• The Crown Prosecution Service has set up an inquiry to re-examine whether to prosecute Fewston Transport for the alleged...

by Su Perry • Oswestry-based haulier G&R Cadwallader has closed the bulk of its business with the loss of 138 jobs, blaming the...

• Hauliers could face national strikes from traffic area staff if the Government goes ahead with the closure of any of its...

by Martial Tardy • The Eurovignette price rise should not hurt British hauliers too much if they use the right vehicles and...

• More than 34,000 Royal Mail drivers are set to strike within the next three weeks unless management scraps plans for work...

I t's not just cows who are mad at the moment. news that the UK's 9,000 international hau are going to have to pay more for...

• Plans for a railfreight termi by Karen Miles • Animals rights activists this week threatened to end the overseas trade in...

the Government is unwilling to provide a grant, say the project's promoters. The Rail Freight Group was hoping to secure a...

• International owner-driver Graham Duck was cleared by a Spanish court last week after a three-year ordeal on charges of...

Lucas Industries, one of the UK's largest suppliers of truck diesel systems, brakes and tachographs has agreed a £3.2bn merger...

• Leyland Daf Finance (LDF), which stayed in business after Leyland Daf collapsed in 1993, has gone into receivership owing at...

by Karen Miles • Drivers travelling to Morocco will need to leave the country with their own trailers following a change in...

by Miles Brignall • The Good Lorry Code including the Well Driven? campaign has been launched nationally after being...

it The European Union is to double the amount of money it plans to give to combined transport projects to more than £38m...

by Herren Hayes • Six Allen Munro drivers are set to enter pleas for a number of alleged falsification of tachographs and...

• The case against Cumbria-based livestock haulier T Bell and Sons was adjourned for the second time last week at Carlisle...

• British drivers are the second safest in the world, slightly behind the Norwegians, new figures released this week by the...

• A Yorkshire-based owner - driver was fined £40 and given three penalty points after Ashford magistrates found him guilty of...

Austria is the latest country to introduce road charges. From next January all vehicles using motorways or similar...

by Derren Hayes • Hauliers may have to pay tolls to enter Edinburgh city centre if congestion-busting plans are given the...

• Only two out of the six trucks tested by police and vehicle examiners when they travelled to the remote Isles of Scilly were...

• Threatened long delays at ports for truck drivers this summer have been averted after immigration officers voted to end their...

The FTA president Graham Miller chose the association's annual dinner to attack on the Department of Transport's policies. The...

director of Peter E Bowker, a six-month conditional discharge after he admitted he failed to produce tacho analysis sheets,...

• Wolverhampton Crown Court has dismissed appeals by Darlaston-based National Home Care against fines and costs totalling...

• The one-vehicle licence held by Michael Hanrahan and Rosemary Haughian, trading as Clifton Haulage, of Goole, was revoked...

• Maintenance problems have led to four vehicles and four trailers being suspended from the licence held by Killingbeck...

III A prohibition placed on a vehicle used after it had been stolen and recovered led a Middlewich haulage company to appear...

• Weekly rest offences have cost Salford-based Pinecote and five of its drivers, a total of £1,680 in fines and costs. The...

• Heanor I laulage and Curtis Heavy Haulage of Epworth are con sidering an appeal to the High Court after being convicted of...

• Scunthorpe international haulier Graham Boyd, trading as GB Trucking, has had his licence revoked by North Eastern Deputy...

• Toyota has won two fleet orders for the Hiace PowerVan. Norfolk-based Briton Fire Company has taken delivery of 21 and...

by John Kendall • The Fiat Punto carderived van went on sale in the UK this week with a choice of petrol and diesel engines and...

line public order duty • The Metropolitan Police has taken delivery of 40 MercedesBenz Sprinter vans as personnel carriers for...

curtain fitted with a full length, 1.5m-deep PVC. encased steel-mesh panel. The Sapphire Security system is available in...

• Carrier has launched the Zephyr 30S direct-drive fridge unit for medium to large panel vans. It has a front mount or cubic...

A record turn-out of exhibitors and fair weather was all the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators membership needed to...

