The dollar falls but diesel prices stay high. Dominic Perry reports. HARD-PRESSED operators looking at massive fuel bills will...

SERIAL GRIMSBY arsonist Darren Wringe has been jailed for 10 years after starting a fire which killed a helpless lorry driver....

MERCEDES-BENZ truck sales director John Baker has outlined a potential nightmare scenario for international truck operators...

A COMPANY HAS admitted blame for the death of a 61-yearold HGV driver. Kevin Hicks, a father of two from Cambridgeshire, died...

Police are appealing for two truck drivers who may have witnessed an indecent assault on a woman at Partway in Bristol to come...

Birmingham businesses want the government to sort the V6 Toll Road out. Guy Sheppard reports. THE BIRMINGHAM Chamber of...

VAUXHALL is continuing to extend the appeal of its Vivaro range with another two new models. Most radical is the first...

facing a compensation claim for £ 250,000 after a subcontractor suffered mutliple injuries while working on one of its...

CUSTOMS AND Excise insists the Lorry Road User Charge (LRUC) will be launched on schedule in 2006, despite admitting that it...

Germany's road toil system, has had its contract with the government cancelled following a litany of problems. Manfred Stolpe,...

A MIDLAND haulier says Whiteftiar International should be declared bankrupt unless it pays him £10,000 owed for subcontracting...

Barry Proctor wonders how the insurance industry cat be so negative about new drivers... I bought an executive coach last...

Do you think Brussels is the root of all that is evil and profit-eating in the world of road transport? And do you ask when the...

David Harris reports on one mayor's anti-truck dean-up campaign. AN OXFORDSHIRE market town's mayor says trucks could be...

THE ENVIRONMENTAL Industries Commission (EIC) has warned that proposals to cut grants to help operators clean up trucks could...

THE FAMILY OF John Vasey, the British haulier jailed in France for allegedly smuggling £2.5m worth of cannabis, has launched a...

THE BOSS OF car transporter Richard Lawson will leave the company he founded 30 years ago for the second time tomorrow (27...

HGVS WITH a GVW of more than 17 tonnes or three or more axles could face a ban from central Dublin from 7am to 7pm under new...

A DUTCH TRUCK driver was last week jailed for 15 years for his part in a heroin smuggling operation. Dirk Van Minnen, 54, was...

Thinking of buying a new truck? Here's our guide to what's just around the corner for the next 12 months or so. THE ARRIVAL OF...

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

Liquidators are trying to sort the complex finances of a string of failed freight firms. Dominic Perry follows the thread....

Brick Transpor1(Scolland) was a firm run by among others, William Cusack. Formed as a management buy-out of the transport...

Tom Hamilton Educated at Glasgow University Toni Hamilton has worked for a number of blue-chip businesses, including Stakis...

Barring a major accident, an early morning visit from the police and VI must be every operator's worst nightmare. David Taylor...

WITH ALLTI IL adverse publicity that the Nightowl truckstops have received recently,1 can only sympathise with their plight. 1...

YOUR ARTICLE - Fly tippers are wasters" (CM 5 February) again highlights the need for motor vehicle auctions to restrict sales...

I AM WRITING to express my disappointment at the article in Commercial Motor (29 January) headlined "Police swoop on... Police...

I READ with interest your article of 4 December regarding the Forth Bridges and Mr.Watkinson's letter of 15 January. Has a...

or the first time in a decade the number of licensed haulage operators on British roads has increased, according to the latest...

In Scotland there was a dramatic increase in the number of vehicles and trailers being checked by VOSA in 2002-03, says...

Over 100 speeding offences during eight months. Mike Jewell - eports. A DRIVER whose artic passed a Transit van on the M54...

SETTING UP A company to operate his vehicles without authority has cost a Motherwell international haulier his licence. As well...

AN OPERATOR HAS escaped with a warning over a prohibition notice and a variation notice issued since its licence was granted in...

had been impounded for operating without an 0-licence has been returned to its owners after an inquiry accepted that it was...

Riverside Distribution and its director I Varney were appealing against the decision by S Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic...

B ig money is involved in waste, with trucks regularly crossing from the South to the North to dispose of their loads for less...

Under EU law unsolicited e-mail is illegal — so how can you use it to minimise the impact of ispamf? Trevor Morton reports....

1. Include e-mail opt-in/opt-out forms in all your communications 2. Incentivise e-mail opt-ins 3. Check third-party lists for...

Revised regulations on hazardous substances require operators to take extra care to protect their employees. Patric Cunnane...

Fuel efficiency is never going to be a 6x4 tractor's strongpoint, but there's more to tipper work than how much you put in the...

coating supplier, the Kerax does exactly what it says on the tin. This truck has no pretensions of grandeur, there's no...

Fork-lift trucks Demonstrating adequate training of fork-lift truck operators is relatively straightforward as the Health and...

machines, it is still a hazardous operation and a major cause of back injury. For this reason it has its own rules to control...

Training Board (RTITB), the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).trade associations such as the Freight Transport...

In a few years' time it won't be only transport managers who need CPC qualifications — drivers will need them too. Emma...

It was only 10 years ago that Britain's HGV testing regime was completely overhauled, with the introduction of two test stages...

U ntil now all the activity in the world of dual-fuel has been on heavy trucks, with suitably heavy conversion costs. But now...

BRITOOL HAS launched an enclosed mechanism torque wrench designed for ease of use. It features a split scale that provides a...

IT MAY be approaching spring,but the cold weather is still very much with us.The Vulcana PS45 gas heater can be mounted on...

OIL DRIP and crankcase emissions can be a problem in diesel engine applications.To combat this Fleetguard has introduced the...

TREMCO has published a new guide toTruckflex, its multi-part polyurethane coating system for loadbeds. Suitable for original...

manufacturing: pessimists argue that it's merely a shadow of its past glories. They're right. But this argument is based on the...

Workshop technicians are as thin on the ground as drivers. Andy Salter looks at initiatives from Mercedes-Benz and Volvo which...

Volvo Muck & Bus South, the UK's and the truck company's largest distributor, has taken probably the boldest step of any to...

Business is still a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Rob Salter Money's coming in at last, but there's a setback with his...

CM has a new group sales manager who knows all about the pressures facing our industry. T he new face at the top of the...

Manheim Auctions is reaping the benefits of a thriving market. CM visits an auction or two. T he first month of 2004 has...

I vecoTrucks believes it is the first manufacturer to publish a visual guide for operators i the condition its vehicles should...

Knowledge is power — and being in the know means sales too, for Ryder's used vehicle division. Emma Penny reports. H unter...

for Hunter Todd. With some companies choosing alternative fuels as part of an environmental strategy LPGpowered vans will be...

Horsebox intrigue Some vehicles from Strood are bough: by the riding fraternity for conversion to horseboxes, and it's a market...