The government has ruled out a vignette scheme for foreign trucks in favour of sharing freight data across the EU. Roanna...

THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has raided a group of international freight forwarders in an anti-trust inquiry into pricefixing...

A.L56M CONTRIBUTION to its pension fund wiped out any pretax profit at the retail and grocery haulage specialist Gist in 2006....

THE ROAD TRANSPORT industry has been warned to use government cash to train women drivers and warehouse workers or risk losing...

SALES OF THE Iveco Stralis are booming, with a 25% growth in the L.:K since the start of the year. Second-half UK sales are set...

Congleton-based bodywork manufacturer Boalloy has gone into administraten.

On 13 September CM ran an article on a workshop survey called Time is Money. In it we stated Mercedes-Benz dealer Ciceley...

The Liberal Democrats have accused the government of losing its nerve on road pricing after I shelved national road pricing...

TipCon will return to the Birmingham NEC in 2008 as part of the CV Show. It will have an 8,000m 2 hall plus a 5,000m 2...

The Association of European Vehicle Logistics has commissioned Friends of the Earth to look at the external costs of logistics...

University of Glasgow transport expert lain Docherty has been appointed an adviser to the Scottish Government's Transport,...

A contract to supply refrigerated containers led to increased profits in 2005 and accounts for the slight dip in 2006. David...

A MOCK car pile-up and truck fire were staged in the Holmesdale Tunnel on the M25 during the night of 13/14 October to test its...

HEALTH EDUCATION specialist DeVille Almond warns that truck drivers across the UK must improve their lifestyle or face serious...

AFTER 20 YEARS of buying Volvos from Thomas Hardie Commercials, Lancashire-based Thomas Harwood and Sons has bought an FH to...

ROADSIDE TACHO checks by Highways Agency officials and police indicate that Continental truck drivers are more likely to break...

RECRUITMENT COMPANY Manpower predicts an increase in haulage industry recruitment for the fourth quarter of 2007 following a...

NO Wreford's Transport has taken delivery of a new Scania Toplinecabbed R420 6x2 twin-steer tractor unit. And the EGR...

If the plan to have Alconbury listed as a heritage site is successful it might become a template to save other threatened...

RUG ELEY, Staffs-based Geoff Martin Transport is expanding its fleet with vehicles from a range of manufacturers to counter the...

A police campaign will try to persuade drivers to report those bringing illegal substances into the UK. David Harris reports....

light work will close A50 links THE HIGHWAYS Agency (HA) is warning that from Monday 29 October there will be a series of...

THE NUMBER of transport companies going bust is continuing to rise, with 7% more firms going under in the third quarter of 2007...

EDINBURGH-BASED RD Anderson Haulage has purchased a Daf CF85 eight-wheeler equipped with an extendable body and high-capacity...

Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on current hot topics at the driver forum. I open this week by...

There will be no further tests of the motorway giants following concerns over safety and the strength of bridges. Tim de Jong...

A CATTLE TRUCK loaded with 5,000 litres of fuel caught on fire in Northern Ireland last week; now customs officers are asking...

The popularity of Freightliners in Russia is leading Daimler to consider the 'enormous potential' of this market. Oliver Dixon...

FELIXSTOWE, Suffolk-based Hanbury Davies has taken delivery of 100 Euro-5 Volvo FH480 6x2 tractors, supplied via Hanbury...

BIRMINGHAM-BASED ceramic tile company Tony Peccol's has acquired a 7.5-tonne 7C18 Mitsubishi Fuso Canter. Powered by a...

Chancellor Alistair Darling's first pre-Budget report held little of cheer for road haulage, and the trade associations have...

• The main rate of corporation tax will be cut by 2p in the pound to 28% next year. • There will be a review of the taxation...

The latest NT figures show that rigids continue to outnumber &tics on Britain's roads by nearly three to one. Dylan Gray...

Tachodisc director Karen Crispe tells Roanna Avison why the introduction of digital tachographs 18 months ago has resulted in...

READING YOUR article on the wheel-dampers (Clamping — know your rights'. CM 4 October), I have to write to ask a...

