When it comes to economic theory, CM would argue that hauliers are more in the school of Adam Smith than John Maynard Keynes...

By Hayley Pink THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) are joining forces with CM to...

ONE OF Northern Ireland’s best-known haulage firms is shutting with the loss of 50 jobs. Noel Zwecker International Transport,...

By Patric Cunnane TWO NEW proposals from the European Commission (EC) look set to end its opposition to newbuild single...

WINCANTON OIL tanker drivers working on the ConocoPhillips contract were due to commence a third week of strike action today (9...

MORE THAN 3,000 litres of stolen diesel was discovered in the back of an old Transit van on Friday 3 February during a joint...

Commercialmotor.com 1. VOSA officer assaulted on A14 2. Noel Zwecker to close 3. DHL Supply Chain staff face TUPE transfer to...

By Roger Brown A TRANSPORT FIRM with links to illegal waste dumping haulage boss William O’Grady has been granted a new...

BURNLEY-BASED haulier Fagan & Whalley has painted one of its new vehicles in a special one-off livery to mark the company’s...

THE FUNERAL OF Derek Gough was held in Wales on Saturday. Gough, who died suddenly at the age of 83, represented the second...

RENTAL AND leasing company Fraikin has bought 10 Stralis 6x2 tractor units for its rental leet from Midlands-based Iveco dealer...

Peter Fairlie Group sales director ATS Euromaster “The CV Show provides us with the best opportunity to talk to CV fleets....

By Chris Tindall SUFFOLK POLICE is appealing for information after a VOSA oficer was assaulted on an A14 slip road in Suffolk....

WEST YORKSHIRE-based dealer Pelican Engineering has been named as the new importer of Turkish-built BMC municipal vehicles,...

MATTHEW KIBBLE Transport has been given the green light to build a 24-space trailer park to store vehicles after they return...

LANCASHIRE-BASED Vision Techniques is offering a new 360-degree camera system designed to give the driver an all-round view of...

By Chris Tindall PLANS TO introduce a low emission zone (LEZ) in Reading by 2014 are back on the cards and have been met with...

Taking Hilary at face value CM WOULD LIKE to thank one eagle-eyed reader who spotted these celebrity face masks on sale at a...

MERCEDES-BENZ has released images of the small van that will be the first product of Daimler’s co-operation with the...

With TruckPol facing an uncertain future, a national conference last week discussed why freight crime is still inadequately...

John Legge, regional security manager (North) at DHL Supply Chain, believes freight crime is attractive because of the...

Palletways chief executive explains his strategy for the future The world is not enough In his first UK interview in three...

Are 911’s lights legal? I WAS SURPRISED to see in your latest issue a recovery vehicle that appears to be liveried in a yellow...

I WOULD LIKE to endorse Helen Bradin’s excellent advice to readers in her article ‘Cuddling up to VOSA’ (CM 26 Jan 2012)....

WA Clark’s O-licence has been suspended after the haulier was caught driving an extra unauthorised vehicle By Roger Brown...

WESTERN AND WEST MIDLANDS TRAFFIC AREAS Brake Bros BRAKE BROS IS looking to temporarily vary the condition already in place...

enforcers at bay Training drivers and CPC holders to understand enforcement priorities is vital to protecting your O-licence...

What happens at a driver conduct hearing and what penalties could the driver face? Words: Lucy Wood and Anton Balkitis If you...

Full guide available at www.commercialmotor.com ...Driver CPC The FTA predicts that almost one third of drivers may be...

Find out how Carlsberg manages its deliveries ...we would all be very thirsty, but as it doesn’t, we took the opportunity to...

While Mercedes-Benz was collecting its International Truck of the Year 2012 trophy for the Actros at the Trailer 2011 show, the...

bear on the new trailer. Numerous individual measures have been combined to drastically lower the wind resistance of the entire...

HIGH-ROOF SLEEPERS Raising the roof improved a driver’s lot It’s easy to forget that until the end of the 1970s, sleeper cabs...

VEHICLE TRACKING Keep an eye on your trucks atch this space Ever wished you could literally watch over your vehicles when...

the range After acquiring a majority stake in the business, the new senior management at Mercedes-Benz dealer Road Range...

The lack of new van sales and subsequent poor supply of used vans could stifle recovery for small businesses, says BCA Words:...