by Karen Miles • Road hauliers have been denied an increase to 44 tonnes in a Government move which critics claim is designed...

II The continuous Operator Licensing system is expected to be launched next year. And when it is introduced there will be a...

A ccording to a trade association director, "Cowboy operators are not bothering to fit the equipment because they've seen from...

by Colin Sowman and Ian Wylie • Reefer operators and rental companies are spending thousands of pounds to meet new European...

• Armed escorts are accompanying UK hauliers crossing into eastern Europe following the suspension of TIR carnets for tobacco...

• Nine tipper drivers have been charged with leaving mud on the highway after driving down a dirt track to a pit which has no...

by Karen Miles • Ferry operators now claim to have hard evidence that hauliers are only increasing their use of the Channel...

• Three British drivers are among 30 European drivers facing fines of up to 4:500 after their trucks were impounded in...

• Hauliers have until next month to lodge a complaint against the closure of a much•needed truck park in Cambridgeshire. If a...

by Mike Jewell • Social Security managers are not acting on a Benefits Agency plan to exclude DSS fraud investigators from...

• Police and hauliers are urging Essex County Council to reject a ban on LGVs using village roads to avoid Chelmsford. The...

• Speculation that hundreds more jobs are set to go at the Exel Logistics/BRS merger grew last week as management at parent NFC...

by Guy Sheppard • Scores of owner-drivers face ruin because of the latest hikes in diesel prices, according to small haulier...

• Network Logistics in Birmingham is still smarting after a security guard was duped into handing over a truck loaded with...

by Steve Banner • East Anglian Ambulance Trust is restricting its 40 Canadian-built GMC TriStar front-line ambulances to 96km/h...

• Central Trailer Rentco (Cm) has developed a temperature monitoring and recording system which it will retrofit for £625 with...

• GKD Technik has launched a BAGS Rated Capacity Indicator for lorry loader cranes. The device warns of crane overloading and...

An EcoAir power pack with Riwo silencer and acoustic cabinet is also nearing completion. This, says Feldbinder UK's Graham...

• Rugby Cement is taking 10 more 34m 3 aluminium semitrailer powder tankers from Hamburg-based Feldbinder, bringing the number...

by Brian Weatherley 11 Seddon Atkinson is developing a light Cummins-powered Strato tractor with a kerbweight of under 5.3...

by Toby Clark • Commercial Motor has driven Scania's Opticruise automatic gearchange system (CM 8-14 December). Opticruise...

by Brian Weatherley. • Leyland Daf will further extend the appeal of its popular 85 Series with a new 400hp version to be...

• Bargoed-based haulier Graham Price has succeeded in having the suspension on his 0-licence lifted for six of his seven...

• Lockerbiebased haulier Ian Wright and his driver Gordon Mackie-Patterson were given absolute discharges after being convicted...

• ARM Construction (Charley) was given an absolute discharge after admitting using a vehicle with defective parts before...

• Government support for railfreight is gathering momentum. Transport Secretary Dr Brian Mawhinney wants to "spell out the...

carrying bulk animal feed which is offloaded with a blower system running from Volvo's gearbox mounted double-ended PTO. This...

ROADTEST won't be caught out emitting clouds of white smoke when starting from cold. Biodiesel is slightly denser than derv:...

I t was inevitable that when Iveco and Ford joined forces in 1984 something—not least in the two companies' product line—would...

T j eggett Freightways is one of the grandaddies of freight. Set up by the three Linney brothers in 1963 the company is run...

the incredibly decrepit age of 50 unlikely to get another job, I have decided to put my knowledge of road transport in London...

A n operator might well ask: 'What can possibly go wrong if I change my operating centre or I wish to increase my fleet or add...

T he people who can attend and make representations at a Public Inquiry are governed by the Operators Licensing Regulations and...

p ublic inquiries are not intended to be a "free for all": the regulations define who can object or make representations....

I f you don't get what you want before the LA, your only option is to appeal to the Transport Tribunal. But what is the...

e continuous licence is here. The Deregulation Bill dealing with continu ous licences recently received royal assent; now a...

6 fter more than 10 years as an owner-operator I am throwing in the towel in disgust at the imposition next month of yet more...