suddenly on 8 June aged 52. His company, CBPR, has a prestigious client list, particularly in the trailer sector, and he was a...

• by Melanie Hammond An ex-haulier who was named in a public inquiry as unfit to hold an Operator's Licence is launching a...

• Flagged-out hauliers left in the lurch by SOS Euroflag are to receive genuine Dutch Operator's Licences, according to lawyers...

1 Hauliers are being targeted in a new wave of scams involving guides and directories, according to the Road Haulage...

: Belgian police are warning UK truckers against gangs of criminals who are preying on hauliers using the E411...

• by Sally Nash Hauliers' hopes of successfully appealing against fines for carrying illegal immigrants are fading fast as...

The cause of an accident in which a Mercedes-Benz car transporter closed three lanes of the M25 for seven hours last Monday (12...

• A university professor is urging tired drivers to try the new generation of 'energy drinks' to avoid the risk of nodding off...

xi by Melanie Hammond Fears over the safety of ships being guided through the Dover Straits have been raised following an...

While hauliers wait to see if Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane's stance on partial flagging out is...

• A haulier who was warned by Ellesmere Port Magistrates that he might face prison for making fraudulent declarations to obtain...

We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...

III The government and the Health & Safety Commission have launched a campaign to reduce fatalities and major injuries at work...

II Irish police have arrested three men following a raid on a diesel laundering plant in County Monaghan, close to the border...

▪ by Pete Swingler A West Midlands haulier is planning to leave the area after two of its drivers were shot within a...

• Christian Salvesen is stepping up its hunt for acquisitions after a 25% increase in profits. The Northampton-based company...

• A Gwent-based hairier is threatening to take a Scania dealership to court for loss of earnings following problems with a...

• Conservative leader William Hague's Keep the Pound campaign ground to a halt last week when the Daf 15-tonner he was using...

• General Welding Supplies of Middlemore Industrial Estate, Smethwick, was fined £1,000 with £35 costs by Dudley magistrates...

From January 2001 artic operators will be able run at 44 tonnes on general haulage, but Stan Robinson reckons that's kid's...

• To see what effect the extra weight had on fuel economy during the BTAC trials the roacttrain's consumption was measured and...

• CMhad a short drive of Robinson's roadtrain during the BTAC trials. The double-bottom rig isn't street-legal so its...

Here's one dedicated to John Prescott: this dual-purpose trailer from Faymonville will be used to transport a Railtrack railway...

bought 40 new MAN 18-tonne rigid reefers. The dualcompartment Montraconbodied units are fitted with Carrier Transicold Supra...

C OOL REEFE R S • by Cob Barnett Renault Vans has announced various updates to its product line-up, including new Kangoo...

• Buyers in the market for a second-hand trailer could pick up their next unit over the Internet, thanks to TIP. The rental,...

Two-car transporter, shown here on MAN's L2000 chassis, has a two-tonne top deck which can lie completely flat, allowing the...

HOURS IQ COURT CASES RA AND TRIBUNALS SPEEDING CHARGES . 41 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FORTNIGHT OFF The licence held by...

al North Western Traffic Comm issioner Beverley Bell was told that a Turkish-owned company paid a man who had lost his good...

An East Yorkshire caravan transporter who did nothing after discovering that one of his drivers was falsifying tachograph...

, Preston owner ' driver Victor McGarry was fined IMO with £70 costs by the North Staffordshire magistrates for overloading...

The two-vehicle licence held by Smethwick tipper operator, Dipraj Brie has been suspended for a fort4ht by the West Midland...

Using a vehicle with a defective speed limiter has cost father and son Edwin and Malcolm Houston 1,675 in fines and costs. The...

Last December I called lain to persuade him to write me a short piece for our Christmas Special as one of five former CM...

matter. Ask any tipper operator. If your eight-legger hasn't got at least it litres and more than 34ohp then, clearly, it won't...

on contract to Nansens so he's quite familiar with the cab, which is also mounted on the 75 Series 8x4 rigid chassis over the...

and refused to move containers off the site until their grievances were addressed. Another dispute about pay, you might think,...

• First try and talk with your customers to explain the problem—they might be more amenable than you think. * Set realistic...

offset the costs of the homeward journey with backloads, which can work well. But as "le Bari reports, not all business is...

• Check out the company offering the return load before you accept it. Ask for bank references, and the phone numbers of two or...

holiday, and they certainly deserve the rest. But ,while your drivers are sunning themselves, who's behind the wheel? From now...

G ng a handle an what is (and what i sn't) a good hourly rate for an agency dr i ver is not easy. Rates vary according to the...

• Agency drivers tend to be viewed as second-rate substitutes for employed drivers: a stigma that the major agencies are...

forward to each week and can't wait to get their hands on. Yes, you've guessed it: it's that sublime moment when the latest...

R&R Transport Services in Dunstable, Beds. Loaded onto trucks by Tolstar, Colchester. 0S30 )) Trucks leave depot, heading...

Company . New Visions Following the completion of an investment programme costing some £23m General Trailers has emerged as...

The Expressliner range from General Trailers is a highly versatile range of dry freight vans available M all axle configuration...

Since Introoxing the concept of the 40 sliding bogie skeletal to the UK in 1987, General Trailers continued its innovative role...

As part of its determination to provide customers with positive trans)ort solutions, General Traders has extended he range of...

A/ any one time Genera/ Troqers hos o unique chcich of over 1,000 used trailers on offer They represent all makes of trailer...

Following its restructuring and optimisation of its resources across Europe, Gehieral Trailers now has 58 service and manufac...

latest technologies will be combined to feed real-time information to drivers. In theory the £100m privately run scheme will...

* Traffic management on the core roads network of England is due to pass from the police and into the hands of a private...

LEGISLATION The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000. CIF lApril 2000. Consolidate and...

• International Transport The French authorities are planning to introduce new requirements (in addition to the CMR...

apparent aim of the UK government to destroy our two industries. We are ordinary, hardworking, honest people with no political...