by Miles Brignall and Derren Hayes • Dozens of small haulage firms face possible bankruptcy after the directors of County...

• Drivers in the own-account sector could enjoy big cuts in hours after a ruling from Europe on a 48-hour maximum working week...

by Miles Brignall • EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock's plan to introduce congestion charging to European roads has been...

• The European Commission wants to impose tax penalties on noisy LGVs and it is evaluating a complex charging system designed...

by Derren Hayes • About 200 drivers at P&O Pandoro could be balloted for industrial action if a settlement over a new pay deal...

• Rates pressure from ever more demanding retail customers forced distributor Applied Distribution to warn last week that it...

• Cornwall police have released a man on police bail after a hunt for a truck driver who drove away from a fatal accident three...

by Miles Brignall • A Kent driver who spent nearly eight months on remand in Canterbury prison has been found not guilty of...

• Road organisations have warned of mass gridlock following the release of Government road maps that show congestion will...

by Karen Miles • Hopes that impounding would be introduced before the general election have been crushed, according to sources...

• Fuel distribution firms Wincanton, Tankfreight and Linkman face the possibility of losing lucrative fuel distribution...

• Traffic in the north of Paris was brought to a standstill last Thursday by 600 trucks demonstrating against high diesel...

by Karen Miles • Truck road safety will become a priority at the Department of Transport if Labour gains power, shadow...

• The competition to buy Railfreight Distribution (RID) begins in earnest this week with the submission of bids. The...

• The experts say Britain is one of the most wasteful societies in the world: we produce too much rubbish, don't recycle enough...

by Toby Clark • MAN is hoping to increase residual values and raise the profile of its used truck operations by creating a...

• Booker Foods is using Paragon for Windows computerised transport planning system as part of a restructuring of its wholesale...

• Citroen is introducing a couple of variants of the Relay van calculated to appeal to tradesmen: the new medium-wheelbase,...

• Scania has posted disappointing financial results for the first nine months of 1996, as the introduction of the 4-Series...

• Multicar is offering at least 15% off its short-wheelbase four-wheel-drive models, supplied with Gmeiner gritter and...

• Trafficmaster has introduced a digital in-vehicle receiver which warns of motorway jams ahead. The Freeway system gathers...

EXCLUSIVE by Steve Sturgess • More is surfacing about Cummins' Apex—the double overhead camshaft diesel engine designed to...

• ERF is now offering Trucksafe, a factory-fitted vehicle security package designed to meet and exceed the requirements of the...

• Carver has introduced a microprocessor-controlled blown air heating system aimed specifically at commercial vehicle...

• Wiper blades are the latest product to join the commercial vehicle replacement parts range from Valeo Distribution (UK)....

• Dunlop Adhesives' AntiStonechip Compound is a tough, rubber-based coating manufactured with styrene butadiene rubber...

by Derren Hayes • Scottish haulier Thomas Muir (Haulage), which won an appeal to have its case reheard after its 0licence was...

• Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd said an Essex company's maintenance was "appalling" and cut West...

• A Shropshire company which used a JCB Fastrac agricultural tractor and trailer to carry for hire or reward has been ordered...

first Munro hearing • Robert Walker, a driver employed by Allen Munro Transport, was fined £150 by Ormskirk magistrates after...

Enough is enough F ''' let me thank MP Gwyneth Dunwoody and her colleagues for the excellent Transport Select Committee report...

be allowed to turn into a tragedy. There seem to be so many British drivers in prison abroad for alleged drugs offences but I...

T he rag-and-bone man may have trotted into history with Steptoe and Son, but did Albert and Harold herald the more recent...

• match the 18.4mpg (15.3 lit/100km) we recorded on test with the 7.5-tonne 8.153. The lighter vehicle's A-road figure of...

Caterpillar-powered ZIL racing truck run by Blackwall-based independent used truck dealer Chris Hodge is seen here loading on a...

W hat have this Ford Transit and a cruise missile got in common? Answer: both are guided to their destinations by a group of US...

general acceptance of the offer and the lack of any counter-bid. Rumours that Mercedes-Benz might offer more in an attempt to...

Mirror which allows drivers to dim the reflected image and cut glare using a dashmounted switch. The mirrors incorporate an...

C atching the cowboys and the criminally minded operator will, says the Vehicle Inspectorate, be much easier after the...

S oft-spoken Cotswold man Bill Cooper was an active, hard-working, and wellrespected truck driver. Back in the fifties, aged...

M any company directors adopt a responsible attitude when their companies get into difficulties and discuss the matter with...

T he new breed of super tractor, such as the JCB Fastrac, is possibly the best thing since sliced bread for farmers and...