Since the Working Time Directive (WTD) was introduced in April 2005, it has split the industry three ways between those who...

By Roger Brown THE BOSS OF ONE of Northern Ireland’s largest haulage irms, Boyle Transport, has been jailed after an...

By Joanna Bourke THE ADMINISTRATORS of collapsed Lincolnshire-based Hurst Transport are hoping property sales will help to...

THE DIRECTOR OF Hampshire haulier Crossways Transport confirms the business continues to trade despite a meeting of creditors...

CM COULD NOT let this issue go by without some tenuous references to the Royal wedding, so congratulations to Premier...

By Joanna Bourke FOUR HAULIERS working for Tarmac Building Products will have to look for new revenue streams after the...

GLOUCESTERSHIRE-BASED distribution company CM Downton has brought in 17 new Renault Premium 6x2 tractors for its Pets at Home...

DHL EXPRESS UK and Ireland chief executive Phil Couchman says the irm recorded double-digit volume in Q1 despite the sale of...

By Roger Brown A WASTE HAULIER that had its O-licence revoked after it failed to promptly tell a Trafic Commissioner (TC) it...

THE ORGANISER OF the tipping and bulk haulage show Tip-Ex 2011, which takes place at Harrogate between 10-12 June 2011, has...

EUROPEAN PLANS to charge HGVs for environmental and road costs move a step closer next month when the European Parliament votes...

By Kevin Swallow CANUTE GROUP is trialling 12 DAF XF105s from depots across the north of England to evaluate the whole-life...

PALLET NETWORKS Pall-Ex and Palletforce have both invested in new IT systems to improve eficiency and functionality for...

BREAD MAKER Warburtons continues its commitment to alternative fuels with six dual-fuel Mercedes-Benz Axor 1840 tractor units...

Van and truck rental company Burnt Tree has added 20 new Isuzu 7.5-tonne rigids to its fleet from North West dealer Warrington...

Manchetts Rescue & Recovery has taken delivery of a new 7.5-tonne Renault Midlum cab. The cab is fitted with a Dyson...

MCL Logistics of Chepstow has taken delivery of three new Scanias, continuing its 20-year relationship with the brand. The R500...

External lighting specialist David Webster Lighting has added a new 18-tonne Iveco Eurocargo rigid to its fleet. The 4x2...

Two new Volvo FH rigids have been put into operation at Devon haulier MR Horn Transport . The 6x2 tractor units will operate at...

Scrap metal merchant T Holmes & Co has landed two new Scanias for use in its scrap metal business. The units, a 480hp tractor...

By Chris Druce PARTNERLINK, THE haulage consortium backed by Knights of Old, AK Worthington and John G Russell among others,...

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE (ND) has won a deal to distribute products for lawnmower manufacturer Hayter. Hayter, which has its...

Derbyshire’s Donington Park circuit saw the start of the 2011 FIA European Truck Racing Championship. After a 10-year break,...

TWO FAMILIAR FACES One of the first people CM bumped into was Mike Penning, self-confessed petrol head and transport minister,...

CM meets the man behind the company that works hard to stay true to its name: Stand & DeLiver Words: Joanna Bourke / Images:...

The recession means modern warehousing property is scarce but there are alternatives for expanding operators in need of more...

The falling availability of good-quality buildings is likely to have a significant effect on rents over the next two years and...

IT IS NICE To see criticism of foreign vehicles (“Worst trucks ever made”, CM 21 April). Still with the bigoted knocking of...

I’VE BEEN A subscriber to CM since 1963 and was a haulier for many years. I now restore ERFs and I like to keep up to date...

The Sussex-based waste firm was fined after a member of the public was killed by one of its trucks By Roger Brown...

BWR HAULAGE has been given the go ahead to base four vehicles and six trailers at its facility in Florence Street, Bradford....

New anti-bribery laws can result in 10-year sentences and unlimited fines. How can operators protect their businesses? Words:...

Shortage of resources and the complexity of some cases mean that there can be lengthy delays between opening an investigation...

CM recently reported ( CM 7 April) on a company that had been subject to a two-year VOSA investigation relating to tachograph...

In March this year, Inverness company James Paterson Haulage was fined £13,000 after one of its drivers, Andrew Brown, was...

Operators should brush up their drivers’ roadside etiquette now that VOSA has new stopping powers Words: Tim Ridyard /...

Under the regulations , which amend the Road Traffic Act 1988, the secretary of state for transport can appoint VOSA...

The FM/FH brands have been on the go since 1998. They were revamped in 2001 and again in 2005. Today, FM has five cabs: day,...

The FH range comes with four cab choices: day, sleeper, Globetrotter and Globetrotter XL, and it is the latter that CM is...

If you want more space and storage, and you have deeper pockets, then the FH Globetrotter XL is the truck for you. The CM team...

Harris & Miners/Brian Harris Transport epitomised the traditional image of a proper British haulier. CM looks back at the...

The firm’s signature Devon to Scotland service can be traced back to 1947, when Jerry Harris and Sam Miners were offered a...

Words: Gerri Excell / Images: Rex Features We pass them every day – sudden flashes of colour at the side of the road, but...

We should never forget that the roadsides are a public space and a dangerous place to be, and that they were not designed as...

Local authorities have acknowledged that roadside memorials are highly emotive and have to be dealt with using sensitivity and...

a map’ are gone. With the right interfaces and software, you can monitor Loads, provide reports on fleet performance, monitor...

The obvious development from tracking is to look at historical trip data, to see if vehicles have deviated from their routes...

There’s a clear link between satellite navigation systems and vehicle tracking but, until recently, the best-known sat-nav...

in the mobile phone market, so why not use it in other areas of IT? It gives the user the flexibility to try a system without a...

watchful eye Onboard cameras, whether inward or outward facing, can help protect your drivers, vehicles and business Words:...

Selling parts to fleets with their own service and to independent workshops is a ruthless activity – so how do dealers...

Dealers who want to compete effectively in the parts market have to make a substantial commitment to holding stock. Ford &...

THERE COULD be trouble ahead for the light CV market, as more vans enter the market just as sales of used vans remain...