Dudley driver Martin Holden who kept driving over his hours to find a clear picture on his mobile TV to watch a Manchester...

• by Charles Young The system of fining hauliers caught with illegal immigrants in their trucks was exposed as a poor deterrent...

• Drivers on a Seafrance ferry from Cala i s to Dover refused to disembark until immigration and police officers had checked...

Undaunted by the European Commission's refusal to allow it to buy Scania, Volvo plans to swap 15% of its shares with the...

• by Melanie Hammond The former vice-president and another former employee of First Point International (Europe)—the company...

• A Manchester waste haulier is threatening to sue over allegations made in a television programme that it dumped contaminated...

• Three North-East hauliers owed more than £17,000 by a haulage firm which "disappeared" last month have discovered that the...

• by Karen Miles An international haulier has been snubbed by the Home Office after complaining that an tmmigration official...

A Midlands transport firm owned by tycoon twins Don and Roy Richardson has closed with the loss of 25 jobs. Richardsons...

We like to hear the stories readers think we should be following. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...

Psst...want to cross the Channel unofficially? Got £350? No problem! This certainly seems to be the case judging by the...

• by Karen Mlles The French assume the presidency of the European Union from the Portuguese in July, and have been making it...

RANGE The FL covers the GVW range from 7.526 tonnes, in 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 versions, Tractive units and tipper chassis are...

• by Peter Lawton Hydraulically driven hinged roof hatches developed in Holland have got the thumbsup from Premier Foods. The...

• Tata has released details of its Safari 2.0 TDi 4x4, which goes on sale in the UK in May The five-door, seven-seat Safari is...

North Eastern DTC Mark Hinchliffe has refused to stay his decision to revoke the licence held by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers...

licence holders are not required to hold a CPC. He was representing a Lancashire scaffolding firm which had its licence...

The Operator's Licence held by Chesterfield owner-driver Richard Turton was revoked by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom...

The licence held by Airdrie based Leo! forte, trading as PM Logistics, was suspended until the company appears before the...

Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms has revoked the four-vehicle licence held by South Benfieet, Essex, tipper operator...

Now this might look like a large bit of rusty old metal to you lot, but to sophisticated folk such as my good self, it's modern...

Paul Russell (pictured) is looking well pleased with himself— and with good reason. Paul, who works for Motorway Tyres, based...

Picture the scene: you're driving along when all of a sudden your windscreen mists up. Curses! Now you have all the...

Eby Bryan Jarvis Producers from home and overseas brought along an abundance of innovative equipment to tempt the industry,...

• by Robin Meczes If you're interested in commercial vehicles, old or new, large or small, fun or fancy, then Truckfest is the...

inspecting the trucks, Truckfest isn't just about commercial vehicles. It's about fun, too—for all the family. A host of...

March r9 98 with a choice of four engines, two transmissions, a variety of suspensions and an allwelded steel cab produced by...

haulage company specialising in muckaway recycled construction materials and demolition work. The company has been based at...

Foden-franchised dealership and usually carries a stock of about 12 vehicles. Sales director Ken Grindrod says: "The choice of...

poultry foodstuffs in southern England for Humphrey Holdings of Winchester. Fie started 19 years ago with tipping attics and...

company since 1952 specialising in waste management and recycling commercial waste. The company operates inside the M25 and...

,400 extra." Donald King Foden advised against it for vehicles with a high centre of gravity, so I settled for rubber. "I have...

Chris Wright, managing director of the independent Commercial Vehicle Auctions, conducts sales of commercial vehicles, trailers...

LEGISLATION The Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999. CIF 1 March 1999. Implement Directive 96/35...

• Mat testing: A bill to give practical effect to the computerisation of the MoT testing scheme for cars and light vans is...

tools—but they demand regular servicing. Bryan Jarvis has been out to the Fens to see what this maintenance involves, and what...

or simply omitted altogether: Component wear rate speeds up. When vital adjustments are not carried out, items like king post...

or truck cab at will without invoking the wrath of local authorities or residents through paint fumes. We know a man that can,...

the B863 through the Mamore Mountains is one of those happy occasions when you can use the word "breathtaking" with complete...

ritish manufacturing is not dead just yet. True, many of the big names may have slipped away, or been sold into foreign hands....

D hen CM drops in to Neilston, near Glasgow, we are confronted by the sight of a towering Victorian mill. The rain is...

T hink of the term "rapid response' and you'll probably conjure up images of the SAS dropping into enemy territory...

S 0 ome things in life are certain, some are not It's a fact that a haulier needs to tailor his fleet to his market. Harder to...

A ngus Campbell, coowner of Fort William-based Campbell Haulage, firmly refuses to have his picture taken for the glossy pages...

Scottish hauliers may be eligible for financial aid to cover both training and capital expenditure. Scottish Enterprise, a...

Warren solicitors, talks about a week of early starts and hectic haulage cases... • If you would like to feature in Working...

• Truck industry executives are hardly tripping over each other in their eagerness to visit Zimbabwe, but Richard Hall, vehicle...

office from Islip, Oxon to Wellingborough, Northants. The company has invested ..£2m in the 5.5-acre stte on the town's Finedon...

• If it's late-registered, powerful, has a high—or unusual—specification and comes from a well known source, then it is going...

a mini-boom, disposing of nearly 100 units a month. "It has gone a bit quiet now, and perhaps that is just as well, because we...

• Vehicle excise duty changes in the Budget, which give hauliers an incentive to stick with 4)(2 tractive units, have yet to...

Once trading as SDC Northern, but operating under the Montracon Northern banner since last autumn, dealers Rod Pybus and Peter...