by David Harris • Legislation to allow the impounding of trucks caught working without 0-licences is due to be drawn up in...

• Allen Munro Transport, one of the hauliers targeted in an Observer campaign on drivers hours (CM 26 Oct-1 Nov), is demanding...

by Miles Brignall • Hauliers running smoky trucks may soon be getting warning letters from the Vehicle Inspectorate thanks to...

• A leading transport lawyer is warning international operators that they may have to pay higher insurance premiums when...

p icture the scene. Our old friend Joe Soop haulier is reclining indolently behind his rickety desk. The office door is flung...

• Animal exporter Roger Mills has stopped shipping animals through Brightlingsea and switched to Dover. Brightlingsea animal...

• British truck driver Roy Clarke, completely cleared of drug smuggling charges in Spain a fortnight ago, is still stuck there...

• In a key decision for ownerdrivers working exclusively for one company, the tax status of a Kent-based ARC operator has been...

by Lee Kimber • A 1150,000 advertising campaign is being launched to make the public change its negative view of trucks. A...

• Five men who have been investigated for an alleged £750000 fraud on international hauliers are expected to be remanded on...

• The national centre for research into congestion, road construction and safety could be sold to a water company in the latest...

• Temperature-controlled storage and distribution specialist Frigoscandia has been bought by Swedish transport company ASG for...

by Kevin Wright • Brake, the road haulage safety research group, is going to court in a bid to put a Derbyshire operator off...

• A row has broken out over a leaflet produced by rail terminal operator Wakefield Europort comparing road and rail journey...

• Regional Traffic Area Office managers are meeting this week to discuss a scheme to stem the tide of repeat 0-licences caused...

• Every road building project completed in the past five years ran over budget. Highways Agency figures show that overspending...

• The German government has won its hauliers exemption from road tolls in part of the old Soviet Union, but UK drivers will...

• Parcelforce will find out this week if its staff have accepted a radical overhaul of their wages. Post office managers say...

by Kevin Wright • The widow of a lorry driver killed with five others in the Sowerby Bridge disaster has launched a High Court...

C onsortium purchasing, new chassis-cabs and reports of lively exports dominated this year's annual fire services exhibition at...

• The holder of a provisional WV driving licence, who ran away after crashing his truck into a house while driving...

• Birmingham. based Prinkfield's licence was renewed but with a serious warning from West Midland Licensing Authority John...

• An industrial tribunal has rejected claims of wrongful dismissal and breach of contract brought against Northern Irish...

III Two drivers employed by Llanrwst, North Wales-based Cawley Bros have been convicted at Chester Crown Court of dangerous...

by Brian Weatherley • Iveco Ford will be offering a higher-torque, Euro-2 version of its 380hp 9.5litre straight-six engine in...

• Mercedes will revamp its T2 van early next year with a new interior trim and the 2.9-litre 121hp (90kW) five-cylinder DI...

M ell it beats hauling potatoes. A pair of ER.F EC10.35 Celects spent a glamorous summer transporting equipment for Formula One...

I would like to comment on the article concerning the new eyesight regulations, due to be implemented in July 1996 (CM 19-25...

I f you are a haulier about to sign up a new lease for your depot—don't. Wait until the New Year, and you can take advantage of...

fuel consumption or, within reason, for their price: they buy them to do a difficult job in arduous conditions. So, to help us...

• Our test Bedford was a military export machine, a prototype at that, and it showed. Off road the driver was bombarded by the...

• MAN's 17.192 came with permanent four-wheel drive and a clever Goodyear on/off-road tyre selection. This kept the loaded...

• One of the lighter 4x4s in the test, the Cargo demonstrated what big manufacturer money can do for a chassis. It features...

agricultural tractor. With more options available than most operators can imagine this was the most serious no-compromise...

in terms of power and GVW and, like the Cargo, featured a production cab mounted higher than its mainstream stablemates. There...

recovery specialist Adrian Butterfield has ever had to tackle involved a bus that had caught fire and burnt out, The heat was...

And that's what Buttersfields Recovery of Colney Heath, Hertfordshire has done. Built by King Trailers of Market Harborough,...

6 p ublic and political awareness of the impact of vehicle pollution has reached new heights. Many have talked about the...