The United Road Transport Union is to rejoin the TUC as part of a drive to raise the profile of drivers. URTU general secretary...

• by Cliff Caswell The British Government is under scrutiny after European bosses received a flood of complaints about the way...

II Ferry operator P&L Stena Line has won exemption from 22,000-a-head fines for carrying illegal immigrants into the UK,...

• Hauliers have moved quickly to allay any fears that the decision by Fujitsu UK to cut 11,400 jobs worldwide will affect their...

• by Melanie Hammond UK Customs officers have been left in no doubt about the disastrous impact the impending aggregates tax...

• Rail services were left in chaos after a bread lorry crashed from a road onto a railway line and burst into flames. The...

• Hijackers held a driver at gunpoint before stealing his cargo in broad daylight. Police in Dublin are hunting the robbers...

• Scottish hauliers say they are resigned to continued high ferry prices around the Highlands and Islands, even if the...

m by Melanie Hammond Jim Hay, the director of the "now you see it, now you don't" Scottish firm Eye plc, has hit back at his...

than 100 P&O Trans European tanker drivers is expected to back strike action when the result is announced today (Thursday, 30...

P&O may have done a lot in the fight against illegal immigrants, but so have a lot of hauliers. Little wonder, then, that so...

• Protests from neighbouring towns and villages may lead to a delay in the re-opening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The...

• An investigation is under way after a falling container left a driver trapped in his cab with leg injuries. It fell from a...

• by Toby Clark Two of Britain's best-known chassis converters, TVAC and Drinkwater Engineering, have merged to form what they...

• South Yorkshire Fire Brigade has added five Atego fire engines to its 43-strong fleet and intends to replace the remaining 15...

• Volvo Global Trucks recorded an 11% drop in orders for the first seven months of the year but its Renault VI subsidiary...

installed £250,000 worth of PM On Board weighers on its fleet of bin wagons.

on the firm's curtainsiders might have suggested that Schmitz is moving away from building reefers—in fact, while the firm has...

following our report two weeks ago: the firm becomes the official UK distributor of BMC vehicles on 1September. Contact: 01564...

of CVs in the 3.5-7.4-tonne sector as supermarket delivery services invest in temperature-controlled bodies on chassis-cabs for...

II by Toby Clark The prominent consultancy firm KPMG Consulting has produced an extensive report on Truck Retailing in the new...

The KPMG report classifies truck manufacturers into three types: II The Specialist—a niche player, concentrating on specific...

identifies, there is: A move away from mediumsized trucks (which the report classifies as 6-16 tonnes CYW)-the market is...

• by Brian Weatheriey Talk to any UK haulier, especially one in the tipping game, about the advantages of aluminium and they'll...

pay £95 fines and costs by Barry magistrates after a load of metal girders fell oft the back of his vehicle— they had been...

maintenance standards. They appeared at a Llandovery public inquiry before Welsh DTC Alan Jenkins,

The licence held by Prestwickbased Ayr Despatch has been cut from four vehicles to three by the Scottish IC Michael Betts. The...

Transport, was warned about his future operations by Scottish IC Michael Betts. Pullar appeared at an Edinburgh disciplinary...

by Town Mills Textiles (Dudley) being suspended for six days. The company appeared before West Midland TC David Dixon.

A tip off from a member of the public led to a Rotherhambased company having its South Wales 0-licence curtailed by two...

A West Wales haulage company has been commended for stick ing to its promises. 0 Jenkins & Sons appeared at a public inquiry in...

Drivers working for disgraced Dukes Transport from its Stranraer depot have been left in suspense following convictions for...

A Prestwick driver who committed drivers' hours offences has been warned that he cannot afford to get it wrong again. Gordon...

Valvoline Car Care range now includes three new enginecleaning additives: a total fuel system cleaner; a gas treatment that can...

Nussbaum Garage Equipment is offering UK garages and CV fleet workshops a design and efficiency analysis service. It will focus...

The data on Carrier Transicold's website (vmw.carrieradvantage.com) has been extended with details of compressor mounting kits....

II Merlin Equipment's new PROsine 1000i DC-to-AC power inverter will enable a vehicle driver/user to operate virtually any...

• Tibbett and Britten's Iceland contract fleet of 90 artics and 170 semi-trailers has been switched over from a traditonal...

II Ingersoll-Band claims that its new 2112 gin impact wrench, with a max torque rating of 355Nm (260Ibft), is the most powerful...

• Bradbury has developed two new mobile electro-hydraulic column lifts capable of providing a CV workshop with lifting...

• Northampton-based Turbo Technics has a comprehensive range of remanufactured turbochargers on offer to suit most makes of...

• Autodata has produced two new workshop manuals covering vehicles built between 1988 and 2001: one covers engines fitted with...

By our Northern Correspondent, Eric Strongitharm, Oswaidtwisde. ever mindful of ways to save hauliers a penny or two,...

I PRICE AS TESTED: 262,171 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 10.8 litres, 375hp (280kW). PAYLOAD: 26.11 tonnes. AVERAGE SPEED: 73.2km/h....

ECS11.38MT DRIVERS' VIEWS IR CARL THURSTON-PCILKE) from Kent drives a Mercedes-Benz Actros 1840 car transporter for Brit...

Safety Executive (HSE) make for grisly reading. A third more people died at work in 2000/01 than the year before, according to...

S ean Clarke is a battler who isn't afraid to make himself unpopular with some of the most powerful truck manufacturers in the...

II The trucks M1 supplies are first registered in the country of origin, then brought into Britain to be re-registered here,...

IN According to the European Commission, if an individual—or a company—based in one European Union country wants to buy a...

X The fact that Sean Clarke is still able to obtain Dafs—albeit in smaller quantities than he would like—shows that the...

Bristol-based 011is Transport is fully aware of this fact— as well as 25 trucks the firm has its own warehouse. As Miles...

T t e Driver Hour Guard Timer is a new digital timer designed specifically for the road transport industry. It's purpose is to...

measures to include HGVs, and the ramifications for hauliers are potentially huge— if your driver gets caught twice your truck...

• In theory, you can bring an unlimited amount of drink or cigarettes back from another EU country, provided you can prove they...

Image-conscious fleet operators spend a fortune keeping liveries sparkling and fresh, but tankers need to be spotless inside...

SUTTON & SON (St Helens). Tanker Division. Avonmouth Docks. 'Forty of our 400-plus UK tanker fleet are based at Avonmouth,"...

A hold investment has paid dividends for a North Yorkshire crash repair company. Bryan Jarvis visits the pristine and high-tech...

processing firm in Sunderland which runs skip lorries and tippers to collect, dispose of and recycle construction waste. • If...