up 26% to £5.3m. It has opened its sixth depot, in Rainham. is calling for a public inquiry into the possible links between...

• An Essex owner-driver plans to keep his trucks running on the Continent despite being refused an 0-licence. Takeley-based...

would fold after the bad publicity surrounding its licence suspension (CM 11-17 Dec 1997); it has made a new application for a...

0-licence, has been closed down and its transport director has been sacked by its Dublin-based parent company, freight...

• Road transport unions have given a lukewarm welcome to proposed reforms of trade union legislation, warning that thousands of...

haulage firm has been forced to lay off some of its drivers following an arson attack which destroyed almost half of the...

the brink of securing an increased pay offer from their bosses after negotiating without union help. Earlier this month Derek...

hauliers hit by industrial action planned by the French during next month's World Cup may be able to claim swift compensation,...

simply isn't possible to make a decent living in Britain as an owner-driver any more (see news, page 4; and letters, page 27)....

will begin on 29 June between Deanside Terminal in Glasgow and Willesden in North London. The service, which carries standard...

bosses this week face compelling new evidence that driver shortages will hit crisis point as the industry moves towards the...

no driver crushed nine cars as it hurtled down a residential street towards school gates in Kent last week. The ERF low...

worsening driver shortage by taking on unqualified 'drivers and paying for their training up to Class 1 level. Transport...

South-Eastern commercial vehicle operators have contacted it about engine problems as a result of being sold contaminated...

• Swiss-based photo finishing equipment manufacturers Gretag Imaging has signed a contract with UPS Worldwide Logistics to...

again being warned to seek immediate medical attention if they develop the symptoms of legionnaires' disease. County Durham...

his drivers and colleagues to beware of immigrants smuggling their way into the UK by slashing into British trucks near the...

cheap diesel from hauliers through threats of violence are no longer limiting their operations to service stations (CM 1420...

preparing to pitch for business in Euros instead of punts from 1 January when the currency is launched. National currencies...

Last week's 32nd Site Equipment Demonstration was bigger and better attended than ever, but remarkably the only truck...

19-tonne Gull tipping trailer that can move treated waste materials to and from sites. This 31-tonne GCW outfit, called the...

carried out an extensive facelift on its Elite refuse collection chassis cab. Outside there's a stylish new grille and a...

could up the stakes in the competitive high-cube market by offering a sliding side door on its newly introduced Kangoo. Lennart...

will soon be given advance warning if it has been broken into. A "smart" key fob, capable of receiving and transmitting radio...

past three years on • vehicles operated by Kay and Patrick Barry, trading as PKS Services, of Bedwas, has led to the firm's...

his appeal against the revocation of his licence by Western Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps. Rejecting the appeal, the...

driver, who admitted committing 46 hours and tachograph offences in 10 weeks, escaped with a conditional discharge after...

anyone interfering with tachographs or speed limiters will have significant consequences, says Scottish Deputy Traffic...

to the one vehicle operated by Fife landscape contractor Ronald Coombe being suspended for four weeks by Scottish Deputy...

recent correspondence culminating in the letter headed "An inspector calls" (CM 7-13 May). I would like to clarify to your...

With reference to your V V report in Legal News (CM14-20 May), this is for the attention of Deputy TC Brian Horner. I tried my...

involved in the transport industry since I left school in 1986, and am getting to the point where I have just about had enough....

beauties turned out in force last month to attend the first national rally of Citroen H vans, which was held near Bridport in...

years the House of Lords is to be asked to give an opinion on the interpretation of the word "permit" in drivers' hours...

increasing pressure to cut back on large, full-time driving teams, relying on agency drivers to handle the peaks. It's a sound...

are responsible for the actions of their employees in the course of their employment. In the civil courts an employer will have...

Every HGV driver is required to have uninterrupted periods of at least one hour during which he may freely dispose of his time....

An operator is responsible for making sure that casual and agency drivers comply with driver's hours and records laws in...

yet, there is little evidence of foreign hauliers massing on the other side of the Channel to invade the UK. But the threat is...

small firms in the Budget have led many hauliers to wonder if they are better off keeping their operations at a manageable size...

might not be the most glamorous vehicles, but the Eurocab made the Powerliner tractor a long-haul workhorse that has earned...

loads every year. So what's going wrong? Securing a load is one of those everyday transport operations that everyone from...

proved it can cope with changes in the market. But for brewer Shepherd Neame competiton is tougher now than it has ever been....

the Freight Transport Association records a week to remember—Marrakesh, Tunbridge Wells and the FTA's annual dinner. Saturday...

Use) citions 1997. CIF 1 October 1997. Requires cab notices when the overall travelling height of the vehicle exceeds 3m, and...