South London firm PF Whitehead believes it can be the first traditional operator to run a consolidation centre. Dominic Perry...

THE DUTCH HAVE moved closer to permanently allowing longer, heavy trucks on their roads but legislation is still a long way...

royoTA HAS acquired a 5.9% ;hare in Isuzu Motors Japan to lecome Isuzu's third largest ;hareholder. The move seems lesigned to...

BOWRING TRANSPORT, of Warsop.Notts, has acquired North Yorkshire waste firm Whitkirk Waste Solutions. Whitkirk specialises in...

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Shadow Transport Secretar Chris Grayling wants operators to get in touch to discuss transport policy issues. Contact: Chris...

Eurotunnel may be forced in liquidation as creditors look for the best way to recoup money from the debt-laden Channel tunnel...

MAN is demanding damagE of $676 (£355) from US tru6 manufacturer Freightliner in an Oregon court case over the sale of ERF in...

Hesidents in Perry Barr, Birmingham want to ban LG heading for a trading estate from a local road because of damage they say is...

Three men have been arrested after police stoppec a stolen truck in Carlisle. It had been taken from Maryport, Cumbria.

WEST YORKS-BASED Expect Distribution is to appeal against council planning chiefs' decision to reject its expansion plans for a...

Disqualification and revocation orders have been upheld against a Liverpool transport firm and its director. Mike Jewell...

FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association's Welsh Freight Council has warned that a congestion charge in Cardiff could have "disastrous...

FORMER BRITISH AIRWAYS :hief executive Sir Rod Eddington is expected to back road-user :harging as well as increased spending...

I HE DIRECTORS OF Surreymsed Cranleigh Freight Services i CFS) are satisfied with the firm's )erformance in 2005, despite...

Brian Weatherley wonders why the government is dragging its feet on road-us€ A charging when it is obviousl) the best way...

It's time to get our priorities straight Is it really beyond the wit of man to sort out deliveries to urban areas? There are...

A Scottish public inquiry has decided that the former owner of a collapsed transport company should be prevented from running a...

BARRIE TOZER FROM the Truckersworld website is calling for all vehicles and drivers to be checked when they enter the country...

REGULATIONS GOVERNING the transport of animals for commer:.ial purposes are being introduced in January. but hauliers can apply...

EDWARDS LOGISTICS, the in-house transport firm for the American Standard group of companies boosted its profits by 215% in the...

It's been a good year for one of East Anglia's biggest haulage firms, with growth both in turnover and profit. Chris Tindall...

POLICE FORCES AND Traffic Commissioners throughout the country are cracking down on truck drivers using hand-held mobile phones...

of causing death by dangerous driving following an accident which killed fellow lorry driver John Kelty. Brown had pulled over...

Speed limiters are on the way for lighter vehicles, but it seems many operators are still unaware of the rule change. Sally...

MODEC, THE environmentally friendly van manufacturer, has just completed a deal to take over a 4,900m 2 factory in Coventry....

A POWERED sheeting systen for tippers and hook-lifters ha been developed by Edbro. The Rolatarp is hydraulicall: operated from...

a report that it is embarking on a £30m acquisition drive. The Manchester Evening News claims that the family-owned firm is...

and rolled his truck, spillin! cargo of toxic chemicals c a motorway. has had his pri sentence cut on appeal. Francesco...

THE PRE-CHRISTMAS RUSH as started at Felixstowe container loll with the arrival of the biggest :ontainer ship in the world, the...

Congestion in the city will get worse if a local councillor has his way — much to the concern of hauliers who will be affected....

THE BOULOGNE Chamber of Commerce and Industry hopes to attract hauliers involved in the international transport of fish and...

GLASGOW PRESTWICK International Airport has reported its highest volume of freight for two years, boosting work for local...

IVECO HAS LAUNCHED an aggressive introductory offer for the new 35X0kg Daily van. The scheme, which applies to remaining stock...

A PEMBROKSH IRE haulier is celebrating its first year in business by breaking through the millionpound barrier on its...

Pilot schemes incorporating relaxed delivery curfews are one result of a joint industry/government working group. Dylan Gray...

Any retailer wanting relaxed delivery restrictions will have to justify such plans to all affected parties and prove that its...

To succeed in the modern road transport industry it is necessary to deliver against exacting customer demands. Colin Ferguson...

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HAVING READ Gill Ward's comments on the service provided by transport consultants as criticised by the letter from a solicitor...

I - I IZNED TO your - Tipper Light 2006' feature (CM 2 November), eager to find out how the front-wheel-drive 3.5-tonners...

IN THE 12 OCI'OB FR issue of your magazine you published an update on the ferry industry. I was a little surprised to see that...

Are Scottish hauliers getting a raw deal? Some MSPs think so, judging by their debate on the Local Government and Transport...

link to failed companies =emale director's licence application rejected after IC fears her domineering and manipulative'...

A DRIVER WHO failed tostop after a tyre exploded in a test station where he was delivering stone said he had panicked. Peter...

A COMPANY running 160 vehicles has been ordered to pay £500 in fines and costs for permitting a driver to drive without the...

TIMBER HAULIER who blamed the rough nature A his work for his truck's failure to pass its annual test las been told it must...

No action has been taken against the licence held by Bourton-on-the-Water-based haulier Peter Gilder & Son for alleged breaches...

The taxman has found a new target — the tax payable on private use of a company van is set to increase by 600%. Karl Vernum...

A new corporate manslaughter law takes effect next year. What must operators do to reduce the risk of prosecution? Patric...

Some members of CM's operator panel attended the conference. This is what they said: Charlie Anderson, northern transport...

The new statutory offence of corporate manslaughter • The offence applies to corporations including limited companies (however...

The struggle between East and West continues at 7.5 tonnes as Mitsubishi Fuso takes on MAN in the second round of CM's Tipper...

'here's no disputing that the MAN TGL is just ke a real lorry, only smaller. The cab has the ame family feel as the German...

The Canter's cab is definitely the smaller of the two, but the only issue is getting through the door. It opens wide enough but...

The format of this comparison meant we were unable to carry out fuel testing. but experience suggests consumption differences...

A fter the feast, it seems, comes the famine. More chassis mean more bodies, and that's what has happened for the past 12...

Niche bodyvvork needn't be expensive and can greatly improve operational efficiency Sharon Clancy reports. T he UK is the...

home delivery, which is dominated by 3.5-tonne chassis with either cohverted panel-van bodies or chassiscabs with box bodies....

One example of how changing operational patterns affect the need for specialist bodywork is in the gas-bottle-carrying sector....

Halifax-based Suma is an own-account operator with a difference: it's a co-operative, it makes a decent profit too, as Tim...

large army of drivers and established warehousing facilities, Suma would be well placed to enter the hire-or-reward fray if it...

Suma runs 16 trucks. There are 13 18-tonne rigids, made up of 10 Daf CF65s and a trio of MAN 220Bs, with a brace of Daf...

year, and its purpose is to agree stratec business plans and policy decisions. T GM is open to all members; at it, six pet are...

CM has been driving a couple of rather unusual Mercedes Benz vans of late. Cohn Barnett and Julian Milnes report on a Vito...

vans on the market is small — one, to be exact. Some people may think the Vario died years ago, but don't tell the 4,000...

Spooky roads survey's surprising finding At the lime of writing Halloween was upon us. The shops were full of the usual spooky...

:.olour definitely counts when you're selling lightweight used stock, iccording to Manheim Auctions. Kevin Swallow reports. W...

MV Commercial has stepped up its battle with used dealerships by opening a service, repair and preparation centre. Kevin...