Le Shuttle revenue rose 31% to £271m, mostly due to the growth in HGV traffic.

shoulders of motorways into extra traffic lanes to ease congestion on the network.

a protest from local pensioners over its expansion into weekend working; they fear added pollution and noise.

T&G rally at parliament last week to demand a cut in drivers' hours—the T&G is calling for an average 48-hour week. One T&G...

past six months, despite disappointing end-of-year operating profits for 1999. Its pre-tax profits were £20.9m last year,...

ira mg despite huge debts • by Charles Young Hauliers owed thousands by a freight forwarder in Wales are demanding to know...

• Three new Traffic Commissioners have been appointed following the retirement of South Eastern & Metropolitan TO Brigadier...

E The High Court has ruled that a driver who travels on a vehicle with the intention of taking over the driving at some stage...

• by Karat nes The campaign for 94-tonne trucks on general haulage got a major boost this week—but with no promise of a swift...

More than 30 British hauliers who used flagging out agency DH Platt International have had their Operator's Licences withdrawn...

If there's one thing guaranteed to help cut congestion, it's cutting back on unnecessary vehicle journeys. So it's a great...

• A Cardiff driver has won his claim for redundancy pay after an employment tribunal ruled that the transfer of undertaking...

• A Birmingham haulage firm has been fined £7,000 after battery acid spilled from one of its skip trucks as it drove along the...

rises on the Brennar Pass motorway crossing the Alps to Italy if. as expected, the European Court of Justice rules that Austria...

' A former haulage company boss who is already serving four years for smu ling alcohol has been sentenced to a further two...

• by Mike Jewell Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon is to contact the North Wales quarry owner Tilcon about its attitude...

• A roundabout was covered with frozen turkeys which fell from a poorly loaded Tesco truck, a court heard. Mayhem ensued at...

• Drivers who break do Spain face a 15,000-o (£55) fine unless they dig warning triangle in front c truck and another at the 11...

• by Karen Miles Dealing with Mike Tyson and General Pinochet might have made the Home Office appear to lack political...

some are with Chris Waite of Driffield's fleet. However, it also builds a range of curtainsiders, like this Verona exhibit,...

power goes. including the 154hp 316C01 models with their common-rail direct-injection variable-geometry turbochargers and...

mainly for the cereal and granular product sectors. The 26ms-long dropsIder displayed at Verona is a typical example of its...

The bolted curtain buckles on a new Kogel semi-trailer simply hook into place and clamp tight; any slackening is taken care of...

produces fine aluminium tipping trailers. The 7.5m 30m 3 version weighs 5.42 tonnes and has a hydraulic tophinged locking...

Piacenza, formerly a member of the defunct York group, aims to make a return trip to the UK, and is seeking a trading partner...

paper rolls in April; the first example might be ready in time for the Birmingham CV Show. Features will include Joloda roller...

Italy) from 420hp to 470hp to meet local demand, Neal claims its Italy's best-selling eight-logger.

for small rigids. The VM-400 Max for chilled to frozen applications has an extra top evaporator when used on multi-temperature...

• by Peter Lawton Johnson Matthey is designing a four-way emission reduction system which it hopes will be incorporated into...

• Stays one and two of tne SCRT remove CO, HC and PMs. NOx is reduced to nitrogen in the two SCR stages, in combination with...

• Urea, a naturally occurring chemical commonly used as a fertiliser feedstock, is the subject of most research as the SCRT's...

Fiat is keen to point out tit; the Fiorino van is still avail for sale in the UK, despite ; article in last week's news pages...

lveco Ford Truck and refrigerated bodybuilder C have teamed up to producE temperature-controlled versions of the Daily City....

LIN buyers can now buy no vehicles through the manufacturer's web site, www.ldv.co.uk. Once custor have reviewed colours and...

Richir Irvin of Scotland. They inch Caddys, Transporters and I as well as more than HO cal

Ford has sold 228 Rangers year. accounting for 30ue o the one-tonne pickup mark

DaimierChrysler is poised to turn the Sprinter into the nearest thing yet to a single European CV with a global presence....

