City Council to exempt CVs from the UK's first congestion charging scheme. Vehicles entering Durham City Centre between...

launched www.norseitco.uk, a website with data on its rates and sailing times between Shetland and Aberdeen. It is also to...

could cost the industry up to 11.5bn a year, which equates to a 15% drop in productivity.

from unconscious or incapacitated drivers without their consent to see if they can be prosecuted for drink or drug-driving.

weeks from 3 February 2003 for refurbishment; it is due to re-open on 26 May, The site will be extended to include Vehicle...

An article was published in the October 2002 edition of our sister publication, Commercial Motor Ireland, about hauliers in...

2 by Jennifer Ball Customs & Excise is planning a major crackdown on diesel rackets in a bid to slash the use of illegal...

Northern Ireland involves rebated off-road fuels, diesel, paraffin arid a range of technical products known as 'tied oils, all...

III Customs officials are playing down fears that Welsh ferry ports have become a soft touch for smugglers following two major...

Ailes Brignall irs facing massive rises in insurance premiums will 'prised to learn that averai ms in the sector rose by Ian...

• Truck drivers will be ordered to pay £20 a time for digital tachograph 'smart cards' when they are issued next year. Once the...

El The introduction of Type Approval for trailers and bodywork has moved a step closer with the publication of a consultation...

by Michael Jewell Hauliers using agency transport managers have been dealt another blow after North Eastern Traffic...

• by Miles Brignal The problems caused for international operators by Me; immigrants from the Red Cross Sangatte Centre ns...

• The government has promised an extra £15m of funding this year for local authorities to carry out vital road safety schemes...

te European Court of :e has cleared the way Spain to resume using its hauliers who r hire-purchase new CVs. 1998 the European...

Far be it for Commercial Motor to offer anything other than whole-hearted support for the latest move by HM Customs and Excise...

40 by Guy Sheppard A new freight subsidy due to be launched next year could trigger a big switch away from road to rail, says...

• The UK road ha industry enjoyed a healthy ket growth last year—but of the top 177 companies reported an "astour decline in...

II Suffolk police are appealing for witnesses after a truck containing a load of dangerous agricultural herbicides was stolen...

We like to hear the stor readers think we sho be following. CM is har to preserve the anal mity of readers who pi vide us with...

• Marcus Layton, the co-owner and director of United Trailers (UK), died of cancer last Thursday; he was 49. A friendly but...

• A new device designed to deter fuel thieves is being launched after police warned that existing products may be too expensive...

Colin Matthews is Hays' new CEO: he joins the company from Transco, part of the Lattice Group.

Geodis UK has won a contract with Revelation Shirts to distribute garments to highstreet shops throughout the UK. Five new...

DTS Logistics, which moves more than 100 million hanging garments a year, has appointed Glenn Payton as its first head of...

Spanish logistics provider Transport Cameras has expanded its European presence, opening its first UK office in Poole, Dorset,...

Express operator Europa Worldwide Services has set up a company website which includes UK, European and worldwide tariffs,...

Horizon Recruitment has launched a logistics division, operating out of its Sheffield and Bradford offices and offering C+ E...

• Truck drivers who break 30mph speed limits by as little as 5mph are unaware of the potentially fatal consequences to...

MI A skip hire operator has been fined £2,000 with £3,300 costs for leaving waste on a farm without a licence. David Britton,...

Hauliers in England can obtain free fuel advice via the Government's Road Haulage Modernisation Fund at seminars run by Simon...

• by Chrislindall The Freight Transport Association is fighting the driver shortage with a series of campaigns designed to...

Overloading is one of the easiest offences to commit—and the potential penalties are set to become tougher than ever, if the...

Proposal 20: Using vehicles in a dangerous condition • Under this proposal, driver licence disqualification would be mandatory...

Southfields' move from its cramped HQ at Loughborough to a purpose-built plant at Langar proves that some clouds occasionally...

If there's a trailer behind it, Jost wants to make the connection. CM takes a look at the German fifthwheel manufacturer's...

MI British operators have never really embraced the wagon and drag. Sure, there's a significant number of drawbars in the UK...

A Worcestershire-based truck dealer has joined the long list of rental and finance companies which have had vehicles returned...

Cheshire, has been given a formal warning over prohibition notices and a failure to fulfil maintenance undertakings by North...

tachograph rules have led to the loss of Mary Price's licence. She traded as Price To Move, of Worcester. West Midland IC David...

Transport with a warning over alleged breaches of the hours and tachograph rules. The company appeared before the TC at an...

Bristolbased John Foley against the curtailment of his licence to three vehicles by Western TC Philip Brown. Foley failed to...

as G Morgan Transport, has been cut from two vehicles and four trailers to one vehicle and one trailer because of his...

A South Yorkshire operator who blamed his previous maintenance contractor for prohibition notices has escaped with a warning....

An Essex opera-tor who was relying on 'phantom transport managers' has lost his appeal against the refusal of his licence...

Get real, Weatherley! Well, er, not quite—in principle I couldn't agree more with your comment headed "Mobile Madness" (CM...

With regard to digital tachographs and their proposed introduction in 2004, I have yet to read of any reason why they are...

I note with great concern the latest controversial decision made by Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms concerning WC Commercials'...

I read with great interest the article about Purtleet test station (CM 5-11 Sept). The first thing that concerned me was the...

The most important point that not raised anywhere in your Building a Business special (C 5-11 Sept) is the fact that the...

offered nice relaxing massages in a bid to get them all to calm down and drive a little more safely. Hull Council hopes to...

(CNN Sept-2 Oct) the London Cycling Campaign and the FTA were keen to hand out aides-memoire to all and sundry to remind them...

Our new column in celebration of the universal law. .what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 4 October 1927 Dennis Bros...

by) Hinos, but Hino's UK importer Harris (UK) reports fewer than 40 registrations on the British mainland this year. This...

constant pressure from customers and competitors alike—letting standards slip is not an option. Running refrigerated vehicles...

West Wales-based haulier Roland Llewellin has set up an internet-based load matching service targeted at reefer operators (see...

Transhigoroute International: "41313108585; fax, 441 31370 8588; www.transfrigo.com. A federation, founded in 1955, whose aim...

The reefer market is a place of expensive products and a furious pace of innovation. Steve McQueen reports. Y ou can't compete...

FR In July the Department of Transport suddenly announced that the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Traffic Area Network are to...

Vi test stations are being inconsistent over the positioning of foglights on tippers. • To samd off about a road transport...

failing on faults that have been evident for years. For example, the lighting regulations state that if a vehicle is fitted...