• by Mike Jewell The consideration of disciplinary action against Wincanton's West Midlands Operator's Licence has been...

The International Road Transport Union has published a guide to help own-account operators improve their service. Own-Account...

the VFM Green Fleet Award for 1999. The runners-up were Sutton and Wandsworth.

Stena Line will raise its prices on the Gothenburg-Kiel route by SEK400 (£29): on the Varberg-Grena route by SEK200 (114.50);...

Theo de Ponder joins Bibby from Danzas Group. where he was managing director of UK operations, and subsequently vice-president....

followed the latest protests in Newcastle and Middlesbrough over the weekend. Last Saturday around 100 truckers drove twice...

• Trucks from across the country converged on Clacket Lane and South Mimms services on the M25 on Tuesday to start a two-day...

• A Private Member's Bill empowering the Vehicle Inspectorate to impound unlicensed trucks could be introduced in the House of...

• ERF has acquired the design rights to Marshall Specialist Vehicles' municipal cab and minibus chassis, together with its...

E Humberside-based Matthews European has ceased trading after 27 years, blaming rising fuel costs coupled with falling rates:16...

: Myers Transport, a Cheltenham-based haulier with a turnover of 2300,000, has quit the industry after being ''undercut by the...

MI The Vehicle Inspectorate plans more investigations into companies breaking the drivers' hours regulations. The crackdown is...

Hauliers upset at COMMENT Do or die... As CM was going to press this week, hauliers were taking the M25 by storm in their "do...

• by David Cra John Reid, the Transport Minister with whom the road haulage industry has been working to gain concessions on...

RFG slams fine plan 0181 652 3689 • The Rail Freight Group has protested to Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien about proposals...

Trailer Technology The Haldex tradition ol uttering the lowest cost solutions is born Our of their experience in producing the...

• by Charles Young Eleven men were jailed for a total of 124 years last week for smuggling 116m worth of drugs through Dover in...

Britain's owner-drivers could be forced to pay higher National Insurance contributions to cater for their state pensions....

• Northamptonshire Police are to restrict abnormal load movements around the Silverstone circuit during the British Grand Prix...

• BOC Distribution Services has declared an 8% rise in profits after ridding itself of its troubled contract with supermarket...

• by Karen Miles Hauliers hit by tax hikes have lost out to rail freight in one of the first major scoops for the sector since...

• Drivers at BOC, Lex Transfleet and Christian Salvesen are to keep their jobs after Exel Logistics and the Tibbett & Britten...

• More than 1,200 drivers working for Christian Salvesen-owned Swift have rejected a 2.5% wage offer. About 900 drivers voted...

• Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts is worried about the Vehicle Inspectorate's policy of endorsing some prohibition...

1111P rally presence • Trans-Action has been called on to condemn publicly the presence of British National Party members at...

MI by David Craik Because of accounting delays following the purchase of Rosier Distribution by Securicor Omega Logistics last...

• P&O Stena is to extend the charter of a "superferry" to help meet increased demand for its DoverZeebrugge service. The...

• The Government has denied Conservative Party claims that the fuel duty escalator will run for at least 10 years. Last week...

• by Tim Maughan Some 53% of Britain's largest hauliers lost a combined total of £171m in the first quarter of 1998, according...

• A rural haulier who has improved the chance of winning financial concessions from the Government is furious over the lack of...

• A fatal crash on the M6 involving a truck operated by Bradford-based Viamaster caused 20-mile tailbacks in the Midlands last...

SWIFT WORK Swift Service has signed a five-year aftermarket distribution contract with the Ford Motor Company. PAPER MONEY...

• by Toby Clark The market for purpose-built yard shunters has become a lot more compficated in the past few months, as...

• Ford is now offering free servicing and three-year/50,000mile extended warranties on all long-wheelbase Transits in fleets of...

I Gigant displayed its SAE Protec axle at the IRTE Show, equipped with what is believed to be the first two-piece disc brake,...

the new Ford Ranger are very competitive. The 4x2 Regular and Super cab versions cost £10,350 and £10,650, with the 4x4 Regular...

