• BOC Gases is recruiting 55 drivers at Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Wolverhampton, Thome and Fawley, Hants, which will take on...

by Amanda Bradbury • Operators of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes registered before April 1989 are to be forced to fit self-sealing...

• Livestock hauliers will be fined up to £1,000 per animal if they do not stick to export journey plans under a code of...

• Road building cuts in line with the £1.1bn spending cuts announced in last month's Budget mean six road improvement...

• Felixstowe-based haulier Goodway has lost its appeal against a £13,000 fine imposed for causing drivers to take...

T he party's over. The great car culture, spawned by Thatcherism, fuelled by a Government that measures industrial virility by...

a wage deal which increases the 32-tonne rate from just over £174 to nearly £179 for a 39-hour week (pay including London...

by Ian Wylie • Truck makers and dealers are looking forward to 1995 following a 17% rise in the sale of new commercial...

week that the boss of a company whose truck killed six people is "constantly striving for perfection". Representing...

• Tibbett & Britten is about to lose around 50,000 car deliveries a year as vehicle transporter company ECM snatches the...

• The Transport Tribunal is set to review the granting of Operator Licences to two exprisoners after the Road Haulage...

by _Ian Wylie • Hauliers fear a 50mph rushhour speed limit, announced last week, could increase accidents and reduce traffic...

• A Christmas mercy mission has left a Cambridge haulier £1,200 out of pocket after it helped a charity. CDS Transport...

• Smoky diesels in the East Midlands are to be targeted in a vehicle-spotting blitz on 1 February. Environmental protection...

• Axial, formerly Silcock Express and Toleman,have retained only the southern half of a Volkswagen vehicle handling and...

limit will make motorway driving even more hazardous. "The slower you are forced to go, the smaller the gaps between vehicles...

As its name implies, MAN is depending on the 2000 range to take it into the next century. The F2000s are packed with...

• Mercedes-Benz (UK) has developed a low-height version of its right-hand-drive 1838 tractor. The 3.6m-wheelbase two-axle...

• The first new M-Series combat support vehicles have emerged from Unipower's Watford factory. They are part of a batch of...

76 Strata tractor for 44-tonne GC\A/ operations. The double-drive tractor will be offered with a choice of 10 or 14-litre...

range of buses at its Angers factory from 1996. The French plant is expected to manufacture up to 300 complete city and...

EXCLUSIVE by Brian Weatherley • A Volvo FL multi-wheeler powered by an electronic 12-litre DI2 engine taken from the latest...

EXCLUSIVE by Juliet Morrison • More than 150 truckers are threatening to march on Parliament next month to draw attention to...

truck driver husband as he is locked away in a Spanish prison for a crime she insists he did not commit, She cannot afford the...

• The prospect of Britain's truck drivers winning aboveinflation 1995 pay increases became brighter last week. The first of...

have seen men eating lasagne with rice and chips and potatoes and finishing the meal off with a Himalayan bowl of fruit crumble...

has failed in its bid for a new international licence for three vehicles and one trailer. Licence suspended • A Westminster...

• Licence, vehicle and hours offences have cost Golborne-based Harry Hayes £345 in fines and costs. Hayes, trading as H...

• A vehicle found to be seriously defective has been banned from being specified on any licence for six months by West...

• North Eastern Deputy LA Mark Hinchliffe refused to renew the six-vehicle, four trailer international licence held by May...

Warren Warehousing & Distribution (Southern) of Charlton, London has pleaded guilty to using a vehicle when the speed limiter...

On 1 January the first of what could be a barrage of changes to hazardous goods haulage comes into force, when drivers in this...

(RPOs) to be appointed by any organisation concerned with packing, loading, transporting, unloading and storage or disposal of...

I would like to clarify that Paul Spain Group still retains a contract for the delivery of Reader's Digest magazines...

A s usual, hauliers were hit the hardest in the budget and mini-budget, with an extra 4p a litre on diesel(CM.15-21 December /...

W ith reference to your article on haulage boss Tony Salter who said that truck drivers are workshy and would prefer to draw...

T have recently retired after 1 spending a lifetime in the road haulage industry And I would like to comment on a letter in...

T he Government's rejection of 44-tonne trucks offers an opportunity for the freight industry to reassess its whole approach to...

Our 1994/5 parcels survey was carried out at the height of the Christmas rush to test the mettle of the UK's parcel carriers in...

Hino's 295hp FY1P eight-legger snatched CM's top tipper fuel record from ERF. We've tested its more powerful big brother—the...

O ur test vehicle is owned by Al Plant and Haulage of York which has been running Hinos for 15 years and has 16 on its fleet...

cif= coming into force SI No 298 Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1994 — cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC...

UK • 1994 Budget—extensive reform of Vehicle Excise Duty with changes to several tax classes. Increase in Excise Duty on...

Simple—you stick them on the back of trailers However, when WWII kicked off we had the tanks, but not very many...

B y today's standards,the Pioneer is a tough drive that will build both muscles and character if you work with it for any...

long louvered snout and craggy look. Unladen it sounds tame but with something to pull it begins to roar. Pete Stanier's old...

M ore than 1,000 Diamond T tank transporters remained in service with the British Army long after WW2 but with heavier...

T he purpose-built 6x4 Commander is better than previous tank shifters, both in capability and reliability. For starters...

an ageing Vickers Viscount crashed on its final approach to Teesside International airport. Within seconds of the violent...

Model: Simon Gloster Saro 5.0m wheelbase 6x6 CFR with ladder construction chassis, alloy cab with steel roll cage and modular...

In our next issue CM will be reviewing the industry's triumphs and disasters of the past year. This year, instead of indulging...

1. Make it American 2 hristmas Eve. The lull before the storm. Kids in bed. All pr e sents wrapped. Tree still standing. The...

711tCICt Film directors like to make a big noise, and they need something to fill up a wide screen, so it's hardly surprising...

In the meadow we can build a snowman...as the song goes. But with this 1929 Scania Vabis snowplough you won't. To this vehicle...

The Turkey? Unwrapping your presents? Answer: none of those. For eXcrutiating Xmas eXcitement it's got to be CM's Total...

driving twice the legal hours is worth a try. The police are idiots after all, aren't they? The last thing you want to admit...

For fairground operator Bill Cole home has always had a set of wheels. He is the third generation of his family who has never...

(he 'normal' lawbreaker has only the police to fear where the bringing of prosecutions is concerned. No charge brought by the...

driver and campaigns director for the London Cycling Campaign Subject: Cutting down on cycle/truck accidents 4 orriet, could...

Subject: Court notification of decisions i / t seems reasonable to expect that if you're unfortunate to fall foul of the law...

National Tyre Distributors Association Subject: Greater Police presence at WV breakdowns 4 T he hard shoulder of the motorway...

l's no longer necessary for each adult to work more than 40 hours or more a week, 18 weeks a year, for more than 50 years to...

operator Subject: The revised Police rota system g he time has conic for recovery Operators to stand up and be counted....

g t's time for us to face the reality of / what rail can achieve. A prime example is the 44 tonnes road/rail debate. Last...

Forum of Private Business Subject: Government failure to deal with late payments i a his introduction to the Government's I...

Subject: Unprofessional animal hauliers C A host too numerous to mention has come blundering into the industry, cutting rates...

sales C PT lie law holds truck dealers responsible for ensuring all vehicles and trailers we handle are free from any...