• Profits at trailer rental firm Central Transport Rental Group (CTR) fell by almost 50% over the nine months to the end of...

by Miles Brignall • Kent Police have warned hauliers planning to blockade the port of Dover that they will impound their trucks...

III Up to 22,UUO Transport and General Workers Union members could soon be entitled to £7,000 compensation if they lose their...

by David Harris • A couple who run a Northamptonshire catering firm have been charged with manslaughter after a road accident...

NI More than £300,000 worth of damage was caused in a suspected arson attack on a haulage depot in Northern Ireland. Six trucks...

WHO WANTS THE MONEY? ecognise this quote? "Hauliers cannot be expected to shoulder all the risk. .."Turn to page 12 For a...

by Guy Sheppard • Tipper operators in the Midlands fear job losses after rival quarry operators Camas and Bardon announced they...

• An Essex-based driver agency went into liquidation earlier this week with undisclosed losses, but none of the drivers...

• A number of owner-drivers are owed money by Northwich-based Merlin Freight Services, which has gone into voluntary...

Roadtanks in Scotland are set to impose an overtime ban to protest about a pay freeze. P&O has rejected a 3% wage claim from...

by Michael Jewell • Reefer operator Langdon Industries has been warned by the Western Traffic Commissioner following the...

• London driver James Dormer, awaiting trial in a jail near Athens on charges he strongly denies, is still waiting for a court...

• 'I'he Highways Agency has stopped issuing tenders for the privatisation of abnormal loads route approval until after the...

111 A lorry driver who smuggled almost 000,000-worth of cannabis into the country has been jailed for eight years. Maidstone...

by Karen Miles • The parcels market faces a massive shake-up after the general election with both major political parties...

• International members of the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association are still owed around £1.5m...

• An inquest has heard that a West Cumbrian heavy goods driver died of multiple injuries after being crushed by a steel...

• Inaccurate and inconsistent accident statistics are a major barrier to road safety initiatives, say safety specialists....

by Karen Miles • More hauliers could go bust after the election because the inevitable increase in interest rates will put them...

• Department of Transport chiefs have been accused of failing to promote grants designed to encourage railfreight. More than...

• Cuts in UK road-building and maintenance programmes saw materials volumes significantly down at construction firm Tarmac,...

by John Kendall • US engine manufacturer Caterpillar will launch its 7.2-litre 3126 engine in Europe at TipCon early next...

• Digital map company Etak has completed the first map database of mainland Britain incorporating "turn-by-turn" vehicle...

• MAN will enter the 6x4 tipper market later this year with the 26.264DFK chassis which will be seen as a prototype at the...

a dangerous vehicle have resulted in the licence held by Uci Logistics, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, being cut from...

• Eastham lorry driver John Sharpley, who used a false name on a tachograph chart, faces charges of obstructing a traffic...

• Despite revoking the licence held by Ipswich haulier Shaun Welharn, Eastern TC Brigadier Compton Boyd granted a fresh licence...

• Haulier Ian Bridgwater, who trades as North Star International, has been cleared of the unauthorised use of a vehicle and of...

The spot check record was poorer than the national average, as was the initial failure rate at annual test 1 • Continuing...

• Cumberworth Building Supplies has been granted an extension that makes its onevehicle restricted licence an extended national...

• A series of drivers' hours offences has cost a Wirral lorry driver £335 in fines and costs. Duncan Fisher, of Bromborough, a...

• A North Yorkshire haulage company that felt it was being victimised by the Vehicle Inspectorate was being treated no...

by Miles Brignall • A 48-hour maximum working week for British drivers looked more likely this week after it emerged that the...

• Drivers are being offered a new hairdressing service operating from a bus at the South Mimms service station. Trading as the...

• Truck drivers are closer to new-age men than beer-bellied Romeos, says research carried out in motorway service areas....

• Lorry drivers wrongly imprisoned in Spain can enter their claim for damages later than previously thought, it has been...

• Euroline is the latest range of low-voltage vehicle lighting from Lab Craft. The lights are based on designs pioneered by...

IN Ensign Hydraulics is now supplying the Americanmade range of DumpPumps and CH Series gear pumps. The cast-iron Dump. Pumps...

