Seven haulage sector managers are among the top 500 best-paid individuals in the country, according to the Sunday Times Pay...

Trading standards officers in Merthyr Tydfil have carried out 18 prosecutions in a crackdown on overloaded vehicles using the...

There are fresh doubts as to whether the M8 in Scotland will be upgraded to full motorway status after it emerged that the...

Powershift, which gives hauliers grants to buy alternatively fuelled trucks, is to receive an extra £30m over three years.

EuroShell has launched an Internet-based backloads service. It can be found on the company's web site at www.euroshell.com.

promised to get US Green Cards for British drivers, has pleaded guilty to visa fraud and has been deported from Florida.

As Commercial Motor went to press 43 suspected illegal immigrants had been discovered in the back of two trucks on the M20 in...

by Miles Brignall and Dominic Perry Rebates on fuel granted to some European hauliers after their governments caved in to...

• The shake-up of the VED structure, which was expected to be introduced as part of next year's spring Budget, is unlikely to...

w Independent recovery operators in South Wales are mounting their third legal challenge against the police over a decision...

• by Guy Sheppard UK hauliers' share of crossChannel freight traffic has shrunk from 51% to 36% in the past five years,...

• Hundreds of hauliers who have registered their trucks abroad but still operate them under UK Operator's Licences may be...

in new ti port-related taxes as "Costa" report reaches mittee stage at the Euro Parliament (CM 17-23 AuE Philip Bradbourn ME...

• by Sally Nash The People's Fuel Lobby is seeking an urgent meeting with North Yorkshire Police following reports that...

Ask any UK haulier what the main problem is about high fuel duty and they'll tell you: it's about competing with foreign...

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• by Mike Jewell Truck drivers could be forced to record journeys to pick up a truck, even if they are on a train, if a ruling...

N Hauliers trying to challenge fines for bringing illegal immigrants into the UK often face an agonising choice between...

• An agency driver working for Wincanton Logistics who hit a car and injured two people after nodding off at the wheel has...

• Talks are due to resume in the Midlands next week to thrash out a pay deal for drivers which could act as a benchmark for...

prosecutor to help them decide the appropriate fine to impose on a driver after complaining they had no penalty guidelines....

director Stephen Joseph has criticised the Freight Transport Association's opposition to lorry bans or trunk roads. Joseph...

Eby Me MOM A pilot project to install more roadside cameras in seven counties is being cited as the cause of a huge reduction...

• A series of truck accidents brought traffic chaos to the M5 last week. There were three major incidents on Wednesday 15...

• The government could cut fuel prices dramatically by taxing the North Sea oil companies' huge windfall profits, MPs have been...

VW to MPG victory N by Colin Barnett CM recently joined forces with Volkswagen to take a class win in the CV section of the...

• South West Highways has chosen MAN products to keep Devon roads open this winter. A dozen 4x4 M2000 18.224FAKs will service...

• Environmental Instruments of Leamington Spa has developed a hand-held carbon-dioxide analyser which can be used to detect...

• Ballyclare-based tanker specialist Haulage Services has bought two Mercedes-Benz Actros 1840 4x2 tractive units, one of...

• Commercial Motor is proud to announce the finalists in the CM Livery of the Year Awards. They are; Class 1 (up to 7.5...

by Fort William-based John MacNeil Transport being curtailed to three vehicles and three trailers for two weeks. Scottish TC...

Heavy Haulage has been cut from three vehicles and three trailers to one vehicle and one trailer The company appeared before...

warned about the need to comply with the legislation covering drivers' hours and tachographs. The company appeared before West...

The Transport Tribunal has dismissed appeals by the associated companies Middlewich-based Continental Road Haulage &...

A West Yorkshire haulier has lost his 0-licence after 32 years in the indus try. Wakefield-based Gilbert Chapple Haulage had...

A firm of builders whose maintenance arrangements were described as "pretty chaotic" has lost the use of one of its two...

• If you have access to the Internet, visit www. road tranSpertnet—the web site operated by Commercial Motor, Motor Transport,...

A former director of Harris Transport (Merthyr has lost his bid for an 0-licence after Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon...

The latest UK road haulage news on roadtransport.net confirms I made the right decision when I packed my bags and moved to...

Now that the detail has been dissected and the extent of the Chancellor's generosity is known, we at the HFA feel that...

It will not be long before the FTA members begin to force many of the general hauliers that subcontract to them to pass over to...

It's a strange thing, don't you think, that haulage seems to have a second-class image? If you mention that you are involved in...

Well gawd bless you, Gordon Brown...you threw a few crumbs to those down and outs. The reductions in VED and the reduction in...

The Hawk's bookish pursuits led to the old bird being rewarded twice over this week, when he got his mitts on the latest issues...

You could get arrested for looking this pleased with yourself. But traffic police officers lain Henderson (left) and Paul...

I PRICE AS TESTED: E14,740 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.0-litre common-rail turbo-diesel, 110hp (82kW). GVW: 2,080kg. PAYLOAD: 425kg...

to be passed on in the rates. But this does not bother Lincolnshire haulier John Huddleston. As Steve Banner found out, if the...

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's recently announced plans to cut costs by £600m over the next three years. Will this have a knock...

• I decided to start a business with a tipper lorry, and a friend who has been in the same business for a long time said I...

• I have worked as an owner-driver for a few years, and in May this year bought a 38-tonne threeaxled artic and tandemaxled...

• I used to drive commercial vehicle time, but now wonl transport office 07:00-16:00hrs, Monc Friday, and 07:00-12 on Saturday....

a day for the privilege of entering London. And that's the good news—it was going to be 115 until the industry objected. Mike...

Do you want to make your drivers love you, work harder and help you save tax? Give them a share in the company! John Davies...

or baby food; are an owner-driver or employ hundreds of drivers; there's one thing you have in common with all hauliers, and...