• by Micky Taylor and Sally Nash Steve Bryant, the British truck driver jailed in Morocco nine years ago, was released last...

Two people were crushed to death when an HGV ploughed into a car at traffic lights and shunted it into another truck on Monday...

N The Road Haulage Association has threatened to call for government intervention over the controversial 111-per-truck M6 toll...

• by Chris Tkidall A leading transport lavvyer has added his voice to the current furore surrounding part-time transport...

• Hankers face an increasing risk of jail if an employee is involved in an accident and they are found to have inadequate...

• by Guy Sheppard Transport Minister John Speller says the 48-hour working week will not be as damaging as originally feared by...

• The German toll system—due to come into force at the beginning of September—should be delayed until the availability of...

• Hauliers need to pester police forces until they take the problem of truck crime seriously, according to a truck theft...

• A truck driver could cost insurers £250,000 after a car smashed into the side of his truck while he attempted a dangerous...

Unless you've been reading Commercial Motor for the past lc, years, or happen to be a keen student of the Moroccan legal...

W Christian Salvesen has restricted this year's pay offer to an inflation-matching 3% increase after a string of profit...

be launched in the West Midlands by the beginning of September. The five-mile route along the A34 between Junction 4 of the...

• Customs Officers have discovered almost a tonne of cocaine in a truck at Winchester services. Last Friday (9 May), they...

• Two youths have been charged after a driver narrowly escaped with his life when a rock was hurled at his truck as he drove...

• Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the first official pictures of the new Vito, to be launched in September. The new model will be...

• by Chris Tindall A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a millionaire haulage boss was found floating in...

• Government plans to allow motorists to use the hard shoulder on motorways at busy times is even "less popular than the poll...

• Hundreds of older HGV drivers with short-term medical licences will receive a refund of up to £90 after the Driver and...

Training firms implementing part of the government's £100m Road Haulage Modernisation Fund have said that they can no longer...

• Pallet network Fortec is to follow in the footsteps of the other major pallet firms and launch a European service in...

• Truck drivers are suffering—even to the extent of losing their jobs—as a result of the arbitrary decisions made by some...

• Police in East Yorkshire have arrested two people in connection with the theft of hundreds of litres of diesel from trucks in...

• Small firms looking to keep track of their trucks but unable to pay for expensive satellite tracking technology can now do it...

Congestion charging has been up and running in London for over two months but is it still working? Eight weeks after her first...

I From a passenger's point of view, two months on from the start of congestion charging we were able to see a clear increase in...

• by Brian Weatherley Less than a year after unveiling its futuristic 'eXc extended R-cab design concept at the Hanover Truck...

Scania's Longline tractor shares the same 3.9m (steer-to-drive axle) wheelbase and overall length as a bonneted 6x2 T-tractor....

• West Midlands-based engineering company CMT Engineering has acquired the rights to manufacturer and distribute the original...

, Showing that last month's healthy truck sales figures were not totally due to the new '03 registration plate, the SMMT has...

III By the time you read this, lveco will have unveiled the latest chapter in its product rejuvenation programme, the...

• As 2003 marks the 70th anniversary of the ERF brand, current owner MAN decided to celebrate the occasion by giving the very...

• by Steve Banner Prescription drugs and medicines purchased over the counter at the chemist present a serious potential risk...

• Male truck drivers who whip off their shirts—not always a pretty sight—at the first sign of hot weather would be well advised...

{DfT) approved drink-drive rehabilitation courses to the courts in England and Wales, running around 708 a year. It also...

trucks off the road when parents are on the school run if possible. Around 26% of mothers who drive their children to and from...

II The HSE has updated its guide to COSHH—the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations—in the light Of recent...

as civil cases gain force • Hauliers who fail to understand and properly manage occupational road safety risks are risking...

• The huge number of back injuries suffered by employees every year has prompted charity 13ackCare to produce a new book aimed...

GI The interim licence held by a man said to have changed his name by deed pot to obtain a new 0-licence after...

Falsification of two tachograph charts has cost a Middlesex truck driver £550 in fines and costs. Jason Halsey, of Hayes,...

A Taunton operator, who claimed to have inadvertently continued operating after his Operator's Licence had been revoked, has...

Maintenance pro ! blems have seen a Carmarthen livestock dealer's Operator's Licence suspended for two weeks. David Lewis...

What do I think of the Working Time Directive? I have never seen so much rubbish coming out of Europe! How is any abnormal-load...

I see MSAs have come out of the woodwork again. What I would like to know is why there is not enough room to park. Take...

I am studying for the CPC exam and am mightily confused about question 4 in the recent ProTest (CM1-7 May): A new employee must...

from Dave Browning, chairman of the CV Show (CM1 - 7 May). Please would it be at all possible to hold a future show over a long...

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law. ..what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 15 May1928 MPs...

The chance to try out the air management kit on a tractor and trailer provided by Interoute Transport Services was offered by...

less conventional trailers than boxes and curtainsiders, getting the right air management kit can prove tricky, and more often...

• the air management system fitted to the tractor is produced and patented by AB Airflow and is sold and marketed through...

(Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2003, CIF 1 Apri 2005. rhese amendment regulations alter the Young LGV Drivers Training Scheme...

a Registration plate national identifiers: The DVLA proposes to amend the regulations to permit the voluntary display of the...

the south coast's largest distribution companies, Meachers Transport. 1 n an industry that is known for having more than its...

heavy toll on trucks. Guy Sheppard talks to the fleet engineer of Aspray Transport about how best to keep them in tiptop...

Much of the North Wales economy is so weak that the region qualifies for special European Union assistance. Yet, despite this,...

T here are five major players in the world oi' British walking floor operators, and one of them is Queensferry-based Allan...

T lie Hogan Group HQ is located in a miniature valley a mile from Bangor, Gwynedd. "This is a construction materials company,"...

A Iwyn Williams. partner at EF & E0 Williams, spends much of his time driving his Volvo FM12 along the thoroughfares of North...

T he staff at T Alun Jones must rank as one of the most health-conscious transport teams in the British Isles. One of the...

S ergeant Andy Roberts, traffic officer at North Wales Police, Eastern Traffic, has a close relationship with HGVs. He is based...

ECONOMY North West Wales is classed as a European Objective r Status region, which means that its Gross Domestic Product is...

Transport, are still fighting to retrieve the fine they paid when illegal Immigrants were found in Barry's truck three years...