A few weeks ago Mercedes-Benz invited me to Germany to try on an obesity suit yes, I do get the irony! The suit has been...

By Roger Brown SEVENTEEN DRIVERS and managers from a Cumbria haulage operation have been sentenced after an investigation...

of vehicles with four Daf CF rigids with fixed streamline Bevan21 bodies following talks with contract hire company Sunrent....

ALMOST 300,000 drivers have completed their Driver CPC periodic training, the latest DVSA (formerly DSA) data shows. Data for...

By Robin Meczes STORAGE AND transport firm One World Logistics, based in Worksop, Notts, has entered administration after its...

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Morgan Sindall is the first UK business to put Mercedes-Benz Euro-6 Arocs tippers into operation. The...

A BANKRUPT haulier in Devon could be facing prison after he pleaded guilty to breaching a disqualification order so he could...

By Robin Meczes OPERATORS ARE becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of congestion and journey times on an...

THE ADMINISTRATORS for Cheshire haulier Duckworth & Sons Transport have not ruled out issuing legal proceedings against...

TWINKLE TRANSPORT, whose licence was revoked last year, is likely to be placed into liquidation next week. The two directors...

FEATHERSTONE, WEST Yorkshire-based international haulier Brian Yeardley Continental has taken delivery of three new 100m' Mega...

By Robin Meczes THE DRIVER and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) — the body that will replace Vosa and the DSA in April — said...

AS CMwent to press, The Pallet Network (TPN) was due to open its new 367500ft2hub today (2 January) at Prologis Park Midpoint...

THE NEW version of Ford's Transit will be larger and more fuel efficient, but will cost more when it is launched in the...

AS WE gathered to usher in the new year, we had extra reason to make merry and give thanks, for this is 2014, bringing with it...

By Steve Hobson BIBBY DISTRIBUTION has placed what is believed to be the largest single order for Euro-6 trucks, with more...

CRANLEIGH FREIGHT Services MD Graham Young said its new Euro-6 Daf XFs are more fuel efficient than the Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz...

A recent project uncovered regular use of GPS jamming devices on UK roads to evade detection, but who is using them and why? By...

After reading Will Shiers' leader in CM(19 December 2013), I'd like to share with readers that we too were issued with what I...

I have just read CM about our friends at Vosa (19 December 2013) and would like to tell you that we have had a similar...

Welcome to Laurie Dealer's used truck of the week. Each week our man inside the used truck trade picks out a truck or trailer...

By Kevin Swallow SCANIA DEALER TruckEast has picked up an eight-year contract to maintain 18 narrowtrack refuse collection...

THE RETAIL Automotive Alliance (RAA) has confirmed that it will continue to use Manheim Remarketing to sell its de-fleeted...

The bargain basement price for a decent 6x2 tractor starts at £20,000, as more operators are discovering in their quest to save...

Mother and daughters die after car skids on oil deposited by mobile crane By Roger Brown TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER for Scotland...

A LANCASHIRE truck driver caught four times with illegal loads of beer smuggled from France has been jailed for a £131,000...

A TRUCK driver from Northern Ireland who had bundles of £20 notes hidden in his cab has been jailed for laundering nearly...

TRANSPORT FOR London (T1L) and mayor Boris Johnson have hosted the launch of an agreed Work Related Road Risk standard for...

Eastern traffic areas Edinburgh RANDOLPH TRANSPORT, based in Kirkcaldy, will appear at a PI on 7 January at which disciplinary...

YORKSHIRE AGGREGATES can base 11 vehicles at Armthorpe Quarry, Holme Wood Lane, Doncaster, subject to the following conditions...

d wet() MPs have criticised the use of an arrest warrant that has led to lorry drivers being extradited, often for spurious...

puts five of the latest 4x2 tractors through the 1,000-point test By lep van der Meer Famous five Daf XF 460 Super Space Cab...

Not so much a dash but a gradual upturn in interest in gas engines may be triggered by a combination of Euro-6, low emission...

This gas-powered Iveco Hi-Street 26-tonne GVW 6x2 rigid is about to enter service making chilled/frozen food deliveries to...

As the rest of Europe catches up with the UK's trailer manufacturing, is the latest reefer trailer low drag or high fashion? By...

Family-run T Christie & Son Transport has beaten the big boys to win a contract with Electrolux. CM finds out how it did it By...

Tony Christie grew up in Harlow and spent most of his childhood travelling around the country with his truck-driving father....

Struggling to find finance? Worry not, CM lists other ways to find investment By Adam Bernstein SINCE THE 2008 financial...

By Ashleigh Wight AQUILA TRUCKS has taken on eight apprentice vehicle technicians after attracting 140 applicants. The parts,...

VEHICLE HIRE and leasing firm Burnt Tree expects half its workforce to have achieved an NVO qualification by August, in areas...

SOME OF the biggest haulage names in the South West are to get together again next month to tackle the driver shortage...