by Karen Miles • The Vehicle Inspectorate has been accused of "cooking the books" by its own staff after completing a mass...

• A bill set to get its first reading in parliament in the next few weeks proposes to introduce a maximum £5,000 fine for...

• A Private Member's bill introducing a national vehicle register showing if a truck is on finance, stolen, is an insurance...

by Miles Bri g nall by Miles Bri g nall • A livestock haulier is to make a complaint to Essex Police after his trucks...

• One of the livestock hauliers at the centre of the Shoreham dispute, Swindon-based Manor Farm Partnership (MFP), is appearing...

ccording to legend, whenever the late, unlamented Hermann Goering heard the word "culture", he reached for his gun. Whenever CM...

by Juliet Morrison • Eddie Stobart Ltd is positioning itself to break into international rail transport. It has plans to...

• Local authority transport spending—primarily on road maintenance—is 2900m below the proper level: 83% of councils say they...

set to go under • A package of immediate improvements to roads in Scotland was announced last week by secretary of state for...

into creditors voluntary liquidation as CM went to press on Tuesday (17 January). The High Wycombe-based industrial waste...

• A despairing haulier is offering a £5,000 reward to try to catch arsonists who he believes have targeted his depot twice in...

• Port of Felixstowe police are threatening to fine drivers 250 if they leave their trucks or trailers unattended overnight at...

• Britain's small businesses are still 10 times more likely to send freight by road than by rail: and more than a quarter...

by Karen Miles • Just days before the introduction of new rules for the carriage of livestock, enforcement authorities have...

by Patric Cunnane • Derbyshire County Council is urging the Government to ban lorries longer than 12m from travelling through...

• Securicor's parcels business last week posted a healthy batch of financial results along with profits up nearly 75%. Parcels,...

• UK thefts of lorry loads decreased by 10% last year: 600 loads worth £30m were stolen in 1994, compared with 663 loads worth...

• Spot checks are to be introduced at a Derbyshire accident blackspot following pressure from local residents. Vehicle...

• Police are searching for a truck driver who sexually assaulted a woman motorist who was stranded on the M40 before...

• North western licensing authority Martin Albu has reserved his decision against the licence held by Bakewell, Derbyshire...

by Steve McQueen • Demonstrations by hundreds of haulage workers faced with loss of their jobs convinced a meeting of local...

• A haulage firm had its Operators Licence cut by three months and was given a final warning against persistent speeding at a...

T he interest at a truck show is not confined to the exhibits: there's no better place to get product engineers into a quiet...

by Toby Clark • Nissan's Vanette Cargo replaces the Vanette, built in Spain since 1985. It will sell first in Spain then across...

EXCLUSIVE by Brian Weatherley and John Kendall • MAN will crown its F2000 range at the Paris Show this autumn with the launch...

by Patrick Hook • As part of the EC "Drive 2" initiative, which aims to harmonise Road safety standards across the BC, Royal...

of axles at the Brussels Show with its middleweight variants fitted to the Dot 55 11 to 15-tonner, launched at the Show. The...

• During 1 994 Daf sold 21,154 trucks and delivered 18,670 to make a net profit of more than NLG 120m (£44M) on a turnover...

• Newcastleupon-Tyne haulier Murray liogg's licence has been cut from 94 vehicles and 88 triflers to 90 vehicles and 84 tmilei...

a The Transport Tribunal has upheld the revocation by Western Licensing Authority Air Vice Marshal Ronald Ashford of...

• Problems over the condition of other companies' trailers brought JM Garry & Son to a disciplinary inquiry before North...

• North Western Deputy LA John Levin told a director of Prescott-based Wingame that he was fortunate when he renewed the...

• A police check at a Derbyshire tip has cost Stokeon-Trent-based driver Robert Lewis .C400 in fines and costs with three...

Gaza delivery • Federal Express has announced it is the first express delivery company to provide door-to-door service to the...

Inside trucks • The Automotive Interiors exhibition is being run in conjunction with Interauto 95 Exposition on 28 and 29...

Graylaw shifts • Lancashire-based freight forwarder Graylaw Freight Group has moved to larger premises from the Pimbo...

Cab Heater • Webasto Thermosystems has produced what it claims is its most advanced (..1) heater yet. The Airtop 2000 hearer...

the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

Midlands • Hereford/Worcester A38. Ferhill Heath, North of Worcester. Through traffic advised to follow diversions at bridge...

n end to vehicle theft is in sight with the news that a Nuneaton security firm has created the ultimate deterrent—on alarm that...

Joseph, director of environmental pressure group Transport 2000, somewhat confusing (CM 22 Dec 1994-4 Jan 1995). Initially it...

middle of nowhere, in a hurry and in a broken truck. No problem! cry the manufacturers in unison; our back-up services will get...

from the Al (NI) near Bawtry in north Nottinghamshire. We had taken up residence in the Morris Bros depot and called ERF's...

peaks and troughs in demand. But are they valuing themselves highly enough? Should they be more choosy about the work they take...

Ventura International has operated independently for just three months but it's not too soon for the new boss to think of...

4 emovals firms are the only branch R of road transport, outside public transport, to deal extensively with the general...

Developing a customer focused service. Keeping the world's premier international airport on the move requires a major...