The Highways Agency says £1.2bn will be spent over the next 10 years to improve traffic management and driver information and...

Traffic fumes kill tons of thousands of people each year in Europe, a new study reveals. Researchers found that 40,000 deaths...

Derek Burrows from Renault Trucks, Reading has won this year's Lorry Driver of the Year Competition. Champion van driver was...

with the service provided by the Calais Chamber of Commerce to check for illegal immigrants and advises its members to use it.

Interleasing UK, has bought Jessups Vehicle Contracts, part of Bristol Street Holdings. The acquisition boosts Interleasing's...

Midlands police are appealing for information on a trailer containing 3,000 hair dryers worth £60,000 that was stolen from...

Eurotunnel Freight is now offering six departures an hour at peak times. Another freight shuttle has brought the total fleet...

after force of French demos • by Melanie Hammond British international hauliers are once again counting the cost after their...

Truck drivers are unlikely to be among the 100,000 skilled immigrant workers the government is considering allowing into the UK...

• by Peter Lawton Rugby Cement found a quarter of as trucks failed to meet its weight specification when it reweighed the...

giant port • Container hauliers in the South-East could be loading out OT a new location if Pigi.0 gets approval to develop a...

Kent County Council is lobbying the government to give it the power to introduce tolls on foreign-registered trucks using its...

III Vehicle Inspectorate officials have seized tachograph records from Eddie Stobart after claims that moonlighting...

Love them or hate them, you really have to hand it to the French. No sooner had we suggested on this page last week that they...

II Cumbria police say 75 nauliers have been prosecuted for flouting the current lorry Dan on the A685 between Brough and...

• Up to 90% of artics driving on dual carriageways are breaking the 50mph speed limit, according to 1999 government figures....

• A revised code of practice was launched this week changing the way employers need to handle grievance and disciplinary...

• by Melanie Hammond The finance arm of First Point International, the company which promised but failed to provide US "green...

Securicor Omega International has won a contract to export 3M United Kingdom's product line-up, which ranges from industrial...

Car transporter Walon UK has secured a five-year extension on its Fiat Auto contract. The contract involves delivering 100,000...

deliver Rotary watches to jewellers in the UK and overseas. The carrier provides a track and trace service for each package...

TNT Is now the nominated carrier for all 354 NHS Trusts throughout England. The contract will be worth hundreds of thousands of...

Hatfield-based Mitsubishi Electric delivering components and spare parts for Its air conditioning business. The work is handled...

Construction company McNicholas has signed a fiveyear deal with TLS which will supply it with trucks on contract hire. The...

equip ATS Euromaster's fleet of 150 service vans with data communications equipment which will include vehicle location and...

• Nearly one in 10 road haulage companies are ripe for takeover because they offer huge profit potential for a buyer who can...

• Hauliers working out of the Llanwern steel plant in South Wales have breathed a sigh of relief after its owners decided it...

• by Toby Clark Continental Tyres will show its own version of the low-profile "super single' drive-axle tyre at the IAA Show...

• Trailer builder Schmitz Cargobull is moving into the financing arena to offer leasing and contract hire. The German builder...

by Peter Lawton Peden is beefing up the Alpha for muckaway work with steel rear suspension. The F520 set-up is designed to...

m Commercial Motor incorrectly identified Checkmate as a supplier of reversing aids in a product round-up (CM 10-16 August)....

11 Volvo is supplying four heavy-haulage FH168 to Heanor Haulage for work up to 300 tonnes. Delivered as 6x4s, all the...

Load handling specialist Partek Cargotec is selling its Norha refuse vehicle business to ports and engineering group Powell...

RDL Distribution is taking 9,000 bricks on each run with its new Alpha 6x2 rear-steer drawbar from Fallen. The 405hp Cummins...

Cool it! temperature-controlled vehicle rental is promising to have a vehicle ready on time or it will waive the first 24...

Road and Sea Express is trialling three Cartwright double-deck trailers on its operations between the UK and Ireland. If the...

with portable weighing equipment. Central is also supplying software which will transmit weighing data from each depot to a...

Carmarthen hau lier William Herbert was ordered to take one of his two vehicles off the road after his second disciplinary...

Scottish TO Michael Betts took no action against the licence held by Larkhall-based Dalserf Plant Hire, but he warned the...

The poor maintenance record of Shotts-based Patrick Dillooly led to the company's licence being cut from 15 to 10 vehicles at a...

Hours and tachograph offences have led to the revocation of the five-vehicle licence held by Wigan based A&J Transport. North...

Welsh TO David Dixon took no action against the licence held by PwIlheli-based Jonathan Williams-Ellis, trading as Giasfryn...

The unsatisfactory maintenance record of Exmouthbased B Olds Demolition and Salvage led to its licence being cut to three...

Underwood, Notts-based Bailey Taylor Haulage has successfully appealed against a fine of £900 imposed by the Liverpool...

that the magistrates courts guidelnes suggested a fine of 2450 for a vehicle over 7.5 tonnes. There had been two previous...

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Ashton-in-Makerfield-based LC Transport is considering legal action against main dealer Polar Ford, which had been responsible...

A Co Durham express freight carrier has been given seven days to produce satisfactory financial evidence or face having its...

I would like to call on all international operators to support an action, in line with the French at Calais. I believe that we...

I refer to your article headed "Diesel prices set to climb" (CM 24-30 August). The current trend is causing very serious...

I write in response to H Sexton's letter ( Cito/ 24-30 August). It appears you are reading more into the EC Court decisions...

As 4 brain dead reps in Vectras and doddery grannies in D-reg Metros weren't hazardous enough for motorcyclists, we also have...

This week The Hawk had his beak firmly stuck in the latest two publications from Nynehead Books. The World Encyclopaedia of...

Ever heard of car wrapping? You soon wit, because you can guarantee if it happens "over there" it is only a matter of time...

The Hawk's passion for models was stirred this week. Glory Days Vintage Cars of Birmingham has released a range of commercial...

Lock-ins in Irish pubs are not unheard of. However, drinkers at the Phoenix Arms in Tullamore, in the Irish Republic, were a...

• Once a vehicle has reached the end of its operational life it is natural that the operator would want to dispose of it in the...

Economic Research Associates, has published research on the costs associated with goods vehicles. The findings include the...

was the six-wheeler. But as construction customers demand bigger loads and mixer companies look for greater productivity, the...

to fault, not least when it comes to stability and manoeuvrability. Its tight 17.2m turning circle, courtesy of the mixer...

• Against the run of large multi-nationals London Concrete is a thriving independent, having started just three years ago with...

E The power of the 12-litre engine makes the delivery from London Concrete to Kings Cross an easy affair. The site was full of...

II The eight-logger mixer will rot suit every concrete-mixing operator because of its increased physical presence and poorer...

A combination of ever-tightening margins, soaring costs and bureaucracy is leading record numbers of hauliers to simply throw...

change round I could start th firm again but really the wagons are more likely to sit there rusting." Steve Goulding NI One...

of Roy Bowles Transport were successfully prosecuted for manslaughter last December, following a horrific accident on the M25...

Under current legislation the prosecution needs to establish the following points: • First, that the defendant owed a duty of...

how your electricity supply was generated. Coal? Nuclear power? Water? Gas? Wind? All feasible options. You could be forgiven...

Chris Jones, sales director, A Salvatori T ime was when restaurant menus invariably carried the legend "vegetables in season"....

and above the talk of the power of the supermarkets is another, more pressing concern. "Fuel is the killer for us—it is an...

Did you know you can save yourself a tenner if you file your tax return over the Internet? Tax expert Robert Maas tells you...

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