costs oF El per truck per year if DOT plans go ahead to ban coacne. From the outside lane of motorways from this summer. •...

by Amanda Bradbury • A group of 48 hauliers is pressing ahead with plans to sue in the civil court two parts supply firms...

• The Department of Transport is to undergo a massive reorganisation in a bid to slash costs and make 20% "efficiency gains"...

WOES Ye-' British Bakeries has given the 46 CV drivers at its Crawley depot 90 days to leave the company or accept a reduction...

• P & 0 Roadtanks has been vindicated in sacking a driver for falsely claiming overnight subsistence after an industrial...

11 A former tool setter, who has never driven a truck, is the new union leader of 100,000 professional drivers. Danny Bryan,...

by Kathy Watson • The simmering row over the low rates recovery firms receive from some motoring clubs for police work has...

• A Kent haulier is warning operators to check the conditions of their trailer contents insurance after a theft left him liable...

by Karen Miles • Reputable livestock hauliers are being urged to group together to prevent the possible extinction of their...

• Bradford-based solicitor Mark Hinchliffe has joined Brian Horner as Deputy Licensing Authority for the North Eastern Traffic...

• United Road Transport Union members at two of Tibbett & Britten's Transcare's depots are to decide how hard to push for an...

• A clash of philosophies is believed to be behind the resignation from NFC of the man who is organising the merger of Exel...

• Union officials say Conoco's 205 drivers have "been sold down the river" by the oil company's 24 fitters in a ballot in which...

by Amanda Bradbury • Contract-hire companies are enjoying a rush as owner-drivers and small operators re-enter the market to...

from a proposal to increase the amount of Blue Circle cement travelling by road through the Peak Park. Repairs to a railhead...

• British drivers face a new threat from French police after a Bowman International driver was detained last week until the...

• A Dutch truck carrying 16 cattle over its limit was one of 32 commercial vehicles Essex County Council found overloaded in a...

• Operator Licence fees will rise by £15 to £185 from the beginning of next month; the quarterly fee for each vehicle will...

• Joint administrative receivers at Leicester-based Shipman Haulage are confident they will be able to sell the 70-yearold...

• The Confederation of British Industry, the Freight Transport Association and the British Road Federation joined forces in...

by Brian Weatherley • Dal, Renault and MAN could become increasingly vulnerable as the long-term players in a European truck...

• About 2,500 drivers in South Yorkshire are expected to be the latest to agree on a £4 an hour wage following agreement...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word streamline as "the form which presents the least resistance to motion". Judging...

• Volvo Truck Corporation's boss Sten Langenius says the Swedish Truck manufacturer is in no hurry to follow the arrival of the...

• RO-R has re-called all trailers equipped with TE9000 axles produced between September 1990 and 1993 for replacement of...

by Bryan Jarvis • This year's IRTE exhibition, the first to span three days is a sell-out—every available square inch of space...

by Brian Weatherley • Ask Colin Ess, boss of Wisbech-based trailer maker Maxilode, how well his company is performing and he'll...

• C J Transport (Birmingham) was granted a new national licence after West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh...

• Julie Sinclair, who traded as Rochdale Road Runners, has had fines, costs and back duty totalling £6,811,66 cut to £4,147 at...

416 • Scottish LA Michael Betts has given a former director of two failed companies 28 days to prove he is competent to act as...

• Local residents are afforded more protection through the grant of an Operator's Licence, which can be controlled by...

Cardiff-based BJ Skip Hire has had its licence renewed for two years, with a severe warning, after satisfying South Wales LA...

of his pride and joy—the ERF in which he has personally clocked up 1.35 million miles while earning a crust over the years. The...

M ever mind all those Shoda jokes—taxi driver Kevin Stouter owes his life to driving one of the Czech cars He was notoring...

A t the Irish Road Haulage Association's Saturday dinner/dance at its conference in Limerick, Transport Minister Noel Tracy...

a he independent on Sunday gleefully covered the tale of the Downing Street refuse collection fiasco. It seems the PM's office...

2 ast week the Hawk reported Transport Secretary John MacGregor's taunting at the hands of Mll protestors who settled on his...

plenty of cube, payload and performance with a GVW under the 3.5tonne 0-licence threshold. On that basis the Transit-based...

cif = coming into force 51 No 298—Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994.—cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC...

To anyone with an interest in road haulage Truckfest is an event worth looking forward to—and one that lives on in the memory...

easier and cheaper for small businesses, says the BSI. It has launched a new service designed to demystify BS5750 with five...

Truck operators could be hit hard by new legislation which will force companies to pick up the full cost of employee sick pay....

FOUNDATION Many would-be hauliers see the industry as a way out of unemployment. But many newcomers fall by the wayside in...

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

R e your article "No sell off, no trade off?" (CM 24-30 March) and my article in "Sound Off" in July 1993. 1 used to be...

Within two years an LGV licence will be required for all vehicles of 3.5 tonnes and above. This may be good news for the driver...

( W ithin a few years the independent truck and small fleet operators will not deal directly with their customers but will...