By Laura Hailstone and Chris Druce DESPITE WORLD oil prices falling 12% since late July, the pump price of diesel (and petrol)...

By Justin Stanton TRUCKMAKERS are incensed that Transport for London (TfL) has alerted hauliers that are looking to upgrade to...

DHL TRADETEAM HAS lost the retender for its primary logistics partner contract with Stella Artois and Beck’s brewer AB InBev...

By Chris Druce OPERATORS HAVE given a mixed response to the prospect of lighting being permanently switched off on busy...

A NORBERT Dentressangle liveried trailer became detached from its cab on the M2 last week causing a two-mile tailback. The...

KETTERING-BASED Knights of Old has added two 18-tonne Scanias to its fleet to handle increas ing Palletforce volumes. Knights,...

By Steve Hobson THE BODY RESPONSIBLE for managing the Driver CPC has been accused of failing to clamp down on training...

OWENS ROAD SERVICES has taken delivery of eight Renault Premium 460.25 6x2 tractor units as part of a multi-manufacturer...

A CONSISTENT stance on foreign magnet tacho cheats must be taken to stamp out the practice in the UK, the Road Haulage...

By Chris Tindall CARDIFF HAULIER Shoreline Logistical Carriers has gone into liquidation less than 18 months after it was...

POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED an investigation after a driver from E Nixon and Son died when another truck operated by the company...

DESPITE POSTING A 35% rise in pre-tax proit for the year ended 31 December 2010, Foulger Transport says it has had to work...

DRINKS SPECIALIST JF Hillebrand has been awarded a three-year distribution contract with whisky manufacturer William Grant and...

By Chris Tindall ASDA IS PUTTING the inishing touches to a planning application that could see a 44-acre warehouse built in...

STOBART GROUP IS boosting its warehousing portfolio after applying to develop more than 1millionft 2 of shed space in Widnes....

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

by Chris Tindall LATEST FIGURES for the company operating the M6 toll road show its losses increased to £49m last year....

DAF TRUCKS HAS agreed to acquire 19% of Czech truck manufacturer Tatra. As part of the deal, DAF will supply engines and cabs...

HERTFORDSHIRE BREWER McMullen & Sons has taken delivery of its first Volvo truck. The FL 18-tonne rigid, supplied by Volvo...

WINCANTON IS selling its remaining European operations for €44m (£39m) to focus on its core UK & Ireland business....

By Chris Tindall WINCANToN HAS successfully appealed against a tribunal decision that two HGV drivers were unfairly dismissed...

FOWLER WELCH IS adding 30 new SDC triaxle curtainside trailers to its UK trailer fleet. An initial trailer is currently being...

DHL SUPPLY CHAIN has signed a three-year, £40m contract extension with Telefónica UK – which runs mobile phone network o2....

By Roger Brown LEICESTER-BASED Widdowson Group has taken delivery of the irst of 75 new Montracon curtainsider trailers. The...

FOLLOWING RIOTS and stockmarket collapses, we all need a heart-warming story that proves the general public don’t have the...

Boughey Distribution had a tough choice between MANs and Volvos. CM finds out from group fleet engineer Paul Brimelow what...

The clock is ticking on the Operator CPC qualification and any transport manager who hasn’t passed all its modules only has...

The new regulation is changing grandfather rights (or exemptions) to the Operator CPC. While there is still some lack of...

I HAVE JUST been listening to Sir George Young on Radio 4, talking about the new e-petitions for debate in parliament, which I...

WITH REFERENCE to ‘fuel scams’ (CM 4 August)– these are NOT conined to the UK and they remind me of an incident back in...

before time, but will 72 spaces be enough? How much will overnight parking cost compared with the rest of Europe? As...

I don’t do long-distance driving now. Do local milk collections now for more money and less hours. Farmers welcome you, not...

out of your night-out money. No doubt the truckers will have the furthest walk to the showers and expensive food. I agree with...

Company with previously clean safety record suffered a failure in procedures that led to cab falling on technician By Roger...

THE TC HAS granted Spaceage Storage (UK) based in Cheddleton, Leek an O-licence subject to the following undertakings: ●...

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE Logistics is looking to base 50 vehicles and 60 trailers at the TDG Harris operating centre in Stone,...

WOODLAND LOGISTICS wants the go ahead for eight vehicles and the same number of trailers at the Coastal Windows site on the...

LANGDON TRANSPORT is seeking permission to base three vehicles at the Fitzgerald Lighting site in Bodmin. It also wants to base...

WALLSEND-BASED David Price Food Services hopes to locate six vehicles and four trailers at the Border Holdings facility in...

● A PI on 1 September will look at a variation application from Peter Walthen Wilcox trading as Wilcox Haulage, based in...

Kington, Herefordshire, will lodge a new application at a PI on 1 September. The repute of the transport manager will also be...

● Bristol-based Freightline (South West) will attend a PI on 24 August when disciplinary action will be looked at.

will appear before the TC. Disciplinary action, as well as the repute of the transport manager, will be discussed.

K&D Trailer Services, based in Southampton, at an inquiry on 2 September. The TC will also consider disciplinary action, and a...

What action can operators legally take to defend their premises if they are attacked by rioters? Words: Pat Hagan The deaths...

The EC is working on a new generation of tachographs that will make committing fraud more difficult and also cut operators’...

The FTA is dubious about an EC assertion that the location recording function of the new equipment will save companies €349m...

The timetable for introducing the new generation of tachographs depends on many factors but, if all goes to plan, it could go...

there’s wonga! Bristol & Avon has invested in a new fleet of eight-leggers, but they aren’t all Euro-5! Words: Will...

the system Here, we take a look at some of the issues in specifying and buying software, and round up some of the latest...

Jaama is a specialist in fleet management software, for both company car fleets and CV operators. Its range starts with the...

• Did you receive adequate training? • What documentation have you been given? • Do you need to use the support...

One of the irst questions is whether the new system needs to ‘talk to’ your existing systems. Direct compatibility with...

Fargo Systems has been producing transport management software for the past decade, mainly for the container haulage sector....

Gone is the time when you bought a shrink-wrapped disc of software and expected it to work without change until you replaced...

The group runs about 40 vehicles, ranging in size from vans to 44-tonne artics. Although DAF is the marque of choice, the...

All staff are trained in-house to a particularly high standard – with courses including health and safety, manual handling...

Although home removals form the bulk of the business operation in the South-West, Mark Lane (along with brother Robert and...

Britannia International is a co-operative of 43 international removers and storers. It was founded in 1981 by Roy Fox and John...

Bunkering your own fuel can make sense for large quantities and long-term planning, but is it always cost-effective? Words:...

coDa 70C 17 (7-tonner) Run 7.5-tonners? Considering your options? If you aren’t now, you might be by the time you finish...

The problem most van chassis cabs have is that they feel unwieldy when uprated to 7 tonnes. Vans muscling in on truck markets...

Words: Steve Banner WHEN OPERATORS return from their wellearned breaks on the beach this year, they will have to start...

BUYERS OF Ford’s Transit Connect Electric van can expect to lose £32,000 in the irst three years of ownership, according to...