A haulier plans to build a truckstop on the A55, saying an attack on one of his drivers shows the need for secure sites....

[RISH HAULIERS have won .heir battle to have the operation A agricultural vehicles for hire-or- eward work properly regulated....

THE DEPARTMENT for Transport claims that 76% of Mies broke the single-carriageway 40mph limit last year, 28% by more than...

ON-BOARD vehicle weighing specialist PM Group has agreed to a cash takeover from Israeli company VIEC, a subsidiary of...

rules. Drivers on TruckNet UK are mainly mourning the passing of an old friend — although some see it as a happy event. Rikki...

A two-year project involving five European countries has been launched to create a benchmark for truckstops of the future. The...

Driver CPC will be top of the bill at the Road Haulage Association's training conference which is being held at Birmingham's...

The Highways Agency has warned of the dangers to both road workers and drivers caused by stolen roac signs and is urging people...

The Road Haulage Association's weekly fuel price survey shows increases in the national average price of diesel over the past...

A truck driver has been awarded nearly E 1 0,000 after breaking his back including money for injured feelings. Peter Swingler...

THE AMOUNT OF freight carried on UK railways In the third quarter of last year fell year on year, according to the Off ice of...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has issued a manifesto for Scottish transport in advance of Scottish elections on 3 May. It...

The Cambridgeshire operation brought a number of offenders to book — including a German truck driver who was watching telly......

Currie subbie is a smash h i n Chorley A LANCASHIRE TOWN came to a standstill following this bridge strike by a Currie European...

The EU is making €57m available to help move freight off the roads and on to other modes of transport. Keith Nuthall reports....

POLICE RECEIVED 69 calls after a reconstruction of two truck hijackings on the A 1 4 in Cambridgeshire appeared on the BBC's...

TNT HAS MOVED quickly to reassure employees that it has no plans for redundancies in the UK after revealing heavy cutbacks in...

THE WEST SUSSEX town of Petworth is hoping to introduce barriers preventing vehicles wider than 2m entering its narrow...

A TRUCK DRIVER who said a sneeze distracted him just before a crash that killed three members of the same family has been fined...

The logistics providers restructuring programme will have 'particular focus' on the firm's UK and Spanish transport businesses....

IRISH DRIVERS ARE unlikely to face manslaughter prosecutions for causing fatal accidents except in the most extreme cases, the...

German hauliers will receive government subsidies if they upgrade to Euro-5 before it becomes compulsory in 2009. David Haworth...

THE HIGHWAYS Agency (HA) is seeking feedback from road users after releasing its plans to widen the M1 between Luton and...

&THOUGH SOME manufacirers are moving away from quid petroleum gas (LPG) van on versions, Citroen has just locked up its 1,000th...

Plans by developer Persimmon Homes to construct a trunk road have Deen rejected by the Highways Agency. Roanna Avison...

BERWICKSHIRE-BASED Drysdale Freight and Roxburghshirebased Olivers Transport have each taken delivery of a pair of Iveco...

THE EUROPEAN Parliament's Transport Committee is pushing for a binding deadline of 30 June 2008 for retrofitting heavy trucks...

SINCE OUR REVIEW of the UK trailer business went to press (see page 54), we have confirmed that Schmitz Cargobull is to launch...

EUROPEAN UNION (EU) Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has acted to shore up the future of the EU global positioning...

Would a Channel bridge have made a difference to UK hauliers' ability to operate on the Continent? Roanna Avison reports. L...

After years of registration figures climbing, fewer new commercial vehicles were registered last year. Was this down to the...

Fruehauf Parts and Service has been a leader in trailer maintenance for decades. It is now under new management and Andy Salter...

- eally does work kLAN BUNTING is right to be ceptical about spurious claims nade for fuel consumptioneducing add-ons (CM 29...

AS THE WIFE OF a truckie would like to say how much I enjoy reading CM every week. ! only get to do so because I go to the shop...

IT IS WITH HORROR that! have just read the article concerning the sale of the Night Owl Truckstop at Alconbury (CM 29 March)....

The Scots have been banned, the Welsh have been banned and this summer the English will be banned from smoking in enclosed...

smoke-free premises or vehicle: a fixed penalty notice of £50 (discounted to £30 if paid within 15 days from the issue of the...

cab might have health benefits beyond preventing cancer and other illness; some researchers suggest it might also prevent road...