3 eyland Lorries and Vans by HCVS stalwart John Hanson is strictly monochrome, apart from the card cover, but this A5 36-pager...

a hese sturdy fellows, brothers Steve and Dave Crowson, are into back breaking work: they still load their trucks by hand. It...

rem heavy goods lorry driver to classic car driver is the subtle change of driving style that Alan Lidbetter of Hove, Sussex...

reparations are well under way for CM's 19% Livery Awards (watch this space for more details) but I'm happy to report that...

• 7-9 June: Engine Remanufacturing Exhibition, International Exhibition Centre, Castle Donnington Race Circuit, Derbyshire....

BT launches satellite system • BT has introduced a satellite tracking and messaging system which is said to be suitable for...

Dedicated parcels to the Continent • North London-based STS Transport has launched a dedicated parcels service covering...

• Parcel carriers Mercury Speedlink has launched a joint overnight UK-Dublin service with Aer Lingus Cargo offering an...

Skills development for engineers • The Institute of Road Transport Engineers has produced a folder on continuing professional...

Drinks holder keeps its cool • The Drinkmate can holder can be attached to a cab window to make drivers' lives easier when...

• The Hi-Vis Coverall is a high-visibility reflective overall designed for personnel handling roadside repairs at night has...

• An eye and face wash for use in workshops has been designed by safetyequipment maker Maestro. The wall mounted wash unit is...

London • A4 Chiswick: Various lane closures on Cedars Road between Sutton Court Road and M4 J1 until 23 July. A121 Loughton:...

• Surrey, M26 J6-10: Major roadworks with an extended contraflow from Godstone to Reigate will cause major peak time delays...

• Cornwall, A39 Penryn: Down to one lane on the Distributor Road for roadworks until 21 June. Bristol, M5 J17-20: Lane...

• Cheshire, M6 J20-21a: Major roadworks will continue between Lymm and Croft until 12 June. Merseyside, A565 Liverpool: Major...

• Mid-Wales, A458 Buttington: The Railway Crossing will be closed for Railtrack repairs from 816 June. North Wales, A487...

• City of Dundee, A90 Longforgan: Down to one lane westbound for roadworks until 31 July. Perth and Kinross, A93 Perth:...

• County Antrim, A2 Sydenham Bypass: Bridge End flyover is closed for resurfacing with delays expected until 10 June.

W hat can you say about Land Rover's off-road vehicles? There's very little to touch them on the rough, but their on-road...

years now, and it's starting to show its age. Despite a couple of revamps (with independent suspension being one of the most...

I t is easy to see why the Daihatsu remains popular on farms and construction sites. Using it mainly off-road it is a capable...

and the airbagequipped steering wheel this is of course a re-badged Nissan, built under a joint verdure agreement in Nissan's...

I n October 1994 a judge turned to ownerdriver David Ritchie and said: "Go home to your family, Mr Ritchie." It was the end of...

• After release from jail David Ritchie tried to win support through his MEP, David Bowe, to have loads crossing international...

Vehicle Width—The Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Amendment Regulations 1995 and the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of...

• Driver licensing: New measures incl staged testing, a limit on car licence hold 3.5 tonnes gross, theory part of driving te...

From small beginnings delivering bread rolls, Scottish operator MRS has gone on to make a meal out of the food industry,...

M y name is Libby Cross: I'm a producer on a new BBC Radio 4 series called On This Day which, from July, will be winding the...

I have just read the article on LGV eyesight tests in this week's edition and your survey makes interesting reading. It...

M y clients Leyland Trucks and I were surprised to see the description of ERF (CM 23-9 May) as the "UK's last high volume...

police while bringing-in a laden lorry on a suspended tow. They weighed the two vehicles and said the plated train weight of...

of overlo having loose whe so on come out of with an absolute discharge becaus case of Hart vs Bt been quoted. Can you tell me...

the speeding up A 74( an operator to name the single biggest influence on the productivity of his trucks and he'll say the...

Hauliers could face tougher environmental controls following the introduction of continuous licensing. As a result, lawyers...

4 ! n l ine with the rest of the staff at our company I am fed up with the administration at the DSA. The Driving I Examining...