Fined £900 and left stranded for speeding? One driver found the Italian police less than hospitable. By Jennifer Ball. A...

A SHEFFIELD haulage boss and three workers have been jailed after their campaign of racial abuse against a black colleague left...

DEUTSCHE POST and Platinum Equity are being tipped as the final two potential buyers of Hays Logistics, which the Hays group...

Norfolk police want to contact a truck driver who may have witnessed a high-speed accident on the A45 between Dereham and...

The FTA has again warned that the introduction of digital smartcard tachographs is heading for chaos following experts'...

Irish hauliers can now get discounted diesel with the introduction of fuelcards from the RHA. The fuelcard offers members...

Tim Andrews, the driver held in a Greek prison after 14 illegal immigrants were found on-board his truck, has lost his bail...

Christian Salvesen's latest offer to drivers at its Easton depot has been rejected by the T&G. Further strikes were taking...

OPERATORS COULD have just three months to prepare for the Working Time Directive after the government admitted that publication...

THE SHORTAGE of temporary drivers is so acute that one supply agency says it's willing to pay up to £2,000 to train them for an...

Unions demand answers on pension changes. Guy Sheppard reports. UNION LEADERS representing thousands of Exel employees this...

A SUBCONTRACTOR, who took freight forwarding firm Centurian Systems to court over an unpaid £2,000 bill, fears he may never see...

Barry Proctor stands in disbelief as complacency sedates our industry and makes it slumber through some of the biggest changes...

It's fair to say the relationship between the police and the road transport industry has always been an uneasy one, built...

Anti-truck theft unit hindered by disagreement. By Guy Sheppard. EXPANSION OF the TruckPol anti-truck theft unit is being...

SOURCES WITHIN Daf have revealed exclusively to CM that Eaton is on the verge of entering the European light truck sector with...

Hansen, 35, replaces Paul Brunning as MD at the UK producer and joins the company from fellow Paccar company Peterbilt where he...

in a national newspaper seeking the owner of €130,000 discovered in a container in Dublin Port. The cash was found on 27 June...

Drivers must double-check for stowaways. David Harris reports. HAULIERS NOT only need to check their vehicles for illegal...

clamp and leaves DRIVERS ARE beginning to fight back in the clamping war at Thurrock Retail Park, according to one who used...

PEUGEOT HAS expanded its special vehicle operations, previously only used in specialised police roles, to include the entire...

TRANSFRIGOROUTE UK, the association representing reefer operators and manufacturers, is in crisis due to poor levels of...

A UNION HAS won the right to official recognition within a Yorkshire-based logistics company despite recruiting less than half...

A driver a week is hit by hijackers. Jennifer Ball reports. HORRIFYING NEW evidence has emerged of the scale of driver...

JOHN VASEY, the truck driver jailed in France for allegedly smuggling £2.5m of cannabis, is taking his case to the country's...

THE OWN LR of a Bridgendbased haulage company has been fined £3,500 after dumping asbestos on an industrial estate in Wales....

VOSA returns only a fraction of 125 impounded trucks. David Harris reports. THE VEHICLE Inspectorate (VI) impounded 125 trucks...

ANYONE WHO has wondered how far the faithful old Cummins B-Series, now ISB, engine can be developed has just seen the answer in...

LOGISTICS GIANT Tibbett & Britten has unexpectedly lost the job of managing the largest distribution centre throughout its UK...

A SPECIALISED low-loader built by Andover Trailers is heading straight for Moscow to assist in several building projects across...

Road transport operators are under pressure if the latest survey is anything to go by. But is their pessimism justified? Emma...

Not everyone wants to be number one. Hav ing steered Transient from "enfant terrible" to mature market player, 11/D Alan Wilson...

WELL DONE for highlighting the huge problem of late payment in the haulage industry ("Sorry mate, the dog ate the cheque". CM...

your new, improved,look.There have obviously been a few key nips and tucks here and there, but Botox? I certainly don't think...

The money CMraised for Transaid at the Trailer of the Year event was put towards Transaid's bicycle ambulance project, which is...

CONGRATULATIONS ON the new-format Conmtercial Motor -particularly the Mystery Shopper article in last week's edition (CM 11...

Removals firm flouts law but pleads ignorance. A WELSH removals firm has failed to have its impounded three-vehicle fleet...

Are you giving your male drivers paid leave for family commitments? It could be on the way. Patric Cunnane assesses...

ADR/RID harmonisation: The Health and Safety Commission has published its consultative document on the new British Carriage of...

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2003, CIF 1 September These amendment regulations will...

THE REVOCATION of a licence for tachograph tampering has been upheld after a IC accused the guilty operator of "deceit". The...

AN UNINSURED vehicle driven on the wrong licence landed its owner in court where the firm was fined £285 for the offences and...

THE "OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOUR" of a Manchester owner-driver operating from an unauthorised centre without properly taxing his truck...

A COUNCIL'S bid to prevent a haulier operating from a farmyard has met with defeat. Norfolk County Council's appeal against...

Courts are handing down increasingly large fines for workplace injuries. Hauliers who flout the law also face jail sentences...

Two cases involving members of shopworkers union USDAW illustrate what is at stake. In 1998, Michael Merchant was injured...

It's not every day that a new name makes its debut in Commercial Motor, especially when that name has been making cars since...

Oliver Dixon starts to bond with his Actros, as together they cross Europe and find Hungary is....erm, altogether better than...

You may know that temperature, and other factors, affect fuel consumption. But what can you do? David Wilcox finds out. A s we...

B illed as designed "for the fleet manager who doesn't have time to manage the fleet", FleetOutlook from CFC Solutions is a...

Casks CFC Solutions FleetOutlook comes in three versions for fleets up to 50, 150 and 250 vehicles. Prices are £349, £599 and...

company Kalamazoo, has used FleetOutlook for a couple of months to help manage a fleet of 130 vehicles. She says she likes...

Despite evidence to the contrary, there are differences between the individual makes of curtainsiders. Brian Weatherley...

• The original founder Lawrence Marshall remains as chairman, although his son Lawrence Marshall Jr became MD three years ago •...

It's a brave man who tells a CV driver they need to improve their driving habits. But that's exactly what one firm does, and...

Exel is a giant, global logistics company, and it's certainly diverse. Emma Penny finds out more about its specialist...

L ate summer is often described as the 'silly season'. Staff holidays and client shut downs can create a need to juggle...

Want a seasoned ERF? Read on... W hile the future of ERF trucks is now inextricably linked under the banner of MAN ERF with...

Sleek little number, one careful owner? If you want a van bargain, check out the approved used van schemes. Better still, let...

Every other week, CM will be dropping in on dealers to see what's on offer and taking a closer look at the stock. T his week...