• How would you like to pay for the Government's next road building programme — twice? Sound ridiculous? It could be a lot...

proposal for livestock hauliers to carry a "movement document" detailing the animals being carried, the date the journey...

to beat jams By David Thomas • The Government is considering a system of tolls which would cover existing inter-urban trunk...

• The Dodd's Group has increased its fleet by a third with the acquisition of Turnshire Transport, a Wiltshire-based operator...

• Vehicle Inspectorate plans to crack down on cowboy operators are due to be launched next April, The enforcement agency hopes...

• South Derby-based coal haulier Griff Evans expects to close his three-and-a-half year old business this week, making himself...

/ An extra 2,58m share capital has been injected into recessionhit Iveco Ford Truck in a bid to help cover the company's...

/ Demands for rail freight costs to be brought into line with road haulage will be made to the House of Commons transport...

• Government plans for a network of remote Scottish coastal "superquarries" to help with the supply of aggregates to England...

backbenches after nine years as a member of the opposition transport team. Brian Wilson, MP for Cunningham North in Ayrshire,...

by Juliet Parish • British industry could save £440m a year when border controls are lifted in 1993, according to HM Customs &...

. A major year-long operation has begun to move some of the largest loads ever transported in Britain through the streets of...

• A Bedfordshire haulier has been cleared of contravening the London lorry ban even though his vehicle exceeded height...

• Eighteen Bibby Distribution drivers could be transferred from its Milton Keynes depot to Rhys Davies' operation in Radlett,...

• Home delivery specialist White Arrow Express says it will consider subcontracting out its heavy direct dispatch work if a...

• In an apparent attempt to distance itself from the failed haulier Barnfather Ltd, Felixstowe-based Barnfather Freight has...

Now the temperature's dropping faster than the leaves on the trees, keeping your cab warm and comfortable is obviously a...

• Distributor and warehouser Tibbett & Britten plans to increase its foothold in Europe by acquiring car transporter Silcock...

• LiRS at Leeds will lose a i3m-a-year Lyons Bakeries distribution contract to Lloyd Fraser Holdings (LFH) next January. LFH...

• Eddie Stobart, winner of the Motor Transport Haulier of the Year Award, had the duration of his 0-licence cut at a public...

entire workforce a pay rise averaging 6.6%. The Leicestershire-based company, which has 120 depots nationwide, has also...

IN Leyland Daf has made Econocruise speed limiters standard on all 45 Series models: they were previously a pre-legislation...

• Caterpillar is developing a "no-camshaft" heavy diesel engine which should be ready in time to help meet the 1998 US emission...

• Wilson Double-Deck will exhibit its improved elevating floor on a 13.5m trailer at next month's Dynamic Warehouse Exhibition,...

• Marshall AWD is set to launch an uprated MT 4x4 chassis, designed for operation at 17 tonnes GVW in the UK and 19 tonnes GVW...

. Cummins continues to deny rumours that the 10-litre L10 engine will be stretched to 11.3 or 11.7 litres, but sources in the...

• The licence held by Lescost Transport, of Gateshead, has been renewed for 12 months only by North Eastern Deputy Traffic...

• Complaints from a local community council about the number of trailers being parked at the Cowbridge premises of Vaughan...

• Huddersfield haulier Geoffrey Brown Naylor and one of his drivers had to pay E1,699 in fines and costs after being convicted...

• An international haulier who had been operating without licence authority has been successful in a bid for a licence before...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• A bid for a new licence by Cardiff-based Damdale Enterprises has been adjourned for the second time because of pending...

has been revoked, and the company disqualified indefinitely from holding or obtaining a licence. Coleman had continued to...

by Ian Reeves Getting a British government to find parliamentary time to change legislation on transport issues can be likened...

Engine: 1.5 litres petrol 52kW (70hp). Tested GVW: 2,145k9. Payload as tested: 870k9. Fuel consumption (laden): 10.2lit/100krn...

A nine-page press release accompanies an announcement that the 1993 Pirelli calendar is about to be launched on a suspecting...

embers of the emergency services in Cumbria are to star in a student-teacher play touring schools in the county to warn...

Ifil he honour of driving the first British lorry through Calais without papers after the stroke of midnight, 31 December will...

orry, Richard Gabriel, boss of Interlink Express, your substantial cheque failed to reach the Hawk in time to prevent me...

lorry drivers fought to park in Peaceful Row, And who started eating it? Come on, own up before the curse of the Hawk rots your...

/ The Register of ERF Vehicles Society (REVS) will host a three-day rally next year to celebrate ERF's 60th anniversary. The...

• The Freight Transport Association has published its 1993 training brochure. Many of the training services offered are...

/ The Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management has released Volume II of its handbook of the environment. The...

III A forecast service has been launched covering the East European automotive service. It will begin with the publication of...

• Barclays Commercial Services has launched a "health check" questionnaire designed to analyse the cost of overdue payments....

• An opacity smoke meter which meets VI requirements has been launched by European Automotive Products. The TEN EDA (Exhaust...

• A vehicle scheduling system from AT&T Istel is expected to save furniture retailer MFI £500,000 in its first year of...

• An improved range of Lo-Tracker cantilevered sliding gates has been introduced by Frontier-Pitts, the Crawley-based...

road restrictions nationwide contact one of the AA Hotline numbers listed below.

It's one of two vehicles run by Chapman Brothers Transport, operating out of Silverwell, near Blackwater in Cornwall, and...

from firebreathers like the Renault AE500 Magnum and Scania R143.500 to cooking tractors like the Mercedes-Benz 1831. Try as we...

CM test published 16-22 January. Power: 370kW (503hp). Average fuel consumption: 43.1121/100km (6.55mpg). Average speed:...

CM test published 2-8 April. Power: 282kW (378hp). Average fuel consumption: 40.41it/100kn (7.0mpg). Average speed: 73.8km/h...

CM test published 2-8 April. Power: 368kw (500hp). Average fuel consumption: 39.510/100km (7. 15mpg). Average speed:...

Power: 230kW (308hp). Average fuel consumption: 40.41it/100km (7.01mpg). Average speed: 68.5km/h (42.6mph). Payload as...

CM test published 8-14 October. Power: 273kW (366hp). Average fuel consumption: 40.41it/100km (7.0mpg). Average speed:...

CM test published 5-11 October. Power: 3I5kW (422hp). Average fuel consumption: 38.1lit/100km (7.42mpg). Average speed:...

commercial for your company, but you only have five seconds in which to get your message across. Sounds ridiculous? Well just...

Price as tested: £7,950 (ex-VAT), Engine: 1,681cc, 40kW (54hp). GVW: 1,650kg. Payload: 505kg. Average speed: 70.0km/h...

But in the US research into what is more clearly understood here as vehicle visibility has, in the nature of things American,...

• Re your letter from E Cryer who seems disappointed by the scrapping of next year's CV show at the NEC and blam e s it on the...

NI was surprised to read your editor's comment in 5-11 November. I also attended the progress conference on Car Crime...

i I am an owner-driver running a twinsteer Mercedes-Benz tractor unit and, like many other hauliers, I operate my six-wheel...