re warehouse staff were dnapped and doused with itrol during a raid in which ieves took more than 9,000 obile phones from Hawk...

ie Road Haulage Association warning international lerators to check UK-bound ads and documents carefully ter several cases of...

truck driver has been 'rested after two children id their parents were killed a head-on crash with his dye artic on the A36...

p to 20% of French operators ice a high risk of failure, ccording to financial analyst limsoll Publishing, which arns that many...

tyre heck in the North-East were nuid to have illegal tyres. The heck was staged in onjunction with the North ast Tyre Safety...

he European Commission 'ants EU legislation amended ) make the installation of peed limiters compulsory on II vans over 3.5...

i last week's wheel-loss )ature (CM 21-27 June) we ave the fax number for the ociety of Operations ngineers; the society's...

• by Miles Brignall The Scottish Traffic Area Office (TAO) has admitted to huge problems dealing with hauliers' enquiries...

• The impounding of trucks caught running without ()licences will be delayed until the autumn or beyond due to technicalities...

• An angry haulier wants to take action against Rugby Cement so that around 100 owner-drivers each left at least £3,000 out...

• More than 100 drivers' jobs are threatened by a shake-up in supermarket giant Sainsbury's distribution network in the West...

• by Ies flrignall In a major crackdown by the Dutch authorities, Dutch traffic examiners are planning to check every UK...

Vallenduuk, operators will not have to show an operating centre as such; they will simply have to show that the invoicing and...

• A Bronnsgrove haulier has lost nearly 5,4,000 following the liquidation of the Independent Insurance Company Hugh Gittins...

by Dominic Perry angry Midlands haulier has cen the dramatic step of ranand shaming a former cusber that went bust owing it is...

After all this time, and after all this money, you'd think implementation of the new Traffic Area Network computer system might...

A former shop steward and iver for transport giant TNT s been jailed for three-andhalf years for organising the eft of vehicles...

ly Dominic Perry :acing lobby group is voicing concerns that the fernment is trying to bury the proposed rporate riling Bill...

• The number of people killed or seriously injured on British roads fell by 2% last year, according to the latest figures...

the weekend using 70 pairs of shoes to highlight the dangers facing truck drivers at work. The Transport & General Workers'...

by Guy Sheppard and foreign hauliers are expected to in forces in a joint legal challenge to the vernment over £2,000-a-head...

Parcels firm Hightspeed is 1850,000 a year better off after winning two new contracts. The first involves delivering computer...

beside-based Stiller Group has secured a five-year agreement to haul more than 1,000 tonnes of waste a week from Teeside Waste...

Christian Salvesen has been awarded a 10-year, 1260m contract with supermarket group Tesco to manage and develop its network of...

• The Road Haulage Association has defended the appointment of Stephen Byers as head of the Department of Transport, Local...

• In a twist of fate the TDG (UK) driver who starred in the Vehicle Inspectorate's Check it out video on drivers' hours has...

WIncanton Logistics has secured a second term on its contract with Air BP, handling the distribution of aviation fuel to...

Wincanton is also to operate a new Mtn distribution centre currently being built in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin for grocery...

Dickinson has renewed its contract with TNT Network Logistics for another six years. TNT handles the nextday service centred...

by Guy Sheppard rya' Mail is considering a Dye back from rail to road as irt of sweeping measures to prove reliability and...

II Hauliers are being urged to join a campaign to block up the magistrates courts to prevent police installing more and more...

Swap to the latest low-rolling-resistance tyres; check their pressures ire spot on; hook up the trailer as close as you...

• Maintenance of correct tyre pressures is another fuel-economy and tyre-wear mantra, but trailer tyre pressures in...

• Exel Tradeteam was at MIRA to try a dual-fuel (diesel/compressed natural gas) conversion from the US company Innovative...

• BT carried out an exercise to see if the new Ford Transits and their DuraTorq diesel engines could deliver appreciably...

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Truck dealer East Midland Commercial in Nottingham has suped eight 6x2 Scania R124 rear-steer drawbar prime movers to )L...

French tyre maker Michelin has been fined nearly 20 million auras 12m) by the European Commission. This follows an EU...

The Institute of Waste Management's show defied gloomy predictions, recording a slight increase on last year's attendance to...

• Mersey Waste has added 10 Foden Alpha 6x4 tractors to its fleet for waste disposal and landfill operations. Specified with...