Daihatsu has launched the LiteLift, an aerial platform version of its Hijet pickup. With lifting equipment by Euro Access, the...

range of financial incentives. Combos and Movanos can be bought with a 50°C deposit and two years' 0% finance; until September...

available with outputs from 190-300hp. It is based on the 3126, but with a new threevalve-per-cylinder cross-flow head, higher...

3405 6x2 mid-lift artics to Teesside-based Isotank Services. The Sim fleet will be supplied over two years on a mix of contract...

the RoadRelay, but Cummins says it cannot be bypassed or hot-wired. SmartGuard can be fitted to new or existing Celect Plus M11...

MAN's wide range of on/off-highway chassis for heavy-duty site and muckaway applications includes a number of allwheel-drive...

Iveco calls its latest Daily a "City Truck" because it's keen to emphasise the flexibility of the range, which now goes up to...

out with a an The IRTE's annual trade exhibition bowed out in a grand manner with a fine display of vehicles and accessories....

Richardson was a director and had to take the rap for some quite disgraceful matters a . A West Yorkshire company, which was...

Convictions and breaches of the drivers' hours rules have led to the authorisation on the licence held by Lesmahagowbased...

Sons a new national licence for 14 vehicles and 23 trailers without restriction, after neighbours who had made representations...

Co Fermanagh driver Mail Quinn 1175 in costs. Quinn admitted the offence before Mold, North Wales magistrates.

it failed to appear before Flintshire magistrates to answer a charge of using a vehicle without an 0-licence,

Wolverhampton magistrates have fined Tradeteam drivers Andrew Godfrey and Michael Kent 1600 each, with 195 costs, for driving...

The licence held by Trannent, East Lothian-based Derek Heaney was revoked with immediate effect, and Heaney was disqualified...

John and Gregory Pain were each fined 1100 with 1100 costs for using a vehicle when the tachograph had not had its two-yearly...

Operators who drove their own vehicles often made the mistake of thinking they did not need to keep maintenance records, said...

A North Wales tipoar operator who an his vehicle kvithout tax for almost a year has been ordered to pay 14,554.29 in fines,...

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Connetviallistor, Room...

industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room H203, Quadrant House, The...

Have hauliers not yet realised that the DOT's sole aim is to kit the road haulage industry? It is aiming for this joyous...

• We hear much in this industry about environmental costs and taxation to cover such costs. In the rail vs road equation, does...

Hawk takes a sideways look at road haulage. If you have suitable tales, charitable works, or quirky vehicles, drop The Hawk a...

Arthur Sweet (left) is surely the model employee's model employee. When he retired recently after 34 years as a refuse...

Independent garage owners in the US have found that with the introduction of computerised engines, car manufacturers get...

Some artists get to paint the Queen. Others get to paint something far more exciting— like a Mercedes 1840 Actros tractor, And...

I'm happy to announce it looks like the jig is up for those scurrilous ratters who park in spaces reserved for disabled people....

' PRICE AS TESTED: 16,895 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 1.3 litres, 77hp (58kW). GVW: 1,450kg. PAYLOAD: 502kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden):...

A customer refuses to pay up. What do you do? Write it off for the sake of future business or take legal steps to recover...

Suffolk-based haulier Andrew Bierton operates six trucks—not bad going for a man who was jobless just half a decade ago. By...

When CM looked at Winhaul 2000 back in February, we were impressed by a simple and inexpensive piece of fleet management...

Simply insuring against accidents might not be enough as, without the right plans of action in place, your business could...

Transport Law Services, Woking, Surrey, helps solve your legal problems in this regular column. Write to Commercial Motor, Room...

the Metropolitan Police have been accused of "institutionalised racism" and nail bombs have targeted minority communities in...

Drivers Section, says drivers must be valued more and rewarded fairly for standards to improve_ • if you want to sound off...