• The Department of Transport has issued an extended and revised leaflet - Know your traffic signs" for corn mercial vehicle...

by Nicky Clarke and Derren Hayes • International operators' transit costs will more than double if a new European Union law...

Clwyd-based TDS Morgan which runs regularly to France and Italy says the effects would be crippling for both industry and the...

describes the proposals as "outrageous". The 22.10/km flat charge on tolled roads will cost the international operator...

• Danzas UK, the Swiss-based Transport Group, has unveiled plans to double in size over the next five years, creating...

rethink eye regs TOIL AND TROUBLE by Derren Hayes • Pressure is mounting on Roads Minister Steven Norris to back down over...

• Long-distance lorry drivers are at greater risk of infertility and should throw away their tight underpants, claims the...

then we go abroad and pay again! That aptly sums up the "heads we win—tails you lose" tax burden currently being shouldered...

by Brian Weatherley • Thousands of truck and bus operators who bought new vehicles registered after 1 January will have to...

Mercedes-Benz; Scania; Volvo; Seddon Atkinson; and Renault. According to the SMMT's senior technical manager Peter Slaughter:...

• Long-suffering hauliers using the southern section of the M25 face a further six months of traffic jams and road works...

• Proposals by Lothian Regional Council to ban lorries over 7.5 tonnes From Edinburgh's Royal Mile have been quashed by the...

• British Industry could save 1100m a year in transport costs by forging closer relationships in the supply chain and using...

by Ian Wylie • The number of documents carried by truck drivers carrying goods to non-EU countries is to be slashed as...

• Snow blizzards and strong winds combined last week to close Eurotunnel's Le Shuttle services, which had previously claimed...

• Gloucestershire-based international haulage firm boss, Ralph Davies, will no longer have to stand trial after a judge...

by Herren Hayes • Tanker operators all over the country could benefit from the lack of rainfall during the winter if...

• Small hauliers must concentrate on quality if they are to win business from bigger companies, says a top transport...

* Germany—Following a number of recent fines on British drivers, they are being warned that log books must be kept for...

• Stuart Morgan, the man charged with the murder of French student Celine Figard, was a "very, very good driver indeed",...

by Miles Brignall • The "How's My Driving?" campaign has received nearly 250 calls since it started last October, with 20%...

• The trial begins this week of a gang of men who allegedly duped innocent lorry drivers into carrying cannabis from the...

• A series of seminars explaining the transfer of undertaking laws—legislation protecting employees when contracts change...

• Masterhaul, the Russell Davies container transport partnership with Freightliner, has won a Dim threeyear logistics...

by Nicky Clarke • Manufacturers will be consulted over the next few weeks on a derogation for the Euro-2 noise and emissions'...

• A low-profile plant body with a laden deck height of just 1,083mm has been fitted to an ERF EC8 6x2 rigid chassis by...

• A new feature on LinkTip's Ground Level Demountable models allows the operator to raise the back of the vehicle's body...

an unusual locking system to its latest sliding bogie skeletal trailer. The Double C system involves the adoption of the fifth...

• Lex Transfieet is now offering double-deck semi-trailers built by Wilson of Craigavon, Northern Ireland, on short-term...

by John Kendall • Cummins is to close its engine plant at Shotts in Scotland by the end of the year. The factory, which...

• Pochin Plant is progressively to fit Eminox stainless steel silencers and spark arrestors to all 90 of its Mercedes...

• The Department of Transport is instigating a two-year, £650,000 study of a dozen Ford Transits using a variety of...

• Bodybuilder Papworth VBB and Anglian Developments have been awarded contracts with a combined value of around E7 million to...

Adcliffe Drawdeal has produced one of the first HGV test drawbar trailers complying with the new driving test regulations which...

by Bryan Jarvis • MAN's latest 600hp F2000 prime mover is awesome and versatile. It comes in standard C&U road haulage,...

Travel Power has an overall weight of 17kg and produces 220V AC, 3,500W continuously with a perfect sine wave. Maintenance and...

• New to the UK is the CarbonClean range of products for both diesel and petrolengined vehicles. The 1DT 4000 System is...

• Bri-Stor Window Guards are manufactured to fit all modern makes of car-derived and panel vans. They are epoxy...

• New from American cargo restraint specialist Custom Dock Equipment is the UltraQuad winch which the maker claims provides...

by Alistair Campbell, of Inverness, Scottish TC Michael Betts required confirmation that the tachograph and speed limiter on...

