• The HSE is to publish a long-awaited consultation document on new regulations for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road It...

by Rob Vs'illock and Martial Tardy • The EU is to press for tougher training for international drivers carrying dangerous...

• Sixteen tanker drivers at Linkman's Batley, West Yorks depot are threatening strike action after the firm offered a...

by Derren Hayes • Up to 3,000 truck drivers could lose their licences following last week's announcement by Road Safety...

• It's been a good week for British drivers fighting drug smuggling charges. As Roy Clarke enjoys his first week of freedom in...

TRAINING IN DANGER J udging by hauliers' comments on our lead story about EU plans for hazchem driver training, attitudes to...

by Rob Willock • Roy Clarke, the lorry driver cleared of drug smuggling after 20 months in prison awaiting trial, now faces...

• High-sided vehicles will be restricted from using the £25m Skye Bridge in severe weather conditions, admits the Scottish...

• Tankers ferrying vital water supplies into drought-hit Bradford have fallen foul of a police crackdown on vehicle safety. Out...

• A Welsh haulier is urging operators to examine fuel card bills closely after he found he was paying 2p a litre more than pump...

by Derren Hayes • Hauliers using Le Shuttle are demanding compensation following complaints of tyre damage when entering and...

motorways could face massive delays next year because the concrete supports of a London flyover are crumbling due to road...

• NEC has agreed provisional terms for acquiring LEP International, the freight forwarding operation of the ailing LEP Group....

• Freightliner, the loss making container subsidiary of Rail Freight Distribution, is being put up for sale for a third time...

• Laud Rover's contract to supply the British army with ambulances is being challenged by lveco Ford and Steyr Daimler Puch....

• A Lancashire haulier is threatening to sue the Department of Transport claiming its agencies gave misleading information and...

• WRM, the acquisitive logistics group, plans to save John Dickinson million a year on its transport bill after taking over the...

by Karen Miles • Christian Salvesen Distribution looks set to become the first company in the UK distribution sector to set up...

• Catalogue shopping chain Index is to take on 40 new drivers who will work out of a £15m distribution centre in the Midlands....

• Vehicle Excise Duty evaders could have their trucks clamped as part of tough new measures announced by Transport Secretary,...

II South Pembrokeshire District Council is applying to widen the historic gates to Pembroke's Royal Dock to reduce congestion....

by Toby Clark • CM has driven the 8x4 version of Volvo's new FL12, which is intended for the power-hungry tipper market. The...

• Magnet Joinery, now owned by the Berisford group, has invested more than Urn in a fleet of Volvo drawbar outfits. The deal...

• A fast charging system for electrically powered urban buses and delivery vehicles has been developed by GM subsidiary Delphi...

That's probably not how you see your Mercedes-Benz trucks and vans. Unfortunately, neither do the criminals who commit...

by Brian Weatherley • The steady drip, drip, drip of advance information on Scania's longawaited 4 Series heavy truck range...

• Volvo will launch a production version of its six-litre super/turbo-charged engine in an F1.6 fire appliance at this week's...

by Colin Sowman • Braking by wire will be here by next year—Bosch, Lucas and Wabco are all working on or have systems ready....

Bradford warned • The licence held by Yeovilbased Bradford & Sons, authorising the operation of three vehicles from Ross-onWye,...

• Because ot improvements in maintenance at Northern Irish haulier Dukes Tr a nsp o r t (Craigavon), no action was taken...

• WoIverha ton haulier Clifford Morgan was disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for 12 months when his licence was...

• The Transport Tribunal has rejected an appeal by MCG Landfill (Contractors), against a Licensing Authority's decision to...

• The falsification of tachograph records and taking insufficient daily rest has cost Surrey lorry driver Robert Butler .£500...

Cardiff parcels carrier David Emmett, who had insulted Traffic Area staff after they had requested financial information, was...

A s one of the ARC drivers, who your spokesman from ARC quoted as being "happy to go along with new contract , f. I felt it was...

Nigel Kirkwood "Charting your way through the law" (GM 28 Sept-4 Oct). The article is misleading in two areas. Dealing with...

MA Y ho said that the art of handballing is dead? Kieron Browne shows how to make short work of a beer keg or two having won...

D his short spur motorway at Maidenhead, Berkshire is now the A404 (11,1) following the completion of the duelling of the route...

