PM= HOTSPOTS: • Shell refinery, Stanlow, Cheshire: Blocked since last Thursday night by farmers, truckers and taxi drivers....

cripples fuel supply I by CM News Desk After months of apathy and empty talk the haulage industry has finally shown it can...

Brynlie Williams called a meeting in a market in St Asaph, North Wales. Around 200 farmers and hauliers showed up to discuss...

II The Irish Prime Minister was due to meet Irish hauliers yesterday (13 September) in a bid to halt countrywide protests on...

After nearly two weeks of action French hauliers called off their blockades of oil refineries last weekend. They had won a 15%...

In the battle of the hauliers versus the government there may well be no winners. On the one side there are truck operators...

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E by Guy Sheppard Drivers who turn in stowaways once they are outside the port area are unlikely to be fined, according to the...

• The driver of a Transit van leapt from the cab while it was travelling at between 20 and 30mph after police tried to pull it...

• A Birmingham haulier whose warehouses were twice burned down and whose five trucks were vandalised has accused magistrates of...

Tighter speed limits are planned for a notorious stretch of the 4228 in Kent following a series of accidents involving trucks....

• by Colin Barnett Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is literally paying the price of its recently uncovered transgressions, as...

• A Welsh tipper hire firm is being forced to wait for Ford Cargo parts because a supplier in Germany has gone out of...

• Commercial vehicle registrations are still rising. The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...

• Nissan has updated its Cabstar range with two new engines and a double-cab variant. The range now consists of the smaller...

• Reefer trailer builder Schmitz Cargobull has taken a majority shareholding in Essex trailer sales and aftermarket specialist...

By their very nature heavy haulage tractors are Special Types, but that usually means long build times and extended delivery...

It was out with the old and in with the new as Iveco launched its all-new engine for the EuroCargo range last week. The Italian...

HOURS COURT CASES AND TRIBUNALS WI SPEEDING • .,'1 1 .41 CHARGES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE LICENCE LOST Maintenance problems led to...

A father and soh who were appearing at their second disciplinary inquiry within eight months had their 0-licence suspended for...

Drivers who choose to falsify their tachograph records must expect to face the ultimate sanction of losing their HGV driving...

Drivers and operators will continue to be found guilty of overloading until sanctions are introduced against the people...

Fit to Drivo?P. one-day Brake conference covering drug and alcohol use, stress and fatigue. Transport Research Laboratory,...

Translogistica has appointed Bernard Hewitt as its new chief executive officer. Cool job Daniel Relton has been appointed by...

products designed to keep intruders out of trailers. Some of these devices have been developed in response to the 62,000 fixed...

A recent news story asserted that "the UK's biggest manager of motorway service station car parks is considering setting up a...

As an owner-driver on subcontract work to Assured Groupage for the past three years, I read your coverage on the company with...

It's all very well for your editorial pages to say that the French are "formidable" and "our allies", but their blockading...

I read with interest that the French haulage association are urging the French government to push fora pan-European reduction...

Various ex-communist states and small East European countries want to join the EU:. I believe that the Government has endorsed...

As someone who likes to watch the pennies himself (skinflint is thy middle name—Ed) the Hawk approves of the Queen's...

The Hawk has become something eta bookworm of late. This week the reading specs were on for Gloucestershire Goods and Service...

of road protesters can only dream about. The presence of Vertigo Moulinsiana, Des Moulins Whorl snail to his mates, in the...

was then East Germany, bought this vehicle the choice was simple: You could have any car you like as long as it was a Trabant....

L awyers have acknowledged for many years that the law of corporate manslaughter is unsatisfactory. Manslaughter is not an easy...

O n 18 April 2000 the Corporate Homicide Bill was presented to the House of Commons. The Bill is likely to become law before...

T he Corporate Homicide Bill will establish a new offence of corporate killing. Who can be found guilty of this offence? A...

The Bill is very precise; There are two elements to the Crime: That a management failure by the corporation is the cause or...

T o prove manslaughter against a company or individual the prosecution must prove that: • The defendant owed a duty of care—...

The answer is: • Honour your undertakings; • Operate your maintenance system exactly as you have undertaken to do; E Respond...

I PRICE AS TESTED: £26,138 (ex-VAT), includes £24,460 for , the basic vehicle; STIO for Sprintshift transmission; i 1216 for...

of scale via expansion and acquisition, many hauliers have found the converse to be true and specialisation is the route to...

• Several lorry loader manufacturers are unveiling new models at the IAA Show in Frankfurt next week, including HMF, Palfinger...

T he UK lorry-loader market is dominated by four players: Atlas, Palfinger, HMF and Hiab. Keenly priced, mainly Italian - made...

I Builder's merchants and grab-operations have been particular targets for crane manufacturers in the past year: Atlas, Hiab,...

always sought to advertise their business through a well-kept fleet, but now, more than ever, they are pulling out the stops...

gstiGCRIAG HAGLIG2 The UK Vehicle Lighting Regulations state that only red reflective materials can be used on the rear of...

government is getting tough on those who flout the rules of the road. Pat Hagan examines proposals by the powers-that-be to...

hauliers can arm themselves with a means of measuring performance, reducing costs and improving service to their customers. But...