• by Cliff Caswell and MNes Brignall Far-reaching Customs & Excise powers to punish hauliers whose drivers smu le alcohol and...

his truck and ploughed through a central reservation, hitting three cars and killing two people, has been fined £400 and given...

was struck by a wheel that flew off a truck on the M4 near Port Talbot on Sunday 5 August. Police are appealing for witnesses,

have been cleared of manslaughter, after the prosecution offered no evidence at Bristol Crown Court, saying the law did not...

after tests in London show pollution has risen since they were installed. Emissions of toxic nitrogen oxide fumes from diesel...

a court case before deciding whether to take Bridgend-based Canine Transport to an industrial tribunal for unfair dismissal....

• Leading palletised freight network FallEx (UK) could be in for fresh problems in the Cardiff area after it emerged that the...

Cheshire in June 1999 and the 12 that their health and safety • Two associate companies have been fined a total of £50,000 for...

• Oil tanker drivers working in the spot affreightment division of P&O Trans European are to vote on whether to take strike...

The Road Haulage Association is refusing to accept defeat in the fight with government to compensate livestock hauliers for the...

• Over half of the UK's road haulage employers report literacy and numeracy problems in the workforce, warns the Road Haulage...

• Transport giant TDG has acquired Irish logistics firm IWI Worldwide Logistics in an £11.7m deal. But, while the move...

U by Guy Sheppard Transport bosses are warning he number of distribution hubs round the country will have to ilxpand...

In terms of injustice, we thought we'd seen it all with fines for carrying illegal immigrants. But we were wrong. International...

• Last year CM had a number of calls from readers telling us that a Cardiff f rm, Al Premier Warehousing and Distribution, was...

NI by Cliff Caswell Police have moved to allay the public's concern that speed cameras are being used to generate revenue,...

Tyre fitting company Tyreserve is targeting fleet operators by offering mobile units that will visit sites but charge the same...

• by Colin Barnett A new company, Bus and Motors Commercial (UK), has been formed to import a new range of trucks and passenger...

• Agriemach's "Robomatic" Mark 5 is a dashboard-mounted unit that monitors engine condition and can shut it down if there is a...

Motorpoint of Derby, which now has a second outlet in Burnley, is extending its efforts in the van sector by supplying around...

Drive & Survive has launched a "Duty of Care" training scheme. The half and wholeday sessions enable small to medium fleets to...

Carrier Transiceld has a new range of fridge units: the Maxima 1200 for semi-trailers, the Maxima 1200MV for twin or...

The Daimler Hyundai Truck Corporation is ajoint venture that will sae Mercedes' 900 range of truck engines built in Korea. In...

'by Colin Barnett he Vehicle Inspectorate has mblished its summary of safety 'eon campaigns for the first lalf of this year,...

The cost of satellite tracking comes down all the time, and it's now possible for operators to locate not just stolen vehicles...

III Is this the best haulage job in Britain? The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has just bought three Mercedes-Benz Actros...

This Renault Midlum 210-19 6x2 rigid is the first to be converted by Renault Trucks at Dunstable to have an ultra-low ride...

Island Plastics' Transformer Top is now available for the Ford Ranger Super and Double Cab versions. The selfcoloured GRP...

If you fancy a bit of escapism, how about a trip to the Great American Trucking Show, which will be held in Dallas, Texas on...

WH Malcolm's latest batch of trailers is specified with DPW ECO Plus axles, with selfsteers on the rear. Although WH Malcolm is...

Alltruck Hire of Leicester has gone for the smooth look, with Southfields' SPACE buckleless curtainside bodies fitted to four...

roil A transport man ager who was nominated on 10 different firms' 0licences has lost his repute by failing to ensure that...

trailers held in the North Western Traffic Area by Hayton Coulthard has been revoked. The move follows the ruling of Scottish...

Richard Jones and one of his drivers, Paul Allport, i640 in tines and costs. Wrexham Magistrates heard that flab equipment...

Tribunal against the revocation of its 0-licence by TC Christopher Heaps.

of falsifying tacho records, Dewsbury Magistrates gave him an absolute discharge. Dabner, of Newton Stewart, was ordered to pay...

Rd Clark & Sons of Dalrymple appeared at a Glasgow disciplinary inquiry following vehicle registration convictions. In fact,...

A West Yorkshire skip hire f. operator, who used a vehicle with a known brake defect when he was asked urgently to move a...

A Rotherham-based hurler has been ordered to pay almost £7,000 in back duty after he pleaded guilty to using Dutch-registered...

Repeated maintenance problems have led to West Wiltshire District Council being told to take all its bin lorries off the road...

A Humbersidebased driver has won a redundancy payout after his employer, D&P Haulage, moved its depot and tailed to offer him...

T he UK Immigration Service of the Home Office, following the discovery of illegal immigrants in or on a haulier's vehicle,...

011 - 0WAIOVAilre • In order for the notice of objection to be successful, it must quote the reference of the penalty notice...

• Unless all persons have a defence, the payment will be due from the individuals who have no defence, although only one...

• The code of practice gives details of measures that need to be taken to secure any vehicle against unauthorised entry. It...

surcovvaLloviLlra D cause for believing to be, an illegal entrant is guilty of an offence punishable in the Magistrates Court...

• The whole principle of the Immigration Asylum Act is to be challenged. The challenge has been spurred on by a German lawyer,...

2000) the "Driver's Dream" headline may have surprised some of our readers. But no-one could argue with our assessment that...

on today's transport scene. Are they, as many hauliers believe, merely a stick with which shippers can beat down rates? Or...

crops around the middle of July, business has always been good. In 1981 Carter made what was, in some ways his company's...

the long term. The Belgium-based international haulage operation was founded in the same year as the UK's premier road...

its troubled distribution business in March this year. The news was not unexpected: a trading statement for the 20 weeks to 20...

is still 121 billion worth of by-pass building and road widening to be done in the government's ro-year transport plan. So...