• Cornish driver Garth Naughton Gee died when his cab was enveloped in flames after his truck clipped a broken-down lorry....

by Declan Cullen and Sally Nash • The Irish Road Haulage Association has found itself the target of a "Gestapo-like" raid on...

• Eddie Stohart is making its first foray into the restaurant business with plans to set up a nationwide chain of roadside...

ot a mobile phone? Use it out on the road? Then turn to page 34 to see why those warbling little wonders may not be such a good...

by Michael Jewell • The licence held by Alloa based Ecosse European Shipping has been revoked by Scottish Deputy Traffic...

• Elgin tanker driver Norman MacDonald has won £9,759 for unfair dismissal after North of Scotland Water Authority sacked...

• Maidstone-based Daniel Ashby Transport is up for sale after going into receivership, blaming tough trading conditions...

• Europe's first railfreight "freeways' should be operational by the end of 1997, says EU Transport Commissioner Neil...

• The Transport & General 'Workers Union believes the introduction of the Social Chapter, which will lead to the setting up...

• Sussex police are investigating the death of a taxi driver in a collision with a recovery vehicle on the A23 in Sussex....

• Representatives of hauliers and truck manufacturers will get a chance to answer their critics when they debate Transport in...

• Up to 30% of hauliers have completed the new self-assessment tax forms incorrectly , according to new figures from the...

• A shake-up of Boots distribution contracts in Nottingham has implications for drivers' redundancy payments, warns the...

by Sally Nash • Trainee truck drivers and examiners in Northern Ireland are being put at risk because some training centres...

by David Craik • Campaign group Skye and Kyle Against Tolls is confident that a new National Audit Office report has boosted...

• Police moves to secure a greater powers against operators with faulty trucks are gathering pace with another county running...

• More than 3,000 lorry loads a week are expected to switch from road to rail following the opening of the Daventry...

• On 9 June 300 drivers at milk manufacturer MD Foods will vote on whether to accept improved terms and conditions as a...

by Bryan Jarvis • Four new Partek Cargotec refuse-collection vehicles based on Marshall Specialist Vehicles' Cummins-engined...

• Malmo Sjaterminal has bought this sizeable reachstacker for container operations at the port of Malmo in Sweden. The Kalmar...

• Renault confirmed the look of its Extra van replacement by unveiling this passenger-carrying version at the Barcelona Motor...

by Bryan Jarvis and Steve Banner • Multicar's quick-release balland-socket system for demountable bodies is among a series of...

• An application by Toms lereford) to change the operating centre of its fourvehicle licence to Station Approach, Hereford...

• Macclesfield Magistrates have cleared Ronald and Loretta Unterschutz, trading as Perth Removals. and one of their drivers,...

• A Glasgow firm has lost its licence after repeatedly failing to supply the Traffic Commissioner with information he had...

• The Transport Tribunal has upheld the revo cation of Kirkcaldy-based Thomas Muir's licence for the second time, The...

XT our report in Commercial Moto that for mer employees of WI' Davies (Transport) of Penarth Road, Cardiff, are having...

y our recent ferry guide is very informative, but what a pity you were unable to include phone numbers for the Continental...

T hank you to Jon Smedley 1 for the comments he made in CM (29 May-4 June) about the drivers held in various prisons around the...

I recently wrote to a number of British motor manufacturers with regards to a new light commercial vehicle concept I had in...

Ei ehicles used for extracting timber from deep in the forest are a strange breed, and like other forest-dwellers they are not...

The 7.5-tonne sector is notorious for cut throat competition, but Leyland Daf's 45 Series is ready to mix it with the best of...

Renaultowned Mack, here we examine what Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel have in the pipeline—including Cat's 600hp firebrand....

A ccording to Detroit Diesel, the Series 60 is the most successful US heavy truck engine. It still might make an appearance...

The use of mobile phones while driving has come under increasing fire with the practice blamed for a number of fatal accidents....

BOARDS You don't have to run all your equipment 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to be a success. Even if a trailer moves only...

/ n a bid to demonstrate its partnership with business, the new Labour Government is about to step into controversy, rather...

S ome critics feel that Eurotunnel is cutting costs at risk to life and property in its reinstatement of the Freight Shuttle....