• CV sales and hire specialist Dawsongroup quadrupled pre-tax profits to £4.75m in the year to 31 December 1992, as busy...

by Nicky Clarke and Karen Miles • The EC Commission is calling on British international operators to come forward with...

by Karen Miles • A defiant British Rail has warned hauliers that the party's over: the exodus from rail to road has ended....

• l'he freight wagons delivered for the Channel Tunnel are potential death traps, according to the body responsible for the...

• The Transport and General Workers Union has recommended that 230 drivers working for Dale Farm accept a 2.5% pay increase. It...

by Juliet Parish • Livestock hauliers face a crackdown on breaches of animal welfare rules from local authorities. It follows...

• Controversial plans for an allout "unenforceable" HGV ban in Southampton have been put on hold while the city council sits...

by Brian Weatherley • Foden Trucks will offer Caterpillar's latest low-emission 10.5-litre diesel as part of its new engine...

• Bus production began at Volvo's Irvine plant last week when Volvo Bus Corporation president Bjorn Larsson opened the £6.5m...

Mercedes-owned Freightliner marked its Golden Jubilee in the US with four new models that are designed to retain its lead in...

number of distribution companies are stalking the multi-million pound Redland brickcarrying contract which is up for grabs next...

Dawbarn, 56, left the company three weeks ago after 31 years' service. He will also be seeking compensation of around £200,000...

• Toleman drivers based at Harwich have crippled the distribution of Ford's new Mondeo car by striking over the dismissal of a...

• German-based parcels carrier Hellmann is looking for local hauliers to join its distribution network. The company, which has...

• The memorandum of sale for British Rail's Red Star has been delayed until after Easter because it has hit "one or two...

by Juliet Parish • Waitrose plans to cut its distribution costs with a £40m depot which will enable it to reduce the number of...

• Derbyshire tipper operator Allsop could be forced out of business by local residents after 18 years at the same site....

• The 240 tanker drivers who deliver to jet service stations and distributors have agreed to work an extra 90 minutes a week...

• Companies with parking conditions on their licence are more likely to have action taken against them following the Western...

• A 12 month 20vehicle licence has been granted to Uttoxeterbased Till & Co, found to have a good roadside check record. Out...

• Oldham haulier Brett Hampson has received his second drivers hours and tacho graph offence warning. Hampson, who trades as B...

• A lorry driver made redundant after his vehicle was written off in an accident has been held not to have been unfairly...

• Radiett-based Retail Consolidation Services has been acquitted of permitting an agency driver to use a vehicle with an...

• The long-awaited revised Nissan Cabstar is now available sporting a completely new cab— albeit on the existing chassis The...

• Vauxhall Motors announced increased profits last week, up 69% to £223.7m before tax, and record turnover. But while the sales...

• Ford has just launched the Maverick, a "recreational" 4x4 vehicle, in parallel with the nearidentical Nissan Terrano II....

• The Ford Transit could be the first panel van to be offered with an airbag. According to Mike Plats, commercial vehicle...

Used truck dealers are finding it hard to get their hands on tippers. Yes, really. Independent d Robert Reynolds highlights an...

seems to translate as "anything we don't like we can ignore". International operators who enter France with extra diesel in...

ul ans of TV soaps will be delighted to know that a new series is in the pipeline based on the exploits of a group of...

51 ans of truck racing are in for a treat when the Continental Tyres British Truck Grand Prix takes place at Brands Hatch on...

London could be tickled pink when one of 50 new cabs in Carlton Television colours draws up. The promotion has been organised...

5 he Hawk hears from the Jacob's Well appeal which specialises in collecting medical aid for countries in Eastern Europe and is...

Tail-lift distributor • Belgian tail-lift manufacturer Dhollandia is looking to appoint a new UK distributor after its agent...

IBC forum • A two-day conference and exhibition for the rigid intermediate bulk container and mini-tank markets is being held...

Policies of defence • The Freight Transport Association and insurance brokers Bain Clarkson are launching a new policy to...

New tech training • Teesside Training Enterprise is running a new course on display screen equipment regulations. It looks at...

Test books • An updated Public Service Inspection Manual and the Public Service Vehicle Amplification Notes will be available...

Additives added • US manufacturer of diesel fuel-injection equipment Stanadyne Automotive Corporation has launched two diesel...

Gas Turbine engines are being re-exaimined as a erious alternative power source for trucks more than o decades after they were...

T hroughout the year, come rain or shine, thousands of truck drivers spend nights away from home shacked-up in a cab. Whether...

T he EuroTech as tested is a full-blown long-distance cab with twin bunks and plenty of headroom: easily enough space for a...

D af will be relying heavily on the sales success of its new model ranges if it is to thrive and survive. The 85 Series,...

T he F90 cab's single bunk is raised high off the floor of the cab leaving plenty of room below for an overnight bag or...

BENZ 1831 T he Mercedes, like the Scania, is more of a rest cab than an out-and-out sleeper; for all that still it manages to...

T he Scania has the lowest mounted cab in our sample, and headroom is limited— over half a metre down on the Ivem Our tester...

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

p ermines recovery operator Alan Sewell is worried that his firm—and other recovery operators specialising in heavy...

C ummins says ESP is the first big-bore diesel that thinks for itself—it certainly has a number of features that set it apart...

Truck drivers' working hours are coming under increasing scrutiny in a Governmentbacked study looking at the link between lack...

A fter reading Mayor Flitter's and other views about the merits of training WV drivers on loaded vehicles,1 must say from my...

ahead of us in this game we need to catch up fast c C ombined transport by its name and nature requires the coming together...