• Sadler Tankers of Thornaby-on qees has been bought by Harrogate-based British Fuels. • Trevethin-based haulier Keith Evans...

by Sally Nash IIII Prosecutions for overloading offences could soar following a Court of Appeal ruling which will make it...

axle weighbridges resulted in Welsh haulier Edward Hamer International and one of its drivers being cleared of an overloading...

• A Liverpool bulk haulage and skip - hire firm which dates back to 1900 has gone into liquidation with the loss of 10 jobs....

by Karen Miles • Welsh hauliers should get their own traffic area (TA) in the latest shake-up of the 0 licence administration...

6i T o k u e g r h e t a to li t i o s w th w at he a n haulier knows, vehicle is overweight." weight." It's not often that...

• The Oswestry haulage family who went out of business following a fatal accident are back on the road. R&J Transport . , a...

by Sally Nash • Currie Line has gone into receivership, leaving a Falkirk haulier owned more than £12,000 and putting some 100...

• The Road Traffic Reduction Bill, which had its first reading in the House of Lords this week, could become law by the end of...

• Freight services through the Channel Tunnel could resume by the end of the month, says Eurotunnel. But hauliers which use...

• The Department of Transport has confirmed that it intends to raise the drawbar limit to 18.75m hefore the September deadline...

• British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association president Freddy Aldous is accusing truck manufacturers of ignoring calls for...

by Ian Wylie • Road tax dodgers in the North-West could face fines of up to £25,000 if caught in a clampdown launched jointly...

expect more work from Lex Services this year after the company announced it plans to extend its contract hire fleet for the...

• New research which could alter the future design of lorries has been commissioned by the government in an attempt to cut the...

• Transamerica Leasing is launching an offensive on the UK trailer leasing and rental market with plans to open three more...

by Lee Kimber • Enforceable variable speed limits are to remain in place on the busiest sections of the M25 after Surrey Police...

• The Department of Transport has revealed that almost £2 million available for freight facilities grants will not be taken up...

• Accidents are costing ownerdrivers more than twice the amount they estimate because they don't monitor the effect they have...

• International operators delivering in Russia are falling prey to "mafia" gangs who are conning hauliers into handing over...

by John Kendall II By 1999 Volvo will have a global model programme based on the FH platform, according to Hans Folkesson,...

• Mercedes-Benz has released prices for its Sprinter vans and chassiscabs fitted with the new 100hp (75kW) diesel engine....

• Al International of Maldon, Essex has been acquired from Hadleigh Industries by a triumvirate comprising Derek Wright, Bill...

• Northern Irish chilled and frozen food distribution specialist Pleroma has bought 25 dual-temperature reefer trailers from...

• Heated vehicles are needed for moving valuable house plants and maintaining their prime condition, so Spaldingbased Smalley...

• Reading-based Tawny Transport has taken delivery of four new MAN 18.224F 17-tonnem for its long-distance distribution...

by John Kendall • This is the first picture of Iveco's Daily replacement, spotted during testing in Northern Finland. The new...

• Vauxhall has re-entered the panel van market with the Arena, a rebadged version of the Renault Trafic. This is the first...

• The four-vehicle licence held by Alexander and Shaun Simpson, trading as Simpsons Transport, of Walsall, was revoked when...

• A \Vest Wales haulier, whose licence was revoked with a six month disqualification order, succeeded in persuading South Wales...

• The licence held by a Herefordshire express parcels carrier was suspended for three days despite claims that it would...

• Three drivers employed by Alan Morris (I kill , : Transport), of Deeside., who falsified their tachograph charts in order to...

• Campaigning residents have failed to stop the transport arm of an animal byproducts processing firm from increasing the...

• Misfires, power loss, fuel starvation and clogged fuel filters caused by a spaghetti-like substance in diesel fuel are...

• Durham - based Colway Tyres has introduced a light commercial tyre for 1997—the CCM+54. It is available now in four sizes:...

• New from wheeiarch extension specialist Spatz is Kitz—an extension designed for Volvo F11, Scania 3 and Streamline models....

• Hello has re-entered the filter market by securing the exclusive distribution rights for the American LuberFiner brand....

• Maple Commercial Vehicle Security and Encrypta Electronics have jointly developed the Cryptalok, a heavyduty slam lock. The...

• lntertruck, the range of truck and trailer parts from Dana Distribution UK, is being restructured to build one of the most...

• 10 March: Road Haulage Association-Yorkshire area. Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road, Hull, 11:30hrs: solicitor Stephen...

Revised manual • A new edition of The Large Goods Vehicle Driving Manual will be published on 15 March, priced 112.99. It has...

Hanson • Paul Tunnacliffe will become company secretary of Hanson on 31 March. He joined Hanson in 1983 and has been assistant...

Flexible alarm • Hauliers can protect their curtain-sided trailers with a new alarmed system called Coverguard. It works in...

Last chance • EP Training Services is accepting late entries for the CPC examinations on 21 March. The closing date for...

I n response to your article on particulate traps (CM 30 Jan-5 Feb), we would like to comment on the statement "most designs...

T hanks for the many positive things you had to say about the multi-purpose nature of the Multicar in your Testers' Choice...

T he current proposal by the EU Commission to introduce road-pricing to reduce the attraction of transporting goods by road is...

I read your report on 44-tanners in CM of 6-12 February. I also buy the Rail magazine. Well, the editor has been knocking HGVs...

If you follow form, Leyland Daf's 400hp 85 Series is a fancied player in the 38-tonne top-tractor stakes, not least when it...

Having completed our test of the 85A00, we invited some regular drivers to take it for a spin and give us their impressions....

lei Gt TRONIC lveco is first on the market with ZF's AS-Tronic gearbox, shorter and lighter than an Ecosplit equivalent, and...

T he Green Party has all but vanished from the opinion polls but tacit support for green transport policies is still...

Famer and haulier Geoff Cornwell and son David carry Fenland produce such as beet and also reeds from neighbouring Norfolk. If...

the 1 1 1 LM Europe's largest driver training centre boasts more than 300 instructors training 500 candidates at a time—and...

I have been in the recovery industry for more than 27 years and have never seen such apathy as there is at present. Recovery...