• Kent Police will set up a confidential line next month to encourage hauliers to ring in with information on criminal or...

by Amanda Bradbury and Michael Jewell • One of the North-West's largest food and drink hauliers has lost at least £500,000 and...

• The Labour Party says it has obtained evidence from the managing director of an LGV driver and automotive engineer training...

• Swindon driver Brian Martin has taken court action against a Manchester firm that promised continental contracts to drivers....

• Hauliers planning to use the Channel Tunnel occasionally on a non-account rate will have to wait until January next year...

• The activities of Devon operator Bryan's Haulage are under the spotlight with a police investigation described by insiders as...

• I lauliers can now buy duplicate tax discs over the counter from DVL.Ns Vehicle Registration Offices. This change removes...

bid to speed up the Government's £23 billion road building programme. A new agency will oversee planning and construction work,...

ban will lead to the city's council officers proposing that the ban be dropped at the city environment committee meeting on 16...

by Karen Miles • The Government campaign on higher penalties for operators running overloaded vehicles is to intensify with a...

• Leyland Daf returned to first position in the truck and artic registration league last month with sales of 366 units for its...

• Hauliers are losing money through flat tyres which have to be replaced twice as often as correctly inflated ones, claims...

• Renault has sold its first 8x4 Maxter in the UK with heavyduty steel rear suspension. The two-spring bogie adds 220kg to the...

• Iveco Daily 3.5-tormers, now available through Iveco Ford and Seddon Atkinson dealers, start at £12,856 (ex-VAT) for the 358...

• A roof extension is now available for Daf 75/85 sleeper cabs. Hatcher Components' £1,980 "Sky Cab"—already available for the...

by Brian Weatherley • The imminent arrival of 44tonners is creating fresh interest in rear-steer trailers as hauliers struggle...

• Kassbohrer and Neoplan are among European truck and bus manufacturers which are breaking into the huge Chinese market....

by Juliet Parish • General haulier Prestons of Potto is considering performance-related pay for more than 100 of its drivers...

former boss after Moving to contract £200,000 claim • Welsh tipper boss Jeff MI Former United Transport International chief...

• Fast trailer transport to Eastern Europe is being offered by Star Cargo subsidiary Sealane Freight., which has warehousing...

• MAN is restructuring its dealer network: from now on all 27 of its showrooms will stock the company's full range of trucks...

• Group 4 has sold its 300-strong fleet of armoured delivery vans to Australian transport and security firm Mayne Nickless....

for Tankfreight • NFC subsidiary BRS Tankfreight is to employ 54 new drivers after winning a £20 million distribution contract...

• Lower margins in Transport Development Group's transport division and a £12m provision for closing down its French general...

by Bryan Jarvis • Morland Brewery has joined a select group of operators using fully air-suspended Scania chassis—it is...

• Bradford-based Drum Engineering has launched its USdesigned Cobra range of underbody tipping gear for 1432-tonne rigids....

• York Trailers has recently increased its quality certification by expanding its BS5750 coverage from Part 2 to Parts land 2....

• Cycle manufacturer Raleigh Industries has taken delivery of 10 Freightloada 7.3m (24ft) GRP panelled box van swap bodies from...

Harsh makes great daims for the stability of its underfloor gear al was on hand for a demo-. by Bill Brock • Eight-wheel rigid...

• Tachograph charges brought against GB Express of Bournemouth and its driver Richard Cox of Poole were dismissed after...

• North Eastern and Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner has granted J Goodacre & Sons a renewal application for 22...

• Geoffrey -J Riding took a risk in driving a tanker containing hazardous chemicals without a vocational training...

• It is an employers privilege to make written representations rather than attend or he represented at industrial tribunal...

has refused a new application by Valdome of Bradford for four vehicles and two trailers, due to an unsatisfactory maintenance...

According to the ancient Greek philosopher Horace (65-8 BC) it doesn't pay to jump in with both feet without looking. Or to use...

City restrictions • A guide to new traffic restrictions in the City of London is now out. A telephone hotline has also been...

Reefer teach-in • Courses for drivers of refrigerated lorries are being held by the Freight Transport Association and...

Match makers • Details of more than 4.000 used lorries for sale are held on the databases of Truck==3 Trucksearch. One call...

Recovery reunion • Operators of ERF recovery lorries are being invited to take part in a rally at the British Commercial...

Ninety four varieties • Gasket sets and seals for 94 different engine types are included in the new AE Auto Parts catalogue....

• A two-year ban on lorries over 7.5 tonnes has been imposed on Westminster Bridge in London. Alternative routes are available...

M ot no cart? This driver for Bristol operator Bayliss appears to have left home without that all important trailer. What's...

remier Hazard Systems of Leeds has clearly had second thoughts about whether a news release sent to CMwas snappy enough. The...

123 K campaigners for better roads tend to do fairly genteel things such as writing letters to the Department of Transport or...

aymond Selkirk of the Northern Archaeology Group sent the Hawk a picture of this apparently levitating armoured car, used so...

otential terrorists heading into London's "square mile" are bound to be put off by this chortling duo keeping guard of a line...

Platform heights are coming down as new European legislation puts pressure on truck operators to make manual unloading less...

Engine: 18.27 litres, 368kW (500hp). GVVV: 38 tonnes. Payload: 23.87 tonnes. Speed: 72.6km/h (45.1 mph). Fuel consumption:...

There are at least 35 ways you can fall foul of VAT regulations — but how do you appeal if the Vatman has got it wrong? F...

Owner-driver David Havercroft plans to found an ownerdrivers' federation which will set new standards in quality. Backed by...

I f the passing of 1 August is the spur to add that extra truck to the fleet, take some advice before you buy a used vehicle....

I wonder if, perhaps, the overloading regulations were less stringently enforced in the 1930s? Bird's Eye View (CM15-21 July)...

people work for the DOT?' , :lye you noticed how things are i eally hotting up in the trade press with transport people being...