The TC rules that an 0-licence was obtained by deception — it is revoked and the operator is disqualified. Michael Jewell...

A TRUCK DRIVER who had worked over 20 hours a day has had his EGV driving licence revoked and 3 been disqualified indefinitely...

A COMPANY THAT continued to operate vehicles following the liquidation of two predecessor companies by using another company's...

PERMITTING A DRIVER to take insufficient weekly rest has cost JHB Enfield £1,454 in fines and costs, The company, of Summers...

The drivers' hours changes see many vehicles and operations come into or fall out of the scope of the regulations. In addition,...

Who will be guilty of an offence under the new EU drivers' hours rules? Road transport lawyer Tim Ridyard explains what the new...

From this week, drivers must: • record other work and periods of availability (P0As) for all employers on driving and...

1 1 1 1 1 11 11111111 With the market starved of late-year, low-mileage, analogue-tacho tractor units, we could hardly...

section has also been modified, ;laying on the M42 as it bears left towards he NEC and Solihull.We then join the M6 astbound to...

The Actros has one of the highest cab floor heights in the industry but internal height sat compromised The MegaS pace offers...

'High demand from buyers' Manheim Auctions has found new homes for 40 Actroses in the past 12 months, most of them supplied...

The Actress presence is strengthening in the marketplace' Barrie Travis is the used valuation editor at CAP. "As a second-hand...

'The engine is fine, it pulls well' Stephen Reilly works for Allied Mills of Manchester and has been driving his 2546 for...

When customers see the three-pointed star, it speaks well of you' Seymour Transnart's fleet used to be exclusively Mercedes and...

the time being at least), M-B's price reflects this Actros's status if not its condition. AY53 FEJ has aged well, clocking up...

[O ES ' Insecure loads kill people, and since the earliest days of road haulage drivers have had to know how to keep things in...

industrial removals company. On the day we speak to him he is behind the wheel of a crane-equipped Volvo FM three-axle flatbed...

Association of Load Restraint Equipment Manufacturers The Association of Load Restraint Equipment Manufacturers (ALREM) is...

Is the vehicle specification correct for the load? II Does the driver have the correct type of restraints and is he/she...

probably will.The problem for operators is that any complaint will he legally judged on its individual merits. So a firm with...

An example of specialist load restraint guidelines is the Timber Transport Forum guide to roundwood loads. This emphasises the...

dealing with risks at www.hse.gov.uk in the 'search HS[ website section' window in the top right-hand corner of the homepage,...

Britain's trailer-building industry is reminiscent of that old adage about swans: serene on the surface but kicking furiously...

German trailer and bodybuilding giant Schmitz Cargobull recently revealed an impressive €1,308m (£934m) group turnover for its...

Doubling your customer base takes some doing, hut Raven's merger with the Ray Smith Group (RSG) last November has come near to...

SDC has set up an electrophenolic painting process at its Toomebridge, Northern Ireland trailer chassis factory to further...

can be of benefit to road haulage. As more and more operators embrace intermodal transport, what opportunities will be theirs...

expensive but in order to increase the capacity for freight on the UK rail system you don't have to build new lines, It is...

Even where developers are willing to invest in the infrastructure that could improve the prospects for intermodal freight,...

relatively new development for road hauliers, but for rail-freight operators the use of road haulage has a much longer pedigree...

0 ver the past 18 months Deker Trailers has developed as a specialist supplier of double-deck, curtain-sided trailers,...

0 , ben the best ideas come from engineers working in the real world, rather than scientists in ivory towers. Imagine that one...

What other intellectual property rights are available besides design rights? • Copyright: The design sketches, plans or...

digging Will local councils have roadworks towing the line next year? Any of you frustrated by roadworks should sigh with...

Used heavies are buoyant, says Glass's Guide chief CV editor George A exander. But things are not so easy when it comes to...

Iveco dealers have just been wined and dined at their annual awards — Guest Truas did the double. GUESTTRUCKS WAS on the...

NORTHERN COMMERCIALS has opened its first dedicated van sales centre on Geldred Road. Leeds. dealer principal Roger Peel says...

Used trucks will be a major feature at this season's trade shows — Kevin Swallow reports. It's trade show time again and that...

New and used trailer dealership H LL Davies has taken a one dimensional approach with its vvebsite — but it does the job....