Mercedes-Benz has launched its new Actros and you can see the first exclusive pictures of its stylish new look on p32. The...

by Christopher Walton THE DEPARTMENT for Transport’s (DfT) consultation on increasing the length of semi-trailers closed on...

by Joanna Bourke YODEL’S RESTRUCTURE is gathering pace, with the parcel carrier shutting four of its eight national hubs by...

VOSA has unveiled proposals to modify its fees for annual HGV testing, operator licensing and non-statutory checks and tests....

By Chris Tindall TRAFFIC Commissioner (TC) Nick Jones has accused VOSA of acting “in excess of its powers” , after the agency...

A RECONSTRUCTION of an arson attack on Derbyshire-based Milltech Haulage has been staged in a bid to catch the culprits. Greg...

DAVID LEWIS, sole director and operator of DA Lewis UPVC Installations, had his O-licence revoked by Welsh Traffic Area Traffic...

By Chris Druce ESSEX’S STEVE Prince Transport has become a member of two pallet networks to boost its volumes. The...

CHEPSTOW-based Zenith Logistics Group has become the latest member of Pall-Ex, covering the GL and NP Postcodes. The company,...

FOUR MASKED men forced their way into a portable office at A&F Haulage’s premises on St Helens Road in Bolton during a raid...

By Justin Stanton THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has called on the industry to support its Love Logistics campaign,...

MESSAGES OF SUPPORT are flooding in for an East Anglian-based charity that warns it will close if its annual truck convoy is...

SCANIA HAS added new box, curtainsider and skiploader vehicles to its Complete Vehicle range. The new rigid models are based...

By Chris Tindall A HULL-BASED haulage company has escaped closure after it was sold to its director in a pre-pack deal. DAS...

KANE HAULAGE has been fined £11,700 after it carried out demolition work on buildings while electricity supplies remained...

AS PART OF ITS celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Unimog, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled this concept vehicle. Inspired by...

MORE THAN 240 diabetic drivers have had their vocational driving licence revoked in the last three years alone, according to...

Ryder’s purchase of Hill Hire made the headlines a fortnight ago – here the men in charge explain their decision Words: Justin...

Ryder, with its market-leading position in the US, already has experience of the closest thing to Euro-6: US trucks running at...

CM meets the brothers in charge of Howard Tenens, and discovers that the Welsh haulier is one to watch Words: Joanna Bourke /...

At a CM Legal Seminar held at Tip-Ex, the DfT took delegates through the government’s plans for LRUC regulation Words: Andy...

I WAS APPALLED to hear Lord Alan Sugar’s (right) comments that engineers are bad at business on The Apprentice last week (22...

I APPRECIATE that some hauliers are welcoming a Lorry Road User Charge that would see foreign trucks charged up to £9 per day...

The Renault dealer was fined after an employee was seriously injured when he fell from the roof of a cab By Roger Brown...

DHL SUPPLY Chain is looking for authority to base 80 vehicles and 150 trailers at the B&Q Distribution Centre in Highworth...

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE Transport Services wants to base 30 vehicles and 10 trailers at a site on the Crown Industrial Estate in...

CEVA LOGISTICS has been granted the green light to base four vehicles and four trailers at Gelpack Industrial Limited on the...

CANUTE HAULAGE Group has been given permission for 50 vehicles and the same number of trailers at a facility on the Middlemarch...

EDDIE STOBART wants to base 15 vehicles and 15 trailers at the Pirelli Motor Sport Services facility in Didcot Oxfordshire.

● Langdon Transport, based on the Lee Mill Industrial Estate in Ivybridge, will attend a PI on 28 June, where disciplinary...

The Transport Tribunal has vacancies for three transport specialists. Could you be one of them? Words: John Robinson Ab out...

Transport specialists have the opportunity to hear tribunal cases relating mainly to road transport licensing. The JAC is...

Questions are being raised about the standard of the Driver CPC training available to operators Words: Chris Tindall Stories...

The Driver CPC is a road safety directive, aimed at reducing the number of accidents involving large goods vehicles, as well as...

Word of mouth: recommendations from other drivers or hauliers are useful for avoiding sub-standard trainers. Look at the...

Make sure your new customers have correctly identified themselves, otherwise getting paid may prove impossible Words: Daniel...

are GO! Mercedes-Benz has launched an all-new Actros, the result of 10 years of development and 20 million kilometres of...

It’s not every day the boss of a global truck manufacturer uses ‘street patois’ to describe his latest product. But Andreas...

After becoming a household name in British truck building, Bedford ceased production in 1986. Twenty-five years on, CM looks...

Bedford had long had a strong foothold in the market for specialist trucks, such as municipal vehicles, fire engines and...

Having produced more than 3.5 million vehicles, Bedford closed in 1986 after declining sales. The TM simply couldn’t compete...

As networking group Women in Logistics UK approaches its third birthday, founder Ruth Waring tells CM how the group has grown...

Today, WIL runs three types of events annually: educational events, logistics industry events and pure networking/social...

CM meets the operator that is an expert in the removals business, and discovers how care and attention to detail have gone a...

As new tyre prices soar, CM looks at the types of retread available, and other ways hauliers can save money on their tyres...

Retreading a tyre means the carcass the retread is built on is recycled, which helps shrink the operator’s carbon footprint....

The parcels market has been through sometimes recently, but it isn’t going to give up without a good fight Words: Joanna...

“If you take the entire carrier market and examine the property portfolios and fleets, you will see that collectively there is...

The vagaries of the used truck market are helping to keep demand healthy Words: Steve Banner Fuelled in part by a continued...

Operators likely to be affected by the LEZ have got to realise that time is running out and they will have to take action if...

Iveco considers stretching tractors to meet spiralling demand for LEZ-compliant 26-tonners Words: Steve Banner DEMAND FOR...