by Karen Miles • Trailer hire companies, truck manufacturers and LGV driving schools are set to come under scrutiny in a...

• The widow of the driver in the Sow erby Bridge crash in which six people died has won a victory in her legal battle to have...

by David Harris • Sussex police following a stolen truck fitted with a Tracker device were led to a woodland site packed with...

• International truck operators look assured of a strong hand when bargaining with ferry companies and the Channel Tunnel's...

y ou might not think so to look at him, but our old friend Joe Soap haulier has a lot in common with Shakespeare's Othello....

by Juliet Morrison • Livestock hauliers and farmers are threatening to blockade Dover unless the port lifts its export ban on...

• More than 5,000 truck loads of freight have moved from road to rail since British Rail launched its freight service Transrail...

• Hauliers have an absolute duty to prevent their drivers committing overloading offences—but will escape overloading charges...

by Martial Tardy • The European Commission is to propose a single European format for credit card-style drivers licences by...

II More than 76% of vehicles carrying hazardous goods stopped last week in roadside checks by West Mercia police were found to...

• Owner-driver Christopher Griffin received a five-year prison sentence last Friday (10 February) for bringing £650,000-worth...

CM'S campaign by David Harris • The Isle of Man's head driving test examiner has urged the UK to heed Commercial Motor's...

• Pickfords, NFC's office and household removals arm, has made 30 staff redundant in a management restructure to cut costs and...

• Commercial vehicle rental giant Salford Van Hire has to pay .C24,000 in fines, back duty and prosecution costs for hiring out...

by Jane Sayer • A waste haulier has been jailed for six months at York Crown Court for operating an illegal rubbish dump....

• Derbyshire Constabulary staged its first multi-site vehicle check across the county last Wednesday (8 February) and in 188...

by Toby Clark • A device that could cut particulate emissions from diesel vehicles by up to 90% was unveiled by catalyst...

• Parcels carrier ANC has ordered 26 MAN F90s for trunking operations, It is ANC's first order with MAN, and the deal for...

• Theatrical and exhibition transport specialists Stardes of Sheffield has spent over £1m on six Daf Super Space Cab 95-500...

by Steve Banner • Scania is considering a return to the US market, says chief executive officer Leif Ostling—just two years...

• Gloucestershire plant hire company DE Spencer & Sons is using one of Andover Trailer's latest Superlow lowloaders to haul...

• East Sussex County Council has ordered four gritting vehicles on Leyland Daf FAV45 4x4 chassis, using Whale Tankers' Whale...

by John Kendall • If you're confused by Iveco's British eight-legger line up don't worry so are we! Iveco's Madrid plant...

• The authorisation on the licence held by Jivecity, trading as Horizon Transport, has been cut from five vehicles and eight...

• South Eastern and Metropolitan Licensing Author ity Brigadier Michael Turner is to visit the planned operating cenn - e of...

• Spalding based international haulier Alan Temple has lost his appeal against environmental conditions on his licence, a...

• Stoke-on-Trent based haulier Maurice Nield (Transport) was given an absolute discharge when it appeared before Ludlow...

Office Minister Alan Stewart raised a pickaxe to anti-road protesters in his Glasgow constituency, he was boldly (if somewhat...

7 . 1 ewsagent and wholesaler WH Smith has included CM's details in a handsome catalogue of specialist magazines available...

5 rench trucking ace, Patrick Bourny, hopes to turn a few heads (including his own) when he returns to Truckfest this year with...

T would like to comment on 1Commercial Motor's article about the Road Rescue Recovery Association warning police that the...

H ave you received a letter from your local Valuation Officer regarding the 1995 Revaluation of your transport depot? Although...

of Four cab, Renault's Manager might seem a bit of an anachronism. But that venerable cab sits on a modern driveline, in a...

Travelling at similar speeds to the other trucks in our test tables, the Renault managed only average fuel consumption—it...

the small community of Applecross which is most easily accessible using a road running between the mountains. Each year the...

B uilding sites are mucky places, especially after a spell of rain when men, machines and materials wallow in the mudbath...

0 ther than a growing range of products, there are few resemblances between the present Thompson Carmichael group and the...

C he Department of Transport has T announced that there is to be a two year trial ban on coaches entering the outside lane of...