• New signs are to be introduced warning of level crossings, junctions on bends and gliders: the colour coding system for...

by Juliet Parish • Hauliers will get the chance to capture new work as the rail strike escalates to 48 hours this week, driving...

• High tolls on the Severn Bridge are causing around 575 trucks a day to divert on to three busy roads in Gloucestershire,...

• Trucks over 7.5 tonnes are set to be banned from an area around Blidworth, Notts, except for access. The county council's...

W hat is it about transport that no sooner does one Secretary of State settle in and start to learn about our industry than...

by Steve McQueen • The Road Haulage Association is to ask the British Ports Authority to help international hauliers left with...

Munro Transport, says he was detained for 12 hours while his vehicle was searched by Customs officers at a southern port in...

• Hauliers could find themselves under pressure to provide pension schemes for their drivers if a campaign launched this week...

• Truro Magistrates Court has decided that drivers who voluntarily take on extra work after the end of their driving day do not...

• Department of Transport politics appear to have moved to the right with the appointment of three new ministers in John...

by Tony Vaitehead • Rates for tipper drivers in London and parts of the Southeast have risen by up to 50% since the beginning...

caused a headon collision by driving on the wrong side of the road, was banned from driving for 12 months and fined £500 by...

• At least 30 additional tanker drivers will be taken on at Hanson Transport's Huddersfield and Redear, Cleveland depots for...

• Northern food retailer William Morrison Supermarkets is considering contracting out more of its distribution. Morrisons is...

hauliers working for a British Steel plant in Port Talbot fear that larger operators will get the most lucrative jobs when...

• Animal rights terrorists are alleged to have been behind an arson attack at a York farm on 15 July which destroyed two...

Transport is asking the French Government to reimburse British truckers whose belly tanks were cut off in France. And the DOT...

• Norbert Dentressangle Tankers boosts its turnover by hundreds of thousands of pounds this week as it begins carrying 10 loads...

by Juliet Parish • NFC's loss-making parcels carrier Lynx is re-entering the non-account parcels delivery market, as part of...

• Experienced drivers are in demand again in the south following a turnround in business over the past few months. Agency...

by a badly signed weight limit on the A162 in Yorkshire. About 30 drivers , avoiding congestion . on the Al have been hit with...

• Up to 50 gas-powered Volvo FL1Os will go into service in a joint project between Volvo and the city authorities in Gothenburg...

by Noel Millier • Mercedes-Benz' has launched the Urbanranger, a competitively priced midrange single-deck bus designed to fill...

• Continental has launched a steer-axle tyre with a claimed 15% improvement in mileage over its predecessor. The 11545 has a...

• Clitheroe, Lancashirebased AJA Smith Transport was given a formal warning about the company's maintenance standards when it...

• A history of maintenance problems has led the North Eastern Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth to turn down a bid for...

1 • Lancashire international haulier Michael Turta, trading as Walmersley Haulage of Heywood Street, Bury has appeared before...

-0 The licence held by Uckfield, East Sussex-based Saxongate has been suspended until its vehicles have been through new annual...

• The six-vehicle licence held by Wolverhamptonbased Crowmill has been renewed for the full five years by West Midland LA John...

Carrying out international haulage when only holding interim authority for national operation, and parking of vehicles away...

• Chars brought against Neil & Elizabeth Pendreigh of Kiniemuir in Perth Sheriff's Court have been dropped by the Procurator...

• Cardiff-based ME Foley (Contractors) has been given eight days to put its vehicles through a new annual test, or face having...

tkil held by Swansea 30-trailer licence based David Thomas & Son (Sketty) has been renewed for 18 months only at a Cardiff...

by Patrick Hook • Last week's case involving the illegal use of Operator Licences by the quarry company ARC has drawn attention...

0-licence to trade. Problems of interpretation arise when the distinction between operator and contractor become blurred....

D he spirited attention of anti-roads protesters will now shift to Brian Mawhinney, John MacGregor's successor as Transport...

D he recently formed Bedford Owners Club held its first rally at Billing Aquadrome earlier this month jointly with the long...

ow that's what I call heavy haulage. Securicor 2:1 subsidiary Scottish Express International has just shipped a desalination...

ays Distribution traffic supervisor Jack Carr has received a12,000 reward from his boss for coming up with an uplifting...

2 oach passengers on an Italian motorway realised that everything was not quite as it should be when the driver of their luxury...

a briefcase in the cab, says Joan Riggall after thieves took Riggall's Removals' only vehicle — a Bedford TK 860 Luton...

Young logistics • The Centre for Transport and Logistics Management at Huddersfield University is offering a five-thy...

Logistics explained • Prime Marketing Publications has compiled Consultants Conspectus— Distribution & Logistics Systems, a...

New cards • The 450,000 UK Dialcard and Overdrive cardholders are being issued with new cards now that both brands are under...

