Just when we thought market conditions had stabilised enough to bring diesel prices back in order. Gordon Brown stuffs the...

Just when we thought the government had accepted the case for no further cost increases along comes another fuel duty rise....

A DIRECTOR OF disqualified Scottish haulage company CRS 24:7 has advertised for a new 0-licence to trade out of one of the...

SHEFFIELD OWNER-DRIVER Shaun Hughes is questioning the transport knowledge of some judges after a magistrate decided that...

TEWKESBURY HAULIER Edgwicks is warning of possible child fatalities if Gloucestershire County Council proceeds with its plan to...

THE UK MD of TNT Logistics, which rebranded this week under the name Ccva Logistics, says it is about to announce two of its...

As part of its carbon-neutral policy, TNT is running a brace of electric 7.5-tonners — CM bright spark Colin Barnett has been...

THE TRANSPORT & General Workers Union (T&G) began a series of one-day strikes at an Iceland depot last week (8 December) and...

LGV driver L Radley explains why a truck overtaking ban on the Al4 might benefit LGV drivers more than frustrated commuters....

There has been consolidation in the parcels sector with Rentokil Initial spending £210m for rival Target Express. Chris Tindall...

EASTBOURNE BOROUGH Council has advised operators to re-route their deliveries and park in Hastings from February 2007 because...

A TRUCK DRIVER forced to give up his job after an accident at work has been awarded almost £50,000 compensation by the Court of...

THE HEALTH and Executive (HSE) is invest the death of a driver crushed between two at a haulage yard in Bt West Yorks. It is...

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RH A) has added its voice to the campaign for a new Forth bridge, arguing that action should be...

The directors of a company connected with two recently closed haulage firms have been banned from holding a licence. Mike...

AINSWORTH & MARTIN has become the latest victim of highvalue load theft in the run-up to Christmas four of its trucks loaded...

A LIVERPOOL operator with connections to a string of defunct firms has lost his bid for interim authority while his application...

A TRUCK DRIVER who cl the death of another LGV by careless driving has been for 10 months. Oxford Crown Court disqualified...

RENAULT HAS UNVEILED a range of offers for owners of its flagship Magnum truck. Club Magnum is open to all UK-registered...

ONE OF THE KEY factors in this year's declining truck sales has been the moratorium on purchases by the major rental companies,...

Plans to modernise the 0-licensing system are slowly making their way into law, but now with some significant changes. Sally...

MANCHESTER-BASED container haulier Elite Transport Services has taken delivery of 15 Volvo FH 480 6x2 tractor units which will...

A HAULIER OPERA'1 from an isolated hill-top fa County Durham has been two burglaries in as many we In the latest raid on T L &...

TM LOGISTICS, part of Taylors of Martley, is trialling the use of biodiesel on five of its 150 vehicles. The firm. based in...

A Cardiff-based operator is bucking the trend by aiming to transfer as much work as possible onto the rails. Chris Tindall...

DUBLI:\ TRAFFIC authorities expect vehicle crashes to close the new Dublin Port Tunnel once a fortnight on average—and...

Once upon a time alcoholic beverages really were safer than water. But if you're driving this Christmas that drink could wreck...

Publicity-shy Fowler Welch-Coolchain hit the headlines earlier this year when it acquired troubled firm RE Fielding. Dominic...

rrs HARDLY SURPRISING that the recent trials of Dutch 25.25m rigs have so far had little effect on congestion (CM 7 December)....

REMIND ME AGAIN why we put up with the French. I don't mean the whole French nation (although you could argue it has a lot to...

)NE EVENING IN the summer I was sat at the kitchen table checking over the tacho cards that I'd just collected from our...

The Haulage Industry Task Group has been talking directly with the DfT and the Treasury in an attempt to address the industry's...

Firm displayed the same shortcomings as disqualified fathers operatic TWO BROTHERS who ran a 'front' operation for their...

CLAIMS BY the owner of an impounded truck that it was being driven by a potential buyer when it was stopped have failed to...

AN OPERATOR WHO allowed an employee to drive a 40-tonne artic on a licence that expired four years earlier has been ordered to...

A TRANSPORT MANAGER has lost his good repute as a result of taking part in his son's operation which, a disciplinary inquiry...

Cranbrook, Kent-based Nicholas Anderson, who has twice had 0-licence applications refused, has failed to regain an impounded...

Ireland's new Road Safety Authority brings several services together and its dynamic approach is proving a big hit with...

A haulier unwittingly bought a stolen truck and ended up in court The case was dismissed but it serves as a warning that buyers...

Another month, another new van — and there's plenty riding on this latest offering from Citroen. CM put it through its paces...

To mark the launch of our new Road Transport website in the New Year we've teamed up with DBS Software to offer readers its...

Peugeot and Fiat may lack the clout of the big boys when it comes to van sales, but in their revamped Expert and Scudo they...

The advent of the internet has changed the way business is conducted forever, so don't be left behind. Oliver Dixon reports....

More than a million companies worldwide now derive over 50% of their revenue from cyberspace. This year, Google UK's...

Judging by the bids for light CVs at British Car Auctions sales we're in a sellers' market Kevin Swallow reports. T he average...

celebrating 75 years in the CV trade. James Harrison talks to Kevin Swallow about history, training and profit. I nTC...