by Juliet Parish • The threat of a blockade of Calais by British truckers looms as the French authorities start tougher...

of the A14—a 17m dual carriageway which completes the link from the Al and MI /M6 at junction 19—was opened to traffic last...

by Lee Kimber • A UK proposal to bring forward by five years an EU deadline for putting passport photographs on all driving...

• ARC has pleaded guilty to four charges of allowing its 0licence to be used on privately owned LGVs. On Tuesday (19 July) it...

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statement in the Labour Party's latest environmental policy document, in Trust for Tomorrow, will be no doubt be relieved to...

of hours charges by Amanda Bradbury ▪ Ilauliers have reacted angrily to the Labour Party's pledge to double the amount of...

83% of freight goes by MADO road," he says. "Even if they could double long-haul rail freight, the vast majority of freight...

and demonstrates a lack of knowledge about the industry which is critical to British competitiveness. UK road haulage companies...

its drivers were cleared of drivers hours offences on Monday (18July). The company, which is in liquidation, denied charges of...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate is putting forward a number of measures designed to encourage commercial organisations to break...

• A truck driver with 25 years' LGV driving experience faces up to five years in prison after he was convicted last week of...

by Kay Hill • Four hauliers may be prosecuted for delivering contaminated earth to a waste disposal site. Bedfordshire...

• The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to introduce vehicle leasing and contract hire in a move which could be worth...

• Doctors could be forced to report people they consider medically unfit to drive to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing...

by Kathy Watson • Police are appealing to truck drivers for information after Irish terrorists tried to smuggle two tonnes of...

Bin to 5f-t 10in, aged about 35, medium build, clean shaven with dark brown hair cut straight across the forehead, a rounded...

• Police are appealing for information following an incident involving the driver of a Daf on the A30 near Yeovil in Somerset...

Hauliers this week began a Parliamentary campaign to stop toll hikes on the Humber Bridge, telling MPs that tolls on the...

• A chronic shortage of good drivers has led driver agencies in the Midlands to launch recruitment campaigns in a bid to find...

leg of a contract to move 20,000 Fiat Punto models a year from the company's factory near Turin, northern Italy, by sea via...

• Ten new owner-drivers are needed by the end of August by Rugby Cement subsidiary Ash Resources to cope with a switch from...

• Truck drivers are set to protest against a ban on roadside mobile catering units by parking up in busy town centres to find...

multi-agency truck check on the M6 at Doxey, near Stafford, south of J1 4. In all, 62 vehicles were stopped during the six-hour...

• Maintenance problems have led to Mansfield-based Maurice Hill Transport receiving a formal warning from North Western LA...

• W H Morton, of Bartonupon-Humber, has been ordered to pay ,£2,100 in fines and costs for tachograph offences after...

• Upton on Severn haulier Stephen White, trading as SF White Transport, has been asked to explain why he failed to attend a...

• The Transport Tribunal has upheld a decision to revoke the licence of Boroughbridge-based Veertran because its nominated...

The suggestion that vehicles carrying to motorway sites are exempt from the EC tachograph regulations because they are working...

• Vitesse Trans guard's application for a new national licence to base three vehicles and two trailers at Hazel Way,...

• Breeze Distribution, of Maghull, Liverpool, failed to win a licence for 20 vehicles and trailers following maintenance...

South-West Water runs three 8x6 Multidrives which deliver treated sewage to farmers fields. It has just replaced its AWD...

by Cohn Sowman • Truck Dealers International (TDI), part of the Harris Group, has increased Iveco's share of the Southern...

• Phoenix Truck and Trailer Equipment has launched a 9.5 tonne tag axle designed for lowheight tractive units and low frame...

• Norfolk-based Ecotek has produced two roof-mounted air deflectors for the ERF EC range. A fixed deflector is available for...

• Trailer manufacturers in Britain and Ireland are being invited to enter 1 994 Commercial Motor's Trailer of the Year...

A funny thing happened to the Department of Transport on the way to the Channel Tunnel—no one told them the correct name for...

a had that Prince Phillip in the back of my cab once," might well be the laconic boast of these three taxi drivers as they set...

A merican parcels company UPS celebrated Each lucky gal got a boxed brownie topped Uncle Sam's flag. Whether the receptionists...

B ravo to NE deputy LA Brian Horner for suspending drivers' licences for speeding (CM23-29 June). This supports what we have...

T am writing with regard to lthe article Stress Busters (CM 7-13 July), which clearly pointed out the amount of stress a driver...

T have been a general road 'haulage contractor for 13 years and run eight vehicles. Do other operators share my view that the...

I n response to the CM article 'Traffic examiners told to reduce check delays' (CM 30 June-6 July). I find it inconceivable...

T refer to Steve McQueen's l'Class of 94' relating to the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) work being done by Cornwall...

T hope you can help me with La query on drivers hours. I recently drove from St Helens to Huntingdon in four hours and 10...

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

Increased Increased capacity • BRS has opened a truck rental site at Uddingston, south of Glasgow, to serve customers in...

Back to school • Spaces are now available for drivers wanting to go on Department of Transport and City & Guilds approved...

Durable Duratloor • Duralloor is a durable, easy to apply, anti-slip floor coating from Leyland. Aimed at body shops and...

• The Thermo-Tec range of heavy duty automotive heat control products is designed to improve performance and fuel consumption...

• "Best Environmental Practice a Manager's Guide for Transport Distribution Centres" is produced in conjunction with Exel...

• A new deep-action hand cleanser is now available from Arexons. Priced at £9.95 (retail) for a 5-litre tub, the cleanser...

Seddon Atkinson's fast-moving Strato middleweight may have an Italian styled cab, but it's British through and through. We test...

As usual, we took our latest test truck out and about to get the views of experienced LGV drivers. Our trio of industry testers...

A month or so ago one of our artics was being driven along a country road. A following car tried to overtake a few times but...

We operate several recovery vehicles which are fitted with tachographs but, as far as we know, we do not have to use them when...

Operators caught running illegally on red diesel rarely face the public shame of prosecution. Is enough being done to stamp out...

Every week CM'S Crimeline column carries a litany of misery in its reports of truck theft. But do insurers ease the pain by...

There has been no industry-wide rush to embrace the concept—the vast majority of operators seem happy to allow a handful of...

Which costs can self-employed hauliers claim against tax? Would you be better off as a limited company? Why are overalls...

4 I am concerned at the lack of clarity in the latest legislation governing the operation of both 44-tonne artic combinations...