Over the years there have been repeated calls for the speed limit to be increased from 40mph to 50mph for trucks travelling on...

By Derren Hayes HAULIERS BREACHING London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) rules were given an easy ride during the first six months of...

By Derren Hayes USING ‘SUPER’ semi-trailers up to one-third longer than is currently permitted could save the industry...

THE GOVERNMENT has ruled out the mandatory imposition of safety sensors for trucks in its response to the Transport...

TREASURY MINISTER Danny Alexander (pictured left) has committed to studying FairFuelUK’s (FFUK) economic report, which showed...

By Roger Brown SENIOR TRAFFIC commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell said she and her colleagues must continue to be given adequate...

PM ONBOARD has launched an overload monitoring device, TruckWeigh, offering operators a lowweight, low-cost means of staying...

DO YOU WANT to know which Euro-5 truck will cost you the least at the pump or the bunker? Do you run a payload-sensitive...

• The number of new O-licences issued in 2011-12 was 4,833, a drop from 5,233 in 2010-11. • 322 O-licences were revoked...

By George Barrow IT’S SAID TO be the first financially viable hybrid truck but, with a premium of £7,250 and a 150kg weight...

By David Wilcox GOODYEAR HAS described the effect of EC regulation 1222/2009, better known as the European tyre labelling...

HAULAGE BOSSES have been advised to tell drivers to avoid parking in lay-bys on the A17 as it is a hotspot for fuel thefts....

double-deckers to its fleet, increasing its pallet-carrying capacity by 10%. The 20 temperature-controlled trailers, supplied...

By Chris Tindall MORE THAN 1,000 former LGV drivers have had their driving entitlements returned to them since the law...

A MIDLANDS haulage contractor, whose licence was revoked at a public inquiry (PI) last month, has entered voluntary...

AND FINALLY... OBESITY IS A huge burden on the NHS and your truck’s suspension, judging by the results of a survey by...

Stoke-on-Trent-based RG Bassett & Sons has added a new Daf 18-tonne rigid to its fleet of 45 vehicles to handle deliveries in...

Can the government make a subtle change to the law to help hauliers recruit new drivers? Offering trainee apprenticeships to...

A consultation into raising the speed limit for LGVs on single-carriage A-roads is imminent, with safety being used as an...

In a recent interview, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin appeared to suggest that he wasn’t as keen on increasing...

RE YOUR article ( CM 25 October), as a small local business and creditors of D Mortimer & Sons we were shocked to read that...

HAVING RECENTLY endured my third Driver CPC training course, I feel the need to put pen to paper. After 26 years of driving...

THE HGV ROAD User Levy Bill, and the plan to introduce charges for all LGVs weighing 12 tonnes or more using UK roads, is a...

Michael Constantine received an extended ban from professional driving after kicking a car driver in the face By Roger Brown...

Transport manager ‘had too much to do’ A PUBLIC INQUIRY has been told how vehicle maintenance at North London Courier and...

LONDON WASTE haulier Quick Skips and Recycling has been fined £20,000 after a driver on his first day on the job sustained...

CO-OPERATIVE GROUP has been given the green light to base 200 vehicles and 210 trailers at its new £22m DC on the Castlewood...

Sutton and Son (St Helens) is looking to station six vehicles and six trailers at the Total UK facility in Eastfield Road,...

DHL Supply Chain wants to base 80 vehicles and 230 trailers at a site in Nisa Way, Bloom Lane on the Normanby Enterprise Park...

Fergusson Distribution wants one vehicle at a new operating centre in Dalry, Castle Douglas.

West Lothian-based Kevin McGonigal, trading as Blackrose Transport, hopes to get authorisation for one vehicle and two trailers...

● Andy Edwards Haulage, based in Rothesay, will appear before the TC at an inquiry on 5 November. Disciplinary action will be...

A change in the law now prevents firms from recovering costs from the government should they end up being acquitted in court...

Taking good advice from legal professionals can help hauliers avoid visits from Vosa and health and safety officers Words:...

e eftover kin SugaRich has carved out a niche for itself by collecting surplus food from supermarkets and food-processing...

... someone has to do it. And if you do, do it smartly. That’s the advice from those in the know in the tipper world Words:...

hands Unfortunately, a road traffic accident is something that could happen to anyone at any time – but rescue teams like...

Transport management systems aren’t just for the big boys – specialist packages can reduce paperwork, help find customers...

Recognition from Mercedes-Benz with a dealer award was long overdue for Sparshatts of Kent Words / Images: Steve Banner It was...

RENAULT TRUCK Commercials has opened a new dealership in Northampton at a cost of £750,000. The new Kislingbury site is a...