zit by Melanie Hammond One of the UK's largest trailer leasing firms, TIP Europe, has been fined £8,000 after four stowaways...

London Mayoral candidate Steven Norris's proposed daytime restrictions on trucks in the capital.

Port of Cairnryan on the east coast of Scotland for drivers using its Cairnryan/Larne services.

lose his licence if he commits another offence after he was fined for ferrying ostriches in poor conditions.

hay on the back of a truck travelling along the A44. near Llandrindod. Wells, last week.

been produced by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation MEC), the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage...

the Peterborough Showground over the Bank Holiday weekend. The thief took video equipment, tapes and cash; anyone with...

spark more losses Doubt surrounds the future of Newark-based Robertshaw Transport Services (RTS). Managing director Garth...

The Road Haulage Association's finances have taken a serious knock, with the organisation revealing another loss of more than...

• by Guy Sheppard The new owners of Currie European Transport plan to expand its groupage and logistics services following a...

III Creditors of Global Transportation, the freight forwarder which is trying to trade out of a £50,000 debt, are pressing...

Sound the retreat... Trade associations exist to serve their members' interests. So why has the Road Haulage Association made...

DT'S Logistics has won a contract to serve British retailer Liberty. In addition to servicing the flagship West End store, the...

its spare parts warehousing to TNT Logistics. The five-year contract is worth £100m and will begin at the end of 2001.

Logistics firm Lane Croup is to provide distribution services for the National Trust's 200 shops, tearooms, restaurants and...

Lex Vehicle Leasing (LVL) has won a contract with the RAC to fund and manage its fleet of 600 cars and 1,300 vans. The account...

Surrey-based Cranleigh Freight Services has won an extension to its contract with international carrier Martinair Holland. CFS...

operation for retail giant Tosco, for the benefit of Its regional distribution centres, which service stores across the country.

LC Electronics UK has awarded DFDS Logistics a contract to provide warehousing and distribution in the UK. The contract will be...

• by Mike Jewell Logistics giant Ryder has had 10 vehicles suspended for two weeks by West Midland Traffic Commissioner David...

• An owner-driver with more than 10 years' service with Eddie Stobart is fighting the company's decision to terminate his...

• A director of a haulage company which went bust last February is now listed as the director of another haulage company based...

• An elderly couple died and three people were injured when a timber lorry shed its load in a horrific accident on the A7 near...

• by Peter Lawton In some situations the law really is an ass, according to one police safety expert Dick Bretton, casualty...

• Designed to operate under Special Typos rules at up to 101) tonnes GCW, this Volvo FM recovery vehicle has been delivered to...

• Manufacturers are being forced by the Government to cut the price of cars—but not the cost of commercial vehicles. A report...

Even though almost a year has passed since the launch of Iveco's new Daily range, this marks CM's first drive on British roads....

.* by Peter Lawton Continental Tyres has cast doubt over the economic virtues of wide-single tyres on steer axles. Despite...

II Nine Cartwright curtainsiders will be the first trailers in the Weetabix fleet to run on disc brakes. The company expects...

A Fame Commercials, best known for its high-volume van bodywork and third-axle conversions on the Sevel family of chassis, has...

High maintenance means high costs, and heaven knows there's enough of that in life already. So we've built Mentor trailer...

Two vehicles have been suspended for two weeks from the licence held by Chris Bennett Heavy Haulage of Wilmslow. The company...

The regular use of a switch to interrupt a tachograph has led to the suspension of an ownerdriver's Operator's licence and HGV...

A Dagenham international haulier has had his Operator's licence revoked and has been disqualified from holding a licence for...

I understand that employers are legally required to inform employees of any tachograph infringements. Woolworths Distribution...

You recently published my comments about parking charges levied by motorway service operators. By way of a digression, I...

I was surprised that Robert Maas in his Budget analysis { CMS - 12 April) fell into the trap of missing the 'devil in the...

While the Hawk tends to lie down as soon as anyone mentions the word exercise, he's never averse to praising the efforts of...

specified minimum period of notice, depending on the employee's service. When a person has been employed continuously for four...

TO TO Novi NEVIS CM's Need To Know is put together in association with Tolley Publishing, which produces regular monthly...

BUDGET Summary of changes A number of changes introduced by the recent Budget will affect hauliers. • Corporation tax: The...

Five years ago a heavy truck manufacturer would have been brave—or foolhardy—to claim that an automatic gearbox could deliver...

So what caused this dip into the old purple prose? The answer was its experience in the zoth Trans Euro Test which featured...

To convert the auto EAS transmission to a manual EPS change takes surprisingly little time. Merc's test EAS to EPS and back...

driver, it cannot see the road ahead. What that means in practice is that EAS cannot judge whether a hill is becoming...

EAS. The fuel returns from our initial two laps were as we had expected. The first EPS (manual) run delivered the slowest time...

going smoothly, obstacles surface from nowhere. What separates the men from the boys is the strength to press on, to persevere...

tatistics can be made to prove anything. There is a general perception that traffic congestion is getting worse, but just what...

more to move a parcel by rail than by road, That is unacceptable and is an obstacle that must be overcome if the movement of...