One minister, instead of two, will now direct roads and rail policy for the Government: John Watts is minister of state for...

by Elizabeth Daly • British meat hauliers have been hit with a double blow this week which seriously threatens the future of...

• Motorway tolls could be delayed well into the next century as industry pundits predict that the Government is likely to...

by Mike Jewel • Comprehensive tacho chart analysis, including specific checks for possible offences by drivers, must be...

• Truck manufacturers are preparing for the highest August sales for three years— but do not expect to match the late eighties...

H ands up all those truck operators who dillgently check every one of their drivers' tachograph charts every week? How about...

days if it is to retain a multi-millionpound contract with Carnaud Metalbox. Stobart, which carries out all the on-site...

a bid to stop trucks racing through the toll area at dangerous speeds. Bridge managers claim that trucks which are fitted with...

January, it has continued into the summer because of Cornoud Metalbox's wider review of European distribution. The distribution...

• United Carriers Group subsidiary Mansped is running trial intermodal services on the Continent which could one day be...

• The Government is to stop planning authorities imposing legally binding controls on truck journeys from quarries. But...

losing a chunk of its business with Telford Foods to Harlowbased haulier Rafferty. Although Edwards retained some of the...

• Two-thirds of 97 trucks subjected to a joint police and Vehicle Inspectorate check on the M4 in South Wales on Thursday last...

busiest sections of the M25 is a potential accident blackspot, say truck drivers. Trucks must use the hard shoulder extended...

• Truck rental companies this week begin to take delivery of M-reg trucks worth around .£23m in order to keep pace with a...

• Local authority chiefs look set to back down on plans to ban mobile transport cafes from a busy stretch of the A34 after a...

by Kathy Watson • Staff at food manufacturer The Jacob's Bakery are balloting for industrial action following the sale of its...

• Up to 20 owner-drivers with tri-axle tractors are sought by Portsmouthbased GB Express for swap-body work transporting...

• Tachograph offences have cost one driver his licence and another a £500 fine. Magistrates in Grays, Essex disqualified...

• The first of six industrial tribunal cases brought by former United Transport UK drivers alleging unfair dismissal has gone...

• Exel Logistics is looking for 75 warehouse staff in Tyneside, after winning a £15m contract with tissue manufacturer...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers should find it easier to approach their banks for finance in the wake of publication of a survey...

III Two Spanish truck drivers pleaded guilty to working for 14 days without a day off after being pulled over in a...

• Parcels firm ANC is renewing its fleet of 136 trailers with custom-built models which provide 12.5% additional capacity and a...

• Four cash-rich "business angels" are hoping to buy into the haulage industry by rescuing a struggling Midlands transport...

VW's Ecomatic system switches the engine off when the accelerator is lifted making urban driving more economical (and quieter)....

by Toby Clark • LDV has made three-point seat belts standard across its minibus range, and has taken on new employees and...

• Daimler-Benz and Volkswagen have struck a joint component deal in which D-B will supply body and driveline parts to VW for...

• Iveco is to team up with Renault to develop a new cab: the replacement for Iveco's Daily will share cab pressings and...

• Toyota is Jaunching the Hiace Compact, a shorter version of the Hiace panel van, to supersede the Liteace. The new van uses...

• LA John Mervyn Pugh. has described Blackwood-based Amber Engineering as "one of the success stories" of the recommended...

• A licence bid by John Simpson, trading as Day Emm has been adjourned by North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu. The LA...

• Dewsbury-based Frank Richardson Transport was given an absolute discharge after Wetherlay magistrates accepted that a driver...

• Past maintenance problems led to Dudley based Alan Capewell's application for a new licence being granted for only 12 months...

• James McMillan, who trades as MCM Haulage, in Derbyshire, was cleared of using a trailer with defective brakes following a...

• Corrocoat of Leeds is offering its Corroglas AR4 coating For tankers carrying a range of highly corrosive liquids.The latest...

• Bass Brewers' Northern Region has pioneered a drinks distribution system using truck swap bodies on drawbar and artic outfits...

• Drinkwater Sabey says it is the first to use Maywood OnBoard's new Frontloader weighing system for a front-end loader (FEL)...

• Tuffnells Parcels Express is evaluating an Iveco Cargo 75E18 drawbar's suitability for package delivery work. Hauling an...

• Danish Sugar has added five SAF triaxle tipping skeletal trailers to its fleet for supplying its confectionery manufacturing...

by Juliet Parish • Philip Rose, Lynx's managing director for the past 15 months, is starting to turn the parcels carrier's...

survey by Turtle Wax waxes lyrical about the care women drivers lavish on their cars, so much so that it advises purchasers of...

akes a change from parcels, I suppose. Interlink Express has continued its sponsorship of powerboat racing and saw its team win...

resident of the Board of Trade, MP Michael Heseltine, last week opened the first service area on the M40, Granada's Cherwell...

D urotunnel has opened Channel Stop, a truckstop on the M20 at Junction 10 dedicated m oo entirely to truckers. -^ Set on 22...

a NT Express has donated, lock stock and barrel, an MAN tractor unit and trailer to Reading charity Feed the Children for use...

I write to appeal for help with a television programme I am researching for Channel Four. We intend to raise the issue of...

T have just been reading the 1 road test of the Leyland Daf 85.330. You call it a Dutch Treat. I beg to differ. The design of...

H Having read your article on Ithe problems with block booking tests with the DSA, it amazes me that CM is giving so little to...

W ith reference to the letter regarding the RAC and others complaining about the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators...

Load markings • The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an exemption certificate (No 1 of 1994) to encourage tanker...

Pump repairs • Cameron Technical Services has introduced a service in which companies on their register can have their diesel...

Pin down trailers • Wheel clamps to secure trailers can be hired from Gator Security Devices on a weekly basis. The clamps are...

Fire quencher • Guardian Fire has introduced a foam spray fire extinguisher, the Guardian 0.9-litre AFFE It is refillable and...

M4 maintenance E The new stretch of roadworks between J3 and J4 on the M4 is scheduled to take eight weeks to complete,...

MAN's 8.153F 7.5-tonner is no lightweight, but by combining useful performance with recordbreaking fuel consumption it looks...

W omen make up more than half the population and in many service industries they are more likely to be employed than men. But...

Women drivers can feel less isolated by joining the Lady Truckers Club which has over 300 members throughout the UK. The club...

30 and single, works out of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, and has been driving her own truck for six and a half years—time enough...

HEMPSTEAD, HERTS M any people would say that Vanessa Armstrong is too angry about the prejudice she encounters. Others would...

S ick leave costs UK employers £11 billion a year, according to a CBI survey. An average eight days per worker or 3.5% of...

THE )A 1 )4 11 ■ 1 C 15 Tipper sales are rising faster than any other truck sector and good used tippers are hard to come by....

T he UK construction industry is expected to grow by 2-3% over the next couple of years. Kit contractors warn that Government...

6 0 ur members of Parliament have busied themselves for too long, at our cost and for no obvious benefit, giving away powers...