• JED1, the Vehicle Inspectorate's Joint Enforcement Database Initiative, is said to be way behind schedule and is also likely...

• P&O Ferrymasters is dropping its appeal against fines totalling £9,500 imposed for drivers' hours ofnces. In May Ipswich...

• Speed cameras have been installed at five in the Midlands, including Himley Road, Dugley; Hagley Road, Pedmore; and Mucklow...

by I Rob Willock • Hauliers will be charged .1.15 for every truck they send into London at night if the Department of Transport...

I f one good thing has come out of continuous 0licensing it's a fall in the number of objections from local residents....

by Rob WiBock • Hays Distribution is on the verge of announcing its second £100m petrol forecourt contract in as many months,...

• The simmering row over the status of JCB's Fastrac range of high-performance tractors could come to a head on Thursday (4...

• A Maidstone-based company director who supplied tank containers to carry fuel additives and foodstuffs without proper...

by David Craik • Scottish hauliers have urged their colleagues to drop their Braveheart fantasies and face up to the...

• Derbyshire police have dismissed claims by a transport lawyer that some police forces find fault with heavy haulage vehicles...

• Boots the Chemist drivers working in Nottingham face a drop in wages from October when their hours are cut from 47.5 to 43.5...

• A Cambridgeshire haulier has accused his local MP of apathy over the differing levels of road tax between the UK and the...

by Rob Willock • A recent European Court ruling on the definition of "waste" has caused an inconsistency in British...

is the slogan of DFDS's new safety sticker campaign, urging motorists to keep a safe distance and avoid HGV blindspots....

• Accidents, not roadworks, are the main cause of traffic jams, accounting for 60% of major incidents in the First half of the...

• Another drop in the contribution of truck rentals to the turnover at Dawsongroup was revealed in company results for the...

• Stranraer lorry driver Robert Trew has been jailed for nine months for evading duty on alcohol and tobacco. Trew was stopped...

by David Craik NI The Government is being urged to ease the financial burden of mobile crane drivers paying for class-C HGV...

• A Welsh international operator's outward loads to Europe have increased since June this year against all expectations. Due...

• A Crown Court judge has described a former lorry driver's bid to regain his driving licence, after killing six people in a...

• The Keame Group is acquiring troubled Dorset bodybuilder Valle for an undisclosed sum, subject to contract. Vaile opted for a...

• Vauxhall's van prices have risen by an average of 0.7%, but the Combo Epic 1.7D, Brava and Arena are unaffected. The Corsavan...

by Dan Gilkes • Plant manufacturer JCB is entering the industrial forklift truck market for the first time. The JCB Teletruk,...

• DIY retailer Wickes Building Supplies has doubled its tractive unit fleet by adding 12 new 360hp Sc a nia P124 4x2s. Wickes...

• Shell has introduced Advanced Diesel XL, the first ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel to be refined in the UK. It competes with...

Three body and trailer builders have been combined under the United Trailers banner in the east of England, but will still...

West Country fire chiefs last week took a look at Unimog's new fire-fighting Rapid Intervention Vehicle, complete with...

contractors for Plasma . . They have recently chosen the IIME 1250KI Long Boom Loader for their hx4 1)rawhar application. The...

• In what is being regarded as a test case, haulier Ian Houlgrave of Alford, Lincolnshire, and self-employed driver Gerald...

• In the past year Traffic Commissioners have called 215 cases to public inquiry: in 30 cases the Operators Licences were...

• A driver employed by a Tamworth international haulier "did a runner" after his vehicle was prohibited by French police, but...

ow Using a false name on a tachograph chart has cost a Shropshire owner-driver £235 in fines and costs. Frederick Rogerson, of...

• A South Yorkshire bulk tipper operator escaped with a warning after North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvama...

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the 1 Chemist since September 1986 as an HGV driver, driving anything from Escort vans up to HGVls on the local fleet, which...

says Paul Grey from a Crawley employment agency seeking to trace that endangered species, the HGV driver seeking work. But why...

M ay I appeal through your pages to anyone who might help me get my life back together again since my imprisonment in Turkey? I...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our mirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

El he trouble with standing at the back looking silly in a plastic costume is that you never get a look in when it comes to the...

U arlier this summer, the Hawk and Foden the dog took time out to marvel at the skills of some of our equine friends at the...

nother landmark was chalked up for Anglo-French i D relations recently when Le Shuttle celebrated its one millionth lorry...

If you know exactly what you want, Foden will build it for you. This 8x4 mates four hundred horsepower to a substantial chassis...

AILANCEEI Legislation on braking is dominated by maximum performance requirements. This is important, but so is vehicle...

Vehicle rental has a lot in common with hotelkeeping, says Nick Hanley. And he should know—he spent 13 years working at his...

Three years on, has the speed limiter had the desired effect of improving safety on the roads, or has the 56mph maximum simply...

will do to enact its promise to shift more freight on to rail. And hauliers wait to be convinced that there is something in it...

Redhead International beat off a soft drinks giant to win best corporate design in last year's CM livery awards. Here managing...

Does the current strength of the pound make it a good idea to buy your next truck somewhere else in the EU? If you can...

Modern lorry drivers are undervalued, argues David Dovey, head of corporate affairs at RTITB (Road Transport Industry Training...

BRIDGE BASHER! Avoid the potentially tragic consequences of striking an overhead obstruction—or costly diversions—if your...