Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) buys RH Freight (see p6): we didn’t see that one coming! While Norbert Dentressangle’s takeover of TDG...

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk KUEHNE + NAGEL’S (K+N) acquisition of RH Freight Group will create the second largest mover of...

John Manners-Bell , CEO of Transport Intelligence, says K+N has had plans to expand its road operations for some time, and the...

laura.hailstone@rbi.co.uk THE FAIRFUELUK campaign handed in 120,000 signatures to No.10 Downing Street yesterday (2 March) as...

SHEFFIELD-BASED Brocklebank (Demolition), which supplies turf and hardcore, has bought two new 11-plate Volvo FMX 420 8x4...

UNITE THE UNION has asked seven major fuel distributors to talk with it about securing improved tanker driver terms and...

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk CONCERNS HAVE BEEN raised that a lorry road user charge (LRUC), set to be operational by 2014 to...

HEAVY HAULAGE specialist Les Searle is to take part in the 2011 London to Brighton historic CV run with a parade of steam...

THE ROAD TRANSPORT Group publishing portfolio, which includes Commercial Motor , Motor Transport , Truck & Driver , the Motor...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk CITY LINK INSISTS ownerdrivers are still vital to its delivery model but that its reliance on adhoc...

VOSA CLAIMS ITS SPOT checks on foreign vehicles are successful after the driver of a Spanish truck was jailed this week when...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk WEST MIDLANDS-based Bil Logistics has joined Fortec to replace insolvent irm DY Pallets Logistics,...

TOMTOM BUSINESS Solutions will again be at the CV Show and this year it will be promoting greener driving through the use of...

HAVE YOUR SAY ON which vehicles take the title of Fleet Truck and Fleet Van of the Year in the 2011 Motor Transport Awards, and...

roger.brown@rbi.co.uk THE BOSS OF collapsed Staffordshire haulier Holford Contracts has been ordered to pay £32,000, after...

FREIGHT EXCHANGES uShip and Shiply have settled a copyright dispute with a compensation and redesign agreement. Online...

UNSECURED CREDITORS of stricken West Midlands-based FG Foster Haulage are unlikely to get a dividend, according to its...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk AN ABSENCE OF regulations over sub-standard wheels entering the haulage industry will lead to a...

JOB VACANCIES IN the transport sector have bucked unemployment trends, according to Skills for Logistics (SfL), which says...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR, alongside its sister title Motor Transport and Roadtrans port.com, is looking for a deputy group news...

steve.hobson@rbi.co.uk MAN WILL USE the CV Show to launch two new parts initiatives designed to reduce operators’ running...

Excuse me, is that a jumbo takeaway? THIS DOES BRING a whole new meaning to trunking... We’re not too sure if this load is...

Another issue that has been running for a good few years is that of longer semi-trailers. We decided to go back to basics and...

Trucking Britain Out Of Recession survey – and, surprise, surprise, the overwhelming majority (70%) of operators cited the...

Edwin Shirley Transport was the big name in rock and roll haulage for decades, but this year it nearly disappeared – but then...

● Transam Trucking: in the 12 months to 31 December 2009, the company made a pre-tax profit of £174,257 on sales of...

The government says its lorry road user charge may not generate much revenue and it is still uncertain how UK hauliers will be...

How much for Euro-3? We don’t have that kind of money I HAVE been looking to purchase another truck and saw a couple of...

I READ with interest the investigation on ‘Prime time crime’ (CM 17 February). However, I would like to point out some...

The latest comments on Roadtransport.com Unite warns of tanker driver strikes ahead of showdown talks (CM 24 February) “Here...

Collapsed company head installed partner as director of dormant company to allow continued trading roger.brown@rbi.co.uk THE...

WESTERN AND WEST MIDLANDS TRAFFIC AREAS Downton seeks cider decider CM DOWNTON has submitted an O-licence application for...

● Thatcham, Berks-based PTM International will attend a PI on 10 March. The TC will look at disciplinary action against the...

LLOYD FRASER wants to position 20 vehicles and trailers at a facility in Milborne St Andrew, Blandford Forum, Dorset. The...

When are we exempt from keeping to drivers’ hours? We have an operating centre on one of the Scottish islands with six...

