Tribunal gives answer dominic.perrytarhi.co.uk WORKSOP TRANSPORT firm Sea&ld Logistics has been left nursing a £100,000...

joanna.bourkerarhi.co.uk TWO SCOTTISH hauliers have been pushed to the edge by high diesel costs and had debts from collapsed...

Jobs lost as Powwow sinks POWWOW WATER Company truck drivers and warehouse employees are facing redundancy after the company...

CM COVER STORY OPERATORS' ANNUAL fuel bills will rise by £1,893 from January 2011 for every 44-tonner they run, following...

ON TOP OF THE staggered 3p/ litre increase, the removal of the 20p/litre tax differential on biodiesel from today (1 April)...

ONE BAFFLING ASPECT that emerged from last week's Budget was the reintroduction of the RPC (Reduced Pollution Certificate)...

justin.stantonfarbi.ro.uk THE EU IS SET to legislate on the colours that can be used in truck liveries, apparently in an...

MANCHESTER distribution fin Roberts Transport Services restructuring and rebrandin as its owners look to bring their son to...

HOW DO YOU feel about working in the road transport industry at the moment? That's one of the questions we need your answers to...

cotin.uarnektiiir bi.co.uk AT THE HALFWAY point of a three-year operator trial of 10 Mitsubishi Fuso Canter hybrids in London,...

Sherburn Stone gets heavy with Axor pair SHERBURN STONE has upgraded part of its 26-strong fleet with the purchase of two new...

domiruc.perryfam CM DOWNTON, the familyowned Gloucestershire distribution specialist, saw pre-tax profit grow to Om in the...

JK PALLETS has joined United Pallet Network (LPN) to replace Scottish firm Gilmour Brothers, which has left the pallet network...

THE RECESSION and fall in container volumes have not been enough to interfere with container haulier Elite Transport Services'...

oger.brownrarbi.co.ui, A DRIVER WHO USED a magnet to interfere with his vehicle's digital tachograph equipment has had his HGV...

Stobart uses advert to aid Madeleine McCann search STOBART GROUP IS assisting the continuing search for Madeleine McCann by...

There is much song and dance about electric vans, but you hear very little about battery powered HGVs... until now. Renault...

Well almost rarer. BLB reader Alex Saville has a picture of one such beast in the bright odours of Malcolm Construction...

..bristindall78agooglemail.co. SWEEPING CHANGES to the way that sugar beet is transported could mean up to 400 hauliers are...

Clipper liveries are unified offering delayed Clipper Group is halfway through changing the livery of its 600-strong fleet,...

COVER STORY christindatt7Eragooglemait.com A TRANSPORT CONSULTANT has attacked the actions of a VOSA officer who slapped an...

COMMISERATIONS TO the Eddie Stobar sponsored football team Carlisle Unite( which was handed a strong lesson in ho the beautiful...

Paul Clark MP is the man who knows about trucks at the DfT. He tells CM what Labour thinks it has done for the industry and...

The Conservative Party rias put forward a proposal for a lorry road user charging scheme, applying to trucks above 12 tonnes,...

Six months ago, more than 320mm of rain fell on Cumbria in just 24 hours, with devastating results. CM finds out how the...

In my opinion, Denby's justification for his LHV will not wash in a court of law FOLLOWING DICK DENBY'S attempt to clarify the...

WE NEED a replacement vehicle (new or used) and we kicked off the process of contacting prospective suppliers over two months...

After entering a last-minute guilty plea, an operator is hit in the pocket for overloading two vehicles. „ OVERLOADING TWO...

STOBART GROUP has ap plied to run 20 vehicles and the same number of trailers at the base of sawmilling and manufacturing...

BROADLEAZE LOGISTICS, based in Cirencester, has applied to run 14 vehicles and 15 trailers at the Kemble Enterprise Park in the...

CHEMICALS AND fuel specialist Hoyer UK has applied to run three vehicles and the same number of trailers at the Air Products...

WINCANTON IS looking for authorisation to base 75 vehicles and 75 trailers at a new operating centre at Prologis Park in...

s i a INDESIT UK HAS been granted permis sion to run 20 vehicles and two trailers at its operating centre on the Walworth...

0 A public inquiry will be held in Bristol on 8 April to consider disciplinary action, as well as the repute of the transport...

• On 12 April, a public inquiry will take place in Birmingham adjourned from 26 January to consider disciplinary action against...

The EU is considering applying drivers' hours regulations to vans. The CM readers' panel believes this might be going too far,...

Arthurton feels the idea is totally Unenforceable, and most of the concerns behind the proposals can easily be addressed with...

Accidents can cost your business dear, but can you cut them out completely? Some companies seem to think so. Words: Roger...

cut collisions by 7% in 2008, compared with the previous 12-month period. Mike Stockton, senior asset control manager at Royal...

Boniface Engineering took over a test track for a day in order to show off some the firm's latest projects, plus CM got to test...

For 20 years and counting, RACCA has come to the aid of many a stricken haulier or stranded horsebox. CM meets one of its...

We joined RACCA incident manager Martin P illips as he handled a typical incident. As we settled in, he was dealing with a m...

Self-insurance is an alternative to traditional insurance where those at risk accept that they will take on the financial...

Self-insurance saves you money largely because it cuts away traditional insurance structures, says the Up2U group...

insurance in itself compulsory, but it does demand protection against third-party claims. The actual wording is that "a person...

During the recession, many hauliers have stepped in to pick up the pieces when others have gone under. It's a great chance, but...

Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution came to the rescue of two clients when South Yorkshire transport company JDF Logistics...

Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off the Zetros, a vehicle designed to provide off-road power while packing a payload. Words:...

Vauxhall's new Movano has arrived in the UK, promising all—round improvements on the old model... this calls for a test drive....

The web can be a powerful tool to promote your business, but be careful what you post it could come back to haunt you. Words:...

An alternative to blogging or Facebook is Twitter. Unlike a website, Twitter is much simpler in that it allows users to post...

Through good times and bad, Haydock Commercials MD Simon Dykes credits the stability and success of the independent Scania...

gaining popularity, contract hire is developing into an important option. With major asset management businesses moving out of...

To maintain standards across the network, Scania uses key performa indicators to monitor its dealers. The manufacturer's...

This will be the first major UK road transport and automotive service industry meeting place since 2008. It is aimed at fleet...

Vauxhal Movano. We like its looks preferred to the Renault equivalent by this judge we like its specification and we like the...

While the Movano might look good in under the shiny fights at Vauxhall's stand there's one aspect of the newcomer that you...

The CV Operator Show provides one of the best platforms to explore the latest in fleet management systems. Dean Stiles...

and productivity, and sees the UK launch of a new generation of LCVs that take the breed significantly forward in the...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES have come a long way in a short time, evolving from a novelty to be used by the more experimental operator,...

four A on years since digital tachographs appeared in cabs, the industry is

industry is W hen digital tachographs first came into use the biggest concern was the fact they round up driving time to the...

1B of the Drivers' Hours regulations in October 2011 and October 2012: *Allocation of time. Currently if a driver does one...

THE FTA will use the Commercial Vehicle Operator Show 2010 to showcase FA Gateway, which is an online reporting suite. 1111e...