The chaos at the country's southern ports over the past few years has been as predictable as it is crippling for the UK...

Controversial German haulier Willi Betz is set to expand in the UK and recruit its first British drivers. Guy Sheppard...

PARCEL FIRM GEOPOST UK and one of its franchisees have been fined £12,000 including costs for a breach of health and safety...

THE N UMBER of trucks parked illegally and on unsuitable sites in Kent is set to more than double to 750 per night over the...

Hants plant this week John Denham, MP for Southampton Itchen, handed the keys over to its operator during a ceremony on...

Freight will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 27 July. Its boss, Mark Riby, was formerly a director of MRS...

Figures from the anti-truck crime unit reveal the cost of crime in the second quarter — and TruckPol insists it's making a...

THE TRANSPORT & General Workers' Union is renewing its demands for the government to tackle the lack of roadside facilities for...

Brian Weatherley can't resist returning to the vexed question of speed cameras — but unlike many comentators he's not whingeing...

Nearly El 40m will be spent on improving the M25 in Kent, but local hauliers warn that it's a waste of time. Guy Sheppard...

A LITHUANIAN truck driver has been jailed for six months for attempting to smuggle 1,500kg of tobacco into the UK. Bournemouth...

up with the FreightTransportAssociadon to produce a Best Practice guide designed to cut dockside queues. Beating Port...

Take a stroll with us through the little sideroads of haulage —the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1932 and...

The S\P has pledged its support for operators in the north-east of Scotland. David Harris reports. THE SCOTTISH National Party...

A Scottish haulier warns that the MD could lead to truck drivers putting less into their pension funds. Mark Cessford, boss of...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association aims to grillTransport for London over its plans for a London-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ)...

A North-Western operator has been granted a licence in the West but told to find a replacement for a "disreputable" transport...

AN ADVERTISING company is struggling to find operators willing to carry adverts on their trucks, despite offering up to £3,000...

MERCEDES HAS launched an uprated version of the Vito which is claimed to he the most powerful van on the UK market. The Vito...

AN ATTEMPT to ban trucks from the road which runs past Pevense■, , Castle in East Sussex has been rejected by East Sussex...

NEW REGULATIONS on the enforcement of European drivers' hours rules in the UK were launched in Parliament last week, in...

POLICE ARE hunting a gang who overpowered security staff at a warehouse in Manchester before using their own tractor units to...

Operation Indicate have made two arrests during a crackdown on organised truck crime in the West Midlands. About £65,000 worth...

• A white Mercedes (reg R627 PKS) was stolen from Telford, Salop between 8 July and 11 July. The vehicle was loaded with...

The SNP has tried to mitigate the effects of fuel price rises. Dominic Perry reports on a brave attempt. W ith the headlines...

Truck sales are still booming, although many operators are hanging on to their truas for longer. Scania talks us through the...

Chris Chidley is Driver Hire's chief executive. Chris Tindall finds out if the driver shortage is making his tenure an easy...

I READ your article in CM's Scottish issue, "Jobs for the Girls" (CM 23 June) with interest. I have just entered the transport...

I HAVE just read the article on singlecarriageway speed limits (CM 14 July). Lord Berkeley advises that frustrated drivers held...

IN SETTING OUT the relative merits of SCR and EGR, Oliver Dixon is wrong to assert that EGR - demands low-sulphur fuel" (CM 14...

British ports are on the verge of meltdown as they are called on to handle more and more containers. Will a new Best Practice...

Hours and speeding convictions were not reported to the Traffic Area Office. A SERIES OF prohibitions, together with hours and...

AN OPERATOR which paid a council £40,000 for a Lawful Usc Certificate, only to have the use of its site opposed by the same...

TWO LINKED CHESHIRE companies faced disciplinary action when they appeared before North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner...

A FIRM RUNNING 30 vehicles escaped with a formal warning at a disciplinary inquiry when it agreed to nominate a second...

A DEPUTY Traffic Commissioner accepted that a company which had operated on the licence of a liquidated firm for about 18...

How do you deal with disability? Could you help a driver rebuild his confidence after an accident? Or help a worker deal with...

In the road transport industry the Centre for Crisis Psychology will typically help in the aftermath of a road traffic...

New measures to crack down on insurance cheats should make our roads less dangerous. Juliet Morrison reports. A s you ease to...

insure their trucks have anything to fear. "I don't think it will change anything for most truck operators." he says. "It just...

Under the new regulations which allow police to impound vehicles driven without insurance -unveiled as part of a series of...

FUTURE LEGISLATION DVLA fee proposals: The DVLA is considering revising fee structures to cover the costs of changes....

The M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limit) Regulations 2005 CIF 27 July 2005 These...

S CTransport began life unconventionally, explains managing director Stephen Corner. My dad was a haulier, but he ceased...

Isotrak supplies exclusive telematics systems to Royal Mail, Marks and Spencer and Tesco, but now it's targeting a much wider...

We haven't conducted a hands-on test of the ATM solution but from what we can see, ifs a first-class telematics package that...

Isotrakis Active Transport Management solution comes in four versions, allowing users to tailor the amount of detail they need...

loads at once will halve the time taken for loading and unloading, and attachments needn't cost a fortune. Ruth Bacigalupo of...

An possible alternative to dock levellers or ramps (see next page) is the scissor lift, which tend to be restricted to...

Whichever type at fork-lift you choose, the issue of how to bring it to the loadbed height is critical. Alan Brewer, major...

If you're handling loose parcels or boxes, for example, the only way to fork-lift them around is to palletise them first, which...

recent launch of Fruehauf Tippers, which has fortunately acquired the kind of parent company it so desperately needs. Brian...

course looked Ike a rather daunting challenge to start with. It is certainly quite large. and looking out at the world from a...

and the environment — but Australian haulier Ron Bunker has proved that doing things by the book makes sound business sense....

In case your dream is to drive a Kenworth roadtrain across the Aussie outback, here are a few facts and figures... • Transport...

In Australia long-distance means long-distance — vehicles are rolling 24/7 across endless miles of outback We took a ride in a...

T railer manufacturer Van Eck Group isn't a household name in the UK. It exports reefer and box trailers by the dozen rather...

The family run business was started by John Van Eck in 1912; it initally specialised in constructing barrows, wagons and milk...

Sandy Bruce had a pretty rough week — but then the 7 July atrocity put things back into perspective. I 'm about to celebrate...

As operators turn to smaller vans the supply of used 3.5-tonners is set to outstrip demand, which does not bode well for...

Scania's 420hp 124 twin-steer has been the firm's best-seller, which is good news for the prudent used truck buyer. Geoff...

CV manufacturers provide varying degrees of service when it comes to selling their vehicles secondhand. But VW reckons its...