CAfhas 20 copies of the ETA's brand new Guide ;. to Managing Drivers worth £20 to give away. The first 20 readers to write in...

Scottish transport firm Hayton ulthard is proving that the loss )r) Operator's Licence may not the end of the world in trans- t...

Des Ponsonby, the boss of a collapsed Midland haulage company, has denied there is anything underhand in another of his firms...

• German axle manufacturer SAF has issued a warning to any tipper operator using a trailer with it's air suspended running gear...

sr Motorists were left open-mouthed this week as a huge 'mask' of film director Alfred Hitchcock was transported down the...

• by Mike Jewell The Scottish arm of a French logistics operator and its principal director have been banned from the industry...

• The trades Union Congress (TUC) is demanding that mph ers should carry out risk assessments for their drivers in effort to...

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• Local residents in Are! and Bute are up in arms over plans by local quarry operator Ennstone Thistle to increase the amount...

[he Health and Safety mrtive may issue a new le of practice for vehicle vements in haulage yards distribution depots in a bid...

round 800 Co-op drivers are ng offered a 4.5% pay rise s the promise of a fundamenreview of their working 11S. The Transport &...

Russian roulette or dicing with death —whatever you call it, it's something that, whether we like it or not, haulage firms are...

together to campaign for the release of a truck driver imprisoned in Greece for smuggling 176,000 packets of cigarettes. Eamon...

pushed for progress the Working Time Directive a vocational driver training wh he joined the government's re haulage forum for...

• The Highways Agency will turn the M6 into a mini quarry when it starts a .£1.8m resurfacing scheme using recycled asphalt...

• A Dorset-based vehicle recovery operator has slammed the insurance industry after it showed no interest in a moneysaving...

• by Chris Tindal Drivers working out of Southampton Container Terminal have once again been hit by horrendous delays—with...

• Some of the largest trade organisations and unions are giving unanimous backing to a bid to create a Sector Skills Council...

• Dorset-based haulier Steve Butler is closing his business and selling his kit, citing industry pressures and fear of a fine...

• Northamptonshire police are appealing to hauliers to help trace a man who is wanted in connection with the theft of a truck...

on a rural single carriageway road is omph, whereas for a car driver it is 6omph. This 20mph disparity leads to frustration,...

limit upsets motorists more than anything and, in my opinion, it should be lifted to 50mph on Aroads, but some of the...

• by 'Jennifer Hall The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACP0) has dismissed clams that it is now checking mobile phone...

• Controversial plans to scale down ferry services on the west coast of Scotland could have a devastating effect on local...

• by Colin Barnett Citroen's van marketing team has been busy, introducing the first of a new breed of van to the UK as well...

The new Beriingo line-up is now confirmed, and for most buyers the entry-level model will be the 6000 X, with the T1hp 1.9D...

Donyal Engineering, based no ; Newcastle, is among the first UK firms to take delivery of Skyking's new 135RA vanmounted access...

• A new range of racking and storage equipment has been introduced specially for the new Ford Transit Connect by Stafford-based...

• Cress Hands, Carmarthen-based NO Evans and Sons has specified 20 new Gray and Adams refrigerated trailers using self-steering...

in residuals, warns CAP by Robin Meczes s-powered vehicle converms look likely to face serious oblems in the future used uck...

• Renault Trucks has revised its "on-line" bodybuilding service offered to UK rigid truck buyers through its "Connections"...

• Volvo has just introduced a new version of its Bride rear suspension as well as a new double drive, single - reduction tandem...

Like wet weekends, the topic of tipper stability comes around regularly. And a recent contract to supply 44-tonne trailers to...

• When UK tipperrnen got the go-ahead on 44-tonnes a lot of hauliers and manufacturers thought it was simply a case of adding...

Overloading, a defective speed limiter and a defective tachograph have together cost a Northern Irish haulier £785 in fines and...

TAERM VEHICLE MAINTENANCE VOIKSHIRE WATER Consideration of disciplinary action against Yorkshire Water Services has been...

A Cumbrian farmer has avoided losing his licence after a Deputy Traffic Commissioner recognised it would not help solve the...

An Essex operator and two drivers are facing possible jail sentences after being sent to Chelmsford Crown Court for...

Lorry drivers with emotional problems have been told to either put them out of their minds completely when behind the wheel or...

We are writing about Mr DJ Holdswortifs recent conviction at the Birmingham Magistrates Court (CM26 Sept-2 Oct). We, assisted...

I felt compelled to write and congratulate you on a very interesting article on the availability of unlocking kit for vehicles...

Readers should be aware that in the Vehicle News article on Knights Semis (CM19-25 September, p26), the Krone trailers supplied...

With reference to the article on smart cards, (CM 3-9 October), I am surprised to read that the spokesman for Securicor Omega...

I really like your "People Buy, Trucks Supply" campaign, so much so that I decided to piaci the poster on our local village...

it's just too easy a target to hit. So with that in mind some thoughts on transport secretary Alistair Daring's speech at the...

75 years ago 25 October 927 The first two-ton trucks to be entirely built in Poland had been completed by the Ursus Co in...

ig challenges are facing everyone who delivers into urban areas. lajor cities are planning congestion charging, and emission...

.45 Registration .25 Chairman's opening comments: Andrew Brown, MT editor. .30 Keynote Speech: Parliamentary Under Secretary...

n today's 'blame culture' the trend for someone to be called :o account is one which operators dare not ignore. There is iuge...

A vital part of any system designed to assess risk is the recording of accidents. Operators are required to report specified...

one component rather than an entire truck. That component is the latest Allison automatic transmission for light-to-medium...

Ms and their precious cargoes are prime targets for criminals—hauliers are in the firing line as never before. Steve Banner...

If drivers have to stop, especially overnight, they should: mai I Park somewhere that's well lit and where there are lots of...

Microdots I Getting your vehicle back (or at least its constituent parts) can be next to impossible unless you've marked it...

of war with Iraq ooming, oil prices are heady showing signs if increasing. looks at the mock-on effects of :onflict in the...

A family's only provider with a wife, children and a large mortgage suffers a debilitating illness and is unlikely to work...

bemoans soaring Insurance costs as £80,000 Is wiped off her bottom line from one year to the next... • If you want to sound...