ERF hopes to increase its profits soon, despite cutting its working week from four days to three, helped by cost savings under...

by Derren Hayes • Hundreds of Irish and British container hauliers face losses of thousands of pounds after transport and...

• Sixty-four Axial drivers are poised to strike from today (Thursday) because their jobs have been threatened following...

by Miles Brignall • Spanish truck drivers have decided it's their turn to protest about pay and conditions and are stopping all...

• European Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock says the 48-hour working time directive will be extended to include lorry...

erhaps we're getting older, or wiser, or both. Not so long ago a press release from Transport 2000 would have us foaming at the...

providing the information they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk to our readers, to...

by David Harris • Hauliers are being warned that they could be the targets of a specialist gang of armed robbers after East...

• Castle Cement, which employs more than 300 drivers, has recognised the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) again, just...

NFC is selling its parcels operator Lynx is to its management with help from a venture finance company. NFC says negotiations...

• A Barnsley roadside cafe has been told it will have to close, even though more than 3,000 drivers have signed a petition to...

• A mother and her two children, aged four years and eight weeks, escaped from their Ford Fiesta after an Iveco Ford Super...

by Martial Tardy • EU Transport commissioner Neil Kinnock has promised European transport ministers that he will table a...

• A Cumbrian haulier is threatening legal action against a Danish company it claims owes it around £1 0,000. Harrington-based...

• Hundreds of tanker drivers face an uncertain future if the Department of Transport approves a Milk Marque plan to switch...

• Mobile-crane drivers must have a class-C LGV driving licence from the beginning of next year. Currently anyone can drive such...

• Environmental group Transport 2000 has launched a campaign to persuade the Government not to allow the unrestricted use of...

• Sales of trucks and artics got off to a disastrous start in • January as sales fell by more than a third compared with...

• Home delivery from supermarkets would be a logistics nightmare and would leave drivers facing vehicle theft, mountainous...

by Ellen Campbell • A livestock lorry driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a car killing a mother of three has...

• Hauliers still using old analogue mobile telephones are being asked to switch to new digital hand-held mobiles because the...

by Vanessa Wells • An artic belonging to a London man which was stopped at Dover Docks by Customs contained cannabis with a...

• Peter Hobbs and John Mills, the London drivers serving seven-and-a-half years in Bulgaria for drug smuggling, have been...

• Co Durham owner-driver Clifford Whelpton, trading as CHW Transport, of Houghton le Spring, received two prohibitions notices...

• A West Yorkshire haulage company lost the use of a vehicle for two weeks when it appeared before a disciplinary inquiry in...

• A neighbour ing resident denied pumping raw sewage into the yard of Nottinghamshire tipper operators Eric Elliott Transport...

1 • George Hammond and one of its drivers, were convicted of using a trailer in a dangerous condition by West Mailing...

II A Lancashire haulier and one of his drivers convicted of running a vehicle with overloaded axles, have been given absolute...

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! CM's 16-page A4 Legal Directory, priced £10 inc p&p, is a valuable...

by Oliver Dixon II Mercedes-Benz and Hendrickson Europe have signed a partnership deal which could raise the profile of...

• Volkswagen's Caravelle VR6 is now available in UK showrooms, The first models arrived last week but VW anticipates a quick...

• Royal Mail is to run a diesel/electric version of MAN's L2000 7.5-tonner in a two-year trial starting this Autumn. The...

s low A gap in the municipal vehicle market has been spotted by Partek Cargotec and Marshall Specialist Vehicles—so the pair...

the activities of loader manufacturer Hick}, hooklift supplier Multilift and refuse body builder Norba. Partak's most recent...

• SP Tyres has launched two Dunlop heavy truck tyres. The SP231 is designed as an on/off road trailer tyre; the SP81 1 is an...

EVENTS • 18 February: The RAC National Conference-A Smarter Way Ahead-at the Commonwealth Conference Centre, Kensington,...

Scots Renaults • Elgin-based Baillie Brothers has been appointed main dealer for Renault in northern Scotland. The firm has...

Intermodal Italian • Intermodal operator Combined Transport has launched a fourth service between the UK and Turin and Oleggio...

Hire near Ongar, Essex on the night of 23 January. It is red with a white roof and chassis 20730. Contact Jim Smith on 0831...

• The Institute of the Motor Industry has published a four page brochure explaining the basic system for National Vocational...

New ferry • Dart Line, part of the Jacobs Holdings Group, is to launch a twice-daily ferry service from Dartford to Zeebrugge....

Testing times • Towbar manufacturer Bosal has developed an electrical testing system that ensures correct wiring for towbars....

• Vehicle rental and contract hire firm TIS has appointed David Beever as a nonexecutive director. Albion • Jim Hastie has...

Law—or justice? O f course Ilona Richards is right (CM 6-12 February). There will always be aberrations in sentencing and this...

r I hadn't witnessed it with lmy own eyes I would never thought it possible! Eddie Stobart spelt with a double b? Surely...

I t is interesting that the Road Haulage and Freight Transport Associations have not joined forces with their Irish, Dutch and...

other name a he 10th incarnation of what has become a national institution takes place on 14 March when Comic Relief's Red Nose...

a he Hawk is always delighted to congratulate a determined spirit. So it is, that featherly applause must go to Bristol...

ollaboration between a local authority and a farmers' co-op has led to the restoration of an 80-year-old Thornycroft. The 1...

scheme to recognise drivers who have an outstanding safety record. Eleven drivers from depots in Purfleet, West London and...

THERE'S MUCK A E70,000 investment in recycling equipment has allowed Merseyside skip operator George Major to benefit from the...

The Chancellor has promised special tax rates for low emission trucks from early 1998. But which vehicles will qualify—and how...

Peugeot Partner 1996 WAS THE YEAR when traditional car-derived high-cubes found themselves up against some serious...

PANEL VANS WERE well-represented in 1996. There was an influx of new models and a total of six were tested. A vogue for...

Mercedes-Benz Unimog U130 BESIDES THE THREE utility vehicles we tested this year, we also carried out a group 4x4 test where we...

RATHER A CASE OF chalk and cheese, this category: CM tested four tippers in 1996, from Seddon Atkinson's Strata 26.275L 6x4 to...

[(11.41 JUST EIGHT SCOTTISH Route artic tests in 1996 shows what a struggle it was to rind test vehicles last year. Outside...

FOR ONCE, OUR 1996 artic tests split conveniently into those with more than 500hp (373kW) and those with considerably less,...

it all depends on what you want... LAST YEAR'S TESTS threw up quite a few vehicles that defied categorisation, including a...

Hauliers who take a fatalistic view of accidents should think again. Preventive action can reduce the likelihood of your...

Knowing how to get the best out of truck auctions presents a tricky problem for both buyer and seller. Here, an industry...

MITCHELL WILLIAMSON driving for Starr Roadways • Mitchell Williamson from lbstock, Leics, is as modest as most genuine heroes...

wreckage to pull the trapped driver from certain death? Driver Mitchell Williamson won a bravery award for doing just that. Pat...

MATTHEW BLAIR—driving for Pickfords • The bravery which Matthew Blair of Irvine, Kirkcaldy showed when he and a workmate...

REUBEN BOYD—driving for Roadferry Haulage • If Hollywood script writers hod dreamed up the crash scene that faced Reuben Boyd...

H ave you ever read a book only to find some twisted individual has ripped out the last two pages? If you were unfortunate...