• "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Like the opening line of A Tole of Two Cities, last week we saw the...

• McKelvie, the Paisley-based consumer and industrial specialist, has won a five-year contract to haul for W Canning...

• The Transport Tribunal's written reasons for overturning the decision to grant John Dee an 0-licence were published this...

• The rules banning trucks from the outside lanes of motorways are about to change. From 1 July goods vehicles with a...

• Hays has taken the first step towards a pan-European distribution network with the £37.5m purchase of Groupe FRIL, a...

• Parcelforce has announced a £24m pre-tax loss in its second full year of trading, but claims to have made a £.3m profit...

• Lucas Kienzle is to stop selling the Groeneveld speed limiter system, replacing it with a unit from VDO the German-based...

been developed by Californianbased Trimble Navigation, It can locate a vehicle to within 5m and follow its course and speed.

receive more PG9 prohibitions because of neglect have been postponed. The FTA persuaded the VT not to bring in administrative...

from the city centre from 10.00-16.00hrs. It has applied for a Um EC grant to fund a pedestrianisation scheme which is due to...

Cambridgeshire are retiring and selling their fleet of 11 trucks and nine trailers.

110 into a heavily armed Special Operations Vehicle designed for reconnaissance behind enemy lines.

to Chatham is to be built under the river Medway by a joint UK-Dutch venture.

Witchingham, has won a Lim order to ship 71 used Mercedes trucks to Saudi Arabia.

Group, the consortium of three firms of solicitors specialising in transport.

103 checked, have been issued with prohibitions in a combined police, DOT and Customs check on foreign vehicles in...

who used his LGV to stop a runaway car on the M53, has been presented with a bravery award by Merseyside police. The car's...

slap a £.3 charge on trucks heading for the Continent. Council chairman Brenda Trench has slammed the proposal as...

a line of traffic on the M42, killing six people, has been jailed for three years. He was described in court as a "menace".

(Class 8) trucks in the United States at the end of the year, blaming lack of profitablility in a market where it has sold only...

resigned this week in a deal described as "amicable". Rieger, 45, is the last of the three managers who led a management buyout...

• A British truck was attacked by farmers in the South of France on Sunday while local police stood by and watched. A mob of...

/ The Department of Transport has relaxed the conditions under which "road-friendly" six and eight-wheelers may run at higher...

/ The Road Haulage Association is urging London boroughs to ditch the capital's lorry ban because it is a waste of money and...

/ Haulage firm FD Cooper Transport is counting the cost this week after 27,000 litres of diesel literally went down the drain....

The waste industry has weathered the slump and is set to grow rapidly. The hardware at Torbay showed enough innovation to...

• Heavy truck traffic is to go under the microscope at North Yorkshire County Council as it moves to reduce the impact of...

• The lack of interest in convertible rail/road equipment was demonstrated this week when the receiver of Tiger Rail admitted...

• Food and distribution group Unigate has confirmed its commitment to its truck sales outlets following planned investment of...

• Salary increases for managers and directors in the distribution industry far outstripped most other professions last year,...

• So far 125 students have enrolled for the Certificate of Transport which is sanctioned by the Chartered Institute of...

• NFC's £39.5m half-year pretax profits show no improvement from the same period last year. Chairman James Watson says:...

• Truck sales have hit their lowest level in over 10 years. The July edition of Glass's Guide says that 102,000 new trucks...

• Liverpool-based Bibby Distribution has ordered a £700,000 batch of Volvos to fulfil work on new and existing contracts....

• Danish transport giant DFDS, with interests in haulage and shipping, has become the 28th company to take a 1%, £2,000...

• A door-to-door-transport service between the UK and the CIS (former Soviet Union) begins next week, operated by Euro-East...

• A range of tanker-based vehicles are to be developed by Econ Engineering and Kenilworth Tankers. The two manufacturers...

• Sutton Sons (St Helens) and driver Patrick McCory were cleared of using a vehicle with an under-inflated tyre when the...

• A leaking tanker cost Glou cester-based Al trans Liquids £1,175 in fines and costs. Appearing before Dewsbury Magistrates...

• South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has adjourned Damdale Enterprises bid for a new international licence...

• Glasgow haulier Alexander Stevenson has been warned about the maintenance of his vehicles by Scottish Licensing Authority...

