As CM went to press the DOT had just published a consultation paper on impounding. The scheme—which will give the VI powers...

Conservatives pledges further petrol and diesel tax cuts and the scrapping of inner city congestion charges.

education campaign targeting "sloppy" truckers who fill their diesel tanks carelessly and so endanger motorcyclists,

Somerfield supermarket group's Bridgewater distribution centre. About 200 Somersetbased staff will become Wincanton employees...

tankers in Gloucestershire on the day of a farmers' protest but claimed it was an "isolated offence". The company was fined...

the Channel Tunnel for more than half of its business because of the £2,000 stowaway fines. The company fears it could be...

IN by Mike Jewell and Dominic Perry Drivers working for a major subcontractor of haulage giant Eddie Stobart have been hit with...

111 Banks, post offices, retailers and Eurostar could all be hit by a drivers' strike at cash-in-transit company Securitas UK....

by Sally Nash Milk distribution could be under threat in the near future as the foot-and-mouth crisis continues to grow,...

• The only trucks moving livestock in significant numbers in the UK this week were hauling carcasses to burial sites. As CM...

• Truckfest suffered a setback this week as two manufacturers and an MT haulier of the year decided to pull out—but...

• by Sally Nash Growing concern over the opt-out clause for owner-drivers in the Working Time Directive has prompted union...

in A female driver has been awarded £4,200 compensation after an employment tribunal ruled that she was a victim of sexual...

• Barely 10% of the £9.2m worth of fines imposed for carrying stowaways into the UK have been paid, according to Home Office...

• A Dutch haulier is continuing to operate in the UK despite a history of offences including running over-length vehicles,...

Ilk by Dominic Perry The £30m earmarked by the government for retrofitting particulate traps to vehicles is expected to be...

• Yet another haulier has decided to sell up rather than continue working for unsustainable rates. Marlyn Bradshaw, owner of...

The tragedy of foot and mouth continues to worsen with every passing day with the only livestock being moved in significant...

4 , 1 by Sally Nash The Vehicle Inspectorate will be incorporating a new tachograph seal check into the annual HGV...

• A West Cumbrian haulier and three of his drivers who claimed benefits totalling £16,000 while working have escaped prison...

MI Despite government backing, local authority support for urban road tolls seems to be evaporating. A survey by the...

• by Dominic Perry A truc driver has been praised for averting a potentially horrific motorway crash after a man jumped...

• Yorkshire-based Gill Demolitions has taken delivery of three new high powered Dafs. They are being used to remove site...

• Tyre manufacturer CooperAvon Tyres has launched a light commercial tyre designed for express deliveries. The AV9 joins the...

• Ford plans to launch a "mini-Transit" in the first half of 2002. Project V227 is a compact van in the sub-one-tonne payload...

• When Darrell Transport Group won Commercial Motor's competition for £15,000 worth of vehicle tracking equipment last year,...

• Darrell Transport, based in Fife, won the V-SOL 2000 tracking system from Vehicle Solutions for five vehicles (normal cost...

Interfering with speed limiters has led to an eight-week suspension of nine of the 20 vehicles operated in the North West by...

costs for using a vehicle with a defective speed limiter. Leigh magistrates heard the driver had been pulling the fuse.

three vehicles, North Western TC Beverley Bell applauded the company's efforts to comply with its obligations and was satisfied...

West Midland TO David Dixon has granted Evesham-based Alan Wilks Scaffolding an additional six vehicles, but warned the firm...

Transporters a licence for four vehicles and four trailers based at Bristol, on condition that the company produces three...

Hamilton-based Yuill & Dodds, together with overloading convictions, led to four of the company's operational vehicles being...

A driver who used a switch to disable the speed limiter fitted to his vehicle has been ordered to pay £285 in fines and...

operating centre— but notes loophole Deeks & Steere has been given until the beginning of June to find a suitable operating...

Ein A public inquiry has been told that a computerised maintenance and records system proved more trouble than it was worth for...

• Cleaning specialist Deb has developed a Best Practice Fact Sheet outlining everything you might need to know about vehicle...

• Independent dealer group Sherwood Commercials has boosted its repair capability with a £300,000 investment in a new...

Trevor Johnson asks you to include light-hearted stories in the magazine (CM22-213 March). Does your failure to comment on this...

When I saw the headline 'Mini freight trains bid to cut congestion' (CM 8-14 March) and the photograph of a motorway I thought:...

The concerns with the projected implementation of the Working Time Directive on the road transport industry as elucidated by...

John Guttridge's letter headed "Campaigning Against the Ban" (CM 8-14 March) does not make much sense when set against other...

High maintenance means high costs, and heaven knows there's enough of that in life already. So we've built Mentor trailer...

W ilson TS's 13.6m triaxle Multideck took top honours in the Dry Freight category, which will come as no surprise to the...

T here was no doubt in the minds of the judges that the 13.6m, 30,000-litre triaxle multi-compartment tanker submitted by...

H igh build quality, speed of discharge and a reasonable price combined to persuade the panel that Dolts triaxle Combi-Floor...

competitive price were among the factors that persuaded the panel to give the Temperature Controlled award to Utility's 13.6m...

C layton Commercials gained unanimous approval from the judges for its triaxle 13.6m, 30,000-litre capacity, multi-compartment...

T he panel felt that Dennison's step-frame extendible boat transporter trailer was a good example of a product designed to meet...

F rom major fleet operators to owner-drivers and employed drivers, everyone knows there's a problem with recruitment, But is...

is money in the bank for Mal Woodhouse. This Lancaster-based haulier is now running 36 trucks at the new weight limit...

• The fuel penalty paid by hauliers who switch from 41 toms to 114 tonnes might not bees big as they expect, according to...

regular niche market. But building and maintaining such vehicles, with their complex pneumatic delivery systems, is just...

Product is discharged from the multi-compartment body via the outlet pipe at the rate of about a tonne every two minutes. The...

The hydraulic pumps are powered by the PTO via a dryrunning splined shaft, which needs greasing at every major service. Undo...

Excessore heat in the hydraulic's high-pressure side is dispersed by the Drum cooler pack, but after six months of prolonged...

Company partnership formed:1988. Factory: VVisbech,13,00Clft 2 . Proprietors: Coin Prior, Ivan Mod en and Les Walker. Number...

Because the Holmes blower unit's air intake filter tends to clog up fairly quickly and is easily accessed, the foam element is...

As long as the oil is changed regularly, Holmes blowers are remarkably lowwearing assemblies, able to run for several years...

Although tractive units might have automatic chassis lubrication, blower trailers are generally lubricated by hand. The three...

The Frlbro front-end tipper and rear-end hydraulics share the same 150-litre oil reservoir. Ingham renews the UCC lowpressure...

Ingham's last job is to check the smooth operation of the four controls—ram, auger, slide mechanism and feeder speed...

he Vehicle Inspectorate's annual effectiveness report for last year revealed 51% of HGV test failures were due to problems with...

leet engineers experiencing problems with cracking brake discs, accelerated disc and pad wear or, indeed, defective calipers...

on having its parts manufactured here in the UK rather than by cheap labour abroad. Castings are produced in the north of...

• Business is still steaming ahead at Commercial Vehicle Auctions (CVA), according to managing director Chris Wright. "We've...

• Tippers, and anything else that's related to the construction industry, including concrete mixers, are selling steadily,...

• John Watts, editor of the CAP Commercial Vehicle Monitor, reckons at least 15,000 used trucks are held in stock at...

that can be operated at 44 tomes on general haulage says Gerry Smith, general manager at Midlands Mercedes-Benz dealership...