"It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British...

Vasa proposes OCRS calculation changes By Roger Brown VOSA IS PROPOSING to make changes to the way Operator Compliance Risk...

Brown 'broke fuel-freeze vow' A WEEK AFTER the industry was landed with two consecutive fuel duty rises, Prime Minister Gordon...

By Joanna Bourke WITH DHL EXCEL Supply Chain and Wincanton being hit by retailers MFI and Woolworths going into administration....

DRIVERS AT McPherson of Aberlour could strike for three days starting tomorrow (Friday 5 December) if a pay dispute with the...

Guess what? New EU states enjoy lower operating costs By David Harris THE STATISTICAL office of the European Union (EU) has...

Members of haulage crime gang sentenced AN 11-STRONG crime ring that targeted lorries and yards across the country, stealing...

Landrec (UK) creditors could be forced to write off their debts CUMBRIAN LOGISTICS firm WM Armstrong says it is taking legal...

By Julian Mitnes THE BRITISH VAN Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has published a CO 2 guide to vans ahead of the date...

THE EU HAS unveiled a €5bn (f4.2bn) package designed to help Europe's truck, van and car-makers survive the current financial...

One of the forum users has started a thread under the subject 'local jobs for local hauliers'. His post argues against what he...

Road Tech defies slump with £900,000 server investment By Andy Satter DESPITE THE current economic uncertainty, road transport...

Volvo tippers to get Dll engines in '09 FOLLOWING THE launch of the new Dll engine in its FM tractor range, Volvo has...

GERMAN TRAILER-MAKER Krone has followed fellow manufacturer Schmitz by offering a trailer axle weight-control system that helps...

Boris to bin London's C-charge extension By Roger Brown BORIS JOHNSON plans to scrap the western extension of Central London's...

Online freight exchange gets 'regular runs service running HAULAGE EXCHANGE has launched a regular runs service aimed at...

THE 2009 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards are now open for entries. The awards, in association with Skills for...

By Chris Tindall HEAVY HAULIERS have called a complex online system aiming to make the planning and notification of abnormal...

Waste group counts cost of comparison site THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) waste group is objecting to a new online waste...

By Chris Tindal . , THE PROPERTY developer trying to sell the former Akonbury lorry park in Cambridgeshire has quashed rumours...

to the DVLA when he moved house, but only received the driving licence back, has resulted in him working illegally. Without...

of a 20-year-old worker who died following a six-year battle with cancer. Neil Sharpies, of Holbrook, had always wanted to run...

With the increasing number of trucks travelling across Europe, the European Traffic Police Network spent a week pulling over...

Work together to support Andover development I AM WRITING regarding "Andover airfield developer ditches Tesco contract" (CM 13...

ROGER KING NEEDS to digest his own words before writing any more letters to the BBC. In "It's all about having respect" (CM 20...

The new NV200 van will be launched next year, and to get the full details we catch up with Nissan's van boss Andy Palmer....

Robberies, competition from immigrants and the economy are big concerns for the Spanish drivers we interviewed in truckstops...

Tribunal upholds decision to terminate licence HIE TRANSPORT Tribunal has rejected an appeal by an owner-driver against the...

POLISH LORRY driver Edward Kicinski was cleared at Mold Crown Court of causing the death of a 10-year old girl after his lorry...

Tribunal says TAO could have helped more AN OPERATOR WHO failed to provide required information on finances and parking has...

Haulier unable to comply loses a peal AN OPERA I OR who traded under the 0-licence of a failed company has lost his appeal to...

the last thing a parent needs to worry about is if taking time off to care for their child will leave their job in jeopardy....

Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML): 26 weeks Compulsory Maternity Leave: Two weeks (four weeks for factory workers) immediately...

The Government is considering tough new measures to crack down on speeding drivers. Its research shows that lorry drivers are...

The Government is considering whether there should be a fixed-penalty offence of £.60 and three penalty points for careless...

speeding fixed penalties for MO, plus three penalty points, and then only then if a driver has eight or less penalty points on...

When the argument in the pub over which manufacturer makes the best medium-sized van spills out on to the street, there's only...

Price: f 16,370 Engine: Euro 4 2.0-litre common-rail turbo-dieset Power/torque: 120h p/300N m Transmission: Six-speed manuat...

Price: L 8,750 Engine: Euro 4 2.2-litre common-rail turbo-diesel Power/torque: 12847310Nrn Transmission: Six-speed manual GVW:...

Transmission: Six-speed manual NW: 2,940kg Payload: 1,122kg Load volume: 4.7m 3 Last year's group van test saw MercedesBenz's...

One of the 3 dest vans in our group, the Renault Traf faced its toughest challenge yet with this test. It created something of...

Price: £15295 Engine: Euro-4 2.5-litre common-rail turbo-diesel Power/torque: 117hp/294N m Transmission: Five-speed manual...

manual GVW:3,000kg Payload: . Load volume: 5.8m In recent years, the Volkswagen Transporter has firmly established itself as...

While the result of last year's group van test was a little on the predictable side, with a running order emerging that matched...

Multi-drop work and diminishing loads can create real headaches for 2+3 artic operators. Schmitz has come up with a simple way...

Who is at the forefront of truck development technology? The Europeans? The North Americans? The Japanese? CM analyses who is...

The first thing is not to stop talking to your bank. Even if you are having cashf low problems and are worried about your...

THE CONFEDERATION of British Industry (CBI) has issued a revised "darker" forecast for 2009, warning of a sustained economic...

Farmers call a for fair pricing policy THE NATIONAL Farmers' Union (NFU) has called on retailers to implement a fair pricing...

SEPTEMBER WAS a 'wretched month' for retail markets, according to retail traffic index figures from Synovate Retail...

Manufacturing staff are being slashed as the recession bites SMALL AND medium-sized manufacturers are cutting staff for the...

Home construction faces contraction STEVE TURNER, head of communications at the Home Builders Federation, says: "Home building...

and peripherals — grew by 2.1% in value in 2007 and is almost 10% up on 2003, despite falling end user prices, according to a...

Volkswagen has opened a Om commercial vehicle centre in Glasgow for Verve Van Centre. Words: Kevin Swallow VOLKSWAGEN...

the crest of a wave or are down in the doldrums, vans are continuing to sell, says BCA... but at a price. Words: Kevin Swallow...