By Chris Tindall A NEW WAVE OF business failures has rocked the industry, with yet more operators succumbing to the fall-out...

THE ICE ROAD TRUCKERS are back, and this time they’ve swapped the frozen freeways of the far north for the perilous highways...

PLYMOUTH-BASED South West Boat Transport has taken delivery of a custom-built Iveco Eurocargo 230E25T/P artic. The company will...

With UK maximum weights unchanged for more than a decade, the advent of Volvo’s FH16 750 has CM asking why horsepower...

With the ability to prosecute and defend, Woodfines offers the industry one of the most experienced and professional law teams...

Tim Ridyard says there are several issues that frustrate operators and the lawyers who represent them including: • O-licence...

Chris Hallsworth prosecuted for VOSA in the case known as Operation Octopus, the biggest single case VOSA has undertaken. In...

trailer from the Midlands to Scotland and back again, putting various tractor units through their paces over different types of...

The warning this week that smaller operators should steer clear “at all costs” of becoming accredited to deliver to Olympic...

By Chris Druce SMALL OPERATORS have been warned that the cost of attaining Vendor Certiication Programme (VCP) status for next...

THE ADMINISTRATORS for F Swain & Son subsidiary Sibley Haulage say it is unlikely that unsecured creditors will receive money...

By Chris Tindall AN EDDIE Stobart driver has pleaded guilty to two counts of arson after the haulier launched an investigation...

FAIRFUELUK NEEDS just over 4,000 more signatures to its government e-petition to reach the total required to trigger a full...

By Chris Tindall THE ABUSE of an arrest warrant that has been used to extradite HGV drivers for minor incidents has been...

RENAULT TRUCKS has seen its market share increase from 4% to 8.4% over the last four years. Nigel Butler, commercial director...

THE CRIME Reduction Unit at the University of Central Lancashire has launched an initiative to raise awareness of the scale of...

By Roger Brown A NEW haulier with close family connections to heavy haulage specialist Edward MacKay has had its O-licence...

IVECO HAS taken the wraps off its new Daily van, which now comes with a 205hp, 3-litre diesel engine offering. The new engine...

NOT IN the mood for working today? CM’s found the solution: throw a sickie! A recent Onepoll survey shows that 1.4 million...

THE INAUGURAL Stobart Fest was held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northants on 17 September, with 6,500 people queuing to...

The government is switching the lights off on certain parts of the motorway in England. Will it save the environment at a cost...

Road safety groups and charities have mixed views about the changes. Brake spokesperson Katie Shephard says: “It is crucial...

There are currently no motorway light switch-offs in Scotland or Wales, but authorities in both countries are looking at their...

A ‘midlife crisis moment’ 11 years ago led Keith Williams to obtain his own HGV licence and a truck, sowing the seeds for...

Williams is a stickler for adhering to relevant H&S rules and regulations. All lifting and securing straps are checked and...

I AM WRITING to you for help and any useful addresses you may have for me. I am currently in prison and I will be until 2015....

French... RE: “POLITICIANS need to parlez Français” (CM 15 September) anyone who has driven in France will know that the...

WITH REFERENCE to Golden Oldies (CM 15 September), what a fascinating article. I bought a second copy to put away in my book...

Haulier also has his skip truck seized and is fined £23,784 for running an illegal waste operation By Roger Brown THE BOSS...

G SLATER Landscaping and Haulage, based in Llanbedr, Gwynedd, attended a public inquiry (PI) in Denbigh on 19 August, where the...

DHL SUPPLY Chain has had a condition attached to its licence regarding its Owens Corning operating centre. All vehicles...

STEVE HUGHES Haulage is looking to remove its facility on the Rising Sun Industrial Estate in Blaina, Abertillery from its...

CITY LINK wants to base 10 vehicles and 10 trailers at a new operating centre: Yew Tree Way, Golborne, Warrington.

● On 5 October, a PI will look at disciplinary action against Warrington-based JA and VC Fryer. The TC will also look at the...

When 18 tonnes of mango chutney hits the highway, you know you haven’t secured your load properly Words: Patric Cunnane /...

Allied Bakeries runs 1,000 vehicles, employs 1,200 drivers at eight depots and carries out 15,000 drops a day. With so many...

Operating centres can run for years with ingrained bad habits. Such was the case at the Ipswich depot of sugar refiners The...

Les Blair offered pointers to those charged with site safety: • if it can happen, it will; • have a sense of can-do and...

Nina Day of the HSL offers the following advice: • carry out risk assessment; • choose the right trailers; • check...

Stay compliant through teamwork, communication and leading by example, says Freightlink Europe partner Lesley O’Brien Words:...

• Build a strong information network to keep abreast of legal changes and plan ahead. • Create an ethos of compliance...

O’Brien gleans much of the information she needs about forthcoming legislation from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and by...

the air in a silent but unmistakeable gesture of victory. “And you want us to start today? No problem. Consider it done!”...

Bale’s career started in the late 1960s, when he was a driver for Michael Harrison, who was later to form the business known...

Investment in technology is another area in which the Bale Group is heavily committed and the CMS SupaTrak vehicle tracking and...

roads as usual, irritating the hell out of hard-working CV drivers, and causing chaos. But which group of road users is the...

While, as Brian Skinner put it: “We’ve all got a job to do,” bus drivers don’t win any prizes for popularity despite...

Tin tents, wobble boxes, or whatever other name you wish to use, the only thing surprising about this one is that they...

Chris Wootton sums up the general attitude to foreign drivers when he says: “They go past you with their feet on the dash...

Lawrence Baldock is sheepish about this one. “Guilty. Reformed. Like all young men, they think they can go faster than they...

To be fair, as Lawrence Baldock points out, most of the people we’re referring to here “now drive Audis”, but you know...

Harry Brown tries to be fair: “They have a job to do, but they sometimes cut corners a bit too much. I’ve been in taxis...

Harry Brown thinks it’s like this: “I know a few White Van Men and some of them like to think they’re professional...

Paul Everett saw a good example of why pensioners cause problems when he was in Kings’ Lynn the other day. “One drove into...

Yes, you read that correctly. Out of all the groups that could have been voted top of the list, this lot clinched it, if for no...

The first objection to cyclists has to be their clean, green smugness, which we suspect doesn’t help them avoid other...

Lawrence Baldock : known as “Lug”, drives for RMC Transport on deep sea container work; Paul Everett: owner-driver on bulk...

Words: George Barrow / Images: Tom Lee I n many ways, comparing a forward-control cab with a conventional front-engined vehicle...

Moving from international refrigeration to full-time truck dealing could have been a risky strategy, but it paid off for Mick...

MERCEDES-BENZ dealer Midlands Truck and Van has named Jon Divers as its new dealer principal. Divers has more than 13 years...

Despite demand and conversion rates rising, British Car Auctions (BCA) says the quality of stock on offer is starting to worsen...

Ciceley Commercials will open a second ATF in Bolton, 12 months after opening its first in Blackburn Words: Kevin Swallow A...