by Sally Nash The latest scandal to rock the Vehicle Inspectorate involves a traffic examiner who has been suspended after he...

NI The Irish government may be breaking EU law by de-registering trucks flagged out to the Republic, the Road Haulage...

Safeway has its 1,000th Scania truck in what boss Lawrence Christensen says is a "great working partnership". IMMOMIS MIMS...

III Telford-based Super Freight is shutting down after losing several key contracts. Owner John Owen says the administrative...

fearing for viability MAN is 'close to a deal A farmer manager of failed haulier Dual Carriage, which went into liquidation...

• by Sally Nash Speculation is growing that MAN is poised to take over Canadian manufacturer Western Star, which owns ERF. As...

• More than 10% of trucks stopped as part of last week's Operation Mermaid were issued with immediate prohibitions. Last Friday...

w by Karen Miles Owner-drivers are more likely to find themselves covered by the 48-hour week European law after a significant...

The discussions about fuel since last week's dimbdown by Gordon Brown over the fuel duty escalator (see Letters, page 22 and...

• Gordon Brown might have abandoned the fuel duty escalator but diesel pump prices are still set to rise, says an oil industry...

• by Sally Nash A spate of violent attacks on drivers and loads suggest that the traditional pre-Christmas truck hijacking...

Trowel! Services on the M1 in Nottinghamshire. Since the end of September, 18 curtainsiders have been slashed open and a...

• Road haulage safety could become the responsibility of a joint rail, air and road transport enforcement body, under plans...

• Burnley-based haulier Eric Howell had Just finished reading last week's CM news story on Federation Freight when his fax...

• Wincantcn and Exel Logistics have been warned that their Ostribution contracts with Somerfield are under review following the...

certification A haulier has been fined £4.000 after being found guilty of moving sheep without the correct documentation....

• by Ian Wylie North-East haulier Anne Preston took the Chancellor and Prime Minister to task on live radio after last week's...

ICI Paints has chosen TOG as its long-term logistics partner, awarding it a contract worth £150m. The agreement involves taking...

Electronic tachographs with smart cards are being hailed as a foolproof way to detect drivers' hours offences. But it seems...

is The introduction of smart cards could end the illegal usi of eastern European drivers in the cabs of EU trucks. Because...

Utility International aims to be the world's number one trailer manufacturer. Having shaken out the old York plant in North...

by Peter Lawton royota has expanded its Niece Powervan range with five new twin rear door models. The variants cost the same as...

• Alcoa has developed a 14 x 19.5in "mega" trailer wheel for wide single tyres, which it says will save about 1604 on unladen...

Scarborough Borough Council has recently bought another Telma-equipped Seddon Atkinson Pacer 6x2, bringing the number of refuse...

• Don-Bur's award-winning Palletmaster trailers are going into Christian Salvesen's fleet. The logistics company is taking 40...

Fradley, LichfieldI*1 based Palletways (UK) and one of its drivers have been given an absolute discharge after the local...

An operator who failed to attend a public inquiry after a request for an adjournment was refused has lost his appeal against...

Smethwick, £600 and ordered the company to pay £87 costs for falling to have a six-yearly tachograph calibration check.

that Bewdley driver Richard Abley falsified tachograph records and drove an HGV when he was not qualified or insured.

Michael Betts to remove an operating centre at Windygates, Fife from the licence held by Wm Brown GTS. The firm told an...

the licence held by Park head Building Supplies, of Sauchie, being suspended for two days. The company appeared before Scottish...

the Transport Tribunal against the revocation of her Operator's Licence. South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Michael Turner revoked...

A Manchester haulier was given a final warning when he appeared at his second disciplinary inquiry within 12 months. Barry...

Mark Doherty, of Petts Wood, Kent, has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £720 for a series of tachograph offences. When...

Drivers' hours and tachograph refresher seminars organised by the RHA Southern & Eastern Region. Cost: Members, £25 (ex-VAT);...

Motor? Does someone in the Industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

There is an issue that I would like to raise about your editorial Comment headed "Will he or won't he?" (CM28 Oct-3 Nov). The...

I am enquiring about night driving glasses. Many years ago, when I used to drive for Pickfords Contracts, I used to do a lot...

Aren't the people cruising round the M25 in their Mercedes, Scania, Volvo and Paccar trucks, complaining about unfair European...

The Hawk's wheels could do with a bit of a respray. However, as much as he loves his trusty old Reliant Robin, it is unlikely...

The Hawk was caught rubbing his hands with glee as he pored over the details of the latest releases in the Intertrans 148...

While most garages are honest, hardworking businesses, there are a few rotten apples (mixed metaphor alert) that tar the rest...

On first sight this could be a publicity shot for yet another boy band. But closer inspection reveals this is no bunch of Take...

With the new VAT rules poised to give the UK one-tonne pickup market a boost, Chi's roadtest team has assembled (almost) all...

Crippling rates of fuel duty and road tax are forcing many UK hauliers out of business— but for Alan Lewis, the bigger the...

DIESEL DUTY Ever-rising running costs are increasingly spelling the end of the road for many hauliers. And the main culprit in...

PE? The harbingers of doom have predicted millennium chaos in the distribution driver market. Colin Barnett takes a...

You are contracted to deliver 20 trailer loads of time-sensitive goods, say Easter eggs, ready to meet the usual all-important...

Will the millennium bug suck your company dry over the festive season? Not if you take some remedial action first. Robin Meczes...

The Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 1999. CIF 1June 1999....

• MoT testing: A bill to give practical effect to the computerisation of the MoT testing scheme for cars and light vans is...

• If you want to sound off about a road transport issue write to features editor Patric Cunnane or fax your views (up to 600...