We’re shocked. A high-profile campaign to finally put an end to the fuel duty escalator has gained significant public support,...

laura.hailstone@rbi.co.uk QUENTIN WILLSON is urging the haulage industry to back the FairFuelUK campaign, as new inlation...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk TRANSAM TRUCKING, which saved rival EST – widely known as Edwin Shirley Trucking – from entering...

LARGE CONTRACT LOSSES pushed KL Express Logistics into liquidation, say creditors of the failed Kent business. The...

One creditor, which wished to remain anonymous, says: “I understand one of KL Express Logistics’ sudden contract losses cost it...

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk HARRISONS BUSINESS Recovery and Insolvency was appointed as administrator of Bulmers Transport on...

F SWAIN AND SONS (Holdings) has withdrawn an O-licence application for 14 vehicles and 20 trailers after deciding not to...

FAMILY-RUN FIRM Ken Mallinson & Sons has beaten off stiff competition to be named secondary carrier of the year by supermarket...

steve.hobson@rbi.co.uk A NUMBER of HGV drivers who have taken their test since September 2009 are breaking the law as they do...

Welcome to the latest addition to CM , a sideways look at the road transport industry on telly, radio, papers and even...

THE NORTHBOUND M3 in Surrey was closed for more than eight hours on 14 February after a lorry full of hot tarmac crashed and...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk THE RELATIONSHIP between VOSA and the Trafic Commissioners (TCs) has again been questioned after a...

POWER COMPANY EPR Ely has been fined £120,000 with £30,735 costs after an HGV driver died when he was struck by a straw bale at...

steve.hobson@rbi.co.uk TWO-THIRDS OF leet operators have given no consideration to how the introduction of Euro-6 emissions...

FUEL ECONOMY IS the key concern for Somerset-based haulier RT Keedwell, which has purchased two new MAN TGX 6x2 tractors. MD...

GROCONTINENTAL has invested £2.2m in a new warehouse to keep up with rigorous demands from food retailers. Construction of the...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk COLEMAN INTERNATIONAL Transport and Serious Waste Management have acquired the land of recently...

SICK OF BEING cut up by white van man or boy racers? West Mercia police have the answer – Britain’s fastest police car. This...

The timing is right for the return of the CV Show, and its absence has been felt keenly by both operators and suppliers, says...

Last year saw a huge rise in the number of truck thefts, but do the figures tell the whole story? Words: Joanna Bourke THE...

“There is no one simple answer to combating freight crime, but we are trying to establish better contacts with UK police...

AFTER READING about Bulmers Transport collapsing again ( CM 10 February), I am annoyed about companies that have failed more...

Tribunal judge tells transport firm boss his conduct struck at the heart of the licensing system roger.brown@rbi.co.uk...

TDG (UK) wants to base 45 vehicles and 70 trailers at a 360,000ft 2 facility at Revolution Park in Chorley, Lancs. The...

KP SCAFFOLDING has been granted permission to base two vehicles at a new facility in Longton, Preston, Lancs, subject to the...

BRIDGEND, MID-Glamorgan-based A Long and Sons has been given permission to base 16 vehicles and the same number of trailers at...

FEDEX UK is looking to base 15 vehicles and ive trailers at a site in Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire.

DHL Supply Chain has been granted the go ahead for 13 vehicles and 22 trailers at a new operating facility on the Stakehill...

● The TC will consider disciplinary action against Mold, Clwyd-based G&R Transport and look at the repute of the transport...

● Thompson Commercial Transport, based in Bolton, is due to appear at a hearing on 11 March when the TC will consider...

introduced primary legislation to more closely mirror the British system, including the introduction of restricted licensing...

goods vehicles was originally due to come into force on 10 October 2009, but was postponed in September 2009 to be introduced...

the digital tachograph. This includes an increase in the number of company locks from 20 to 255, changes to the way in which...

managers will be introduced on 4 December 2011. Key changes are the introduction of a pan-European database, merging of...

treatment of temporary agency workers in relation to basic working and employment conditions, access to permanent employment...

VOSA officers’ powers across England and Wales and extend them to Scotland and to DVA (Driver and Vehicle Agency) in Northern...

being introduced for certain HGV categories to comply with EU minimum taxation rates. The increases are expected to affect no...

HGV testing, with a view to removing up to 10 categories, including electric vehicles, engineering plant and tower wagons. The...

Operators who regularly push the law to the very limit can be just as dangerous as those who actually break it Words: Mike...

Clipper Logistics , which distributes goods for clothes retailer New Look, has 28 depots and runs a fleet of 650 vehicles....

Proud of its in-house design achievements, Scania is working hard towards its next truck Launch. The industry awaits with bated...

Kristofer Hansén , a former professional musician, had his first experience with trucks while doing his Swedish military...

Kristofer Hansén thinks car designers have a slightly easier time of it than truck designers, simply because they don’t have to...

Leyland’s big cab offering of the 1970s was the Marathon range and it generated all kinds of emotions in the years that...

Stuart Ritchie of Hetton-le-Hole-based E&N Ritchie has fond memories of the company’s first Marathon – JPT 848N. His father...

As the standard engine for the Marathon, Leyland offered the newly developed TL12, which produced 273hp at a rather fast...

Two types of battery dominate the EV market, lithium-ion iron phosphate (LiFePO4) and sodium nickel chloride (NaNiCl2)....

While electric vans look set to grab the headlines for the foreseeable future, there are still a number of ‘green’ alternatives...

With 43 people seriously hurt by forklifts every week in the UK, manufacturers are trying their best to ensure user safety...

Aside from the potential for civil litigation, fatalities and injuries involving forklifts can lead to the employers concerned...

CM pops in to see Peter Groome, director of used trucks for Volvo Trucks, to find out whether it has suffered vehicle shortages...

Volvo Trucks has several ways to sell its stock. “We’ve got dealers whom we wholly own and we’ve got private dealers,” says...

Midlands-based Iveco dealer Guest Trucks buys again, this time it’s Sherwood Truck & Van Words: Kevin Swallow IVECO DEALER...