• At a meeting in Brussels next week EU transport officials will block French proposals to introduce new laws on harmonised...

by Juliet Morrison • The Vehicle Inspectorate wants hauliers with good maintenance records to be empowered to test their own...

• Enforcement staff should switch their efforts from overloading checks to the growing problem of drivers' hours offences,...

by Miles Brignall • The Lorries, Your Lifeline campaign, set up by hauliers more than year ago to clean up the image of the...

• Drivers' representatives are calling for further investigation into LGV driver stress following the publication of new...

S ay what you like about the Vehicle Inspectorate (and who doesn't) it has to perform an unenviable balancing act. Professional...

by Amanda Bradbury • The Labour Party claims to have evidence that police and Department of Transport agency spending cuts...

campaign for tougher enforcement after Road Safety Minister Steven Norris refused to accede to its demands. Norris told...

• Hijackings in London appear to be on the increase again after a quiet period after Christmas. Two recent incidents in...

failed JJ Adam • JJ Adam, the East Sussexbased haulage firm that went into receivership in February, has been sold to the...

• City analysts are predicting two years of modest growth by the Transport Development Group, which has turned in financial...

by Miles Brignall • Transport Secretary Dr Brian Mawhinney has told hauliers to stop complaining about operating conditions...

More than 80% of hauliers have difficulty in recruiting good quality drivers—and the problem is going to get worse, according...

• Tipper operator Young's Haulage plans to win general distribution business following an injection of cash from an off shore...

• Haulage boss Niels Christoffersen has been convicted at Carlisle Crown Court of encouraging his drivers to falsify...

by Patrick Hook • A new row is looming between the haulage industry and the Home Office over the escorting of abnormal loads....

not been helped by what the Freight Transport Association sees as a unilateral decision by North Wales police to contract out...

• In a bid to increase the number of roadside checks the Government has requested national figures on the number of checks...

• Norbert Dentressangle subsidiary Aston Clinton Haulage is waiting to find out what action will be taken against its licence...

• The European Union proposal on electronic tachographs may be illegal, says the EU's Economic and Social Committee. The...

by Fiona Jewell • A haulier has condemned a decision by North Western LA Martin Albu after directors convicted of...

• Diana Dooner, organiser of the Trucker's Turn Campaign, plans to meet European Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock to lobby...

• Sixteen-year-old, Jonathan Rees was granted an 0-licence when he appeared before South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh at a...

• The distance covered by empty trucks without backloads fell 2.5% between 1983 and 1992, according to a report by the...

Dennis Eagle for North West Water made its debut at this weeks Commercial Vehicle Bodywork Show. It's based on a 3.95m Elite...

IIIMEEMEIC31111• by Brian Weatherley • When MAN's much-publicised 550hp-plus Euro-2 vee-10 breaks cover this autumn it...

• Ten right-hand-drive lowheight Leyland Daf 95 Series tractive units are going into service with Curries of Dumfries....

• Mercedes-Benz US subsidiary Freightliner has signed a letter of intent to form an alliance with specialist US truck maker...

by Toby Clark • Iveco Ford has launched a 6x2 rear-steer Cargo on a fully air-suspended chassis, and is claiming a first with...

• The evaluation rear-steer Iveco allows extraordinarily tight turns both forward and back, and the steering works...

• Scottish LA Michael Betts has formally warned Airdriebased Newlay Civil Engineering about its maintenance standards and...

• North Western LA Martin Albu lifted the suspension of the licence held by Caernarvon-based A&E Williams when the firm...

• Using a vehicle in a dangerous condition cost Maryport-based haulier Victor Thompson £250 in fines and costs when he...

• South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh has adjourned consideration of disciplinary action against Legion Transport of Cardiff...

• Scottish LA Michael Betts gave Forfar-based Andrew G Lindsay a formal warning about his future maintenance standards at a...

• Preston-based W&J Hunter Transport was given an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to using a trailer with defective...

• A South Walesbased operator had his licence revoked at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry after admitting he had not been able...

• North Western Deputy Licensing Authority John Levin has reserved decision on a bid by Transport Development Group to...

• A bid for a new four-vehicle licence by Glamorganbased Simon James was withdrawn at a Cardiff public inquiry when it became...

• Speeding and drivers hours offences led North Yorkshire-based haulier Manton Transport and six of its drivers to appear at...