Sham E N TA L am manager loses repute A North Wales haulier whose transport manager was described as being 'in name only' has...

for some time. He said he had passed the CPC examinations in 1979 and 1980 and legislation had passed him by He had resigned as...

18 trailers was suspended three weeks by Welsh TC vid Dixon because of hours Fences, is appealing against decision to the...

chograph and speed limiter oblems have led to the once of Road & Sea Express andbach) being cut from 16 hides and 10 trailers...

lettenham-based Maguires ansport and one of its ivers £1,755 in fines and sts. Liverpool Magistrates ked the company £1,200,...

for four vehicles and ( trailers on condition that e managing director's son, iaham Cheeseman, whose ence has been revoked, has...

The fraudulent use of vehicle excise licences has led to an indefinite 0-licence ban for Yaxley-based Romaflex and its director...

Three drivers employed by Barnstaple-based William C Hockin have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,525 by the...

Irvine-based Maxi Haulage, following an anonymous complaint allegim breaches of the hours and tachograph regs. However, he...

form warning about the need to keep his vehicles in good condition at all times. Davies appeared before Welsh TC David Dixon at...

the revocation of the licence held by Timothy ilarthill, trading as TSH Plant & Haulage, of lnkberrow, Worcs. West Midland IC...

• Having trouble with due maintenance dates? Commercial Motor's 2001 Maintenance Planner & Record Chart makes keeping track...

A Birmingham mar who drove trucks for about 12 years on a forged licence has been warned that he is in danger of going to...

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welded steel sheet, each cubby has a counterbalanced galvanised steel roller shutter door assembly secured by two matching...

simple control box that controls the temperature at 40°C. It has an automatic temperature protection device and a warning...

m Sealey Power Products suggests many uses for its new universal twin camshaft-locking tool. It can handle closely positioned...

LK Burton on Trent-based Truma UK is marketing a propane/butane gas heater suitable for use in CVs, construction equipment and...

• Ecoair has developed the KDryer version of its 45 to 415 range of rotary screw Compressors, ranging from 4-11kW. The new...

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Summer is finally here and the world rejoices with ice cream and lager, throwing off their cardigans with reckless abandon....

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Eddie Leigh drives an Iveco EuroStar 400 at 41 tonnes for RPL Transport out of Milton Keynes. He is a big guy and had no...

and Distribution Council aims to turn this alarming trend on its head. There is no doubt that the industry needs new blood, but...

following a global downturn in the high-tech sector. How badly will hauliers suffer, and could there be more body blows on the...

Prescott is generally known, it must be a subject for regular leg-pulling that Bob Russett, the new national chairman of the...

Despite recent design improvements, general maintenance of fifth wheels is pretty poor, no matter what size the fleet is....

Bin wagons are hazardous, smelly, generally double shifted and rarely get a chance to cool down. Maintaining these complex...

Its three main functions remain the same: dropping and packing the waste inside the hopper, then discharging it at a disposal...

• RCV hydraulics work continually at extreme operating pressures and temperatures. If neglected, the oil's cooling and...

• Hydraulic oil cleanliness is vital, so the filtration quality has to be of the highest standard too. The body operation...

WI Use the side access door to enter the area behind the ejector. The floor is usually covered in stinking waste so this...

II To grease the bin lifter's cone-clamp mechanism, first pocket the keys and use the red "stop" button. Then, carefully enter...

m Before entering the body, ensure that the area Is clear and the discharge control is in the in-cab position. Lift the...

YOUR drivers? ow well do your drivers know the hway Code and road traffic law? In a ent test by Warwickshire Police, only one...

• I drive a shunter tractive unit in a docks area to move trailers between various parking areas and forwarders' premises....

• ERF dealership Aquila is spending £170,000 on upgrading its headquarters site at Aldridge in the West Midlands. The move...

• The used tractor market is steady, with a good demand for M and N-reg trucks at the right price and in tidy condition as...

• Two hundred of the 223 ex-contract hire and leasing vans and trucks entered by DaimlerChrysler Financial Services (DCFS )...

IN An award-winning dealership is so desperate for workshop technicians that it's tried to recruit them from the Continent...

Scania dealers Reliable Vehicles and Scantruck have set up new service centres in Dundee and Hatfield respectively. East...