Maintenance problems have resulted in two vehicles being suspended from the 10-vehicle/20-trailer 0-licence held by South...

refused to increase the licence of Turriffbased JMS Transport from nine vehicles and 12 trailers to 14 vehicles and 17 trailers.

Granting a licence for two vehicles based at Hill of Fearn. lain, to EKM Ross, Scottish TC Michael Betts imposed conditions...

The two-vehicle licence held by Hornsea. East Yorkshire-based Maxill was revoked when the company failed to appear at a Leeds...

Stephen Walker, based in Beoley. near Redd itch, has succeeded in a bid to increase his licence from nine vehicles and trailers...

The poor maintenance record of Roche, Cornwall-based Trendale Heavy Haulage has resulted in three vehicles being suspended from...

A Worcestershire company, whose 0-licence was revoked in February 1999, has been cleared of aiding and abetting an unlicensed...

for unfair dismissal after a Glasgow Industrial Tribunal ruled he was not in fact an employee. The Tribunal was told that...

on its 0-licence slashed by threequarters when it appeared at its second public inquiry within 13 months where maintenance was...

A third driver found to have been • helping himself to diesel fuel belonging to his employer, Wynford North Transport, has...

One way the government could reduce the cost of fuel to hardpressed hauliers without losing face would be simply to rearrange...

SENTENCES ailhougn the metropolitan Police Stolen Vehicle Unit is to be warmly congratulated on tracking down the East London...

It was refreshing to read Deborah Sharpies' views in your edition this month. I totally agree with her and give her all my...

Five years ago my letter explaining my wish to build a photograph collection of Scammell-badged lorries was published. I...

After reading this week's questions page I would like to comment on the question of epilepsy rags. I was led to believe...

The Hawk is giving his party trousers a press to make sure they're ready for Commercial Motor's Truckfest at the East of...

The last time The Hawk was having a clearout, he donated his unwanted records to the Boy Scout's jumble sale. But even the...

A handshake clinches the deal. David Noyce (centre right), staff officer operations manager for the Royal National Lifeboat...

Although The Hawk is a Londoner. he has never been that keen on seeing the sights. All that traipsing around does his bunions...

G overnments collect taxes in many different ways. For years the Exchequer has raised vast sums from vehicle excise duty (VED)....

T he only relevant exemption is under a statutory instrument called the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975....

WHAT 1S1 I IE DEFINITION OF AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNEY? A n international journey is a journey which starts in the UK and...

III Surprisingly, any heavy goods vehicle can be specified on an Operator's Licence. There is no provision in the regulations...

T hroughout the EU the user of a vehicle under an international authorisation will be the employer of the driver, or the driver...

A moving tale T he procedures of EU states vary considerably. In principle, however, the following steps will be necessary to...

Below are some examples of easy ways to flag our which will NOT work. The operator will commit criminal offences in the UK and...

Positioning System (G PS) to determine the position of a vehicle anywhere in the UK (or, in theory, the world) to within room....

information. our Tracker system was provided with two other methods of access: phone and Web-based. The phone option is an...

industry in mind when it spent an estimated Slam on its global positioning satellite (CPS) network which was declared...

person who likes to do better than anyone else. This philosophy is reflected in his fleet of road sweepers which, he says, he...

suspension units, but the right choices can boost efficiency, and thus profits. Sharon Clancy reports on running gear...

• Removing all possible weight continues to preoccupy the suspension manufacturers. The Holland Europe Neway NSE90 nine-tonne...

• Many ageing tractive units are being reborn as 4x2 and 6x2 rigids. Euro Axles reports that 60% of its business is stretching...

• BPW: 0116 2816100. • Discos Drinkwater: 01772 456888. • Euro Axles Gigant: 01858 434813. • Granning: 01925 810400. •...

paying the Exchequer too much tax. Are you one of them? Here are some tips which could help you minimise your 12 Minimise me...

and attended all the protests against fuel duty rises in London last year. I also took part in a fuel cruise with Trans-Action...