• New electronic tamperproof tachographs destined for the UK in 2000 will actually make it easier for cowboy hauliers to break...

Paccar, US truck manufacturer and owner of Daf and Foden, is to buy the d Lck assembly operation in Lancashire. Leyland Trucks...

predicting delays to the introduction of electronic tachographs—until October 2000 at the very least. John Bertram, UK...

Logistics will lose its last major newspaper distribution contract in June, severing an 11-year association with Mirror Group...

Union is fighting plans by tanker firm Suttons of St Helens to close its Oldbury depot and it has balloted members for...

futures after North Wales Police handed over management of its recovery scheme to the AA. Only 14 of the 155 recovery operators...

Only vehicles which meet zero or near-zero emissions standards will be allowed to enter key European cities as part of a...

Transport have been charged with manslaughter, following a fatal motorway accident last year. CM reported in February that...

fuel tax for hauliers will not be won within the next two years, according to its chief advocate, RHA director-general Steven...

fuel duty hikes involved 120 trucks from local owner-drivers and smaller operators in a three-mile convoy travelling at...

much time for academics. Most of them don't know the difference between a camshaft and mineshaft, and when it comes to...

been called into RTITB Services and its wholly owned training subsidiary Centrex after they reported losses in excess of £6m...

The Freight Transport Association has called on the French government to take a tougher line with trade union militants after...

driver died after being overcome by fumes from a gas stove in his cab, a Chesterfield inquest heard last week. Another...

make improvements if the growing problem of van theft is to be tackled, according to the Home Office. The warning follows new...

freight forwarder has won a David and Goliath battle in the courts against its non-paying employer, but it has taken more than...

is asking hauliers to help him track down the driver and truck responsible for financially damaging his company through...

for causing the death of a five-year-old girl who was crushed under the wheels of his truck in Cambridgeshire. Carl Pottle, 38,...

in cross-Channel booze and tobacco smuggling face having their licences revoked as part of a tough new package of measures to...

merger talks, speculated to be with Nightfreight, have collapsed amid warnings from the beleaguered company that it will post a...

Hauliers may have to pay a 220 surcharge on speeding fines they incur to enable police to fund the more widespread use of speed...

railway station in Manchester called the G-Mex Centre. Thankfully this didn't spark off any road versus rail transport...

using the cab from the middleweight Atego—in the UK in early 1999, after showing them at the Hanover show this autumn....

launched its contribution to the crowded 2.5-3.0tonne pickup market. The B2500 range comprises just two models, the 4x2 Pick Up...

version of its Comet rigid truck chassis designed for overseas applications. The last version of the Comet was introduced in...

to start operator trials of 10 95XF tractors with the latest Euro-3 version of its 12.6litre engine. The in-line sixes will...

show, local Foden dealer Manchester Truck Centre was running a ride-and-drive and CM grabbed a turn behind the wheel of the new...

two offences of falsification and one of exceeding the daily driving limit. Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, John...

action against the Wolverhampton-based company's licence, West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh considered a bid...

offences have led to the revocation of the licence held by Dumfries owner-driver Andrew Taylor. In addition, Scottish TC...

the Benefits Agency for working while claiming benefit following a roadside check of 600 vehicles. One person was arrested for...

of the licence held by Gorseinon-based Meticulous Movers International. South Wales TC John Mervyn Pugh disqualified the...

the revocation of the 20-vehicle/20-trailer licence held by Milnathortbased Road Movement Services (Scotland) pending an...

IC accepts haulier's maintenance policy • Highland Haulage of Inverness has been granted an increase in its licence...

vehicle operated by North Wales Audi and Volkswagen agent Dane Motor Co (Wrexham) led to its licence being suspended for a...

now studying modern languages at Bradford University. I am writing a dissertation on road transport in Russia and would like to...

Trans-Action was formed by a group of hauliers from the South-East who are frustrated at the Chancellor's decision to increase...

all rosy in the garden" (CM 26 Mar-1 Apr) gives a misleading view that Renault Trucks has not been represented in South London...

the price of parts fitted on the Continent to Renaults and Scanias, I think I can beat the lot of them. Back in January we...

that he would not be increasing the Road Fund Licence—the ■ rate was left the same. But from 1 April a "first registration" fee...

that air pollution causes between 12,000 and 20,000 deaths a year why did they scrap the trams and trolley buses from most...

in Commercial Motor, I would like to set out the following points: El Any agent offering credit should hold a Consumer Credit...

Tam 53 years old and I have supported the Labour Party all my life. On 1 May 1997 I shed tears of joy at the resounding success...

some of us dream of living life in the fast lane, there are those lucky few with the readies to make their dream come true....

you're looking for a rugged tipper to withstand the rigours of site work, you really ought to check out the Iveco...

W€ i1Tt Sharon Clancy weighs up what's happening in the trailer suspension market—not a high-profile part of truck/trailer...

on operators close to the printing, packaging and engineering centre of Bristol and Avonmouth. Patric Cunnane headed west...

Transport policy is at a crucial junction. Take any turning and long tailbacks on congested roads threaten to strangle UK...

Cie AP' then Truckfest in Peterborough is the place to be next Sunday and Monday (3 and 4Agat reports Brian Weatherley....

for an agency, ringing in for work each afternoon," he says. "If they don't have work for me they'll put me on standby, and...

at present, traders and industry analysts report. "If it's got a decent alloy or steel body with high sides that looks the...

is encountering serious opposition to its attempts to restructure its distributor network. It's planning to cut the number of...

new manufacturer-backed scheme to boost used truck sales. Anybody who drives an old truck of 16 tonnes and above into a Scania...

increasingly difficult to recruit and retain salesmen. Pinched margins are limiting their ability to pay decent commissions,...

Ford in the west of Scotland after Wylies' decision to give up the franchise. Once a prominent Bedford dealer, Kerr & Smith...