1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182 
Page 1
Page 6
The Pallet Network members restrict delivery times into RDCs to cut the time wasted waiting to make deliveries. Roanna Avison...
NISSAN HAS unveiled revised specifications for the Navara pickup range. The line-up begins with the workmanlike Trek, with a...
Page 7
THE EUROPEAN Commission has signalled that it is prepared to allow national governments to funnel large sums of money direct to...
THE OWNER OF Mold, Clwyd-based haulier JD Owen is talking to transport officials in Brussels in a bid to gain European backing...
THE WEST MIDLANDS Business Council fears truck crime will increase if South Staffordshire District Council approves a plan...
TEXTING YOUR drivers could jeopardise your 0-licence says Scottish Deputy Traff ic Commissioner Richard McFarlane. At the...
Page 8
MAN lead times may still be long, but they are lower in the UK than in Eastern Europe. Andy Salter reports. UK OPERATORS...
SCOTTISH I .IVESTOCK hauliers are angry that the Department for Transport has again refused to relax drivers' hours regulations...
Page 9
Working out how not to charge customers a £200 a day LEZ surcharge is confusing, says owner-driver Dick Flute. It now appears...
Page 11
A driver was left in state of undress at the side of the road after thieves made off with his wagon and its load. David Harris...
THE SCOTTISH Parliament was told last week that the country's operators are running cleaner trucks with each passing year....
RESIDENTS WHO bought plots and built homes next to a rural haulage yard have lost their fight to stop the operator expanding....
Page 12
ROAD TRANSPORT organisations have welcomed a report on carbon emissions by the Commission for Integrated Transport (Cf IT)....
Page 14
After six months, the DIT still hasn't found a Traffic Commissioner for the Eastern region. Chris Tindall reports. THE...
THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) has put £1.2m more into its fund to train van drivers in more economical and safer driving...
Page 16
Haulier escapes ban, despite picking up 12 penalty points because he was facing 'undue hardship' if he could not work. Peter...
ONE OF THE country's biggest operators has been fined for the third time in recent years for overloading a truck, despite...
Page 19
Operators and firms have met the local authority to air their views about plans for a congestion charge in Cambridge. Chris...
FUEL PRICES ARE likely to rise for the rest of 2007 and into 2008, according to a specialist in fuel-management software. Andy...
COMMUNICATION problems with a Spanish dealer have been blamed for an overloading offence that cost a company based in...
Page 21
The government stands accused of watering down proposals to shift bulk freight by water rather than road. Chris Tindall...
CHESHIRE-BASED demolition, recycling and waste disposal specialist Nick Brookes has taken delivery of a 13-litre Volvo FM 8x4...
GERMAN TRAILER and body manufacturer Kagel has boosted its turnover by more than 50% in the first half of 2tX)7 compared with...
Page 22
The UK road transport industry runs on the most expensive fuel in Europe and foreign competitors are quick to take advantage....
Page 24
I'm in the process of starting my own courier firm and am looking to buy a van. I know which make I want, but I'm unsure...
My yard is based just outside the M25 and the nearest Vosa test station, which I frequently use, is about a mile inside the...
which have analogue tachographs, with Euro-4 digitach-equipped vehicles. I've heard about digital tachographs giving false...
Trucks can now reach Euro-5 emissions with SCR or EGR technology why don't manufacturers combine them to produce a much cleaner...
Page 26
In our recent LDV supplement Andy Salter talked to chief executive Steve Young. Space limitations meant we couldn't bring you...
Page 28
WELL DONE Commercial Motor for your story about diesel spills (CM 13 September,'Protect your diesel— and save lives'). I've no...
I READ WITH interest the article regarding the impact that the shortage of certain key components is having on the supply of...
THE HEADLINE of the article in CM 30 August,'Delayed launch for longer London loading times', is slightly misleading: the...
Page 30
Stories are mounting up of trucks ending up on inappropriate roads after relying on sat-nay guidance — but is using this driver...
Page 33
The maintenance contractor had previously sued over unpaid bills and the annual test pass rate was poor. Mike Jewell reports....
Page 34
A SKIP OPERATOR who failed to turn up at a public inquiry has had his five-vehicle licence revoked because of concern over poor...
ATIMBER HAULIER who racked up two prohibitions in the first two months of his 0-licence has been refused authorisation for a...
Page 35
A MILK WHOLESALER'S sloppy maintenance regime has cost it the suspension of one vehicle for six weeks. It was the firm's second...
A LANCASHIRE PALLET manufacturer whose sole vehicle was given an S-marked prohibition at annual test has had his 0-licence...
Page 36
A new bill proposes that all equality legislation should be brought together under one act. Would this make it easier for...
Page 38
Europe has proposed a more rigorous CPC for transport managers — but are the proposals fair to UK operators? Patric Cunnane...
Page 39
The EC and the EU Council of Ministers want to make it harder to become a road transport operator by replacing the 1996...
Page 40
If an employee wants to work in a more flexible way you have to seriously consider their request — and be prepared to provide...
Page 48
As practical as a Swiss Army penknife and even more adaptable, van racking is essential equipment for many van-based workers....
Nissan Primastar Thanks to its new factory Bri-Stor Group claims to be the I.JICs largest manufacturer and supplier of van...
Page 49
to rot with at the necessary equipment, it makes sense to order your vehicle complete with racking. Bott has teamed up with...
Page 50
Simon Marsh has taken SMS from a one-man van operation to a 65 vehicle, three-division operation. Colin Barnett finds out how...
Page 58
Airport, and it looks as though it could accommodate several large aeroplanes itself. But this is no hangar. It is...
Jim Brogan welcomes us into what he affectionately refers to as "the dungeon": a windowless office inside a warehouse. This is...
Page 61
Nocturnal UK parcel operations will continue to grow, predicts Dale Turley, office manager at Milton Keynes-based MK London...
Page 62
Colin Barnett visited Leyland to see Dal's latest offerings — from 'one-stop bodies' to online fleet service record systems....
Page 66
...but who wouldn't want 680 horses under the bonnet? Overtaking bans for trucks, like most things, have their pros and cons....
Page 69
Long lead times on new products and a shortage of late-year used trucks are increasing interest in older stock. Steve Banner...
Page 70
The clouds that ruined summer weather do have one silver lining they have curtailed the traditional summer sales slump in the...