Digital tacho regulations are delayed until November. As the industry reels at the news, operators fume. Andy Salter reports....

AN OPERATOR who was jailed for falsifying maintenance records after a fatal accident in Southampton, has lost his 0-licence and...

THE NEW OWNERS of the former Richard Lawson Auto Logistics business have begun expanding its 200-strong fleet just a month...

A TRUCK DRIVER threatened with a prosecution for speeding is to fight the case because his tacho chart suggests the police...

The Transport & General Workers Union plans to set a minimum national pay and conditions target for oil tanker drivers, then...

The FTA says employers' representatives and unions should unite to offer the best possible advice to drivers now the unions are...

Truck driver David Wilson is to sue the Greek government for 2200,000 damages for wrongful imprisonment following a sentence...

st week we referred to thefts from the Whitwood Industries Estate in West Yorkshire, more commonly known as Wakefield Europort....

The directors of Scottish operator Malcolm Group have agreed to sell the company to its management for 269.8m.

Customs & Excise will announce the successful bidders for LRUC this week; the LRUC is due to come into force in 2008.

French prosecutors say a Volvo design fault killed 39 people in the Mont Blanc tunnel fire — Volvo disagrees. David Harris...

Al1 ER A DIFFICULT year in which it faced tough trading conditions and engaged in abortive merger negotiations with Christian...

P&O IS URGING operators to follow its lead and claim compensation from the port of Calais for the weeks of disruption caused by...

DIESELTRUCKS that pump out harmful pollutants are posing a serious threat to public health and should be banned from city...

Brian Weatherley challenges us all, government and operators alike, to come up with practical, efficient and, above all, green...

Far from increasing recycling, industry specialists say the aggregates tax is damaging the environment. Guy Sheppard reports....

THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association is calling on the government to freeze fuel duty and maintain diesel price stability while...

A council says the FTA and RHA didn't object to a truckstop closure. Jennifer Ball reports. THE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS have...

next...erm... individual. On the margin challenges you to break the mould. If one of those intolerably dull surveys were...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1912 and...

Iveco's Continental breakdown service is slammed after a French garage tries to charge £900 to repair an injector pipe. Guy...

CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to stop trucks from overtaking on a two-lane stretch of the M42 could be in force as early as next month,...

MAN-ERF has spent £20m on supporting its liabilities on secondhand truck values after ERF profits rose by 68%. Andy Salter...

MAN-ERF WILL unveil its new lightweight truck range, the TGL, at this year's CV show on 5 April, giving the Birmingham...

MAN WILL LAUNCH an updated version of its TGA range, complete with all-new V8 engine, in 2007. The new engine, developed...

We're still awaiting the influx of East European drivers following EU expansion, but there are more trucks than ever. David...

NORTHERN IRELAND'S Roads Service is trying to alleviate operators' fears that they face three years of disruption when...

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) standard on the type approval...

A LYNX DRIVER had a lucky escape when youths hurled a brick through his vehicle's windscreen in Northampton. The missile was...

were damaged in Fleckney,Leicestershire. The incident took place between 6.30pm on 18 February and 1.30pm the next day. The...

POLICE ARE APPEALING for witnesses following the theft of a truckload of Disney beach towels worth £170,000. The thieves struck...

The people of Edinburgh have voted — and provided the council with a congestion conundrum. Chris Tindall asks what happens...

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE registrations made a strong start to the year, with 26,233 new vehicles registered in January up 4.6% on...

Total monthly van sales rose 6.1% in January to 21,970 units.ln the rolling year-todate sales hit 330, 856, up 8.9% over...

Truck sales began to ease in the New Year with January registrations falling 3.4% year on year, to 3,929. Trucks up to 15...

A lawyer, a property developer and a former dry goods operator have created a temperature controlled business they claim rivals...

I HAVE sent the following to the M6 toll road company after reading your interview with the MD Tom Fanning (CA/17 February):...

AFILK READING the article on light tippers (CM17 February), I felt compelled to respond. We are the largest suppliers of small...

LRUC: MY guess is that the arguments and discussions will go on to the last minute. as usual with New Labour. This will all...

The Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations have more than 20,000 members between them; which group could do more for...

TC curtails 0-licence and suspends HGV licence for hours offences, but decides revocation would be too harsh. A YEAR-LONG...

A WELSH FARMER had his licence curtailed for the second time for maintenance problems, including loose wheel nuts and a poor...

A DRIVER was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £580 after being convicted by the Leyland magistrates of falsifying a...

THE LOAN OFan 0-licence to an unlicensed operator has cost the licensee £500 in fines and costs. Baden Powell Wright, of...

A LIMITED company that had been wrongly operating under a sole trader licence for the past 12 months has been granted an...

Fixed penalties for driving offences are set to bring overseas truckers to book, much to the relief of UK operators. But will...

Proposals outlined in the DfT's discussion document Penalties will be graduated between £50 and £500 to reflect the severity of...

New EU driving licence regulations could require a microchip and increased HGV medical checks. Adam Hill reports. T his...

After its success last year CM is repeating its free legal clinic at the CV Show. Patric Cunnane explains how to book your...

What you need to do • Ring CM's legal clinic hotline on 020 8652 3251 • Tell us briefly what your query concerns— ie Working...

What do Tango adverts, a mobile phone network, fruit, the Dutch national football team and David 'cheap as chips' Dickinson...

Emma Penny reports. W hod work as a courier or delivering parcels? Chaotic stop-start traffic crawling through city centres...

We drove the Trafic dCi 140 with 400kg on board, and two Master vans — the dCi 100 and dCi 120— carrying 800kg. We enjoyed the...

Ever since Crane Fruehauf dropped the ball in the UK petroleum tanker market Cobo has been steadily parking its tanks on more...

How low can you go? Cisternas Cobo (UK) will launch a new lightweight petroleum tank trailer at the Federation of Petroleum...

Cisterns Cobo (UK) MD Tony Blakeway is joining the small but vocal band of disenchanted trailer manufacturers who say they can...

If you build trailers, Trailer Systems will be happy to supply running gear to your specs that can be fitted and ready to roll...

The petrochemical market is the most tightly regulated road transport sector. Tirn Maughan enters a world of subterranean...

is a tricky task, especially when your competitors are such well established names as Toyota,Mitsubishi,Ford, Nissan and Land...

to be most concerned about its profitability and continued growth. But this is only true up to a point. One of its core...

people who haven't got enough qualifications to work at the plant (employees must have attended school until the age of 16, as...

The southern coast of India was hit by the great tsunami, killing at least 8,000 people and leaving 140,000 more homeless. The...

Even for the best operators the law sometimes changes too fast to handle. Sandy Bruce wonders when it will stop. I thought...

Mien the Royal Mail offloads vehicles from ts fleet you are guaranteed plenty of variety. R oyal Mail has used British Car...

When the European Union opened its doors to even more countries from Eastern Europe so began the end for one of transports...

Commercial Vehicle Auctions handled the sale for Be Ilgate UK at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor near York at the end ot January. More...

MAN-ERF is serious about used trucks — and it intends to prove it Emma Penny reports. T he trend for manufacturers to take...