Cranleigh Freight Services’s (CFS) continuing battle to operate fully from its Dunsfold Park site (see p6) is deeply...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk CRANLEIGH FREIGHT Services says its future stability could be in “severe jeopardy” if objections...

laura.hailstone@rbi.co.uk THE FAIRFUELUK campaigners took the ight for a fair deal on fuel straight to the heart of government...

THE OFFICE OF FAIR Trading (OFT) is appealing for further information from the industry as part of its investigation into...

roger.brown@rbi.co.uk CHANGES TO THE OCRS system, which will mean hauliers are judged on the seriousness of any prohibition...

HALLETT SILBERMANN has transported a new yacht, manufactured by Princess Yachts International, to the 2011 London International...

NORTHERN IRELAND operators face a new level of enforcement from next month when Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) oficers get the...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk THE RETAIL MOTOR Industry (RMI) is launching a certiication body for workshops following new EU...

THE GOVERNMENT is ighting “tooth and nail” and has “absolutely no intention” of introducing an EU proposal to restrict...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to trial new road-salting measures in...

roger.brown@rbi.co.uk THE BOSS OF Glasgow operator Green Market (Scotland), who told the Trafic Commissioner (TC) he could not...

CHEPSTOW-BASED haulier Stroat Transport says market conditions are close to making the business uneconomic. The company, which...

THERE IS JUST A fortnight to go before entries close for the 2011 MAN Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards. Now in its...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk PET FOOD SUPPLIER Fish4Dogs has bought logistics irm MarinPet UK, moving its supply chain operations...

Welcome to the latest addition to CM , a sideways look at the road transport industry on telly, radio, papers and even...

THE ADMINISTRATION of Innovate Logistics is finally over, with the joint administrators applying to the High Court for the...

justin.stanton@rbi.co.uk PREFERENTIAL creditors of Nottingham-based Steads Haulage will be paid in full, according to the...

ERITH HAULAGE COMPANY has turned a £631,000 loss into a £51,000 proit after introducing a cost-reduction programme at the...

HGV TOLL FEES ON the Humber Bridge could rise to £40.60 from £36.60 for a return trip after an 18-month price freeze comes to...

by Simon Jack JOHN GREGORY, chief executive of Gregory Distribution, has warned that rising costs and the general economic...

EUROPA WORLDWIDE Logistics is to open a new 155,000sq ft distribution centre near Birmingham to cope with expansion. The...

THE ADMINISTRATORS of collapsed construction company Rok will sell off the irm’s truck and van leet. Some 10 trucks, seven...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk A SECOND PRICE ixing investigation is under way following a raid by European Commission (EC) antitrust...

NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE (ND) has won a contract to carry palletised products for Norfolk-based animal feeds manufacturer WL...

SUCKLING TRANSPORT MD Peter Larner has stepped up his game – his novel-writing game that is. His second book, Deathbed...

Volvo Truck UK MD Göran Nyberg says there is more to being a truck manufacturer than simply selling a truck IT’S HARD TO...

This interview was conducted before the SMMT released figures for truck registrations to the end of 2010. Volvo fared well; in...

Looking to the future, Volvo has maintained its R&D spend throughout the recession, says Göran Nyberg, and has a “firm”...

Concerns over Traffic Commissioners’ independence keep cropping up, and the Latest row is the most serious yet WHEN LOMBARD...

I WRITE IN reply to Ray Sal’tiel’s query of who I am, and whether I even operate trucks (Letters CM 13 January) following...

I JUST WANTED to write a few lines to say a very big thank you for my mega CM Christmas Giveaway prize (CM 23 December 2010),...

AFTER WATCHING the Channel 5 show Eddie Stobart: Trucks, Trailers and Tinsel I feel the need to point out an inaccuracy. The...

IT WAS A rather gloomy report to read that seven haulage businesses went into liquidation in December (CM 6 January). Bad...

TC refuses haulier’s licence application over fears it is a way for bankrupt Nick Wheller to continue trading...

The application was refused because TC Bell was concerned the company could have been a ‘front’ firm for Wheller, whom she...

PW GATES Distribution has been granted the go-ahead to base two vehicles and 10 trailers at the Sika site in Watchmead, Welwyn...

P & L TRANSPORT has been given permission to base two vehicles as well as two trailers at its facility in Stowmarket, Suffolk,...

CAMBRIDGE-BASED haulier Welch’s Transport has been granted authorisation to base eight vehicles and two trailers at the...

CITY LINK is seeking authority for three vehicles and two trailers at a new operating centre in Northampton – Europa House on...

GIST IS looking to base ive vehicles and 10 trailers at the Carlsberg site, Kings Heath Industrial Estate, Northampton.

● On 1 February, a PI will consider disciplinary action against Intermodal Property Holdings, based in Rainham, Essex. The TC...

VOSA’s powers to check vehicles without police assistance are being extended to target those who flout drivers’ hours...

In 2009/10 VOSA carried out roadworthiness checks on 173,951 HGVs in England, Wales and Scotland, including nearly 100,000 from...

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Good compliance is vital for any haulier, but for Fowler Welch the bar is set higher because it operates in the...

● Ensure a constant flow of relevant information throughout the operation. ● Treat employees as a valuable asset by...

If drivers do make a slip-up, the aim is to avoid adopting a ‘big stick’ approach, according to Allera. “We try to look...

Already proving popular in the USA, the boat-tail addition is now attracting interest in Europe Words: Steve Banner E If you...

ATDynamics has already managed to convince one of the US’s leading transport companies of TrailerTail’s virtues. Renowned...

Furniture Village is one of the UK’s most successful chains of home furnishing superstores and it plans to match the existing...

Does anyone still want a manual gearbox in their new truck? For DIY enthusiasts there remain plenty of self-stirrers out...

Although ZF’s 12-speed EcoSplit box first broke cover in 2007, DAF has only recently confirmed that it will be taking it as...

Recent auto take-up among the big supermarket fleets has been hard to ignore – Mercedes’ PowerShift 2 auto has been the...

Trafic dCi 150 Quickshift or Does the revamped Renault Trafic’s Quickshift gearbox add anything to the driving...

by Steve Banner MAN TopUsed is starting to use a regular sale at auctioneer Protruck Auction’s site on the Sandtoft...

SCANIA DEALER KELTRUCK has acquired Silurian Scania, the dealer group for South Wales, for an undisclosed sum. Silurian has a...

NORFOLK-BASED truck and trailer rental company Collease will open up a used sales operation on Trafford Park. The move follows...

The Newton Trailers website doesn’t mess around, as Webwatch discovers Company: Newton Trailers Address:...

The internet helps the used van market deal with its growing stock levels as CV buyers migrate online during the adverse...