H aving represented our clients MJ & PJ Rayner, t/a Arts International, before Lewes magistrates court through counsel on 13...

rime minister John Major spent a day at TRAX, the Oxfordshire motor project where youngsters are able to work on and drive cars...

a spooky story? An Allied truck abandoned in the Western Desert more than 50 years ago has been located by Egyptian troops,...

ritish companies are losing foreign orders because their staff speak only English, reveals a survey by foreign language...

: oyal Mail Stamps has i issued a series of stamp books covers to commemorate 20th century prime ministers, those celebrated...

ro ow fortunate that CMeditor Brian Weatherley (left) and Peter Gray, director of bodybuilder Gray & Adams, chose not to become...

• VIA Countryside, the UK truck rental arm of VIA Gil, is opening a depot in Lenton, Nottingham. Alistair Houston is joining...

Discounted rates • Norwich Union Fleetwise is offering a range of motoring services at a discount. Additions to the...

• A new scheduled ocean freight consolidation service between the UK and Australia/New Zealand comes from The PSL Group....

• Scansped UK, part of Bilspedition, has signed an agreement with Eurofrete SA to begin services to Spain and Portugal. For...

• A new subscription service called Freightback which is open to haulage companies, independents and clients, has been set up...

• Lopian Wagner is offering an Uninsured Loss Recovery service which is available to insurance brokers and bodyshops where...

• A Bodyshop Claims Group has been developed by the Retail Motor Industry Federation, Vehicle Builders and Repairers...

• David Craig, 18, of East Kilbride has been named the Ryder Apprentice of the Year 1994. Based at Ryder's Glasgow location,...

• The Construction Industry Training Board has updated the mobile plant operators' safety guide. The A5 booklet is designed...

• A reference book for those who process personal information on computer is available, free of charge, from the Office of...

• A comprehensive range of 27 information fact sheets has been produced by the Association of British Insurers. The sheets...

• The national lecture programme for the Chartered Institute of Transport continues with Peter O'Keefe, managing director of...

• The Brewery Transport Advisory Committee's "44 Tonnes in Weighting" conference is to be held on 28 March at the Forte...

• There is now a waiting list of exhibitors for the Road Haulage Association's TankCon '95 specialist tanker exhibition which...

bulk alloy tipping trailer were stolen from Cosby Road Industrial Estate, Market Harborough during the night of 26 - 27...

• The inaugural Historic Commercial Vehicle Show will be held at the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire, on...

• The World Cars and Trucks Outlook Conferences will be held at the Arabella Grand Ifotel, Frankfurt on 5 and 6 April. The...

• A new range of oils called Masterlube, from Parte°, includes eight grades of engine oil as well as gearbox and hydraulic...

• As an alternative to hydraulic lifts, the Ray Smith Group, Peterborough has introduced a compressed air system for use on...

• A commercial vehicle automatic immobilisation system, which can be applied to either or both the fuel or brake system. and...

• Aimed at companies interested in using satellite communications to track its fleet's movements, hunarsat has introduced a...

• Paragon, the computerbased vehicle and scheduling package, has been enhanced by the addition of MapInfo, a data...

inflation. Just look at truck cabs: they seem to be getting bigger by the month. A few years ago the skyscraper front of the...

Des 2.20m but ER F's EC Olympic, at 2.34m. The ERF appears to gain from its floor height which, at 1.29m, is among the lowest...

T his year we spent a night out with the EuroTech's big brother, the EuroStar. It's taller and wider cab (almost 2.5m from...

they get on this side of the pond: you'd need to pick a US double-sleeper for substantially more cubes. With a maximum interior...

D espite improved aerodynamics the F2000 looks much like its F90 predecessor but changes beneath the skin are considerable:...

year but has been through minor cosmetic surgery since then, Apart from a nose job, it has stripey new seat and bunk trim and a...

its launch the Magnum remains a striking vehicle. Uniquely, the cab is mounted completely above the driveline to give a...

in this lineup: a standard-height cab, albeit a sleeper, which lacks the luxury and the presence of some of the big beasts we...

Nv ith a near-full quota of big cabs this year. the Volvo FH12 Globetrotter deserved a place in our line-up again. In CD trim...

that the manufacturers are producing cabs that are not just bigger but better. There were no clear-cut winners, but the newer...

4‘ riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" was how Winston Churchill summed up Russia. He might have been talking...

The car transporting business is in a state of flux. Large operators are swallowing up smaller ones and contracts switching...

( A couple of weeks ago I went to buy a car. I had a good idea of what I wanted so walked into a dealership, found the model I...