Eurotunnel's chairman Patrick Ponsolle says the Le Shuttle freight service should be l ack in operation by June. The British...

by Brian Weatherley • International operators could be facing a new French truck drivers' strike before the end of the month....

• Hauliers facing prosecutions for overloading should check up on the accuracy of the weighbridge, says an operator who has had...

port as a strike by ferry staff enters its second week. The industrial action over employment conditions for workers at the...

• Unions are warning that hauliers carrying car components into Ford's Halewood plant will be getting less work over the next...

by David Harris • Fuel tanker drivers in the South-East are threatening a strike ballot within four weeks unless pay and...

I s it too easy to get an Operator's Licence? According to the Road Haulage Association's northern director Geoff Dunning, the...

• Irish Ferries is cutting its services between Ireland and France by 40% this summer because of a drop in traffic last year....

by Derren Hayes • Industrial action by drivers and warehouse staff at Tradeteam—the Bass Breweries and Exel Logistics...

• More than 30 milk tanker drivers working for Wincanton Logistics out of a Cornish depot face an uncertain future following a...

• Fife haulier Thomas Muir (Haulage) has won a second appeal to the Court of Session that will allow it to resume trading until...

• The man described by the prosecution as the "brains" behind a drug smuggling gang that used innocent truck drivers to carry...

• Hauliers are likely to face greater restrictions in congested town centres following Government plans to allow local...

by Miles Brignall • A Kent owner-driver acquitted of drug smuggling charges has been prevented from getting his truck back by a...

• European haulage firm boss David Lynne was cleared last week of damaging allegations that he colluded with drivers in...

• Milton Keynes-based New Wave Logistics has secured a 12-month contract extension worth 2200,000 to supply warehousing and...

by Den - en Hayes • Hauliers could have to pay more than £1m a year if environmental groups win their battle to stop a bypass...

• A reward has been offered for the conviction of three criminals who tried to abduct a lorry driver in a south London street....

• The transport sector remains depressed and is still struggling to pull out of the recession, suggest figures from chartered...

• A London haulier is at the centre of a Customs and Excise investigation after drugs worth £7m were discovered hidden on board...

by Derren Hayes • A Yorkshire driver has been charged with theft from his employer after he allegedly stole diesel worth £1,200...

by Karen Miles • Traffic area offices are making it too easy for 0-licence applicants to get licences because their checks are...

• Diesel prices will continue to rise in 1997 although the the market will be less turbulent than last year, says one of...

• The Transport and General Workers Union is taking a gas distribution haulier to an industrial tribunal after a driver was...

Your average British truck operator may struggle to name 12 famous Belgians, but the Brussels truck show has lasted rather...

• VW has introduced the Caddy Pickup, based on the Skoda Felicia and powered by VW's indirect injection 1.9-litre diesel engine...

• Renault UK has raised the prices of most of its light van ranges. Clio, Extra and Trafic prices are increased by around...

• Hatcher Components has introduced a "Top Sleeper" unit for day-cob versions of Scania's 4Series P-cab. The insulated sleeper...

• Peterborough-based Lawrence David has developed a roll-cage securing kit which can be fitted to any curtainsided trailer....

It took more than two years of hard engineering work and 190-million Dutch Gilders before Daf's latest premium tractor was...

• Though revoking the licence held by Barnsley haulier Stephen Fearn, trading as SDF Haulage, on maintenance grounds, North...

• One missing wheelnut and another that was loose led to Travis Perkins Trading and one of its drivers admitting using a...

• A Worcestershire international haulier, together with his company and 16 drivers, have been cleared of charges that they...

• Drivers' hours offences and the falsification of a tachograph chart have cost a Manchester driver £900 in fines and casts....

1 • A Lincolnshire haulage company had the number of trailers on its licence cut when it appeared at a Cambridge disciplinary...

• Business Link London South is running a series of seminars on new waste legislation and related issues in January and...

• Zurich Insurance has introduced a new policy offering multi-national companies fleet coverage for commercial vehicles and...

• The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council (RHDTC) has published candidate guidance packs for those preparing to be...

• PIRA International, the research company for the paper, printing and packaging industry has organised two new training...

Wincanton • Wincanton Logistics has appointed Tracy Mayoh as its new transport section manager at the Middleton depot it runs...

Computer accounts • A new computer program could cut the time taken to prepare budgets and cashflow forecasts, says maker...

London II A3 Kingston: Northbound lane closure on Kingston Bypass between Shannon Corner (A298) and Coombe Lane Junction...

W ewould like to say a huge thank you to all who supported us and helped us during Mickey's long imprisonment in Turkey. During...

letters from journalists, hauliers and contributors to CM blaming all the problems in the road haulage industry on "cowboy"...

fl aving watched World in Action on 1.3 January for 30 minutes it was unbelievable the way the British Government and its Euro...

I had been working for a marquee firm as an HGV dri ver For the past 13 years, but hours and pay made me to look for another...

Li he Hawk still has no idea what the word "logistics" means but readers who do will surely be interested to learn that the...

a et's hope the schoolchildren playing Salvesen's routeing game have more success than traffic clerks at an American shipping...

ri] blockade will snort ruefully on learning how Salvesen Logistics is celebrating its 150th anniversary. It is launching a...

ion D tarting this week CM will be announcing the winner of a monthly lottery organised by driving campaign How's My Driving,...

try, but it's still a pleasant novelty for us to test a vehicle on the Continent—and to get a taste of life at 40 tonnes. It...

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Rega is 1996. CIF 2 December 1996 and 1 April 1997. Implements the Second Driver...

• Vehicle Dimensions: Changes proposed to C&U regulations early in 1997 to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, bringing...

More and more hauliers are opting to contract out their vehicle maintenance. Steve Banner finds out why general haulier Neil...

is a relatively recent convert to contract maintenance. Its agreement with 5 Jones came into effect last July, coinciding with...

a day, seven clays a week, and employs 60 fitters, ERF distributor S Jones is well-equipped to offer contract maintenance. The...

The mechanical tachograph could soon be outmoded. Mary Arigho reports on one of its possible electronic replacements. A s the...

• Not a standard black box but an innovative on-board computer, the On-Board Vehicle Management System is able to analyse and...

When Oasis toured Britain last year not a note could have been played without the aid of entertainment specialist, Stardes,...

When rogue operators pay drivers as little as E100 a week, cash in hand, while encouraging them to sign on, it's not just the...

S ince John Smith's death nearly three years ago the Labour Party's new leader Tony Blair has presided over four shadow...

T he Health and Safety Executive oversees the safety and wellbeing of employees in mines, factories, farms, nuclear power...