• The directors of Silver Birch who were formerly directors at Sanmar Container Services (above) have lost their 0-licence at...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers last week received notice from the Government to expect a new wave of blocking measures against them...

• Government plans to revolutionise the rail freight industry appear to be running out of steam. Companies who want to run...

by Amanda Bradbury • Hauliers could be breaking laws they don't even know apply to them, says a newlypublished law report....

I A deputy LA has criticised Featherstone, Wakefield-based Brian Yeardley Continental for allowing drivers to over-use Article...

A wave of indignation is washing around the haulage industry—even the Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations are...

plans shelved by Juliet Morrison • International livestock hauliers will not after all be forced to draw up detailed export...

are to end in a month, following the port authority's refusal to renew the exporter's three-month contract. At BrightP lingsea,...

truck fitted with a tracking system is calling on the device's manufacturer to change its design to prevent it happening again....

When freight forwarding firms go bust, they sometimes take small hauliers down with them while directors walk away to relaunch...

111 Invest in a simple credit check to find out if they are financially sound. A report giving a credit rating of any limited...

by Amanda Bradbury • A charge of lack of uniformity between Licensing Authorities' decisions at public inquiry has been...

• Hauliers have slammed the widespread imposition of overnight charges at roadside service stations following their...

• The new acting chief executive of the Driving Standards Agency, Laraine Manley, has followed her predecessor in backing a...

not to revoke Pheasey's licence on the grounds that to do so, he would be taking action on maintenance grounds alone. He...

holding an Operators Licence, North Eastern LA Keith Waterworth (right) also said that the crash in question was an isolated...

• Transfleet has signed a Five-year contract hire agreement with the James McNaughton Paper Group to supply 20 units including...

by Juliet Morrison • The organiser of a convoy of 17 recovery trucks which brought Maidstone town centre to a halt in protest...

• Union officials are to push for better enforcement as part of their submission to the review team working on the future of...

• A recovery operator is embarking on his fourth attempt to open a truckstop at J9 on the northbound carriageway of the A34 in...

by Bryan Jarvis • Tarmac Roadstone North West is evaluating operational differences among four insulated semi-trailers; two...

• By the end of the year Ford will be assembling short-wheelbase Transits at the rate of 10,000 a year in Plonsk, Poland. It...

• lveco Ford has introduced a revised specification for the front disc brakes on the EuroTech. The move Follows problems...

• A US-style aluminium-bodied parcel van is being built in Germany by specialist bodybuilder Orten. Based on a Mercedes 609D...

by Alastair Sutcliffe. • UK production of Volvo's FH tractive unit will begin in June at the company's Irvine plant in...

• Mercedes-Benz' new panel van, the Sprinter, was unveiled at the Brussels Truck Show last week. The Sprinter will be available...

• Citroen has introduced 12 and 15-seat minibus variants of the Relay van, in three levels of trim. The minibuses were first...

third Superlow lowloader from Andover Trailers. The 36-tonne triaxle step frame trailer will be joined by iwo more in 1995. All...

II The Transport Tribunal has refused to delay the implementation of a decision by West Midland LA Mervyn Pugh to cut the...

• Roger Godfrey, trading as Blackhurst Wade at Chelmsford, has lost his appeal against the refusal of his licence application...

• A front axle overload has . cost Milton Keynes based Neville Long Ltd £595 in fines and costs. Wetherby Magistrates gave the...

• Consideration of disciplinary action against the licence held by Kenneth Swain, trading as KW Swain & Sons, has been...

• Scunthorpe Magistrates have fined Norman Ward, of Wakefield, £450 and £35 costs for the use of a vehicle without an...

• Drivers' hours offences have cost Northern Irish driver Eugene Fitzpatrick £850 in fines and costs. Fitzpatrick, of...

• Possible disciplinary action against Newport haulier Anthony Beese has been adjourned while he puts his vehicles through...

edition of the Legal Directory, which lists transport lawyers, expert witnesses, haulage consultants and suppliers of legal...

• Perth Carriers has lost an appeal against the decision of Scottish LA Michael Betts to suspend the company's licence for four...

• Husband and wife exchanged roles when Susan Smith, trading as SES Services, of Crawley, was granted a new licence authorising...

by Juliet Morrison • Reg Richardson believes that a trailer's headboard saved the life of one of his former drivers when his...

