Wincanton has won four dedicated contracts for drivers, vehicles and on - site supervision worth £19.5m over five years: two of...

by Karen Miles • Cowboy operators are set to reap rich rewards as the road transport industry enters a new era of...

• In an effort to crack down on commercial vehicle theft, the Vehicle Inspectorate is to consider whether operators should be...

by Juliet Parish • Hauliers are furious that they will have to wait at least two years before the Government introduces...

pany: HINV this week denied that the business was up for sale separately. Heron Distribution ended 1993 with a .£28.5m...

• A 53-year-old owner-driver with many years experience of driving on the Continent has been committed for trial at Canterbury...

• Legislation introducing functional testing of speed limiters will be put in place as soon as there is diagnostic equipment...

• Scottish operators are likely to face increased tolls on the Forth and Tay road bridges in Scotland if the bridges are...

by Amanda Bradbury • Car transporter subcontractors of Peugeot's logistics subsidiary, Gefco UK, will be hit hard as the...

• Some of the Midlands hauliers and owner-drivers working for English China Clay Building Products are looking for other work,...

• A South Humberside driver is choosing to go to court rather than pay a 140 fixed penalty notice imposed for an allegedly...

• Former contracted owner-driver Colin Leng is fighting to keep the truck he has almost finished paying for when he left ARC...

by Karen Miles • TNT proclaimed improvements to its global financial stability last week as it posted its latest batch of...

• A standardised electronic vehicle coding system is available from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to help...

• Tolls planned for the motorways in the next four years could be restricted to the daytime, Transport Secretary John MacGregor...

• Sharp competition in the parcels business has forced United Carriers to warn that its 1995 profits will be down just three...

• A driver cannot count any rest lasting over 45 minutes, taken AFTER driving for 4 1 /2 hours, as part of the break required...

Enforcement is back in the news this week—and for all the wrong reasons. When the Department of Transport starts tinkering with...

• The Road Haulage Association has produced a comprehensive guide to tipper operations and general haulage called The Essential...

by Brian Weatherley • A lighter, multi-height Mark 2 version of the Roadrailer bi-modal semitrailer has been developed by the...

• Bedford has supplied 24 trucks for aid relief in Bosnia. The MT 15-18s were ordered jointly by the Crown Agents, Overseas...

by Noel Milner • US bus manufacturer Blue Bird has launched its CS series coach range in Europe. The CS is a more competitively...

• As promised at its launch last October, the MAN L2000 is now available with a charge-cooled six-cylinder engine. The £2,750...

• Aberdeen Skip Hire was given a formal warning about its future maintenance standards and arrangements by Scottish LA Michael...

• Carlisle-based Ian Hunter, trading as Pennine Transport, has been given an opportunity of explaining why he failed to attend...

licence held by Francis Morgan, of Hereford, with a change of operating centre, has been adjourned while he finds another site.

• Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by Coventry owner-driver Peter Scott being cut so that it expires at the...

• Harry Taylor Transport of Kincardineshire has been given a final warning over its maintenance standards and record of...

• Persistent speeding led to Scunthorpe ownerdriver Marcus Smith appearing at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry. North Eastern...

• Magistrates in Leigh, Lancashire have ruled that a water jetting tanker is subject to the 0-Licensing regulations. Richard...

• Members of the public who make environmental representations against 0-licence applications and then fail to put in an...

• Keighley-based petrol tanker operator Allan Preston has succeeded in quadrupling his licence authorisation at a Leeds public...

• Wigan-based JW Bowling and one of its drivers were ordered to pay 12,902 in fines and costs for overloading after a vehicle...

• FAME Products has introduced a smaller version of its Minimax box van, the Minimax Junior. Based on the Citroen C25 1400, the...

• Peugeot is the first company to announce a sale date for the new Sevel panel van. Ten variants of the Peugeot Boxer will go...

• A major study of electric vehicles (EVs) has concluded that they will not gain a significant part of the vehicle market in...