• North Wes alp Authority Martin tern Licensing Albu took no ac tion against Heanor Haulage Co when it appeared at a public...

and tachograph offences, and running vehicles without MoT test certificates, led Western Traffic Commissioner Air ViceMarshal...

by Barry-based David McConkey, trading as DM Haulage (Cardiff) was revoked in his absence, on grounds of repute, by South Wales...

the Factories Act a heavy goods vehicle is a "machine moved by mechanical power". The ruling came in a claim arising out of...

Richardson is to visit the Ossett premises of Harris Distribution to listen to tractive units and trailers coupling and...

£7.50 from Commercial Motor (Legal Directory), Room L431, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. Make cheques...

• Following the unveiling of its electronically operated air brake system (EBS) at last month's Hanover Truck Show, Bendix...

• A bigger version of Southfields' curtain-sided intermodal swap-body with improved load access has been approved by German...

• Kirkcudbright operator Willie Riddet's Mercedes-Benz 1748 tractive unit has been equipped with the latest Granning Lynx...

• Volvo's right-hand-drive F12 tractors will gain electronic diesel control (EDC) this September as part of the Swedish truck...

• Aerodyne, of Perivale, Middx has developed a side wing for Transcare which fits Daf 1900 rigid and 2700 tractive unit day...

• Matching trailer alignment and height to unloading banks has been made a lot easier for SVA Transport's 12m Tautliner...

EXCLUSIVE MI Jake Brakes are now available for 12-litre Volvo engines — and they're sailing through their UK field trials....

• AVE Berkhof, the British importer of Dutch-built Berkhof coaches, hopes to offer UK operators the marques low-floor citybus...

• Iveco Ford plans to introduce a replacement for its A70,14 midi chassis in the first quarter of next year. The 8,7m...

• A new bus firm has been given the go-ahead to start operating nine routes in Sheffield, three weeks after the North East...

. The administrator at Northern Counties says negotiations with three parties vying for the Wigan-based bodybuilder could lead...

• Omni Coach has developed a derivative of its award winning midibus in a bid to make it more attractive to stage carriage...

• Leeds-based Yorkshire Rider will be the first UK operator to take Scania's 172kW (230hp) engine designed to meet Euro 1...

Fines of £15,000 plus are the penalties for hauliers evading VED. A countrywide clampdown started last week.., your county...

me vintage brewery vehicles dating from 1919 completed a round Britain tour this week, ending up at Whitbread's London brewery...

H uffolk driver Paul Dewing ended up with a ticket that lasts a lifetime when he was stopped for speeding in Stowmarket by WPC...

ational Express buses are apparently being used by some passengers to emulate the Mile High Club — that fraternity of airline...

H NT Contract Distribution has won a contract to clean British Telecom's London telephone boxes — to avoid inconveniencing...

ii he Hawk hears from motor trade charity BEN that more than 20,000 die-cast models of J Jones' butcher van from the BBC TV...

ri said in the early days that "if we get into Commercial Motor we've cracked it." So said Charterail managing director Robin...

a local operator can latch on to a lucrative national network. But as franchisees of Nexday and some other failed courier...

franchisees can be — some Nexday operators could be forced to 'sell their homes. The 35 Nexday franchisees saw their world...

enforcement. The French cannot understand why we do not impose spot fines and wonder why we trust tired drivers to park and...

R R • When MAN collaborated with Saviem to produce the F8 heavy truck cab back in 1961 it must have done something right...

,,,,,t • . ,, countered was a 16.362 FLTS 4x2 tractive ‘ unit with a 40-tonne design GCW — although natrally we observed...

with the exception of the floor-mounted exhaust brake butn, were within easy reach. The .362's interior trim looked durable...

No one doubts that tanker drivers hauling dangerous goods have to be well trained — but many experts are unhappy with the new...

John Scarborough, director at Friendberry: "We tried putting all the examinations for each of the classes together at the end...

• I am writing in response to Peter Green's comments about magistrates remaining impartial and fair (CM 16-22 April). I have...

• I am writing to thank you for highlighting my campaign for seat belts in HGVs. But I am a little upset that you reported my...

• I am preparing a report on the difference between British and continental police forces' interpretation of tachograph and...

• The courts of this land have made a really good ruling, Anthony Biker deserved everything he got (CM 28 May-3 June). I hope...

II I was faintly amused by the irony of some of the comments made by Roger Curtis on behalf of the Association of Chief Police...

• I'm afraid I can't feel too sorry for the haulier jailed for running without a tax disc (CM 18-24 June). As a law abiding...

, T he tragic loss of a loved one, particularly someone in their early years, is a devastating event for any family. I know...