by Karen Miles • The Labour Government has taken the first steps towards the impounding of trucks belonging to cowboy...

111 Operating costs are rising twice as quickly as rates, according to a new Freight Transport Association report. The FT A' s...

by Cherry Anthony • A Lorry driver who worked himself to exhaustion and caused a pile-up which killed three people has been...

• Nine out of 10 artic...s regularly break the 50mph dual-carriageway speed limit, new Government figures reveal. Last year...

I t's been a bad week for road transport—and we don't mean the Budget. Media coverage of the two recent crashes involving HGVs,...

by Jane Sayer • Private investigator Mike Medden is continuing his campaign against so-called pallet pirates despite receiving...

• Staff at United Biscuits have won a 3% pay rise across the board following talks between the Transport & General Workers...

• A truck driver who admitted throwing bricks from a motorway bridge has been jailed for seven years. Chester Crown Court...

• Safeway is to run trials of road/rail trailers for wine transport between the Midlands and Scotland The week-long pilot...

• HGV drivers in Gloucestershire will be fined £20 if the police spot them using mobile phones in moving vehicles. The county...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers receiving parking tickets while driving hired vehicles will find it harder to ignore the penalties...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has streamlined the notifiable alterations procedure by removing the need for trucks to be taken out...

• The Government has told Eurotunnel to put more rail freight through the Channel Tunnel. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott...

• Dublin's hauliers could lose business if plans are approved to build a rail link between the port and a new holding terminal...

by Stuart Ellis • A truck driver who killed a man after allowing his truck to drift on to the hard shoulder of the MI, has been...

• A 30% slump in demand for truck driving tests claimed its first victim last week when the West Yorkshire HGV Training Centre...

II The Welsh Office has finally given the green light to an eastern bypass in Carmarthen after a 25-year campaign by local...

• Truck drivers face an easier time finding a job now than they have for the past 12 months, according to new figures put out...

by Sally Nash • Industry bodies joined forces last week to launch a campaign in the House of Commons calling on the Government...

• A lorry driver who attempted to "do a runner" after he was caught smuggling almost £800,000-worth of drugs through Dover...

• An arson attack on a small Midlands haulier's "biggest earning lorry" could cost it up to 215,000_ Late on Sunday 22 June an...

• From 1 August light vans which are fitted with catalytic convertors will have to pass the emissions test as part of their...

by Steve Sturgess • One of the first installations of Caterpillar's new 600hp/2,0501bft 15.8-litre 3406E is in the US-made...

404 vehicles join BC • Five new Iveco Daily 49.10 van-based pipeline maintenance units have entered service with Transco and...

• Eaton says it has overcome the problems experienced with early production versions of its 16-speed, S-Series synchromesh...

Daf Trucks looks set to pay off for Paccar's US divisions, Peterbilt and Kenworth. At the Las Vegas International Trucking...

by Dan Gilkes • The ability to carry a load across rough terrain often results in a poor on-road ride, low travel speeds and an...

• Timoney Technology was set up 30 years ago by Professor Seamus Timoney, of the engineering faculty of University College...

• Serck Marston has published two new catalogues covering the PSS range of steering and hydraulic products for PCV and...

• In a bid to provide complete flexibility Whale Tankers has added powerful free-standing Vanpack jetting units to its range of...

• Hello has launched the Ultra Power range of maintenancefree batteries. They are made to OE standards and carry a three-year...

• The managing director of an Oldbury haulage company has been warned that he must avoid any future overloading convictions or...

• Maintenance problems have led to the authorisation on the licence held by Fenton, Stokeon-Trent, based Potteries Demolition...

• Concern over the maintenance record of Glasgow-based B Gilroy & Sons has resulted in the authorisation on the firm's licence...

was suspended by West Midland TC John Mervyn Pugh at a Birmingham public inquiry. Pugh said Banks, who was said to be suffering...

• Scottish TC Michael Betts decided not to take any action against the licence held by Thomas Findlay, trading as Autoparts...

• A Bournemouth operator lost his licence after Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Lester Madre]] concluded that public safety...

• Birmingham haulier Linford Riley escaped disciplinary action against his one-vehicle licence after proving that he had paid...

• Maintenance problems, mainly on trailers, have led to the licence held by Nursling, Southampton-based JF Alford Transport...

CM'S Haulage Factfile page provides busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

J am writing this letter in desperation to see whether your readers can answer a question for me. In 1992 we purchased a brand...

I n reply to the letter "Dear Minister" in CM 26 June-2 July. As a result of a previous letter from the Department of Transport...

El he deluge that dampened Wimbledon made summer a distant memory. However, the beginning of June produced some traditional...

0 n the Hawk's day the highest climb an apprentice mechanic might have to take was up a rickety ladder in the workshop to fetch...

ancashire school children are get ting the message that drugs are dangerous and how to lead a healthy lifestyle thanks to a...

aulier James Irlam's annual charity Hog Roast raised more than £40,000 for the Cancer Research Campaign. Set in the grounds of...

17-tonners have been thin on the ground in CM recently: the last one we roadtested was a Renault Manager back in 1995. The...

Having completed the test route we we headed for BP's Swindon truckstop and invited some regular drivers to take the MAN for a...

the ferry industry which could lead to higher prices and fewer sai • gs or freight customers. lready blown off course by...

and a test case may end the right of mployers to retire staff at 5. But is there any merit employees going on into Id age, even...

The "normal" retirement ages of 60 or 65 date back to a time when work was much harder physically and the state pension scheme...

look at Cummins' huge product programme and the influence Navistar might have on UK engines. ERF, Foden and Seddon operators,...

A 'though not available in Europe, some of Navistar's latest projects are likely to affect engine designs on both sides of the...

1996 livery competition. Adding to this success it is opening five massive distribution centres to cater for the 290-million...

Trucks, plant, and heavy equipment for sale can often prove a real headache to move to an auction centre. How fortunate, then,...

N ational "No-Car" day was reported to have flopped, with traffic levels normal. So people want to drive, nothing will stop...