During my 15 years in this industry, I’ve visited many hauliers and travelled to some glamorous destinations, but I have never...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk FAIRFUELUK campaigners continue to rally support for their call to scrap the planned duty rise on 1...

Derek Linch Haulage blames the rising cost of fuel and a major contract loss for its collapse into administration, writes Roger...

will.shiers@rbi.co.uk THE UK BODYBUILDING industry is on the verge of a massive cull following the introduction of Whole...

THE HOME OFFICE has axed funding for TruckPol, leaving the freight crime fighting unit to rely on private sponsors to survive....

JASON HORNER has marked his management buyout of Andover Transport by announcing contract renewals with Palletways and...

UNITE IS WRITING up a list of proposals for fuel distributors to consider ahead of April negotiations. Last week the trade...

ROBERT WISEMAN Dairies has confirmed that 50 drivers will be affected by the closure of two of its sites. The company will...

By Simon Jack NORMANTON, WEST Yorkshire-based haulier SAM Transport & Distribution’s assets have been acquired out of...

PALL-EX HAS toasted a strong first quarter, signing two new members ahead of CEO Hilary Devey’s appearance on BBC TV show...

BRISTOL-BASED haulier Massey Wilcox Transport has switched to a Michelin tyre contract across its 170-strong fleet, ending a...

roger.brown@rbi.co.uk HEREFORDSHIRE haulier MA Bullock and Sons has had its O-licence revoked following a VOSA investigation...

HAULiERS iN SCOTLAND say they would accept the introduction of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Aberdeen as long as they are given...

RECRUITMENT AGENCY Driver Hire is launching an awareness campaign to highlight the forthcoming Agency Workers Regulations. The...

roger.brown@rbi.co.uk SELECT International Transport – sister firm of collapsed haulier BH Freight – is awaiting the outcome...

EVER BEEN DRIVING down a road and couldn’t make out the road markings? According to a survey by the Road Safety Marking...

Tyres are heavily regulated, so why not wheels? The government and a safety campaigner square up. chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk WHEN...

Tyres are subject to many regulations, with each one also possessing an ‘E’ mark denoting that it is type approved. Yet Wells...

The M-Sport Stobart WorLd RaLLy Team is preparing for a race in 40ºC heat over rock-strewn passes in Jordan, driven by Bob...

HAVING READ THE CM cover story last week (10 March) regarding the magnitude of the £26bn fuel tax bill for UK road users, I...

I ENJOYED READING Top 10 – The Best Trucks feature (CM 3 March). However, can I point a few things out? 1. If a Mack...

The food distribution company was fined after a driver was paralysed in an accident while working for the firm...

NR EVANS AND Son has been granted permission to base 16 vehicles and the same number of trailers at a new site in Dove Valley...

WH BOWKER wants the go-ahead to change the authorisations at some of its depots. It is looking to remove its operating centre...

DHL EXPRESS (UK) is asking for the green light to base 55 vehicles and 50 trailers at a new operating centre in Woolston,...

NEWMARKET-based Turners (Soham) wants authority for 15 vehicles and the same number of trailers at a base in Caldicot, Gwent.

KEN JONES Transport (Goldcliff) is looking to base 25 trailers at the Crynant Plant site in Neath, West Glamorgan, as well as...

● Trade Furniture, based in Cardiff, will attend a PI on 29 March. The TC will consider disciplinary action against the...

Northern Ireland O-licensing reform The Department of the Environment has introduced primary legislation to more closely mirror...

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, 15 March 2011 Provides exemption from tighter emission...

Will April’s extra bank holiday put pressure on a struggling industry or is there a case for more public holidays? Words:...

Ruth Pott, director of employment affairs for the Road Haulage Association, confirms that employers don’t have to pay for bank...

April/May bank holidays: 22 April – Good Friday 25 April – Easter Monday 29 April – Royal Wedding 2 May – Labour day 30 May –...

Employers may resent being unpaid tax collectors, but lag behind with payments and you could find you are publicly named and...

Tachodisc has been involved with Drivers’ Hours law for more than 30 years, so there is very little we don’t know about the...

For 2011, Tachodisc’s in-house software and technical development team has added some significant new features to the company’s...

Tachodisc attends the EU Committee for the Implementation of Digital Tachographs, which keeps the company informed of all the...

Yes, there is an updated specification of the digital tachograph that must be fitted to all new trucks registered from 1...

There are a number of possibilities that have been discussed at EU level on how digital tachographs should be developed in the...

This is a topical subject, which is far too complex to discuss in detail here. A topline explanation is that there are...

Staying compliant is key to running a professional transport operation, and there are a number of legal changes this year to...

For 2011, operators and drivers who ordered their first digital tachograph company and driver cards in 2006, when digital...

Scania 141 or Volvo F89? Both can claim to be iconic vehicles, seen to be the ultimate driving machines in their time, but...

David Jamieson was lucky enough to drive both marques to European destinations and began hauling trailers to the Middle East in...

Thirty-four years ago, a TV series followed a convoy of trucks from the UK to Qatar. Following its release on DVD, CM discovers...

It’s a name well known for its impressive history, but Astran Cargo Services also has great things to come Words/Main image:...

In 2010 Astran Cargo Services commissioned well-known Dutch die-cast truckmaker Tekno to build a model of one of its trucks....

In 1964, Bob Paul and Mike Woodman bought a used truck and drove 5,000 miles from London to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul....

In 2004, Hugh Thompson and Peter Carroll, then the directors of Seymour Transport, bought Astran. The new company was...

A large number of Astran subcontractors sell their trucks at the end of the journey, and simply fly home. It’s a process that...

Bob Carter’s Trans UK Continental was a magnet in the 1970s for young men seeking adventure in countries such as Iraq, Iran and...

nadventur We’v revelle i th rem i niscence o drivin t th Middl Eas bac i th day bu wha ar th chance o succeedin now C find ou...

Prices will soon harden and late-year stock dry up in the second-hand market. CM asks its used truck expert Laurie Dealer to...

Insist on it, as it might save you a packet. Here is what you need to do on a proper test drive: ● Make sure you’re insured or...

I’m a strong advocate of the ‘once-over’ when buying a used truck, so here is an essential guide of what to look out for:...

MV COMMERCIAL, the truck hire and used sales business based in Livingston, West Lothian, has opened its fourth site in the UK...