We live in an age of reason. It's no coincidence that we also live in an age of control. 'Be reasonable', people say, when...

A Scottish newspaper had claimed that the supermarket offered Eddie Stobart drivers payments to break picket lines. Dylan Gray...

A CONSULTATION document on secondary legislation to allow on-the-spot fines is due out next month, with the new rules expected...

THE EUROPEAN Commission was due to reveal a shake-up of the regulations covering access to the occupation of road transport...

from a demonstration unit and a positive response from its drivers have led Lewis Day Transport (EDT) to buy six Mercedes-Benz...

The company has built regular pressure checks into its • maintenance and tyre contracts and has added this task to staff duties...

UK and Continental drivers are being asked to help in the search for missing British fouryear-did, Madeleine McCann, by...

A Conservative spokesman tells the RHA conference that operators must face up to political realities. Louise Cole reports. NO...

A LOGISTICS COMPANY planning to build a rail-freight depot with 198,000m 2 of warehousing is about to find out if its bid has...

IV EGO HAS increased the Eurocargo's payload by introducing Hendrickson rear-air suspension system on the 1214-tonne range,...

LOGISTICS EXPERT Professor Alan McKinnon does not expect to see road pricing in my lifetime". Instead, he suggests, the road...

KENT COUNTY Council (KCC) is calling on the Department for Transport (D1T) to make a decision on its alternatives to Operation...

Hot topics of debate at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference included digitachs and demurrage. Louise Cole...

A LOBBYIST FROM the International Road Transport Union (IRU) has said that Digitach is on its way as the only longterm...

A DELEGATE AT the Road Haulage Association (RHA) annual conference won widespread approval with the idea of a national...

Tanker operators are warned to be on their guard as the price of steel is making the tankers attractive to thieves. David...

NORFOLKL1NE is replacing 90% of its trailer fleet with universal Huckepack Euroliners designed to piggyback on train bogies,...

past week's hot topics of discussion among members of the UK's leading internet forum for professional drivers. ALMOST ALL...

INNOVATE LOGISTICS has completed its plan to move into ambient logistics by signing a 10-year contract with Nestle to operate a...

Super-union warns Ford not to go back on an undertaking to keep some of its car transportation business in house. Chris Tindall...

DAWSON RENTALS has bought a custom-built low-loader for its PSV service package. The move was prompted by research showing that...

THE EUROPEAN Commission wants the European Union's Galileo global positioning satellite network to be built and launched with...

IN JANUARY Paccar revealed its plans to build a $400m (£203m) engine manufacturing plant and technology centre. Now the US...

The RHA agrees that clamping UK vehicles but not foreign vehicles in the same situation would be unfair. Roanna Avison...

ANDOVER TRAILERS has designed a lightweight, centre-balance drawbar plant trailer to accommodate the additional weight of the...

AYRSHIRE-BASED Maxi Haulage recorded its highest turnover to date, helping turn a £200,000 loss into a pre-tax profit of more...

Extra hearings have been held in the Eastern Traffic Area to clear the backog of LGV drivers caught using their mobile phones....

THE EUROPEAN Union's harmonised type approval system for vehicle design has been extended to cover trucks, vans, semi-trailers...

were made last week after a shipment of designer clothes stolen from a truck parked in Warwickshire was offered on eBay. The...

DHL EXEL HAS WON a LIOm contract renewal to operate the Heathrow Consolidation Centre (HCC) for the next three years. The HCC...

a couple of inaccuracies. The capacities of the rigid bodies mentioned should have been quoted in cubic yards, not metres, so...

The Department for Transport and the Transport Select Committee have wildly differing views on how well the government is...

Filmed on location in Iowa, USA it includes covera g e of 100's of truckers 'showin g ' their hi g hly polished and cleaned ri...

US truckers can trace their ori g ins back to the days of the wild west and drive some of the bi gg est ri g s in the world....

Dramatic covera g e of the 1500 mile lon g 'Alcan' featurin g trucks, drivers, forestry machinery, spectacular scenery and...

This fantastic film features some of the lar g er earthrnovin g e q uipment workin g on major projects in Britain includin g T5...

Four, not to be missed, features includin g the movement of cranes from Rotterdam to Canada. an industrial vessel throu g h ni...

