As garage owners geared up for blockades, hundreds of hauliers were turned away from forecourts across the UK last Friday after...

local roads to El billion, It has also earmarked resources to provide for major new maintenance schemes for the Central...

West Midlands, Bristol and Hampshire have expressed interest in introducing congestion charging measures.

fossil fuels is needed urgently to reduce the threat of global warming according to the Royal Society, challenging the...

of vegetable-based bio-diesel at a disused garage in London this week, in protest at the government's fuel tax policy.

A Sainsbury's driver has been released on poke bail after his vehicle ploughed into a car, removal van and a Range Rover on the...

• by Miles Brignall The government's pre-Budget proposals— which included a radical shake-up of the vehicle excise duty...

• by Brendan Nolan Irish hauliers are up in arms over UK plans to introduce a Brit Disc, warning that customers will have to...

• Rail-freight operators will soon face the same swingeim fines as hauliers if they are caught with illegal immigranti on board...

• Fuel protesters from across the country descended on London as their 60-day deadline expired. As Commercial Motor went to...

Hauliers are still way short of achieving their target of a 26p/lit cut in fuel duty, but the government seems confident it has...

A divisive set of concessions indeed, whether by accident or design. But concessions there certainly were in last week's...

• International hauliers who face crippling fines for innocently transporting illegal immigrants may benefit from a new...

• More than 25% of road haulage firms will go out of business, be taken over or have to change their ways to survive to the end...

II by Dominic Perry Caffeine-filled energy drinks— normally the preserve of latenight clubbers—could prove to be lifesavers...

• by Mike Jewel The legality of partial flagging Out has been called into question again by Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael...

• A Norbert Dentressarigio driver suffered heart failure hi Italy after he stepped out of his heated cab into sub-zero...

• German truck driver Wolfgang Emge has been sentenced to five years in jail for tax evasion after he was discovered trying to...

LA by Colin Barnett Speculation is mounting that Volkswagen is close to finalising a deal to buy half of LDV. Sources in...

• Road safety campaign group Brake has got together with the Automotive Distribution Federation to organise a one-day...

now come with a three-year/ 60,000-mile warranty instead of one year. RVI says this reflects the van's reliability.

Sales passed the 10,000 mark in October, two months earlier than in 1999. Vauxhall sold 22,968 vans from January to October; up...

1,000 Daily City Trucks from Iveco. The order, worth £25m at list prices, is made up of 3.2tonne 29.10s, marking Iveco's first...

Hill Hire has finished a £15m spending spree. The truck and trailer rental specialist has bought 90 MAN 7.5 arid 18tonners; 100...

£50,000 MacRobert Award for their work on the company's Continuously Regenerating Trap. Operators bought 5,000 of the traps...

• The government should not step in to force down CV list prices, according to used price guide CAP Red Book. David Hill,...

• Suzuki has launched a commercial version of the 4x4 Vitara. With a basic price of £9,995 (ex-VAT), the Vttara Van comes with...

• Renault has introduced a certificate for bodybuilders who specialise in light cv conversions. The Accord Technique...

two Donstep-frame, double-deck Palletmaster trailers des to carry 44 loaded pallets tonnes GTW. They feature tonne second decks...

Two on-site axle weIghbric have been installed at AF Blakemore & Sons' WIllenh base by Central Weighing it check the 100...

vans worth E2m. L beat 28 other tenders for contract; the LPG panel an dropside vans will be supp by local LDV dealer Lex...

reversing bleeper that automatically cuts out between 23:30-07:00hrs t( avoid causing a nuisance.

• There's no obvious link between airbrake systems and fuel consumption, but Wabco reckons that its developments could cut up...

for 28 days by North Western DTC Mark Hinchliffe after its proprietor, Peter Marquis, undertook to pay VED arrears within seven...

Cunningham have led to two of his 10 operational vehicles being suspended for one week by TC Betts in Edinburgh.

by HF Fraser & Sods, of Balblair By Dingwall, Scottish IC Michael Betts has issued a warning about its future maintenance...

haulier Stanley Fernyhough had used rebated domestic fuel in 12 artics has been adjourned until December by the Leigh, Lanes...

for a fourvehicle licence from Hayes, Middlesex-based Dolan Tipper Services. Police objected on the grounds that the company...

A recovery firm, which has an Operator's Licence it does not really need has received a warning about its maintenance...

blamed striking by Italian truck drivers for their drivers' hours offences. A public inquiry in Bristol heard that some of the...

financial problems escaped with a warning when he appeared before Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon. Mark Kynaston, based...

Interfering with his speed limiter and tachograph has cost a driver employed by Essex-based Express International UK 21,775...

I feel that Mr Brown's measures do not go even halfway to help struggling farmers and hauliers. An average reduction in road...

would like to correct a number of errors contained in Need to Know, ( CM 2-8 Nov). Vehicles are no longer plated in accordance...

Isn't it surprising that everyone seems to believe what Gordon Brown says? In fact, for my part, his measures have increased...

The Hawk is not known to act on impulse. Yet one morning he just took off on a whim for a classic vehicle rally being held at...

Now this is the sort of makeover The Hawk can appreciate. This 1965 Reliant 1W9 ANT three-wheel tipper truck lay derelict for...

The Hawk's artistic leanings toppled right over when he clapped eyes on this scenic idyll. The lily of the Valley is one of two...

A rookie bus driver has been emulating his TV namesake. On his second day in the job for First Glasgow, Barry James Bean got...

I PRICE AS TESTED; £54,260 (ex-VAT); £46,430 basic, plus options—see box on page 26). ENGINE: 6.2 litres, 240hp (177kW). GVW:...

If you've diversified into storage, chances are that sooner or later one of your customers will ask you to get into packaging....

Big trucks have obvious carrying capabilities—but they also have high running costs, and operators may find it hard to attract...

SI TE? The Internet has revolutionised business communications, but is it of direct benefit to the average haulier? Pat Hagan...

yes, it really does carry logs for the bachelor boy who owns a big chunk of the neighbouring forest. H aulier Tony Hughes...

Haulage and farming have always been closely related businesses. With the financial crisis facing farmers set to worsen next...

river training and hire companies are finding it nigh on impossible to attract recruits. "Three, four, five years ago we had 50...

a criminal offence for an individual or company to intercept any communication unless it's specifically exempted. CMlooks at...

increasing number of articles in Commercial Motor and the commercial vehicle press generally devoted to "exposing" farmers who...