recommend a transport tax based on how much roadusers clog up Britain's roads. The advisory body is due to publish its report,...

Aria Foods, a Scandinavian farmers' co-operative, is set to make a formal bid for milk producer and distribution firm Express...

lounges with comfortable seating, colour TV, fruit machines and snack vending machines. The first one opens on Friday (1...

manager of its Enfield site. Brazier has more than 20 years' experience of the industry.

Carrifreight International. European read transport makes up half of Carrlfreight's work; it will be absorbed into Star Cargo...

tailed haulage firms including Eye plc and Finlay Guy, has been called to appear at a Scottish public inquiry on 6 February.

operations, and a member of the management board at Oaf Trucks. He will be responsible for Daf Trucks' manufacturing operations...

• by Melanie Hammond A campaign to discredit the man who is fighting to give hauliers the right to choose which recovery...

• Problems plaguing the railfreight industry have led to an explosion in the number of foreign Ms on Britain's roads over...

• Owner-drivers working for aggregates firm Hanson have thrown in the towel over protests to changes in their payment system....

Nine out o' 10 truck drivers :erviewed in a survey for the eight Transport Association port its 'Well Driven! scheme. But...

• by Guy Sheppard A UK-based international haulier says another Alpine tunnel catastrophe was narrowly avoided when one of his...

by Miles Brignall Tarmac has ordered its subcontractors to equip their trucks with CCTV reversing aids and mechanical sheeting...

• A gang of armed robbers who targeted containers at Dublin port have been arrested following a swoop by Ireland's elite...

• The national co-ordinator of the first Operation Mermaid roadside checks of 2002 has described the results as...

• Police forces around the country are warning hauliers to be on their guard after a string of attacks on trucks parked...

• A meeting has been arranged between Cheshire haulier James Ham & Son and the United Road Transport Union (URTU) to discuss...

by Guy Sheppard Luliens are being urged to clean up their vehicles :er researchers found that children living within m of main...

The Scottish Executive has igered hauliers north of the ■ rder by dumping its 15-year ansport plan in favour of ore short-term...

There may be some owner-drivers working for Tarmac Northern who resent having to buy additional safety kit including mechanical...

01 Government consultants are recommending that a 60mile stretch of the M6 between Birmingham and Manchester should be widened...

if Up to 2,000 people were threatened by toxic gas when a truck carrying chemicals caught tire in South Wales last week. The...

• Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus has cut the number of hauliers it uses to distribute strip steel in South Wales from six to two...

HGV drivers in the East Hands will be getting an :ra 20p an hour under a nt Industry Council (JIC) .eement signed last week....

• Proposals to slash almost £300,000 from the Northamptonshire road budget have prompted a backlash from local hauliers. They...

• by Pete &Angler Police hunting the killer of a haulier have recovered a white van which they believe was used In the murder:...

If you deliver to any one of 33 UK cities or local authorities—or any one of 150 areas across Europe—the way you go about your...

Europe: • UK: Bath & North-East Somerset; Birmingham; Bradford; Bridgend; Bristol; Cardiff; Chester; Coventry; Derby;...

b some manufacturers the annual nveiling of their year-end registrations is chance to boast—or blush. But not veryone wants to...

• Isuzu Truck (UK) is launching a short-wheelbase NKR(S) single-rear-wheel chassis with factory-fitted tipper or dropside body...

• The latest addition to the crowded UK panel van market Is the Nissan Interstar. Any resemblance to the Renault Master range...

• The 95hp engine in awaits debut Dispatch 900 2.0HDi models • by Toby Clark These are the first official pictures of the new...

• Traffic information and vehicle tracking company Trafficinaster is to pull out of the fleet management information sector...

is replaced by a 110hp rating; torque is increasi from 214 to 250Nm, still at 1,750rpm. The engine mated to Citroen's nE MLC5C...

✓ Aberdeenshire quarry and concrete firm Lovie, which runs a distribution fleet of 24 vehicles, has bought a...

• Mitsubishi has revised i Shogun Pinin range, includii the Commercial version. common with the rest of tl range, the Pinin...

Consideration of disciplinary action against the licence held hy Liverpool Waste Services has been adjourned pending the...

the licence held by Raziehill, trading as LBT Logistics, of Armadale, but he warned the company about its future operations...

decision of South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Christopher Heaps to revoke his Operator's Licence and disqualify him from holding...

by Chippenham-based FM) Hammond Transport being suspended for seven days. The firm appeared before Western TC Philip Brown at a...

limiter was inoperative has cost Co Fermanagh driver Gabriel Kearns £1,070 in tines and oasts. Kearns admitted four offences...

