As Commercial Motor went to press French port workers from the OCT union were deciding whether to go ahead with a 24-hour...

• by Mike Jewell Dukes Transport (Craigavon) and its joint managing direators have been banned from holding an 0-licence in any...

• A pilot scheme has been launched by the Department of Transport to see how the haulage industry can be helped to modernise....

• The RHA has called on the government to take action over fuel duty, claiming there is now "irrefutable evidence" that the...

• by Dominic Perry The boss of eight 'phoenix' freight forwarding firms is alleged to have defrauded hauliers out of tens of...

Chancellor Gordon Brown has dined to name a date for his predget statement, suggesting that he is aiting the outcome of events...

• There was a sharp reduction in the number of road fatalities across Europe in 2000, particularly in Central and Eastern...

• Speaking at last week's Road Haulage Association luncheon, Transport Minister John Spellar gave the industry no indication of...

• by Bert Houston and David Craik Selkirk-based timber haulier Elliot Henderson has been fined 110,000 after a court heard that...

Is it the job of government to help modernise a privately operated road transport industry? To be sure, we all need a helping...

• As Commercial Motor went to press, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) looked set to cut output in a bid...

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• by Guy Sheppard Nearly three out of four truck drivers would be less likely to leave the industry f they were given more...

• Family haulage firm GA Stamper has sold off off its entire fleet to concentrate on warehousing. The company has been involved...

on a range of draft proposals promoting the safety of road tunnels and truck operations as part of its response to the latest...

• David Green, Freight Ti' sport Association executive v president and president of 1 International Road Tramp Union (IRO,...

y Miles Brignall unqualified truck driver who a job after finding a lost iy HGV licence has been d for four years for causing...

Transfrigoroute UK, the trade association representrig hauliers and manufactur era in the temperature-controlled sector, is...

FIVE-YEM1 FEED AAG Distribution has been awarded a five-year contract worth Dim by animal feed suppliers Clark and Butcher....

II by Guy Sheppard Haulage leaders are demanding a public inquiry into a ban on lorry traffic through a Lincolnshire town,...

m A six-month trial by the Highways Agency to help hauliers save money through avoiding motorway troublespots has been launched...

Police have discovered a number of dangerous vehicles during the latest roadside check in the West Midlands. This time...

Renault is extending its highly successful Master van for 2002, and will he introducing a 4x4 version of the smaller Kangoo. •...

Renault also gave us a preview of the Kangoo 4x4 van, which will become available in the UK during the first quarter of next...

The 2.5-litre Master certainly has plenty of torque, and pulls well at motorway speeds: at last the Master can rival vans like...

y Colin Barnett ess for hauliers to arsat's global communicais system is now easier nks to some new, more mact hardware. The...

an intergovernmental organisation to provide a world-wide communications network for maritime safety. In 1999 it changed to a...

Carlton 021 Television has acquired three 4x2 Scania Topline 380s on five-year contract-hire deals to haul i mobile TV studios,...

• Specialist vehicle delivery firm MHS has taken the first low-profile slope-bed trailer produced by King Trailers. It has a 5°...

• Glasgow District Council has expanded its domestic waste collection fleet with eight Heil Powertink 16 rigid bodies. They...

DRIVERS' FM HOURS COURT CASES AND TRIBUNALS WI SPEEDING IV CHARGES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE LICENCE REVOKED Maintenance problems...

Six drivers working for Felixstowebased MJ Graves have lost their HGV licences for periods ranging between four and 12 months...

North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has made it plain that drivers on night trunking and driving operations will...

A London-based haulier has been ordered to pay £1,085 in fines and costs after using a vehicle without an Operator's Licence....

Revoking the licence held by Cardiff-based tan ker operator Goldwing (Wales) Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon has given...

Spooky goings on at Oswaldtwistle last week have prompted Sir Jos Spagthorpe, chairman and president for life of the Spagthorpe...

these days unless they have a tractor with an automatic transmission on their books. Latest to join the clutchless club is MAN...

Ian Buffett drives a MercedesBenz 1834 out of Milton Keynes for the House of Fraser. "Access is nice and easy," he told us. "I...

• Last year there was another round of mergers among the fuel and oils companies. Most of the cost benefits are expected to...

Looking after the money is a priority for every business, but how do you find a reliable accountant? Start by reading our...

with the spectre of recession. The tragic events in the United States have exacerbated their problems. But as Adam Hill...

"war risk" surcharge of r-10p/kg has been added by &lines to cargo costs since 11 3eptember. Although this is paid o the...

bit of an understatement. Not only does he own nine"of . them. varying in age from 1951 to 1985, • but.whenfie's not driving...

and Safeway after the supermarket chain asked drivers to break up loads of palletised goods. So where exactly do the duties of...

One of the most common disputes involving drivers' job definitions involves lifting. What happens when a delivery is made on...

• The Oxford Concise English Dictionary defines a shop steward as "a person elected by workers in a factory to represent them...

narrowly in favour of recognising the United Road Transport Union as their negotiating body. At the end of October drivers on...

finds that while the single European market might be all about free trade, it seems to be littered with barriers when it comes...