Democracy is a tricky business. MPs are expected to represent their parties as much as their constituents, but it falls to...

The controversial international haulage firm's trial has now begun in earnest following a couple of false starts. Dylan Gray...

CUMBRIAN HAULAGE firm Barnett and Graham has been placed into administration with the loss of 101 jobs. Up to 50 of the...

CHRIS GRAYLING MP has asked the road transport industry to talk to him about its problems to help shape his transport policy....

last financial year, with figures more than doubling from £1.8m to £3.7m. During the year ending 28 February 2006 the firm's...

is designed to establish if "further private-sector involvement will deliver better value for money, improve customer services,...

The Road Safety Week 2006 will run from 6 November: the focus will be on young drivers and passenger safety

A driver is to appear in court accused of killlng paralympics runner by dangerous driving.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a Polish lorry driver was abducted at gunpoint at Ruthersthorpe services on the M1...

Motoring organisations warn plans to toll the M62 will cause chaos in the absence of significant improvements to the motorway.

Two trucks have been stolen from a transport yard near Gloucester; one loaded with vacuum cleaners and the other with wine.

If you bought your Commercial Motor on the news stand last week you will not have received your free Iveco Euro-4 DVD. It's too...

Redundancies at two Wincanton depots could affect drivers and packing staff as talks continue. Bridget Carter reports. UP TO...

LGVs MAY BE banned from the outside lanes of the old Severn Bridge from November. Concerns have been raised over the bridge's...

Mr X wonders how the age discrimination legislation that has just come into force will benefit the ageing road transport...

Declining turnover among road transport operators is hitting the UK service sector, according to government figures. David...

proud owner of two Mercedes-Benz Actroses, thanks to a blown engine on another make of tractor. The firm had never run a M-B...

CHEREAU TRAILERS has supplied Ralph Davies International with 2.5 new trailers engineered for temperature-controlled work. The...

When CRS 24:7 was sold, its new owners thought they were starting with a clean sheet. How wrong they were... Chris Tindall...

THE EUROPEAN Parliament's Environment Committee has published a revised timetable for the introduction of the Euro-5 emissions...

licensing authority plans to crack down on operators who persistently break the law, The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority...

check near I lolyhead were unsafe to continue on their journey, according to Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable of North...

like to write about it? Commercial Motoris looking for a deputy section head who is keen to unearth the top stories and find...

Another haulier has gone into administration in the face of rising costs, resulting in 50 redundancies. Bridget Carter...

NEXT WEEK COMMERCIAL Motor launches the Online Health Challenge: a simple step-by step system to help you break bad habits and...

have to pay for CPCs THE DRIVERS' Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) could cost more than £200 for each new driver...

East YoKs-based HB Holt is buying three new trucks to service a major contract hauling calcium carbonate. Dominic Perry...

A NORFOLK QUARRY company is licking its wounds after being refused planning permission to extend a contract it has had since...

WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS on LGVs came into force in King's Lynn. Norfolk last week.They are designed to stop trucks using the port...

If the T&G has its way, directors implicated in fatal accidents could be imprisoned for corporate manslaughter. David Harris...

GRANTHAM, UNCS-BASED Treasure Transport is the latest company to sign up to a government-funded fuel savings review. which has...

THETFORD WASTE RECYCLER Pearsons could not give its latest contract the cold shoulder: it is handling waste from the coldest...

THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Great North Run team romped home last weekend to raise almost £2,000 for the British Lung Foundation....

Some of the more interesting statistics lurking among the reams of data published by the DfT can be found in the section on...

busy month for Hargreaves Services, with an acquisition and the publication of its latest set of financial results, The County...

Iveco has taken steps to increase its global reach over the past few months. Andy Salter caught up with chief executive Paolo...

of mine, wishing to buy two trailers for export to his own country, today approached at my suggestion a company that is...

as saying it's the end for ownerdrivers (CM 21 September). Oh wouldn't the big firms like small operators to disappear into the...

IN SEPTEMBER 20051 wrote to the Department forTransport to ask what the minimum break required after six hours' work was, as I...

Volvo has just extended its share of Nissan Diesel; Nissan CVs are also to be sold on Volvo and Renault Truck forecourts....

