Tuc To Join Breath Test Lobbying

• The Trades Union Congress is set to add its weight to a campaign to ban police from breathtesting truck drivers sleeping in their cabs. The United Road Transport Union is to......

Ram Raids

• Hauliers are in danger from a growing tide of truck thefts for use in ram-and-grab raids, warns the Road Haulage Association. Although vehicles are usually recovered,......

Fuel Credit

• The EC Commission has given provisional approval to a new fuel credit card aimed at international transport operators and available initially at up to 3,200 of Europe's......

Mini M-stops

• More, smaller motorway stopping areas should replace the current growth of unsightly, large service stations, says the Council for the Protection for Rural England.......

Flower Power

• The receiver of Flowers of York says it is negotiating with three parties interested in buying the North Yorkshire-based haulier.......

No Livestock In Chunnel

• Trucks carrying live animals are to be banned from the Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel has announced. Freight wagons used in the Chunnel will not have the airconditioning necessary......

Noda Is To Fight Construction Cuts

• The National Owner Drivers' Association is fighting the growing trend of construction firms cutting their ownerdriver haulage rates. NODA chief Mick Binns is meeting his......

Parcelforce Impasse

• The union representing 10,000 Parcelforce workers has accused the company of being "very negative" in its latest wage round meeting. Parcelforce met Union of Communication......