recently I think everyone is writing off the summer, and probably looking forward to the next. For anyone with that mindset, I...

given a cautious welcome to the news that Vosa and the DSA are to merge into a single government agency, but have warned that...

Recycling has been fined £3,000 following a spillage of nearly 4,000 litres of highly flammable liquid from a tanker at its...

clamp down on ATF operators that do not meet minimum levels of examiner utilisation or who cancel testing arrangements at short...

has bought 10 Iveco Stralis tractor units as part of a £1.2m fleet investment. The units, five Hi-Road and five Hi-Way, are...

it has no fear of the latest technology after buying its first Euro-6 truck, a Scania G445 tractor unit. Gary Ford, MD of the...

COMPANY Mace has written to its haulage subcontractors ordering them to sign up to Transport for London's (TfL) Fleet Operator...

face an acute shortage of drivers next autumn in the busy pre-Christmas period, Skills for Logistics (Sit) has warned. Sit...

stop making excuses and act now to protect island hauliers or risk the fragile Outer Hebrides economy collapsing, according to...

Transport (DfT) and its agencies will need to be replicated in Scotland if it becomes independent. The government last week...

CM 20 June "0-licence is revoked over drug conviction','we reported traffic commissioner (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken revoked...

Transport Association was calling on the government to protect infrastructure spending in the Spending Review, published...

CAPITAL, THE parent company of TIP Trailers, is to sell its European trailer rental business to the Chinese firm HNA Group...

signed a deal worth more than £8.6m with Ford for 400 commercial vehicles. Some 20 Ranger pick-up trucks and 379 Transit vans...

the M25 last Friday is believed to have begun on one of three farming tractors being transported by the vehicle. The truck,...

Department for Transport (DfT) over what it sees as inconsistency in its proposal to increase the motorway speed limit to...

Great Britain have suffered financially following the decision to axe two key reliefs THE SCOTTISH government has recently come...

into the UK from the Channel Islands has had a profound effect on freight movements, according to an island-based haulier....

the other end of phoenix companies and the practice of some unscrupulous business operators in the past, I certainly didn't...

for a second vehicle as it would exacerbate negative effects on local residents comfort By Roger Brown SOUTH EAST traffic...

skip haulage business has been given a suspended 90-day prison sentence and ordered to carry out 250 hours' community service...

haulier LE Jones has been fined £15,000 after an employee fell from a wooden pallet positioned on a forklift truck, which he...

Studley Roger, Ripon subject to the following conditions: • there is no operation, movement, loading or unloading of authorised...

• Derek Balfour, based in Dundee, will make a new application at a PI on 2 July. • On 2 July, the TO will look at disciplinary...

under, even when it's a rival. But sympathy for company closures is often lacking when they involve a pre-pack administration...

that TCs should be adopting a tougher stance. "When a company folds and then starts up again, the TCs should be looking at what...

• Smaller hauliers often go under because they are owed money by failing firms. • 0-licences should be withheld or restricted...

not cover vehicles transporting meat and bone meal or supermarket waste Words: Roger Brown Operators transporting meat waste...

Operator CPC, you're well on the way to getting the knowledge you need to pass your exams. This week, we begin an in-depth look...

two different generations of Volvo FHs. CM asked MD Karl Jones for his views and compared them with our own Words: Bob Beech /...

stating the obvious, the different cab specification of the two Volvos featured here makes for something of an unfair...

a time when many are struggling may seem brave, but ifs a task that James and Gary Hill of Newport, Gwent, have managed Tired...

The finance payments on a new truck are potentially ruinous for a new business, but then so are the repair bills on an old...

could love" to describe the Fiat DoblO on a number of occasions, and that was before Fiat added a high-roof option that is...

the XL's extra height above the windscreen enhances this with the addition of an overhead storage shelf. Other storage...

undergo our revamped road test, the Citroen Berlingo e-HDi90 Airdream is our only benchmark. Our test model, short-wheelbase...

is an altogether larger van than the Dobla but still comparable in productivity. The Vito enjoys Mercedes' famed reputation for...

having been awarded status as an official NewYork City taxi. Slightly larger than the competition, it is the only vehicle that...

generation of their Unijet turbo diesel (JTD) engines. Launched in 2007, the 1.6-litre Multijet uses Bosch's common-rail...

market pay off for Fiat? Looking at the package within the context of the competition, the Doblo Cargo XL is a master stroke,...

plywood, smoking, pretzels, hair remover and explosives? And, more importantly, what should you do and not do with AdBlue?...

Well, for one thing, it's not pig urine (as some have claimed on web forums). It is the trademarked name for a 32.5% solution...

sweat) but it is produced on an industrial scale completely artificially. Nine-tenths of the world's demand for urea is as a...

If you find yourself out of AdBlue at a motorway service station, be prepared to pay £13.99 for a 10-litre container of the...

Plant Services in Wolverhampton, is perfectly happy with AdBlue. He says: "We have two Daf CF75 rigids and two Volvo FH13...

created role of development director, responsible for expanding the company's existing customer relationships and developing...

REPORT BY an influential group of 1VIT's has slammed several sectors of the UK economy, including transport and logistics, for...

visited Skills for Logistics' (SfL) Skills Calculator website in the past two months and a number of careers and...

in the tooth THIS WEEK'S best used truck is a 08-plate 6x2 Mercedes-Benz Axor 2543. It's a Euro-5 tractor unit powered by the...

as trade picks up in major sectors Life in the used truck trade is cyclical. This is worth considering when things appear to be...

bought the electronic truck and trailer remarketing business EVS Online Auctions from its parent company European Vehicle Sales...

the role of dealer principal at the Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealer S&B Commercials from his father Ron Holmes. Ron founded...