by Karen Miles • Two senior managers and 19 drivers of high-profile reefer operator Somersetbased Langdon Industries have been...

• Daf Trucks is recommending its shareholders accept a 1347m takeover bid from US truck manufacturer and Foden Trucks owner...

II The possibility of 44 tonne trucks running between European states remains a distant dream, says the European Commission....

• MO Ferrymasters is to be prosecuted by the police and Vehicle Inspectorate for drivers' hours and tachograph offences....

I f you're prepared to wait long enough for something you'll get it in the end. Ten years ago the American truck maker Paccar...

• A rise in Eurotunnel's freight rates came a step closer this week after the beleaguered tunnel operator secured its future in...

• Truck drivers convicted of even the smallest criminal offence could lose their driving licences under changes announced this...

by Karen Miles • Cross-Channel ferry fares look set to rise in the New Year following last week's longexpected announcement of...

Drivers at TNT Logistics, Express Delivery Services and Newsfast all face uncertainty this week after TNT's Australian board...

by Derren Hayes • Cheshire truck manufacturer Foden looks set to axe over 70 jobs, more than a tenth of its workforce, blaming...

• Road haulage continues to extend its dominance over other methods of freight transport, according to figures released last...

• A Welsh truck and van hire company that had to pay £5,000 compensation to a former employee because of its rental vetting...

by Miles Brignall • Transport & General Workers Union leader Bill Morris has renewed his call for the ending of the conditions...

• The port of Felixstowe has just handled its millionth freight unit for the year—the earliest it has ever reached that annual...

• More evidence that the minirecession is ending has emerged in the latest figures from business information service Dun &...

• Tibbett & Britten is among the companies bidding to take over British Rail's international rail freight company, Railfreight...

by Toby Clark and Charles Young • The Vito offers a one-tonne payload and 4.9m 3 of load volume on a GVW of 2,600kg. There is...

EXCLUSIVE by John Kendall • These are the first pictures of the revised Leyland Daf 95 cab, which is due to be launched at the...

by Bryan Jarvis • In late-summer, road clearance contractor's thoughts turn to snow ploughs and gritters...Whale Tankers new...

by Charles Young ' Malotactmrer's estimate Model 4x2 4x4 • CM has driven Mitsubishi's new L200 which goes on on sale early...

• Among the surprises at the Hanover Show was a "utility" conversion from Australia: the Razorback is a VW Transporter fitted...

• Citroen's "mini-Sevel" panel van, the Dispatch, is now available in the UK with a 2.2-tonne GVW, a 740kg payload and 4.0m 3...

• A Wigan owner-driver who had no tyre on one wheel of his tractor unit when it was spot checked received a formal warning by...

• Fe] ixstowe based Anglia Bulk Carriers escaped with a warning when it appeared at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry before...

• The worst thing any operator could do was to bounce a ctheque on the Traffic Area Office, said Western Traffic Commissioner...

• Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd is considering taking action against West Thurrock-based Lakeside...

I refer to your article that appeared on the legal pages in CM 5-fl September that concerned the affairs of Lakeside Haulage....

H aving read your article on fuel given by Eddie Farley on page 34 of last week's Commercial Motor, I would like to point out...

run by museum volunteers, staged close to the Land Warfare Hall and has almost every type of war wheels known to man; bicycles,...

S PA T he Fiat Punto Van comes highly recommended: "European car of the year!" screamed the car journalists back in 1995 when...

SOLICITORS COMMENT Tribunal and T1/4'; verdicts criticised Although Legal Bulletin is not a platform for political debate,...

An immediate prohibition is immediate whether it is issued for a blown light bulb or multiple defects which make the vehicle...

W hat happens when you arrive at a public inquiry having prepared the case on the evidence sent with the calling-in letter,...

// ere is a 12-mile tail back of traffic on the M6 South of junction 10 due to a serious road accident". To most private...

U nlike most taxes, VAT is selfassessed. But to encourage "prompt" returns there are a number of penalties and surcharges. In...

NI You're not likely to see too many Iveco 6x6 EuroTrakkers running about in the UK: they're only available as left-hookers to...

money, you'd think that the last thing anyone would want to do is become a truck dealer. After all, if hauliers are being held...

T he Crane Fruehauf Speedliner is a fairly new design that makes extensive use of aluminium, particularly for the profiled...

R othdean specialises in aluminium monocoque step-frame tippers which are exported throughout the world. It entered a typical...

B oughton International's heavy-duty ejection trailer is made to carry 70m 3 , or more than 20 tonnes, of domestic and trade...

T ast year's Reefer winner, Clayton Commercials, built two of our road Jtanker finalists: a 22,000-litre general-purpose...

L ast year's outright Trailer of the Year winner, livestock trailer builder Houghtons Parkhouse, impressed this year's judges...

/ ncreasing cross-Channel activity has clearly triggered greater Intermodal interest. Crane Fruehauf was first to react, with a...

A ll of Global Truck Equipment's hospitality and show trailers are custom-built but it's Club Car entry is typical of the...

A t 13.9 tonnes Don-Bur's Hydralifta raisingdeck trailer was the heaviest contender in this year's competition, but then it...

G ather eight superbly manufactured trailers, all built to fulfil different functions, and try picking one out that you think...

( need it lighter with more volume!" How I often is that heard in the road tanker manufacturing industry? Recent reports on how...