N AL fails with £5m debts by Rob Willock • Troubled parcels firm Mercury Speedlink of Rugby unexpectedly went into...

• French hauliers have seen their hopes of subsidised "professional" diesel dwindle since a left-wing coalition took power in...

by David Craik • Wincanton Logistics has lost out to Huddersfield-based Boyers Distribution on a £46m contract to distribute...

• The United Road Transport Union is steeling itself for suspension from the Trades Union Congress after rejecting a ruling...

old the back page! It must be a slow news day when broadsheet newspapers devote two columns and a picture to the opening of the...

by Karen Miles • Parcelforce is to cut its workforce by 12% as the parcels division of the Post Office attempts to reorganise...

• Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd has taken no action against P&O Ferrymasters, despite convictions...

• The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association is backing a Customs initiative to fine vehicle rental firms ,E10,000...

• A low-loader driver who left a trail of carnage when the arm of the digger he was carrying swung out in front of oncoming...

• Four men have been jailed for their parts in a beer smuggling operation which cost the Treasury nearly £500,000. The four...

the rights of truck drivers who expose criminal employers. A private member's bill currently being drafted by Conservative MP...

• Ten of the 76 trucks stopped last week at a roadside check on the A74 at Harker Weighbridge, north of Carlisle, were found...

by Andrew Sangster • Hauliers caught running smoking trucks face a £60 fixed penalty fine from next year as part of the...

• Job prospects in transport and distribution are looking good for the rest of the year, say employers. In a survey of...

• Italian police have been accused of Euro-bureaucracy after arresting a British lorry driver for displaying a GB sticker...

• A finance scheme has been launched by Leyland Daf which will allow truck buyers to vary their instalments. Rather than...

by Charles Young • Volvo has developed a prototype diesel/electric FL6 hybrid: two examples have just started three years of...

by Bryan Jarvis • Last week's Scottish 1RTE show marked the European debut of Caterpillar's latest 12-litre addition to its...

• Tipro of Harpenden has added a high-capacity smoothsided tipping trailer to its bulk trailer fleet. Built by Wisbech Bulk...

• Scania Bus and Coach will launch a new low-floor bus chassis at the Coach & Bus 1 97 show at the NEC next week (9-11...

• A fleet of MercedesBenz 308D Sprinter vans recently delivered to Cambridge police are fitted with the latest underfloor...

• leak Trailers of Bidford-onAvon has introduced a range of pole couplings suitable for light. duty trailer applications,...

• The lierbie Clip is a one-piece moulded nylon hose clamp with a patented design incorporating a double row of interlocking...

• Ford's County York 4x4 fire tender was developed in conjunction with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service as a multi-purpose...

• The Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner, Ian Fowler, has revoked the Operator's Licence held by Royston-based AD...

• West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh wants every disciplinary inquiry to receive publicity in the trade...

PO • A Wirral lorry driver, who gave a false name when stopped in a road side check, subsequently stole his tachograph...

a . • A haulier who continued to drive one of his . vehicles despite being disqualified from driving has lost his Operator's...

by Nicky Clarke • It will come as no surprise to operators that yet another Government-commissioned report claims their...

Carriage terms and conditions T read with interest the articles on conditions of carriage and hauliers' lien (CM Return Loads...

T feel very strongly about 1 any information which can be misleading in our industry. The answer in Any Questions "Chart marks"...

Terry Butler and driven by Liz Brown from Crewkerne in Somerset. It was originally painted grey and used as an auxiliary towing...

restrained and low-key; competent and practical—and perhaps a little dull. But now a cavalier approach has infected some of...

a true 399hp (298kW) and a peak torque of 1,4751bft (2,000Nm)— almost 10% more than the M380E, at the same 1,200rpm. There...

Derek Alker, from Ormskirk, Lams, was sitting comfortably at BP's truckstop at Crick in the Volvo FH12 340 he drives for West...

Iveco EuroTech tipper fitted with a grab loader, operated by gas pipeline installer Transco on aggregate deliveries and spoil...

Hirst of Kent bulk haulier A&J Hirst (Haulage): "I lost £18,000 on the last Scania I sold. So now it's contract hire for all...

following the merger of three subsidiaries over the past six months. The company, based in Sutton in Ashfeld, Nottinghamshire,...

A glance at a road map of the UK clearly illustrates why the Midlands has the highest concentration of distribution businesses...

dues R t elationships between employers and he trade unions will enter a new era iext year with the introduction of...

FOR ANY FREIGHT SHIPPER speed of transit is a key benefit, and intermodal transport can cut the time to some European...

T he heavy truck market and the way we're all dealing is suicidal. The industry is simply moving metal, but at what price? The...