SINCE RESIGNING from my office job I have, in the last two years, taken and passed, both at the first attempt, my C and C+E...

Over the past six weeks CM, with the support of ATS Euromaster, has staged a series of nationwide free legal seminars. For...

Over the past five years ATS Euromaster has embedded health and safety best practice into the heart of its operation. For an...

he came to the seminar to find out more about the legislation around CPCs and 0-licences. "My company is involved in providing...

We enlisted the services of leading transport solicitor Backhouse Jones for our series of seminars, with James Backhouse,...

Changes to statutory holiday entitlement is the most immediate piece of regulation to affect the industry, with paid holiday...

offences could come into force late this year, although it seems more likely this will not happen until early next year now. As...

This piece of legislation, while receiving a lot of media attention, had been diluted considerably from the initial draft...

The next big piece of legislation on the horizon is due to take effect from September 2009. The key points are the introduction...

This piece of legislation is already in place, of course, but delegates were reminded that from 1 January 2008 drivers needed...

The LEZ will be phased in from 4 February 2008; it is to target vehicle exhaust emissions, with • non-compliant vehicles...

An unlicensed operator used his son and daughter as a front for his haulage business— now the company has been disqualified...

AN INTERNATIONAL removals firm has been granted a licence after it undertook that a director who had been involved with a...

A WIRRAL operator has been granted a restricted licence for three vehicles on condition that he only operates one until there...

by two vehicles has been turned down after West Midland Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones expressed concern that the company had...

A Humberside truck driver who lost his LGV driving licence after being convicted of dangerous driving following an accident...

Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence held by Reynolds Transport (Hereford) being cut from five vehicles and three...

Vehicle maintenance problems have resulted in the licences held by associated Lancaster companies John S Dainty Plant Hire and...

W hen is a transport manager not a transport manager? It's a question the European Commission (EC) hopes will be answered once...

CHARLOTTE ANDERSON Northern transport manager DTS Logistics Newcastle-underLyme "I do not think it would be ideal to have a...

Contract manager TM Logistics Martiey, Mina Raising standards across the EU is something Adam Purshall whole-heartedly...

Owner Paul Arthurton Transport Norfolk "A very good friend of mine always said a man can only run 10 lorries and should never...

take on the CPC exam is rather different. He thinks it's too easy and would welcome better training or tougher testing. "I took...

national and international CPCs into one is unlikely to benefit many UK operators, says Martin Barnes. "It's a cracking idea if...

rig national and international CPCs in favour of a unified one makes good sense, says John Bell, if only to reduce the workload...

CHARLES BURKE Owner-driver/truck dealer TM Engineering Rhonda Valley Charles Burke 's verdict on the single CPC? "It's long...

"I've been waiting years for them to do that," says Neil James, a furniture removal specialist. "I took my national CPC in...

FUTURE LEGISLATION Northern Ireland operator licensing reform: The DOE intends to amend the Northern Ireland operator...

The MAN TGA has been replaced but its engine underpins the new TGX and TGS, so look past the cover of the book and pay...

Chasing debts can be the difference between your company surviving and going to the wall. Sara Partington explains the legal...

to the latest in lighting technology? Cohn Barnett compares the three main types of product on the interior lighting market....

This is a relatively recent technology that has become widely used in the road transport industry. Fluorescent lamps use tubes...

These have been around since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in the early 19th century. These lamps are the most common...

LEDs are the most recent technology to enter the interior lighting market. They are the most efficient light source available...

There's no doubt that the use of LED lighting is increasing as buyers come to appreciate the benefits of this technology. Many...

With the European Road Transport Show fast approaching Andy Salter reviews the contenders for the International Truck and Van...

FANCY There's much more to the new MAN heavy truck line-up than the headline-grabbing 680hp V8. Andy Salter takes a spin in...

Essex drivers take the biscuit for eating while driving Drivers in our industry really do see the worst of the driving...

and furious' pace -- aklir Demand for all types of panel van means even the more unfashionable specifications are set to...

Now the holiday season is over light CV buyers are ready to buy, reports Manheim Auctions' commercial vehicle sales director...