Independent oil companies from across Yorkshire staged their own fuel protest In Leeds on 13 October. They are protesting...

The Welsh arm of green campaigners Friends of the Earth has accused hauliers of using a - paper thin" argument to try to win...

Four members of the fuel forum plus the RHA's John Bridge and Roger King met with Treasury Minister Stephen Timms last Monday....

There was traffic chaos on the M42 in Staffordshire after an artic ploughed into the supports of a motorway bridge at Junction...

The British Chambers of Commerce has called for a cut in Vehicle Excise Duty rather than fuel duty in its Budget submission to...

• by Dominic Perry The "Britthsc" has emerged as the most likely concession to be offered by Gordon Brown at his autumn...

European Commission plans to force the harmonisation of petrol and diesel taxes across the European Union received a set-back...

International hauliers face a delay of six months before a legal test case decides whether fines for unwittingly carrying...

hauliers' view on fuel la • by Guy Sheppard MPs will question haulage leaders for the second time this year about the impact...

Speaking at the Road Haulage Association conferen Marbella earlier this month, Brian Wadsworth said: "WE putting together a...

A Scottish Borders haulage depot is to close with the loss of 20 jobs following a multimillion-pound takeover by a former...

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Rumours of an announcement by Gordon Brown about a "Britdisc" scheme in his Budget Statement have lifted many spirits this...

were disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for a year, when It appeared at Its second inquiry within 18 months...

• bY GuY SINFIPard Cut-price diesel is set to go on sale to hauliers next month through a newly formed company which is buying...

MI A Spanish truck driver who skipped bail and fled the UK has been tracked down and is awaiting extradition—three years after...

a A London lawyer insists that the new corporate killing law will act as a strong deterrent to rogue hauliers, despite the...

• by Michael Jewell A haulier has been disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for showing a "contemptible disregard...

• Technical and administrative problems could scupper Vehicle Inspectorate plans to incorporate a speed limiter check in the...

Steel hauliers are braced for a slump In work in the wake of a rationalisation programme which will cut UK steel production by...

• Hauliers across the SouthEast have been left mopping up following last week's floods. Businesses in Sussex and Kent were...

IN by Pete Swingler Thieves held a gun to the head of a French truck driver and took him on a ride round the West Midlands...

1 11 1 An experimental truck ban on vehicles over 7.5 tonnes in Stamford, Lines has met resistance from local hauliers. The...

II Construction work on the much-delayed tunnel givir access to Dublin Port will start early next year. When completed, the...

II by Toby Clark West Thurrack fuel distribution operator JW Suckling Transport has introduced a service designed to improve...

U This Dutch-registered Volvo transports lactic acid bacteria at -45" for Muller. The bacteria, used for flavouring cheese, are...

• Michelin has launched a tyre management package called Encore in which it will retread rivals' products. The service is...

• Vauxhall has followed Ford's example by cutting the list price of its cars—but not its commercial vehicles. A Vauxhall...

i • Canterbury-based Gray Plant Hire has cut heavy plant loading times with a CU 70 low-loader from King Trailers. The...

sheeting saves fuel • by Peter Lawton New findings from the Motor Industry Research Association show that tipper operators can...

• Carrier Transicold is now offering its Vector refrigeration unit in a multi-temperature format. With a 9,200W capacity, the...

• Scania is working on the "truck engine of the futur turing what its head of engine development, Johansson, describes as a...

• The number of truck and van recalls has almost trebled year-on-year, with a total of 18,621 vehicles called back by...

Iwo Greek-owned Haulage nres are awaiting disciplinary action by Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown; two other Greek...

Surfacing about its maintenance and told the company to produce two years' accounts within four weeks.

Fernley, have lost their appeals against the fourmonth suspension of their FIGV driving licences by North Western IC Beverley...

revoked when the company failed to appear at a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry. West Midland TC David Dixon said he had been...

John Bruce, trading as Ivory Plant And Haulage, of Vtadborough, Worcester, has been turned down by West Midland IC David Dixon....

placed on its licence requiring its vehicles and trailers to leave its operating centre in forward gear. This followed...

