• Hauliers have called for a harmonisation of road transport standards and costs across Europe to help Britain compete in the...

A coroner has called for an urgent investigation into the effectiveness of crash barriers following two fatal crashes. Paul...

a lowering of vehicle maintenance standards after their latest random roadside check revealed a 15% rise in offences. Half of...

seatbelts will be introduced next month — and it states that truck drivers will not be exempt from seatbelt legislation. This...

Dooner of Ipswich, who is campaigning for better services for Britain's truck drivers, has been asked by the Department of...

Pollution has slammed the Government for failing to act on the Commission's call for tax incentives to encourage the use of...

was awarded a CBE in the New Years' Honours list for services to the truck industry. He has served as a council member for the...

on a Directive to reduce the emissions of goods vehicles under 3.5 tonnes and passenger vehicles with up to nine seats. It will...

unions across Europe are uniting in a campaign to reduce drivers' hours. They plan to concentrate on the social and safety...

night-time and Sunday lorry ban on roads around Southampton. The city council has drawn up a draft proposal to ban trucks over...

ban scheme has been delayed by two months until 2 March to allow opposition groups more time to prepare their case. The...

in England and Wales is likely following this week's announcement by the Milk Marketing Board that Milk Marque is to be the new...

75/85 Series middleweight truck range with three and four-axle tippers and a new rigid, designated the 65 Series, to replace...

rise by around 14.5% in 1993, and van sales at 1.8-3.5 tonnes by around 7%, according to David Thomas, UK Managing Director of...

scheme for business buyers of its C15 Champ and C25 Relay vehicles, as well as zero and low-rate finance schemes with terms of...

manufacturer Econocruise has announced a distribution deal with Cummins Diesel: the engine company will act as agents for...

Astramax vans as part of a £105m order for cars and CDVs. BT now takes the usual life of a vehicle as three years, rather than...

Astramax vans to keep water samples in good condition; they use Sifo-Tempcon batterypowered refrigeration units.

number of contractors carrying industrial fuels for BP Oil are set to lose their work as the oil giant sweeps them away to...

to take their toll as Dutch trailer suspension manufacturer Weweler closes the Telford office it opened last May.

the IRTE Northants centre cup for heavy vehicle mechanics. The IRTE presents the cup each year for the best heavy vehicle...

has gone into liquidation with debts of £30,000. The company manufactured diesel-electric trucks and tractors and purpose-built...

contract with industrial safetywear distributors, WA Blyth. Elan will deliver for Blyth everywhere outside South Wales: it...

is about to start a five-year contract moving car components from a distribution centre at South Marston to Honda's new car...

Dunfermline, has passed the Institute of Advanced Motorists' CV driving test. MacRae already holds a Class 1 HGV licence; he...

in Coventry on 28 January. Trade sales will be on Thursday afternoons with public sales, including light CVs, on Tuesday evenings.

the latest batch of franchises. They have all bought their own vehicles: orders worth £ 5 , have been

of orders could be lost unless troubled bodybuilder Locomotors of Andover can find a buyer for the business before the end of...

at BEL Truck & Van and its sister company Bus Engineering. Parent company Bel Holdings was placed in the hands of the receiver...

representations led to conditions being imposed when Wellington-based Serchem was granted late renewal of its licence at a...

Northern Ireland, had pleaded guilty to a charge of driving without due care and attention before Pontefract magistrates....

complained about access to the operating centre, but Albu said there were many sites with unsuitable access. It was up to the...

The court heard that if the trailer had been hauled by a 32-tonne tractor no offence would have been committed, but the...

Sutterby denied using a Volvo FL10 in a dangerous condition, in that the mono leaf spring on the first axle was broken, and...

holding or obtaining an 0-licence for three years after his six-vehicle licence was revoked by South Eastern and Metropolitan...

(Swansea) was revoked after the company failed to attend a disciplinary inquiry. South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn...

base seven vehicles and two trailers at West Thurrock without restriction, despite environmental representations from a...

greengrocer Leslie Cox £696.80 in fines and costs. Manchester City magistrates were told that the rear axle was overloaded by...

Robert Dykes of Stoke on Trent was revoked when they failed to turn up at a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry.

of the eight-vehicle licence held by Cradley Heath-based Regis Aggregates being cut to expire at the end of March.

sales for 1993 but the signs are encouraging — year-on-year totals are creeping up. by Alan Bunting • Total UK truck...

van which is due to be launched at the end of 1994 will replace the current Ti and the Spanishbuilt MB100. The front-wheeldrive...

new LT in 1995, ready to meet European crash testing regs in the year 2000. In the meantime a revised LT cabin will be...

a practical step towards environmentally friendly transport by introducing a petrol-electric hybrid version of its TurboDaily...

set to win a Minstry of Defence order for up to 6,500 vehicles. Only Land Rover, out of more than 20 competing firms, has been...

designed to help businesses comply with EC directives has been introduced by risk management consultants IRPC. The new law...

week through the narrow streets of Barrow-in-Furness... • The discovery of natural gas in Morecambe Bay has put some of the...

ost of the calendars sent to the Hawk this year have been extremely sensible, so it is refreshing to learn that Ferodo has...

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which will impose tough fines of up to £11,000 plus 20% of the tax bill on late payers. Do you know how to pay and file? Tax is...

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

contract out potentially lucrative operations such as transport. So what's in it for hauliers? As part of the Citizen's...

and Spain' 4 s peculative attacks on the pound last September and sterling's subsequent withdrawal from the European Exchange...