Inefficiency is not in anyone's interest. While Tesco prepares to meet drivers' representatives over its new RDC policy, the...

A major French fleet has been snapped up by an investor which sees Norbert Dentressangle as a role model. Dominic Perry...

CONTAINER HAULAGE specialist Hanbury Davies has boosted its pre-tax profits by over £400,000. The Felixstowe-based operator...

THE GERMAN Postal group Deutsche Post has made a £3.8bn bid for UK logistics firm Exel in a move that would create the world's...

THE VEHICLE and Operator Services Agency has been forced to postpone a shift to online MoT bookings because of problems with...

THE JOINT administrator for Stansfield Transport confirmed that no offers had been received for the West Yorkshire businesses...

As CM went to press a number of French oil depots were being blockaded by truckers attempting to force the government to give...

According to the latest figures the police really can make a difference to truck crime when they put their minds to it....

THE OWNER OF a truck park in Suffolk says his business will be ruined if the local council forces him to restrict the site to...

as it goes into the red THE FUTURE OFa union benefit scheme has been thrown into doubt after it lost £354,000 in a year. In...

CHILLED TRANSPORT specialist Culina Logistics, which handles deliveries of Muller yoghurts in the IJK, plans to create 300 new...

Mr X relishes the passion that makes our industry unique and suggests it should be harnessed in the interests of us all....

Morrisons staff in Scotland are to vote on industrial action over hours. Guy Sheppard reports. DRIVERS AT Morrisons' giant...

A Cambridgeshire operator has hit out at fuel card company Fuelserv after the price of his diesel soared to 105p/lit almost...

SUPERMARICETGIANT Tesco is to come face-to-face with angry truck drivers fed up with delays and poor facilities at its regional...

Following a fatal accident a haulier has been convicted of tacho offences. Robert lzzard reports. Scottish safety blitz A WEST...

A BEDFORD operator says he succeeded in making VOSA drop three summonses against him after proving it was trying to use...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1939 and...

There's barely a month to go until the RAI Show in Amsterdam on 14-22 October, and new vehicles are being unveiled thick and...

Mercedes-Benz wants to add another truck to its U K line-up, but it need to diet first. Andy Salter reports. MERCEDES MUST...

Pre-tax profits at road and rail transport group WH Malcolm fell by more than 25% last year to just over £6m. Chief executive...

OPERATORS ON THE Scottish island of Mull have been hit by stricter weight restrictions on many of their roads. The new...

THE FIRST PAY deal for more than four years for hire-andreward drivers in Scotland will see their overtime earnings boosted by...

Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the transport industry this week....

WARWICKSHIRE police are hunting a gang who tied up a member of staff at a UPS depot in Nuneaton on 27 August before stealing a...

by stolen van A DRIVER was injured as he tried to stop his Mercedes Sprinter being stolen. The incident happened in Norwich,...

laptop computers taken during a300,000 raid at an off-airport freight facility in Buckinghamshire (CM 1 September). The...

• Several pallets of glassware were stolen from a Renault parked at Keele Services M6 northbound during the night of 31...

With the launch of the Burns inquiry into freight taxes the industry has a chance to put - forward its case once and for all....

have increased, the only exceptions being Italy and France where the price has dropped by €0.02 per litre or 1.9%. Last...

N ikki King seems a fair and decent person. Sure, she can be a tad sensitive at times — the scars are still there from some...

WHILE I CAN accept the cheesy tenuous link between the headline "EDAM WELL DID IT" and the fact that Dave Binning's charity...

Ever wondered what temperature diesel burns at? What happened to the old fleets of yesterday? Why the wheels don't fall off...

YOUR EDITORIAL headed "Relationship at breaking point" (CM 25 August) was interesting, to say the least; in some ways,! found...

HOW FASCINATING to recall the events outlined in your 'Milestones' article regarding the formation of the BritishTransport...

