by David Harris • The European deadlock on introducing new-generation tachographs is set to be broken by giving hauliers a...

• Pat Ballanger, the Kent lorry driver held in Trieste prison under suspicion of drugs offences, has been released. However,...

• Scottish LA Michael Betts is tipped to take over as senior LA when Ronald Ashford retires in May. North Eastern LA Keith...

MI International hauliers experiencing problems in France because of the escalating series of strikes face further disruption...

by Derren Hayes 11 An owner-driver operating for express freight carrier Europa has been suspended after it was discovered he...

ROADWORTHINESS IS PARAMOUNT I s there a lesson to learn from the Sowerby bridge disaster? Don't assume that a precedent has...

• East Anglia is preparing to take the brunt of the road cuts as the nation's hardest hit region for axed schemes, following a...

An association of transport lawyers has been set up by more than 40 specialists nationwide. Ian Rothera, of Nottingham firm...

by Herren Hayes III A Sussex-based recovery operator who suffered an arson attack causing .L150,000 worth of damage has called...

• Self-employed drivers and small haulage firms face a number of changes to the way they are taxed following last week's...

• EU Transport ministers are expected to agree a new credit cord-style driving licence this week, to be gradually introduced...

• A Cumbrian father of four, "appallingly" injured when a defective lorry jack-knifed into his path, has been awarded more than...

by James Brewster • The families of those who died in the Sowerby Bridge lorry crash disaster have lost their bid to force the...

• Lorry operators will find the cost of trucks ever more competitive in the next five years in a trend that could put the...

by Guy Sheppard • Nearly 20 hauliers in the North-East of England are helping to pioneer a new code of conduct for the...

III Customs and Excise says the risk of innocent drivers being jailed for smuggling drugs should be reduced following the...

a The Health & Safety Commission is asking the haulage industry to comment on proposed changes to the law on the transportation...

• Hundreds of hauliers in the South-East have lost lucrative contracts to move scrap metal following a decision by a London...

by Karen Miles • The Rail Regulator has said the privatisation of British Rail's three trainload freight companies could lead...

• The Metropolitan Police's Commercial Vehicle unit is to produce a series of dossiers to help forces around the country to...

* The High Court has upheld a decision by Manchester magistrates that the European Court's ruling on drivers' breaks and the...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) is to monitor police support for roadside vehicle checks from next April. The force-by-force...

by Colin Sowman Foden is to fit each major recyclable component of its trucks with security dots and plans an upgrade on the...

tractive units on trial with Euro-2 power, months ahead of compulsory fitting to new vehicles. The electronically controlled...

• Spatz wheel enclosures are designed to reduce the spray produced by commercial vehicles travelling at speed on wet roads....

a new generation of four-axle stepframe low-loaders from King Trailers. Capable of carrying payloads up to 60 tonnes, the...

• The UK's first Euro-2 Scanias have gone into service with Northumbrian Water. The three P39MK 6x4s are fitted with...

Toky o's recent motor show was an important an d hugely successful showpiece for Japan's automotive industries with much...

by Brian Weatherley • Bridge bashing is flavour of the month with the Department of Transport. The recent consultation period...

• A bid for a new two-vehicle licence by Razwan Nawaz, trading as Sleep Sound Beds, of Nelson, was refused when he failed to...

I Walsall haulier James Roberts, trading as JIVLN Transport, was disqualified from holding a licence for two years when his...

• Though not taking any disciplinary action against Stornoway-based Angus MacIver, Scottish LA Michael Betts was only prepared...

• The seven-vehicle licence held by Dudley haulier Jean lIawkins was suspended when she failed to attend a Birmingham...

• Hull lorry driver Andrew Verity who falsified a tachograph chart to cover up the fact that he had been at the wheel of a...

• The licence held by Matrix Global Managed Distribution (GMD) in the South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Area has been...

• Whitminster, Gloucestershire haulier James Timms Transport has to wait to see what action Western Deputy LA John Robins is...

T wrote to your column in Irespect of "Fartner or Haulier" (CM 9-15 November) and touched on the suicidal tendencies of our...

' VV hat is a "cowboy"? Dictionary definition: Someone in business or trade who provides shoddy, overpriced, goods or...

51 ollowing the axing of the Government's road building programme during the Budget this sight will become increasingly rare: a...

a he Shetland Isles rarely feature in CM but that is about to change since the Hawk's correspondent has just returned from a...

M any Britons have lost the use of their legs, if a report on motoring habits from the RAC is to be believed. British...

0 potted at a recent show in Putney, South London, was Bedfordshire haulier Doug Williamson with some of his collection of...

Traffic cops in South I Yorkshire are now able to tell drivers exactly what they think of them, without stopping or getting out...

• Warehouse 96, an exhibition addressing recent developments in the warehousing industry, will be held between 26-28 March 1996...

TOUGH TWIN S ET The Doublecab variant of the Toyota Hilux takes five people at the expense of a bit of space and some...

With the recent changes in weight legislation drawbars are looking a much better bet for general haulage. But in a market long...

Recovery operators who carry out police work are at risk from villains who want prevent them fro recovering stolen vehicles or...

Specialist newsprint carrier SCA, was owned by CM's parent company for more than 30 years. When Reed decided it was better at...

Joint ventures have become increasingly popular in the haulage industry but what happens if the partners fall out? We examine...

FORD & WAIkkEN SOLICITORS COMMENT Last week the European Court gave yet another ruling to further clarify the EU Drivers...

bulletin PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH FORD & WARREN SOLICITORS Shield or shock? A II operators should be aware that changes...

O perators of PCV and goods vehicles who compromise on maintenance standards could find their Operator Licences revoked. They...

T o get an Operator's Licence every would-be haulier must make a statement of intent, promising the Licensing Authority that he...

0 perators who move large, heavy or wide loads enjoy special privileges which enable them to move such loads. But to legally...

I n a recent incident reported in CM a police officer told a driver that he could not sleep in his cab because it was not...

Irish trailer manufacturer SDC is gearing up to take on the big boys with a £3.3m investment in new plant. And nearly one third...

6 ublic pre-occupation with royal confessions and the West murder trial might have pushed pre-Budget skirmishing into the...