Speaking at the FTA's ninth freight summit on Tuesday, president Charles Lawrence challenged Transport Minister John Spellar to...

II by Mike Gordon HauerTay ha. , e to go all the way to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg to get compensation for the...

• Four drivers who won appeals against driving bans imposed 10 months after their original case was heard could still face...

• by Guy Shepherd Hauliers have been promised shorter, more predictable journey times in the next 10 years as part of radical...

B by Miles BrIgnall load Haulage Association chief xecutive Roger King has joined he calls for the resignation of ransport...

• The RI-IA has objected to the issuing of an 0-licence to Pollard Services of Alsager, Cheshire on the grounds that t is not...

• by Guy Shepherd Lancashire police have launched an investigation after a breakdown operator the force uses for recovery work...

• The DVLA has called in its lawyers to look at a truck driver's spent drink-driving conviction after he complained that...

• Irelana nas relaxed its footand-mouth transport restrictions—a year to the day after its first outbreak. Restrictions on the...

• Truck drivers in Southampton face more parking nightmares with the loss of spaces in the docks, following the planned axing...

from Home Office Minister John Denham that the police's role as escorts for abnormal loads will not simply be contractualised,...

• Customs officers are crackng down hard on hauliers Nhose drivers smuggle tobacco into the UK. Almost one truck a day is being...

• The Commission for Integrated Transport has issued its final report on 44-tonnersa year after they came into use. The report...

Truck operators who never deliver into central London will probably greet the news of congestion charging within the capital in...

• Incredible though it may seem, the French courts have now twice decided that the existence of the Sangatte refugee centre...

SEPTEMBER 1999 • Sangatte centre, originally built as a warehouse for the construction of the tunnel, is requisitioned by...

• After six months of operator trials in the UK and further afield, Continental's HSR1 regional steer axle tyre is now on...

• The Continental solution to the need for a tyre suitable for midi-liner trailer operation falls between the two conventional...

• Continental's answer to the "just round the corner" technology of wide-single drive-axle tyres is the HDR 495/45 R 22.5 or...

• After giving up most of the remoulding side of its business, including closing down two more plants in Austria and Germany,...

• Fiat has added the long-awaited common-rail turbo-diesel engine to the Doblo Cargo range. The 1.9 JIB should answer the only...

You could buy a bijou London micro-home for Doo,000 or you could buy a Magnum Classic for rather less, and keep your garden in...

• by Coln Barnett The Vehicle Inspectorate has launched a clampdown on the incorrect use of semi-trailer electronic braking...

Kel-Berg Trailers & Trucks has expanded Its Weston-on-theGreen site, near Bicesten with a 1.000m 2 five-bay workshop. featuring...

• Want to get the lowdown on the latest fleet tractor contender to hit the UK—but you somehow can't quite find the time to...

• by Keith Naftali A number of proposals from the EU will affect the design and operation of CVs. • The European Parliament's...

• Could this be the UK's smallest four-wheeled goods vehicle? The Honda TRX450 quad bike recently entered service with the...

A Bury St Edmunds haulier has lost his appeal to the Transport Tribunal against the loss of his Operator's Licence for a series...

* I a; CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL El_ LICENSING 6111 HEARINGS DRIVERS' HOURS 117,9 COURT CASES LI AND TRIBUNALS SPEEDING CHARGES...

C(44 4 i A Stirling haulier is waiting to see if he is to be disciplined and whether his new application for a licence will be...

The North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell decided to take no action other than to issue a formal warning against...

A North Wales driver was Ordered to pay .E1,170 in fines and costs when he failed to appear to answer a series of allegations...

When it comes to carrying superior loads, the new Combo is in a league of its own. With an unbeatable 3.2m 3 capacity, best in...

• Green 3K Freeman has developed a lightweight digital MIG/ TIG welding inverter unit which is designed to reduce the risk of...

• ESAB's Caddy rig 150 DC is a compact, mobile 240V TIG/MMA welding unit that comes with carrying handle and shoulder strap....

.4 When you're driving in dirty winter weather you need to see where you're going; hence Weathertec UK's latest Ombrello...

2,500 and 5,000litre polyethylene containers to its established Fuel Master range. They can dispense fuel at up to 45Iit/min...

• Rozone is ready to knock £200 off the price of the latest Midtronics Micro455 digital battery tester when buyers trade in...

warehouse doors can account for up to 10% of your total heating costs, but Benson Heating could help cut those bills. Unlike...

12V, 24V or 42V, and with optional attachments they can be used at up to 1,200A, as 6.0 bar compressors or with a strobe light...

O There's no need for friends to 'all out when tools go missing, ays Agriemach—just mark tour equipment with its Etch-It...

Norbar Torque Tools is reminding operators that it offers an alternative to regular third-party torque wrench calibration, in...

• The impending European "End of Life" Directive has led to an increasing level of interest in the use of refurbished...

In response to recent comments on recovery operators you may be interested to hear what happened to my husband Aden on 5...

In response to John Vosper's comments on "non cooperation" (CM14-20 Feb), feel I have to respond in validation of VI staff,...

Look at the situations vacant columns in any paper and they are littered with ads for HGV drivers. Having been made redundant...

please contact Backfire, Commercial Motor, Am 11203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax 8652 8969....

Eric Strongitharm Oswaldtwistle. Spagthorpe Motor Company's attempts to oiler a management consultancy service have had mixed...

Euro-3 is now well and truly with us. Despite the seemingly endless ingenuity of engine designers, sooner or later there must...

far more damage on Britain's roads than drunk drivers. Now, largely thanks to the prosecution of Gary Hart—the man jailed for...

ultra-competitive waste transfer and plant hire sectors—and, as Tim Maughan discovers, it doesn't do things by halves. Major...

Starlight Express runs four Renault Premium 385.18 4x2 tractors with triaxie curtainsider trailers at 38 tonnes GCW on a...

charge. cooled it. i-litre MIDR o6.23.56 in-line six with bore and stroke of 123x156mm, a 17. I: I compression ratio and peak...

(norr-Bremse's specialists say that if the company's disc !rakes are cleaned, inspected and maintained regularly they ;hould...

ago by Alan Griffin, Mick Button and another partner. It now has 15 mechanics, two of whom are out In mobile workshops. The...

"There's only one way to carry out a disc brake overhaul, said Button, and that's using the proper service kit of special...

Up at 5am to go to Penrith for a 6am start for a major food distribution company. I collect a Scania fridge trailer which had...

up at 4.30am to go to a ucal haulier three miles away to collect an MAN and Tautliner. First delivery is in Oldham at 6.20am....

Working for the same haulier as yesterday, driving the same tractor and trailer. First delivery is into a warehouse where 12...

Up at 4.30am IL r a 6.15am delivery at Trafford Park. Seems some paperwork got lost in the system as no-one was expecting me!...

A 7am start in the warehouse and then do pick-ups in Preston, Garstang. Liverpool and Warrington. Change trailers and arrive at...

• Renault dealer Thompsons has launched a major expansion progra mine. The Hull-based firm has just extended its Hull workshop...

• Hauliers buying used trucks are increasingly being influenced by what their drivers want, according to Steve Smith of...

• Appalling weather and main roads blocked by accidents didn't deter bidders determined to attend a recent sale held by...

1 After a slow start to the year used ales are now buoyant, say dealers tationwide. "We're quite busy now," ays independent...

Scania dealership Derek Jones Commercials has been sold to a new company owned 65% by fellow Scania dealership RoTruck and 35%...