Ken Abram Ltd ceased trading this week, leaving an estimated 100 creditors out of pocket. Bridget Carter and Dominic Perry...

UNION LEADERS say logistics giant Exel has agreed a pay increase of nearly 20% for more than 60 drivers following a threat of...

VOLVO HAS SOLD out of Euro-3 FLs as operators rush to beat the digital tachograph deadline and the new Euro-4 emission...

TESCO IS PLANNING tochange the terms and conditions of hundreds of drivers when it replaces two sites with a £75m distribution...

FURIOUS OPERATORS in Ireland are expected to protest over plans to prevent trucks driving in Dublin's city centre....

WORKERS AT WINCANTON could be forced to pay extra money into their pension funds even though the logistics company plans to...

IT'S 90 DAYS since venture capitalists rescued LDV from collapse, and the van maker is confident of building vans at a profit...

TRUCK DRIVERS around the country may soon be told to leave their fuel cards at home after an announcement by BP that it is to...

ANPR cameras are great revenue earners for the government, but Mr X seriously doubts whether they are an effective way to...

BOOTS IS TO automate its distribution network at a cost of 2,250 jobs, but drivers are likely to escape the axe. The firm will...

Operators who ignore the weight restriction on the A514 in Chellaston face being named and shamed in the local press. Sally...

DUTCH PLANS FOR 25m-long 60-tonne trucks could be finalised this month. The Dutch authorities have been evaluating these...

Unless the council rescinds the order, one operator will challenge the ban before the Local Government Ombudsman. Sally Nash...

MORE RESOURCES are to be pumped into Operation Indicate, the West Midlands Police truckcrime unit. The operation was set up...

TI IE PROFESSIONAL Drivers Association (PDA) is urging operators to he more proactive about checking up on delivery delays...

AYLESBURY-BASED distribution and logistics company TransAction International is to upgrade its pallet service to Ireland from...

AS CM WENT to press, the Freight Transport Association (ETA) was calling on the Chancellor to freeze diesel duty for a full...

It seems that the only way to tempt freight from road to rail is for rail companies to improve their services. Sally Nash...

VEHICLE RENTAL FIRM Delta Self Drive is to become the exclusive supplier for Freeways Transport. Freeways director Keith...

COMM ERCIA I. MOTOR'S Health Challenge kicks off at Wolverhampton Truckstop on Tuesday 28 March and breakfast will be on I...

WELSH OPERATOR Teifi Timber has placed the first UK order for one of Volvo's latest 13litre FH trucks The FH has a D13A engine,...

BIG BROTHER WINNER Chantelle Houghton will be among the celebrities at Truck fest 2006. The blonde reality show winner has not...

E15bn aggregates levy Quarrymen say an environmental levy has done more harm than good — and they want their money back. Guy...

A TRUCK DRIVER who hatched a plot with thieves to steal his £15,000 load of chocolate has been jailed for a year. Kevin...

Here's the second instalment in our series of weekly bulletins to help you prepare for the new tachograph technology, courtesy...

A quarter of directors in road transport are approaching or past the standard retirement age. Louise Cole considers the...

There has been no obvious trend in fuel price changes across Europe this month, with Belgium suffering the largest increase, at...

I f the market is as impressed as we are with the new Mercedes Sprinter and its Volkswagen Crafter doppelgiinger, then a...

SO 95% OF respondents in your CM/Michelin survey believe more should be done to bring young drivers in to the industry (CM 9...

HAVING READ the article headlined "Tail & Error" (CM 2 March), I note the IRTE is "defining a national standard" for...

1 READ WITH some interest your article Towing the line - and the interview with Gary Satchwell from AVRO (CM 9 March) CM must...

Vehicle manufacturers are unlikely to give up on the idea of privatising test centres. But, asks Louise Cole, would operators...

Owner-driver used his brother's name to hide serious hours offences. A SHROPSH IRE owner-driver who was so tired he was in...

A COUNTY council has failed to block the continued use of a site on road safety grounds after an inquiry heard that it had been...

USING A vehicle without 0-licence authority has cost a hot dog salesman £1,200 in lines and costs. Norman Prior,trading as...

AN OLDBURY-based operator escaped with a formal warning when he appeared at his second public inquiry within seven months for...

A SCOTTISH operator was ordered to pay fines and costs of £548 after it admitted using an unauthorised operating centre. James...

Under new regulations, operators winning contracts have increased obligations to the workers in companies they acquire. Mark...

"A haulier taking on a new contract providing services may have the previous contractor's workforce aJtomatically transferred...

ca in The London Lorry Ban, new EEC drivers' hours regulations and an orbital motorway for the capital... Patric Cunnane...

In September 1986 new EEC (European Economic Community) Drivers' Hours regulations were introduced after endless wrangling...

Our popular legal clinic returns to the CV Show in April. Patric Cunnane explains how to book a free consultation with a top...

electronic engineering in mainstream trucks with a nudge-type gearchange its approach to this technology has wavered between...

of six, including five Actros tractor units. The company is five years old, and Mick Hancock splits the fleet into two groups....

boasting more than 400hp. Picking out a "winner is tougher than you might think, and with manufacturers keen to offer deals to...

H I GH RISK High-value freight offers above-average rewards but it isn't for the faint-hearted. Andy Moore reviews the market...

More than two years have passed since English and Welsh police ceased to offer escorts for abnormal loads as a matter of...

The police have relinquished escort duties to the private sector. But Chief Superintendent Kevin O'Leary (below) of the Central...

The Highway Agency Code of Practice (HACP)says that: • Escort vans need to be 'conspicuous" and that means they should be...

The Highways Agency has launched a free website to help heavy operators plan their journeys. ESDAL (Electronic Service...

Air hose planning to set up a road transport !! outfit need dedication, pluck — and money.That said, aspiring owner-drivers...

The ESP skid-prevention system is said to save more lives than airbags; Cohn Barnett tested the latest version and was very...

beforeAAS appears where ifs really needed — helping to cope with the hateful foot-operated parking brake an the Vito. Bosch is...

Welcome to the Commercial Motor Health Challenge! Over the next year we'll be looking at all aspects of health, and we invite...

UK is obesity. And remember, medical obesity may begin long before you think someone is actually fat. Men are more at risk than...

UK employers very dearly, The direct costs include statutory sick pay, the cost of replacement staff and loss of output. The...

they should be? Join the Commercial MotorHealth Challenge. You can take part in the activities we will be holding around the...

Despite slow trade in February, Glass's Guide chief commercial vehicle editor George Alexander says there's plenty of reason...

Despite the growth in major construction projects, and more in the pipeline, sales of new tippers haven't grown as expected....