the first ever directory to truckstops and transport cafes across the UK. The T&D Truck Stop Guide covers more than 100 places...

• by Kathy Watson Following pressure from Commercial Motor and industry groups, the Home Office is to set up an independent...

• Three truck drivers and a warehouse owner have been sent to prison for their part in an operation that smuggled 354 million...

• Hundreds of crates of Holsten Pils fell onto the road near the A40 at Greenford, West London last Friday morning after the...

Directive on body vibes • The Freight Transport Association is campaigning to get truck drivers exempted from a European...

I The M1 near Haigh, South Yorkshire, was closed for three 4urs last Thursday after a boxvan crossed the central Elservation...

by Jennifer Ball per dIstrbutor Claymore Transport has shut haulage operations after 25 years following a loss of a major...

Home Secretary David Blunkett's proposals to ensure that courts in England and Wales, including magistrates' courts, hand out...

• O'Donovan Transport of Cork scooped a double award at the Irish Road Haulage Association's annual conference in Galway over...

M A tanker driver working for P&O Trans European claims there is a new mood of militancy among his colleagues following their...

breach if the health and safety regulations after one of its workirs was run over and killed by a truck. Leggett Freightways...

the Lucrative contract to supply the UK armed forces with 10,000 front-line cargo, recovery and tanker trucks. The firm is...

• by Mike Jewell A Manchester truck driver has been jailed for three months at Liverpool Crown Court for falsifying tachograph...

• New high-tech message signs are to be piloted on the M4 in Berkshire. Work started this week to install the 36 variable...

• Road safety consultants Awake have recruited a team of former traffic police officers as part of their work to reduce...

• Reefer operator RJ Llewellin International Transport has launched a website listing specialist backloads. Operators simply...

hat haulage is a Smart Move • Two hundred school chilren from the West Midlands vere given a 'hands on' look it haulage at...

The imposition of road tolls on major roads and in towns and cities is the only solution to easing the problem of road...

hy Clris Tindall ingestion charging in London will be the biggest scheme anyone's ever run", according to the ..ight Transport...

Hauliers could soon be benefiting from extra renue by running trucks as mobile billboards. Vehicle advertising company RoadAds...

111 An Essex haulier is appealing for information after his truck was stolen from a yard in Ardleigh, just seven weeks after he...

'Biggest and best yet" was the unanimous verdict on the 3rd SMMT 2ommercial Vehicle Show, incorporating IRTE and TipCon, with...

• by Brian Weatherley Caterpillar's Euro-3 C18 appeared at the CV Show last week: the 18-litre unit is rated at 700hp with a...

Daf Trucks is stepping up its le-stop-shop" service with launch of its Truck Related rts service (TAP), It is an allikes and...

• Kent-based Osmonds Plant Hire & Transport has taken delivery of a triaxle step-frame trailer from Andover Trailers capable of...

with nine TG-A 4x2 18.363 tractors with LX cabs. The five-year contract-hire deal includes MAN's Triple A repair and...

U The Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team has acquired a pair of 6x2 Iveco Stralis tractors to move Rubens Barrichello and...

Carole Grey, rading as A to B Removals, of iberdeen, has been suspended Or two weeks by Scottish TC Michael Betts (pictured,...

A driver who claimed to have falsified tachograph records because of pressure from his employer has been fined £350 by the...

A West Yorkshire tyre firm has lost its licence after blaming the company's former owner for its mainte nance convictions....

A Wigan firm has escaped with a warning over its maintenance standards, but one of its drivers has had his licence suspended...

When the government finally realised the need for a minimum wage, it was the first step towards eliminating the exploitation of...

April), Whether a company avails itself of any or all aspects of modern technology does not in itself confirm that company'...

Panic has gripped the people of Oswaidtwistle like a proud ferret-breeder holding on tightly to his prize-winning beast with a...

and Historians (ATPH) has launched a set of postcards based on material taken by the late Arthur Hustwitt. The cards depict...

leading edge 01 commercial vehicle technology. But this year's crop of trailer builders prove that despite the present tough...

ompalube, a specially lesigned compact system, has leen well received by the cListry. It also offers a wide fl ge of other...

bon of both new and refurbished trailers to give a long kfe span and improved residual vakie. Bodyshop efficiency is maximised...

Palmer designed and built his own insulated body for carrying root crops. or operator safety he fitted a variable-speed...

K rone's Safeliner with its rnonocoque space frame promises first class on-road stability, resistance to rear or side mpacts...

WINNER K rone's Safeliner Box with its pantechnicon body uses the now familiar lowslung space-frame chassis which proAdes good...

r ransdek's City trailer with its single positive-steer ROR axle is popular with those shifting light, bulky loads like iam...

C layton Commercial's novel Cargotwin trailer has large pressure tanks below the deck of a curtainsider, showing how a clever...

L egras' latest Transmax Evolution with its rounded front end and square backside looks a sensible blend of trend and tradion;...

WINNER T his year's crop of entries produced some noteworthy category winners, from Clayton Commercials, Dennison Trailers,...

;ood brakes save lives. Not just lecause they help you stop in a lorry: the latest electronics can :ontrol your brakes so...

Trailer EBS, ABS and traction control are integral components of a trailer stability system; the sensors are linked via the...

Now that the major European vehicle manufactures have embraced EBS (electronic braking systems), this technology is being...

Retarders reduce demand on service brakes by up to 90%, according to iF, thus minimising brake fade and cutting servicing...

Other things being equal, disc brakes have a much longer service life than drums. But contrary to some operators' beliefs, disc...

"I went for MAN based on the quality of its support," says Gerry Jones. "Like any other operator we sometimes have problems but...

in the past, it is not currently, so we have not been involved in any consultative process on the recently proposed specialist...