'Stating the bleedin' obvious' is one conclusion many people will draw from the Burns Freight Taxes Inquiry Report, published...

A UNION LEADER is accusing employers of trying to include periods of availability (PoA) in wage agreements in order to cut...

A BERKSHIRE HAULIER has issued a County Court Judgement against N orbert De ntressan gl e (ND) after the French operator...

NIGHTFREIGHT'S PROFITS fell almost 50% last year as uncertainty over future profits and cashflow led the parcels and logistics...

The FTA is advising the government that the industry will be ready for the enforcement of digital smartcard tachographs from 1...

Stealing from the Inland Revenue is never a good idea ripping off the taxman for £130,000 is a shortcut to jail. Mike Jewell...

THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association says operators will have to work hard to prevent a repeat of last years congestion at the...

PLANS TO BAN trucks from the town centre of Otley in West Yorkshire have been attacked by one of the biggest tipper operators...

DRIVERS EMPLOYED by smaller hauliers are enjoying bigger pay rises than elsewhere in the industry. A survey of 123 companies...

Perhaps the environment is too big an issue to resolve over a pint at the Mermaid Tavern but it seemed all my colleagues in the...

Leading rail-freight operator EWS hasn't ruled out dipping its toe into haulage. Chris Tindall reports. EXCLUSIVE THE CHIEF...

AN OPERATOR that introduced a code of practice for its agency drivers two years ago has halved its accident rates....

High-profile operator Stan Robinson has seen profits and turnover slip but says business is still healthy. Lucia Cockcroft...

PALLETLINE boss Glyn Jones is bucking the industry trend by shying away from investing in handheld devices to provide customers...

THE EUROVIGNETTE Directive has come under renewed fire for discouraging investment in Europe's road network. The International...

ARSONISTS have destroyed five vehicles in an attack on a haulage yard in Durham. The fire at Durham City Transport last week...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1950 and...

number of women entering Scotland's haulage industry has collected her HGV licence. Brenda Anderson became the first student...

A "provably innocent" British driver is stuck in a Spanish jail — and Fair Trials Abroad is blaming the UK Home Office. Guy...

FOREIGN TRUCK drivers may be more likely to hit railway bridges because they are confused by UK height restriction signs, says...

A SOUTH WALES haulage firm formed specifically to take over part of the business of another operator has been granted a new...

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a truck ban on a motorway in the Austrian Tyrol that links Germany to...

THREE PEOPLE have been arrested after a semi-trailer loaded with wine was stolen in Redditch. Operation Indicate, the West...

With the Compulsory Driver Training Directive due to come into effect in 2009, the government is currently considering two very...

Palletline was the UK's first major pallet network and now operates in a ferociously competitive sector. But as soon as he...

The Burns Inquiry was heralded as a way of quantifying the parlous state of the transport industry and coming up with some...

1. Foreign vehIcles should cover their full UK costs based on a vehicle charge. 2. UK operators should be rebated for thls...

Robbie Burns has built a strong platform for government discussion. But he tells Louise Cole that, for this industry, even soon...

ATS Euromaster's On-line Authorisation, a far quicker way for us to check via the web that we have the go-ahead to carry out...

As with anything regarding vehicle and site safety the Health & Safety Executive is a mine of information. The website is at...

• Category A is intended to cope, in general, when vehicles can be expected to tip on unmade or uneven ground. The IRTE states...

A trust was prosecuted following an incident when the raised body of a tipper lorry contacted an overhead power line while it...

A QUICK RESPONSE to the letter by Earl Attlee in last week's issue (CM 17 November).His suggestion that vehicles leave the UK...

Ever wondered what temperature diesel burns at? What happened to the great fleets of yesteryear? Why the wheels don't fall off...

I WAS SURPRISED to read that the Working Time Directive is perceived to be more difficult to implement with a reference period...

A parcels firm which had its authorisation cut at a previous hearing is off the road for good. A PARCELS FIRM whose transport...

A BUILDING maintenance firm's four-vehicle restricted licence has been cut to one vehicle and suspended for seven days after a...

A WELSH OPERATOR, whose vehicles failed annual tests because of faulty brakes, has had its licence cut from three vehicles and...

in 2001 finally loses his licence AN AGRICULTURAL haulier who failed to act on a four-year-old written warning has had his...

A NORTH-WESTERN firm has escaped with a warning after a threat to its six-vehicle licence had hung over it for nearly a year....

Vore stringent requirements for licence applications mean rogue operators will find it harder to get past the Traffic...

The new form makes clear what information is required and why the Traffic Commissioners want this information. Correct...

Traffic Commissioners have been regulating road transport for 75 years — and the Deputy TCs have included the Prime Minister's...

1911, the number of horses used for road transport was increasing. Horses worked for three hours and this determined the...

the ashes of the Iveco EuroStar. Same driveline but a new shell, a new philosophy and a new name: the Stralis. Would a used...

Training courses might well be of use to novice commercial vehicle drivers, but not for the CM team of experts — or so Julian...

Responsibility shown: Areas where the driver was consistent from the outset of training, and required little or no input from...

Cohn Barnett has been to sample Ford's new van training programme. W e recently attended the launch of Ford's initiative to...

Iveco invited a cross-section of tipper users to Italy for a look at the latest Trakker. Dan Giikes tagged along for the drive,...

THE MUMMY TIPPFR OPERATOR James Caller works for Kent-based South-East Tipping. it runs 22 tippers, 20 of which are Iveco...

THE MANUFACTURER Ken Brewis is lveco's head of product for mediurn and heavy business. Ifs his job to develop Trakker sales,...

THE TRUCK RENTAL SPECIALIST George Kennedy and his brother have built Maun Motors into a force to be reckoned with in the...

THE MIXER FLEET MANAGER (A), based at the firm's Bardon Hill Quarry. He is responsible for f Je Stobart is national logistics...

Ryder is known for bright yellow rental lorries and a traditional user base running fewer than 20 truas. But the company's...

The road transport job market relies heavily on word of mouth, but candidates should still prepare effective CVs and covering...

Gary Hawkins reflects on the benefits of modern gadgetry, but he never loses sight of the lifeblood of any business — money....

11i e used market will get an injection of fresh products next year; h re's a prediction of the hottest properties on the...

Barnfield College in Luton has snapped up two used Renaults direct from the manufacturer to help train the next wave of HGV...

In a final throw of the dice ERF launched its ECX rith the Olympic cab — a British-built long-distance lternative to the...