The BBC spent three hours on Saturday covering some people running with a fire on a stick through Cornwall and Devon. While...

By Chris Tindall UNITE HAS ALLEGED that up to four East Anglian haulage firms have been abusing their drivers by regularly...

HUNTINGDON-based Williams Transport is one of the first hauliers to put a longer semitrailer (LST) into operation in a pallet...

By Laura Hailstone FAIRFUELUK (FFUK) has launched a major parliamentary bid to sink the August 3ppl fuel duty rise, but warns...

LAURIE BARTRAM, 22, scooped the Driver of the Year Award at last week’s Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards ceremony...

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE (ND) has put the UK’s first 26-tonne GVW hybrid distribution truck into service this week. The 26-tonne,...

By Chris Druce PALLET-TRACK believes the looming Olympic Games will provide a fillip for its members and general hauliers...

FAGAN & WHALLEY has opened a new hub in Coventry after receiving a £1.5m finance package from Yorkshire Bank. The Lancashire...

BASINGSTOKE HAULIER L Hunt & Sons has teamed up with The Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line to promote the local tourist...

By Hayley Pink A WEST MIDLANDS truck driver has launched a petition to get the Driver CPC requirement abandoned. Tony...

VBG HAS INTRODUCED a ball and clamp drawbar coupling that will replace eye and pin couplings traditionally used on ‘constantly...

CREDITORS OF Palletline Logistics (Midlands) have voted in favour of the company voluntary arrangement (CVA) applied for by the...

By Brian Weatherley MERCEDES-BENZ IS promising fuel savings of up to 3% with its latest Predictive Powertrain Control (PPC)....

YORK LOGISTICS FIRM and Palletline member House of James has agreed a sale to Potter Group Logistics. The deal, struck last...

By Will Shiers CAPTURED ON A road near the Renault Trucks test track at La Valbonne, Lyon, this is reckoned to be the next...

ROAD HAULAGE IS awash with would-be scribes. Suckling Transport boss Peter Larner opted for fiction and has risen up the Amazon...

BOLTON-BASED 3D Haulage is being wound up with an estimated shortfall to non-preferential creditors of more than £400,000,...

or go CM’s top tips to ensure your company is a winner when making deliveries in London during the Olympic Games Words: Chris...

Transport for London’s (TfL) Freight Journey Planner should be live as you read this. Developed by Pie, the planner will have...

Plan for periodic safety inspections and routine maintenance to be done prior to the Olympic period. If you normally have spare...

Security is the paramount concern of the organisers. As well as the security checkpoints around the venues, there will be 98...

RECORD FUEL prices over the past couple of months are taking their toll on increasing numbers of UK operators’ bottom lines....

The latest comments on Commercialmotor.com Both drivers and employers risk Driver CPC fines “After September 2014 I will not...

Two Leicestershire-based firms were fined after a worker was killed by an overturned tipper lorry By Patric Cunnane TWO...

This tragic accident could have been easily avoided if basic health and safety measures had been adopted at the site.

WINCANTON HAS been granted a licence authorising it to start operating up to 10 vehicles and 20 trailers out of a depot in...

BIFFA WASTE Services has submitted an application for a new operating centre in Manchester authorising 10 vehicles and eight...

THE TC HAS granted ADS Transport (GB) a licence authorising two vehicles and two trailers out of a Widnes operating centre.

COLLIER HAULAGE (South Wales) has applied to run two vehicles and four trailers out of a new operating centre in Newport. It...

GREGORY DISTRIBUTION in Haverfordwest has applied to the Welsh Traffic Area Office to operate 15 vehicles and 15 trailers out...

NIGHTFREIGHT HAS a new operating centre in Trafford Park, Manchester. It has also requested authorisation to run 20 vehicles...

● Disciplinary action against RJ Rich & Son in Preston will be on the agenda at a PI on 7 June. ● Liverpool-based haulier Fast...

Digital tachograph changes The second phase of changes due in October 2012 to the specification (first phase in October 2011)...

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, 19 January 2012 This implements the Third EU Driving...

smugglers International operators pay a heavy price if they allow their lorries to be used to carry contraband goods Words:...

There is no set limit on the amount of alcohol or tobacco that can be brought in from EU countries, as long as customs accept...

for change? A shortage of transport law is unlikely to happen any time soon, as a recent conference proved Words: Patric...

Woodfines partner Tim Ridyard focused on the impending changes to OCRS, temporarily delayed because of technical issues....

Why moving up in weight makes sense After four decades of running 7.5-tonners, Norwich fresh produce merchant D&F McCarthy...

In 1969 Scania unveiled the original 350hp 14-litre. Its mighty V8 is still the byword for ‘big-banger’ performance 43 years...

Model: Scania LB141 4x2 twin-bunk sleeper Year of manufacture: 1977 Engine: Scania 14.2-litre DS14 V8 rated at 375hp/1245Nm...

Model: Scania R730 6x2 Topline twinbunk sleeper Year of manufacturer: 2011 Engine: Scania 16.4-litre DC-16-21 V8 rated at...

With fuel costs sky high, Continental says it’s time to look beyond the ‘how much and for how long?’ questions when buying...

As part of its regular R&D activities, Continental regularly develops and tests new tread patterns. However, not all remain in...

Continental has developed a simple way of highlighting premature and uneven wear on steer-axle tyres caused by excessive...

Under the Working Time Directive, drivers must take a 30-minute break after completing six hours’ work A particular favourite...

How do you manage the downloading of tachograph data if your fleet is scattered across the country – or even in Europe? A new...

Volkswagen light CV dealer Citygate is reaping the benefits of turning an eyesore into a facility with the potential to sell...

BRITISH CAR Auctions (BCA) has signed up with leasing and fleet vehicle provider Arval to remarket its de-fleeted vehicles....