• Lincolnshire-based Geoff Gilbert International has become the first UK operator to use the new EU currency to buy vehicles;...

by Charles Young • Hauliers who have lost work to farmers using agricultural tractors to haul goods have welcomed a ruling that...

• Eddie Stobart is to set up a major operations centre in North Yorkshire which will accommodate 225 trucks and create 150...

• The 41-tonne weight limit has left clouds of confusion in all sectors of the industry, according to the Freight Transport...

by Karen Miles • The warning by the Vehicle Inspectorate to an Essex haulier who employed cheaper eastern European drivers has...

• Dover Port police have launched an investigation after the body of a suspected illegal immigrant was found on the ramp of a...

• Hauliers in Northern Ireland are joining forces with the Freight Transport Association in a campaign to be treated the same...

by Charles Young • A haulier who boasted his trucks were good for the firm's image and "good on fuel" had two of them...

H ow nice to be a fuel company supplying a motorway service area; particularly on the M25. By the sheer law of averages, sooner...

• Truck drivers breaking the 30mph speed limit in Essex will face automatic fines from the end of the month when the county's...

providing the information they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk to our readers, to...

by Brian Weatherley IN Ryder is to hold on to its UK contract hire and truck rental divisions after failing to get an offer...

• An Essex owner-driver has been jauiled for three years in Belgium for drug running because he was in "the wrong place at the...

• The Driving Standards Agency has been warned to expect a wave of legal action after it made a driver retake his practical...

• Police have recovered nearly 2100,000 worth of stolen carpets and power tools From eight unaccompanied trailers parked up in...

• If it wasn't for trucks the number of illegal immigrants in the UK would be far fewer—no haulier would dispute this. Every...

• Tracieteam has signed a three-year deal with the Lancashire-based Devonshire Pub Company to provide weekly centralised...

by Miles Brignall • Motorway services provider Road Chef and fuel supplier Elf are overcharging for diesel by nearly 60p a...

• Scottish hauliers have expressed their concern at another blow to their businesses following results from a recent survey...

• A haulage vehicle insurance policy has been launched by AXA Insurance for owner-drivers and owners of fleets of up to five...

• TNT International has added eight new streamlined BoaHoy 13.7m tandem-axled curtainsiders to the fleet of 70 Tautliners...

by Toby Clark • There were some dramatic moves in the CV market last year, judging by the yearend registration figures from the...

• Truck sales in 1998 (over 15 tonnes GVW/GCW) grew by 161% to 52,962. • LCV sales grew by 53% to 237,321 • Market leader in...

• DoimlerChrysler unveiled this Dodge Power Wagon concept vehicle at last week's Detroit Auto Show. Inspired by the 1946 model...

During the first week of each new year the SMMT publishes its overall truck sales figures for the previous year: this is also...

• The prices supplied for two Seeley space heaters featured in CM's Equipment Review (31 Dec-6 Jan) were incorrect. The LP80...

by Colin Barnett III The Government has finalised the technical regulations for the launch of 40 and 41tonne operation....

• Iveco has extended the Daily range with a number of variants powered exclusively by CNG (compressed natural gas). The vans...

• Two vehicles have been suspended from the eight. vehicle licence held by Ardrossan-based Robinson Fine Foods for one week by...

436 • The three vehicle licence held by West Bromwich based Jyote Haulage was revoked after West Midland Traffic Commissioner...

• South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner is reconsidering his decision to disqualify...

• Fines of £3,000 imposed on Keighley-based Watkinson Lifting & Transportation for two overloading offences have been quashed...

• A Traffic Commissioner has to take account of what representors have to say even if they fail to attend a public inquiry,...

• The licence held by Donald MacDonald and Gilbert McLellan, trading as D MacDonald & Co, of Benbecula, was revoked when they...

• 22 January: The 7th Annual Railways Conference, on European Rail Freight Restructuring for the 21st Century, at the Sheraton...

• Palletways, the overnight delivery network specialising in palletised freight, has added three new companies to its...

• West Midlands-based tool manufacturer Britool has published a quick reference buyer's guide. The 72-page booklet shows...

• Al2, Green Man roundabout, Leytonstone: Major roadworks on new M11/Al2 link road until 31 December. • Bedfordshire, Al...

I the truth were told, no one really 'wants to get rid of the cowboys— probably even less today than in 1955. Who is going to...

R egarding the suggestion to charge hauliers £2,000 fines for stowaways caught in trucks coming in from the Continent. What a...

I t's good to see someone at least investigating and talking about the feasibility of twin trailer combinations in Britain...

0 he Hawk has arrived an intriguing letter from a Mr P Ives of St Mawes in Cornwall Mr Ives would like to enlist the sleuthing...

style at a gala ball held in Dublin before Christmas to raise funds for the Variety Club of Ireland. The club helps needy...

ne-time press secretary to "Iron Lady" Maggie Thatcher, Sir Bernard Ingham (right) still com mands a fearsome reputation. For...

N A , hen you're stuck in a long traffic jam on a motorway, do you play fantasy passenger? If so, you will be interested in...

To win sales in a competitive market, every CV needs to carve out a niche for itself. In the case of the latest Daihatsu that...

PENNIES! if your new year's resolution is to get your business cash-flow straight, you need to know about the ins and outs of...

LIERS, IT'S CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC VER 1 IXON WENT TO FIND OUT WH opular wisdom would have it that 1999 is cc < the haulage...

1 986: First cases of ME in the UK herd come to light. 1988: Measures to stamp out the disease are introduced, including a ban...

export ban may have come too late. Murdo Morrison asks if the sector can ever fully recover... T he beef export ban was...

The Government estimates that the BSE crisis will end up costing UK and EU taxpayers £4.6bn from the time the first safeguards...

to drive trucks. He's clocked up 62 years behind the wheel and, two months after his 80th birthday, has no plans to give up...

Escalating fuel prices and the Working Time Directive are just two of the problems affecting hauliers as we approach the new...

we draw ever nearer to e year 2000, it's hard to ind optimistic hauliers. hat do they hope for in e final year of the econd...

If! use a vehicle which used to be taxed as farmer's goods within 30 miles, does the driver need to keep a tachograph record?...

Usually a driver takes his weekly rest on Saturday/Sunday. If he is asked to produce his tachograph records the following week...

I operate several tipper lorries which spend a lot of time on muckaway work and going to land-fill tips. The underside of the...

The Government promised cash back for running greener trucks. It's now law but to gain from the legislation to the tune of...

* There are plenty of alternative-fuelled and dual-fuelled vans available and they all qualify for grants under the Powershift...

* A major carrot to tempt operators to switch to CFVs is the Government-funded Powershift programme, run by the Energy Saving...

ceramic honeycomb filter that has a catalytic coating. They are called continuously regenerating taps (CRTs) because once the...

E ddie Stobart intends to base approximately 50 vehicles outside the UK later this year. This is to take advantage of cheaper...

D o your drivers check their vehicles every day for defects? If they do, how do they report them back to you? If you've...