• The IRTE show at Telford saw a variety of new accessories and materials handling equipment for light CVs. Ratcliff launched...

by Bryan Jarvis • Motor cycle road racing enthusiasts will have welcomed Honda's return to the World Super Bike racing arena...

still very much in evidence as a brewery vehicle delivering to the many hostelries that satisfy the area's thirsty walkers This...

I couldn't resist this tale of a restored 61-year-old train enhancing the Bank-to-Beckton extension of London's Docklands Light...

produced a handy dictionary of Transport and Finance Terminology to demystify the jargon and acronymns that infest our...

rivers on industrial estates are frequently encouraged to mind their speed by the use of ramps, width restrictions and rumble...

ongratulations are due to 17-year old Danny Bolton who has just passed his Whitbread Fork Lift Truck Driver test with flying...

arcel carrier Parceline is again supporting the Variety Club in 1994. Last year its 31 depots raised £40,000 for the children's...

I would accept your comments in A Limit to Credibility (CM 31 Mar-6 Apr) that there are certainly plenty of speed limiters...

Iveco in Suffolk • Norfolk Trucks has been appointed Iveco Ford truck dealer for Suffolk. The Norwich-based dealer, which has...

II Axle and suspension parts specialist RSR has added an outlet at West Bromwich. Near junction 1 of the M5, its 32nd branch...

• Ipswich Mercedes-Benz dealer Orwell Trucks is offering a free consultancy service designed to defeat vehicle crime. Trucks...

ADR update • It is more important than ever to understand ADRthe European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous...

• More than 60 companies will be on show at the Institute of Logistics Exhibition at the Metropole, NEC, Birmingham on 14-16...

Crash outlook • The outlook for the crash repair industry to 2(X)0 has been mapped out by PPG Auto Refinish in a document...

• A simple guide to the units used for intermodal transport and the equipment to transfer them between road and rail has been...

II Many injuries from manual handling can be easily and cheaply avoided, according to the Health & Safety Executive. It has set...

Low-voltage lights • A range of low-voltage fluorescent lights designed for commercial vehicles is now available from CSIVI...

III PM Electronics has extended the warranty on its on-vehicle weighing systems. All Bulkweigh Loadcell Sensors are now...

▪ American liftgate specialist Waltco of Ohio claims its WSL Series hydraulic liftgate is an innovation in frameless trailer...

• Troublespots to watch out for include: LJ M4 J3: (Heston) Contraflow until end of June. 11 M25 J10-11: (Chertsey): Major...

• International operators are warned by the au that during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings,...

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

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

Everyone likes an underdog, so it's nice to know that a small manufacturer like ERF can produce a vehicle like the EC10.35 that...

As usual our roadtesters set out to find the driver's eye view. This time we spoke to ARC franchisee Rob Pain and driver Leigh...

long—it's further from Perth to Brisbane than from London to Moscow. They also have to cope with some of the toughest roads in...

configurations are the result of wide open spaces and, compared with the UK, low axle weights. A B - DOUBLE is an artic with a...

Countless small hauliers end up the victims of freight forwarders who go bust. But can operators do anything to avoid being...

How often do you talk of your creative accounting and minimal tax charges? Watch out, because overheard conversations are just...

News broke this week that Yorkshire Haulage Company Fewston Transport Ltd—and its directors were not to be prosecuted for...

bulletin PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ILG How to avoid French fines n increasing number of British HGVs are being...

Increases the fees for ordinary driving tests from £26.00 to £27.50 for weekdays and from £36.00 to £37.50 for evenings and...

I t has long been established that the Magistrates' Association has produced For its members suggestions for penalties For...

I I another operator picks up one of your trailers which has two worn tyres, who is responsible when the vehicle is stopped by...

A s a result of a number of recent vehicle accidents it is likely that there will be a urther review of the law relating to the...

g n behalf of my company I am complaining in the strongest possible terms about the decision by the Driving Standards Agency...