There's no question the UK needs extra port capacity, but should it be situated in the North or the South? Dominic Perry...

early next year, once the decisions are made about developments at Felixstowe South and Baths ide Bay, Harwich. The Department...

Claiming ignorance of the 0-licence regs after a VOSA warning failed to preserve an operator's repute — or his licence... AN...

A FAILURE to check the tachograph records of a long-standing driver has led to the licence held by Bilston, West Midlands-based...

NEWPORT BOROUGH Council has failed to block a licence application by Craig and Dean Simons, trading as Simons Bros Transport....

MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS, including a firsttime test failure rate of 100%, led to an operator losing its licence over a holiday...

FINES AND costs of £700 have been levied on an operator and one of its drivers who claimed they did not know a 6,200kg vehicle...

Wouldn't it be nice to have someone looking over your shoulder to make sure you don't put your 0-licence in jeopardy? Brian...

audit the Freight Transport Association offers its 0-licence Compliance Information Service (OLCIS) based on a 'self-help...

Following the US example, reflective tape may be made compulsory to reduce night time and twilight accidents. Adam Hill...

Hasty action by employers during industrial disputes can make matters worse. It is vital to know what rights your workers have...

The Euro-4 compliant Daf XF95 is just round the corner, complete with a revamped cab. But we've found some compelling reasons...

Who will be the Irish road haulier of the year? In the first of two reports we profile the firms that have made it pastthe...

is at the helm as transport manager, and her brother Gerard is a driver who meets customers face to face every day. Several...

SIZE: One (Scene) CONTRACT: Sand, gravel and asphalt Waiting tor Roadstone in Bunratty for the past 32 years, Terry Gavin...

Gordon O'Keeffe (MD) FLEET SIZE: 23 (Scanias and Volvos) with 10 owner-drivers driving a range of vehicles CONTRACT: Groupage,...

CONTACT Laurence °Toole (transport director) FLEET SIZE: 10 (Scanias) CONTRACT: Delivering food and dry goods to Musgrave's...

Ann McQuaid (transport manager) FLEET SIZE: Three (two tractors; one rigid) CONTRACT: Coal The McQuaid family of Boyle have had...

FLEET SIZE: Nine (two Scanias, one Daf and six Mercedes CONTRACT: Delivering groceries to major supermarket chain Mace PJ Walsh...

SIZE: One (M-B Actros 185,3) CONTRACT: Quarry and grain haulage Harman Taylor's first piece of machinery was a digger. Then he...

NATIONAL: MORE THAN 10 VEHICLES LOCATION: The Glebe House, Clareen, Birr, Co Offaly , FOUNDED: 1995 (trading as Frank Whitten...

FLEET SIZE: One (Daf 85CF) CONTRACT: Road construction work for Lagan Asphalt The Casey family has certainly made its...

Five years on from a disastrous merger, the IRTE has taken a new direction. Colin Barnett, MIRTE, reports. W hen the time...

We've redesigned our long-term vehicle test page to keep you better informed on the ups and downs of ownership. We start with...

theTerrano is more the faithful workmate than playmate. Just before Christmas CM put this grafter though its paces around our...

With our top 20 greatest ever commercials nominated, now it's your chance to vote for your favourite truck of all time. Colin...

Foden's demise may leave a big hole in truck manufacturing, but those customers it will leave behind have nothing but praise...

needed an impressive 'iagship when choosing a new tractor. With the arrival of a Oaf XF95 it believes it's found the perfect...

ONE AREA WHERE Foden gained a deserved reputation for quality was the tipper market. It was for this reason that O'Connor...

FURTHER FODEN aficionados are to be found at Peter W McLaren. When it came to adding to the fleet several factors had to...

When can reversing a 44-tonne artic into a lamppost be a good thing? When it shows the public that truck drivers are human...

CM tests more vehicles than anyone else — here's a run-down on how a Daf 1 8-tonner performed. D ecent 18-tonners are worth...