• French police have found another reason for giving British truck drivers on-the-spot fines. They are now hunting out...

• Fancy a flutter on the 2:30 at Newmarket while sweating over whether you're going to make that 4:30 pick-up from Nuneaton? Or...

T would like to add my lcomments on the new Euro tax for motorways (CM12.18 January). This is what we are paying for:...

T he safety fears you expressed about a 50mph limit on a part of the M25 are understandable but misplaced: speed limits can be...

Tech talk • How to become a successful technical manager is the subject of a one-day seminar being organised by Fred Pryor...

• The Fifth Wheel Lorry Club is holding a new rally on 1-2 July at Truckhaven's Carnforth Truckstop, just off the M6 at...

• A one-day seminar, Logistics and the environment, is being held in London on 9 March. Speakers include Mike Aldridge,...

• Maastricht in the Netherlands is the venue for a combined European conference and trade fair on 3 and 4 April focusing on...

• The 1995 Pozan Automotive fair takes place in Poland between 28 April and 7 May. Last year's event attracted 95.000 visitors...

• The latest tyre and retread technology will be on show at Brityrex '95 which is being held at the Harrogate Exhibition Centre...

Just the ticket • Handling arrangements for unaccompanied freight at Dover has been improved following the introduction of a...

• Eight new vehicle security systems have been approved by the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre at Thatcham, Berks,...

• Transfrigoroute UK says it has become one of the first transport associations in this country to offer an environmental...

• Food distributor Frigoscandia has unveiled a new corporate logo to go with its new name, Frigosc:andia Distribution,...

occasional series. CM keeps you up to date with the latest road transport releases. Road Transport Law by Jim Duckworth...

• GE.N Chep of Addlestone, Surrey, has been renamed Chep UK following a new partnership agreement with Brambles Industries,...

Lorry routes • West Sussex County Council has produced a free advisory lorry route map for hauliers, It shows strategic and...

Spring clean • A range of cleaning cloths has been launched by Oldham-based Shiloh Healthcare. Marketed under the name...

• A combined spraygun washing unit and solvent recycler is now available from Tressler Environmental, Uckfield, Sussex, The...

ENVIRONMENTAL adequate ventilation, comforming to USE guidelines. In tests it recovered more than 97% of the solvent from...

• To help bodyshops get the best results from their paints, DeVilbiss Automotive Refinishing Products has produced a free...

• M62: Refurbishment work on the Whitwood Common bridge, which carries the M62 over the A655 at junction 31 near Normanton,...

will be closed to traffic over the next three weeks as part of a fivemonth restrengthening programme. The Lim scheme will...

• For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min off-peak;...

side the auction ring" W henever business is booming, or when truck makers have to fight hard for their market share, there's...

relative newcomer to the international truck market has closed all its 12 plants with the potential loss of 85,000 jobs. Zil,...

D raffic bollards that rise out of the ground as if by magic sound the stuff of drivers' nightmares. However, BPT Automation,...

n appeal to hauliers involved in the agricultural industry comes from Tyne & Wear reader Bill Troup, who is involved in a...

y spies tell me that doughty battler on behalf of suppressed road hauliers, legal eagle Jonathan Lawton, is fast approaching...

5 he sign on this door indicates either that it is an unfeasibly spacious entrance or that the perpetrator suffers from metric...

III The time is coming when all 38-tonners will be fitted with speed limiters restricting them to 90km/h (56mph). Trucks...

O n 20 December 1999 the Government agreed to give key rights to part-time workers. This was decided after months of pressure...

C of %.7 change C hanges—and they could be big—are on the way for the staff that process the granting of operator licences for...

HIGH COUNTRY CM's campaign to regulate LGV driving schools has won backing this month from Derbyshire County Council which is...

A C, survey of operators found 55% dissatisfied with the standard of newly qualified LGV drivers. They blamed the schools and...

a written answer to two questions to Steven Norris, minister for local transport and road safety, on 19 December: "What...

Behind every fast-food counter the heat is on the distribution system. To keep up with McDonalds' rapid growth and demanding...

T hrow a pebble into a pond and the ripples keep spreading long after the stone has sunk. Truck accidents sometimes have the...

6 A seemingly unequal contest over A s is going on within the ransport and distribution industry. "Common Sense" hasn't been...