by Karen Miles • Hauliers who use cheap foreign drivers face a crackdown this week with new guidelines from the Department of...

• ERF is to take over European assembly of isuzu's N-Series 3.5-8.0 tonne trucks. A dedicated production line will start during...

• Cash-strapped UK hauliers will not be impressed by news that from the start of next year their French counterparts will be...

by Karen Miles • Both the main road transport trade associations are at loggerheads with the Government over the Home...

• Hughes Waste Management has been refused a new Operators' Licence after failing to pay the renewal fee last September. The...

• Five people were killed and 13 were injured on Monday evening when the bus they were travelling in was involved in a...

• Hauliers with pre-Euro2-engined trucks will pay more for Eurovignettes from 1 July 2000 under a variable-rate system agreed...

• Compensation claims are finally being settled, two years after UK hauliers were caught up in a blockade organised by French...

II The Working Time Directive came under fire at the Road Haulage Association's International Group conference in Belgium last...

hen the European Union originally created its "borderless" state, one of the concerns was that it would open the floodgates to...

by Karen Miles • Drivers on landfill sites are being excluded from research to establish if these sites could be linked to the...

• A driver who was branded a "complete dickhead" by a woman judge during his trial for blackmail was jailed for two years last...

• A West Lothian haulage company employed a driver for three years before realising he had no driving licence, a court has...

• The Scottish Transport & General Workers Union warns that if it loses an ACAS arbitration meeting with Scottish haulier WH...

by Guy Sheppard • Econofreight has sold most of its smaller tractive units to a neighbouring heavy haulage operator in the...

• The new owner of overnight parcels delivery company Amtrak says it could double in size within the next three to five years....

• Distribution isn't the last job in the world graduates would dream of doing—but almost, according to an NOP survey. The...

• The Environment Agency (EA) has stepped up the pressure on hauliers to take more responsibility for the environmentally sound...

by Nikki Daly • Hauliers face soaring premiums or being refused cover as the major insurers try to recoup massive losses...

• Two Kent hauliers are accusing local police of an inadequate response to truck thefts, even though the force recently...

• Vehicle recovery operators should be forced to get brokendown vehicles off motorways as quickly as possible, rather than...

• Scottish hauliers have won their campaign to have a second Kincardine road bridge built over the River Forth to ease...

attend rehabilitation courses before they are allowed back on the road, says the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Its call...

• Dutch-based intermodal operator Geest has found a simple but ingenious solution to the problem of making legal use of 45ft...

• Burtons Biscuits has acquired a pair of Seddon Atkinson 17-tanners fitted with Don-Bur Numo Spacemaster sliding panel bodies...

• HGV registrations continued to grow in November, while sales of light CVs fell sharply, according to the latest figures from...

• Kent Sweepers of Rochester has taken delivery of a beavertail transporter from Andover Trailers. The body has a 13° gradient...

by Toby Clark ▪ Volkswagen has finally announced a passenger-carrying version of its successful Caddy high-cube van. The Caddy...

• Express Dairies Distribution has expressed its delight at the fuel consumption that is being achieved by its new...

Schmitz Cargobull has introduced new production techniques to double the production capacity at its Harelaw site. It claims to...

• It is the second largest trailer manufacturer in Europe—and the largest manufacturer of refrigerated trailers. • Exports to...

• A number of truck drivers have appeared before West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon at a Birmingham public inquiry...

• North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner Keith Water worth has advised a Nottingham firm to contact Mercedes about an alleged...

• While accepting that Cleanaway's maintenance sys tem complied with DOT guideines, the Haverhill magistrates fined the company...

• Using a vehicle with insecure wheels has cost a driver employed by Walsall based Watts Transport £455 in fines and costs,...

• A North Yorkshire company whose only vehicle had attracted four prohibition notices, was given a final warning at a Leeds...

Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motm? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

T 'This company offers various services to UK hauliers in other countries and to foreign hauliers in the UK. It is our view...

T Tread an article in CM related to insulin-dependent drivers holding Cl licences and granting them grandfather rights. I would...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, ',11 Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look...

Li he fairer sex turned out in force recently to demonstrate to us fellows that when it comes to driving trucks they certainly...

esidents of the Isle of Wight could be forgiven for thinking they were about to be invaded recently when they caught sight of a...

El he Hawk was greatly saddened to learn of the death of truck journalist Pat Kennet at the age of 67. Pat passed away at home...

DECEMBER 1998 The cost of staying away from home For the many drivers who regularly spend nights in their cab a worry is...

BULLETIN NEWS Financial: Recruitment guide The Department for Education and Employment has published a new best practice...

and the rights of workers using them will be introduced by the DTI. The new rules will make it clear that under normal...

which tighten up employers' insurance cover. The main changes the regulations make are to: • increase the minimum level of...

The Data Protection Registrar has issued a preliminary guide* to the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act 1998—An...

The Forensic Science Service (FSS) has reported that an increasing number of companies are testing both prospective and...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched the 1999 Occupational Health and Safety Awards*, for...

The Department for Education and Employment says small companies (with up to 250 employees) are now eligible to receive free...

The Deparanent of the Environment. Transport and Regions (DETR) has begun a national speed review as part of its integrated...

before the House of Commons which will allow information I -, ) be: • transferrt.d between the Revenue and employers elect...

"Even without the fuel result we would still rave about this truck." "We can only conclude that when it comes to fuel economy...

CM roadtested the Bombay-built Tata Loadbeta soon after it arrived here five years ago. Since then more powerful engines have...

to unwind. But unlike their car colleagues, they do not always receive the red carpet treatment. Mike Sherrington took a look...

neighbouring firms in Leicestershire have found a solution by pooling resources while continuing to offer the advantages of...

last days of the 20th century—and the steel transport industry is no exception. For some dedicated steel operators, half a...

is into overdrive in the annual battle to keep boozed-up drivers off the road at Christmas. Year after year, hundreds of...

T hroughout the EU VAT rates vary from 15% in Luxemburg to 25% in Denmark and Sweden with the average at around 19.5%. A major...