As the August deadline for smart-card tachos draws near, the situation could fairly be described as a total cock-up. Brian...

NEARLY 500 Shell tanker drivers are voting on a pay offer worth nearly 9% over two years which a union leader describes as a...

A WAR OF WORDS has erupted between the URTU union and Corby Chilled Distribution over union recognition. URTU regional officer...

l'HE TRUCK DRIVER health check CM hosted at Lymm Services last week provides a frightening insight into the health of truck...

The scale of attacks on truck drivers across Europe is to be investigated Dy the International Road Transport Union. Guy...

A EUROPEAN Parliament committee wants the European Commission to develop legislation empowering police and courts across the EU...

GLOBAL LOGISTICS firm DHL Express is giving its local managers the right to boycott certain areas if they feel the safety of...

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE police have launched Operation Tiger, an anti-truck crime initiative —but one local operator is asking where...

Brian Weatherley recounts tales of woe from two hardcore hauliers. If we can't hang onto guys like these, he fears there are...

There's more unrest at Morrisons as wranOes with the trade unions over drivers' shift patterns rumble on. Chns Tindall...

ONE OF NORTHERN Ireland's most colourful hauliers is selling his premises and relocating. Ignatius Geddis of Geddis Transport...

Fake a stroll with us through the little sideroads of iaulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, he quixotic and the...

Scottish operators should prepare for more landslides due to global warming. David Harris reports. GLOBAL WARMING is likely...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1928 and...

Poor roads threaten the future of a Scottish paper mill, says a local operator. David Harris reports. A HAULAGE BOSS is...

A STOKE-ON-TRENT skip-hire 3perator has been fined £2,000 with £600 costs for operating an Illegal waste management site. Mark...

extend M74 PLANS TO EXTEND the M74 in Glasgow have been delayed for up to a year following legal action by community groups and...

A controversial clamping company has come under fire again for its parking management at an Essex retail park. Guy Sheppard...

RATCLIFE GROUP has sold its Ratcliff Tail Lifts subsidiary to Austrian crane specialist Palfinger AG.The deal which has yet to...

Plans by logistics firm TDG to expand its operation in Nottinghamshire have provoked fury from local villagers. Jennifer Ball...

LEGISLATION has started to put pressure on fleets that run pool vans. According to rental company TES, increased attention to...

CONTAINER HAULAGE specialist Norman Offer (Transport) has gone into administration but there are plans to sell it as a going...

A GLOUCESTERSHIRE court is attempting to speed up a Czech truck driver's payment of a fine imposed after a fatal accident. In...

A PM CLARKE trailer loaded with £52,000 worth of wine has been stolen from a yard in Barnstaple, North Devon. The thieves...

POLICE IN LINCOLNSHIRE are appealing to drivers for information following a fatal accident on the A15. The incident happened...

A DRIVER HAD a lucky escape when youths hurled a brick through his windscreen on the M53 at Woodchurch. Merseyside in the early...

If there's been one characteristic of the CV Market to confound the planners, its been its ability to sustain a longer period...

John Russell is a long-established haulier who is now ETA president. Chris Tindall asks him what members can expect from the...

SCR is better MIKE DAVIES' letter ( CM 16 June) asks "Why does anyone go the SCR route to Euro-4?" I am happy to list the...

IN RESPONSE TO the Salvesen spokeswoman that drivers at Bellshill are on fully flexible contracts (CM 9 June), I have worked...

I WAS MOST interested to read about the implications of working on after the age of 65 in road transport (CM 2 June), but...

Truck manufacturers are lining up behind SCR or EGR as they clean up their acts in the run-up to Euro-4. But which will cost...

In a way It would be nice to have a clear winner but, purchase costs being equal, it seems the difference in running costs...

When two different people claim an impounded vehicle, the TC acts Solomon — but still won't give the truck back. TWO...

A BANKRUPT operator posing a "considerable danger to the public" has lost his licence and been disqualified from holding anew...

A FAMILY dispute in which a son "wrestled control" from his father has led to the operation's licence being revoked because it...

community service and year's ban A "DESPERATE" driver who drove while disqualified has been sentenced to 240 hours community...

AN INTERNATIONAL operator has failed to win an appeal against the termination of his licence on financial grounds....

A driver who claims he has been treated shabbily by the DVLA has now lodged an official complaint and sought the backing of his...

The Agency issues vocational renewal reminder forms to licence holders approximately three months in advance of the expiry of a...

With the government pledged to improve workers' holiday rights it's vital that employers know where the law stands. Gareth...

The cost of making workers redundant is set to soar following a ruling by the European Court of Justice. Dawn Lobley...

DYOTA I t's unlikely that anyone buying a Ranger as a genuine working vehicle would choose the Thunder version we tested. With...

ANTANA W Me both Land Rover and Santana have 3,500kg towing limits,this is only achieved by reducing the owing units...

Radio frequency iden tification technology seems to have got everyone hot under the collar in the last year or two. Robin...

different types of application. You'll also need some software to go with them. Essentially just a chip with a radio antenna...

Bulging curtainsiders not only look amateurish, they'll attract the attention of the authorities because shifting loads can...

Let's be honest, no one needs 600hp. But if you really must have the most powerful wagon in the truck park it's time to sell...

those which are immediately thrown into the file marked "snake oil" to those which sound reasonably plausible. We have always...

Accurate fuel testing needs an accurate gauge -1/DO has just the answer to this problem. The fuel consumption on the...

training. Tim Maughan reports. I f you're a general haulage operator who plans to transport dangerous goods you must have ADR...

Operators who handle dangerous goods must obviously employ ADR-qualif ied drivers, but the requirement doesn't stop there. Off...

M lcolm Harrison is holding two weekend auctions signalling the end of two long established hauliers. n 25 June at Penrith,...

This week Bargain Hunt goes in search of big engines and big cabs to suit an owner driver doing serious mileage. O ur pretext...

youngest, or perhaps even the cheapest, but we sensed it represented the best deal available. Big cab, decent engine, and...

Badge engineering started to develop between MAN and ERF with the latter's EcT. cm tested one in 2003. Here's how it fared....

The 18-tonne used market is a steady ship. Manheim Auctions' Jeremy Martell gives CM the lowdown on a hard-working but...

Vehicles: 18-tonners tend to make up 10-15% of a typical sale. The age group is normally between 1996 and 1998 registered...