evidence yesterday to the House of Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee inquiry into the impact on industry of motor...

officers prompted up to 50 drivers to report garages which hiked up their prices as high as £2.99/lit during the September...

motorway 1M60) has been opened. The MOO link is four lanes wide and is expected to reduce traffic on nearby roads by up to 30%.

protests. Police in Cheshire and Northumberland reported cases of intimidation or other offences, including possession of an...

according to a survey by the Road Haulage Association and Incomes Data Services. Half the firms contacted pay their drivers...

A European Commission report on its Auto-Oil II programme is claiming that regulated pollutants will fall to 20% of 1995 levels...

by Dominic Perry The prospect of foreign hauliers being charged to enter the UK came a step closer this week following an...

• The People's Fuel Lobby (PFL) plans an ambitious "crusade" it as expected, Chancellor Gordon Brown fails to meet their...

• A human rights lawyer has written to the Lord Chancellor's Office claiming the recent decision to fast-track foreign...

• by Melanie Hammond The Inland Hevenue is demanding thousands of pounds back from drivers who were given tax rebates on the...

• Hauliers convicted of health and safety crimes have been named and shamed in a project designed to deter others from...

r A convoy of 30 fuel tankers descended on a filling station in Hull last week to highlight the effect that low prices at the...

wi by Charles Young The level of financial backing needed to enter the haulage industry was reduced last week despite earlier...

On i November - 1936, 200 unemployed men arrived in London after spending almost a month marching the 300 miles from Jarrow in...

• A truck driver who Idled three clergymen when his artic struck their stationary car has escaped a prison sentence after being...

N by Dominic Perry Tory peers have tabled an amendment to the Transport Bill currently passing through the House of Lords to...

• The first deliveries of cut-price diesel from the recently fort Fuel Club are to he made this week. A consignment of 10.8...

The Irish Road Haulage Association has warned the Irish government that the industry is still in crisis. In the past two weeks...

to Midlands firm Hammond Logistics. It will deliver keg and cask beers to pubs and wholesalers, and cans and bottles to...

overnight parcels specialist Fastrack Parcels to deliver up to a million consignments. The business is estimated to be worth...

Exel Hungary Logistics Services, Exel Logistics' automotive joint venture with Hungarian firm Hungarocamion IR, has won a...

Wincanton Logistics has been awarded a three-and-a-haifyear contract with high street retailer WH Smith to distribute its...

to handle its UK transport operation. Under the rolling =tract TOG will handle the distribution of Whirlpool's entire range of...

• A car driver had an amazing escape last week after a cattle truck became airborne at a notorious accident black spot and...

Last week Commercial Motor reported on a possible scheme to help struggling hauliers leave the industry by paying them for...

• by Kevin Swallow Partek Cargotec's Swedish Hiab subsidiary has launched four new loaders: the XS 122, XS 144 and XS 166 (each...

Building products supplier CCF is taking 12 more Scanias in addition to the 24 that have joined the fleet in the past year....

of its vehicles with 0-COM satellite positioning technology from LINO. Salvesen hopes the new units will help its drivers keep...

Montracon trailers and bodies to its fleet. The order Includes curtainsiders, vans, and skeletal trailers.

truck rental company Rockfield. The vans joining the 400-strong fleet are all Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with Carrier Zephyr 30S...

moved into new offices in Orbit House. Eccles. The company decided to up stakes and move from Its old headquarters in Salford...

Vehicle manufacturers are not doing enough to ensure the security of vans, according to a major leasing company. Lex Vehicle...

• Power Platform Services based in Surrey has bought its first Skyking 229TJ access platform from King Trailers. It has been...

• Carrier Transicold has launched the Xarios range of direct-drive refrigeration units for urban delivery vehicles operating in...

The new generation of Unimog all-terrain vehicles is out in the UK, with better performance, easier driving and more...

• The straight chassis frame is stronger and stiffer than before, allowing it to accommodate a subframe with fourpoint ball...

• by Peter Lawton The Unimog rewards those who put faith in its abilities. Our test driver was told to keep his feet from the...

• by Peter Lawtee Ford has announced the list prices for the new front-wheel-drive Transit The range starts at £12,000 for the...

