by Miles Brignall • The Government is considering using a Private Members' Bill to introduce legislation to allow the Vehicle...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate is to run mobile brake testing equipment trials at roadside checks from next year. Under the present...

• Transport and General Workers Union drivers at Exel Logistics are taking industrial action from 7 October in support of an...

• A Cheshire haulage firm was given an absolute discharge for running an over-length drawbar rig after claiming it had been...

• P&O Trans European has successfully completed a series of piggyback trials moving chemicals. English, Welsh & Scottish...

by Karen Miles • Drivers' unions and employers are making a last-ditch attempt to agree new workingtime rules this week in a...

H ow can the conditional discharge with £65 costs handed out to Mark Purnell this week for running a vehicle without an...

by Ian Wylie • The Freight Transport Association is seeking an urgent meeting with Home Office ministers following speculation...

-a- IN for unlicensed haulier • An unlicensed operator who had been disqualified from driving has been sentenced to nine...

• A row about Sunday working has led the Transport and General Workers Union to call in ACAS at Exel Logistics' Brinsworth...

by Charles Young The Road Haulage Association is calling on members to donate £100 to fund a national newspaper campaign to...

• Dedicated truck lanes on motorways and trunk roads could become a reality as part of the Highways Agency's new role in...

• A transport firm boss caught illegally running a lorry was shown mercy by magistrates after they heard his family had been...

• A Home Counties recovery operator has began a campaign to clarify legislation governing his industry which is applied...

by Karen Miles • The role of drivers in charge of the remains of cattle more than two and a half years old is to be tightened...

• The danger of vehicle recovery work was highlighted again last week when a driver was killed on the M4 hard shoulder while...

• The boss of a transport Firm which turns over Lim a year has been fined £150 with £65 costs by West Bromwich magistrates...

It's common to hear of hauliers going bust or just closing, but the 0-licence records show an increase in the number of...

Mercedes-Benz unveiled its 18-26-tonne Atego range at the Hanover Show. Now Commercial Motor has tried out three models that...

more cages by Sharon Clancy • Citroen is introducing an upgraded version of its XUD 1.9-litre indirectinjection diesel engine...

• High-street retailer Argos Distributors has boosted capacity from 60 to 70 roll-cages a trip by switching from fixed to...

• Tyre retreader Technic group has added a Mercedes-Benz Actros 2535 drawbar outfit to its largely Scania fleet. The rig can...

• Ford has enhanced the standard specification of its light van range. All Fiestas and Escorts now have power-assisted...

• Outline Technical Services of Chelmsford is offering a closedcircuit TV system for reversing. The Cam-Mirror, which runs on...

The market for fire appliances isn't particularly large, but a growing number of HGV manufacturers are looking for a slice of...

• I ulti -agency targeting of Dewsbury-based West Yorkshire Bulk Transport led to the company having to pay £7,216.17 in fines,...

• A Co Durham company which ran a vehicle in a dangerous condition four months after its licence was granted has had its...

• A Staffordshire company escaped with a warning at a disciplinary inquiry although it had collected two immediate prohibition...

• The licence held by Bedwas-based Welsh Connections was revoked and its Iwo directors, SA Thorne and SE Evans, were...

• A Swansea 6 haulier, whose company was granted a licence earlier this year after he had made a false statement, has had it...

Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial witnt? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

A s a regular reader of CM and a driver, I found last week's report on how lowly the HGV driver has become somewhat...

N o wonder the industry is in a mess when you see pictures like this (CM 27 Aug-2 Sept—see below). Can the real Roger Braun...

Q uitc a lot has appeared in the media in recent weeks about the apparent falling from grace of the job description "truck...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

2 een here getting Ken Livingstone MP to belt up is Securon's managing director Ronny Proctor. Ken was invited to help Securon...

0 he Hawk's trusty companion, Foden the dog, has always been a bit wary of helicopters. This dates back to when he was caught...

Sheeting and roping loads on lorries is less popular these days thanks to the increased use of curtainsiders and mechanical...

BULLETIN NEWS Tachographs: Draft EU regulations EU and UK cornpatability Draft Regulations propose: • definitions covering...

Hino tippers have a reputation for rugged dependability that is likely to be maintained by the FS2P LKD six-wheeler. The weight...

Many hauliers conduct business in a fairly casual way, relying on verbal agreements and avoiding the hassle of formal...

'behind the familiar phrase "wheel-loss syndrome" lie a catalogue of shattered -'vehicles—and shattered lives. Wheels lost from...

For years Eaton championed constantmesh heavy truck transmissions in Europe. Then it introduced the synchromesh S-Series and...

to cope with agricultural needs and commodities as well as possessing the usual HGV skills. Stennett's men are very much in the...

the skills crisis is set to get worse because the number of applicants for new licences is falling. Many trainers blame the...

says hauliers and manufacturers need to pay more attention to the design of vehicles in order to comply with the C&U...