This pro g ramme looks at some of the lar g er JCB machines at work on sites. It takes in earthmovin g for warehouse...

This 60 minute film shows how, with g ood plannin g and skillful drivin g , you can move almost anythin g and this film shows...

Offer Price E15.95 BEDFORD YOU SAW THEM EVERYWHERE This DVD comprises of six promotional films datin g from 1953 to 1973 and...

Each of the exceptional loads shown re q uired careful plannin g and e q uipment and includes the movement of a Boeing 747,...

This superb film covers from ehainsaw to sawmill in British Columbia. It covers the transportation of timber by truck, train...

Truckers are amon g the skills in short supply in Canada. This g reat new film was aimed at Dutch drivers wishin g to move to...

Description Fully updated with the very latest road and postcode data, Travelmanager is still the UK's No 1 selling route...

Isuzu Motors president Yoshinori Ida dragged the manufacturer back from the brink of disaster and now he is now guiding its...

THE TRANSPORT world and its representatives need to look at the London low-emission zone (LEZ) in more political terms, because...

MIGHT 1 congratulate CM on its late April Fool's Day spoof article on the government scheme to attract women into the haulage...

MUCH HAS been written in recent weeks about problems at Vosa testing stations, so I would like to tell you of my experience....

bad for business and bad for safe UK operators are losing business from cabotage while motorists are at risk of accidents...

UK international hauliers saw their share of UK-Continental freight fall to 25.4% last year. According to the DT, hauliers from...

Vasa data shows that, on average, foreignregistered trucks are less roadworthy than their UK counterparts and are more likely...

The racehorse carrier paid a monthly fee to specialist provider Transconsult... which didn't deliver. Mike Jewell reports. A...

AN OPERATOR WHOSE brother failed to fulfil his role as transport manager for two years. and who used an unauthorised operating...

THE LOAN OF AN 0-licence disc led to two operators being ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £4,000 by magistrates in...

TWO LOOSE WHEELS cost driver Wayne Sach f550 in fines and costs when he appeared before magistrates in Barking, Essex. Sach,...

A DIRECTOR OF A failed company has been granted an 0-licence for a new firm formed to take over the work of his previous...

and white Whether your firm is large or small, take care not to fall foul of anti-discrimination legislation when advertising...

it's going to fit? Bridge suikes now attract tougher pena[ties with the possibili - ty of a heavier fine and a driving ban....

must have a notice in the cab indicating the vehicle's normal travelling height. • Since April 1998 every relevant vehicle...

Traffic Commissioners take a dim view of high failure rates at annual test. What can you do to increase your chances of...

headlamp aim. It is the main reasori for vehiclesto initially fail their annual test. Vosa has produced a guide and a video to...

But as an urban lightweight, this little Vauxhall Corsavan has plenty going for it. itlAugh the small-ear-derived segment is...

Ivan Stjernqvist reveals how the Cansas test tool enables AB Volvo to test its products all over the world — without ever...

Trucks are getting heavier, but customers are demanding less weight in order to carry more. One way to achieve this is to use...

tipper builder Thompsons offers the Taskmaster—made af a mixture of steel, plastic and alloy for use on 7.5 to 12-tonners....

vans. Colin Barnett logs the journey from tree to floorboar E xperts may argue over the causes of and cures for global...

forest, logs are usually transported by road to the plywood mills. If necessary, they are kept afloat in one of Finland's many...

The Solutrans exhibition in Lyon began as a trailer show, but now the presence of almost all European truck, trailer and van...

As Sol utrans is a trailer show first and foremost. France's main trailer manufacturersChereau and Lamberetwere put centre...

With better facilities and more respect for drivers, no wonder many enjoy taking their vehicles abroad. David Harris outlines...

the British, and the limited UK uptake of foreign language aids for truck drivers from a Kent university suggests this is...

A disaster in a foreign land is one of the worst nightmares for any haulier operating overseas. In recent years the most...

To promote its used truck programme, MAN-ERF auctioned a truck online at the CV Show — a late-year low-miler, complete with...

Imperial Commercials is investing 1 .6m in a Somerset outlet that will offer funding, back-up — and a new marque. Kevin...

As demand for 75-tanners wanes, the 3.5-tonne curtainsider finds itself taking centre stage on the used market Kevin Swallow...