• The last operator of the truck involved in the Manchester bombing has described his experience as "horrendous". Josh Bates,...

by Miles Brignall • Spalding-based Hargrave International has been bought by Turners (Soham) following weeks of rumours that it...

W hat were we saying last week a consulting with the industry be doing anything rash? It seems Transport Minister Steven Norris...

• Thousands of drivers of rigids currently pulling oneaxled trailers will be forbidden to do so from 1 January 1997. Under the...

I 4 sive operators are just as likely to break the law as small firms and the Government should consider an amnesty to allow...

by Derren Hayes • Gables Group, the failed tipper and aggregate firm, ran up debts of nearly Om due to the recession and a...

• The Institute of Waste Management looks set to back down over plans to move its annual conference and exhibition from Torbay...

by Lee Kimber • More than 400 hauliers in Yorkshire and the North-east risk losing their 0-licences by the end of July as the...

• More than 1,000 trucks will be travelling from all over the country to East Anglia at the end of the month to protest at...

• Leicester haulier Bromley Brothers and Sons (Kibworth) was given a final chance to put long-standing maintenance problems...

by Karen Miles • Surprise weighings for lorries could start as soon as this autumn, says the Vehicle Inspectorate. A few...

• The Road Haulage Association is warning lorry drivers not to take their children with them during the school holidays if...

by Miles Brignall • The Transport Select Committee is expected to call a halt to the Traffic Area Office closure plan until it...

reported URTU boss the Continent • Drivers should be forced to report all near accidents to the Vehicle Inspectorate or to...

by Lee Kimber • The Highways Agency promised to minimise delays to hauliers last week after it was forced to admit to a House...

by Bryan Jarvis ▪ CaterpilIer distributor H Leverton has bought a versatile Foden 3325 eightlegger powered by the latest...

• Pirelli is introducing a wider truck tyre for steer axle applications along with a low-profile on/off-road design. It has...

• East London Waste Authority has doubled its fleet with the arrival of 15 daycabbed Foden 3325 trucks for containerised waste...

• A Birmingham skip hire company has two weeks to prove two of its vehicles are taxed and have current test certificates. If it...

• A Birmingham company has been given a severe warning by West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Roger Seymour after he...

• A truck with a defective tyre passed its annual test without the tyre being changed, a Leeds disciplinary inquiry heard. The...

• A Lancashire haulier who was said to have tried to do too much himself has been ordered to pay £1,600 in fines and costs for...

T orbay has hosted its last annual Institute of Wastes Management exhibition and conference—next year the event shifts to...

by Brian Weatherley • Keeping ERF alive, let alone independent, hasn't been easy. Ask chairman Peter Foden about the recession...

storms. He kicked up one walking 100ktn across Israel's Judean Desert, raising more than £4,000 for Scope, the charity which...

A Cumbrian cheese producer risked the loss of a 60-tonne delivery because of faulty weighing equipment at Newhaven. Three...

D or vehicle buffs keen to personalise clothing or other accessories with the name of their favourite CV conies Hot Marques,...

I would like to make a couple of comments on your recent Legal Bulletin (CM 30 May-5 June). Reference was made to financial...

ROUGI W hen they're working on the seating plan for the Marketing Hall of Fame, we predict that the guys behind the seemingly...

means a fully synchronised, pneumatic-shift range-change G10 gearbox with four forward gears in high and low ranges with a...

be made across the implement attachment points. The front and rear of the vehicle can be fitted with four, two-point...

The 0M364 LA engine puts an enormous amount of torque at the driver's disposal—it will lug down to below 600rpm before...

I t's refreshing to meet a truck operator who has nothing but praise for his principal client. Working out of a site at...

I t's a familiar problem. You run a haulage operation that has to access narrow lanes, building sites or awkward terrain to...

B ritain s reefer building market has a new kid on the block. Any day now operators in the business of shifting foodstuffs and...

6 I have been a lorry driver for some time and travel the length and breadth of Britain. I find the traffic reports given on...

Hiring an employee is a bit of a leap in the dark. You will be trusting that employee with your property, your customers and...