• Basal has recently extended its range of standard swanneck towbars to include the Citroen I3erlingo and Peugeot Partner...

• SKF has updated the catalogue which covers its huge range of commercial vehicle wheel bearings, kits and seals. The latest...

• Bosch has undertaken a major relaunch of its bulbs range, including a new and comprehensive product catalogue, which lists...

• Swedish company Safe Sight AB has developed a product which is claimed to clean and maintain a vehicles windscreen wiper...

I read weekly, with much interest, comments by your readers on saving the environment from destruction due to excessive...

I n times of crisis or nationel emergency, disparate and warring groups come together in the common good, so perhaps road...

I would like to respond to Tony Hall, secretary of the AVDTP (CM 27 March-2 April), in which he refers to what he believes to...

I noticed a piece in CM (27 March-2 April) about traffic examiners threatening to strike over the rate of pence per mile they...

• 27-30 April: Automotive Trade Show organised by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders at the National Exhibition...

• Seddon Atkinson has appointed Peter Kay as materials manager. He has previously worked for Leyland Truck, Daf and Lucas...

• Tanktainer Thurroclean has taken on David Mearns as its new commercial manager responsible for new business and dealing with...

• Brian Smith has been named as the new chairman of The Tyre Industry Group. Smith, MD of Continental Tyre Group, succeeds...

Lucken as service engineer to join its after-sales and service team. He previously spent seven years in the Royal Navy as a...

• W e st Coast Cold Storage has named Chris Sturman as successor to managing director Ian Lister. He will take over in May....

• Dover-based Harbour Shipping, part of Star Cargo, has launched a package deal for ro-ro bookings including motorway tolls and...

• Jacobs Holdings has secured a deal with EH Harms for a new ro-ro service from Jacobs' Thames' Europort at Dartford to...

• The Transport of Dangerous Goods is now in its third edition with updated modal regulations and the 1996 Orange book....

• Location is not the only consideration: A guide to location industrial facilities is now available from the Institute of...

• Lynx Express, which is investing more than Lim in its network infrastructure, has unveiled plans for a new branch at Hellaby,...

return of a Mercedes Benz 2421 six-wheel mortar carrier that was taken from Hucknall, near Nottingham, on Good Friday. It has a...

Wolverhampton after being left for just 20 minutes. The locked Bedford 7.5 tanner with a Luton body was stolen from George...

weekend in Ennis, Co Clare, were in a celebratory mood when conference business drew to a close. After dinner on Sunday night...

3 hepstow RAC member Jonathan Cooke, en route to a showing of "Star Wars" with his girlfriend, had an unexpected close...

MA T Truckftst just over two weeks away the Hawk is pleased to pass on some more newsy titbits that should ensure a to weekend...

Anything new from M-B is bound to be com pared with the latest Sprinter, Vito and the Actros. it is unfair—but inevitable. The...

LONG-TERM TEST:2 FORDOURIERIOMB11.80 Price as tested: 212,337.50 (inc VAT). Basic price £9,385 ex-VAT, plus options (all...

0 n 11 March this year the European Court of Justice gave judgement on the fate of a school cleaner, Mrs Suzen, whose work had...

all about For most hauliers having one speciality is enough but Reid Transport in Northern Ireland is prepared to stop at...

RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION FUTURE LEGISLATION The Motor 'y, )riving Licences) Regulations 19( CIF 2 December 1996 and 1...

1997 to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU Directive 96/53. • Vehicle weights: Draft regulations...

A 5 another weekend passes and as more UK haulage bosses count the cost of having idle vehicles in France and Spain I wonder...

There have never been any short cuts when it comes to employment law. For instance, what distinguishes a "casual" worker from a...

ys to check Every time an employee is paid either wages or salary, they are entitled to a written statement giving a breakdown...

Business uses a great deal of terminology which has little or no legal meaning. Take the distinction between "casual",...

The Youth Training Scheme operates through Training and Enterprise Councils (TECS) and Chambers of Commerce and Training...

By last November the UK should have put legislation in place implementing the EU Working Time Directive. So far it has not done...