by Charles Young The Vehicle Inspectorate has rejected a golden opportunity to rid the roads of an unlicensed operator it had...

Next year's RHA conference will take place in Paris—a move that has angered some hauliers as France continues to impose a ban...

Trading under the name "Cool it", Lancashire-based LAC runs more than 300 temperature-controlled trucks.

in the Mont Blanc tunnel last March, starting the blaze that killed 39 people, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

GE Capital Fleet Services has launched Fleet Command: a package of three mobile technology products for vehicle tracking and...

Brian Palmer, the man exposed by CM for selling dangerous trucks, has been refused an Operator's Licence for a new skip hire...

in the Working Time Directive's 48-hour working week limit in the aftermath of the Paddington train disaster. Rail employers...

• Euro plates is illegal hire ' • Hauliers who register their vehicles abroad but operate them on a British Operator's Licence...

• Disgruntled franchisees at Securicor Omega Express have issued legal proceedings against the company over their franchise...

• The European Commission has admitted that UK hauliers are suffering at the hands of British government policies and says it...

MI by Sally Nash Confusion surrounds the financial future of Dual Carnage, part of Liverpool-based TAGroup Holdings. A TA...

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. And you can lead the VI to a cowboy, but you can't force it to draw...

growth spells cheap rates 1 , 1 actr:,stim mi by Karen Miles The European Commission hopes to double the membership of the...

Exel Logistics' management team has undergone its own cabinet-style reshuffle which sees one of the joint European chiefs...

• Hauliers who receive demands for parking fines from Granada service stations are being urged to complain to the Driver and...

by Ouy Sheppard Reefers could be refused entry to cold-storage depots under a new vetting scheme designed to clamp down on...

...and announce freight HO limit to vans exchange on the web • Officials at the European Commission are to consider extending...

• Hauliers in Foynes Port, Co Limerick. are insisting that a dispute which resulted in a High Court injunction being served on...

• by Michael Jewel A husband and wife who ran three haulage companies which collapsed owing more than £1.8m have been banned...

O A haulage boss and one of his drivers have been cleared of a conspiracy charge at Stafford Crown Court. Mark Somerville,...

• Automotive specialist Axial Logistics is close to completing a Elm pre-delivery inspection (PDI) centre at the Port of Tyne,...

Thousands of miles of roads in North Yorkshire could be left ungritted this winter after council chiefs failed last week to...

Specialist brick haulier Swales Haulage of Aldermaston, is replacing its artics with 40-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros drawbar...

• Chichester-based United Marine Aggregates has managed to combine the manoeuvrability of a four-wheel 18tonner with the...

with 12 new 33-Europallet trailers from Schmitz Cargobull UK, all fitted with its own Rotes disc-braked axles and Wabco EBS...

Hiab cranes, Mulitlift demount systems and Norba RL200/300 refuse collection bodies. The TotalCover scheme offers cover for...

Lawrence David is supplying its 200th pillarless curtainsider to Somerset haulier RI Keedwell. The tall-body trailer is...

Mazda is offering a year's fully comprehensive insurance on all B-Series pickups and ESeries panel vans bought before 31 March...

give-away. The company, which specialises in transmission and differential replacements. is currently on job number 1951...the...

• Blantyre-based Alex Inglis and Co is the first company to take one of Seddon Atkinson's new Pacer M26.2800 three-man 6x2...

• Volvo and Mitsubishi are acquiring 5% of each others' shares and forming a strategic alliance for trucks and buses. The...

• Michelin has developed four new Energy tyres designed for open road and on/off-road use: the XZA2 for steer axles; the XDA2...

• A new variation on the FL6 theme is now available as a factory option from Volvo. The FL621 is a 6x2 chassis with positive...

• WV is offering an exceptional combination of free extras and servicing on limited-edition versions of the Convoy van in deals...

m by Brian Weatherley Mercedes-Benz (UK) has decided it can't wait any longer for a lightweIght eight-leggerinstead it is...

• Nissan will show a new variant of its pickup range at the London Motor Show this week. The Navara is a "lifestyle" plckup...

Three Lancashire ownerdrivers were granted 12month conditional discharges after Blackburn magistrates accepted that their...

Davie & Son with a warning about the consequences of any further convictions at a Dundee disciplinary inquiry.

a conviction for unauthorised use, led to the revocation of the licence held by Scott Gordon, trading as Ayr Despatch, of...

T Samson & Sons, and the vehicle's driven Richard Bennett, £980 in fines and costs imposed by Lichfield magistrates.

increase on the licence held by Angelina Hewitson, of Manchester, from one to three vehicles, with a condition limiting size of...

centre from Basildon to Wickford, and to increase his licence from five to 10 vehicles, But a Cambridge public inquiry limited...

A Suffolk game bird rearer com%IP mitted hours offences after a driver who was due to doubleman a vehicle loaded with...

A West Midland haulier who typed over an Operators Licence identity disc to make it appear than he held an 0-licence has been...

A Merseyside company whose managing director admitted it might have "Inadvertently" operated more vehicles than were authorised...

The licences of two Nottinghamshire companies whose sole director had been disqualified from acting as a company director have...

events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Commercial Motor, Room...

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

I was concerned to read Annie Neave's Sound Off comments about problems with parking law enforcement while assisting house and...

John Prescott said the Tories were "honkers and plonkers"; he could be talking about the Labour Party. These arrogant and inept...

and our correspondent The Hawk takes a sideways look at road haulage. If you have suitable tales, charitable works, or quirky...

What possible reason could a grown company have for wrapping a giant pink ribbon around its head office? A very good one as it...

Giving a big butch thumbs-up is Heath and Wales International rugby union star Brett Sinkinson. Gap European, the...

Leafing through some old copies of CM recently, the Hawk came across some predictions that had him sniggering with the benefit...

I Price as tested: £53,806 (ex-VAT); £52,814 (ex-VAT) plus options—see page 27. Engine: 9.0 litres, 256hp (191kW). GM 26...

W ith all the focus on liquefied petro leum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), the merits of liquefied natural gas...

Tired of watching your monthly diesel bills head forever upwards? Angry with the escalator? Then it's probably time you did...

The io2hp Vito from Mercedes-Benz is versatile enough to convert from a seven-seater people-shifter to a van. Bryan Jarvis...

Losing a truck through accident, fire or theft is bad news—and all too often, worse is to come. Ian Shaw looks at the...

KEITH DICKER GROUP Keith Dicker has discovered there's good money to be made out of what other folk throw away—and he reckons...

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott promised to improve transport during this parliament yet traffic congestion continues to...

Association legal department to highlight the latest changes to UK and EU transport law, lie is unable to take telephone calls...

operators have got to explain their rising costs to their customers if rates are to rise... • If you want to sound off about a...