Healthy fun • SRa's Health and Safety Training Presenter is a set of colour cartoon-style A3 flip charts designed to train new...

Sally expands • Sally Line has added a second ship to its Ramsgate/Vlissingen freight route to cope with rising demand. Demand...

Logistic analysis • Users of computer-based routeing and scheduling systems can exploit the data they produce to analyse...

London/South-East 11 Expect serious congestion around the A4 junction with the A312 and the junctions near the southern end of...

the UK market, running from the 3.5-tonne Ti 410D to the 38tonne 2538 6x4 tractor. In between there is at least one model in...

end of the Mercedes-Benz 3025Ks production run and the "official" introduction of the 3229K in January 1992. But Ecoclear, part...

axles to counteract the effects of the tanker's high centre of gravity. Handling was impeccable It seemed to run on rails, even...

MODEL Mercedes-Benz 3229K 8x4 tipper chassis with day cab. GVW: 32.00 tonnes. MANUFACRJRER: Mercedes-Benz UK, Tongwell,...

operators to establish a presence on the Continent. Joining a consortium can provide an efficient, low-cost solution. 0 ver...

UK removal companies which is seeking to formalise links with Continental companies as its European business expands. Contact...

When Cheshire haulier Roger Bettley heard that he'd won a Cumminspowered Strato tractor for a year, courtesy of CM and Seddon...

New laws on the transport and storage of frozen food are introduced in September but they are meeting a frosty reception from...

Feed The Children needed a fleet of 4x4s on a shoestring budget to distribute aid in Bosnia. Help was at hand in the shape of a...

The traditional way for a haulier to finance his operation is by using bank loans and overdrafts. Nowadays bank finance is hard...

4 aerators have to rely on truck manufacturers and main dealers to supply parts when they need replacement. Most franchised...

Vehicle manufacturers' predictions of the time-saving advantages of computerised diagnostics are well documented an fa d e...

• Vehicle manufacturers are bracing themselves far more shocks as details of the proposed changes to Block Exemption emerge....

• Up to 95% of workshops and paintshops are breaking the laws on compressed air which came into effect on 1 July, says Andy...

Extra clean-ups on the way Safety-Kleen plans to expand its range of services to help workshops and paintshops comply with the...

The first catalogue from S-P Technology covers equipment from compression testers to breakout boxes and code readers. A...

• Modus is reducing the time taken to diagnose faults in vehicles and to pick up problems undetected by the driver, says...

• Autoglass is campaigning for safety standards to be introduced covering windscreen adhesives. About a million replacement...

• ERF has issued a service note to all its dealers reminding them that vehicles fitted with Cummins Celect engines must not be...

• Paint manufacturer Masons has registered more than 100 paintshops in its Protection Plus scheme and has made a 400% increase...

• Parts factor Edmunds Walker is to be sold to Finelist, which owns the chain of 70 Autela Components branches. Edmunds Walker,...

• Disc-Lock, the hi-tech wheel nut, is gaining converts. Safeway is specifying it on all new trailers and, following favourable...

Trucks have changed tyres have changed and retreading has dianged too, as Cohn Sowman finds out. T ime was when retreading was...

MAKE: Volvo. MODEL: FH12 420. CONFIGURATION: 4x2 tractive unit. SERVICE INTERVALS: Intermediate, six weeks; basic 45,000km....

Julian Jones, pictured setting the pre-tension on an injector, is a familiar figure to many Volvo technicians. He has been busy...

Pat Dowsett looks at sensors, the eyes and ears of electronic systems. A ll control systems work something the computer buffs...

• A range of nylon-webbed abrasive has been introduced by English Abrasives and Chemicals (EAC). The system uses nylon webbing...

• P&P Sergeant now has a wider range of replacement brake drums to cover up to 90% of the truck and trailer parc, says the...

• Ensuring a vehicle-mounted crane does not exceed its safety limit is made easier with LoadGuard 200, says Morganite...

Shell Safe and Shell Safe Premium are two new antifreezes/summer coolants. Both conform to BS 6580/92 and will replace existing...

• A non-1,1,1, trichloroethane brake and clutch cleaner called Stop Quick has been launched by Deb. Drying times for the new...

• A range of 240V eIectrohydraulic oil filter crushers are being imported from the US company Oberg by Overton. Ti) crush a...

• Pressure washer manufacturer Gurni has launched the G-3000, a 240V unit which can deliver water at up to 170 bar (2,465psi)....

• Neutratank, a system of sealing unused underground storage tanks by filling them with a hardening foam, is now available from...

• Translight Turbo is the latest generation of automatic welding shield from Lansec. It is designed for welding with low...

waterproof suit from KimberlyClark aimed at those using pressure washers or similar equipment. The fabric is said to be...

• A range of gas fired condensing air heaters with a 25% saving potential has been launched by Rez.nor..On gross calorific fuel...