• Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody is gathering allparty support for an earlyday motion asking the DOT to fund research to find a...

by Miles Brignall IN One in six commercial vehicle drivers could be illegally claiming the dole, the latest and largest...

• Traffic area staff are being balloted on whether they wish to take industrial action "short of striking" over the closure of...

by Miles Brignall • The conduct of directors and shadow directors of Alloa-based fish haulier Canning Logistic s is to be the...

• Hauliers owed money by Scunthorpe-based BOS Shipping, which went into administration in May owing more than Lim, have been...

his is a major problem for the indus' these people are undercutting the legiti hauliers and driving others out of busin Great...

by Derren Hayes • An LGV driver training body with 800 members is set to automatically be allowed on to the Driving Standards...

• Waste carriers working on private sector contracts who believed they were exempt from tachograph laws should install tachos...

magazine distributors is this week fighting for its life after being put into administration. The 180 employees of the...

by Cahal Milmo • A Sheffield haulage firm has been threatened with a civil court action after a wheel loss accident killed a...

• Just over 4,000 trucks and artics were sold during June, 500 down on the June 1995 figure. according to the latest figures...

• The Health and Safety Executive will not prosecute the troubled Derbyshire tanker operator 1 - 1GP & Sons after an...

• Light van operators will be able to avoid the corn August surge of MoT testing by submitting their vehicies up a month early...

• TNT has won the national distribution contract with the Guardian and Observer Newspapers, taking over from Exel News(low in...

by Derren Hayes • Westminster in London is set to become the first city council to introduce tougher emission testing and...

• Applied Distribution has extended its UK network of frozen warehousing and distribution sites following an £800,000...

• British Rail has written off £500m losses of its troubled international freight operation Railfreight Distribution. Traffic...

by David Harris II Do hauliers need to be close to their Traffic Area Office ? Or has the computer age made physical proximity...

by John Kendall • A top power output of 563hp (420kW) and no less than seven truck power ratings will be available from...

by Bryan Jarvis • Refuse collection vehicle builder Linktip has enlarged its product range with its smallest and newest...

by Bryan Jars is • Scania's fine tuning of its latest 4-Series range includes new T144 bonneted models, an extended crew-cab...

• The Nissan Vanette Cargo's payload has been increased by 80kg for 1997, and the rear axle has been uprated by 110kg. The...

• Apex Linvar has introduced a sliding floor system for vans to improve accessibility to tools and equipment without drilling...

• Demolition firm Syd Bishop & Sons has bought Foden's first 150-tonne heavy haulage tractor. The bright red 6x4 Foden 4500 is...

More than 80,000 people attended this year's Truckfest South West at Shepton Mallet, the biggest turn-out for four years. With...

it was a first Truckfest for David Tape, 57, who works carrying leather from a Bristol tannery to shoe factories in Northampton...

to the show, their second vehicle for international work. "It's going well. It would be even better if it wasn't for the fines....

Both drive for James & Son of Northampton, although they are based at Reading working on contracts carrying for Courage and...

at 28, at Shepton Mallet and Peterborough. In 1991 he won the best kept working truck prize and this year reached the grand...

promotil work that Harley-Davidson ever took him to Rotterdam for a big show. Although the American g isn't a working vehicle,...

wee' show, with a hefty portion of its on show. Driver Dave Worrell is tured polishing up his vehicle foi parade. Dave, 21...

Licence limit • I a iticulties over maintenance led Scottish TC Michael Betts to limit a licence to Blue Water Shipping (UK)...

• Neighbouring residents pro duced video evidence at a Leeds public inquiry to back up their complaints about the effects of a...

• A Hereford haulier who had trouble getting drivers to report defects in writing has had a vehicle removed from his Operators'...

by Derren Hayes • An Essex operator that works for the EC and the Government has had its 0-licence suspended for two months for...

• The beef crisis was blamed by a West Yorkshire farmer and haulier who failed to honour promises about maintenance. Traffic...

• A Gwentbased company lost one vehicle and two trailers from its licence when it appeared at its third disciplinary inquiry...

M y colleagues and 1 in the driver training profession are deeply concerned about the mad proposal from the EC to permit...

espite the turmoil of a few years ago when its then parent company, Daf, plunged into financial turmoil, Leyland Trucks has...

uy a new Citroen and you will receive, free, a wizard hi-tech toy, Auto Manager. It comes in the form of a computer disc and is...

the UK? Ainscough Crane Hire says it is and who am Ito argue? The firm, based close to Wigan. Lanes, transported this batch of...

Contact: 01938 553680. • 7 July: Carnforth Changeover Commercial Vehicle Rally, Carnforth Truckstop, Contact: 01772 435405. •...

Turkish delight • Channel Tunnel freight train operator Combined Transport (CTL) has extended its rail service to Turkey....

French restrictions • The Freight Transport Association has produced a newsletter detailing hundreds of new local traffic...

Oliver overseas • Vehicle Inspectorate chief executive Ron Oliver has been elected president of CITA (the International Motor...

New road • Work has now started on the £200m Yorkshire Link Road between the Al and M1 near Leeds, the largest private finance...

T 1)1)1. R On the face of it, a diesel-engined micro eanbased tipper could be right up the small builder's street. The HiJet...

We own a Volvo F7 tractor unit which is taxed as a recovery vehicle for towing in our own broken-down vehicles using a rigid...

When you're number two your goal is simple: overtake the leader. For LDV that means challenging the all-conquering Transit....

To media moguls road users are a captive market for their adverb. The explosion of commercial stations has certainly helped...

tear up its trade union agreements and deal its drivers as individuals is free to do so. There is no compulsion to recognise a...

Hauliers face potential ruin if they are conned into buying a secondhand truck which is still owned by a finance company. D...

Since its acquisition of blue-chip reefer haulier Hargrave International, Suffolk operator Turners breathes the rarefied air of...

impounding for vehicle! that operate illegally' 6 p., usiness needs to move goods around, and while I am happy to see rail...