II Any driver who's experienced the terror of a load shifting will welcome the Depart ment of Transport's plan to revise its...

• Italian truck drivers have been threatened with violence after a UK owner-driver was beaten up and had his truck hijacked in...

/ Department of Transport chiefs are to re-write the code of practice on the safe loading of trucks, in a bid to reduce the...

• A London haulier and two of his drivers have been convicted of fly-tipping thousands of tonnes of building rubble in...

. Hauliers are being urged to inform on rivals who break the law by Eastern Licensing Authority Brigadier Compton Boyd. He...

111 Tankfreight is locked into a new row about transferring drivers following the loss of an Esso distribution contract Co...

• Two of York's UK subsidiaries have been sold. The German trailer manufacturer Schmitz-Anhanger has snapped up refrigerated...

• ERF is offering factory-fitted tag and pusher axles on its ESeries trucks for the first time. The company says it has the...

• Truck rental companies are being helped to make life harder for truck thieves. Guidelines from the Sussex police tell them...

• A total of 27 truck drivers carrying hazardous goods have been issued with prohibition notices following a one-day check in...

• Iveco Ford is starting preproduction runs of the second stage of its new Cargo range of 12-15-tonners at its Langley plant...

• Caterpillar has upgraded its heavy truck engines, including the 10.5-litre 3306 and the 14.61itre 3406 which are used by...

• The first 375kW (500hp) Scania R143 to be sold has gone into service with Pickering haulier D&S Walker. The 6x2 tag-axle...

• Hendrickson Europe will launch its lightweight 10-tonne HT230 air-suspended trailer axle in the spring; it is concentrating...

• An international haulier with an £800,000 annual fuel bill has challenged Shell's claim that its Euroshell fuel card...

• Truck and trailer leasing specialist Key Leasing plans to increase its revenue from used truck leasing by as much as 10% as...

/ Fish haulier Charles Alexander says it has been invited to tender again for its £500,000-ayear delivery contract serving...

• Southport haulage contractor JBL has collapsed under the weight of bad debts — its creditors include up to 50 hauliers. A...

• Twenty drivers will lose their jobs when Smith's Crisps shuts its southern distribution depot at Eastleigh next March. The...

• Track 29, British Rail's guaranteed overnight freight service, is set to add 21 hauliers to its network of 33 UK agents. The...

• A Van Hool coach which was developed specifically for the French market is to be launched in the UK. This follows unexpected...

• Neoplan's Transliner coach is now available from UK importer Rotherham-based Carlton PSV in right-hand-drive. A higher floor...

/ David Matthews has resigned as chairman and chief executive of the Plaxton Group. He left the loss-making coach manufacturer...

• John and Thomas Keegan, trading as BJ Metals, of Kendal, received a serious warning from North Western Deputy Licensing...

/Morecambe haulier Stephen Hancock's licence has been revoked but North Western Deputy Licensing Authority Kenneth Birchall has...

• Southern Recovery Service Transport has avoided having its haulage operations restricted on environmental grounds because its...

• G Stiller Transport and one of its drivers have been given absolute discharges on an overloading charge. Penrith magistrates...

• Lancing lorry driver Stephen Gascoigne had to pay fines and costs totalling £1,100, after he admitted falsifying tachograph...

fashion, but shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott really ought to know that you cannot get away with a dark suit and tie...

the key to economic operation and increased revenue. Over the past 10 years the Volvo B10M has earned an enviable reputation...

Daf Optare Delta (CM 18-24 May 1989) and the smaller ACE Cougar (CM 7-13 March). When we took our bus over CM's PCV test route...

BARRY PITTS • Barry Pitts carries the sort of traffic which many owner-drivers would give their eye teeth for in the current...

AUST1ALIA • Running a family haulage business in Western Australia amid a recession every bit as severe as our own requires a...

MIKE BEER • Dover-based Mike Beer Transport is a specialist haulier — it runs bulk grain tippers to the Continent and returns...

front under-run protection for artics. I see that the reason quoted for this is "road safety" and the saving of countless...

B rewer & Turnbull, the Preston-based international removals and storage firm, has appointed Nick McNamara as commercial and...