Tony Fletcher, IRTE secretary from 1963-65, has died, aged M. Among the IRTE's achievements during his tenure were codes of...

• by Mike Jewell A string of attacks on transport enforcement officials, including the torching of a vehicle examiner's car,...

IIII Haulers caught committing offences abroad will have the details sent back to the UK in future to be held on file alongside...

3tly Sheppard I Dominic Perry rrns of asylum seekers perently trying to enter Britain ;ally night after night are ing...

Three major contracts are up for grabs as Consignia, formerly the Post Office, has decided to eutsource its 40,000-strong UK...

EA strike is looming at P&O Trans European after tanker drivers voted overwhelmingly to take Industrial action in an on-going...

• A reduction in the number of military drivers moving into the road haulage industry after leaving the forces is...

• Annual HGV tests will include a check on speed limiters from next year, now technical problems have been ironed out. For...

• Service station bosses have admitted that lorry parking spaces at an M6 site have been slashed by more than half after an...

A driver whose truck shed its load of logs, killing an elderly couple in a passing car, has pleaded guilty to driving with an...

EA Doncaster-based haulier has had to make his seven drivers redundant after the liquidation of Hatfield Colliery left him more...

:ears of violence against six mer Dukes Transport - aigavon) drivers led to them ng protected by code names public inqu4 - y....

When the final piece of a jigsaw is put into place you usually see the whole picture. Thus the news that finally, finally,...

Trailer registration has been discussed on and off for years, and DVLA proposals now make it more likely than ever that the UK...

Iriving ban will be unfair by Cliff Caswell aft plans to allow the courts disqualify drivers by post if Dy clock up enough...

• Steel haulage in South Yorkshire is set to expand following a £14m investment in new production facilities by...

Are your trucks secure • How safe is your truck? No doubt you have a goods-in-transit insurance policy which demands an...

The glib answer, of course, is that it's a village on the outskirts of Newbury. But more important, it's the home of the Motor...

We recently witnessed a practical demonstration of just how easy it is to make off with even a brand-new vehicle fitted with a...

The KPMG Consulting report, ick Retailing in the New ilennium, reviewed in last ek's CM, is now available at a ;t of 250 euros,...

• by Colin Barnett King Trailers is keeping itself busy with some new products, both high and low-tech. in association with...

• Cab extension specialist Hatcher has developed a highroof unit for the Oaf LF Sleeper and Renault Midlum Global cabs. The...

for trucks, with propellers and generators fitted on the cab roof. The electricity powers the air conditioning, saving fuel....

A Carlisle company which had flagged out its vehicles to Holland has been ordered to pay fines, costs and back duty totalling...

warning when he appeared before Scottish IC Michael Betts at a Dumfries disciplinary inquiry. Drysdale had been convicted of...

The HGV driving licence held by Whitehorn driver John Jolly was revoked when he failed for the second time to appear before...

A trio of drivers from a London-based company had their HGV licences suspended after a public inquiry was told how they had...

Drivers' hours and maintenance problems have led to the twovehicle licence held by Bootle, Merseyside, haulier Mervin Williams...

The dedicated haulier for Bestway Cash & Carry Warehouses is threatening to withdraw its application to base vehicles at its...

CM has in the past promoted my timber haulage books which, in turn, helped me to raise 07,000 for charity. As my stroke-related...

If 0-licence discs are obsolete, why bother with tax discs? Online VED information is already available to police and others....

• Will modern databases render traditional 0-licences and tax discs obsolete? Now that computers can take the guesswork out...

I am writing in response to your article on newspaper distribution (CM9-15 August). In my opinion Andy Bull, Eddie Stobart's...

please contact Backfire, Commercial Motor, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 020 8652 8969....

Eric Strongitharrn, Oswaldtwistle. Sir Jos Spagthorpe, chairman and president for life of Spagthorpe Motor Company, has his...

UK market alight. This is partly due to the sheer competitiveness of the UK 84 sector and the fluctuating Yen, and partly...

• We must offer our gratitude to tyre fitter Andy Horn from Motorway Tyrelink based near Daventry. While preparing for the...

I PRICE AS TESTED: £18,120 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.5-litre, 94hp (70kW). GVW: 3,200kg. PAYLOAD: 1,223kg (with 754 driver). FUEL...

could be forgiven for taking drastic measures to thwart further intrusions. Rigging up lethal booby traps, allowing...

All sorts of products are available to prevent commercial vehicles from being stolen, including everything from fuelvalve and...

The public thinks of large jets as passenger carriers, but many of them act as trucks with wings—and air freight relies on...

Darren Towel!, Towell Transport Service Towell trucks collect the engines from local plants after they have been overhauled...

• All haulage work is dictated by market forces, but air cargo hauliers feel the effects of changes in the global economy...

III Aeroplanes are an obvious target for terrorist attack and as a means of smuggling contraband. Security is the top priority...

to reform the UK's insolvency laws to offer a fairer deal to trade creditors, such as hauliers owed money by a freight...

LAST YEAR THERE WAS A PUBLIC OUTCRY when the Director of Public Prosecutions announced that nobody could be prosecuted for the...

a solution to their problems. New recruits are desperately needed in the road haulage industry but, as David Craik reports, so...

• My company and a driver have received summonses for using a vehicle with an insecure load. The driver collected a load of...

the European Commission. So I read the Sound Off article regarding the Working Time Directive by Bert Proctor of TNT with great...

• The foot-and-mouth epidemic is causing havoc in the second-hand tipper-trailer market, says wellknown independent used...

• ERF is encouraging its dealers to recruit more used truck specialists in a bid to boost sales of secondhand vehicles....

liveliest period of the year for independent dealers, but that doesn't mean to say that there is no activity at all. "We're...

for used Magnums • Despite all the dire warnings about a recession, Bruce Allison as yet sees little evidence of it in the...