• Police investigating the Celine Figard murder have renewed their appeal for the lorry driver who gave her a lift at Chievely...

by Derren Hayes • The first ever personal pension plan for lorry drivers has been set up by the United Road Transport Union...

• Sales of trucks and artics rose by nearly 17% last year to 52,261, the highest figure since the 1989 peak of 69,234,...

by Derren Hayes II A North London driver and his mate are to go on trial next month in Bulgaria charged with attempting to...

• Drivers in the Midlands can look forward to pay increases of around 3":0 or .E5.27 a week following the announcement of the...

E xactly how many unlicensed truck operators are there in Britain? It's no good asking the Department of Transport. The men...

by Patrick Flook and Karen Miles * Local police schemes that deal relatively leniently with minor mechanical offences could...

• Driving while under the influence of drugs is as dangerous as being drunk at the wheel and causes at least 4,500 deaths...

• More than 400 tankers have been withdrawn from the lucrative Yorkshire Water relief operation after heavy snow and rain over...

• Drivers taking their LGV driving tests from July face a written multiple-choice examination on road use theory and attitude....

by Miles Brignall 4I 1 The Department of Transport is pushing its Adopt an Adaptor campaign which is designed to persuade truck...

• The future of Parcelforce and Royal Mail is in the melting pot again following a commitment by the Prime Minister to consider...

IN UK hauliers will be able to use the Le-Shuttle freight service on Sundays following a French government backdown against...

• United Transport is planning to take on more drivers after restructuring its operations by splitting into two separate...

by Derren Hayes • Parcels companies are predicting continued growth in the UK carrier market in 1996, but insiders warn that...

• A uniform standard aimed at significantly raising the quality of crash repairs on trucks is set to be introduced next year at...

• A Government report on the number of hauliers running without 0-licences is being delayed for the second successive month....

• Hays Distribution has won a multi-million-pound fouryear contract for the storage and distribution of frozen products for 113...

by Karen Miles • Britain's bulk rail freight business looks set to receive a massive management shake-up following a decision...

by Miles Brignall • A Midlands haulage firm has won compensation from truck manufacturer Scania after the company supplied a...

• Scania will launch its 4Series construction models at the Geneva Show this week. The chassis will feature the first 4-Series...

• Whale Tankers has designed a 7,300-litre vacuum tanker to carry potters' slip for Furlong Mills on a Leyland Daf 50 Series...

• "1996 will be a tough year with the total market above 17 tonnes GVVV down to around 30,000 from 32,000 in 1995/' says...

• Sussex-based Clinical Waste has taken delivery of the first of a five-tractor/nine-trailer order for a purpose-built clinical...

• Iveco has launched two new joint ventures, with Nanjing Auto Work in China and Motor Sich in Ukraine. The Italian-based...

• Dennis and Plaxtons have produced the UK's first purpose-built natural gas-powered bus in conjunction with Bristolbased...

• West Yorkshire Waste Management Joint Committee has retrofitted all 109 vehicles in its group with Disc-Lock wheel nuts. It...

• Gulf Oil has started regular smoke emission testing on its 100 road tankers to ensure compliance with the limits. • MAN has...

Isuzu Truck (UK) opened for business on 1 January. Can it succeed where other Japanese truck makers have failed? by Peter...

• Despite representations from neighbours, North Western LA Martin AIbu has renewed the licence held by Ken Smith (Hauliers)...

• Using a vehicle which was the subject of a prohibition notice has cost Stockport haulier Reginald Dillon, and his son Stephen...

• Though taking no disciplinary action against John Jamieson, trading as Jamieson Plant Hire, of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scottish LA...

• North Eastern LA Keith Waterworth has warned that drivers hours is such an important issue that a "drivers' hours task force"...

Depending on which newspaper you read, the general election will either be this autumn or next spring. If the pundits are...

• Clore Short, 49: Shadow transport secretary. Constituency: Birmingham Laclywood since 1983. Previous occupations: Civil...

T read Nicky Clarke's lcomment (CM 21 Dec-3 Jan) with interest but feel that I must just correct her on some commonly held but...

ivt obile phones provide poor service, with almost a ivt obile phones provide poor service, with almost a quarter of...

3 arlisle haulier Eddie Stobart gave some of his massive fleet away at Christmas to cheer sick children at the Royal Manchester...

AD West Country van thief put his foot in it after ramming a police car to make his getaway. The villain wrote off WPC Phillipa...

Meet, which takes place later this month (20-28 January) in Chateau D'Oex, Switzerland. The Hawk will naturally be on hand to...

never lost for words, (or pullovers—FA) soil seems fitting that he is involved with a project related to hot air—in this case...

• The annual Amsterdam RAI Commercial Motor Show, the largest of its type in Europe will run daily from 10:00hrs to 17:00hrs on...

Stena Line • Stena Line is to introduce a high-speed superferry, the Stem HSS 1500, on its Harwich-Hook of Holland route from...

• The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has produced a claimants guide for its VAT recovery service. The glossy A4 booklet...

Euro lights • Lighting and mirror equipment maker Britax has been awarded the European Regulation 65 testing standard for its...

3689 A 212,000 reward is on offer for information leading to the recovery of a Volvo F12 Globetrotter that was stolen between...

• The International Institute of Logistics Management (IML) has set up a Logistics Systems Management postgraduate degree to...

• International Boat Show, Earls' Court: Heavy traffic in Earls Court one-way system and Cromwell Road until 14 Jan. • Al2...

nationwide. According to a survey from the RAC and Road Haulage Association it could be costing the industry as much as El .6bn...

A number of operators have been running service trials of synthetic oils before taking the plunge; we were interested to see...

We operate a Ford Cargo platform truck with beaver tail, ramps and winch which is usually used to recover broken-down vehicles....

I have been told that from 1 July 1996 new drivers will have to take a test for each vehicle or combination they want to drive....

Yorkshire's desperate need for water has led to one of the biggest haulage operations in peacetime, employing 750 tankers and...

20 November 1995: Exel first phase began. 1 December 1995: gradual control of second phase began. 95% of the vehicles are...

workshops and subcontract servicing to franchised dealers, truck manufacturers often ignore the fact that many in-house teams...

local authorities win the power to take over revenueraising roadside checks... S th oinewhere in e ivory towers of Nlarsham...

The new year is an obvious time to take stock of your finances. CM has been taking a closer look at the recent Budget to assess...

T he departure oi our automatic long-term test Transit has galvanised a few left legs back into action. During its time with us...

C I mminent changes to the regulations regarding LGV eye testing may leave as many as 3,000 one-eyed drivers wondering how...