rules igainst people smugglers but rave failed to agree on sena:Ries for convicted :raffickers.

4km :unnel near Turin after a truck arrying beetroot caught fire.

forth Wales Police are ippealing for witnesses to a :rash on the A499 between 3 wIlheli and Caernarfon on 3ank Holiday Monday....

has plunged over a :lift and into the sea near the :own of Kaikoura in New !ealand endangering the lives if thousands of...

edition of its Interiational Road Transport Guide vhich explains what rules, 'Ainventions and Customs .egulations are in...

gi Sons If Newport, and works nanager Martin Howell, face nanslaughter charges ollowing an accident on the 45 at Avonmouth...

• by Dominic Perry Haulage giant Eddie Stobart has been ordered to pay compensation to more than 60 drivers after an employment...

• A meeting to discuss the effects of livestock movement during the feet and mouth crisis must be called "immediately" says Jim...

is pulling the plug on its bulk fuel operations in the UK in a bid to cut costs—only months after it announced record profits....

• Disgraced Macclesfield haulier Stanley Fernyhough, has had his firm's 0-licence revoked and his HGV driving licence suspended...

• by Guy Sheppard The High Court is to decide whether fines imposed on hauliers for bringing illegal immigrants into the UK are...

• The industry pressure group the Fuel Forum is warning that any increase in the price of fuel sparked by OPEC could lead to a...

The failure to stop ontinental hauliers from egularly carrying out illegal :abotage work in the south A England is down to "a...

With just one week to go before polling day, Chiset out to I get some idea of how hauliers plan to cast their votes. We talked...

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• by Dominic Perry The Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) las come under fire from a _ondon garage owner after he Nas left with a £600...

• Huge losses at Railtrack could signal a better deal for rail-freight operators, according to an industry expert. The news...

• by Brian Weatherley Daf has quietly unveiled its "lite" Sx2 FTP tractor for bulker and tanker operators looking for maximum...

• Belton-based waste and scrap metal company SG Chadwicks has added two 12-tonne 4x2 Renault Midlum 210hp rigid chassis to its...

• The Atego 815 impresses. It impressed us when we first roadtested it as a new vehicle (CM 17-30 Dec 1998) and it impressed...

It's unusual to have a sleeper cab on a 7.5-tonner—let alone one with two bunks—but this vehicle is used to set up exhibition...

The four-vehicle licence held by Cheshire Site Preparations has been revoked by North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley...

Lancashire operator MP Burke has been ordered to pay almost £30,000 damages to a driver whose toe was crushed in an accident at...

• You can now check out all kinds of legal information on road transport.net—the web site operated by Commercial Motor, Motor...

A Salisbury-based skip hire company whose 0-licence was revoked last year has been granted a fresh licence at a Bristol public...

A West Yorkshire catering supply company had its licence suspended for 10 days when it appeared at its third public inquiry in...

Edward Tudor Owen, of Cefn Mawr, who drove for Ruthin haulier LE Jones, was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 21,190...

Fuel Vend, which is part of the i Jones group, is offering a e tank gauging system that will able operators to monitor 31...

• H Leitol Metallprodukte of Wildberg, southern Germany, has developed a useful looking wheel dolly that will help drivers...

• John Guests push-in pipe connectors have helped Fxminster Garage replace Its old air supply system, without interrupting a...

• WorldBuzz's 100 or 200A Battery Guard 2000 battery management units are designed to guard against cold start failures by...

• Snap-on Sun Tech Systems has developed a roller brake tester to suit all classes of CV. The Sun 7000 can handle vehicles...

II Leeds-based Rema Tip Top UK has extended its Butler tyre changer range with new Navigator models. The 01 version's gearbox...

• If you suspect that your truck alternator isn't charging your larger capacity or extra batteries adequately, check out Merlin...

I find myself in a quandry and wonder whether or not any other readers are sharing my dilemma. Very shortly we will all be...

What utter claptrap! I'm referring to the rubbish that Doctors Geary and Patel published as their findings of the effects of...

No haulier is safe from the current economic climate to be found in the road haulage industry, and the recent problems that...

It's really coming to something when experienced hauliers like John Bridge have to sell up (CM 24-30 May), like the many others...

There's been a lot of talk with the election coming up of hauliers showing their feelings at the ballot box. But what real use...

It takes effort to understand the mind of a road haulier. Talk to a haulier or a driver in a cafe (if you can find one) and you...

for the CM Lb Test the Oaf CF85.430 was the west and the most eagerly anticipated. right, it was over-specced, but we can -...

• The ERF's cab is certainly an improvement over its predecessors but that's not to say it's perfect. The quality of the...

range for lveco rd: a way of specifying different ranges options for the EuroTech, Oddly howier, it doesn't indicate a...

• We expected the Truck of the Year 2001 to offer a peaceful night's sleep dreaming of huge wages, empty motorways and green...

the ginal Actros bunk was spawned by the vii himself, giving an experience akin to eping in three cardboard boxes. lunately fts...

MI UM Long Distance • The Renault Premium's bland exterior styling gives it less presence than some, and this version's "Long...

Volvo's FH12 has long been a favourite the CM Cab Test, and this year's exam?, was no exception. True, there were a N grumbles...

• Each cab was measured for vibrations in three planes: vertically on the cab floor and seat cushion: and horizontally on the...

• This year's heating and insulation test was a disappointment: three of the seven vehicleE had problems with their heater...

G iven the difficulty that the British haulage industry has in recruiting new drivers, the last thing it needs is a new rule...

manager with responsi. ity (among many other things) for Fidler's nsport fleet. "I've only just taken over the y-to-day running...

uring a recent visit to prominent manufacturer Andover Trailers the conversation turned to the standard of maintenance on heavy...

ET Whether it's a paintshop or a fabrication workshop, Is new Herkules pneumatic lift platform will make 11 level repairs or...

1111 any garages use equipment that is badged by socalled UK manufacturers, but in reality it's been produced by a relatively...

• Volvo dealer MC Truck & Bus is pumping i2m into a purpose-built depot on a four-acre site at Lympne in Kent. It should be...

of older trucks received an unexpected boost at a recent sale held by Commercial Vehicle Auctions in Doncaster. Unloved F and...

• Newly formed dealership Renault Trucks Southwest plans to boost sales of second-hand Renaults throughout its territory, says...

• There was plenty to attract recovery operators at Manheim's recent auction in Colchester. A clutch of Mercedes-Benz Atego...

£250,000 tra i ning school at its Burton on Trent depot. It will have two classrooms and a workshop bay big enough to...

A management buy-out team using finance from Iveco's Transolver operation has acquired the Stormont Ives() Ford dealerships....

Hauliers who want to buy used trucks are finding it easier to get finance than they have recently, says Lee Smith, general...

British Gar Auctions' Newport, Gwent site is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Eddie Gerrard, commercial vehicle and...