Feeling bored and out of sorts? Why not try our topical Commercial Motor Quiz: Name the last five ministers to hold the title...

By Christopher Walton, Roger Brown and Chris Tindatl THE ECONOMIC downturn has hit the car and van transport logistics sector,...

VOLVO IS cutting almost 1,400 jobs at its European plants due to demand for new trucks falling. The company says the move will...

RISING FUEL costs and lower demand will result in a "shakeout" in freight transport, according to an analysis of business...

AS CM WAS closing for press, it was understood United Trailers (UK), which is based in Wisbech, had gone into administration....

AN OXFORDSHIRE coroner has concluded that an accident in which a German truck driver died was likely to have been the result of...

By Chris Tindatt A NEW truck park opening near the Port of Dover which has space for 100 lorries is also offering customers...

THE ISLE OF MAN has taken its first step towards introducing an operator licensing system by hiring a consultant to draft the...

THE UK haulage industry has called on new transport secretary Geoff Hoon to get to grips with the issues the sector is facing...

THE TANK-EX exhibition at Donington Park opens its doors to visitors this week, marking the return of this oncepopular show....

The economic downturn is hitting drivers hard, as TruckNet UK's Rikki Chequer finds out... What a difference a year makes....

By Joanna Bourke TRUCK WATCH, the truck crime reduction initiative, has opened a new division to combat Lancashire's reputation...

NEARLY 400 litres of diesel were spilled on an Isle of Wight road last week after a truck and a bus punctured their fuel tanks...

WILTSHIRE-BASED Trurnac has ceased trading after its administrator was unable to find a buyer for the business. The Westbury...

credentials By Roanna Avison SCOTTISH HAULIER Scofflow has ceased trading after its administrator failed to find a buyer....

declaring perishable goods, vehicle inspection and weight certificates when crossing national borders across the Continent,...

TESCO HAS REVEALED it is reviewing its biofuels strategy amid doubts over the sustainabiiity of the alternative fuel. The...

By David Harris A SHROPSHIRE truck driver convicted of dangerous driving after watching a DVD of a popular science-fiction...

HAULAGE HAS topped a poll of professions with the largest waistlines. Lorry drivers heavily outweighed lawyers, IT staff,...

CHESHIRE'S SUTTONS Group has lust taken delivery of five new Volvo FM tractor units for its generalpurpose chemical tanker...

AT THIS year's IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover, three influential groups have put forward the case for the introduction...

Any operator wanting to maximise fleet efficiency is advised to make full. use of the tachograph as a management tool. as well,...

Duncan Horsfall was formerly managing director of 1st Class Drivers, employing more than 100 HGV drivers, until he started...

Can an extra 20cm really make all the difference to temperature-controlled trailers? CM finds out if bigger really means...

I'M WRITING to you in relation to the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) (Customers demand to see OCRS figures' CM 18...

IT IS A positive move that customers can use the OCRS data before awarding work to hauliers. I totally disagree with Steve...

WITH REFERENCE TO your piece about Northants Police ('Mermaid reveals that two thirds of lorries have faults' CM 18 September),...

Trailer rental is not the easiest business to be in at the moment, but Bell Trailers is enjoying growth by focusing on customer...

In the second part of our look at trucking on the Continent, CM heads to the Czech Republic, where a shortage of truck drivers...

One of the biggest problems for drivers is the shortage of rest areas on Czech motorways, with drivers causing an growing...

Haulier had no transport manager and drivers were unable to correctly complete tachograph charts AN OPERATOR WHOSE tachograph...

Lack of financial proof leads to revocation THE REVOCATION of the onevehicle licence held by Guildford Timber Frame by the...

AN OPERATOR of 26 years claimed to be unaware of the requirement for daily vehicle checks when the 0-licences of his two...

THE TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL has upheld the indefinite disqualification of a haulier who stepped in to help rescue a business he sold...

An axle overload has cost Southsea ownerdriver Richard Gyles £978 in fines and costs. Wrexham Magistrates were told that a...

Maintenance problems have resulted in the authorisation on the licence held by Newportbased UK European Transport Services,...

An isle of Anglesey operator of an agricultural tractor has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £454 for brake...

Business rates go up in 2010, but operators have six months to appeal. any increase, starting from the announcement of the new...

The Eurovignette Directive proposes that lorries should be charged on all European roads. But will the money raised tackle...

of raising more taxes by making transport more expensive," says German Christian Democrat MEP Georg Jarzembowski. The study...

It may come as a shock to some. but Peugeot makes vans as well as cars, and not just small ones. The recently launched-and TV...

Manufacturer: Peugeot, Aldermoor House, Aldermoor Lane, Coventry CV3 1LT Web address: www.peugeot.co.uk Engine: 16-valve...

Having driven this van with a Citroen and a Fiat badge adorning its front end, we knew there wasn't going to be any great...

With roots in the once thriving, yet sadly declining UK textiles industry, Fagan & Whalley has learned the importance of...

Fagan & Whalley's fleet engineer Stephen Whittaker (pictured) says: it's probably just over 50% of trucks that we buy...

Fagan & Whalley was established in 1927 by father Sam Fagan and his sonin-law Thomas Whalley. The pair had a horse and cart and...

In the forest, something stirred. To be precise, it was the APF 2008 International Forestry Exhibition on Cannock Chase, where...

Cash flow always rules in business, but during a credit crunch, it can be a vicious master indeed. We ask whether or not...

By Louise Cote CREDIT SPECIALIST Experian is warning that UK businesses are now settling bills almost four weeks after agreed...

OUTPUT EXPECTATIONS in manufacturing have reached their lowest point for seven years, according to the latest Industrial Trends...

PLIMSOLL PUBLISHING, whose June report ('Bigger players enjoy greater growth' CM 19 June) forecast 11,000 job losses in the...

BRITISH COMPANIES are still anticipating future growth and investment despite a lack of short-term confidence in their markets,...

AGRICULTURAL HAULIERS face another setback as the farming losses from wet weather and a late harvest spread to other sectors....

THE EUROPEAN Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries says steel demand will continue to grow throughout the Eurozone,...

SUMMER 2008 saw a moderate growth in retail sales volume outside the food market, according to Government statistics. National...

1 VER HOUR GUARD r U e Driver Hour Guard Timers have undoubtedly become very popular in the K & European transport markets....

Digital tachographs have been with us since 2005, and the number of trucks fitted with them is increasing. For existing...

Buyers in the UK trailer market are sitting tight as manufacturers struggle to turn deals into sales, and while the used market...