• French aulhorities will blame the Channel Tunnel fire on arson, according to press reports. The French judicial inquiry into...

by Guy Sheppard • The road transport industry is bracing itself for an increase in fuel and vehicle excise duties in the new...

• Felixstowe hauliers have become so fed up with continuing delays with the loading and unloading of containers that they are...

by Karen Miles • Overloaded lorries are escaping detection at roadside checks because Department of Transport red tape is...

• International hauliers will face a 10% rise in ferry prices and fewer sailings if the EU abolishes duty-free sales, warn...

ow repeat after us: "For the want of a nail a shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; for the want of a horse...

Hotline they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk to our readers, to hear about the...

by Karen Miles • A haulier whose company closed down shortly before standing trial for running a truck with defective brakes...

• New Transport Secretary John Prescott demanded a meeting with Eurotunnel bosses earlier this week to discuss alternative...

• A driver died after his lorry plunged more than 80ft from a bridge into the River Don in Yorkshire. David Moyses, 33, of...

• The United Road Transport Union's driving agency that was due to get underway in April has finally secured the finance to...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers may soon be able to charge interest on outstanding invoices. In last week's Queen's Speech the new...

• Proposed changes to manslaughter laws could hit haulage firms, warns transport lawyer Stephen Kirkbright. Speaking at the...

• International operators could soon be dealing with a relatively unfettered joint venture between P&O and Stena on the busiest...

• Hauliers owed money by Bell Lines will get paid more quickly following a decision to revise credit terms from the usual 90day...

• Pandora Refrigeration has been appointed by Iceland Frozen Foods to deliver produce from the UK to its stores in Ireland. The...

by Guy Sheppard • The director of a Somerset transport company which crashed earlier this month with debts of nearly £130,000...

• Warwickshire police report that the movement of abnormal loads in the UK will grind to a halt unless radical road repairs are...

• Peter Hobbs and John Mills, the London drivers serving seven-and-a-half years in Bulgaria for smuggling 20.5kg of heroin have...

by Guy Sheppard • Rail freight is poised for a surge in popularity in the face of worsening road congestion, according to the...

• A coroner is calling for the laws on checking vehicles maintenance to be tightened after hearing how a couple were killed by...

• The new Foreign Office team is to be urged to back the campaign to release Essex owner-driver Steve Bryant from a Moroccan...

• A West Midlands lorry driver, cleared of taking part in a 46.5m illegal alcohol smuggling operation from the Continent,...

by John Kendall

Western Star chief executive Terry Peabody, revealed at last week's Telford IRTE show. There are no plans to discontinue the...

• Leyland-based TVAC and AMK Automotive have introduced a lowering rear air suspension for vans and lightweight trailers which...

• Boalloy demonstrated the weight saving potential of its Tautliner 2000 curtainsider at Telford by showing an all-aluminium...

• Ross & Bonnyman introduced this Germandesigned threeway tipping gear at !RTE. The Hydromech system is intended for chassis...

• Another rear-steer system has been introduced by ZF. RAS is an electronically-controlled hydraulic system designed in...

• Sapphire, part of the Don-Bur Group, has produced the Rag Top tilt for pickup users who do not want a hard cover. Sapphire...

Road safety should be at the top of every self-respecting haulier's agenda so auxiliary braking systems make sense. We've...

been allowed to take over the livestock transport business run by his grandfather John Rowlands, trading as John Rowlands &...

has been granted a new national Operator's Licence for two vehicles and four trailers by Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner...

licence by Matthew Clark, trading as Glasgow Wholesale Co, was refused when he failed to appear before Scottish Traffic...

ordered to pay .L55 casts after admitting exceeding the permitted gross weight of a 7.5-tonner. Rochdale magistrates rejected...

• North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner has adjourned a bid for an 0-licence by a company formed by the son...

• Residue building up inside a tipper because the driver had neglected to clean out the body was blamed for an overloading...

II A plea for European-wide rules over the payment of fines was made after an Irish lorr) driver was kept in police cells for...

• Campaigning 6 6 residents have failed to prevent a food manufacturer basing vehicles at its Cheshire factory Kerry Foods...

by Toby Clark • Alvis Unipower's latest vehicle is a "tank transporter for the 21st Century" that can move the heaviest main...

• 14-15 June: South West Truck and Motor Show, Westpoint Showground. Exeter, Exit 30 of M5, Devon. Contact: 01823 276143. •...

• 24-25 May: 14th AEC Society road run and rally, Wollaton Park. Nottingham. Contact: 01509 212672. • 24-26 May: Shropshire...

I feel I just had to write to ask if anyone is in a strong position to shift the negative attitude that surrounds our...

I would like to express my view towards the use/nonuse of speed limiters. As a small operator within the general haulage...

T he letter which you published about the possibility of increasing the maximum gross vehicle weights in Great Britain (CM 8-14...

ur pals at Securicor enter the second year of a £2m sponsorship agreement with the British Athletics Federation. This...

ow, listen to this and ponder at the mysteries of the world: Chilean police stopped 19 motorists in Santiago for the offence of...

II onourable mention for TOG Vehicle Rental. which loaned a pair of minibuses and a van to the Red Cross LEAF project. TOG...

D ans of Grand Prix can enjoy the remaining legs in greater comfort and knowledge with a copy of Jim Rosenthal's glossy,...

1 ow don't get me wrong, I'm sure that former Transport Minister Stephen Norris will be a fine director-general for the REA....

I] American trucking show for less than 15 quid? Silly question. And don't worry if you're scared of flying. There's no need...

all dancing mayhem on the "\.._ 6 01005 0 Ford Trucks stand. The video, from Tailgate Productions, costs £14.99 inc P&P....

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter range. Other models are offered with wheelbases from 3.0m-4.03m, five weight options from 2.6 to 4.6...

the 35.10 Daily Classic sitting right in the middle. Iveco vans have traditionally found favour with operators who demand...

Like to start all over again with a blank sheet of paper? ANC's Dennis Taylor did, although his blueprint for change amounts to...

"We could never reach many of these places if we used artics." That's the conclusion expressed by two enthusiastic operators of...

CASE ONE When officials stopped a vehicle at the French end of the Channel Tunnel in July last year they found 24 Asians hiding...

truck drivers the temptation to earn illicit cash stops at a few extra packs of bargain-priced tobacco. For others, the tens of...

of the new transport regime for hauliers. Gavin Strang is the cabinet minister for transport who will report directly to...

I was involved in a bad accident and was not interviewed by police until 39 days after the accident. I was told !might be...

We operate a six wheel recovery vehicle which had previously been a heavy haulage tractor unit and it still has the STGO plate...

by refusing to accept the tax that is tendered' F rom 1 June it will be possible to impound vehicles which do not display an...