Fixed Penalty Fines Are On The Agenda

by Juliet Morrison • The Government is considering fixed penalty fines for minor road haulage offences in a bid to cut the cost of policing the industry. The Home Office and......

• Iveco Ford Has Launched Trucksure Services To Provide...

buy-back prices for its products. It will maintain a database on residuals as well as selling used trucks.......

• Transport Ministers Are Reported To Be Sitting On A

Department of Transport report that suggests that the building of new roads only generates extra traffic.......

• Haulmark European Transport Has Ceased Trading. The...

off-shoot was put on the market for sale two years ago but no satisfactory offers were received.......

• Ron Oliver Is To Continue For The Next Five

years as chief executive of the Vehicle Inspectorate after beating off an estimated 100 applicants for the post.......

• Trainload Freight South East Has Joined The Piggyback...

a group of companies formed to promote the movement of road trailers by rail.......

• Tnt Logistics Is Believed To Have Won A Multi-millionpound

contract with a foreign-owned supermarket chain: an announcement is expected next week.......

• Outline Planning Approval Has Been Given For A West

of England rail link from Avonmouth to the Channel Tunnel, which could attract freight from road to rail.......

End Of The Line For Sunday Corridor

• The Department of Transport is warning international hauliers that they could be banned from their regular Sunday route between Calais and Belgium. An informal agreement to......