Kuwaiti Crisis Fuels Huge Hike In Diesel

• Hauliers' customers are being urged to pay surcharges to operators facing steep increases in fuel costs as the Iraq/Kuwait crisis bites, forcing diesel costs up 17%, assuming......

Deaths Rise Iii Crashes On The Al Between Newcastle And

Edinburgh have killed 40% more people in the year to April than in the previous three years.......

Linked Holes

IN There could be fewer roadworks if councils, gas, electricity and water boards linked their computers and carried out work at the same time, says the Association for......

Daniels To Appeal

• Truck driver Billy Daniels, jailed for 13 years for smuggling drugs in his lorry, is to try to appeal against conviction. So far, he has been given leave to appeal against......

Law Aid For Abroad

• A legal aid scheme to help lorry drivers working abroad is being considered by the International Transport Workers' Federation. The Transport and General Workers' Union has......

Pressing For Rates Rise

Ei Press announcements by the Road Haulage Association are being considered to encourage customers to pay operators higher rates because of increased costs. The RHA already......

Parts Ad Row

• A truck manufacturer's filter advertisements, which claim its parts go through more tests than any independentlysold filters, are misleading says the Motor, Factors'......