• British truck maker ERF issued a profits warning this week that knocked 60 pence off its share price. The company also...

• Independent hauliers working as sub-contractors for British Steel out of its Port Talbot and Llanwern plants say they no...

• The Humber Bridge wants to increase tolls by around 25%. The rise, immediately opposed by the Road Haulage Association, is...

by Miles Brignall • Unrestricted use of 44-tonne trucks on six axles across Europe could be legislated for as early as next...

NO FORESIGHT FROM BRUSSELS S o a "slight tightening up of the rules" from the Government could send 3,000 currently employed...

In the past three years a series of British lorry drivers have been arrested with drugs concealed in their loads. Almost all of...

by Miles Brignall • Police enforcement of commercial vehicle safety regulations varies depending upon where you are in the...

• Toll hikes of up to 130% on the Brenner Tunnel in Austria are now in force despite a lastminute protest by the International...

• Eurotunnel's finances were doomed to failure from the start and no future projects should be financed in the same way, says...

• The Romanian Government has admitted it made a mistake when it tried to force British international operators to buy transit...

by Derren Hayes • Hauliers on the Isle of Skye are overloading vehicles to save money when crossing the Skye Bridge, claims a...

• A scheme to counter the growing number of thefts of livestock trailers has been launched by North Yorkshire Police and the...

• Waste disposal operator BFI has won its battle to set up a site for Dorset's rubbish without binding legal agreements on...

• Hauliers are being offered a new testing kit to catch drivers who abuse drugs. Police forces have been using the test for...

• Staff at Lep International are to be offered shares in the company, following a management buy-out. More than than 6,000...

by Derren Hayes • A Welsh tanker operator is threatening to sue a Spanish vehicle manufacturer after a bulk tanker he bought...

• Trucks should be given priority lanes in towns as part of an eight-point package to help regenerate Britain's ailing town...

• Kent general hauliers have offered their drivers a 3% wage increase in a move which is expected to win agreement with the...

• Cory Environmental has won the six-year/21m contract to operate refuse collection services for Lincoln City Council. The...

by John Kendall • Dennis Eagle has landed its biggest order to date. North-West Water has ordered 155 Elite utility vehicles...

• Renault will launch its highest powered Magnum model at the Amsterdam Show this week. The 16.4-litre Mack veeeight develops...

• Seddon Atkinson has added two models to its municipal line-up and has launched Euro-2 options across the range. The newcomers...

• At £548,000 the 10x4 Volvo FL10 which has just entered service with Butler Powered Access is among the most expensive...

by Toby Clark • Commercial Motor has driven the latest version of Ford's highcube Courier van, based on the heavily revised...

No action • Scottish TC Michael Betts took no action against the licence held by Finn Construction, of Fort William, other...

• "Inept vehicle maintenance" and convictions have led to the licence held by Derbyshire hauliers J&D Allsop being cut from 12...

• The licence for seven vehicles and trailers, held by West Bromwich-based JDT Shipping, was suspended for three weeks by West...

S A Scottish haulier which collected more than 35 prohibitions in five years has had its vehicle authorisation cut by more than...

• Barnsley Magistrates have dismissed overloading charges brought against P&O Roadtanks, and one of the company's drivers,...

• Glastonburybased company C Sparks & Son, and one of its drivers, have been cleared of an overloading offence by Salisbury...

M y future in haulage is now in the balance thanks to the Government's great idea to take away the livelihoods of drivers who...

e write to express our concerns over the implementation of the landfill tax which becomes operative from 1 October. There are...

D avid Harris's article on the CPC (CM 25-31 Jan) illustrated the reasons why the exam has a bad name. The five-day course...

by Brian Weatherley • There's an art to headline writing, as ERF chairman Peter Foden will readily confirm. The trick is to...

n American motorist found guilty of a minor offence has been ordered to cast his mind to higher things — the judge sentenced...

us passengers in Leeds were no doubt delighted when the city's bus station saw fit to invest in an electronic talking bus stop...

ED auliers who have time to nip over to Berlin in the course of a day's work could well pick up a bargain if they don't mind...

2 ast year Dennis Specialist Vehicles celebrated 100 years of manufacturing at its Guildford base, beginning with lawn mowers...

CLE ANER Any device guaranteed to cut your fuel consumption by at least 5% while cleaning up your exhaust emissions has to be...

into a private monopoly. All three companies are being sold to a brash US railway giant which promises to give UK road hauliers...

The Government is planning shock tactics to claw back £163m a year in lost VED revenue. An estimated 14,000 LGV offenders could...

As rental specialists jockey for position there are signs of contraction with major players swallowing up smaller competitors....

On the slide Even for the most experienced LGV driver, skidding in a heavy truck is a nightmarish experience, bringing with it...

runs were repeated. The theory is that you press the brake and then let it off again as the wheels lock up. Looking in the...

Romantically named after a legendary American railroad, Atchison Topeka has built up a head of steam transporting luxury...

Access all areas From the end of this year, operators with more than 20 employees will face new responsibilities for workers...

When you're shopping around for a used truck, do you take muc notice o it security features? Glass's Gui e's CV editor Geor e...

New speed limiter law gives an unfair advantage to hauliers running old lorries, says Bradford operator, Stephen Hodgson. 4 H...