to 35 vehicles and 35 trailers will come into effect on 6 August (CM22-28 June). Additionally no trucks on the licence will be...

4 by Melanie Hammond The haulage industry breathed a sigh of relief this week after the first civil penalty against a driver...

• An engineer has a won a county court judgment (CCJ) against the finance arm of a company which promised him a new life in the...

in Former Road Haulage Association chief and Tory mayoral candidate Steven Norris has accepted a position on Ken Livingstone's...

• by Peter Lawton An MAN dealer has been sacked and two other employees have been given formal warnings following an internal...

• The closure of a Yorkshire steel works is expected to have a "devastating effect" on haulage businesses in the Sheffield...

• by Keith Nuttal The European Commission is trying to break the stalemate over proposals to include setfemployed drivers in...

• More than 100 false tachograph charts and numerous shredded charts were discovered during a raid last October on the premises...

A temporary exemption from the EC Working Time directive for ownerdrivers will, if carried through, doubtless make it easier...

• by Liam O'Brian Hauliers could benefit from a new marketing strategy that uses the sides of trailers as mobile...

II Troubled supermarket group Somerfield is to pull out of home shopping just months after its director hailed home deliveries...

is Christian Salvesen has rejected a 1477m offer which would have returned the company to private ownership. The offer—which...

• Whether or not a truck driver was asleep when he was burnt to death following a crash last year will never be known,...

• Fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland is getting worse, according to new government statistics. Energy minister Helen Liddell...

IIIII Plans to improve rail-freight capacity on the West Coast Main Line are in doubt. A consultation document from the rail...

• by Guy Sheppard Container deliveries at Southampton docks could be disrupted by industrial action because of delays in...

• Pulleyn Transport and Fransen Transport have joined forces to handle the entire UK reefer distribution operation for...

1 , 1 The head of a new Internet directory of hauliers claims that It will revolutionise the way they find work. Bill Preedy,...

• by Toby Clark Mercedes-Benz is the first manufacturer to offer automated transmis sion as a no-cost option in the UK. It will...

M We decided to take a look at how Autotrans behaves in UK traffic conditions, so we went out in an Actros demonstrator...

• Euromec is introducing a new version of its street cleaner with four-wheel drive. The Azura has always had four-wheel...

• A 25.5-tonne payload tempted J&M Collinson of Garstang to add the first drawbar to its 28-strong fleet. The 6x4 Seddon...

Hyundai for around .C285m. The new alliance will create a 50/50 venture to produce CVs and submit a joint bid to purchase the...

Armstrongs Transport of Bryn, near Wigan, has added six new Volvos to its 60-strong fleet. The FM 12s are a mixture of 6x2s,...

• by Kevin Swallow Homebase has taken fuel economy and noise reduction to a new level by investing in gasoperated trailers and...

market where it will be built, distributed and hedged by truck giant Freightliner. Mercedes-Benz has already pushed into the...

HGV registrations fell 5.7% to 4,155, but Scania registered a 64% increase compared with May 1999. Its year-to-date sales are...

Icy trade relations with Russia led to a big dip in heavy vehicle registrations in Poland by the end of 1999. Combined with the...

test marketed in Poland, with full approval by "the prestigious Millbrook Proving Ground" coming high on its list of eatures....

• Body repair methods have hardly changed over the years but PowerTEC's Star Miracle panel puller is adding a degree of...

K Snap - on Sun Tech Systems has three new semi - automatic tyre changers for the medium to heavy duty truck market. The SIC...

• LA Supertrux has become the sole UK distributor for the Protecta-Kote range of polyurethane protective coatings. It's a...

Parts importer Continental Vehicle Components, based in Tenterden, Kent, is offering UK body and trailer builders the ESMA...

Magnet! Marelli windscreen wiper and fan motors are lumped together in a new 112page pan-European "meters" catalogue covering...

• In response to an increasing number of inferior imitations, Kepston is now stamping all of its Calex replacement brake...

• Solihull-based Airte Timing Tools has developed a range of timing tool sets for VW Transporter and IT models with the 2.4D...

• Most turbochargers fail through oil starvation, says Agriemach, with damage occurring when a hot engine is stopped and the...

As diesel prices soar fuel theft is an increasing problem. To help solve that problem Impact-G has launched a security system...

• Contact Attachments of Newtown, Powys is marketing the Raptor—a trolley designed to facilitate the handling of 210-litre...

• Autodata is offering new editions of three 1.0mx0.74m plasticised wall charts. Tyre Pressures & Wheel Nut Tightening Torque...

appealed to the Transport Tribunal against the removal of its operating centre in the Esher area from its 0-licence after an...

