• by Karen Miles Part-time grain tipper operators will face tougher regulations next month when a private system of enforcement...

Eurotunnel's capacity for carrying HGVs through the Channel Tunnel will have doubled by 2003 as it increases its fleet tot...

Customers of Nightspeed Services can now get proof that their parcels have been delivered over the Internet.

European transport ministers have agreed to allow more foreign rail-freight companies to run their rolling stock through other...

The MG is to hold meetings over the summer to encourage drivers to protest about long working hours on 5 October.

This year's Road Safety Week will he held from 5-11July.

Parcelforce Worldwide invites entries to its Small Business Awards 1999 from companies with less than 31 employees. Contact:...

has been made spokesman for transport in the House of Lords.

Warrington haulier Ian Bridgwater has appeared before the Ellesmere Part magistrates after being arrested by the police while...

fi One in ten of the heaviest trucks on UK roads is now foreign. according to the latest government figures. There are now...

II Subcontractors owed thousands by failed haulier Matthews European have revealed they were victims of another non-paying...

• Tough new laws designed to tackle the smuggling of illega.1 immigrants into Ireland have been described as 'absurd" by the...

by Miles Brignall The Road Haulage Association lost 1500,000 last year—the first time it has been in the red for five years....

...next to godliness Stand Ards of food hygiene in the supply chain have been inexorably raised ever higher in recent years in...

• by Karen Miles Hauliers who want to track their vehicles could soon face cheaper bills if phone companies go ahead with new...

• Conservative leader William Haig has uprated the party's transport portfolio by allocating two shadow cabinet seats to the...

• A haulier was granted an absolute discharge after magistrates accepted evidence that a major tyre company was responsible for...

• An army transporter carrying a 66-tonne Challenger II tank ran out of control in rush-hour traffic and smashed into a family...

m An experienced truck driver who lost his licence for medical reasons after changing his doctor has been told by the DVLA that...

by Bryan Jarvis Ipswich-based Raven Trailers, renowned for its innovative chassis designs, has gone into voluntary...

• A haulier who was fined £300 for exceeding his driving hours by 30 minutes after being held up in roadworks is calling for...

to Austrian truck ban • The International Road Transport Union has slammed the Austrian government for imposing an HGV ban two...

• Michael Jewell Steve Parr Haulage & Plant Hire and six of its drivers have been fined a total of £21,000 for a series of...

• Hauliers could soon face even worse congestion approaching the Blackwall Tunnel in London if trucks are banned from one of...

• Two men have been arrested and questioned by police investigating the theft of a lorry carrying £160,000 worth of Famous...

• A Dutch truck driver who was caught smuggling two-and-ahalf tonnes of cannabis into the UK through Dover has been jailed for...

• by Karen Miles Trials are to start in England and Scotland that could decide whether road tolling is to be rolled out...

• Securicor was left with a red face when the ashes of a man fell from the back of one of its vans in Brighton last week....

• A Gloucestershire haulier says he is the victim of 'rough justice" following a £600 fine for entering a restricted road just...

• by Brian Weather-ley As predicted by Commercial Motor, Daf has taken its 12.6litre XF engine above 500hp for the first time...

• The official UK Mitsubishi importer is cutting its workforce by 25%, blaming a glut of grey and parallel imports and slow...

• Leasing Group is taking two dual-fuelled 4x2 tractive units— a Pet-Reg ERF EC and a Foden Alpha—for appraisal by potential...

Exhibiting signs of recovery AVRO-EX is the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators' show. Since the first event 20 years...

• by Colin Barnett Worldwide Recovery Systems of Hertford has developed a recovery vehicle based on an Iveco chassis. The...

A policy decision not to tax vehicles operating on the Continent has led to the revocation of the licence held by...

des operating on the Continent. There was no evidence of any payments made to the French, Spanish or Dutch authorities. This...

ONNA3M3) North Eastern DTC Mark Hinchliffe has cut the licence held by Guisborough-based Craig Colledge from three vehicles...

A 9.3% overload on a 7.5tanner carrying scaffolding cost PDL Contracts Services of Widnes and a driver £770 in fines and costs....

