Arise Sir Peter.

SkPeterThornpson Hugh Featherstone, CBE. PETER THOMPSON has been a knight in the New Year's Honours List. Mr Thompson, chairman and chief executive of the National Freight......

Fa Explains Odic

THE STRICTER environmental controls on operating centres take affect from May 1. To explain the changes the Freight Transport Association is holding a series of 36 teach-ins in......

Key To Safety

AN ANTI-THIEF device connected to the petrol pump has proved an effective weapon in the war against lorry-thieves who have made Italy's motorways the most criminal in Europe.......

Po's Leylands

THE ROYAL MAIL is buying nearly £3m-worth of Leyland trucks, to help maintain its position in the competitive parcels market. Leyland won the order in the face of fierce......

Loading Death

A SHERIFF in Dundee has criticised as "highly dangerous" lorry loading procedures at a soft drinks factory following an accident in which a 35-year-old Stirling man died.......