It’s 8am on a Friday and I'm writing this from Moto's Reading Services on the westbound carriageway of the M4. I'm halfway...

By Chris Druce PALLETWAYS HAS bought the assets of long-term member Oxford Logistics (Milton) after the haulier was placed...

Palletways has been fined £60,000 after a forklift driver broke his neck when a computer cabinet he was loading onto a trailer...

By Hayley Pink NR EVANS experienced its irst fatality in 28 years of trading last Friday (6 January), when one of the irm’s...

AN OIL TANKER driver has been killed in a collision with a van on the A977 near Perth and Kinross, lipping the tanker onto its...

HULL-BASED Eurovision Logistics has switched from the United Pallet Network (UPN) to Fortec. The firm, formed in 2007 by the...

Commercialmotor.com 1. Top 20 Power Players 2011: 2nd place 2. NR Evans driver killed 3. Howard Tenens starts Coca-Cola...

By Roger Brown HAULIER WEATHER Tec has had its O-licence revoked and its director banned from driving CVs for a month after he...

ONE OF THE features of the CV Show this year will be the number of exhibiting companies that have transformed themselves in...

A SCOTTISH haulier found to have “a rotten foundation” has been refused an O-licence and its directors have been disqualified...

By David Wilcox THE UK TRUCK market rose by a quarter in 2011, beneiting from a strong recovery in the tractor unit sector....

BARNSLEY-BASED Ken Mallinson & Sons Transport has added 10 new Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors to its leet as part of its...

MOVES TO CONVINCE the government that recovery operators should be allowed to use red lashing lights are gathering pace with...

By Roger Brown OPERATIONS AT DEVON haulier Langdon Transport became blurred after an informal arrangement to loan drivers to...

Victoria Tramma Marketing executive Stoneridge Electronics As an exhibitor we find the CV Show an ideal opportunity to meet...

FAMILY-RUN WELSH haulier Shillibier Haulage has gone into liquidation. The company, which held a licence to operate 15...

By Chris Tindall THE NEED TO LAUNCH Operation Stack in Suffolk, which often creates havoc for container hauliers, has been...

Dragon Devey delves deep for donations DID YOU HEAR the one about the Dragon and the Princess? It’s not a children’s tale but...

SLEEPMASTERS Fuso Canter ‘Santa’s Canter’ helped BBC Radio Lancashire’s Christmas appeal, collecting tins of food for...

PHIL EDWARDS MD, Speed Welshpool Getting up to Speed A parcels firm in rural Wales has reinvented itself working with some...

With each week bringing news of another haulier collapsing owing fuel suppliers a packet, CM looks at the unforeseen effect on...

Treat all agency drivers equally Firstly, I wish all readers of Commercial Motor a happy New Year, hopefully it will be better...

I WAS delighted to learn that the past chairman of the RHA, Andy Boyle, and former RHA board member Clive Warcup were appointed...

CHRISTINE GREEN (CM 22 December 2011) is absolutely correct in saying that operators should make a will. However, as a regular...

Deputy TC for Scotland Richard McFarlane has rejected an application from Lindsay Scaffolding Contracts By Roger Brown DEPUTY...

WESTERN AND WEST MIDLANDS TRAFFIC AREA PW Wilcox and Sons PW WILCOX AND Sons has been given the goahead to run nine vehicles...

Dodgy directors can be banned for 15 years and ordered to repay ill-gotten gains. What are the rules for staying legal? Words:...

Preparing for the unexpected will save time and helps keep drivers on the right side of the law. What key things should be on...

WISHFUL THINKING What would you do if you had the power? Transport minister for the day Abandon annual tests, zero...

Mark LeMontais, the man who runs Yusen Logistics’ transport fleet, has declared war on fuel costs and is determined to win...

BEDFORDS TRANSPORT Aiming to be the UK’s most professional operator The right side of Bedfords West Yorkshire haulier...

Don-Bur works on the Teardrop Mk2 The Teardrop trail CM brings you the latest improvements and developments of Don-Bur’s...

While the European truck makers’ hybrid focus remains firmly on rigids, US manufacturers have taken things further – with...

te o hnolo SOFTWARE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT European player targets the UK Imtech could be the largest transport software irm...

USED TRAILERS SCHMITZ CARGOBULL Part-exchanges bolster supplies The used trailer market is likely to suffer from a shortage...

Van buyers have been snapping up older and high mileage vehicles to avoid being fined following changes to the London LEZ...