• A renewed application has been made to build a service station on the outskirts of King's Lynn Norfolk. It includes a...

by Juliet Morrison • Hundreds of hauliers may be able to sue ports for refusing to take their livestock trade. The turnround...

by Patric Cunnane • The Irish government has delivered sweeping reforms to the country's haulage industry which hauliers say...

costs haulier £200 COMMON by Tom Hayes and Karen Miles • Portsmouth's port authorities are under fire after a driver was...

• More haulage firms are using private investigators to trail and report on drivers suspected of theft, says the private eyes'...

p eter Gilder's High Court victory against Dover Harbour Board should be welcomed by any haulier, regardless of their Feelings...

by Jane Sayer • An angry Scottish log haulier is planning to challenge the Vehicle Inspectorate's current working practice when...

• Piggyback wagons between London and Scotland will start running early next year. Transrail wagons will be carrying low-height...

• A London-based courier company is the front runner in the battle for British Rail's Red Star parcels business, after the...

servicing back to dealers • Truck dealers are claiming a surge in the amount of vehicle servicing they undertake because...

• Hazardous goods operators appear to be unaware of a new EC quality assurance standard for the carriage of dangerous goods....

• Violent demonstrations duris not unusual to make additional ing the controversial .£26m claims on roads contracts, it is...

• West Midlands police have cut the time heavy hauliers have to wait for abnormal load escorts to an average of 24 minutes, but...

How would your company handle a French-speaking telephone caller offering you work? Three quarters of British firms lose...

• Hauliers might have problems coping with telephone callers speaking a foreign tongue, but few other British business sectors...

by Brian Weatherley IN If you're hoping to see lots of new trucks at next week's RI-TA TipCon show at Harrogate, don't hold...

VOLVO With the exception of its European-designed VE DI2 engine Volvo has little new in the pipeline until it unveils the...

• Freightliner continues to integrate European technology into its north American product line. The Mercedes-Benz subsidiary...

by Brian Weatherley • Green Flag National Breakdown has invested more than Lim in a computerised call-handling system aiming to...

price of the Ducat° by 2.17% and restructured the range. This brings the entry price up to £10,760 (ex-VAT) for the Ducat° 10...

• Wisbech Bulk Systems is best known for its aluminium tipping body systems hut it also produces lightweight and specialist...

• EM Wilcox has acquired Oundle-based R&G Wilcox which has marketed its aluminium-bodied tipper bodies under the Stevecastle...

• Econocruise has a new electronic accelerator pedal which is lighter by 25% and can have an integrated idle validation and/or...

• Llanharen-based Samuel Beach succeeded in obtaining a licence for two vehicles, after his agreement to environmental...

• Nlaintenance problems have led to the duration of the licence held by Leven-based D & D Scaffolding being cut so that it now...

• Falkirk-based Forth Valley Pallets were granted a new four-vehicle licence for one year only, when it appeared at an...

• The authorisation on the licence held by Ipswich-based Eagle Freight Terminal was cut from 10 to eight vehicles at a...

was revoked when the company failed to appear at a Bristol disciplinary inquiry.

• A driver formerly employed by Wrightway Trucking, of Trafford Park, Manchester, claimed before Trafford magistrates that he...

• Liverpoolbased Coastline Services has been warned about its future maintenance standards by North Western LA, Martin Albu....

• The wife of a a. man convicted of handling stolen vehicles was granted a licence in her name after North Eastern DLA Brian...

• Ten drivers employed by Stroud haulier James Timms Transport have been Fined £2,880 in their absence for drivers' hours and...

ly tipping, though not as common as during the construction boom years of the 1980s, is still a scourge on the landscape in...

be all over the place at this year's Commercial Motor Truckfest. In this instancy, they will arrive in the arena by helicopter...

D Midlands bus driver I has left his job after being accused of late-night kerbcrawling in his single decker bus around...

M hatever you may think of the UK's Department of Transport at least it doesn't encourage black and white colleagues to insult...

5 eaching children the rules of road safety is vital but getting the message through in a way that will be understood and...

ith reference to recent news regarding the passible increase of VED on Commercial Driver Training Schools, we feel that the...

R ussell Neath's complaint that he was unjustifiably fined .050 by the French police (CM16-22 March) sounds to me like a 2,500...

