A Dutch lorry driver has been robbed at gunpoint while resting In a lay-by on the A14 in Cambridgeshire by two men in a white...

CBE in the New Year's Honours list and Isuzu Truck (UK) MD Nikki King received an OBE; both were for services to road transport.

T&G, has died aged 76. Evans headed the union from 1978 to 1985. Current general secretary Bill Morris described Evans as a...

Logistics firm Kuehne & Nagel has moved to a new site in the Glasgow Airport Business Park with 1,400m 2 of storage space.

to 1.4 million units; general cargo via Calais' commercial port rose by 2.7% to 32.7 million tonnes.

out that VI examiners will serve papers on firms targeted for impounding; not the Traffic Commissioners as we stated last week....

A "substantial and growing proportion" of the nation's HGV vehicle parc is still being presented for annual test "in an...

• by bike Gordon Milton Keynes-based transport giant City Logistics called in the administrators this week. Also being looked...

• The union recognition agreement at Cheshire haulier James Ham & Son has suffered a setback after just four months following...

• Norbert Dentressangle (UK)'s sales soared by a massive 700% last year but more than a third of the UK's 2000 leading hauliers...

Swanley, Kent-based Wallis ulage is blaming the driver ortage for its closure. After years in business it simply nnot recruit...

New European Commission oposals to update the drirs' hours rules have been immed by operators for moving their flexibility....

• by Sally Nash Among the first business casualties of the new year is Harrison Logistics, which has gone into liquidation...

• More than 1,000 jobs are to be axed as Geodis UK closes its ailing parcels subsidiary United Distribution (previously United...

• by Mike Jewell A Stockport lorry driver has been jailed for 12 months after concrete slabs fell from his lorry onto a car,...

• A new European Union directive will require hauliers to givr details about every vehicle they use to their insurers, includ...

laundered fuel in Northern Ireland, but critics argue that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The joint search of premises...

distributor 3663 to the 11 public health authority for wing to provide toilet and 'eshment facilities to non.3 drivers visiting...

about. The Strategic Rail Authority's latest 10-year plan (why is every plan nowadays a "10-year plan"?) proposes some bold...

The Strategic Rail Authority IA) has published its 10-year ai with a promise of £4.5bn for tomes including a new link im...

io by Mike Jewell A Manchester trucker who stole another driver's identity and illegally obtained work using his driving...

• Eddie Stobart is to offer its 1,200 drivers free cholesterol tests and advice on how to eat healthily to reduce the risk of...

• A spate of truck accidents has triggered a call for new congestion busting measures on West Midland motorways. The AA warns...

• A truck driver with a sleeping disorder disregarded his doctor's advice to rest, fell asleep behind the wheel and killed a...

Mike Cordon atunnel has issued a new : against the Red Cross igee centre in Sangatte in a to get the controversial tre shut...

Norbert Dentressangle UK is be split into three divisions; ;Sties, transport, and tankers, a move designed to match the )up's...

II by Toby Clark Renault Trucks aims to lead the move away from buy-back deals and concentrate on "Added Value Packages",...

An Asda driver may be on road to becoming a million after sinking his life savings i an invention he dreamt behind the wheel of...

II The operational flexibility of a curtainsider with the strength and security of a box van is the promise of a new body that...

is designed to tip and empty individual compartments, eliminating secondary sorting. The Kerbsider is also available as a 17m 3...

sotank has added five ERF 6x2 ECX tractive gifts to its fleet as part if a fleet expansion projramme. The repair and...

The final 2001 sales figures are in-and once again, the UK truck and van market has shown remarkable resilience with truck...

the real star of Ford's presence at the Detroit Auto Show is a pickup. To give it its official name, the Ford Mighty F-350...

for its L2000 and M2000 Evolution range by introducing the double-bunk MX sleeper cab. The expansion is designed to to cater...

units in the hands of container haulier Banbury Davies. The trucks are 2543 MegaSpace units; they will work under a three-year...

a 20-strong order of Dennis Eagle RCVs with bin lifts in a deal with municipal contract hire company Sere.° Fleet Services. The...

Ryder has delivered 14 vehicles to Kay O'Neill on a three-year full service contract hire agreement The batch, from vans to...

6x4 tippers to its fleet The trucks will run at 32 tonnes and will transport crushed concrete used in road construction across...

• Guernsey-based Paul Rouget Plant Hire has taken delivery of a 44-tonne tandem-axle step-frame trailer with beaver tail and...

Manchester Safety Service £385 in fines and costs. The company admitted the offence before the Rochdale magistrates, Ating...

fined £300. cith £70 costs for taking nsufticient daily rest and ?aceeding the daily driving imit. Lynd admitted the iffences...

by lentrew-based Reliable rehicles, Scottish It Michael letts has issued the company vith a warning about its uture maintenance...

against arrow-in-Furness-based larry Stagg, trading as H tagg Plant Hire & Haulage. fter he gave undertakings bout vehicle...

vehicles and three nailers at an East Sussex iquiry in December.

Fne UK arm of European haulage -_!iant Frans Maas has appeared before Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms after a...

Jsing a vehicle without an Operators' Licence or insurance and with an unsealed tachograph cost Crewebased Julie Meir and her...

A Barnsley-based haulier with a track record of maintenance problems has had its two-vehicle licence revoked and its sole...

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A Lancashire haulier who wound up his company to so that he could access his pension fund has been granted an 0-licence in his...

This is ajust a quick note to remind all Lady Truckers Club members to submit their membership fees to the club treasurer by...

It was with some alarm that I read the letter from Chris Rhoades (CM13-19 Dec). By his own admission, he has "only recently...

Having read and fumed at various comments over the years regarding drivers' hours and speed limiters, the final straw which...

The article on cost-plus rates (CM10-16 January), should be read with caution. It appears to be comparing Mr Cecil's gross...

By our Northern Correspondent, Eric Strongitharm, Osvvaldtwistle. Controversy stalks the mean streets of Oswaldtwistle today...

I7 PRICE AS TESTED: .£12,190 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 1.7 litres, 4hp (55kW). GVW: 1,805kg. PAYLOAD: 595kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION (laden):...

YOUR drivers? ow well do your drivers know the way Code and road traffic law? In a ent test by Warwickshire Police, only one...

Jonathan Etli Nrongly—but Vifilsons refurbished it for us," Edge -eports."They put some additional strengthening in the mar to...

ut as r'ireve Banner iscovered, operators hould carefully onsider routeing and oad types before hoosing this option. W ith the...

the usiness, but simply uilding a shed is no nger enough. les Brigham' utlines the issues perators should onsider before aking...

in court and at public inquiries—but they'd much rather help operators stay out of trouble in the first place. Patric Cunnane...

client was accused of uggling arms to Nigeria er boxes for a conler labelled "car Aeries" were found to itain weapons. He had :...

enough or is it? Giving a misleading account could land you in court... I magine the situation. A driver who has given your...

le Goods Vehicles (Authorisation f International Journeys) (Fees) egukttions 2001. CIF 1 December 301. Set new fees for the...

• Brit disc. The government has announced that it will take forward the introduction of a road-user charge for foreign...

Junction 10a on t MG, the UK's number one congesti blackspot. Guy Sheppard reports the problem that is adding 5% to t cost of...

forward and ask what the future holds. Well I'm no exception: for the road haulage industry, at least, 2002 promises to be an...