A Stockport international haulage company, which used Hungarian drivers to get round visa problems in Eastern Europe has had...

which delivers 10,000 meals a day to NHS hospitals. Colchester-based Anglia Crown Catering was called before Eastern Traffic...

be used to prove that a speed limiter is inoperative. Liverpool stipendiary magistrate David Tapp dismissed claims by the...

23-25 October 2000 E-railfreight conference and exhibition, Hotel Sofitel, Chicago O'Hare, USA. Contact IQPC on 020 7430 7373,...

two new deals at the site. Nightfreight International Logistics has taken on a 10-year lease of 3,850m 2 and Direct UK...

EP Training Services is offering a£100 discount on ADR (Dangerous Goods) courses in October and November. Courses will take...

Filter manufacturer Filtrauto has launched its 2001Tenocar catalogue containing 40 new parts numbers covering 160 new...

Steven Norris has been appointed president of the Intelligent Transport Society for the UK. Formerly Norris was chairman of the...

What is the Road Haulage Association playing at? As the barricades came down from outside oil refineries everyone agreed that...

The haulage industry undoubtedly has a case over the high and increasing price of fuel, Hauliers operate on very tight profit...

I just wanted to let you know what I think about the price of oil. Yesterday afternoon I rang my usual supplier, Total Butler...

It is absolute nonsense for the government to blame the high cost of fuel on the rising costs of crude oil. Mainly it is the...

When it comes to matters of fuel consumption, the Hawk, with his trusty Reliant Robin, has always been a bit smug (a...

For some folk trucking is just ajob; for others it is an all consuming passion. HGV driver Tony Vater (pictured) from...

You can't blame Derrek Burrows for looking ever so slightly chuffed—he has been crowned Champion Truck Driver of the Year....

Out on the open road The Hawk likes nothing better than to give his vocal chords a good airing. And so, it seems, do the rest...

grabbed the kind of headlines that marketing men push their grannies over for. Commercial Motor's three stablemates were not...

Peter Haynes drives a Foden Alpha 400 for Dodds out of Southall. lie quickly got to grips with the Comfortshift. After driving...

30%? Before you reply that you would happily sell your own grandmother, ponder the fact that most hauliers in the UK are...

accompany the signing of a new transport contract can be halted suddenly by the realisation that the company might not have...

LEGISLATION The The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000. CIF 1 August 2000. Amend requirements and...

• ABS braking systems: EU directive requirements to extend the use of ABS systems to all vehicles larger than cars and...

The haulage industry is desperately short of drivers, with many firms relying on longserving staff who they hope won't leave....

Dutch transport training body Vakopleiding Transport en Logistiek, is happy to sum up what his organisation sets out to do: "In...

• I t is no exaggeration to say that the haulage industry is facing a driver recruitment crisis. In the financial year 1990/91,...

David Chidgey, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, Hants, says that HGV driver training and the minimum age qualification of 21...

• In the Republic of Ireland FAS, the state-run training agency, offers a number of driver training options, both through its...

II The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council operates a scheme to encourage young drivers to join the industry. The...

IS Britain's haulage industry desperately needs new recruits but it must also retain existing drivers. This fact has not been...

that there is no legal requirement for seat-belts to be fitted inside truck cabs. But from March 2001 all that is poised to...

John Plant has been a professional truck driver for 42 of his 60 years. The kind of loads he delivers include phosphoric acid,...

next March, their fitment is governed by the Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations. Their use is currently covered by...

European Week for Safety and Health (EWS&H) runs from 16-22 October. In the UK it coincides with Back Care Week, which is...

comes to road safety campaigns. This is probably because statistics fail to show how much it is to blame for accidents. Police...

4 Researchers at universities in Australia and New Zealand compared the mental and physical reaction times of 40 professional...

rft UK truck drivers work an average of at least 60 hours a week, but the promise of a reduction to 48 through the European...

government that fuel taxes are too high while money is wasted elsewhere... • If you want to sound off abouta road transport...