Driving up North for Christmas, I spotted a truck with a rather unique approach to safety. It was a liquid tanker being pulled...

By Roger Brown NIGHTFREIGHT (GB) has been fined £300,000 after one of its drivers was killed by a runaway truck at its depot...

GEORGE SWAIN, who ran Kent haulier R Swain & Sons between 1946 and 1980, died on 28 December aged 92. Swain, father to MD Bob...

By Chris Tindall ELLIE TRANSPORT Services has made all of its drivers at Southampton redundant, after claiming that port...

SMALLER HAULIERS risk getting caught out by the introduction of the Euro-6 emissions standard, which comes into force in less...

Sometimes I find myself alongside a high-powered Scania at 56mph. I can't resist changing into highsplit top gear and...

By Roger Brown A TRUCK driver from Scotland, who was discovered to have made 69 false tachograph charts, has been sent to...

ARE DRIVERS' unions becoming too disruptive? What's your relationship like with union representatives? Tell us all about it in...

Keith Child, marketing director at Isuzu Truck (UK) What are you most looking forward to about the 2013 CV Show? Choosing the...

by ueorge barrow IVECO'S ECOSTRALIS is winning favour at John Bywater Transport, with the Kent-based operator taking delivery...

II&AL4JI IS• • • ON THE ROAD It's back to the grindstone for the CMteam, so content editor Laura Hailstone and trainee...

ALEX SMILES, the founder of Sunderland waste recycling logistics firm Alex Smiles, died over Christmas. He formed the business...

The latest Trucking Britain survey demonstrates plenty of optimism among transport operators, but some are more optimistic than...

ad vibrations Evidence appears to be growing that potholes and bumps might pose a danger to the health of professional drivers...

Stirlingshire-based James Jones & Sons (pictured right) is one Scottish timber haulier that has addressed the problems caused...

RE: 'USE YOUR head' (CM 20 December 2012), the pro-helmet lobby may be looking down the wrong end of the telescope. In...

I READ WITH interest Will Shiers' comments on cycling safety (CM 20 December 2012) and, while I agree with him that wearing...

HAVING READ the article regarding cyclists, I would like to add my thoughts. I would like to see all cyclists do the...

Misplaced patriotism? WITH REGARDS to Will Shiers' comment in CM 29 November 2012 on the 'Eat your foreign truck' banner he...

MJD Logistics, MJD Services (UK) and MJD Containers have all had Licences suspended and curtailed By Roger Brown NICK DENTON,...

TWO LONDON companies have been ordered to pay nearly £110,000 in fines and costs, after a skip lorry driver sustained...

NICK DENTON, the traffic commissioner (TC) for London and the South East, has revoked the 0-licence of a Queenborough,...

MCKENNA Plant Hire (Oxford) has been given the go-ahead to base 14 vehicles and two trailers at a site in London Road,...

TESCO Distribution has been given the green light for 462 vehicles and 418 trailers at its new facility in Imperial Way, Reading.

DUNCHAUL has been granted permission to remove its Broadmoor Farm operating centre in Stoketon Cross, Saltash from its...

• Fareham-based GM Construction South will make a new application in front of the TC at an inquiry today (10 January). • A...

110/1 SAMVVORTH Brothers Distribution is looking for authorisation for six vehicles and six trailers at the Owens Logistics...

MalSTEVEN J Bush and Sally-Anne Bush, trading as ItraBush Haulage, want to locate three vehicles and trailers at Newlands Farm,...

A marathon, Employers are now having to automatically enrol their staff in workplace pension schemes - find out how to do it...

Throughout this year, CM, in association with EP Training, will be providing all the information needed to obtain your Operator...

CM talks to Bob Carmichael, the proud owner of a 1973 Volvo FB88 that he wouldn't trade in for any one of those younger and...

CMO 100113 034-041.indd 34 Words: Tech team / Images: Tom Lee It's been more than two years since we assembled a pack of large...

Part attack Midlands Scania dealer Keltruck is seeking significant growth from its parts business. CM talks to aftermarket...

Words: Steve Hobsoh ACCORDING TO FIGURES released by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), in response to a request from the Road...

Have operators finally twigged that Euro-6 - with all its baggage - is almost here? It could explain the surge in Euro-5 sales...

LAURIE DEALERS top truck this week is a 2009-registered MercedesBenz Axor 2543. It is being sold by Britcom, which is based in...