gritter with more than twice the legal amount of alcohol in his blood has been banned from driving for three years.

link road near Leeds. It cost E200m and is expected to take around 8,000 lorries a day from the city centre.

are not properly lit. They are urging skip operators to install hi-tech lights with long-life batteries.

reported to be in talks with US diesel engine manufacturer Navistar with a view to a possible merger.

Nissan's Sunderland Car Plant has won a 1998 award for excellence in supply chain management.

CM'S sister paper Motor Transport is launching its annual Awards for Excellence in 16 categories for hauliers of all sizes. For...

by David Cralk • Leecs-based A One Transport has gone into voluntary receivership with the loss of 40 jobs, owing thousands of...

• Around 600 workers including a number of drivers have lost their jobs following the sale of Booker Wholesale Foods to...

• Hauliers in the North-East are Finding themselves penniless after signing a contract which offered a steady stream of work in...

by Miles Brignall UK hauliers will be paying a record 33p more for a litre of diesel than their European competitors after the...

tachographs will be disqualified from holding and five of his drivers have had their KV an NY driving licence for a year,...

Professional Competence this October following changes demanded by European Union legislation. The last sitting for the current...

• by Karon Miles An organisation set up by the Government to look into raising the domestic HGV weight limit to 44 tonnes...

• French transport giant Norbert Dentressangle has boosted its turnover by 30% to £451m over the past year, according to...

Last week Commercial Motor urged truck operators to stand up and make sure your voices are heard over fuel tax—not least at the...

II by Karen Miles The truck driver's week should be limited to 48 hours because there is an "overwhelming case" for it on...

• Following last week's story in which operators were blamed for 1,300 bridgebashing incidents last year, an ex-driver has...

• The prospect of higher rates for Eurotunnel's freight shuttle service was raised last week when the company refused to rule...

• A merger between Midlandsbased distribution operators Draycote Continentale Transport and Panic Transport (Contracts) will...

In a last-minute attempt to help sway opinion where it counts, Commercial Motor has teamed up with the Road Haulage Association...

Carrier Transicold's latest Integra 20S direct-drive refrigeration system is designed for delivery vehicles with volumes up to...

Marston Thompson & Evershed has added three new Volvo FM12 6x2 tractive units to its 55-strong fleet to give itself the extra...

Hijet 1.3 van. Buyers can choose to take their £500 in cash, towards a deposit or as a reduction in the £6,700 purchase cost....

The long-running Lucas Varity takeover saga seems to have ended with Federal-Mogul's withdrawal from the race. As expected,...

Patna, Ayrshire-based H&J Nelson Coal has been made the subject of several environmental conditions by Scottish TC Michael...

held by Carberry Metals. of Tarbert, Argyle & Bute, being cut from six vehicles and six trailers to three vehicles at a Glasgow...

Ipswich, escaped with a formal warning at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry, but his application to increase the authorisation...

Sally Cope and Paul Jackson, trading as PUS Transport, of Batley, withdrew their bid to change their two-vehicle licence from...

A bid by Easyway, of West Thurrock. for a new international licence for two vehicles and two trailers based at Walthamstow was...

Traffic Commissioners are so concerned about violations of the drivers' hours and tachograph regulations that any driver found...

A Leeds owner-driver, whose licence was revoked after his transport manager was convicted of smuggling drugs, has been granted...

revoked after the company failed to appear before South Wales Traffic Commissioner David Dixon. The IC said the company had...

licence to a Birmingham-based halal meat company after being assured it was completely separate from South Wales based Pak...

I am delighted to see the support for the mass lobby of Parliament on 24 February. Remember to contact your MP beforehand to...

have worked hard to establish and maintain my five-vehicle business. I pay my bills on time and hope I pay my staff a suitable...

Congratulations on a good bit of investigative journalism in the article about an Essex truck dealer (CM4-10 Feb). It is good...

I seems to me that Bill Newberry is on a mission, and like many missions it is illconceived and ill-advised. I would like to...

Many moons have passed since the Hawk, as a mere fledgling reporter, was shown the ropes. He can still remember his first day,...

You truckers, what a fickle lot you are! First it was Denise Van Otrten and Princess Anne and now ft's the Secretary of State...

How about this for a chain of events: Volvo Truck and Bus sales director David Smith buys a mountain bike at a charity auction....

I have to say If I was looking for something to Jack up a 7.5-tonne truck, a cardboard box is not the first object that would...

CHARACTERS Check out the trucks and artics parked in any motorway service area and you'll see every shape and style of...

• Gar manufacturers such as Audi. BMW and Ford spend vast amounts on developing slippery shaped models, emphasising their...

With impressive foresight, the family firm invested in state-of-the-art logistics equipment and sought to project a...

When franchised dealers wake up screaming in the wee small hours, it's usually because they've had a nightmare about Simon...

Size isn't everything, despite the latest Clio ads, and with ever-increasing pressure on vehicle management and running costs,...

Cliftook Winhaul 2000 for a test drive on a 200MHz Pentium PC with 32Mb of RAM running Windows 95. Installation from the CD was...

In 1997 thousands of people died on Britain's roads; more than ioo of them in truck-related incidents. Karen Miles looks at...

CO ONSENSE Diabetic truck drivers not only have to deal with a serious medical condition on a daily basis—they are having to...

• EPILEPSY Regulations governing this condition were amended in 1996. Drivers can hold an HGV licence providing: a) during the...

Drivers who want to renew their Cl licences (for velicles between 3.5-7.5 tonnes) must meet the following, new criteria: 1....

Many haulage companies are jointly owned by married couples—but the divorce rate has never been higher. If things go wrong and...

Volvo's new FM range, which replaces the heavier end of the FL model line-up, has been designed for tailoring and adapting to a...

Where does FM fit into the wider scheme of things? Brian Smith, product manager, heavy truck range, explains the ideas behind...

The FM will be a welcome NFC company was bought — and now the dust has se contract hire arm offer you ) BRS's fleet. The...

"FM is a very high tech product, very sophisticated," Barrie Mad says. "Leading edge technology is easier to service, with...

"One of the keys to the transport business is not just having a truck but also having someone to drive it r " Phil Chapman...

How will the new FM help you do your job? The man to ask is David Clibborn, head of fleet sales, Volvo Truck... and on the...

fail THE ST Volvo's service network has been refined and developed to offer operators the maximum support. Here's an outline...