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The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the freight aspects of the London Mayor's draft transport strategy; particularly...

costs of flying home the bodies of the 58 Chinese stowaways found dead in a reefer at Dover last June as a humanitarian gesture.

Court of Justice, claiming that national regulations prevent nonGreek truck breakdown services from operating in the country,...

An EC report on the Austrian ecopoints scheme which limits truck pollution in the Alpine passes finds that exhaust emissions...

Last week Commercial Motor published details of a new Hauliers and Farmers' Alliance web site with the wrong address. The web...

gm by Miles Brignall Drivers found to have broken the hours limits at roadside checks face immediate prohibitions. From the...

• A Nottinghamshire haulier is warning all operators to check the terms of their breakdown contracts after its ATS Euromaster...

finances of hauliers who factor debts • by Mike Jewell Traffic Commissioners want to tighten the reins on hauliers who use...

• Up to 80 jobs could be on the line at TDG European Chemical's north-western depots. Twenty-two drivers are expected to be...

The company which left truck drivers' dreams in tatters after it failed to keep promises of a new life in America is under...

by Miles Brignall Steve Bryant. the British truck driver seven years into a Moroccan prison sentence for drug smuggling, says...

• Irish carriers will soon be subject to the same penalties that are imposed on their UK counterparts if they are found to be...

trailers, is to close its Dublin plant as demand for the company's products slows. The decision has come as a surprise to the...

• Mercedes-Benz will not include its truck dealerships in a shake-up which is expected to end the franchises of more than half...

At last—solid support for law-abiding hauliers with the news that, from February, drivers found to have broken the hours rules...

• by Dominic Perry Hauliers are threatening to pull out of the Southampton Container Terminal (SCT) because of loading delays...

• A driver who failed to put the handbrake on his tractive unit was crushed to death as he hitched up a 40ft trailer on a steep...

five-year contract to provide petrochemical giant Conoco with tanker haulage services In the south-east of England and Scotland.

of soda products, has renewed Its contract with Norbert Dentressangle Tankers UK to move soda ash from its plants in Cheshire...

MercedesBenz Espana to provide logistics to its plant in Vitoria, Spain, creating 140 new jobs,

the distribution of brown goods. The three-year contract is worth £4m a year; TNT will run a dedicated fleet and will manage...

signed a long-term, multi-millionpound partnership agreement with TOG for the provision of logistics services in the UK.

The threat of hundreds of job losses in sugar beet haulage has been temporarily lifted following intense lobbying in the UK and...

• A shake-up of the European Union's rules on the international transport of live animals is expected to be tabled this spring,...

N by Dominic Perry A former office manager and driver at a South Wales haulage firm could face a jail sentence after admitting...

• by Guy Sheppard A Black Country haulier has won a £160,000 grant from the EU to find out if technology traditionally used by...

11 Oil companies have defended their record profits, despite continuing high prices at the pumps. Their profits came at the...

• by Toby Clark The commercial vehicle market in the UK is in a surprisingly healthy state, and 2000 was a much more...

• With sales at a high, are we looking at a growing pare of commercial vehicles? Not necessarily, according to Iveco Ford...

• The light CV market showed signs of further fragmentation In 2000, with smaller manufacturers increasing their market share...

• The obvious winner In the numbers game was Daf, retaining its leadership with a volume increase of 5.4% to take 18.6% of the...

Users of the Datatrak vehicle location systems from Siemens Datatrak Location and Information Systems (SDL) now have access to...

5x2 tractive units with 580hp engines for its long distance international routes.

IMS, based in Loughborough, has announced that the SAF Intradisc Plus disc brake/air suspension for trailers is now available...

The Welsh National Assembly has chosen seven 6x6 Scanias fitted with Schmidt 9m 3 bulk spreader bodies and ploughs as part of...

36V battery on a Premi UM • by Toby Clark The move towards higher-voltage electrical systems on heavy vehicles has taken a...

the revocation of its licence for 35 vehicles and 45 trailers. Scottish TO Michael Betts ruled against using a...

haulier Ian Bain, Scottish IC Michael Betts warned him about his future maintenance standards when Bain appeared before the TO...

Morecambe driver John Allen £1,070 in fines and costs. Allen admitted the offences in writing to the Chester magistrates.

take special care of their vehicles and keep paperwork as proof, said Welsh DTC Alan Jenkins. He was cutting the licence of...

Jones, was fined £1,200 with £45 costs when he appeared before Denbigh magistrates. Hoyles admitted four offences of using a...

Kirkcaldy-based Thomas Muir (Metals), an associate of Thomas Muir (Haulage) which lost its licence due to a poor maintenance...

• You can now check out all kinds of legal information on road transport.net—the web site operated by Commercial Motor, Motor...

A Somerset haulier had his iicence authorisation curtailed by one vehicle and one trailer at a Bristol public inquiry following...

Swansea-based A&M Transport Services lost its margin for increase after Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Jenkins...

The licence held by Port Talbot-based Runtech was suspended for 28 days by the Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Jenkins,...

I have read with interest comments about newly qualified HGV drivers not getting jobs and I think the problem lies with the...

With reference to the working time directive, there is a lot of comment on hauliers possibly recruiting new drivers, or...

Referring to your Any Questions item (C144-10 January) in which you set out the European Court's interpretation of the drivers'...

Fuel crisis? What fuel crisis? It is an established fact that travelling at higher speeds uses more fuel. This is therefore a...

to predict how well it would do in the shadow of the Renault Master. In what has become a very competitive market Vauxhall...

When it comes to trucks there is a global trend towards fewer, bigger manufacturers—but the trailer market has never been more...

time to sort out all those little jobs that can only he put off for so long. But most hauliers don't get a quiet time any...

Think about upgrading your tractor units and trailers. A few thousand pounds spent on improving equipment can make a huge...

contend with thieves but the wise operator will invest in the right gear to outwit the r riminals Steve Banner ooks at the...

• Erect palisade fencing all the way around the site, and install a robust gate that can't be lifted off its hinges. • Fit...

• Allowing big hungry guard dogs to roam your premises late at night may be appealing, but it's ill advised, says Maurice...

rash of media diet advice in the new year, and 2001 is shaping up to be a real detox odyssey. Major and minor celebs of all...

opening up new opportunities for hauliers. Juliet Morrison reports on the operators who are happy to get their hands di VW •...

• The European Landfill Directive is due to become UK law by this July. It targets reductions in the landfill of biodegradable...

not have too drastic an effect. An exception is failing to organise your tax affairs properly. In the first instalment of a...

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