by Martial Tardy • The Dutch and French governments are planning to offer cut-price diesel to their hauliers in a move that...

determined to fight on against an insurance company following an accident involving a BRS truck which he says left him £ 13,000...

by Sally Nash • Parcels firm ANC has been issued with another High Court from one of its ex-francnisees, bringing the total to...

• Up to half the British hauliers claiming compensation against the French for the recent blockade could find their payments...

s HAPPY FAMILY w hen William Wordsworth wrote about "discordant elements" that "cling together in one society" he'd just had a...

by Karen Miles • Livestock hauliers are likely to face a full investigation into working practices because of fears that...

• The Drivers Action Movement has appointed Labour MP Keith Hill as honorary president. Hill was voted in at a meeting last...

hauliers' fines • Kent company Majestic International Freight Forwarding (MIFF) has called in the police to investigate claims...

by Karen Miles • British lorry driver Steve Bryant, imprisoned in Morocco on a drugs conviction he has always disputed, has...

• Owner-drivers, haulage firms and criminal gangs are all to blame for the growing problem of fraud and smuggling across Europe...

IN Over-supply in the truck rental market led to plummeting profits for contract-hire and rental firm Lex Transfleet last...

by Patrick Hook • The Blackwall Tunnel could be closed to trucks unless there is a major reduction in the number of LGVs which...

• Lancashire police have hit out at the 'unacceptably high" level of trucks found to be running illegally, following a...

• By 2010 truck drivers will be spending the equivalent of 14 days a year sitting in traffic jams, says a new report....

by Karen Miles • Transport workers' wages could plummet after a landmark ruling from the European Court of Justice. The...

• Sending a container through the Channel Tunnel by rail is twice as expensive as the equivalent journey by lorry, says the...

• Britain has scuppered an Irish bid for a 35% rebate on the Eurovignette, which gives access to motorways in the Benelux...

by John Kendall • Hertford-based vehicle recovery specialist Lantern is equipping its fleet of service vans and recovery...

• BP Oil, Royal Mail and Ford have joined forces to evaluate the performance of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquid...

by John Kendall • Leyland Oaf had lined up a full range of 95XF models for the exercise, including every XF and Cummins-engined...

by Bryan Jarvis • Volvo has stepped up its attack on the UK eight-wheeler market with the launch of a 340hp version of its...

• The smaller, lighter Modular I (2S/1M) ABS system is now available from braking specialist Midland-Grau. The system employs...

• A spray-on/wipe-off glass cleaner has been introduced by cleaning product specialist Autosmart. Glass Clear is an...

* Delta Design has introduced a flas - hing amber beacon mainly for the rear of vehicles, although front mounting is possible...

• A company formed to take over the business of Lydnev haulage, which is now in liquidation, has been granted a fresh licence...

• Local residents who complained A about a Yorkshire haulage firm's bid for an additional operating centre but failed to attend...

• He of Wight operator Ken Bloomfield Remwarns Other firms travelling abroad to make sure they buy Eurovignettes after he was...

• The directors of a company that crashed owing almost 22m have won an 0-licence for a new firm. KDC Contractors, of Denton,...

• Brompton-on-Swale-based Bruce Cook Planing was cleared of using a vehicle without a tachograph after magistrates accepted it...

• A Cheltenham skip-hire company given two days' notice of a fleet inspection presented three vehicles to an examiner that...

by Lee Kimber • The time of day has a bigger effect on making drivers tired than the number of hours they spend behind the...

by Miles Brignall III Human rights abuses of lorry drivers arrested abroad are being highlighted again by the fate of a British...

Action is the only way It was good to read the story about Seawheel (CM 13-19March) and see that, by banding together,...

y our report last week about the Government giving the thumbs up to 44tonne piggyback trailers misses the point (CM 13-19...

Toy story We all remember going to the toyshop with Saturday's precious half-crown of pocket money sharing pocket space with a...

choice. When alarms begin their clamour the firefighters have literally seconds to don their clobber and climb aboard. Then, as...

All the appliances are built to guidelines laid down years ago by the Home Office in its JCDD (Joint Committee for Design and...

rain as we drive into the Ballymoney yard of R Barkley & Sons. Three bright green tractors are waiting on a low-loader to go...

pound of fresh mushrooms in a supermarket in southern England will wonder how they got there. Ifs even less likely that they...

there was no particular reason to get into road haulage, except that he suffered from a craving for trucks and distance. The...

Allen, boss of William Allen & Sons, has found his business affected by the BSE scare. The crisis has led to far fewer Irish...

down the chance to replace their worn-out fleet trucks with new vehicles. But as profit margins are squeezed tighter the number...

p L:s have become more user friendly over the past 10 years; now that they're a familiar sight in shops and classrooms, even...

by Brian Weatherley • If you thought it was only beef farmers who had to worry about BSE then you're not a used truck dealer in...

D rivers hours laws dictate that a driver must stop for the relevant rest periods, but increasingly more insurance companies...