A driver was left fighting for his life after his lorry crashed into a house in Bonnybridge, Scotland. He was travelling south...

The phone number for ESAB given in our Workshop Products report on the Caddy lig150 DC portable welder (CM28 Feb-6 March) was...

Drivers endured long delays trying to get through the Frejus tunnel last week when roadworks halted two-way traffic. Trucks...

Oil giants Esse and Shell have put up fuel prices by 1p/lit in the UK. The move follows "competitive pricing' in the UK market...

The Highways Agency is spending £3.6m testing the Tinsley viaduct near Sheffield to see if it can carry more weight, The M1...

German trucker Egon Boomer has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Chelmsford Crown Court following his...

• by Miles Brignall A row has broken out over who should pay for trucks to be manually unloaded for searches by Customs...

• A Kent-based international operator is planning to recruit more drivers from Eastern Europe because UK drivers are no longer...

ustoms officers in East Anglia have seized 55 vehicles ding two fuel tankers and eight HGVs after unearthing a 11 laundering...

• Concerns over the future use of vehicles involved in the carriage of foot & mouth carcasses (CM7-13 March) didn't stop 1,000...

• by Melanie Hammond Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has come under fire from a driver whose licence was suspended for...

• P&O's freight-shipping arm is predicting an ongoing squeeze on container volumes after blaming 1,000 job cuts on the economy,...

"Flight 79 from New York calling Heathrow Tower: estimated arrival time now ro:o5hrs due to headwinds." "Heathrow Tower to...

• by Guy Sheppard More than 100 car transporter . drivers employed by Axial are to oe balloted on strike action folowing union...

this summer to make way for two new !'erry berths—meaning that the nearest parking facilities will be in France. Robin...

services from next month i April) because the deliveries can be done more efficiently by road. This means that the number of...

Ireland supply chain tc logistics firm TDG, which w use its Tyldesley, Greater Manchester warehouse foi contract.

Exel has opened its latest 15,000m 2 National Distribu Centre at Hams Hall in the Midlands; it is a dedicated 1 Exel's contract...

Lex Transfleet has extende contract with DIY giants N to supply 50 vehicles and drivers for its home delivei service.

Malan UK has signed a threi year contract with Toyota I for vehicle transport amen the UK.

Tonbridge-based &LS Servi has won several new contri including one with Kent egg producers Fridays for a six days-a--week...

temperature controlled sector, is set to follow its Dutch counterpart by offering its members specialist reefer driver training...

II Hauliers in the North-West are demanding that police make spot checks on trucks and take tougher action to stop a massive...

• by Sally Nash The Transport & General Workers Union (T&G) is gearing up to do battle on pensions following a decision by...

• Irish haulage inspectors have set up a fre( phone number as part of a crackdown on unl censed operators by the Department of...

w West Yorkshire Hazchem specialist Pennine Tankers is closing its Castleford-based tanker operation to focus on its sister...

• A new British solution for the safe loading and hauling of timber has been developed by a Northumberland-based forestry and...

sector, is iidering a uniform ranty on refrigerated es. and a health and safety iklist for all its members. group is also...

concrete or with a EuroTronic semi}mate box. Fry works for nac; he specified oTrenic to take the strain of working and driving...

portfolio—It led SCA Recycling reduce ident claims by 43% and rove fuel efficiency by ). Lox supplies the recycling ration with...

in the UK via the :pendent truck tyre lers in Michelin's Business antage Programme.

• Volkswagen's T5, the long-awaited successor to the current T4 Transporter range, is "proceeding to schedule", according to...

• by Colin Barnett We might have spent the past few months shivering through the winter, but Thermo King has been busy working...

• The very word cryogenics brings to mind scary science fiction scenarios of dead millionaires being frozen until whe knows...

Previously known as the Small Truck range, Thermo King has renamed this product line Direct Drive to more accurately reflect...

The licence held by Carlislebased Crabtree Haulage has been cut from five vehicles and five trailers to four vehicles and four...

The licence held by Merthyr haulier Haydyn Lewis was cut from five vehicles and five trailers to three vehicles and three...

Gross and second-axle overloads and interfering with a speed limiter have cost Thomas McCann, a director of McCann Transport....

Timothy Smith of Huddersfield, who failed to pay his annual fee for the 0-licence he held in the West Midlands due to an...

V temper with a test station manager has had his licence suspended for two days by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom...

A Rhymney Valley haulier who had his licence sus pended following a series of maintenance defects has had it revoked with...

the ?vocation of its licence by (eish Traffic Commissioner avid Dixon. Dixon reached his decion after the company, tradig as...

his drivers and then provided him with work admitted aiding and abetting the driver to use the vehicle without an Operator's...

The publication of the Commission for Integrated Transport's (CflT) ideas for congestion charging over the weekend appeared to...

When it comes to outsourcing your fleet, never before has a crystal ball been so needed. Fundamentally there seem lobe only...

As a police rota operator ar member of the RRRA we an concerned at the number of articles (not specifically witt Commercial...

Boy and Rodney when they are filmed inadvertently bringing a stowaway into the UK on a booze cruise to France in their next...

Eric Strongitharm Oswaldtwistk. Jubilation has raced through the legendar) Ironworks, home of the Spagthorpe Motoi Company,...

! PRICE AS TESTED: 113,000 (ex-VAT) plus £1,950 (exVAT) for optional extras*. ENGINE: 2.0 litres, 99hp (74kW). GVW: 2,640kg....

I PRICE AS TESTED: £17,585 (ex-YAT)*. ENGINE: 2.5 litres, 82hp (61kW). GVW: 2,800kg. PAYLOAD: 983kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden):...

LT 28 TDI TURBO-DIESEL Right: The seat trim feels hard wearing: our example came with a fully adjustable Isri driver's seat....

and bells Accessories aren't just for the fashion pages. The right products can transform your van into a maximum profit and...

Van racking systems cost anything from a few hundred to several thousand pounds. The price depends on what equip ment you want...

• Maximum load capacity on van roofs rends to be in the 80-100kg range, so if you plan to carry a lot of ladders, pipe carriers...

Everyone knows loads can shift in transit, especially under heavy braking So you might think a bulkhead to prevent the load...

There is a huge range of seating options available on vans, Most car-derived and standard panel vans come with driver and...

I Van makers advise specifying the towing lectrics on-line if possible to avoid warranty isputes arising from in-service...

for a Liverpool operator who was in general haulage. But he knew the industry and reckoned there were opportunities elsewhere....

self-styled 'logistics' companies which, he feels, use the term because it sounds more professional than 'haulage'. He wants to...

IN halley Road Services hauls among the lightest and heaviest loads you can imagine: tea and steel. But the firm tailors its...

III Hauliers across the Liverpool area could be eligible for a range of help. Business Link can help operators: it specialises...

• Business Link UK switchboard. This provides contact details for local business links: 0845 600 9006. or...

A lfie Mack says he joined the road transport business "by mistake—but if that is the case, it was a lucky mistake. He is...

11[. eith Spencer is a third-generation haulier but the company he now runs is not the old family firm. In fact, until nine...