the regulations governing truck lengths — allowing operators to fit drag-reducing tail fins on the rear of trailers, and...

Cameron said the government will look to scrap any further fuel duty increases for the length of the current parliament. On...

to see its budget surplus drop to £13.3m in 2012/13, down from £16.4m a year ago, three years after revealing a £15m budget...

OFFICE of the Traffic Commissioners (OTC) has reminded hauliers that it opposes the practice of flagging out. An OTC spokesman...

HAULAGE Association (RHA) members are to receive a month's free trial of the M6 toll road as part of an initiative to boost...

By Chris Tindall THE RESTRICTION on licences for the two longer semi-trailer variants being trialled should be scrapped due to...

traffic commissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has warned hauliers they must be honest about their financial history. At a public...

We will have the new FH (in customer livery— Hymas), the new FM and the new FMX. What product or innovation will you launch at...

EDWIN SHIRLEY, the man behind legendary entertainment logistics firm EST, died last week aged 64. The company, which started...

to fighting car crime could expand its remit to tackle criminal activity involving LGVs, setting up a rival service to...

it was making savings of 15% on tyre costs after entering into a testing programme to benchmark premium brands. The...

WILL replace both the Premium and Magnum with a single cab when it launches its new truck range in June, consign ing both model...

drivers will be launched in January 2014 following talks between the sector and arbitration service Acas that took place after...

the new Arocs WHEN Mercedes-Benz unveiled the new Actros in 2011, it was hard not to notice its streamlined cab. However, we...

an XXL cab for a spin lay DI III YVVm11.11W1 icy EVER SINCE MAN revealed its face-lifted Euro-6 line-up ahead of the IAA...

Jim Dodd's letter (CM 28 March) and I would like to clarify Vosa's position. There has been little reduction in Vosa's...

In 1979 I was driving one of our family business's two removal vans. By the end of that Tory government I was MD of the firm,...

failure to carry out maintenance inspections and transport manager disqualified By Roger Brown Operator: Chamic Demolition...

Health and safety regulations Hearing: Plymouth Crown Court RR TRANSPORT has been fined £22,000 after the director of a...

Maintenance Hearing: Birmingham Area: West Midlands Presiding TC: Nick Jones WEST MIDLANDS traffic commissioner Nick Jones has...

green light to base one vehicle at Willow Lodge in Crossgates, Llandrindod Wells. The business can also station one vehicle at...

• API on 2 May will discuss disciplinary action against Digby Plant based in Caldicot. The TO will also consider the repute of...

vehicles and five trailers at the Port Talbot Slag Works in Port Talbot.

10 trailers at the Roadways Container Logistics site in Barton Dock Road, Urmston, Manchester.

at Broome Acre in Broadmeadows, South Normanton, and one at Chadwick Nick Lane in Belper, subject to conditions: • all...

at a unit on the Lanelay Road Industrial Estate in Talbot Green, Pontyclun, subject to the following condition: • the operator...

four vehicles and eight trailers at the ADM Cocoa UK site in Estuary Banks, Speke, Liverpool.

working life of everyone involved in the haulage sector Words: David Craik In January this year prime minister David Cameron...

Cameron concluded his speech, and it received an "exceptionally strong rate of response", according to director of policy Jack...

operators raise concerns about their tyres, Michelin has a man with all the answers Wø 1 ua. vcul uranam Klliiai uauil How much...

through combining two different transport functions within a single vehicle. Introducing the tanker-trailer combo Words: Louise...

for the transport industry would be far-reaching Words: Lucy Radley On 21 March 2012 first minister Alex Salmond announced that...

are their size and weight, but work is under way to develop smaller, lighter packs Words: David Wilcox Lithium-ion batteries...

electric avenue? CM finds out the best options and what products are available for you Virgil lib: l7C1J1 9 Ddl I OW In...

IT'S AN oft-trotted out cliché that nobody makes a bad truck any more. Given the current spate of new Euro-6 launches,...

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles has appointed Mark Hamilton to the new role of leasing and strategic account manager. He has...

Registered in October 2010, it's clocked up 403,000km in its first life. It has the DC13 12.7-litre Euro-5 driveline, boasting...

fewer new starts, hauliers making do and some going under, demand has fallen in line with supply In March and April everyone in...

Kevin Swallow ACORN TRUCK SALES has become Iveco Truck and Van's franchise dealer to cover Essex and south-east and east...

reached an all-time high in March, according to British Car Auctions. Prices rose 1.5% to £4,860, the highest since BCA started...

North London, a new main dealer, to its network. The dealership, in Enfield, will be responsible for sales, service and parts....

vital to any operator. CM discovers how several hauliers choose theirs Words: Ashleigh Wight In view of the numerous pieces of...