AVELS 1st CLASS F yffes Produce Distribution, a division of Fyffes , depots across the south, east and west of Engh have taken...

• has called on the Government to give more tax breaks for vehicles powered by "green fuel". It has just added a natural...

by Derren Hayes • More than 20% of water tankers stopped in a spot check in Yorkshire were running without 0-licences, says the...

III A South London haulier has been found guilty of over £500,000 of tax evasion following a three-year investigation by...

by Martial Tardy • European Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock is publishing a discussion paper this week calling for...

by Miles Brignall • A number of hauliers face uncertain futures in the light of the collapse of Glasgow freight forwarding...

C ynics might say of the Road Haulage Association's letter v to the Government moaning about next year's increases in...

by Miles Brignall • Judges trying hauliers on overloading charges are not applying the law correctly and are giving...

• A Durham owner-driver claims his contract has been ended only days after he was hailed as a hero for steering a runaway truck...

to harmonisation • Germany and Austria are blocking liberalisation of road transport across Europe because they fear it will...

• Police are waiting to question a Cornish truck driver after five people were killed in what is being described as the...

by Miles Brignall • A voluntary code of practice for the scrapping of vehicles has been launched by the insurance industry in a...

• More efficient trucks arc impossible without legal changes and Government grants, says a new report from the Freight...

A sharp rise in European rail tariffs from next year will threaten the future development of combined road/rail transport in...

• lore than 70 people are killed every year because of workplace accidents involving vehicles, says the Health and Safety...

• Sales of trucks and artics for the year will break the magic 50,000 barrier this week—for the first time since 1989. The...

by Karen Miles N A new criminal charge of death by dangerous maintenance should be put on the statute book, say lorry safety...

Brake to introduce the new law: Brake wants cowboy firms to face criminal charges for running lethal vehicles. Brake director...

• Lorry drivers who leave their engines idling during deliveries look set to be fined following a joint local and central...

• Livestock hauliers could face a ban on live veal exports following the High Court's decision to refer legal moves by animal...

• Harris Logistics, the retail distribution arm of TDG, has won a three-year 2.1.5m contract to provide services for wafer...

EXCLUSIVE by John Kendall • "Would you be interested in driving one of the first right hand drive 4-Series back to the UK?"...

by Toby Clark Isuzu light-middleweight trucks are to be sold officially in the UK from next year, and assembled by Leyland...

• Perkins has introduced a natural-gas-powered variant of its Eagle Tx engine, rated at 300hp (224kV1). The engine was...

• Nissan has dropped the Sunny Van and Urvan models from its UK line-up. The high-cube Sunny Van, Japanese-built and based on...

• Distribution specialist Fullers Logistics has added a novel twin-decked curtainsided 13.7m semi-trailer to its factory server...

IF An axle overload cost Darlington haulier TF Corner and one of its drivers £336 in fines and costs before Richmond, North...

• Environmental representations from neighbour ing residents, opposed to plans by Mansel Davies & Son to add two trailers to...

• Since November of this year the 10.3-litre Cat 3176B electronically controlled straight-six has been optional in Foden's 3000...

• On a different note, we spent a couple of days with Caterpillar's latest 550, hauling a loaded trailer at 80,000 pounds (36.3...

lveco's long-awaited EuroStar 470 tractor is clean, green and raring to go for just-in-time long-haul traction. by Brian...

by Piet Wieman • The final chapter in MAN's F2000 heavy truck product renewal story has finally been written—and the denouement...

es, it's that time of year again when the Hawk's friends in the industry generously donate a desirable selection of splendid...

• PD11/1 96, a conference and exhibition looking at technical and engineering advances in product data management, will be held...

• The third annual International Road Transport Union (IRU) east-west road haulage conference will take place in Stockholm on...

• The future of liquid petroleum gas as an alternative fuel will be addressed at The Autogas Conference at the Commonwealth...

• A new partnership between the Retail Motor Industry, trading standards authorities and local government has been launched in...

• Vehicle rental group TLS is to add two new depots to the 14 it has nationwide. The two depots, in Leeds and Stirlingshire,...

• An on-board vehicle weighing company has been set up for tippers and trailers. Wiltshire-based Premier Weighing Systems will...

• Industrial waste collection company. Safety Kleen has added larger collector drums to a number of its collection services in...

• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SIVElfIT) has published the 1995 edition of the Motor Industry of Great...

• The revised and updated edition of the Transport Managers and Operators Handbook will be published on 18 January 1996. The...

• The SMMT has also compiled a review of the 1995 Budget. The Review summarises new legislation, changes to taxation and the...

• The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has developed a light commercial vehicle paper to extend its City...

failsafe moisture block that is said to protect air tool supply tubes from moisture while in use. The Block comes in 6.35mm and...

• A240 Kingston Road, Tolworth: Roadworks between Tolworth Broadway and Jubilee Way. Delays around the Worcester Park area and...

• A5 Buckinghamshire: Lane closures at Milton Keynes, between the Abbey Hill junction and Kelly's Kitchen Roundabout.

• M5 Somerset: Bridge repairs with lane closures both ways between J21-22. Until mid-February.

• M50 Hereford and Worcester: Roadworks and lane closures in both directions between J1-2 will cause regular delays up until...

• Ml West Yorkshire: Roadworks and a contraflow at the end of the motorway at J47 until summer 1997.

• A449/A40 Gwent: Roadworks continue between Newport and Monmouth.

• A768: Lasswade Bridge in Edinburgh closed.

• County Tyrone: Roadworks on the Omagh Bypass at the junction with Derry Road will continue until May 1996.

T 've been a Commercial 1 Motor reader for 25 years, but I must take you to task over your reports on fuel prices. You write...

A court decision involving the company O'Donnell Plant Hire Ltd, of Units 1 and 2, Rhodes Street, Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne,...

M ay I reply to Bob Rust's letter on gearboxes (CM 30 Nov-6 Dec). Over 25 years ago, a very large oil company in this country...

drivers love, and it's productive enough to keep operators happy too. With lust a few minor touches it would be near the top of...

on the road to ask some professional drivers to try it for size and give us their comments. With the EuroStar 520, we had no...

4 isit any vehicle recovery show and you'll see some of the most advanced truck rescue monsters that ever graced an accident...

Manufacturer Ward La France International, Elmira Heights, New York, US, Overall dimensions: 29ft long,10ft high, 8ft 3in wide...

we were. We installed ourselves at the Southampton premises of Volvo truck dealer Princes Commercials, and contacted a list of...

S o there you are crashed out on the sofa surrounded by the wreckage of another Christmas. Do you want to watch another repeat...

sequence to the increasing use of commercial motors, both at home and abroad, that 'THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR" makes its bow to the...

enlarged portfolio of companies prefers to be known these days), is almost as long as the history as organised UK road...

long time is that as clients grow your business can grow with them. For example, late last year ICI Polyurethane awarded a...

that one of the problems of running a business with so many yesterdays is that you have to continually fight to maintain your...

Even fewer need top security clearance from the Ministry of Defence. Hampshire-based L Hunt & Son has the first, partly because...

likely to have undergone nationalisation. For so many businesses at the time, it was literally the end of the road, but for...

Truck makers past and present Truck makers past and present N o. owned by Paccar of the US, Foden can trace its roots to 1856;...

about the ease with which operators can get a new truck." C an anybody say a good word about the commercial vehicle market?...

Putting employment issues on the back burner is a surefire way to have them boil over when you least expect it. Whether you're...

Since the removal of the limit on compensation in W93, one of the most expensive claims an employer might ever face is a claim...

* WA Goold (Pearmak Ltd) vs McConnell. This case emphasises the need for employers to have a procedure for dealing with...

The answers are that you should agree about all the things which are important to you and that you should get the agreement you...

Anyone who encourages a person to break a contract may become liable in damages to the other party to the contract. That...

In the case of a strike there is usually a deliberate refusal to attend work which can be categorised as gross misconduct, In...

As an employer, you can reasonably ask: Are my employees doing what they should be, when they should be, and to the standard...

Management sets the standards. If you wish to control acceptable. It is pretty clear that stealing from you is employees to...

J Maurice Gullis, driving for Spiers of Melksharn, Wilts put a new lorry at the top of his gift list. At the moment he drives a...

H aulage and sport might not seem natural bed fellows, but a number of companies in the industry have been at the forefront of...

6 he day I passed my HGV test is still a T proud memory. A feeling of elation when the examiner informed me I had been...