The Cornish arm of Dairy Crest Transport has taken delivery of 23 Foden Alphas in a contract-hire agreement with Ryder. The...

• The Royal Mail is delivering post and people with a fleet of new Vauxhall Brava pickup post buses. An initial order of 65 has...

Freightliner is building up for 44-tonne operation with 15 new ECXs from ERF featuring 380hp Cummins MU engines and 16-speed...

Ecotek has supplied air-flow kits for Scanla P94 day cabs used by Business Post. The new system is designed to match the lines...

LDV is celebrating its biggest fleet order of the year with the sale of 286 3.5-tonne Convoy Hi-loaders and 231 2.6-tonne...

IMS. the UK importer of SAF running gear, has produced a booklet giving advice to operators planning to run at 44 tonnes. Don't...

logistics and rental fleet at a new used truck outlet. The Northamptonbased company will sell tractors, 13.6m triaxle...

to his licence being suspended for five days. Skeet appeared before Western TC Philip Brown at a Bristol disciplinary inquiry.

Gees Bakery Products, of Kirkham, was given a formal warning about its maintenance standards after it accepted undertakings...

with a defective speed limiter led to the licence held by Gwilym Evans, trading as Upper Boat Skip Hire, of Pontypridd, being...

against the decision of South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Christopher Heaps to revoke its licence for three vehicles and three...

Though taking no action against the Operator's Licence held by Vincent Boyle, trading as Motherwell Traction, Scottish TC...

Breaches of environmental conditions caused EA Scaffolding & Systems (Luton) to be called before Eastern Traffic Commissioner...

The use Of untaxed vehicles has led to Littlers, based in BaCkford, near Chester, having its 11-vehicle Operator's Licence...

a check of its tachograph records following an accident showed drivers had regularly breached the drivers' hours rules. The...

A Welsh hacker alleged to have committed more than 700 overloading offences after downplating his vehicles to save on vehicle...

As an ex-owner-operator (thankfully I'm out of it) I still take great interest in haulage events. With regard to the illegal...

recently had a discussion with my boss, and I'm afraid he is ignorant of the rules governing breaks, weekly driving hours and...

I do believe that I have the wrong end of the stick, so to speak, regardingthe recent, much publicised unrest involving our...

Help! My husband and I run a small (12 vehicles, 15 employees) haulage business from our home in Preston, Lancashire. We have...

As we go to press the finalists for the Commercial Driver of the Year are going through their paces at the Knockhill Racing...

Another chapter of the swinging sixties came to a close recently when the last Mini rolled off the production line at...

During the recent fuel blockade there were no lengths that some desperate motorists wouldn't go to in their quest for a full...

When you go down to the woods these days you never know what you'll find. On a visit to Selsdon Wood in Surrey, The Hawk was...

It's a winning combination all right: British know-how and Finnish expertise. This Caterpillar-TRD Supertruck, driven by Harry...

over Lozokg unladen weight must be plated by the manufacturer to show their design weights and also officially by the Ministry...

legal terms. weight be exceeded a fine of up to £5,000 may be imposed for each separate offence. E by David Lowe plating...

[ PRICE AS TESTED: £10,950 (ex-VAT), includes £10,430 for the basic vehicle; £520 for ABS. ENGINE: 2.0 litres, 89hp (66kW)....

does the ticking of the clock sound more urgently than in the parcel and courier business. From the mighty fleet operators to...

Tom Bell, MD, TNT Express Services huge fleets of vehicles, strategic hubs and high-tech tracking systems are all...

I The dominant players in the parcels sector are highly visible and well known: Parc*!force, NT Express Services, Securicor...

• Business to business Is the name of the ga the parcels sector: less than 10% of the mar private customers. But some operators...

deadlines and congested streets can be unforgiving. Firms involved in this sector need to invest in the right kit. Sharon...

• Final deliveries are often done with car-derived vans, panel vans or purpose-built parcels carriers. The vehicles do not do...

• As the legislative requirements get tighter, testing procedures get more sophisticated. For one thing, according to Ken...

T&G's national secretary for road transport, has never known it like this. With rising fuel prices squeezing competitiveness,...

n May the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, unveiled proposed changes in the law to make companies accountable for deaths that result...

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