• Press reports that the Channel Tunnel fH was arson were dismissed this week by Eurotunnel and the DOT as "pure speculation"....

• Up to a hundred British truck drivers stuck in Greece look set to miss Christmas at home unless there is a quick end to the...

by Miles Brignall • John Dee, the County Durham-based haulage firm that went into administration owing more than at the...

• The way the Department of Transport forecasts road freight levels is flawed and gives a misleading picture of what road...

ime will tell whether Sir George Young's promise to take "a personal interest" in pursing compensation for British operators...

by Derren Hayes • Thomas Muir (Haulage) has had its Operator's Licence revoked for the second time in 18 months after Scottish...

Truck drivers are being offered cash for the diesel in their fuel tanks and threatened that their tyres will be slashed if they...

• The long-running dispute over driver pay at the container operator Goodway is to go to arbitration at the conciliation...

• More people are reporting fly-tipping hauliers as a result of the publicity surrounding the Landfill Tax's introduction in...

A Shepperton haulage firm has had an injunction served against it by Surrey County Council after a four-month investigation...

by Herren Hayes Nearly 40 drivers working for ARC Southern and United Marine Aggregates (UMA) face uncertain futures following...

• A transport manager who passed his CPC a decade ago is being forced to re-take the exam because of changes in the rules....

• Parcels carrier Lynx has won a £250,000-a-year distribution contract with Oxfordshire-based miniexcavator manufacturer...

by Karen Miles • The Transport and General Workers Union could face legal action from the 18,000-member United Road Transport...

• Up to 80 drivers jobs (mid be created by Eddie Stobart after the Carlisle-based firm bought the former Volvo Bus plant in...

• The construction of a £12m international railfreight terminal at Cardiff is due to be9in next spring: the first freight...

by Miles Brignall • An Essex owner-driver whose truck was stolen and then filmed by the police being cut up by a gang of...

• Truck sales in the UK are set to be around the 50,000 mark this year—down nearly 2,300 on 1995, according to the Society of...

• Maintenance problems have led to the revocation of the licence held by Robert Chard and Nicholas Twomey, trading as T&C...

by Derren Hayes • Chobhambased operator Alan Greenwood escaped action against his licence after SouthEastern Deputy Traffic...

transporters and one of its drivers have been cleared by Harwich magistrates of causing unnecessary suffering to lambs being...

• A Swansea firm has had its licence revoked because of the condition of a vehicle which hod been involved in a fatal accident....

by Michael Jewell • The haulage firm whose lorry was involved in a fatal accident on the A6 at Cromford in Derbyshire has gone...

• The trial of a Worcestershire haulier, his company and 16 drivers on tacho and hours charges has been adjourned until January...

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! CM'S 16-page A4 Legal Directory, priced £10 inc p&p, is a valuable...

T he appearance of Thrall's new EuroSpine rail wagon for road trailers at this year's busy Intermodal exhibition at Earls Court...

course you do, you run trucks for a living! Revving engines, idling reefers, banging and crashing in the workshop—let's face...

• In its latest green paper on noise policy, the European Commission is proposing that noisy trucks should face tax penalties....

to its maximum-weight artics, and recording a 7.3% average diesel consumption saving. The best weekly average consumption...

• From 1 January 1997 all firms which make, fill or sell more than 50 tonnes of packagi ng annually will be obliged to recover...

• Antifreeze manufacturers have swung sharply towards the introduction of propylene glycol-based antifreezes in recent years,...

• Implement a programme to eliminate wasteful energy use in the office, workshop, warehouse and yard, and you could slash your...

• Since 1 October 1996, diesel with a sulphur content no greater than 0.05% has been the standard diesel on sale in the UK....

• In the long run tanker operators may have no option but to take their vehicles to a properly-equipped—and possibly...

