temperature-controlled vehicle. Based on a Dispatch 2.010 HDi platform-cab, the new insulated box body is designed to meet...

I by Brian Weatherley The Vehicle Inspectorate is considering making a physical check of truck speed limiters part of the...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has come under fire from watchdog MPs over its record on emissions testing. The all-party House of...

as i mmigrants slip past • by Sally Nash International drivers are failing to take proper rest breaks because they are keeping...

• The Road Haulage Association S attempting to put a block on the national protest planned by the Hauliers & Farmers Alliance...

r A Chesterfield truck driver and his employer have been fined £18,960 for a series of tachograph offences. When he appeared...

Friday until its owners faxed a guarantee that they would pay a £12,000 fine after six illegal immigrants were found in its...

First Point International (Europe), the company which said it could get green cards for truck drivers who want to work in the...

• The Attorney General, Lord Williams of Mostyn, will not refer the manslaughter sentences imposed on two directors of Roy...

transport industry by a bunch of knee-jerk politicians there's been a big hole in the legislation—big enough for a...

• by Mike Jewell The Operator's Licences held by four Greek-owned companies, whose British registered vehicles hardly ever...

• Two British drivers are being held in a German prison for their alleged involvement in a large scale alcohol smuggling ring....

• by Guy Sheppard British Sugar is handing over all its bulk sugar deliveries to a single contractor but has shied away from...

• A Staffordshire firm and its director-driver were fined a total of £575 at Solihull Magistrates Court last week for...

• Suffolk police are appeatng for witnesses after a hit and run incident involving a box van left a cyclist with serious...

• Police are targeting hauliers who are knowingly contravening a 7.5-tonne limit on Staffordshire country lanes. Officers have...

contract to supply 33 Iceliner vans for delivering potatoes to Walkers Crisps. The vans are operated by North Kime-based...

• by Guy Sheppard A £209m government crackdown on tobacco smuggling will fail to deter the criminal gangs which dominate this...

for personal reasons rather than for commercial gain has been fined £3,000. Thomas Smith, who has an Operator's Licence for...

Until now, there has been European type approval legislation on the books regulating the size and durability of tyres. But...

• Volvo has introduced a new version of the FM7 with the latest D7C engine, now rated at a nominal 310hp to complement the 250...

It by Peter Lawton Tracking systems across the world are now up to 10 times more accurate since the American government...

• HGV sales remain strong but sales of light CVs have dropped during the past couple of months, according to the April sales...

• The successor to the Renault Traffic and Vauxhall Arena will be built in Luton, as Commercial Motor reported from the CV...

II Caterpillar C10 engines have qualified for the Reduced Pollution Certificate, entitling operators to VED rebates of up to...

A North Yorkshire haulier who set up an Operator's Licence using one of his drivers, after his own licence had been cut, has...

to suspend one vehicle from the three-vehicle licence held by Malpas-based WD Francis Racehorse Transport for two weeks....

ertaking A Cheshire haulage company which failed to keep to an undertaking that vehicles would not reverse into or out of its...

. Taking insufficient . breaks after 4.5 hours' driving has cost a Cheshire driver 1370 in fines and costs. John Loverseed, of...

A Nuneaton truck driver who blamed continual pressure from his Dutch employer for drivers hours offences had his HGV driving...

I wonder if I'm the only haulier sending vehicles into London to have woken up on Friday wondering what Ken Livingstone's...

am calling on all international drivers to demand their trucks are checked by immigration officials before they enter the...

Once more the Road Rescue Recovery Association was invited by Live Promotions to put on a display of recovery vehicles at...

I am writing with regard to the vehicle conversion area of the business. I am astounded at the lack of confidence that many...

With reference to CM 27 April, I think you have acted rather slowly in reacting to Burnhan Wazim's article published in The...

First there was e-mail, then there was e-commerce, now prepare for e-justice. Three judges in Brazil have been testing...

The lads here look fit to burst into song at any moment, and with good reason. Anglian Home Improvement's soccer team has had...

There's no finer sight than a man and his truck. This 1930 Kew Dodge recently took part in the Bexhill 100 Festival of...

The Hawk's Irish connection spotted this at a quarry in Bunratty, Co Clare. Not a sign you would expect to see in the UK, but...

on we tried one of the now distinctive looking designs with the protruding crash protection. At the time we thought it looked...

M ost disputes between employers and employees are dealt with by an Employment Tribunal. The Tribunal can consist of a legally...

employees can claim that their dismissal was unfair. This right is subject to conditions such as service, age and place of work...

MISOCONCOUCT WHAT IS THE OFFENCE? • How will you establish that the employee committed the offence? • How will you ensure...

• If a claim is successful, the Tribunal can make recommendations and award compensation. A recommendation involves informing...

Make sure treatment is fair to all A candidate for a particular job, or any employee, can claim that a particular treatment at...

C laims relating to pay arise in two ways. An individual can either claim that the employer has made unlawful deductions from...

A n employer facing a claim for damages can counterclaim against the employee in the same proceedings, whereas an employer...

special equipment purely for Hazchern and heavy haulage operators, but for many operators it is no longer a question of whether...

1 A guest at Pauline Edwards Transport's warehousewarming party said: "You've got to be ambitious to succeed in transport...

society of the new millennium has an abundance of reminders that environmental awareness is no longer the domain of a few...

• We're always being told that companies don't spend enough on training. But what you spend isn't the only criterion of a...

Wafter Wiliam Smith, a director of haulier Perfect & Sons, says government policy and spiralling costs will cause the collapse...