it by Sally Nash Unscrupulous foreign exporters are preying on hard-pressed UK international reefer operators with the promise...

• The High Court has ruled that the appeals process for hauliers caught importing illegal immigrants is fair, and that these...

• A long-awaited report by MPs into the impact of fuel taxes on British industry says there is no "conclusive proof that high...

II by Mike Jewell The integrity of Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms is to be scrutinised by the Transport Tribunal...

• High-profile haulier Eddie Stobart is closing part of its distribution complex in Northamptonshire following the loss of a...

• A Leeds-based engine builder who registered the domain name scaniaengineparts.com on the Internet is being threatened with...

• The Peoples' Fuel Lobby (PFL) brought Grimsby and Cleethorpes to a halt last Saturday (17 March) with a 70-vehicle convoy...

• A Belgian-based fuel club is still struggling to start trading in the UK almost six months after it first promised hauliers...

• by Sally Nash Lawyers are predicting an "avalanche" of Dutch licence revocations for UK hauliers who have flagged out to the...

MPs' report is out of touch A committee of (mostly Labour) MPs has decided there is "no conclusive proof" that high fuel taxes...

• Trials of new speed cameras in Nottingham have been so successful in slowing down traffic that they are failing to generate...

• by Guy Sheppard Cider maker Bulmers has signed up for trials of a new freight train capable of travelling at up to 75mph. The...

kidnapping of a lorry driver and theft of camcorders at a lorry park on the M40 in Warwickshire ( CM15-21 March). Two were...

• Services on the East Coast main line were thrown into further disarray last week when Railtrack cut off the power after a...

• by Kevin Swallow The outgoing Daf CF series hung its cap on its reputation as a solid workhorse. Now, as a new CF era dawns,...

tractor unit, hauling 32 tonnes on a two-axle rear-steering box semi-traller built by Burg. The 360hp (265kW) at 2,200rpm is a...

Fitted with a F230 space cab, it represents the top of the range. It develops 1,950Nm of torque between 1,000-1,500rpm with...

by Brian Weatherley UK truck operators face various new vehicle construction regulations in the next five years, including a...

• Commercial Motor is looking for a reporter to join its technical team. The job involves writing and editing news stories, as...

• Transport refrigeration specialist Carrier Transicoid Europe (CIE) has launched a range of slim-fine multi-temperature...

• by Brian Weatherley Cleveland-based bulk transport specialist Bertschi UK has taken advantage of a loophole in UK...

A long-estab lished Lancashire haulier who failed to keep up with the times has had his licence suspended for seven days....

Eastbourne truck driver Keith Kendrick was given an absolute discharge after Slough Magistrates were satisfied that a wheel...

A transport firm which paid the wages of a labourer at a power station has escaped an unfair dismissal charge after an...

A Cheshire lorry driver has been fined £1,000 with £150 costs for using a switch to interrupt tachographs. Keith Baddeley of...

A Lancashire owner-driver who forecast that the North Western Traffic Commissioner would ban him from holding an 0-licence "for...

I am writing on behalf of legitimate operators in my town. You would be surprised to find how many skip operators run without...

I note in your magazine that apart from relevant facts, information, the law, countless advertisements and updates on just how...

I read with interest your recent article on the Inland Revenue looking sympathetically at hauliers paying their income tax...

Can road haulage ever expect to get a fair deal from the government? As the foot and mouth crisis gets worse and worse we're...

MERCEDES ATEGO I PRICE AS TESTED: 237,320. ENGINE: 6.4 litres, 22.8hp (170kW). GM: is,000kg. BODY/PAYLOAD: wookg. AVERAGE...

ATEGO DRIVERSWIEWS Danny Boxed drives a Scania 940 6x2 rigid out of Hoddesdon for Cobury. It's very comfortable to drive," he...

industry where motorists are increasingly buying cars via the Internet. Paul Newman reports on the onward march of technology....

The Budget effectively fired the starter gun for a spring election, hut once you take away the headlines what's in it for...

crash. As CM has campaigned for better standards for many years, we look again at what can be done to keep vehicles apart from...

Owner-drivers might enjoy a degree of freedom, but on the other hand they might be vulnerable when up against bigger hauliers....

owner-drivers' ups and downs • "The industry is a nightmare for owner-drivers," says Geoff Lewis. "They're always being le ed...

it still can have catastrophic side effects for truck operators. As Pat Hagan reports, the disease has landed a serious blow on...

people after having consumed at least 13 pints of lager. This was the longest sentence handed out for drunken driving in...

its discussion document, Preventing at-work road traffic incidents Copies can be obtained online at www.hsebooks.comk, or from...

promises and cut diesel duty by 3p/lit and reformed vehicle excise duty so it is in line with the lowest in Europe. While many...