• Conciliation service ACAS is being asked to settle a month of unsuccessful between Leedsbased A One Transport and the TGWU,...

by Karen Miles • Two major northern operators folded last week, putting nearly 400 jobs at risk. Sheffield-based RDB Freight...

by Juliet Parish • Acquisition-hungry BOC Distribution Services is talking to Onward Transport about buying the 60-year-old...

• Christian Salvesen, which bought Swift Distribution earlier this year, has maintained its profits despite difficult trading...

tanks in France took a new turn last week when the French authorities ordered trucks bock on the ferry at Dunkerque. One...

• Almost £2,500 in fines and costs were handed out to eight foreign drivers stopped as part of a 24-hour multi-agency...

• The Milk Marketing Board has been told to look again at its proposals to reorganise milk haulage amid fears that the plans...

• The crash of a Suffolk freight forwarder and the setting up of another company by one of its directors has sparked anger...

AS FORWARDERFAILS by Mike Jewell • Hundreds of drivers may have been wrongly convicted of jumping traffic lights based on...

• Exel Logistics and BRS helped boost parent company NFC's pre-tax profit, which rose 17% to £104.9m in the year ending 2...

• Declan McGowan became one of the first LGV drivers to take and pass his driving test on a drawbar outfit last week....

• Express parcels carrier Parceline will take its first major step into logistics next month with a warehousing and...

• General Parcels claims it can now deliver small freight consignments throughout Europe up to 50% cheaper than its...

by Grant Prior • Three truck drivers face Christmas in a Turkish jail after being caught up in an alleged export fraud. They...

• Sixty new drivers jobs could be axed in Cheshire during a public inquiry into a supermarket chain's plan to build a...

• Hauliers setting up combined transport operations can apply for launch funds from the European Community under a new scheme...

• The European Commission wants to spend £170bn on Europe's transport infrastructure. The "Growth Competitiveness and...

it Pressure is mounting on Parliament to slash the drink-drive limit to zero. Last week Roads Minister Robert Key described a...

• More than 1,000 workers at Leyland Daf Vans have received Christmas bonuses of £200 worth of shares. This follows healthy...

by Kathy Watson • The United Road Transport Union is urging drivers to join a campaign to cut the mandatory retirement age to...

• An agency driver working out of the John Dee's Rotherham distribution centre has foiled an attempt to hijack his...

• Transfleet plans to offer specialist packages to specific areas of the transport industry, says managing director Brian...

by Toby Clark • Andover Trailers has established a marketing link with Bavarian manufacturer Goldhofer which promises to open...

• United Biscuits has created an "environmentally friendly" prototype tractor unit and trailer. The three-axle Montracon...

• Leyland Dafs UK-built middleweight trucks will come with the option of low emission Euro-2 engines by next April, well...

which builds vehicles for Leyland Daf will extend its product range sold outside the UK and the Continent early in the new...

by Bryan Jarvis • Leyland Dais latest Series 70 and 80 Eure1 multi-wheelers look the part and perform like worthy...

were ordered to pay costs after seeking adjournment of their trial for alleged drivers' hours offences. Stoke Stipendary...

driver Martyn Brundet was not unfairly selected for redundancy on the basis of his accident record, when Weddel Swift...

been warned about its future maintenance standards, by Scottish TC Michael Betts, following a Glasgow disciplinary inquiry.

• Co Durham based haulier Steven Lincoln has to wait to see what action the Traffic Commissioner will take against his 12...

• The Transport Tribunal has rejected a plea that the revocation of Hayes-based David Bough's licence be delayed pending an...

MI Haulier John Headley, of Bury, Lanes has had his bid to add two vehicles to his licence adjourned for two weeks. North...

Wyvern Cargo, of Poole, part of the ANC Express Group, has had the duration of its licence cut following breaches of...

Losing your job in a recession can spell disaster—but for nine former Leyland Daf employees the future is looking brighter....

• The 22nd European Transport Forum will be held at the University of Warwick on 12-16 September next year. The conference...

• French champagne house Veuve Clicquot is asking the freight industry for its nominations for the Business Woman of the Year...

• ROR Rockwell is holding training courses throughout 1994 covering maintenance and fitting of its axles and associated...

• ERF operators are to be offered improved roadside assistance service under the Freeway programme. Drivers will be provided...

• The second 1993 edition of the Plimsoll portfolio analysis of commercial vehicle companies has just been published. It...

• The latest safety report from the Channel Tunnel authority has just been published. It covers the period from 1 April 1992...

• A small, low-cost automatic chassis lubrication system has been launched by Tecalemit Systems for use on light...

• A new self-adhesive signwriting system for trailer curtains is being marketed by Fasson UK. Suitable for computercutting,...

• Supermarket chain ASDA has installed its first Triscan outdoor paying terminals at a petrol station in Sittingbourne. The...

• Disc-Lock, the wheel nut specialist, has come up with a new answer to the problem of wheel loss. The firm's new nut, which...

• Bosal's radial flow catalytic converter has won an innovation award at the Paris Equip Auto show The converter is said to...

• South East: London A40 Western Ave, Uxbridge: down to two lanes both ways near the Long Lane junction. • Buckinghamshire...

El n these days of the search for the Holy Grail of Quality, you may find yourself embroiled in "team projects"—which for...

El ans of movie car chases will have been impressed by the unusual siring of charges levied against a Robin Reliant driver...

5 he lesson of forewarning your gateman of an impending delivery and its purpose was learnt recently by London brewery, Youngs....

esponse to the Commercial Motor/Seddon Atkinson Win a Strato for a Year competition has been overwhelming with more than 1,300...

I n view of the recent three pence per litre diesel rise— this will cost my small twovehicle haulage company some £300 per...

"On the sidelines" in Commercial Motor 18-24 Nov, but I think a little word of warning is not amiss before operators start...

IMPRESSIONS Renault Extra 575 1,41 Price as tested: £7,455 ex-VAT (base price £7,155, plus £135 for remote locking and...

invest in equipment for combined roadrail transport. Although increasingly common on the Continent, the spread of swap bodies...

C ombined Transport operator Allied Continental Intermodal is claiming a positive reaction from potential customers to its...

cif = coming into force SI No 1946 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No 1) Regulations 1993—cif 1...

UK • The Vehicle Inspectorate options for the future'— Consultation on the privatisation of HGV Test Stations. •...

Within a month all new trucks sold over 12 tonnes will be covered by EC limiter legislation restricting them to 56mph: existing...

A number of hauliers large and small have already been running at round 56mph maximum For some time. Among the Pig Fleets that...

Volvo has been pushing Geartronic hard with competitive pricing. Operators are turnin? to it—but how do drivers feel about...

T echnicians and first-line supervisors are vital to this country's economic performance, according to Employment Secretary...

• A National Vocational Qualification slots into the Government's National Education and Training Targets; in Scotland it's...

Old enough to ask blunt and difficult questions, too young to understand the sometimes complex answers. Innocent, but full of...

• European neighbour, or Third World hell-hole? The Barber family and friends are clearly shocked at a French legal system...

• Drivers appear to accept that they must share responsibility for what's on their vehicles but are outraged that, as the law...

Sausages and bacon too tasty for sauce were the order of the day when CM's roving gourmet upped forks at Derby's Saltbox cafe....