A driver agency now offers a service to accommodate and teach eastern European drivers. David Harris reports. A NEW-STYLE...

A FORMER TNT driver, who claims he became a 'marked man' for wanting to become a Transport & General Workers Union shop...

A CORONER has recorded a verdict of unlawful killing after hearing how a truck with defective brakes jack-knifed across a dual...

THE GOVERNMENT will hand over just 5% of the £60m of unspent funding from the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund to help operators...

EMERGENCY SERVICES battled to deal with toxic chemicals scattered across the Al near Catterick, North Yorkshire, after an attic...

LDV previews its new van range — and CM can exclusively reveal its planned new engine. Andy Salter wades through the dry ice....

THE CONTINUING resurrection of the ERF brand saw the return of an old favourite, the Olympic cab, at this week's CV Show in...

SEDDON ATKINSON has unveiled its new Strato rigid range, targeted at the waste and construction sectors. Taking pride of place...

offering advice on a wide range of topics at CM'S free legal clinic this week. The clinic has proved a resounding success,...

is a winner.., shop is ready to run A KEENLY priced one-stop-shop for operators is the basis of the 'Ready To Run' programme...

Isuzu's new Rodeo pickup made its first public appearance at the CV Show. Taking over from I discontinued Vauxhall B range,...

If you haven't made it to NEC yet, there is still tim Today (Thursday) is the day of the show, with the halls open until 16:3...

Drivers will be able to tg their driver's hours and tacho knowledge with Iv CD-Roms launched at tl show. Anyone completir...

Nissan's revised Cabsta makes its UK debut at ff NEC. Changes include 3-litre turbo-diesel engin independent front susp€ and...

Participants in our recen Mercedes-Benz Actros I offer will recall that all en were entered into a dray win a digital video...

LRUC is too complicated and too costly to run, says researcher. By Andy Salter. LEADING TRANSPORT and logistics academic...

EN ROUTE TO Birmingham on the eve of the show. CM made a detour into the Leicestershire countryside for the first UK drive of...

AS FORD'S evergreen Transit approaches the start of its fortieth year, it has been treated to a number of improvements,...

Speaking at the show. the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE), which has just released its latest guide to tipper...

the CV Show, an updated version of its ISLenne and a gas version of the I same, but is still awaiting orders. Although, the...

Renault Trucks UK launc its Customer Service Charter, featuring seven commitments that wilIN maintained by all memb the Renault...

The RHA has launched mobile phone-based sy that allows operators to I tabs on their workers vie Internet. RTD2 is availab...

ingimex has launched c cab variants of its 3.5-toi tipper body, the Titan. Si cab chassis versions of all-new design went into...

Kalmar unveiled a new version of it terminal tra equipped with the latest version of Cummins' 5.9 engine and Allison's MC...

CM'S views on the new products on show are all well and good — but it's the buyers who decide success. We've been asking their...

Oliver Dixon reflects on the space and elbow rc at a show which seems more successful than yet has fewer visitors... S'odd,...

Barry Proctor's taking the Working Time Directive fight to the ETAS Richard Turner. So is it designed as a social ideal or as...

A firm falsified inspection sheets to protect itself after a collision in which a woman died. Chris Tindall reports THE OWNER...

CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown has been praised and condemned in equal measure for delaying the introduction of the Lorry Road User...

rise for Biffa drivers MORE THAN 900 waste collection drivers arc being offered a 36% increase in hourly pay to protect...

Jennifer Ball reports on AVRO's disgust at another case of rate-cutting. RECOVERY OPERATORS' association AVRO has hit out as...

POLICE ARE HUNTING two conmen who tricked a driver into stopping before stealing his truck and 00,000 load of Cadbury's Roses...

A SERIES OF road blockades by environmental campaigners are set to seriously disrupt freight traffic through Austria between 5...

Part of Yorkshire's trucking heritage is threatened with closure. David Harris reports. THE FLAPPITS, the peculiarnamed but...

HAULIERS ARE being asked to boycott the Severn Bridges later this year as part of a campaign to scrap tolls. The idea is the...

AN OWNER-DRIVER is planning to stop paying for a truck he acquired 18 months ago because he claims it is jinxed. Stephen Vose...

Shell says ifs all change for oil changes as Euro-3 intervals come under scrutiny. Brian Weatheriey reports. LAST YEAR'S...

A HAULAGE boss and one of his drivers have been jailed for a total of nine years for attempting to smuggle flm worth of...

A ROAD safety charity has attacked a judge's decision not to jail a truck driver who caused the death of a retired church...

