* Renault UK has launched a range of high-safety minibuses and welfare/mobility vehicles that meet the yet-to-beimplemented ECE...

by Miles Brignall • Roads minister Steven Norris has admitted there is a technical problem with a Department of Transport...

• Sexual harassment allegations have been made against a Southampton haulier by a woman driver who claims she was subjected...

• International operators travelling to Turkey via Romania are up in arms this week following a decision by the Romanian...

• Increases in the rates of landfill tax for waste site owners will lead to more illegal fly tipping, warn tipper operators...

LEASE DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET, NORMAL SERVICE WILL BE RESUMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN THE MEANTIME HERE IS SOME MUSIC..."...

by Geoff Frost • A 21-month jail sentence on a man who took an eight-legger from its compound, crashed it through security...

• The Government has come under attack from John Harrower, the Oldham owner driver freed last week by the French, for its...

• A lorry load of beer was manhandled over the Skye Bridge this week in protest at the high tolls hauliers are facing when...

• Thousands more operators are to be drawn into the police hunt for the lorry driver suspected of killing Celine Figard...

by Mike Jewell • A Crown Court judge has called for weighpads to be regulated after an overloading case based on weighpad...

• Roger Mills, the man behind livestock shipments through the Essex port of Brightlingsea, has been found guilty of failing...

II The Department of Trade and Industry is being urged to close a legal loophole which makes truck operators liable for vehicle...

• Poorly paid truck drivers are hopeful of higher wages after the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) told employers not...

by Karen Miles • Police are asking the haulage industry for information regarding a Manchester man who allegedly persuaded...

will come under scrutiny next month with the London trial of a group of men charged with importing drugs. Roy Clarke, the...

step closer this week as Rai1track launched a technical study in preparation for the first service in 18 months' time....

• An Eastbourne-based newsprint distributor is to relocate its operation with the loss of up to 30 drivers' jobs because it...

by Lee Kimber • Car drivers are prepared to put up with larger trucks if it means there will be fewer of them on the road,...

• Owner-drivers waiting to be paid by big freight hauliers might be surprised to learn that they have one of the best credit...

• Hauliers in Staffordshire are set to benefit from the fuel price war after an independent local garage owner pledged to...

The family of a man killed when a wheel flew off a Littlewoods ruck looks set to receive compensation in an out-of-court...

by Lee Kimber • A prosecution case against an owner-driver accused of smuggling 97kg of cannabis resin was thrown out by a...

• Anyone looking for some extra excitement in their lives might like to consider signing up for the only Territorial Bomb...

• A study of Continental motorists has found that many drive too fast and too close in bad weather conditions, but truck...

A van driver caught watching his in-cab television in slow-moving traffic has been fined £75 by Birmingham magistrates....

by Toby Clark • Mercedes-Benz has launched a new range of four-cylinder Euro-2 engines for its LN2 lightweight trucks. The...

• Tata will launch several new variants of its Loadbeta pickup range in March. The company will offer a pickup with Truckinan...

• Mobil says its Cleanerb urn Diesel Plus could help vehicles pass the smoke test and give a marginal improvement in fuel...

by Brian Weatherley • Iveco Ford has developed an uprated version of its 6x2 rear-steer rigid low-height brewery dray to...

• Miller Industries of Atlanta, USA has acquired French recovery manufacturer Jige Lohr Wreckers. Miller's UK concessionaire...

When Renault decided to launch a range of minibuses into the UK it was determined to make them as safe as possible. by Steve...

• Wade is launching an allmetal metric range of push-in fittings for air, gas and fluid applications. Known as "Sistem-P",...

• Britax (PMG) is to launch its European Mirror Range for direct replacement on commercial vehicles including Mercedes-Benz,...

• A number of design changes have been mode to the SAF low-maintenance trailer "Euro-Axle" to enhance braking efficiency and...

• AE Auto Parts has published a revised catalogue covering its Payen gaskets and oil seal range for German engines. It...

against the revocation of her licence. Western LA Ronald Ashford had concluded that she was not of good repute after her...

• Consideration of disciplinary action against the licence held by K IL Transport Services (Midlands), of Slade Heath, has...

• The number of alp trailers on the licence held by Ebbw Vale-based H Morgan & Sons (Haulage) has been cut from 15 to 11 by...

• The licence held by James Timms Transport or Whitminster, Glos has been reduced from 21 vehicles and 12 trailers to 15...

• The licence for four vehicles and three trailers held by Ellesmere, Salop-based livestock haulier Robert Dean was suspended...

journalist of the Hawk's standing has contacts in the highest places. Hence, I ID am able to show CM readers this exclusive...

D or the Hawk, gazing forlornly from his south London garret at snowflakes swirling on to a deserted railway track, summer...

ID crress Joanna Lumley's celebrated visit to parliament last week was part of a delegation from Compassion in World Farming...

D s an all-round transport but the i Hawk has never shied from admiring a shapely bus, even whistling softly when a...

m hatever you think of it, the lottery is here to stay. Everyone' s talking about it and lottery gossip and stories abound in...

• Jim Bird, former design manager with vehicle recovery group Boniface Engineering, has set up his own hydraulic equipment...

• The ninth annual Historic Transport Pageant and Vehicle Parade will take place in Leicester on Sunday 19 May More than...

• Hubbell's TrukTrak Modular Cable Protection System is designed to protect cables temporarily laid across yards by enclosing...

stolen from its yard in Old Oak Lane, Park Royal on Saturday 20 January. The vehicle--registration number, F646 EBU; engine...

Frozen prizes • Frigoscandia is to sponsor the British Frozen Food Federation Awards for New Products for the second year...

London • A4 Great West Road, Chiswick: Reduced to one lane 21:00-06:00hrs Monday to Thursday nights. The South-East •...

I read with interest the two letters in CM, one relating to the 3% JIG agreement, which the writer thought was derisory, and...

H ow right Roger Walker is in Sound Off (CM 11-17 Jan). The decision to abolish grandfather rights for eye sight standards is...

We operate and repair heavy goods vehicles and hold a trade licence. We have an old tractor tmit which is not taxed, tested or...

I passed my then HGV test in December 1987 and in 1989 was diagnosed as having diabetes. I informed the Traffic Commissioner in...

We have a large fleet of vehicles and give driving instruction to learner drivers. One of our vehicles driven by a learner and...

out before weighing out. Manufacturers have recognised this problem, and high-volume options are available on 3.5-tonne models....

A new breed of educated transport manager expects a fast track to the top. But are down-to-earth enough for a nuts and bolts...

Since John Boyd Dunlop invented the pneumatic lyre in 1888 the manufacturers have been trying to sell those black round things...

Spend! What can best be done with a cash windfall? Let's assume you've sold a couple of trucks for £10,000 and it's not...

H e's had his leg crushed in an accident at work, and his ear and scalp badly mangled in a motor sports accident, so it's no...

the Landfill Tax could be a nightmare... "Make the polluter pay" is a popular green catchphrase—but for specialist waste...

6 am concerned by the recent I Government announcement that VED I Government announcement that VED has been abolished for cars...