One of the more intriguing developments to emerge from the Hanover show was that Volvo truck dealers in some European...

With the International Van of the Year award tucked under its belt, Ford has wasted no time in expanding its Transit range with...

Tribunal said road safety had been imperilled by hours offences. A NORFOLK OPERATOR which blamed more than 60 hours offences...

are warned for hours offences A DR1 VER WHOSE WV licence was suspended for 14 days after he falsified tachograph records and...

A DURHAM OPERATOR has had its six-vehicle licence cut to two after numerous prohibitions revealed poor maintenance standards...

AN INTERNATIONAL operator has been given until January to sort out its finances before a revocation order sets in. South...

A VEHICLE stopped on suspicion of being overloaded was in such a dangerous condition it was likely to become uncontrollable at...

the first of a two-part report Adam Hill looks at the more powerful of the UK's two regional assemblies. T he Scottish...

How will the transport sector be affected by the new laws that ban age discrimination? Chris Tindall reports. O n 1 October...

suffered age dlscrimlnation to speak initially with their managers or union representatives. If th i s fails they should use...

SAFELY mythapprehensions Health and Safety law is frequently misunderstood — Paul Burnley and Stuart Ponting explode some...

The International Truck of the Year 2007 was revealed at the IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hanover. CM editor—and UK jury...

Premium ran the XF105 extremely close for top votes; at Commercial Motor we've been extremely impressed with its credentials....

International Van of the Year 2007 W ith so many new vans launched over the past 12 months the battle for the van of the year...

The Transit was pushed right to the wire by two extremely strong candidates in the shape of the Sevel range and the Mercedes...

the moment— and when farmers have hard times so do the hauliers who movc their produce.The fortunes of the two industries could...

chiefly Oafs, with a smattering of ERFs. Its mixed trailer fleet is made up of powder tankers, reefers, tippers and...

EASTANGL1A IS A major crop-growing area.Trucks transport vast amounts of grain. potatoes, and other produce across these...

When CMvisited Bill Walling & Sons a few years ago it was heavily involved in the agricultural sector -at its height, it...

Trailer advertising is beginning to take off in a big way in the UK and for hard-pressed operators it seems to represent an...

In October 2004 Culina Logistics decided it was time to replace the corporate logo it had used for the previous 11 years....

advertisers, but it costs much less than buying space on a static billboard.Again,this has been explained by the relative...

Trailer advertising can bring increased revenue, but not all companies use their trailers' potential as a money spinner. Ramage...

its "destination football" branding exercise, Ford was i n no doubt about how to push its campaign to advertise the Transit....

It's big, it's brash and there's one in Blighty We put on our cowboy boots and head for the Wild West of Warwick to drive the...

Brighton (all of 10 nerve-racking miles away) to deliver a light bulb (don't ask...), the aircraft was made largely of wood and...

Filmed on location in Iowa, USA it includes coverage of 100's of truckers 'showing' their highly polished and cleaned rigs in...

US truckers can trace their origins back to the days of the wild west and drive some of the biggest rigs in the world. The crew...

Dramatic coverage of the 1500 mile long 'Alcan' featuring trucks, drivers, forestry machinery, spectacular srPnery and wildlife...

This fantastic film features some of the larger earthmoving equipment working on major projects in Britain including T5 at...

Four, not to be missed, features including the movement of cranes from Rotterdam to Canada, an industrial vessel through...

This programme looks at some of the larger JCB machines at work on sites. It takes in earthmoving for warehouse construction,...

This 60 minute film shows how, with good planning and skillful driving, you can move almost anything and this film shows just...

£15.95 BEDFORD YOU SAW MN THEM Imr EVERYWHERE This DVD comprises of six promotional films dating from 1953 to 1973 and...

Each of the exceptional loads shown required careful planning and equipment and includes the movement of a Boeing 747, bridge...

This superb film covers from chainsaw to sawmill in liggana British Columbia. It covers the transportation of timber by truck,...

Truckers are among the skills in short supply in Canada. This great new film was aimed at Dutch drivers wishing to move to...

Following the success of its Fair Wear and Tear Guide the BVRLA has chosen Manheim Inspection Services to provide training...

Imperial Holdings of South Africa has bought Lex Commercials and renamed it Imperial Commercials. Its first act was to add the...