Guy Sheppard reports on a truck clocked travelling at an impossible speed. A UNION LEADER is questioning the reliability of...

TRUCK DRIVERS in Ireland will be banned from having a fag in the cab when a new Irish law comes into force on 29 March. A...

hornets' nest A new study recommends the aggregate tax on Northern Irish quarry operators be reduced to help them compete with...

committee's recommendation that the levy be cut, provided quarries can meet environmental considerations. Roger Cullimore, who...

Following a slump last year, shares in the big logistics firms have continued to rally over the past month buoyed by consumer...

Shares fell to a low of 25.04 in March 2003, but have since climbed to 07.89 following strong results which saw its 2003...

What goes up must come down — often with a bump. Rental and leasing giant Transamerica has certainly learned that the hard...

This year's Budget may not have contained any nasty surprises, but, as the saying goes, the devil's in the detail. Together...

YOU HAVE REPORTED one of the most outrageous cases of overloading to come to the courts in recent times (CM 11 March): 26.5%...

A GREAT DEAL has been written lately about the WorkingTime Directive, and rightly so. However, I am somewhat bemused and...

MILES BRIGNALL'S balanced "EU: dream or nightmare?" report (CM 11 March) deserves a little expansion. When the UK joined the...

An operator who drove without a licence fails to win back his impounded truck. Mike Jewell reports. A Lancashire scrap...

A DECISION to refuse a change of operating centre on the grounds that it was misleadingly advertised has been overturned by the...

1 AILURE TO provide inspection records. defect reports and a poor annual test record led to a Cheshire own-account operator...

ANOWNER-DRIVER has told a disciplinary inquiry he does not believe in speed limiters as they cause accidents by "sending...

OPERATOR and his driver face fines, costs and back duty of £1,000 for using a dangerous. untaxed vehicle with an axle...

Transport operators increasingly rely on a flexible workforce. Recent legislation has granted new rights to such workers....

An imaginative scheme may give operatorsa route to find the transport managers or engi neers of the future. Patric Cunnane...

match company needs. Year in Industry carries out the legwork in the selection and recruitment process, provides students with...

road transport lawyers suggest the answers toyour legal queries. This week's answers are by Barker Gotelee. which is based in...

GOES Take Daf's 360hp, 9.2-litre diesel, put it in a CF75 six-wheeler and you've got a cracking tipper. U sually, at this...

Tanker and hazchem drivers are required to pass a mandatory examination before carrying dangerous loads. But would we all be...

Park-based Juggs Food. The firm manufactures its own frozen re• meals and carries out its own distribution to pubs and...

With live cargo monitoring, wireless downloading of data and Internet reports, temperature recorders are shedding their image...

R:COM wireless data download system to improve the reliability of load temperature data at its Hams Hall depot. which is...

Temperature recorders became mandatory in 1994 on vehicles used in the primary distribution of quick-frozen food (defined as...

a paper ticket, or saved electronically. A temperature recorder with a 512k memory can record a year's worth of data between...

popular -over 50,000 units have been sold. The new TSedata internet-based data download service might prove popular with...

Electrostatic charging keeps heavy plastic film close to the vehicle's body when spraying. MASKING BODYWORK in readiness for...

THE AIRFLEX battery charger from Deta Batteries is designed to reduce charging times from eight hours to less than six hours...

Agriemach has introduced a tool to unclog stuck grease fittings, allowing neglected steering, suspension and driveline joints...

Ingersoll-Rand Air Solutions has launched a compact rotary compressor that operates from 5.5-11kW. Called Unigy, the...

Kismet Garage Equipment has launched a new range of vehicle lifts. The range-topping KS1 model features four, six and...

Champion has launched a wiper range for the commercial vehicle market. Called Aerovantage, it fits 90% of applications and...

Hella has added an engine management module to its annual programme of air-conditioning training courses for the independent...

You may be the ideal person for the job. But you need to convince your interviewer. Tim Maughan asked recruitment specialist...

've found the last two weeks of hard selling very difficult. I've spent plenty of time sat in reception areas only to be told...

As manufacturers take greater control over their returning models, independent dealers are finding it harder to get fresh...

grand 80% of stock A host of vehicles from ex-rental and leasing deals went through the Manheim showroom last week with 78% of...

As the used market continues to climb for the fourth year running, we ask the SMMT what's hot and what's not... T he trade in...

Vans are running hard in the used sales figur with almost three to every one new LCV solc T rade in the van sector continued...