CM COVER STORY Sy David Hams IT HAS been a miserable week for small hauliers as several companies have been wound up or put...

CM COVER STORY By Joanna Bourke IN THE SAME week that the new chief executive of VOSA. Alastair Peoples, confirmed that the...

Leggett's jobs saved as firm finds new buyer SUFFOLK HAULIER Leggett's Transport Ltd is to continue trading after a buyer was...

• FUEL PRICES WILL rise by 2p a litre on • • 1 September under the governments • fuel duty escalator. • • The government has...

By Joar Bourke DRIVERS AT Warrington-based haulier Mike Spence, which has been the victim of three thefts in the past nine...

Super depot in Kent for 3663 FOOD DISTRIBUTION specialist 3663 First for Foodservice is consolidating its Kent operations at a...

UNITED TRAILERS Wisbech has been bought out of administration by Scunthorpebased tipper-maker Weightlifter Bodies....

HGV overtaking ban on 1 k M42 goes permanent By Re , ger Brown THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) has made the daytime overtaking ban...

FEARS HAVE BEEN raised over the future of a truckstop off the M74, south of Glasgow, following an application by supermarket...

The summer holidays and kids off school generally mean a bit of a slowdown of traffic on the TruckNet UK forums. This year,...

8y 120... - jer Brown LONDON DELIVERY drivers are set to be hit by two months of restrictions on a series of roads during the...

DPD vans: limited savings PARCEL DELIVERY specialist DRD says it has experienced limited fuel consumption improvements from...

THE RETAIL MOTOR Industry Federation (RMIF) is warning vehicle dealers that they face a £200 on-the-spot fine if they're caught...

By Joanna Bourke THE MANAGING DIRECTOR of Kent-based construction haulier Ardula says there is no way of selling the business...

TWO RECENT collisions involving lorries, one of which led to the death of 14 sheep, have reinforced the push to introduce an...

Chris TindU FOULGER TRANSPORT is having crunch talks with Norfolk County Council this week to discuss the future of its retail...

Cool. Solutions saves on fuel with Euro-5 Volvo FH 460s EUROPEAN COLD STORAGE distributor Cool Solutions is recording a 0.5mpg...

LDV in 'exclusive' talks with potential unidentified buyer LDV HAS entered talks with one potential buyer on an exclusive...

By David 113165 THE REPUBLIC of Ireland government is to introduce new laws to stop convicted murderers, drug dealers and sex...

EPPING DISTRICT FOREST Council (EDFC) has rejected an application by the owner of a 40-space Waltham Abbey truckstop to sell...

By Chris Tindall. PLANS TO CONVERT a former lorry park into housing have been attacked after residents started complaining...

Reading device for step-frame A LEADING SPORTS industry engineering contractor has acquired a step-frame trailer to transport...

Raise money for cancer charity by growing a d tache HAULAGE FIRMS can help raise awareness of the most common type of cancer...

Where would the industry be without agency workers? From drivers to managers, one employment specialist is looking to improve...

a net 4% in the third quarter of the year, as hauliers and logistics companies report disappointing hiring prospects....

Think outside of the box to make cost savings during the recession IT APPEARS THAT nearly all companies in the transport and...

THE INDUSTRY SHOULD look at BMW's decision to withdraw from Formula 1. Over time, the manufacturer's decision will be seen as a...

Craig Bunker and his partners at Key3 believe they have come up with a formula that could save many failing transport...

There's still a huge gap between IT offerings on the market. says Key3's Craig Bunker, and the information that road transport...

The London 2012 Olympics will all be over in just three years, but before that, there will be a huge number of challenges for...

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is conducting an ongoing consultation with organisations such as the Rail Freight Group,...

Gareth Smith, head of development industrial at Wincanton, says that while the issue of delivering to customers in London...

business affairs, believes delivery drivers must be allowed to go about their business during the Olympic Games with "the...

Transport Tribunal overturns a decision to revoke a haulier's 0-licence and cuts it instead. THE REVOCATION of the 0-licence...

Company and driver fined by magistrates L SERIES of offences, including the nauthorised use of a 12-tonne vehicle, have cost...

Transport Tribunal quashes revocation DUE TO some confusion over two Purfleet haulage operations run by a father and son with...

At around 2,500 a year, road deaths in the UK are falling. As Europe launches a new road safety charter, we ask CM's operator...

I. TM Logistics ' Martley,Worcs Purshall believes that the official statistics that emonstrate Britain is leading the way in...

transport industry's impressive safety record, industry veteran Millard, aged 73, feels strongly that drivers' performances are...

a fashionable view, but speed cameras have helped a lot in terms of boosting road safety, believes Bell. However, he thinks...

may be quieter largely down to the credit crunch, says Barnes, but some local authorities are failing to meet their...

Clipper Logistics Group Stoke-on-Trent One sure way to boost road safety, says Anderson, is for all transport managers to...

The Road Haulage Association (RNA) has said that, on some A-roads, the speed limit should be raised from 40mph to 50mph in a...

to amend the Northern Ireland 0-licensing system to mirror that of Great Britain. Changes include a system for restricted...

Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2009, 1 October 2009 Introduces impounding as an enforcement power for...

'Integration' and 'consolidation' are the keystones of the chilled and frozen transport sector, which is no surprise...

Price Food Services and STL Logistics, handles small frozen and chilled loads from producers to wholesalers and food...

growth in the use of lightweight refrigerated vehicles to supply internet food shoppers has gone largely unnoticed. For...

retailersSheffield-based TC courier concern ADS is also well-placed to provide an overview of the chilled sector. A lot of its...

The military has used thermal imaging for years, but could this technology be successfully marketed to the road transport...

According to FUR Systems, its PathFindIR can detect heat from objects more than three times the distance of a truck's...

thermal imaging system is now available for civilian use, and is typically installed on vehicles that work in quarries and...

Can a thermal imaging camera system extend your eyesight out on the road? To find out, we borrowed one of Volvo's demonstration...

'hidden object' has to be a good thing, and we can see the potential for thermal imaging to become a strong safety tool,...

production vehicle is Mercedes-Benz's Night View Assist, fitted to the range-topping S-Class passenger car as a £1,194 option,...

LONG-TERM TEST VEHICLE FIAT FIORINO 1.3 MULTIJET I Price: £9,360 Engine: 1 3-titre, 75hp Payload: 610kg Mileage: 9,345...

RENAULT KANGOO COMPACT I Price: £10,690 Engine: 1 5-litre, 86hp Payload: 500kg Mileage: 10,768 Expenses: None Faults: None...

game.. • With Euro-6 looming on the agenda of truck-makers, and a recession in full swing, operators will, have to think hard...

their toys When truck distributors Jan and Gerard de Rooy take time out from work, there's only one place they want to be at...

A report on low-carbon technologies for HGVs underpins the government's Low Carbon Transport Innovation Strategy on solutions...

By Kevin Swatlow THE FORD TRANSIT is synonymous with the van market, and it enjoys a reputation all other manufacturers aspire...

Webwatch finds out what to look for in a used van at Used Van Expert. Words: James Clark Company: Used Van Expert Address:...