• The Freight Transport Association says the fuel protests may have done more harm than good in the hauliers' fight to win fuel...

• The DOT has accused Road Haulage Association national chairman John Bridge of hypocrisy after he resigned from the Industry...

• by Melanie Hammond British hauliers blighted by the highest fuel taxes in Europe are to face even stiffer competition from...

John Jones of JH Jones & Son, who was part of the first picket at the Stanlow refinery says: "They were definitely not...

Hauliers mounted a day-long series of slow moving protests on 15 September in support of a claim for a 30% reduction in diesel...

• by Melanie Hammond Hauliers looked on in disbelief last week as bulk fuel suppliers hiked up their prices in the midst of...

You know you're making progress when politicians start to sweat. And sweat they did when the nation was brought to the brink by...

• The news that the government has sanctioned the use of red diesel by hauliers while fuel supplies remain low has been met...

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The hauliers and farmers have given the government Go days to come up with a response to last week's protests. As the country...

The big guns of UK road haulage have expressed enormous admiration for the way the fuel protest was organised—but most decided...

by Kevin Swallow As the UK's fuel supplies begin to get back to normal after the fuel dispute, oil giant Shell has called for a...

• Cheshire-based Frizell Haulage has bought the first GTS 48 heavy-duty step-frame plant carrier produced by King and shown at...

• Kent-based heavy plant specialist H Johnson Plant Sales has bought an SFCL 50 triaxle beavertail step-frame from Andover...

shares of American engine manufacturer Detroit Diesel Corporation. The extended $23 per share offer for outstanding shares...

Vehicle contract rental company TLS has ordered 700 Renault Midlum 7.5-tonners in a deal worth £27.5m. The tippers, dropsides,...

East Anglian hauliers Hanbury Davies are all fitted with Discos disc brakes. The company has chosen discs for their safety and...

in a deal worth more than £400,000. The order includes 15 Pilots, seven Tippers and four Convey Hi-loaders.

II by Toby Clark Renault has launched two new engines for its van range, including an all-new common-rail design. An uprated...

line. Displacement: 2;188cc. Injection type: Directinjection, common rail. Power output: 89hp (66k1f) at 3,600rpm. Torque:...

• First we drove the Master 133 van fitted with the 2.2dCi engine. The most obvious characteristic of the new engine is its...

• The Master van now has 16in wheels and the brakes have been considerably °prated with discs all round (305mm ventilated discs...

• by Kevin Swallow The three-day Recycling &, Waste Management Exhibition at the Birmingham NEC had the potential to be an...

A triaxle trailer with a rolling rubber floor made its UK debut at the NEC. The Eurofloor trailer from EuroEjectors, based In...

A wood chipping machine mounted on a 7.5-tonne 4x2 Daf 45 Turbo 150 has attracted more interest than the original trailer...

Trailer manufacturer Dee Warley has butt its first aluminiumbodied, taper-framed ejector trailer; it is going into service with...

order for a sliding bogie skeletal semitrailer from Flight Refuelling in Dorset. Dennison picked up the contract on the...

A digital tyre tread gauge has been introduced by Rema Tip Top UK with a claimed accuracy of 0.02mm. The gauge weighs - mg and...

from Liverpool-based Ryders International is now fitted with electronic load limiters as standard. They measure and control the...

has been joined by an 13x4 Mercedes Actros 3235K with a 354hp V6 engine. The new addition is fitted with a Hyva hook-loader...

Falkirk-based DMB Storage has lost its licence after failing to appear at an Edinburgh disciplinary inquiry. The company,...

LIME MIT Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence held by Neath-based Mark Florance being cut from four vehicles to...

A Staffordshire haulier who hired vehicles and subcontracted work to an apparently unlicensed operator has had his licence...

F; An unsatisfactory maintenance record has led to the licence held by Lampeter-based Evan Jenkins being cut from seven...

A Forest of Dean skip hire operator has been allowed to continue to use Ns Newent operating centre subject to conditions....

Wrexham operator Dennis Lee has been fined £250 with £85 costs in one of the first prosecutions following the launch of the...

Fit to Drive? A one-day Brake conference covering drug and alcohol use, stress and fatigue. Transport Research Laboratory,...

Stena Line has taken delivery of the Spanish-built 30,500-tonne RoPax ferry Siena Bntannica which will enter service on the...

Dorset-based distribution company Wyvern Cargo has established a second operating centre at Rushden, near Northampton. Contact...

The Tyre Industry Council has appointed Brian Ritson, formerly road safety officer with Greater Manchester Police, as a road...

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The Hawk always looks forward to his quarterly edition of Steaming, the maga7ine of the National Traction Engine Trust_ Happily...

Feast your eyes on these little beauties, for soon one could be yours. That is if you're a Volvo customer or thinking of...

Being a binman can often be a hazardous and sticky job. But refuse collectors in Drogheda, Ireland, found themselves facing a...

Our esteemed sister magazine Truck will be celebrating its 25th year as sole British representative on the judging panel for...

• Whenever possible we carry out tests of tractive units using our own Fruehauf curtainsider trailer in an attempt to make test...

EUROSTAR DRIVERS' VIEWS • ALAN GUDGEON was waiting for news of a return load that would take him home to Newcastle when we...

f you need some help managing your fleet of vehicles but you don't want to spend more than koo, then EasyFleet, Chevin's...

C ardlff Brothers, based in Rutherglen, Glasgow, runs 20 artics and 35 skeletals on container work throughout Scotland and...

t's the call that every haulier fears. The phone goes in the middle of the night and its the police telling you your yard is on...

Y OUR ASSETS R egulars at the British Vehicle & Rental Leasing Association vehicle security awards have faith that some...

The North Sea can be an inhospitable place, and drilling platforms, like any other engineering apparatus, need shelter from the...

absurd. Road haulage is not the business to enter if you plan to make lots of money quickly, or even slowly. Operating costs...

to discover that there are transport companies out there w hich are making pre-tax profits of up to 804. But according to...

• ABS braking systems: EU directive requirements to extend the use of ABS systems to all vehicles larger than cars and...

grir LEGISLATION The Meter Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000. CIF 1 August 2000. Amend requirements and...

to their staff. And that doesn't simply mean ensuring trucks are in tip-top order —all employees must be safe in the workplace....

• Magistrates can impose fines of up to 220,000 for offences under Sections 2-6 (General Duties) of the Health and Safety at...