North Eastern Deputy TC Brian Horner when the company appeared at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry following breaches of the...

Leicsbased Michael Jordan, trading as MA Jordan Transportation, was cut to four vehicles and three trailers at a Cambridge...

by Hamilton-based Eddlewood Transport only being renewed for 10 vehicles and 10 trailers instead of the 15 vehicles and 20...

es% • The four-vehi cle licence held by Ipswich-based housing & Transport Co has been revoked by Eastern Traffic...

• Problems over driver defect reporting have led to the licence held by Swinton general hauliers JME Transport being reduced,...

• Half the operational fleet of Harrogate-based bulk tipper operators Alfred Hymas has been suspended for one day--Maundy...

• 6 March: The Economist Motor Conference, Geneva. 0171 830 1154. • 13-15 March: Eurocargo 96, Germany. 0089 323910. •...

Summer openings • The Ipswich Transport Museum has announced new opening times for the summer. The museum, at the Old...

• Forward Trust Business Finance has introduced an insurance scheme that should reduce truck thefts. Premium Security means...

• Southampton/lsle of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel and its haulage subsidiary Vectis Transport now has a trailer service...

• Tyre repair kit manufacturer Holt Lloyd is offering a free power torch with every purchase of Tyreweld, its temporary...

Western training • REMIT, the retail motor industry training group, and Wiltshire Transport Training have joined forces to...

Company reports • The first edition of the Plimsoll 1996 Commercial Vehicles Report-an analysis of 1,681 hauliers-has been...

Body repairs • A new aluminium epoxy repair kit for permanent fixing of aluminium surfaces on trucks is being launched by US...

• Dorset-based Knight Lock Systems have introduced the Right Height commercial vehicle measuring system. Right Height has...

London A40 Western Avenue, Acton: Major roadworks and contraflow between Hilary Road in Acton and the Northern Roundabout in...

M4 Berkshire: Major roadworks and a contraflow between junctions 6 and 8/9 cause lengthy tailbacks daily until March. A249...

I wonder if you could give me your opinion on this incident. A lorry and trailer go in for an inspection and to have whatever...

I challenge you to highlight the appalling standard of lorry driving in Britain and to do something to improve It. For the...

I atn writing with regard to your feature on heavy goods vehicle drivers pointing out that drivers wearing spectacles will...

rivers working for United Norwest Co-op have every reason to practice safe and legal driving. One of them, Alan Harrison, has...

D s puns go, Wheal's Far-go Location i Vehicle Services, is a pretty good example of the genre. The cleverly monikered company...

B ein9 a waste inspector might not sound the most glamourous of occupations but judging by a recent decision by the Environment...

kay, so they're mannequins but the dummy who loaded them into this ran in Exeter might have allowed them a modicum of dignity...

Winner: FORD ESCORT 55 1.8D Other contenders: Peugeot 106 XRAD Vauxhall Astravan 1.6 LS Automatic Vauxhall Astravan 1.7D LS...

Winner: FIAT FIORINO Other contenders: HO Pickup Tata Loadbeta Toyota Hilux 4x4 Double Cab Vauxhall Brava 4x4 Double Cab I...

Winner: MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 312D Other contenders: Ford Transit 100 85PS automatic Iveco TurboDaily 35.12 Nissan Vanette...

Winner: VOLVO FL7-285 Other contenders: Foden 4325 Mercedes-Benz 3234K W e weren't exactly inundated with 8x4 tippers this...

(Up to 400hp) Winner: MAN 18.343 Other contenders: Foden 4350 Renault Major 340 p ower limits were pushed ever upwards in...

(Over 400hp) Winner: ERF EC14.52ST Olympic Other contenders: Iveco Ford EuroTech 400E42 Iveco Ford EuroStar 520 MAN 18.463...

Contenders: Iveco Ford Supercargo 260.27 6x4 Leyland Daf 75.300FAT 6x4 Renault Manager G200.18D 4x2 rigid chassis Scania...

Increasingly trade associations have become more than lobbying organisations with a range of financial benefits on offer which...

helps to have God on your side. West Country haulier Eric Vick is taking no chances—one of its drivers is a vicar. C...

need for proper load security. New safety guidelines are about to be published which should help operators prevent such...

Supermarkets are increasingly unhappy with half-full trucks arriving at their depots and are taking steps to increase delivery...

II A whole raft of legislation governs the transport of dangerous goods by road in tanks and packages, and the way in which...

6 w e must all welcome the news that at long last the Government has found a Transport Minister prepared to do something about...