by Amanda Bradbury • Hauliers operating fewer than four vehicles are set to pay a average 6% more for a new Operators Licence...

by Amanda Bradbury • Treasury pressure is forcing ministers to reconsider their decision to make Britain's busiest stretch...

• British Rail's Vendor Unit has shortlisted four bidders for the sale of Red Star, its £.20mturnover same-day and overnight...

I nside the Department of Trade and Industry's bureaucracy-bashing bible Deregulation - Cutting Red Tape there's a snappy...

by Juliet Morrison • A British owner-driver is threatening to go on hunger strike unless he is granted bail from the Spanish...

• A Halifax.based owner-driver is threatening to sue the dealer who sold him a £22,500 used tractor which developed faults...

• Two MPs are to ask questions in the House of Commons in support of Commercial Motor's campaign to regulate LGV driving...

• Hopes of private carriers being allowed to enter the under-C1 letters market faded this week as the Cabinet rejected plans...

• A coroner has warned drivers directing L(iVs reversing into loading bays that they should stand at least two feet back from...

• A Licensing Authority is to consult Government lawyers following arguments that he could not take a coroner's verdict of...

by Juliet Morrison • The myth that trucks are the worst polluters on the road is set to go up in smoke, following the launch...

• The first red route scheme to go ahead following a successful pilot between Highgate and Limehouse in east London will be...

• The Road Haulage Association is this week considering whether to appeal against a Licensing Authority's decision to allow...

• The North Eastern Traffic Area Office says the number of public inquiries it processes will not fall when it starts to...

by Juliet Morrison • A group of "smaller" international operators is planning to form a co-operative to force cheaper prices...

• The number of hauliers going into administrative receivership in the past 12 months has dropped by over a quarter compared...

• The number of large goods vehicles in Britain shrunk by 1% in 1993 to 410,000, down 68,000 on its 1989 peak, a new report...

• South Eastern and Metropolitan LA Brigadier Michael Turner has altered conditions he had proposed for a licence granted to...

to use operating centre • The licence held by David Aldred, trading as DAT International of Deal, has been revoked by the...

MI Middlesbroughbased AV Dawson was told to tighten up its maintenance when it appeared at disciplinary proceedings before...

• Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by IVI&K Boyle of Stanley, County Durham being renewed for one year only...

roof had now been completed and work had begun on the construction of a pit, The company had now instituted a daily nil defect...

• ZF is providing over 4:4m towards a venture with Russian truck maker Kamaz to build Ecosplit gearboxes in Tatarstan. The...

• Cable Network Systems has taken delivery of the first of an order of four FY1PUKA Hino eight-wheel tippers. The 295hp...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles has supplied a 6x4 fire appliance to a toy factory in South China. The DFD2424 which will serve...

3 ouldn't resist letting you see this splendid restoration of a 1921 Leyland Model G7 convertible saloon bus which has just won...

operator George Major Skip Hire was sufficiently pleased to order a new 1820 skiploader to expand its fleet. Easier said than...

(CM 3-9 November) caused me some alarm as head of Kent County Constabulary Traffic Policing Department. The message sent to...

THE TRAILER MARKET Semi-trailer manufacturing is big business, which is no surprise, considering that the commodities shifted...

VlLE01.\ 1 _ LOU P2 - 1C.K. O ur ur trio of dry freighters comprised two curtainsiders from M&G and Lawrence David and...

hardly a straight match, but they were all bulkers and were all judged on their relative merits. Both tippers were pristine...

.Major aware of the high standards required, ensure that controlledtemperature vehicles are built to the same exacting...

the directors of Trailmaster Trailers and the official receivers had other more pressing business, leaving Andover Trailers and...

J L I H il - 1 1 rj L . ".■ __r M ost trailer designs evolve along a variety of routes, usually at the behest of operators...

enough selecting five category winners from this broad field of entries, bearing in mind the strong flavour of problem-solving,...

M argins are small in the food distribution business which has an inevitable knock-on effect for hauliers in this sector. Most...

some substantial re-working of the little straight-six engine. Changes include a Bosch 8000 fuel pump, higher injection...

be familiar to Volvo drivers, as will the chunky gear lever with split and range-change switches mounted front and side. The...

A pril 1993 is a date that will be remembered by the UK's major ferry companies. During that time their competitive integrity...

6 recently received information through I the post on conferences and training courses for managers in the transport industry....