Expiry dates How do I remove expired points and endorsements from my licence? You can have the expired endorsements removed...

What happens when an abnormal load job goes wrong? We carried out an abnormal load job for a customer and gave a notiication...

If you’d like to ask the RHA helpdesk experts a question, please email patric.cunnane@ rbi.co.uk or write to Legal Q+A,...

When can you ask for your job back? A haulier makes three drivers redundant. Unaware of this, another driver gives in his...

When do we need to have a tacho fitted? We run some four-wheel drive vehicles, which occasionally pull trailers loaded with...

is better than revocation Staying compliant requires the ability to plan ahead and keep all staff informed of changes to the...

reclaim game Reclaiming VAT spent abroad can be a complicated task. What can you do to make life easier? An electronic VAT...

Tachograph remote downloading came to prominence five years ago, but confusion remains over the different systems Words: Karen...

what Al Gore might call “an inconvenient truth”. They want what “it” can deliver, but they certainly don’t want...

There is, as they say, many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip, and the streets of London are littered with traps for the kind...

With the help of a poll on Biglorryblog, CM has assembled the definitive list of trucks everyone should drive before they die...

Super-Liner When Mack’s new conventional made its US debut in 1977 as a replacement for the venerable R700 it was the...

Contractor Of all the huge ‘Mountain Movers’ which eased their way out of the Scammell factory gates at Watford, the...

Foden 21 From the gentle, smooth contour of the front wing (which demanded to be caressed, rather like patting the head of...

Longline Take an iconic truck cab from the Scania 4-Series, extend its sleeping compartment backwards by 1,300mm, put the bunk...

in 1985, few suspected it was only a trial run for the 1990 launch of the most iconic artic in the business, still going strong...

Was Bedford’s little TK the UK’s ‘quintessential light truck through most of the 1960s and 1970s’ as claimed by...

“It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June, In a Kenworth pullin’ logs, A Cabover Pete with a reefer on, And a Jimmy...

Any must-drive Top 10 has to include the F88, the truck that put Volvo on the map across the length and breadth of Europe and...

off the sun’s glare, thus keeping the cab cooler and also protecting it from falling debris) and monster bonnet and grille,...

The ERF B Series not only became the backbone of Britain’s transport fleets, but also helped the Sandbach manufacturer...

Fancy a new Look? Read CM’s tips on how to customise your fleet – without going bankrupt Words: George Barrow and Will...

Commonly thought to have been invented in Holland, the illuminated headboard was actually first seen in Denmark in 1970, having...

It’s all very well making your truck look like the dog’s dangly bits from the outside, but no customised truck is complete...

What better way to make your truck stand out than giving it a unique custom paint job? But be warned: although there are plenty...

some operators may want to reinvigorate members of their tried-and-tested fleet. Legislation, particularly the upcoming 2012...

● CM’s sister publication Truck & Driver is in the process of ‘pimping’its very own truck, and all of the experts...

If the shiny chrome looks of your light bars and stacks still aren’t enough, then how about adding a metal catwalk? A number...

While you could spend months driving your project truck to countless companies, there is another option. You could take the...

quick and easy to fit, and best of all they have a significant safety benefit too. It’s no wonder that spotlights and light...

With spending cuts beginning to bite and the future of UK plc still in doubt, there are good reasons for buying used rather...

Being able to obtain a nearly new truck for a relatively low outlay when set against the invoice for a new one appeals to...

One big advantage of buying a second-hand truck is immediate availability, says Matt Heath, general manager, fleet sales, at...

While many dealers report used stock shortages, others say they have plenty of vehicles on tap. “Our site at Middleton is...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk THE HULME GROUP is the latest company to join the burgeoning Isuzu Truck dealer network. Traditionally...

WEST MIDLANDS multi-franchise dealer Greenhous Group has opened a new Volkswagen Van Centre dealership in Bilston. The move...

Many UK truck dealers pay scant regard to the export market and its influence on the values of used trucks. Many years ago,...

Family dealer DG Taylor takes its turn under the Webwatch microscope Words: James Clark Company: DG Taylor Commercial...

Multipart has added Fromebased dealer Imperial Commercials to its network of VANfit and Diesel Technic all-makes parts...