Vosa has been criticised by Transport Select Committee MPs following their investigation into the DfT's agencies. Chris Tindall...

even worse than Vosa in the Transport Select Committee report, which says: The agency has no grip on the costs of its major...

A SENIOR EDDIE Stobart manager who was responsible for implementing procedures to tighten up drivers' hours abuses was...

BUSINESS POST'S UK Pallets division has denied that it is in crisis following the loss of its fourth network member this year....

CHILLED TRANSPORT specialist NIT Distribution has been acquired from its parent Northern Foods in a £51.2m management buyout....

The pioneering anti-freight-crime initiative has received enough funding to take on a full-time manager. Guy Sheppard...

payments for its members at food distribution firm 3663 to offset the effects of a lost contract. GMB wants loyalty payments...

A ROW HAS erupted between transport giant 'INT and international transport unions over the sale of its logistics division. TNT...

SEAFIELD LOGISTICS, based in Worksop, has invested more than El m in new equipment for its bulk powder operation. It has taken...

It is often said that you could get a better return on your money putting it in the building society than running a road...

Leading Russian CV manufacturer GAZ has snapped up [DV from its US owners and the Russians have big plans. Julian Miines...

IN SEPTEMBER Commercial Motorwi II run the largest comparative g roup test the road transport industry has seen in 20 years....

TRADE UNION LEADERS have won £170,0(X) of European Union funding to educate officials about the need to harmonise pay and...

A BANKER IN THE south-west of England is urging hauliers to consider buying fuel on a fixedprice agreement to help them manage...

A LINCOLNSHIRE-BASED haulage company is bucking the trend expanding its truck and trailer fleet to take advantage of an...

Operators offering annual tests are being hit by Vosa cutbac their customers aren't happy either. David Craik reports. A...

FAIR TRIALS AB ROAD (ETA), the organisation that campaigns on behalf of UK truck drivers wrongfully jailed overseas, has...

LOGISTICS GIANT DHL is poised to take over the delivery of products to NHS hospitals, prompting a strike threat among hundreds...

THE DISPUTE BETWEEN the Transport and General Workers Union (T& G) and supermarket chain Iceland has been resolved after...

A BIG SHAKE-UP within Laser I ransport International failed to prevent an pre-tax losses increasing to £329,000 last year. The...

As talKs continue about restructuring Eurotunners debts, a dip in freight volumes couldn't have come at a worse time. Guy...

LANCASHIRE OPERATOR Matthew Kibble Transport has seen its business grow by 30% during the past six months on the back of an...

A MASSIVE fuel-laundering plant in Northern Ireland has been shut down. The plant, in the Killeavey area of South Armagh, was...

THE CM/PALL-EX driver health cards have had an outstanding response from the road transport industry, with requests for...

OPERATORS CAN NOW take advantage of an accident analysis service free from road safety campaign group Brake. Brake has set up...

A long-running 0-licensing wrangle is likely to run on a little longer following a Leeds public inquiry. Mike Jewell reports....

Although the cost of diesel in Europe has remained stable this month, the Israel/Lebanon conflict is causing oil prices to...

A year on from the cancellation of the Lorry Road User Charge and there's a feeling of frustration at the trade associations....

YOUR COMPETITION to win an"ADR kit" (CM 29 June) is somewhat misleading regarding the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use...

Should operators have incentives for moving to Euro-5 before the deadline? CM allows both sides to put forward their...

The decision to withdraw the proposed grant programme that was being considered via the Energy Saving Trust has left little, if...

GERMANY, HOLLAND and Spain already offer incentives for Euro-5 emission-level vehicles Germany through Maut tolls on LGVs and...

MAN ER F UK does notbelieve the early introduction of Euro5 is in the interests of either the market or the environment. In...

does not believe early introduction of Eura-5 is in the interests of either market or environment It would simply lock UK...

What does the Minister of State for Public Health make of the idea of walk-in centres for transport workers? C ommercial...

Dear Ms Flint Following your kind support for the Commercial Motor Health Challenge !would like to draw your attention to some...

Quadrant Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Dear Ms Cole, Thank you for your letter of 25 May about work underway to promote the health of...

the director was "talked into" running 13 unauthorised vehicles. k WEST Midlands firm that allowed its Kelsh associate to...

WHEN VANDALS prevented a firm from using its authorised operating centre, it illegally parked its one vehicle in a lay-by close...

THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has rejected an appeal by an accountant who was refused a two-vehicle international licence by the...

COMPANY WAS granted a restricted licence )r three vehicles after one of its directors admitted ivolvement with at least three...

minutes' rest in eight hours A SPOT CHECK revealed that a British driver driving to Ireland from Holland had little more than...

Your employees can land you with an expensive compensation claim if they abuse their fellow workers. Anna West reports. U...

Harassment - Unwanted conduct [or grounds of gender, race, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age] that has the...

A driver agency faces allegations that it exploited foreig workers contracted to VVincanton, but who is responsible fc the...

simply for finding someone work or putting them on their books. • An agency cannot withhold pay simply because they have not...

An abundance of fleet-specced tractors in the used sector has created a buyers' market. With the Nor, Mercedes-Benz has...

cab and give the truck a real once-over and Britain is in the middle of a heatwave with temperatures regularly topping 30C....

particular model. Like all trucks, it has --certain characteristics you either love or hate and occasionally one comes off the...

The Internet has revolutionised the way people shop and massively increased the _number of home deliveries. erikirrinvirkeports...

sheet of paper on a table and draws a little diagram. There are three parties involved in the home delivery chain, he says: the...

and vehicle manufacturers are coming up with innovative ways to keep loads safe. With the dramatic increase in parcel delivery...

Many sectors show growth and a 10% increase in any given market would be deemed substantial. But the figures surrounding UK...

Along with many others. Amazon and eBay have opened up the internet shopping business dramatically over the past few years....

There's more to DaimlerChrysler than the faces of Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi Fuso that we see in Europe. A significant part...

Driving a full-sized US truck on public highways is not something experienced by European journalists every day. Thanks to some...

coverage of 100's of truckers 'showing' their highly polished and cleaned rigs in all their glory. Includes commentary and...

US truckers can trace their origins back to the days of the wild west and drive some of the biggest rigs in the world. The crew...

featuring trucks, drivers, forestry machinery, spectacular scenery and wildlife in extreme climates between dust and snow!...

earthmoving equipment working on major projects in Britain including 15 at Heathrow. Features Bell, Caterpillar, Euclid and...

Four, not to be missed, features including the movement of cranes from Rotterdam to Canada, an industrial vessel through...

This programme looks at some of the larger JCB machines at work on sites. It takes in eartlunoving for warehouse construction,...

Each of the exceptional loads shown required careful planning and equipment and includes the movement of a Boeing 747, bridge...

This 60 minute film shows how, with good planning and skillful driving, you can move almost anything and this film shows just...

This superb film covers from chainsaw to sawmill in British Columbia. It covers the transportation of timber by truck, train...

in short supply in Canada. This great new film was aimed at Dutch drivers wishing to move to Canada to work but includes much...

legal — provided your cabin bed is made up. Oliver Dickson travels down some of the US's stranger legal byways. T he US...

t isn't just the weather that is hot at the moment — used sales have Deen impressive across the board at independent dealer...

18-tonne boxvan. They have hard lives, but we are confident we can track down one in decent condition and still have change...

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