• "The application of the working time Directive as an additional layer [of Drivers' Hours legislation] would undoubtedly make...

• Police suspect arsonists were responsible for a fire which gutted seven tipper lorries parked overnight at an ARC Central...

rRyfizar • Oil giants Mobil and BP are to back Commercial Motor Truckfest Southwest at Shepton Mallet on 6-7 July. BP will...

• Onyx UK looked set to beat Liverpool Council's direct service organisation (DSO) to a £3.9m/seven-year refuse collection...

• Brussels Eurocrats are poised to slap extra limits on truck drivers' working hours next week. A proposal before European...

• The two ferry companies running Britain's busiest RO-RO route are to ask again for permission to run joint timetables to...

• The London Boroughs Transport Committee now has a date for its appeal against last summer's High Court decision preventing it...

• North Yorkshire haulier Flowers of York has gone into receivership — its goodwill and assets are up for sale. Receiver...

• An MP is calling for the DVLA to sort out the processing of LGV driver licence applications (CM 6-12 June). Max Madden, MP...

of the Dartford tunnels for up to six months, but the Dartford River Crossing company says that its bridge will still increase...

• Operators who retrofit speed limiters to their HGVs could end up paying twice as much as for a limiter installed on line,...

• Garry Turvey, director-general of the Freight Transport Association, has been awarded the CBE in the Queen's birthday...

• North Eastern-based haulier Glendinning is suspending the guaranteed minimum wage for its 70 drivers to avoid cutting jobs....

• Fewer hauliers than hoped for have taken up the offer of Saturday truck inspections (CM 30 May-5 June). The Vehicle...

• The winding up of the transport industry's official training body is to take effect immediately instead of September as...

WASTE MANAGEMENT M Local authorities can save money and help the environment by collecting household rubbish from segregated...

TAN KCON • A revised version of Focien's 2000 Series, on show at last week's Tankcon exhibition, easily meets the Milk...

NI Aerodynamic tractor/trailer combinations are giving fuel savings of up to 16%, says TNT following 10 months of field trials...

• Leyland Daf has launched a tipper version of its new 45 Series, which is replacing the Roadrunner. The tipper is available...

N AWD is supplying 60 heavy trucks to Malaysia where they will work on the 400m Pergau dam project. Most of the vehicles are...

• The shake-up at the National Freight Consortium (CM 6-12 June) has led to BRS Group boss Steve Abel switching jobs. Abel,...

• HGV drivers at British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) will work a 35-hour week from March following a new union agreement. They are...

• Truck drivers working in London earn 15% above the national average, and their colleagues in the South-East earn 7.7% above...

• Rail drivers' union ASLEF has predicted that next month's closure of Speedlink will lead to an extra 11,000 loads a day being...

• Sussex haulier JJ Adam has warned transport operators not to depend on one industry if they want to survive during the...

• Predictions that the truck market will reach an all-time low this year has prompted Iveco Ford to cut a further 100 jobs at...

• Christian Salvesen has topped the year with a 7% boost in pre-tax profits, up by £4.5m to £66.6m. This was matched by an 11%...

a. port (Leeds) has successfully bid the Eastern Traffic Area, despite a string of convictions on its record. Eastern...

• Barnsley magistrates have directed that the defence costs of ATS Tyres must be paid out of public funds, after an overloading...

a. Road has had its PCV Operator's for 12 months only, and its vehicle authorisation cut from 34 to 28 by North Eastern...

• Middleton magistrates have adjourned a drivers hours case for the defence to produce documents showing the amount of off-road...

• Three vehicles operated by Barry-based dairymen Bernard and John Hawken will be suspended from their licence unless they pass...

• Peter Phillips, group transport controller of Cheshire-based international hauher STD Transport (Marple), which has collapsed...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• Dealers are once again proceeding with caution. After better than expected sales in the first quarter of the year, used truck...

• Plaxton is expected to launch a new coach this year — probably at the NEC Coach and Bus show in October. The...

• Lincoln City Transport is aiming at the upper end of the coach market with its new operation, Stonebow Coaches. The company...

• More than 1,200 staff at London Forest Travel were holding a ballot as CM went to press to decide whether to strike over...

• The management/employee buyout team of Fife Scottish has won an undertaking from the Scottish Bus Group that it will not sell...

he Hawk offered a selection of goodies to readers in a spring clean competition on 23 May. The question was, what was the...

A ccording to Private A ccording to Private Eye magazine the most remarkable thing about Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's...

Not at all chaps; I'm sure our readers will be pleased to hear of the society's progress, including the announcement of the...

fil he chill wind of recession may have taken its toll on attendances at the Road Haulage Association's Tankcon last week—but...

1 - 79 ews reaches me of an HGV driver who claims to have passed no less than 10 driving tests. Stephen Millard, who runs...

hen the Hawk was a lad a shilling was still worth a shilling and would cover a night at the local fleapit with a couple of T...

tabloids under silly headlines like Major Toad Ahead — far be it from the Hawk to indulge in such foolery except to invite...

• Freight forwarder Baxter Hoare is changing its name to Baxter Livingston following its takeover of fellow freight forwarder...

▪ Seddon Atkinson has appointed two partsand-service dealers. They are Titterington Trucks Service in Carlisle, (0228) 47458;...

I The London Buses Driver of the Year competition takes place in Battersea Park on 21 July when 80 drivers will compete for the...

I Central Motor Auctions is including newer, lower-mileage vans in car sales at its Wimbledon branch. Previously CVs were sold...

I Preston-based removals firm Whittle Movers has won the BS5750 quality mark. The company was Whittle Movers formed two years...

I Papers from last month's conference at Cranfield's National Materials Handling Centre are now available. They cost £25 each....

• Plans to widen the M25 to four lanes between the M4 015) and M40 016) are now underway. The project, which could take two...

have been locked in a horsepower race which has seen the birth of a bevy of super-high-power longdistance haulers. Two men...

Our first call went out to Datapost at 11:00hrs. We immediately got through to an * efficient receptionist who took details...

o A tick represents exceptional performance; a cross indicates performance below expectations. At 12:10hrs we were through to...

him that the package was fragile; he shook it up and down, told us it would be all right, and proceeded to lean on it to...

bounds over recent years; computer-aided gear changing, low-revving high-torque engines and computerised map reading are only a...

introduce VAT on transport services crossing European borders will give them a raw deal. IN Earlier this month European...

• Your leader "Engage Brain" (CM 9-15 May) was good knockabout stuff and great for continuing the trench warfare between the...

• With reference to the article about academics at Leeds University calling for a higher truck tax (CM 9-15 May): as an...

• Regarding the article in Commercial Motor (9-15 May) about speed limiters: I personally have no objections whatsoever to them...

avid Norton hos filled the newly created position of operations director (shared user resource) at Beck & Pollitzer. He joined...

• Nick Parkes has replaced Sandy Brown as depot general manager of Farceline's Croydon depot; he has 10 years experience in the...

• Alan Watson, former managing director of TNT Express Europe, is returning to Australia to become deputy general manager —...

• Jeff Chapman has become chairman and managing director of Hill Hire, the truck and trailer rental firm bought from the...

• Systemline, part of Federal Express Business Logistics UK, has appointed Mark Turner distribution development manager....