NVOs explained • The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council is organising a number of one day seminars at venues...

• The 1995 International Trucking Show will be held in Las Vegas, starting on 20 June. Explorers Tours has organised a nine day...

• The 14th International Commercial Vehicle Show, with its new logistics sector, will be held from January 1221 1996 at...

• The Freight Show Rotterdam runs from 9 to 12 May inclusive. More than 300 participants will occupy all six halls of the Ahoy'...

Power book • Power Steering Services has published a booklet entitled "Guide to Power Steering Faults". For a free copy send a...

• A guide to help exporters understand and comply with trade sanctions imposed by the United Nations has been published by the...

• The UK's aluminium industry has started an information service entitled "Aluminium File". It takes the form of a part-work;...

• The 300-page 'Guide to Understanding Technology Terms", produced by the US Department of Commerce, offers a compilation of...

Super shop • Granada has opened its new flagship shop at Chieveley, on the M4 just off Junction 13 near Newbury. It will...

• A truckwatch scheme is due to be set up in Northamptonshire after a survey revealed that local truck crimes are four times...

• Shell's euroShell fuel card can be used to pay the new road taxes and tolls in Europe. Several countries are due to impose...

• Northern Star is using 99 repairers from the Motor Vehicle Repairers' Association to form Gold Star Claims, its recommended...

• Lucas has appointed 16 new Brake Relining Centres, taking its network to 52 outlets. Contact 0121-627 7495.

• Pro-Fleet, set up by exAutolease general manager Mark James, is a new vehicle sales operation designed to provide the maximum...

• CCN Business Information has launched a service which provides an instant guide to how quickly companies pay their bills....

Container ferries • Coastal Container Line's service has been extended to Belfast. The new schedule will include two north...

• North Sea Ferries will close its Ipswich office on April 24 resulting in the loss of the Ipswich/Rotterdam (Europoort) service.

Fewer fumes • A device designed to reduce vehicle exhaust fumes has been launched by CAK Tanks, based at Princes Drive,...

• Maywood on Board has developed a new on-board weighing system which links to an on-board computer to monitor vehicle use....

• Municipal Services has launched the Mini-gritter, which is said to ideal for routes unsuitable for larger machines. It weighs...

• Parcelforce has developed an inflating padded envelope

to protect fragile goods. After sealing the envelope users pierce the outside cover to allow air to flow into the vacuum-packed...

• Kalmar has unveiled its new terminal tractor. The new TB tractor replaces the current TA Series, and is available in 30 or 35...

• Turtle Wax has added turquoise to the line up of its colour-coded Color Magic polishes.

• Vehicle Refrigeration Services of Ashford, Middx, has developed a flushing solvent for use with R134a and R12 vehicle air...

• Avery Berkel's PM Services will launch its integral fuel pump on 17 May. The new pump will have Auditor FX built within the...

• Anglia Locksmiths, of Lowestoft, has designed an innovative lock for lorries. Truklok, which has been designed as a...

• A906 North Circular Road, Upper Edmonton. Road width reduced on Lea Valley Viaduct, until end of 1995. • A219 Putney Bridge,...

a tractor unit attached to a tanker trailer in West Thurrock, Essex. The red, silver wheeled Mercedes-Benz unit was parked...

a load of gearboxes stolen from the Boreham Interchange Lorry Park in Essex. A tilt trailer loaded with 275,000 worth of...

the premises of Bulkrite, Dorrington in Shrewsbury. The yellow unit, registration number M 671 PRS, was coupled to a diamond...

On paper the Tata Loadbeta has a lot going for it: low cost, tough construction and reasonable productivity. But is it good...

Talking to a forklift salesman can fill your head with unfamiliar Phrases. CM takes a look at the main types of lift, their...

Everyone who drives a forklift must receive formal training. There are three levels of attainment: basic handling, specialist...

Price as tested: £5,962 ex-VAT (£5,750 plus £153 for metallic paint and £59 for radio). Engine: 1.0-litre petrol, 47hp (35kW)....

For the transport operation which delivers car seats round-the-clock to Ford's Halewood plant there is no time to lose. If a...

Britain is in the grip of a mobile communications boom. The Cellnet Cellular phone network added 655,000 subscribers to its...

trvinsport operations manager for Carlisle haulier Eddie Stobart, describes his typical working week. MONDAY: Youngest...