Red diesel, blue diesel, plain old derv. Are there any more emotive topics for your average haulier? That is why Derbyshire’s...

By Chris Druce THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) is ratcheting up the pressure on UK and European politicians alike, with...

EDDIE STOBART, the transport and distribution division of Stobart Group, has revealed an 8.6% drop in pre-tax profit in the...

By Christopher Walton VOSA HAS issued graduated ixed penalties (GFPs) totalling more than £7.3m since it was granted the power...

THE AMOUNT of goods moved by hire and reward operators in 2010 increased by 16%, while own-account operators saw an increase in...

THE THREE largest independent truck wash networks in the UK have joined forces to enable hauliers to have their trucks washed...

By Chris Tindall HOYER GROUP’S attempts to sell off its Europe-wide petroleum tanker division have collapsed after negotiations...

A PARTNER at agricultural haulier Dennis Clowes and Sons has had his HGV licence suspended for two weeks after he refused to...

By Roger Brown WEDNESBURY-BASED Deep Transport has had its O-licence revoked after a VOSA investigation uncovered 1,824...

DIABETICS TREATING their condition with insulin will inally be able to apply for an HGV driving licence from 15 November,...

GRANGEMOUTH-based John Mitchell Haulage and Warehousing has updated its leet with 52 new sliding skeletal trailers from...

your place at CM’s free legal seminar at next year’s Tip-ex show, to be held in Harrogate from 25-27 May 2012. The national...

By David Wilcox SCANIA IS to rationalise its engine line-up, stopping production of its older designs that are still being used...

HAULIER DOWNTON has brought in 30 new MAN TGX tractor units to service its InBev UK contract in south Wales. Downton picked up...

GOOLE-BASED road tanker haulier Lewis Tankers has won a bulk solvents distribution contract with Univar. Under the agreement,...

By Chris Tindall THE BOSS of a St Helens secondhand truck dealership, which has seen 17 of its HGVs damaged by suspicious fres,...

How unlucky can a driver bee? THIS BUZZING story was really the honeypot for CM’s regular quirky news of the week. In Utah, a...

Fuso Canter After almost a whole year, fleet managers at Sleepmasters continue to be impressed by the 7.5-tonne Fuso Canter...

The latest twist in a banned haulier’s efforts to remain in the industry By Roger Brown THE LATEST EFFORT by disqualiied...

Over the past two years , CM has tracked the various attempts by Pettigrew to remain in the industry. August 2009 -* Following...

After a management buyout last year, Andover Transport’s new owner Jason Horner reveals his plans for the company Words :...

Andover Transport holds an O-licence for 15 vehicles and 10 trailers, comprising seven artics, one 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz,...

on the road One in 10 of all lorry drivers could suffer from a dangerous sleeping condition and may not even know about it...

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a condition that causes interrupted breathing during sleep. The size and shape of the throat,...

A 35-year-old HGV driver at RJ Jones Group in Holywell, North Wales, says his experience has shown him that being diagnosed...

There’s something about Jenny’s ageless smile I WONDER how many drivers have thought of her lovely smile to get them through a...

I RUN A small agricultural/forestry business in Derbyshire and have to go to Norway every winter for work purposes – so I need...

IN CM 13 October you said foreign trucks owe £6.2m in unpaid LEZ ines. Is it not a simple task for the authorities to alert the...

trailer livery 20 October “ Back in the late 70s, when I used to backload sugar from Silvertown to the Tate and Lyle depot in...

“It’s safe to use a curtainsider to transport barrels of flammable liquid, provided the cargo is properly secured, the driver...

FD Todd & Sons was fined £20,000 for its part in an illegal food waste disposal operation By Roger Brown WASTE HAULIER FD...

DAY BROTHERS has been given permission to base three vehicles at a site in Bullens Green Lane, St Albans subject to the...

SURREY PALLITZ wants to base 10 vehicles and ive trailers at the Hackbridge Railway Station Depot in Hackbridge. It also wants...

:CMu_0 C BUTT has been given the green light for 25 vehicles and 40 trailers at the Oxford University Press site in Hipwell...

CEMEX UK Materials has been given permission for six vehicles and three trailers at the Slip Inn Quarry in Lutterworth.

• Boston-based Department of Trucking will appear at a PI on 29 November. The TC will consider disciplinary action against the...

Will government cuts to health and safety services create new risks in one of the UK’s most dangerous industries? Some...

The EC is sticking to its guns on a new-build trailer height of 4m. What does Commercial Motor ’s operator panel think of...

Chris Roe MD Alert HGV Training Leicester “A pathetic ruling” is Roe’s damning judgement on the EU proposal. As a training...

in recent years, but has always managed to stay at the top – after more than 80 years of trading. CM finds out how Words:...

Originally based in nearby Hapton, the haulier initially collected coal and distributed it around the village using a horse and...

and maximises speed and turnaround times? Then the Scania R730, Europe's second most powerful mainstream production truck,...

Let’s not be silly: in the current climate it would take a foolish, brave, and/or a successful haulier to buy a Scania R730....

In 1971, an innovative, cost-sharing plan to save on research and development saw four well-known manufacturers join forces to...

The feeling in the used truck trade is that prices for late-year, second-hand trucks have levelled off, even though supply...

Not everybody needs an LEZ-compatible truck, as Jamie McDonald rightfully points out. Based at a site not far from Besthorpe in...

RMI has re-appointed Alec Murray as its chairman three years after his last stint Words: Kevin Swallow ALEC MURRAY has been...