I've just had a call from a reader who believes there's a serious shortage of fitters who actually understand trucks. He...

THE NUMBER of HGVs stopped by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for crucial safety checks fell 20% last year....

By Chris Druce MATTHEW KIBBLE Transport has introduced its first Renault artic to its Volvo-heavy fleet. MD Matthew Kibble,...

By Hayley Pink THE CHAIRMAN of the Brewery Logistics Group has criticised London Councils' plan (CM 23 January) to introduce...

MEACHERS GLOBAL Logistics has won the contract to run the Southampton Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC). The operation...

THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) has confirmed it has now allocated all of the 1,800 longer semi-trailer trial permits to...

PALL-EX MEMBERS have named fuel costs as the top priority to be addressed in 2014, expressing concerns that the government does...

By David Wilcox FIELD TRIALS of a new system that injects small amounts of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into a diesel engine...

CONSTRUCTION HAULIER NWH Group has taken delivery of nine MAN TGS 8x4 tippers. They are working on the Dalkeithbased operator's...

A CAR travelling the wrong way on the M6 was brought to a halt by motorway police with the help of HGV drivers last week (23...

By Roger Brown TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken has revoked the 0-licence of North Lanarkshire-based beer...

PROPOSED INCREASES in the fees charged by the DVSA (formerly Vosa and the DSA) for a range of services have still not been...

A 200-SPACE LORRY park in Northamptonshire is finally available for interested parties to operate, five years after a report...

LORRIES AND vans suspected of transporting illegal scrap metal were targeted by Greater Manchester Police this week, with...

Stobart Group and AW Jenkinson have ordered 1,500 Euro-6 Scanias for 2014 and 2015 By Christopher Walton FOUR YEARS AGO, the...

By Hayley Pink EDWIN C Farrall has boosted its fleet by 13 trucks and 10 trailers to fulfil several new contracts. A...

THE MASS adoption of "greener trucks" has taken a step closer after European legislators moved to address the anachronistic...

By Robin Meczes A COMBINATION of increasing business volumes and subcontractor turnover has led United Biscuits to search for...

We're looking into the possibility of employing a couple of young, recently qualified HGV drivers. We can't see anything on...

GOODYEAR CLAIMS fleets of 50 trucks or more could save £210,000 in fuel costs annually by using its recently launched Fuelmax...

A NEW FUEL marker has been developed that should be harder to launder out of rebated fuel than those currently in use, CM has...

Truck manufacturers say it is a matter of when, not if, convoys of autonomous HGVs become a regular feature on our roads By...

Reading your editorial regarding Vosa (CM 19 December), I thought I would share my experience of a recent MoT test. We are an...

GET THIS, CM: when one of my wagons was stopped last week, nothing wrong was found with the trailer or the wagon mechanically....

By Kevin Swallow MAN TRUCK & Bus dealer Steadplan has bought a four-acre site in Leeds for £1.4m. The Whitehall Industry...

Welcome to Laurie Dealer's used truck of the week. Each week our man inside the used truck trade picks out a truck or trailer...

BRITISH CAR AUCTIONS (BCA) has introduced a commercial vehicle video appraisal service following a successful trial. The...

By Kevin Swallow SALES EXECUTIVE Roy Owens is celebrating 35 years selling Mercedes-Benz trucks — yet he is showing no signs...

Once again authorised testing facilities (ATFs) dominate chit-chat among the truck dealers, as they bemoan the lack of flexible...

Want to know how to get the best value from a JCB backhoe loader? Then read on By Geoff Ashcroft Star turns: 3CX Eco uses JCB's...

Directors at S&J Transport have been disqualified and had their licence revoked By Emma Shone and Roger Brown TRAFFIC...

Operator: Skye Transport Crossal Matter: Health and safety Fatal accident inquiry: Inverness Sheriff Court A SHERIFF'S REPORT...

Operator: ABR Rescue Matter: Health and Safety Hearing: Hull Magistrates' Court VEHICLE RECOVERY firm ABR Rescue has been...

WINCANTON CAN now base three vehicles and three trailers at The Cedars, Coton Road, Coleshill, Birmingham subject to conditions...

Romanians and Bulgarians can now work without restrictions across the EU what will it mean for the UK haulage industry? By...

Hauliers often want to make sure their children inherit the business. CM looks at the issues to consider By Vikki Woodfine and...

CM visits Davies International Transport and finds that everything is ship-shape and Bristol fashion on the south coast By...

Exact Concrete needed bespoke vehicles for its operation, so it went to Holland to get exactly what it needed By Bob Beech...

CM dons its camouflages to put Iveco Defence's Trakker through its paces, thankfully in Germany and not a war zone By Will...

Find out how one tanker company is making a big impression on the other side of the world with its hydra-excavators By George...

EMPLOYMENT consultancy Barker Ross Logistics has launched a driver recruitment team, which will be based at its Northampton...

By Steve Hobson EDDIE STOBART has ended its awardwinning driver apprenticeship scheme run in association with System Training,...