Two brothers who committed a string of offences while trying to keep their haulage business afloat have had their HGV driving...

Blackburn lorry driver Lawrence Langstreth was ordered to pay fines and costs of S475 after he was convicted by Leyland...

..17 -- "Rog North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley If Bell has warned Ashton-in-Makerfield-based AR Hodgson (Steels) that...

The new Traffic Commissioner in the North-West is pledging to crack down on operators who skimp on vehicle maintenance....

• YOu can now check out the latest Vehicle Excise Duty rates on roacttransport.net—the web site operated by Commercial Motor,...

I agree more vehicle checking equipment must be provided, but it is needed at Calais and not just Dover. Divers want to have...

It was disquieting to read that no detailed investigation is to be held into the accident which caused nine vehicles and a car...

Why on earth does it take such a terrible disaster like the deaths of those unfortunate, desperate people who came into Dover...

In accordance with EC Directive 96/35/EC and Statutory Instrument 1999 No 257, all transport firms which deal with hazardous...

Regarding your article "Statute of limitations" (M18-24 May), I would like to recount the circumstances of a recent event...

The summer of discontent is coming, or so I read in last week's CM. Well, about time, as opinion polls show New Labour's...

Typical! You wait ages for a bus and then three arrive at once! The difference is in this case they were worth waiting for....

evening air is filled with a cacophony rising from an orchestra of lawnmowers and strimmers. But, beware, this seemingly...

Britain's drivers are not only getting down but are getting with it, according to the latest Autoglass music survey. Queen...

Remember that joke? A hole has appeared in the road and police are looking into it. Well they made it into a TV programme....

Last year The Hawk was delighted to attend the first annual road run organised by Commercial Transport in Preservation. The...

of Japanese cars or motorcycles, but over the past four years Isuzu's lightweights, like the NQR 7.5-tonner, have earned a...

set up in 1986 to sell a range of used vehicles. Ten years later he took on an Isuzu agency, offering full parts and service...

manufacturer; CM tracked him down on the company's stand at the IWM show in Torbay (CM22-28 June). "The 3.5-tonner is a bit too...

Glasgow." Gordon Leslie II Paisley-based Gordon Leslie, like its stablemate United Carriers, is part of the Frenchowned Gerious...

and residual values. 99 Paul Maherley • SGB Group is a construction-based company with 23 subsidiaries around the world. SGB...

Chris Wright .1 Chris Wright, managing director of independent Commercial Vehicle Auctions, runs sales of commercial vehicles,...

A compact 7.5-toiler with the best payload in its class must be worth considering for local delivery and specialist...

carry out their daily checks properly, the Stockportbased haulier was given short shrift by North Western Traffic Commissioner,...

and happen to be trade union members, should seek their union's advice over legal representation. Using a separate solicitor...

Trade unions are on the rise again as new legislation forces reluctant employers to recognise union rights. But as Mike...

Figures published last month (May) by trades union watchdog, the Certification Office, show that union membership has actually...

IF The Employment Relations Act 1999 underwent a few changes as it made its way through parliament but one of the most...

How much personal use of company property such as phones, e-mails and vehicles should you tolerate? Ian Shaw learns that...

Jonathan Lawton (above), a transport and employment lawyer at Wake. Dyne & Lawton, says you need to assess the severity of the...

a young man with such a zest for the industry. As Paul Newman discovered, this Essex-based owner-driver is not content with...

taking a vehicle apart. Not that you'd want to take a vehicle to pieces every day, but the removal of a component that's been...

III odem engines use exhaust gas energy as a means of boosting the air supply to the cylinders. It's what makes them the quiet,...

energy policy. But this will hardly comfort the road transport industry, especially after his recent comments. De Palacio is...

The power really is in your hands with this revolutionary Lantern. The Lantern will save you money as there is no need to buy...

How much power does your office computer use or the workshop battery charger? The Cost Plug can tell you at the press of a...

Concern about the environment and onerous legislation means that tank owners must make security their permanent concern. In the...

• There's plenty of activity at the van sales run by British Car Auctions, says Duncan Ward, BCNs business development manager,...

• Mike Gray doesn't lack courage. The former Commercial Vehicle Auctions executive has set up a new sale at Donington Park,...

• Renault VI continues to beef up its service and parts dealer network, with new sites in England and Scotland. Renault Trucks...

• Rental giant TIP is to start auctioning ex-fleet trailers over the Internet. Trailers to be disposed of will be posted on the...

truck auction in southern England after an attempt to purchase an existing truck auction site fell through. "We're looking at...

• Well-known independent used truck outlet Malcolm Harrison is busier with trailers than it is with trucks, according to Robert...