• by David Harris The High Court is set to make a series of landmark rulings this July on the newstyle fines being imposed on...

• The government has finally underlined its intention to create a new offence of Corporate Killing and make the prosecution of...

Customs has discovered a number of shrink-wrapped pallets of cannabis resin worth .£3rn on a UK-registered truck at Poole...

Dorset police are hunting a man who hijacked a TNT vehicle at Allied Bakery in Bournemouth before smashing into a number of...

A man has been charged with the murder of Jackie Wareing who died following a collision with a truck in Goole, on 14 February....

Business Post has taken another step towards a new business mail service, following plans to open up the postal market. it...

Eurowatch, the pan-European counter-crime service, has expanded further into Eastern Europe to include Hungary, Romania and...

The number of speed cameras in Edinburgh is set to treble, following a £2m blitz on speeding there. Estimates suggest the...

• by Dominic Perry Drivers at Bibby Distribution's Bicester depot could be headi ng for strike action after being awarded a...

M The new Mg toll road is to cost a massive 240% more than Its operator promised at a Public inquiry in 494, claims the Freight...

• Steve Bryant, the British owner-driver imprisoned in Morocco for 10 years on drug smuggling charges, is planning to sue the...

Road safety pressure group Brake says it will provide an effective deterrent to employers not taking health and safety issues...

• by Sally Nash Transport analysts have downplayed last week's appearance of a mystery new suitor for Christian Salvesen...

P Pressure group Fair Trials Abroad (FTA) has launched a major campaign to help free British truck drivers languishing in...

I MAN has announced details of a restructuring plan which will result in a further significant reduction in the ERF workforce...

II Driver Kenneth Webb, who killed himself and his wife when he crashed into a queue of trucks last year, may have been...

• One of Britain's leading transport lawyers said this week he believes it is legally fatal for hauliers to appoint part-time...

11)C drivers working on a contract with Boots are suffering "uncertainty and frustration" because of the retailer's failure to...

Question: When is a Low Emission Zone not a Low Emission Zone? Answer: When it doesn't include cars and vans. As the FTA quite...

M The RSPCA claims it has new evidence to support its call for laws governing animal transport to limit travelling times to...

po i ntless' , says FTA Making trucks comply with low emission zones (112s) will cost millions of pounds yet the air quality...

II Operators leasing their vehicles will be legally liable for the Transport for London congestion charge when new legislation...

• The United Road Transport Union has entered the "final stage" of negotiations to gain recognition at Edinburghbased Chancelot...

• Cheshire Constabulary has blasted recent press reports suggesting that terrorism—not theft—could have been behind the...

1. Order a Mercedes-Benz Vito before June 30th and you can toose between 3 years free .ervicing or free metallic paint a. a set...

f off with a warning new drivers it Supermarket retailer Asda is poised to create another 1,200 • by Mike Jewell Container...

warehouse and distribution jobs in the UK as part of a move to "revolutionise" its network. The new jobs include 500 at a new...

• Scottish timber hauliers this week welcomed a scheme designed to stop their trucks damaging minor roads, A £2.5m project...

• Police are hunting a gang of thieves who kidnapped a security guard before stealing two trailers containing £500,000 worth of...

• A man appeared before London magistrates last week charged with the murder of haulage boss Amarjit Chohan, who was found in...

• Many agency drivers still lack basic employment rights even though their services are In high demand because of driver...

• One in fve trucks checked by Trading Standards officer's in Gloucestershire over the last year was overloaded, according to...

What would you do if a relative of yours suddenly disappeared on an international trip? And what if you found he was in a...

Jail since 18 March after being arrested, convicted and Jailed for people-smuggling—all within 24 hours. His legal...

Patrick Kennedy, or PJ as he is known, is a veteran international truck driver who vehemently denies any knowledge, or...

programme falls into place with the launch of the new-look Eurocargo. Kevin Swallow looks at just what's on offer for the...

• The new-look Eurocargo has three cab options and a medium roof option on the sleeper. Externally, the body shell hangs on the...

• Ivaco let Commercial Motor use the Balocco proving ground in northern Italy to get an idea of what the new Eurocargo is...

• by Steve Brooks From the outside looking in, its hard to imagine anything more contentious, complex and costly in recent...

• Days before the launch of ACERT at the recent Mid-America Truck Show In Louisville, Cat executives remained convinced that...

• by Peter Shakespeare The city of Marrakech at the foot of Morocco's High Atlas Mountains formed the stunning backdrop for...

truck range with adoption of the 460hp 0121) engine, previously only offered with the fullheight FM cab. The electronic...

compete with the likes of the Vauxhall Combo and the Citroen fierlingo. Called Kubistar, it is expected to go on sale this...

A firm that had already served a 20-day suspension has escaped further punishment after one of its directors appeared before...

A Norfolk firm has had its disciplinary inquiry adjourned so it can be heard at the same time as similar proceedings involving...

A single marked prohibition in six years of ■ .* trading led to a North Yorkshire owner-driver appearing at a Leeds...

A family-owned concrete firm facing "multi-national competition" has kept its licence intact after appearing before the Welsh...

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law... what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: zz May 1928...

well we're not quite sure, actually. It's possibly to do with computers, although for all the sense we can make of it. it could...

of the British tradesman for generations. But with the Ford Escort recently ousted in favour of the clean-sheet Transit...

In its most likely operating condi tion lightly laden—the Astravan's performance is extremely impressive. It provides enough...

A s shocks go, it was a nasty one. Waste transport company Alex Smiles had long had public liability (PL) insurance in place to...

• If people are looking to minimise their public liability premiums, you need to work with your insurer to ask what minimum...

the firm has spread its wings and now supplies food of all descriptions to catering outfits and restaurants—it even supplies...

Many family haulage businesses may be under threat as the Inland Revenue targets such operations for tax avoidance. T re...

relationship... it was in our top three customers. Now it is 16th." Eddie Anderson, ARR Craib T he UK's largest steel group,...

Hijacking is most commonly associated with airliners but now the word is entering the language of road haulage. The criminals...

your brand new contract. For the first month everything goes well; extremely well, in fact. Then disaster strikes. You survive...