The popular Alconbury truckstop will close at the end of August — the site is expected to be used for warehousing. Chris...

OPERATORS' ORGANISATIONS have welcomed the Transport Select Committee's decision to set up an inquiry into freight transport....

LIVESTOCK HAULIERS have been hit hard by the foot and mouth outbreak, with Defra banning all livestock movement within England....

a £150m Punch THE N MBE R OF transport companies going bust rose 13.1% in the second quarter of 2007 compared with the same...

Under the £ - 1 50m deal Wincanton will manage the food supply chain to 1,000 Punch sites in the UK. Wincanton MD Martin...

Ford Commercial Vehicles has recorded its best sales result for six years, selling 56,682 veNcles in the first seven months of...

Jobs will be lost following the closure of the Ferryways RO-RO service to Ostend, but ABP has refused arbitration. David Harris...

CUT-PRICE competition from the former Eastern Bloc has caused many British hauliers to pull out of Continental work — but now...

A POLICE investigation into a fatal accident involving a Dorset haulage company has led to a series of arrests, A married...

OFFICE STATIONERY and supplies company Lyreco is taking delivery of 84 vans — 40 MercedesBenz Sprinter 51 Is and 44 Ford...

Owner-driver Dick Flute is worried about the irnplications of the upcoming London low emission zone (LEZ). In road transport,...

Freight should be transferred to the waterways, according to MPs, but British Waterways has highlighted some problems. Chris...

WELSH HAULIER Owens Road Services hopes to create up to 200 jobs after signing a deal for a new factory site in Port Talbot....

AN AUSTRIAN haulier has been jailed for seven years after he attempted to smuggle Lim worth of cannabis into the UK. HM...

The planned UK border police should have responsibility for cargo as well as people, say the freight forwarders. David Harris...

has been given an on-the-spot fine of £1,000 for running his truck on rebated red diesel. Douglas Hutsby was said to live on a...

POLICE IN Northamptonshire investigating the death of a truck driver on the A45 say they gained useful leads from motorists....

with beavertail to the US Development Resource Corporation for transporting con tainers and construction machinery in...

Claims that LHVs would cause more congestion have been rubbished by the Association of European Vehicle Logistics. David Harris...

FIVE MEMBERS OF a gang of that targeted trucks in lay-bys the Al and A14 in Cambridgeshire have been jailed; five more have...

DATA COLLECTED BY two hauliers that ran digital and analogue tachographs simultaneously for a month is being analysed by Vosa...

EOU IPMENT RENTAL specialist Hew - den has taken delivery of three new Iveco Stralis Active Day tractor units from...

Rikki Chequer, community manager for Trucknet UK, reports on what's concerning professional drivers. It's been another busy...

Any future assets of operator John Pickering who was jailed for drug dealing in March, will be seized. cliff Goodwin reports....

NOT - 1 INGHAM-BASED Rennie HoggTransport, part of The RH Group. has taken delivery of 22 Euro-4 Renault Magnum 500.25 tractor...

profits fall at TDG TDG BOOSTED its first-half turnover by 26% to more than £300m but pre-tax profits fell. Pre-tax profit...

A driver is awarded compensation for unfair dismissal — but his former boss is "barely keeping his head above water". Peter...

COX SKIPS HAS bought a pair of specially adapted Mercedes 6x4 tractor units. Each vehicle is an Actros 3351S with 510hp SCR...

The consultation period on recovery charges is over. Roanna Avison finds out what those in the industry hope for from the...

Holders of a full Category B (car) driving licence may drive: • a goods vehicle propelled by steam (eg large vehicles with coal...

I'm an owner-driver thinking of branching out into European runs. What documentation do I need to take? When you drive to the...

Jonathan Garton from Total Lubricants is so confident of the new Fuel Economy range of lubricants that he is willing to refund...

I WAS extremely interested to listen to David Wickens, director of Severn Trent Water, commenting on the shortage of trained...

OPERATORS, MANAGERS and drivers are endangering the lives of road users throughout Europe on a daily basis. Many examples of...

A wet summer does more than leave the countryside waterlogged. It also affects hauliers' costs and in some cases their ability...

many hauliers, but for some it provIded extra work. Geoff Dossetter. director of external affairs at the Freight Transport...

this summer's high level of rain has been a constant drain on hauliers operating costs. Wet roads mean higher fuel consumption...

The Whitby firm also attempted to deceive the TC about the licence holder and ran an illegal international operation. Mike...

A BID FOR a new licence for three vehicles and three trailers by St Helens Commercials following the dissolution of a...

AN OPERATOR who specified other people's vehicles on his 0-licence has lost his appeal against revocation after the Transport...

A FINANCE HOUSE that leased a vehicle to a customer after being duped by a forged 0-licence has succeeded in its bid for the...

CONSIDERATION OF action against the 20-vehicle licence held by Worcester-based Mid Developments has been adjourned for a second...

Torrential rain has cost operators dear this summer. Guy Sheppard considers what protection they need and the potential...

y ou have taken the leap and gone into business for yourself, or are considering doing so. But in order to stay legal and...

This week's roadtest brings you a number of firsts: the first test of a five-pot Scania; the first test of a distribution...

test would be big news only if they failed to meet the standards expected. The only area where the latest generation seems to...

your only option is to buy an eight-legger. Geoff Ashcroft talks to bulk tipper owner-driver Rhys Jones about his ilexe...

When buying a light tipper at auction, age and mileage are no indication of how hard a vehicle has been worked. That's the...

Hauliers looking to replace tippers are faced with a myriad of choices, reports Bryan Jarvis. A s the construction boom rolls...

Among Transcover's latest designs is a new aluminium front-to-rear system with heavyduty sheet and five-year warranty, a new...

Handling the hot stuff Serrus is building a moving floor trailer equipped for handling very hot asphalt. The key design...

about the aged and disjointed facilities of the Brisbane Exhibition Ground —lovingly known as the Ekka — the biennial...

Filmed on location in Iowa, USA it includes coverage of 100's of truckers 'showing' their highly polished and cleaned rigs in...

/S truckers can trace their origins back to the days of the wild west and drive some of the biggest rigs in the world. The...

Dramatic coverage Of the 1500 mile long 'Alcan' featuring trucks, drivers, forestry machinery, spectacular scenery and wildlife...

"[his fantastic film features some of the larger earthmoving equipment working on major projects in Britain including 1'5 at...

Four, not to be missed, features including the ■ Ossow - movement of cranes from Rotterdam to Canada, an industrial vessel...

This programme looks at some of the larger JCB machines at work on sites. It takes in earthmoving for warehouse construction,...

Each of the exceptional loads shown required careful planning and equipment and includes the movement of a Boeing 747, bridge...

This 60 minute film shows how, with good planning and skillful driving, you can move almost anything and this film shows just...

six promotional films dating from 1953 to 1973 and features various Bedford lorries and the uses they were put to. This is a...

This superb film covers from chainsaw to sawmill in British Columbia. It covers the transportation of timber by truck, train...

Truckers are among the skills in short supply in Canada. This great new film was aimed at Dutch drivers wishing to move to...

Van drivers are most likely to blow their horns The nation's van drivers are the most likely road users to use their horn or...

Kevin Swallow surfs Vol(swagen's relaunched website, which offers comprehensive product detail and access to a used vehicle...

logos, livery and branding are removed, reports Manheimis Alex Wright. But how is the market holding up generally? M ore than...