at surpasses it. T he truck on the left is probably the finest six-cylinder 7.5 tonner in the land. As thousands of satisfied...

• Private carriers have reacted cautiously to the suspension of the Royal Mail's monopoly on letter delivery costing Cl or...

T he Vehicle Inspectorate is at last chanc its tack on targeting rogue operators news story, opposite). We're finally ma away...

entry to Euro project Liam O'Neill: Trade has gone. Lamb loss in NI by Amanda Bradbury • UK hauliers are too competitive to...

• Hazardous goods operators travelling to Spain and Portugal should be aware of a series of one and two-day driving bans over...

• A pact is about to be signed between truck drivers and UK custerns in a bid to improve the treatment drivers receive at...

• Hauliers will be barred from using sealed tanks to carry rebated red diesel for use outside the European Union from 1...

• International hauliers are winning extra business because of Britain's poorly valued pound, according to the Department of...

by Lee Kimber • The prospect of years of delays on Britain's busiest motorways has loomed closer after the Highways Agency was...

• Swat , Transport Development Group's vehicle rental specialist, has won a contract-hire deal worth 2500,000 over Five years...

by Lee Kimber • Hauliers face a 20% increase in the cost of crossing the Channel rates war has depressed fees to unrealistic...

• Plans to impose a 7.5 - tonne limit on stretches of road near the site of the Fewston Transport truck disaster are set to be...

• Plaid Cymru MPs have begun a summer campaign against the proposed closure of the Welsh Traffic Area office. They began by...

• Labour will fight the next election with what the party enthusiastically describes as a haulier-friendly transport team of...

by Derren Hayes MI Hauliers carrying abnormal loads could soon have further restrictions following the Cambridgeshire police...

• Hauliers entering Hungary are being forced to wait for to 34 hours because of the recently imposed weekend tr k ban, with...

• A 45-year-old man is on police bail pending an investigation into allegations of theft from clients of the charitable trust...

• Cummins is to build the 8.3-litre Cummins C Series diesel in China in a joint venture with China's biggest truck manufacturer...

by Charles Young • Volkswagen is to launch a pickup based on the Skoda Felicia. The Caddy Pickup is likely to be here in...

• Chester-based Body Swop has launched a demountable body designed specifically for 3.5-tonne GM vehicles. The Maxi-Lift...

by Brian Weatherley • Truck racing has come a long way since the first artics took to the track in the late eighties, trailing...

by Brian Weatherley • Munich-based truck maker MAN is developing a catalytic converter to turn the harmful oxides of nitrogen...

• The Forestry Commission has bought five new Perkinspowered Fodens, including a pair of 4000 Series heavy haulage tractors....

6 6 • The owner of a truck which lost a wheel on the M53 in Cheshire, causing the death of a woman motorist, was not a "cowboy...

• The directors and transport manager of a company fined £9,000 for offences involving the deposit of controlled waste were...

A Swindon firm, whose record was said to be somewhbt tarnished, has had the authorisation on the licence it holds in South...

alp owner-driver whose licence was has been refused a fresh licence. Graham Brake, trading as GB Haulage, of Hoscar, Lanes,...

lot 4 6r. I • A Co Durham haulier, who blamed her maintenance problems on running abroad, has been given a severe warning at a...

• 25-26 August: ERF Truck Gathering, Staffs. Contact: 01630 653625. • 1 September: Truckex 1996, South Cerney Airfield, South...

First in Scotland • Red Star Parcels has signed up Professional Parcel and People Carrier (PPPC) as its first franchise in...

• The Institute of the Motor Industry has awarded Lex Harvey the status of National Vocational Qualification Assessment Centre....

• ANC has sold its Bath franchise to the four brothers who set up its Weston depot. Leigh Morris and his brothers Paul, Shaun...

RO-RO increase • Seatruck Ferries is offering two daily RO-RO services between Warrenpoint and Heysham with a combined freight...

• Healthcall Optical Services is testing eyesight for haulage companies at Sheffield and Southend-onSea. It offers a range of...

• LIS has launched Lomas, a computerised truck and load tracking system for large fleets. It transmits instructions and data to...

• Freight logistics company Rhys Davies can offer nextday pallet distribution anywhere in the UK after buying Motherwell-based...

• Scansped UK is running a twice-weekly forwarding service from Manchester, Hinckley and London (Grays) to Lodz, Poland. It...

• Steertrak and Bridgestone Firestone is offering reduced cost wheel alignment to operators who buy six truck tyres. Single...

• American publisher Ward has produced a world auto atlas and directory packed with more than 200 pages of country and industry...

• A new guide to the practical driving test has been published by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). "The Driving Test", a...

• The fifth edition of the handbook for the rail freight industry is to be published later in the autumn, The booklet,...

• Finance company. Lombard Business Financ, has produced a free guide for operators on the new clean air rules for LGVs which...

• German publishing corn. pany HussVerlag is spons. • ing the ninth annual European Transport Prize. The award is open to all...

• Kate Griffiths (nee Kellett) has been appointed marketing manager at clutch system manufacturerAP Borg & Beck. She will look...

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T was shocked to read in CM 1(25-31 July) that Mr Crossfield of the Drivers Action Movement opposes giving C&E licences to C&E...

I f the French now accept that they have been breaking the law by harassing British operators who have been carrying belly...

One have joined forces for the summer with a Scania R113m tract! T taking the pop station's interactive exhibition to 33 1:.K...

HI T TE R T he 3.5-tonne van market is well-established, with various manufacturers competing for what is seen as a reasonably...

Office of Fair Trading and the President of the Board of Trade's combined ruling about competition on the European ferry...

ASSETS A lthough it was edging towards the late summer evening at the Shirley Transport depot in Cellerhead, Staffordshire,...

F ramptons International, a familyowned haulage company based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, knows all about trying to reduce the...

Employers may be convinced that the 48-hour maximum week can't work but what do drivers think? Patric Cunnane put the question...

Owner-drivers and small operators can save money by claiming allowances against legitimate business expenses. We explain the...

easier to prosecute bully-boy bosses' 6 R oad safety is in all our interests— for private road users and for commercial...