by Miles Brignall Thousands of British trucks have once again been stranded in France after major border crossing points were...

• A group of Suffolk-based hauliers who say they are tired of waiting for the government to reduce fuel costs are gathering...

on stowaway fines is International operators face a less worrying New Year after confirmation from the Home Office that it is...

• by Karen Miles European Union plans to limit the working week of truck drivers to 48 hours will reach "make or break" point...

r An Irish haulier is in shock after his daughter and one of his drivers were killed following an accident with his own truck....

• MAN dealer Borderman Trucks has taken over Eddie Stobart's Carlisle workshop in a deal which includes servicing Stobart's...

.) by Melanie Hammond Fewer than 2000, people have qualified as dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSAs) under new regulations...

• Neu) Ford says it will not chase market share at the expense of profitability, and it has attacked competitors who appear to...

Not again, surely? Mais mai And worse than ever this time, with 50 border crossings under blockade by striking French hauliers...

• by Karen Miles Impounding legislation should be so effective at immediately clearing out illegal operators that only a few...

• The fate of more than 40 drivers for Oakhampton-based Bryan Haulage will be decided in the next couple of months following a...

Creditors of the failed haulier Dual Carriage are angry that 12 of its trucks have been sold to a company which employs the...

BE Hauliers' operating costs rose by more than twice the rate of inflation during 1999. The Freight Transport Association's...

• by Pat Hagan Truck drivers should be given more autonomy to schedule their own breaks in a bid to avoid fatigue, according to...

• Truck drivers in the East Midlands will be earning a minimum of 15 per hour by January 2001 in an agreement between transport...

E Police are trying to find a truck driver who used false de ments to get a job with a haulage company and then dis peered with...

• by Charles Young A specialist transport lawyer is advising hauliers not to pay the penalty charges demanded by motorway...

• A truck driver is to get compensation after being sacked for driving too slowly John Metcalfe, who claimed he lost his job...

A Gloucestershire man has become the first haulier in the UK to be fined for mistreating a load of ostriches. Graham Gilder...

• by Toby Clark There was a rather transatlantic flavour to the launch of the Transit. This shouldn't really come as a surprise...

carry-over from the old 2.5-litre engine. Like that unit, it is a direct-injection design, but the Duratorq is more compact,...

1986, the panel van market has become much more sophisticated: it has fragmented into smaller, front-wheel-dnve models (such as...

• The new Transit's structure has not changed radically, but refinements to manufacturing techniques mean that equivalent...

Our first opportunity to drive the new Transit came on a snowy morning at Ford's proving ground at Lommel in Belgium just...

• Launching a complex range of vehicles across an entire continent is a massive undertaking: between January and March around...

the new model looks little changed from the old Transit, but It has been improved in many ways. A particular priority was...

• The new van will be available with three wheelbases, and there will be an extended-floor version of the longwheelbase model...

• by Peter Lawton Mechanics at a Daf dealership dismantled an operator's only truck looking for a fault that didn't exist, says...

Truck and van recall numbers almost doubled in the second half of 1999. Manufacturers called in 10,965 CVs from 1July to 30...

Aiding and abetting drivers to falsify tachograph records has cost Huddersfield haulier Robert Hirst 111,875 in fines and...

The Transport Tribunal has dismissed an appeal against South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael...

A haulier who was running an untaxed vehicle when he was convicted of previously running without tax for 11 months, has had his...

just over 12 months. However, West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Rourlet has granted a new international licence to...

licence again the end of the matter Western Traffic • Commissioner Christopher Heaps . has adjourned a driver's bid for an...

In response to a letter written to you by Paul Hemingway of JCB, I would just like to say that the Fastrac problem in Scotland...

I am replying to the letter from PT Hemingway of JCB Landpower ( CM 9-15 Dec 1999), stating that Fastracs are not a threat to...

I have continued to follow the saga of the motorway parking charges with great interest, not least because I spend a great deal...

The review, by Neil Peet CM1622 Dec 1999) of 100 years of road haulage made interesting reading (CM16-22 Dec 1999). However,...

It would seem once again that hauliers are to be penalised, this time by Ken Livingstone if he becomes Mayor of London. This...

After you've bought the Jag or the Merc, the next status symbol to acquire is the personalised number plate. But with everyone...

With a big thumbs-up, Oiympic champion rower Steve Redgrave took time out of his intensive training programme to deliver 65...

The Hawk has correspondents in far-flung places, as this picture proves. Spotted in Malta, this Invitingly cheerful bus would...

a welcome change from that which usually comes out of the back of a lorry. Proving that all the world can be a stage, dancers...

M My driver was stopped by police and had his tacho records checked. The driver had already reported the tacho was defective as...

• An eight-wheel tipper we operate carrying gravel was stopped by police and taken to a full-size weighbridge at a quarry where...

• We were carrying a 40tonne crane on a lowloader and under the Special Types Order when stopped by police. The crane had...

a safe bet that many hauliers are running some vehicies which, strictly speaking, are surplus to requirement. Not so HG McBain....

IPrice as tested: £48,125 (ex-VAT) chassis-cab only. Engine: 6.9 litres, 276hp (206kW). GAY: 26 tonnes. Body/payload: 19.16...

first of a new generation of lighter, safer fifth-wheel and drawbar couplings will appear on the UK market. Many of the design...

• Like fifth wheels, drawbar couplings are covered by 94/20/EC; approved models that meet the strength test have a V-rating....

the end of the day it is the drivers who get consignments from A to B. Unfortunately, such staff are not always in plentiful...

dollar there will always be money to be made shifting waste. That truth has not been lost on Exeter-based Bale Tanker Hire. The...

the driver's lot by teaming up with other agencies to raise standards and set decent rates for the job • If you want to sound...

• TC Harrison's MAN dealership in Sheffield looks set to be acquired by the German manufacturer as part of the continued...

Renault service and parts dealer Englands Truck Care of Cardiff may no longer be selling new trucks (CM 25 Nov-1 Dec 1999), but...

• Used Mercedes-Benz Ategos are now turning up at auctions and they're fetching good prices. They are being entered by finance...

• A service to help workshops and hauliers find inexpensive spares has been introduced by Part Finder. Customers fax the...

into his new role at Mercedes-Benz. One of his key tasks is to provide an objective view on future used values, and it's...

• Scania distributor Union Trucks is pumping £1.5m into a purposebuilt sales, service, and parts branch at Washington, Tyne &...

• CAP Guide heavy commercials editor Bob Reed is In an upbeat mood. "Things have brightened up quite a bit in the used market,"...