By Chri5 Tindall ONE IN SEVEN haulage firms could go under if the current economic conditions continue, according to research...

THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) has denied that it already has the results of a study into longer, heavier vehicles (LHVs)...

By Brian Weath,.: INSURANCE GIANT Norwich Union is urging truck operators to take stronger action to prevent their vehicles...

NORWICH UNION offers advice on the best practice for truck operators and drivers to minimise collisions with cyclists: •...

AN OWN E R-DRIVER has described his attempts to retrieve his trailer after the police mistakenly towed it away as an "utter...

KASSBOHRER has become the latest manufacturer to offer an aerodynamic curtainsider trailer. Designed, built and tested over an...

7 receives a welcome boost By Brian Weathertey THE INSTITUTE of Road Transport Engineers/SOE has teamed up with the Institute...

A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS and one fatality involving truck drivers delivering rafters for use Ln the construction business have...

parks are a "matter for the developer" By Chris Tindal( SUFFOLK COUNCILS deny they are taking the commercial viability of...

THE NUMBER OF lorries travelling on the UK's roads had dropped by 30,000 since 1990. According to a report by the Institute of...

By Chris Tindall TESCO SAYS ITS trial with low-emission vans has shown that hybrid electric vehicles may be the way forward for...

A FORTHCOMING BOOK, which proposes banning daytime truck deliveries and cutting the number of big trucks, has been dismissed as...

TUESDAY TO THURSDAY of next week see the return of SED, the national show for the construction industry, at its permanent home...

Volvo has launched two new safety devices in the UK. But wilt it persuade anybody to buy them? Words: Witt Sniers / Images:...

By Chris Tindall CONSOLIDATION centres will fail unless their use is considered at a very early stage in a town's development,...

P&O FERRYMASTERS has established a new commercial base in Poland to take advantage of the explosion in freight transport across...

Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on the current hot topics at the driver forum. For the past couple of...

Cy Chris Tindall AN OWNER-DRIVER has blasted the actions of dampers at Lymm services after a heavy haulage vehicle was targeted...

I've been finding it increasingly difficult to survive using the bridgeheight atlas I bought in 2002. So I now have a new,...

Driver CPC is just window dressing for people who don't have a clue The debate on the merits of the Driver CPC will run for...

Your article 'Speed survey shock' (CM 10 April) raises a few issues. While the speed limit for HGVs on unlimited dual...

In the world of light commercial vehicles, one brand dominates.., and has done so for four decades. We speak to the man who is...

TC harboured suspicions that the transport manager was there in name only. A BID FOR A NEW 0-licence by the Burton upon...

FOUR DRIVERS HAD their LGV licences suspended for tachograph fiddling following earlier appearances before magistrates, who...

A SOUTH YORKSHIRE firm has lost its 0-licence after its director and transport manager failed to show to answer concerns over...

DRIVERS' HOURS and tacho offences, including the falsification of tachograph records, cost Essex lorry driver Terence Ford...

THE FALSIFICATION of a tachograph record cost Irish lorry driver Nigel Johnston £1,020 in fines and costs when he admitted the...

Could mediation reduce the number of workplace disputes ending up at employment tribunal? The government is investing £37m to...

Operators with a plan to move freight off Europe's roads should apply to the EC's €400m Marco Polo funding programme. Words:...

under Marco Polo 1: RO-RO Esperance RO-RO ferry offering three daily services between Santander and Dunkirk: E4m (£3.13m)...

undertakings from EU countries or "fully participating close third countries' that have specific agreements with the EU....

• The EC white paper, European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide, adopted in 2001, proposed measures designed to...

refinements, is fast becoming like a palace, then the dropside is more in the vein of a sturdy two-up twodown thanks to the...

present a balanced view, but there's just no getting away from the fact the Relay dropside is a steal. At just over E13K,...

Having merged with Jost, Tridec Steering Solutions can benefit from the fifth-wheel maker's infrastructure, manufacturing...

Customers include Tesco. John Lewis, Sainsbury's, Asda, Poundland, Spar, City Link, Lidl, Timbmet, Marley Eternit, Parker...

The system consists of a fifth-wheel unit and an axlemounting frame fitted on the trailer and linked by a steering bar. The...

with virtually every major tipper manufacturer and supplier represented. Here's just a small selection of what's on offer....

the road Having passed her C+E test in January, our news editor Roanna Avison gets behind the wheel with Alan Firm in driver...

In the 1980s it was unusual to see a femate truck driver Nineteen years ago, female truck drivers were a much rarer sight than...

The light CV market is robust, says Manheim Auctions, with buyers picking out the quality in an age of over-supply. By Kevin...

plan to buy rather than sell, which generated interest and business for EM Rogers Trucks and Trailers. Words: Kevin Swallow...

Words: Kevin Swallow To get the best out of your website and be someone people rely on, you have to budget properly and...

Words: James Clark Company: Commercial Vehicle Asset Management Address: www.cvam.co.uk Overview The Commercial Vehicle...