• It's strangely apt that in the same fortnight in which three members of the British Olympic team were sent home for failing...

• Wincanton looks set to introduce random drink and drugs testing for 245 drivers on its Texaco contract — on the orders of the...

• Police investigating last week's murder of a Rotherham transport company's nightwatchman and the theft of a truck from the...

• Hauliers should think twice before they invest in "green" gadgets and liquids which claim to reduce fuel consumption and cut...

• Entrepreneur Malcolm Harrison is to re-enter the usedtruck and trailer market, setting up another company less than three...

• The Transport & General Workers' Union is aiming to recruit franchise operators and owner-drivers by offering them a range of...

• A Dublin court has bound over for three years the boss of a pallet firm found guilty of damaging six pallets belonging to GKN...

• The Road Haulage Association plans to submit a mass compensation claim on behalf of hauliers who lost money during the French...

for Logistics and Transportation. He joined Cranfield in 1991 as Exel Logistics Reader. PeIteris closes • PeIter's Haulage of...

• The Government promised this week to consider impounding vehicles in an effort to crackdown on illegal operators. The...

• West Midlands police has launched an investigation into last week's accident on the M5 near West Bromwich when two massive...

• East Ham-based Ronnie Fielding Conference Trucking bought the Master Centurion, the one-off Scania R143-500 Streamliner this...

• Hargrave International is adding 24 Leyland Daf 95-360 twin-steer tractive units and 38 refrigerated semi-trailers to its UK...

• Iveco has developed a gas turbine version of its Turbo Star premium tractor which is currently undergoing development trials...

• Ray Smith's foot controlled tail-lift, the first British tail-lift to meet the German TuV safety requirements, is aimed at...

• Lamb and Mansfield's 6x2 ERF E14 recovery vehicle is equipped with a lifting rear axle and Boniface Recovery Systems'...

• The Stallion group has entered the front-end tipping gear market with new displacement rams for rigids and semi-trailers....

• Speculation over the future of the Cabtec truck cab used by Dal, Pegaso and Seddon Atkinson could soon be ended: rumours have...

• TDG, the UK's second largest transport group, says it sees no signs of economic recovery and expects the recession to hit...

• European operator GB Express is investing £6m on new tractive units and trailers as part of its plan to double its turnover...

• The prospects for a privatised UK mail service increased last week as the Government announced a review of the organisation...

• From November car transporter Walon is taking over the £.1m contract for the handling and distribution of Proton cars.

eight finalists through to the British Franchise Association's 1992 Franchise of the Year awards. The winner will be announced...

months will be at the same level as the corresponding period last year, according to Glass' Guide to Commercial Vehicle Values,...

• TNT has agreed to a £6-aweek pay rise for all its employees, but has ended the blanket union deal in favour of separate...

• Notice of rationalisation in the milk haulage industry was given last week, when the Milk Marketing Board said it expects to...

• Bootle haulier John Pythian, who was associated with the failed company Mottram & Crosby, has succeeded in obtaining a...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu has granted Alan Yoxall of Malpas an increased vehicle and trailer...

• North Western LA Martin Albu suspended the 12-vehicle four-trailer licence of Douglas Evans, trading as D&E Haulage, Widnes,...

• Dutch manufacturer Berkhof is to body the 8.5m Dennis Javelin, giving the five-year-old chassis a new lease of life in the UK...

Counties says it is proceeding with the management/employee buyout deal, but cannot comment further "because the jobs of 200...

• A strong performance by bus and coach dealer Hughes Daf and bus operator Grey-Green has helped boost parent company T Cowie's...

• Southampton-based bus operator Solent Blue Line is joining forces with Castro] to test out a man-made gearbox oil which is...

• National Express has unveiled an updated version of its Expressliner, the singledecker coach which is custombuilt for its 90...

Hauliers are being warned that if they don't put up the fight of their lives to save Britain's £20bn road building programmes...

• Nissan is set to launch the Sunny high-cube van this month. The first model to be sold will be the 1.7-litre diesel: it will...

• Vauxhall has launched two limited edition diesel Brava pickups. At el0,966 (ex-VAT), the Outback 4x4 includes steel blue...

• Newly established Hotelink of Crawley, West Sussex has invested over £250,000 in 12 new Iveco Ford TurboDaily 15seater buses...

• Fiat has reintroduced the petrol powered version of its Fiorillo high-cube van. The facelifted Fiorino went on sale at the...

• The next generation of SEAT's Ibiza range, which is due to make its appearance next summer, is expected to include...

• Two tyre companies have introduced 70 Series tyres to cater for light CVs running at higher speeds with heavier loads....

• Monroe-Europe has expanded its range of replacement hydraulic and gas-pressurised damper units with shock absorbers for CVs...

haulage F12 Volvo tractor from Blokes Oak Farm in Abingdon, Oxon on the evening of 21 July. After cutting a security fence,...

stolen from Wonastow Road West in Monmouth, Gwent between 22:00hrs on 24 July and 06:00hrs on 25 July. Lee Morgans of Lee...

unit leaves West Calder, West Lothian operator Thomas Cox with just one other 38-tanner, a 10.5-tonner and a 3.5-tonne...

The red tri-axle stepframe trailer, serial number H3336/008, went missing from the company's yard on the Walworth Industrial...

HGV driver training is in a state of flux. The RT1TB has been replaced by the RH1TSC; one-man bands are springing up every day....

• Diavia UK, the Surrey-based car air conditioning supplier, has created a division for commercial vehicles. The new Aura...

• Cheshire vehicle coupling manufacturer VBG has opened a network of 20 parts stockists providing off-the-shelf components for...

• Ford has extended its low-rate finance offer on all the company's commercial vehicles until 28 August. The special interest...

• Truck drivers who carry dangerous goods are being offered courses geared to the new legal requirements introduced on 1 July....

elieve it or not, these lads are not football fans about to get generously refreshed after another moral victory on the soccer...

emocratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton and sidekick, vice-presidential nominee Al Gore clearly believe the truckers'...

H potted by the Hawk recently on travels up north — this splendid example of a mobile truckstop, complete with interior seating...

A mong readers A mong readers responding to CM 's offer for a complete set of Law on the Wall charts was a transport supervisor...

ands up that contractor paying hauliers a rate-for-the-job going north but putting in the sting on the way back by paying just...

fit full Topline ; Streamline and air deflector kit equipment; sliding fifth wheel ; spray suppression; night heater ; speed...

THE CALLS The first operator we contacted was Securicor Omega Express, at 09:22hrs. A businesslike receptionist asked how we...

Unity garage has just added a state-of-the-art Daf 3600/Syren 6x4 recovery vehicle to its fleet, but changes to the rota system...

IN You rightly mock the extended payments a major haulage company promised to its subcontractors in your editorial (CM 23-29...

Regarding "Publicity please" (Dear Sir, CM 2-8 July), one of those unsung heroes of the tragic M42 accident was a driver from...

• Here we are again, on the old subject of clearing houses and freight forwarders. I call them parasites. The dictionary...

, H eavy goods vehicles are potentially huge and lethal weapons capable of inflicting massive damage, injury and death. On...