Frank Rycroft, the managing director of East Anglian haulage giant Turners (Soham), said he was "deeply embarrassed'' when he...

Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by Manse! Davies & Son being cut from 191 vehicles and 161 trailers to 160...

A transport manager at a Wrexham-based firm has lost his HGV driving licence after drivers used his name as a "ghost driver" or...

Motor? Does someone in the idustry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial gator, Room...

company has a fantastic new corporate logo, thus rendering all our photographs obsolete. All the better when the news is...

Despite the harsh wintry conditions throughout January the doughty folk of Oswaldtwistle refused to be overawed by the...

cial vehicles than any other magazine—over 100, in fact—and performed the industry's most comprehene tests on well over 40...

TESTERS' CHOICE FORD COURIER 1.0 TOth • by Colin Barnett Our smallest contenders all originated from a pair of four-letter...

• by Colin Barnett This year's selection of panel vans included just one, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 311 CD, at the full...

• by Toby Clark The beginning of the year brought a sudden rash of 3.5-tonne chassis-cabs to a sector which has been neglected...

• by Colin Barnett If the lowest powered batch of 2001 tractors, those below 420hp, have anything in common, it's that they...

• by Toby Clark The year's test programme started in splendid style with Oaf's crowd-pleasing 95XF Super Space Cab: 530hp...

• by Kevin Swallow This year's crop of used rigids ran the gamut from a multi-drop 6.2-tonner by way of 4x2 ex-rental-fleet...

TESTERS'CIMICEMERC-BENIACTROS25431.5 6)(11 • by Kevin Swallow Our used truck tests are not designed to be comparative, so...

success. ttuke tioruot reports. F reight Shepherd is one of the few operators left that still talks positively about the...

vehic operator licensing is not a doe ment for the faint-hearted. Ev( in its 'easy-to-read' question-an answer format, it...

for using Britain's roads will not increase the tax burden on the UK haulage industry. But many hauliers fear that iespite...

challenge. They think nothing of fitting bargain-basement service items, often withconsidering their suitability. Cases of...

In Peugeot's new Express Fit deal covers all models in its light commercial vehicle (LCV) range, offering replacements for...

• Cime-Autolift of Freilassing, Germany, offers a wide range ofvehicle lifts, workshop equipment and accessories including...

• Juratec of Doncaster a leading manufacturer and supplier of CV brake discs, has introduced its first CD parts catalogue. The...

I Norbar Torque Tools distributor W hristie of Rotherham has designed a ewer torque tool to secure large counerweights for...

• Heavy polishing equipment and jeweller's rouge are said to be made redundant by Esprit's Scratch Away system. The firm...

E Agriemach has two new workshop tools designed to make life easier: a clever little device for probing wires without stabbing...

Spies Hecker Is warning bodyshops to protect their paint stocks during cold snaps. Bring them inside early and allow paint to...

Federal Mogul's latest on-line catalogu will help installers and distributors locate Champion, Ferodo and Moog earl numbers in...

Trade Garage Equipment is offering a new one-tonne horizontal transmissior jack. The TTJ1000 runs on solid wheels, has a dual...

Ecodrive of Walkden, Manchester is the new ZF service dealer for the NorthWest. Its DriveGentre workshop is backed up by a...

Manchester-based trailer builder Cartwright & Sons Welding is using the latest Casella hand-held dust monitor to check on...

If you need advice on repairing or replacing damaged doors check out Stokvis's brochures detailing its loadir bay equipment and...

F Pearl & Co of Hartlepool is Castrol's new distributor for the North-East; it expanding stock to cover all autometi■ transport...

Delco Remy is offering a parts CD covering both CDVs and HGVs. As well a exploded diagrams. OE and aftermarle cross-references,...

Scapa's new 1810 halogen-free harnessing tape uses rubber adhesive on a polyester cloth backing. it is said to be durable and...

ROLL IN T railers are vital pieces of equipment in most distri bution operations— neglect them at your peril. Many thousands of...

a full -time driving 11) carrying aggregates all over the West Country. !If you would like to feature In Working Week please...

• Too many independent dealers who don't really know what they are doing are equipping trucks with cranes, claims Jameson Jones...

• Independent dealers are enjoying a flying start to 2002—if they can get hold of the right stock. "Last year there were more...

• Trailers were the star turns at a recent sale held by Commercial Vehicle Auctions. A pair of 2001-vintage Lawrence David...

• New truck sales may have boomed last year, but the same cannot be said about franchised dealer profitability. "Dealers as a...

• The first draft of the new rules governing Block Exemption is about to be published, but it's unlikely to result in a...

• British Car Auctions is to handle the disposal of all TNT UK's commercial vehicles as they come up for renewal under a new...