• It's funny how road hauliers always end up paying for other people's problems. Take the latest surcharge from the ferry...

by Barbara Millar • Rugby Cement has sacked owner-operator David Slater after a dispute with its management. Slater used his...

• Leading industry figure Jim Cleary resigned from his position as chief executive of RTITB Services last Wednesday following a...

• Outraged hauliers who operate to the Continent say they face loss of work and soaring costs if they pay ferry companies'...

• Next autumn's commercial truck show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham has been axed because of lack of interest...

• Transport companies will take part in the "green revolution" — as long as the costs are not too high, a survey about to be...

• In an EC Transport Council described by Transport Secretary John MacGregor this week as "positive and constructive',...

negotiating with Vauxhall Motors to use the Bedford name in Britain. AWD, which went into receivership in June, had previously...

must be displayed on hazard warning panels has been revised. Hauliers have until 1 December to make any amendments to the...

by Karen Miles • Road/rail company Charterail finally collapsed last week hitting confidence further in the rail freight sector...

/ Clarification is being demanded from the Government as to whether the owner of a privatised Parcelforce will have to charge...

• Hundreds of drivers at Castle Cement have voted to drop strike action but to continue their dispute through non-cooperation...

• Bedwas will launch a parcel van based on the long-wheelbase Transit next month. The new CUBIC model will initially be based...

than expected • The two-pedal version of Eaton's Semi Automated Mechanical Transmission (SAMT), unveiled at the Hanover Show...

• Car transporter Toleman Automotive has taken delivery of a Technical Support Unit based on an Iveco Ford TurboDaily 59,12,...

• Perkins has won an order for Phaser engines from Chrysler in Mexico City worth $100 million over five years. The sixcylinder,...

• Tate and Lyle Sugars has ordered 15 tankers fitted with Encrypta Electronics seals. The system uses concealed pneumatic...

• Door impact beams, a redesigned steering wheel and reinforced body panels are among the £30 million pounds worth of...

• A fifth wheel hoist which reduces unloading times on maximum length bulker semi-trailers to under a minute, and improves...

111 An inexpensive, lightweight anti-theft device that immobilizes the air system on trailers has been developed by two drivers...

through the fifth wheel of a tractive unit and displays the information in the cab has been developed by PM Electronics of West...

• A 30% reduction in front brake maintenance is promised on Renault's latest Magnum 420 and 520 models, with the adoption of an...

by Karen Miles • Owner-drivers owed thousands of pounds by the collapsed north-east haulier Barnfather are offered little hope...

• Tate and Lyle Sugars' Willenhall depot is to close tomorrow (30 October) with the loss of 16 drivers' jobs. The Midlands...

by Steve McQueen • Franchised parcels operator Panic Link is set to create nearly 500 jobs at its Launt hub in Nottingham,...

Intrastat and EC Sales first service to importers and exporters who will be obliged to provide periodic statistical...

by Karen Miles • Production at Leyland Daf Van's Birmingham factory is to stop next month for two weeks. The company says it...

• West Sussex-based manufacturer Fromant & Son (Trailers) has gone into receivership after selling its Arundel premises and...

• Burnley, Lancs-based Brewer & Turnbull has appointed Lowestoft-based Hailey's Removals as franchisee for the Norwich area,...

/Drivers' hours and tachograph offences cost five drivers employed by John Myers, trading as Warisa Distribution, £1,050 in...

/ M acclesfield magistrates has fined Barnsleybased civil engineer Clugston £550 for overloading the third and fourth...

• Convictions for theft recorded against three directors of Birmingham-based Sharkey Metals has led to the company's Operator's...

DIRECTORY in Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses,...

• Mark Cutter of St Mellon, Pm! Pm! South Glamorgan has won a twoyear licence after a protracted battle with Newport Borough...

Licence 24 hours before it was due to appear at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry before the North Eastern Deputy Licensing...

• A cheaper Neoplan will be on offer in Britain next year if a management-led buyout, which has just won conditional...

• Dealer Alan Wilson guarantees a 36-hour spares service for it dual-purpose Q-Bus, which it plans to import from the US next...

• Newly formed Jubilee Minicoaches & Conversions is seeking Renault approval for its wide-bodied Master-based PCV which it...

competition with the Mercedes-Benz 0404 on the Continent in the middle of November. Dynamic president Bill Cottham, chairman...

in Shipping lines are under attack at the EC Commission — a fact that must bring a smug smile to the faces of many container...

• The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply is holding a one-day conference on minimising disputes in contracts at the...

• Purchasing staff can now take advantage of new National Vocational Qualifications following an agreement signed by City and...

• Pira International has produced a range of publications covering both food and general packaging. They include developments...

• A low-lifter pallet truck with side-shift as standard has been introduced by Atlet of Thame, Oxon. The TLP 20 is ideal for...

• Police have warned drivers to expect delays on the M42 (J6) and the A45 in the West Midlands between now and 1 November...

Foden 4300 tippers were stolen from a Tarmac quarry at Nuneaton between 19:00hrs and 01:00hrs on 14 October. The brothers,...

the NEC in the '70s, heavy commercial vehicles have not made an appearance at the British Motor Show. This year, the show was...

ANN NG Mi Opposing sides in the wrangle over the London lorry ban scheme will meet next week in Bromley, south London, to...

adonna's controversial new book, Sex, could not have made quite the impact it did without a dose of good old fashioned...

eader Alan Turpin writes to express his twin anger at the Government's decision to decimate the coal industry and the threat...

1 eyland Daf Vans has become something of an expert at putting a fresh face on its less than youthful van range. The lift and...

e are saddened to learn of the recent death of John Darker who wrote for CM full time from 1965 to 1979 and continued for some...

o you ever wonder what problem is uppermost in the minds of Transport Department officials? Railway privatisation? Compulsory...

• It's now some eight years since Daf first unveiled its sturdy 1900 middleweight rigid — although even the Dutch manufacturer...

• You are setting up your own haulage business and you are looking for work. Consider the construction industry sector at your...

• Owner-drivers, struggling to make ends meet in the current depression, are more concerned about coping with the present than...

• We have just been reading the Money Matters article (CM 8-14 Oct) almost with sheer disbelief! We do not know which broker...

Much as I would like to welcome the pronouncements by the British Shippers Council that hauliers are likely to benefit from...

this licence the test is unchanged in 22 years' i I have been involved with training in the transport industry since 1969 and...