• Four more antifreezes now contain polypropylene glycol instead of toxic ethylene glycol. Esso Coolant, Unipart SuperPlus 4,...

cable seals, one with reusable locking head, an electronic lock for roller shutters and a tracking device for vehicles and...

has upgraded its Smart Reefer temperature control. Its latest CSR-40 container refrigeration system now uses a smaller, quieter...

• Mitsubishi's new container temperature and humidity control unit for flower transport has a composite...

new 100mJ swap-body system which takes 33 pallets up to 27.4 tonnes within its 3.0mhigh interior. For loading access the side...

• Volkswagen has achieved its highest year-to-date sales figure since 1989. The company has sold 10,000 commercial vehicles so...

by Toby Clark In Shell and Calor Gas have started trials of commercial vehicles and PCVs powered by LPG—liquefied petroleum...

• Chairman and chief executive of ERF Peter Foden will retire at the end of this month after 46 years on the ERF board. He will...

• New to the UK is the Calix pre-heater designed for warming driving compartments on cold winter mornings. Originating from...

• The new Chelsea 941 PowerLine PTO offers an auxiliary drive for two PTOs for commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes whose main...

• EPT Automation has introduced a new rising bollard, the Europost 800, with an extended height facility, designed for...

• Britax has extended its range of warning beacons with the introduction of the new E approved 270 Series—high intensity,...

• A new five-digit mechanical access detection unit, with semi-trailer and trailer applications, has been introduced by OEM...

• 16 January 1997: British International Freight Association (BIFA) Annual Lunch, The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London Ed....

• Cheshire-based intermodal operator Huktra has set up a world-wide web site on the Internet to exchange infor mation with...

• Removal firms Hadley and Ottaway and Bishop's Move have signed a deal that will enable both firms to expand operations....

• The RAC has compiled a road atlas highlighting congestion black spots with advice on better route planning for business...

More engineers please • A nationwide campaign to increase the public profile of engineering has been set up in a bid to...

• Norfolk-based Cab Designs Airflow has launched a 24V microwave for in-cab use. It features five heat settings and a timer....

Frigoscandia. • Hertftirdshire-based Frigoscandia Distribution has made Steve Lavington the new operations manager at its...

W e at GA Transport support Commercial Motor in its campaign for the release of Steven Bryant. This man's innocence is...

y our news item about the Vehicle Inspectorate's intelligence units was nearly right (CM 5-11 Dec). There is no six-month...

J ust a line to say how overwhelmed I have been by other hauliers, drivers and supporters of the Fastrac Sound Off (CM 14-20...

T hanks for the story on Ireland in Commercial Motor this week (CM 28 Nov-4 Dec). Its good to see a British magazine that sells...

I see from a recent issue of CM (14-20 Nov) that yet another driver has been acquitted on drugs charges after spending months...

I was interested in the views of Anthony Phillips in Sound Off (CM 21-27 Nov) but no mention is made of the vast amount of land...

Commercial Motor takes road haulage very seriously. However. once a week our quirky corre spondent. E 1 1 ' , steps off his...

la he Hawk hears from PC Malcolm Jarvis of Stapleford, Nottingham who needs help from the trucking fraternity to set an...

Volvo shipped eight F86 tractors over to the US for evaluation. It was a shrewd move: last year the Swedish manufacturer...

F ord America's AeroMax is a typical homestead on wheels that US coast-to-coast truckies spend their driving-lives in. So when...

Model: Toyota Hiace Power Van. GVVV: 2,800kg. Engine: 2.5-litre IDI diesel, 78hp (58kW). Transmission: Five-speed manual...

hat may well turn out to be Mr Clarke's last Budget is a strange mixture. The expected increase in personal tax rates is there,...

Ask any chassis designer for his wish list and he's liable to talk about reducing unsprung weight. In effect that means moving...

It's the stuff of nightmares. Trapped in a concrete tube 150 feet below the seabed by an inferno of such magnitude it is...

Should haulage firms continue to use the Channel Tunnel if the controversial lattice-work design of UV wagon remains in use? A...