and Health (IEGMP), which was commissioned in April 1999 by...

Small company fraud The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is to investigate the extent and impact of fraud...

The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) has launched a six-month pilot of a business-led online forum (at...

Tax helpline A telephone helpline, set up by the Inland Revenue as part of the New Enterprise Support Initiative (NESI), offers...

Working parents The Department of Trade and Industry has launched a review into issues surrounding parental leave and maternity...

consulting on a draft Code of Practice on new rights of access for employees with disabilities which will come into force in...

NI changes Following consultation after the Budget, the Government plans to draft legislation to help companies that grant...

free discussion paper on the approach to its regulation of the selling of stakeholder pensions. Contact 020 7676 3298. Send...

CONTAINERS minimodal consortium—involving lynx Express and bailey, as well as a host of rail transport companies--received...

the Government pulled the plug on the wagon-loaded Speedlink freight system because it recorded losses almost equivalent to...

• The sSRA has awarded £2.9m to Blue Circle Industries, Metalair FelcIbincler and Babcock Rail to develop a piggyback system...

• The sSRA has given the private-sector team of Exel, AMEC Rail and Isotrak .221m to develop "mini' rail-freight trains....

icture the scene: you're doing a steady 4omph up a long hill. Behind the cab is 13.6m of curtainsider, containing a full load...

An argument at the roadside can easily turn into violence. Just one blow can have serious consequences for the offender, even...

When we spoke to White he had just completed a trip from Spain. "I dropped in Madrid, loaded in Vittoria and dropped again in...

"In this day and age you have got to drive 60% defensively and 40% offensively—it's the only way you can get around," he...

When we told Dickens that a recent survey showed Britain is the road rage capital of Europe, he was not surprised because has...

"A lot of drivers turn off a motorway at the last minute. Others will fly inside the hard shoulder to get past," he commented....

Motorways are where truck drivers have to be extra vigilant, said Savage: "Car drivers slide right in front of the truck or, at...

2„ Hauxwell was in a rush to get back onto the open road, but we managed to get a couple of comments before he took his artic...

Robert Aston A lthough we all know that you shouldn't put all your eggs into one basket, many small haulage firms do so...

• NEW LEGISLATION in the Employment Relations Act has increased the maximum payment for unfair dismissal from £11,000 to...

Your biggest customer seems to be on the rocks. Should you pull out now or act fast to protect your interests in the event that...

the temporary workforce becoming an increasingly important asset to the transport industry. The rising cost and time it takes...