While driving through Texas last week, I spotted the following emblazoned on the rear of a brand-new Peterbilt 389:...

By Derren Hayes VOSA HAS been forced to review its policy on overlength vehicles after a car transporter driver successfully...

LESS THAN A fifth of the driver workforce has completed Driver CPC training, even with the directive set to be law in two...

By Laura Hailstone THE CHANCELLOR is expected to postpone the 3ppl January fuel duty rise when he makes his Autumn Statement...

IRISH DELIVERY firm Nightline has stepped in to handle most of the express parcels work that had been handled by failed UK and...

ONLY 38% of LGV drivers know the correct minimum legal tread depth for their truck’s tyres. A survey carried out by Goodyear...

“We took a clean sheet of paper and drew what would be the ideal cab. It was remarkably close to what we already had” Ron...

By Chris Tindall THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) has defended its strategy of switching off lights on stretches of motorway and...

TRG LOGISTICS is to launch an apprenticeship scheme and expand the number of full-time driver contracts it offers agency...

Technical editor David Wilcox went to Malaga in Spain to get his hands dirty with the new Daf XF. You can read his report from...

• O-licence revoked after driver gives false details to Vosa • Majority of LGV drivers do not know legal tyre tread depth...

@dowdalls67 – Spare driver this morning... been in this canteen since 6am... close to just saying thanks but no thanks I’m...

By Derren Hayes CYCLE AWARENESS training could soon be mandatory for all LGV drivers working on major public building projects...

was the guest of honour at the opening of an authorised testing facility (ATF) by MercedesBenz dealer Road Range Commercials in...

THE CHARGING of foreign-registered trucks to use the UK’s roads has taken another step forward. The HGV Road User Levy Bill...

OPERATORS THAT relied on OLMC offering tacho analysis and help with licence applications have been promised continuity of...

By Derren Hayes THE REBORN TruckPol is to be a police-led initiative when it is launched officially in January as part of a...

GERMAN TRUCK couplings manufacturer Jost has bought Edbro, the Bolton-based supplier of tipping gear, hydraulic cylinders and...

OFFICERS FROM the West Midlands police force’s Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) are to pose as lorry drivers as they go...

By Ashleigh Wight ROAD MAINTENANCE authorities have rebuffed criticism that they are failing to enforce road marking standards...

PALL-EX’S larger than life (in the media rather than physical sense) chief executive Hilary Devey once again rallied the...

C&H (HAULIERS) has spent more than £4m on new trucks and trailers as it continues to modernise its fleet. The Essex firm,...

The FairFuelUK campaign hasn’t stopped fighting for the haulage industry. It is now working even harder to get MPs’...

Daf says the new XF is its best yet. That’s hardly surprising – but what’s changed? CM tests it out on Spain’s...

This month’s Trucking Britain survey reviews your attitude to proposals to lift the LGV speed limit on single-carriageway...

It’s been three months since Target Express closed, putting hundreds of people out of a job and affecting creditors all over...

Let me tell you what’s wrong with the haulage industry nowadays... MY NAME IS Howard Shade and I am writing to you to let...

I READ YOUR news story with interest (‘ING Lease leaves UK asset finance market,’ CM 15 November). T&L Leasing received...

Birstall Plant and Demolition’s O-licence spared thanks to early preparation for Driver CPC training By Roger Brown...

NORTH EAST traffic commissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has suspended the O-licence of skip hire firm Martins of York for a 48-hour...

DEPUTY TRAFFIC commissioner (TC) for Scotland Richard McFarlane has disqualified a haulage boss from driving trucks for a...

DHL INTERNATIONAL has applied for permission to move two operating centres held by DHL Express onto its O-licence. The new...

CITY LINK has applied to base six vehicles and four trailers at its site at Deans Industrial Estate in Deans Livingston, as...

SUTTON & SON (St Helens) has received authorisation to operate six vehicles and six trailers out of the Total UK site in North...

WOLVERHAMPTON BASED Tarmac SPV has applied to base two vehicles at its Jerico Bridge Quarry site in Dumfries, as well as two...

CLOCKWORK REMOVALS wants to decrease its authorisation to seven vehicles at its site on the Cloberfield Industrial Estate in...

MELTON MOWBRAY based DS Hayes Haulage has been given the green light to operate two vehicles from its Lafarge Readymix plant...

● A PI on 17 December will look at two counts of disciplinary action taken against Cowdenbeath-based Whitehall Builders,...

change Proposed changes to European regulations regarding truck dimensions could see the adoption of aerodynamic boat-tails on...

Arclid Transport is celebrating 40 years in business by going from strength to strength and helping to improve road safety...

We talk to a tyre manufacturer that built its business on winter tyres to find what makes them so special as temperatures sink...

The nationalised truck builder only produced two truck types, but what a lovely pair... Words: Dave Young/Images: Bob Tuck I...

Do you back up your data? Many don’t, and find that vital information has gone missing — sometimes at significant cost. We...

Buyers can easily overlook independent dealers when they go shopping for new trucks – but they could be making a huge...

THIS WEEK’S TOP used truck is a 61-plate Euro-5 Daf XF105 6x2 tractor. Listed by Daf Trucks dealer Ford & Slater, it has a...