It's been a week of consolidation in road haulage with mergers and acquisitions in the air. Dominic Perry and Jennifer Bail...

ROCKETING STEEL prices fuelled by increased Chinese demand are forcing manufacturers of trucks, vans and bodies to raise their...

THE BOSS OF a car transporter firm who faces charges of manslaughter is expected to hear his fate this week. Paul Duckmanton,...

Shadow Transport Secretary Tim Yeo has pledged to scrap the Lorry Road User Charge if the Conservatives win the General...

CM has 10 copies of the FTA's 114-page Driver's Handbook to give away; write to the editor and copies will go the first 10...

Trucking website truckersworld has launched its hunt for the Truckstop of the Year 2004. To vote for your favourite stopover...

Cartwright Group has bought the manufacturing rights and patent for the Transdek loading system. This makes it the only company...

UK Commission for Integrated Transport chairman David Begg warns that congestion in Edinburgh will soar unless charges on a...

Customs officers seized 1,500kg of cannabis from a truck arriving at Portsmouth Ferryport last Saturday (2 October). The driver...

Pressure's building for a 50mph A9. Guy Sheppard reports. HAULAGE LEADERS want the truck speed limit on the A9 in Scotland to...

[HE TRANSPORT and General Workers Union (T&G) has negotiated a settlement on behalf of drivers at bulk chemical haulier Groupe...

A DRIVER FOR Vauxhall Motors who was accused of attacking his boss and threatening to burn down his home has been cleared of...

SCRAPPING THE PAPER counterpart of photocard driving licences would be had news for truckers, according to the Professional...

When it comes to speeding, Brian Weatherley reckons if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. But that doesn't mean he...

Pads on display Take a stroll with us through the little side roads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the...

RAIL FREIGHT IS boosting the fortunes of Scottish-based Malcolm Group, which reports that its pre-tax profits have jumped by...

It's not only UK container ports that have trouble meeting the needs of hauliers: French magazine L'Officiel des Transporteurs...

ALL EURO-4 VOLVO, Renault and Mack engines of nine litres and above will have British-made electronic unit injectors (EUIs),...

British Hauliers leader John Bridge is busy planning an "innovative" fuel duty protest — Guy Sheppard reports MAVERICK HAULAGE...

IRELAND'S HAULAGE minister was sacked in a Government re-shuffle last week—and his departure was warmly welcomed by the...

Driver Nigel Rudkin has won his appeal against conviction at Chelmsford Crown Court; he had been previously been convicted on...

SNOWIE GROUP HAS suffered its second successive drop in annual profits, despite a continued rise in turnover. Three years ago,...

A SUCCESSFUL SCOTTISH haulier is quitting after 17 years, blaming excessive legislation, too much health and safety red tape...

A new report reveals high levels of attacks on drivers and their vehicles; most of them at truckstops and service stations....

POLICEARE HUNTING a gang who kidnapped a truck driver and stole his load of designer clothing. They struck in the early hours...

TWO TRUCK DRIVERS are starting jail sentences this week after faking hijackings. Andrew Carvell of Daventry admitted charges...

POLICE ARE HUNTING a gang of thieves who kidnapped two security guards before stealing seven trailers containing £500,000 worth...

A GANG WHO kidnapped a truck driver at gunpoint and stole his £170,000 load of computer equipment have had appeals against...

This week's announcement of service cuts and job losses at P&O will not hit the freight industry too hard. Chris Tindall...

Commercial vehicle production in the UK has changed markedly in the past decade, but ft also varies from quarter to quarter and...

The UK remains by far the most expensive European country in which to buy diesel. According to figures from the International...

Ian Hethenngton must rise to the challenge posed by the driver shortage. Chris Tindall finds out what he's got planned. y ou...

RE THE letter about rail bridges (CM16 September), Goss Moor rail bridge on the A30 trunk road near Bodmin, Cornwall is...

I WOULD like to express my support for a rise in the speed limit for trucks on single carriageway Aroads to 50mph, on the...

FURTHER TO my letter published back in the summer (CM 10 June) I can now unequivocally state that Southampton Container Port...

I READ WITH interest the article written by Chris Tindall headed "Going Private" (CM 19 August). VOSA's Annual Report and...

We've all grown up with the slogan "Speed Kills". But forcing trucks to crawl along also causes a risk to life and limb....

short story. barely 100 years old. For the first 60 years of that history, technical progress was a steady process. But since...

for cars stood at 76 per 100 million vehicle kilometres, compared with 46 trucks per 100 million vehicle kilometres. • The...

As we said in our 23 September editorial, its time to take a fresh look at speed limits for trucks We're not calling for a...

Impounded vehicle was being operated without a valid 0-licence. A FINANCE COMPANY has won the return of a vehicle after a...

A MARRIED COUPLE must wait to see whether a bid for an 0-licence has succeeded because of concerns that they might be a front...

HURSTPIERPOINT-BASED Kevin Varney has lost his bid for the return of a second impounded vehicle. The South Eastern and...

LAST year two operators were granted interim authority to operate from an industrial estate at Wormley, subject to a number of...

A WEST MIDLANDS tyre company which mistakenly thought it could use someone else's 0-licence has to wait to see if its own...

How should an innocent driver respond if Customs officers discover drugs have been smuggled on to his vehicle? David Craik...

Getting a handle on the facts about VAT makes it much less intimidating. Steve James explains how to keep on top of it. V...

Mini artics tend to be tailor made, with their trailers, to order but do they measure up? CM puts Mitsubishi's baby belle...

British steel operators are riding on the crest of a wave. But, as Tim Maughan discovers, you'll need shunters, coil carriers...

sectors trade association. 'The steel industry measures itself in tonnage, not turnover, but these are much the same," he says,...

Stephen Titchmarsh likes working with skeletal trailers and containers, despite being hindered by frequent delays in UK ports....

Peter Lamer, MD of Suckling Transport, thinks the balance of rights and responsibilities has tipped too far in favour of the...

Late arriving parts from chassis-makers and early forward planning for Christmas have contributed to a slower-than-usual...

CM tests more CVs than anyone else. Now we are using our extensive database to help you search for the right vehicle. Product...

Big cab, big engine, low mileage. Is this the embodiment of the perfect used vehicle? Read on to find out. S cania leads the...