No action was taken against the licence held by Lanarkshirebased Alan Gracie, trading as AM Haulage, but Scottish TO Michael...

Undertakings to reinstate FTA quarterly inspections, to send drivers on FTA courses, and to introduce two-weekly safety and...

A failure to meet the requirements in relation to financial standing and professional competence has led to the revocation of...

Bristol lorry driver David Hurst, who admitted driving for Let Transfleet between September and December 1998 while he was...

Breaches of the fortnightly driving limit cost Gloucester haulage company Roadguide and four of its drivers £1,840 in fines and...

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have Information for inclusion send it to Commercial Motor, Room...

• New from Serck Heat Transfer is a heavy-duty heat exchanger designed particularly for diesel power-related applications in...

• A new high-capacity lifting jib has been introduced by fork truck attachment specialist Contact Attachments. The Maxi-Lift,...

• In response to demand GB Tachopak new has TachoBoxes available from stock (product code 527). Made from plastic, they are...

means more PTO control II Parker Pneumatics has developed a single-unit pneumatic selector valve to control the engagement and...

Chicopee has introduced Quiz Wet hand cleaning wipes contaiMng specially formulated, dermatologically tested lotion for...

II Vanguard Plus is the latest security device to be introduced by Maple Fleet Technology. The unit is a slam lock for...

• A new drench shower with integrated eyewash has been introduced by Maestro Safety Equipment. Made entirely from stainless...

• Vikan (UK) has developed a comprehensive and cost-effective vehicle cleaning system. A purpose-designed brush has an...

Motor? Does someone in the Industry deserve a pat on the bacic, or a dressing down. Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

I see that the drivers' action for the lowering of diesel prices has fallen through—once more it's the old British tradition of...

In reply to your feature on agency drivers (CM10-16 June), I am a freelance driver qualified for Class 1, ADR, Hiab, forktruck...

Having read various reports about the party atmosphere of the fuel protests, I would like to emphasise the serious point behind...

Further to your article referring to the dispute between Anderland and Pride International ("Trailer held in row returned",...

With reference your feature 'Much Ado About Nothing?" (CM10-16 June). land my sons are active members of TransAction. We have...

and our correspondent The Hawk takes a sideways look at road haulage. If you have suitable tales, charitable works, or quirky...

Merryn Walters from Luton couldn't believe her eyes when she visited the Commercial Vehicle show in Birmingham and saw a friend...

A simmering rivalry that had been brewing between an AA man and an RAC man boiled over into violence in a Norfolk shopping...

The plight of the Kosovan refugees has captured the imagination of many in the transport industry, who simply aren't prepared...

Commercial Motor's Brian Weatherley, seen here on the right wearing the extremely loud hound's-tooth jacket of the kind...

OF THE TRADE Scania's 4-Series started life as an ideal concept, and in a lot of operators' eyes it has just about made it....

Householders have always required home deliveries, traditionally for parcels, milk or cumbersome furniture. Today, new...

of in-cab communication, whether it be mobile phones, data messages or radio networks. But how do you know if you're getting...

the finer points to be considered when living with a "skellie". T railers lead a hard life—often they are abused, under...

future with an assessment of vehicle reversing aids. A ccidents caused during vehicle reversing manoeuvres are a growing...

EDGE A JIGSAW IS ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL saws in a workshop's armoury. You won't need it every day, but it can save a lot of...

a week running a Government agency with a highly dispersed network of more than 100 offices and HGV test stations. He visits...

• West Midlands ERF distributor S Jones Truck Centre has been acquired by a sister company of Transco. The Leasing Group. which...

• A dispute between Iveco and Ford, which could have massive implications for the Iveco Ford dealer network, had still to be...

• Euro Wise Truck is reorganising its Aylesham, Kent site so it can stock up to 50 used trucks instead of about 30. "We've got...

• Dealers with low-powered secondhand tractor units they cannot shift may have no option but to break them up and sell the...

• A steep fall in the prices commanded by new curtain-sided semitrailers is having a knock-on effect on the used market, says...

Iveco Ford's IF2 approved used trucks scheme is now almost 12 months old, and director, used vehicles. John Pettitt reckons...