0 41-year-old woman who threatened to jump off a bridge was i prevented from committing suicide by the quick thinking of a...

a hose of you who get home in time to watch children's TV will recognise the characters Rosie and Jim, seen here collecting a...

u he Hawk was gratified to hear that nothing but the latest technology is being harnessed in the battle to keep smoking trucks...

C ornmerciai Motor is 90 this year, having published its first issue on 16 March 1905 when the Hawk was just a lowly teaboy,...

• The Institution of Highways and Transportation has moved its headquarters to 6 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H ODZ Contact...

• This year's Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution event will take place at the G-MEX Centre in Manchester from 7-9...

• Transport for People, Transport 2000's winter conference and AGM, will take place on 18 November at The Charity Centre,...

• Autotech will be at the NEC, Birmingham on 7-9 November. The exhibition will provide the opportunity to see and discuss the...

• A one-day briefing sponsored by Colliers Erdman Lewis on transport integrated retailing will take place on 21 November at The...

• A series of seminars on the latest computer technology in business and logistics will be part of Electronic Commerce 1995....

• The National Association of Radiator Specialists and the Federation of Engine ReManufacturers will be hosting an exhibition...

• The seventh annual Intermodal '95 container exhibition will be held from 24-26 October at the Amsterdam Rai. More than 90...

• Nottingham Truck and Bus, Volvo's newest truck distributor, is now open in the East Midlands. It is trading from premises...

• American air freight company Emery Worldwide has opened an office in Vincenza. Italy to cope with the increasing amount of...

• Staffordshire-based auto component manufacturer Norgren has acquired a new distributor in the West Country The Bridgewater...

• Sevvells Training & Consultancy is offering a new course called Attitude, Motivation and Performance. It is based on the...

• Leyland Daf is to sponsor an apprentice development course for its dealership employees to enhance skills throughout its...

• Packaging research company Pira is holding three training seminars on transporting dangerous goods. The first seminar,...

• The revised second edition of Logistics and Distribution Planning from Kogan Page, will be available in paperback from 26...

• Pressure group Transport 2000 has issued a list of publications about environmentally friendly transport. Contact 0171-388...

• The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a booklet called Insurance Review Statistics 1990-1994. The...

II Leeds-based Wesley group is launching a range of automatic vehicle underside cleaning systems. The Wesley Automatic Washing...

• Hampshire-based vehicle heater distributor Eberspacher has a new commercial vehicle cab heater model in its range. The...

• Glass Fibre Technology has developed a range of linings for light commercial vehicles. Made from opaque glass reinforced...

• A102 Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach: Closed in both directions under the A13 every weekend from 21:00hrs Friday until...

nationwide. According to a survey from the RAC and Road Haulage Association it could be costing the industry as much as El .6bn...

• A287 near Fleet, Hampshire: Major roadworks with traffic lights causing heavy delays between the Mill Lane dual carriageway...

• A35 Dorset: Single lane between Morecombelake and Charmouth for major roadworks will cause delays until Christmas. • A3078...

• MG West Midlands: Contraflow between J5 and 6 (A452-A38M) with three narrow lanes each way and speed restrictions. • M1...

• M1 J47, Leeds, West Yorkshire: Roadworks and coot - rat - low will reduce the carriageway to two lanes each way during peak...

Even tippers have to be environmentally friendly nowadays; the Leyland Dot 75.300 is the first example of the breed we have...

CM visited an ARC Tarmac plant at Didcot and talked to some ownerdrivers about the 75.300 as they finished their shifts... Sam...

MOTs-The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 1995. Amends requirements For authorisation of examiners....

UK • Driver licensing: New measures including staged testing; a limit on car licence holders of 3.5 tonnes gross; theory part...

double shifts since the 1960s to ensure maximum 1 se of their resources. Retailers such as B&Q. supermarkets such as Tesoa and...

R arely a week goes by without CM reporting an operator being dealt with for overloading offences. The message is clear; carry...

D rivers working for the large fleet operator of the future may feel, with some justification, that they are under constant...

• VeMIS from Leafield AVM in Birmingham, allows drivers to download data at the end of a shift into a "buffer" computer back at...

4 he Sound OFF by former Vehicle Inspectorate enforcement manager John Allen (CM 21-27 Sept) begs a reply from the people who...