Last Friday a 20-year-old female cyclist was killed in London following a collision with a truck. She was riding a Barclay's...

Wilcox DESPITE A SURGE in new truck registrations in June it is still touch and go whether the widely expected spike in new...

Euro-5 trucks, all of which should be delivered by the end of the year or early 2014. "That should see us through for another...

issue more prohibitions in the coming year to help combat non-compliance within the road transport industry. In its annual...

VOSA HAS outlined three actions it plans to take to address operators' concerns about the OCRS, and specifically the fact that...

Powertrain Control feature, which combines 3D mapping and GPS to read the road ahead, is exceeding expectations in terms of...

delivery of three Volvos — the first of the marque to join its eight-strong fleet. Two 500hp FH 6x2 44-tonners are joined by a...

and Wales, at Malvern's Three Counties Showground, to reveal its completely renewed product range to UK buyers. A full line-up...

Tindall DEBEN TRANSPORT snapped up business and assets belonging to Elite Transport Services for just £75,000, according to...

Crossing lorry park said the operators of nine truckstops had contacted him to say they were also struggling after it was...

Brown EASTERN TRAFFIC commissioner Richard Turfitt has disqualified a Norwich haulier who, on the day his company's vehicles...

has received the keys to the 900,000th Vivaro van to be built at the company's Luton plant. The AA will take 356 new Vivaros...

MPs WANT RECOVERY operators to help develop a new safety standard for the sector to prevent cowboy operators slipping in under...

that went into administration after HMRC attempted to wind it up (commercialmotoncom 31 May) has been sold in a prepack deal,...

WALES operator John T Evans Haulage has maximised loadspace on two new doubledeck trailers thanks to a new curtain system...

SDC director Paul Bratton told CM: "We've recently delivered six 10m urban trailers with Dhollandia tuckaway taillifts to...

general haulier JJB Transport has entered liquidation after 13 years of trading. At a general meeting on 27 June the decision...

Is Vosa's operator compliance risk score good for the industry? June's Trucking Britain survey finds out By Justin Stanton FOR...

were last autumn, posting a seventh month high of 56. Of the respondents, 77% were either very optimistic or fairly optimistic...

the government's promise to spend £28bn on the UK's road infrastructure between 2015 and 2020. Here is just a selection: Road...

see a transparent and proactive action plan to support this — a plan that will be cohesive and integrate all transport in its...

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RESTRICTED 0-licence (with its orange disc) is intended for use by companies to collect, or deliver goods that they themselves...

It might seem as though the past decade has seen a raft of changes, but dig deeper and it's another story What were we writing...

market favourite Want a big truck, with a small, efficient engine? -, Welcome to Laurie Each week our man inside the CM's...

becoming more expensive. British Car Auctions' resident expert explains why this is iu.ub: uuncan Ward The UK is reeling from...

move from new rolling stock to trucks sourced from the second-hand market Words: Steve Banner When the economy goes into...

body delivering stone cut through overhead power lines, bringing them down y Roger Brown HAZELTON HOMES (MIDLANDS) has been...

RHODES FREIGHT Services has been granted permission to remove from its 0-licence its Air Port Works site in Green Lane,...

A PI on 17 July will look at disciplinary action against Alan James Bell and Tina Margaret Rutter, based in Peterborough. The...

Words: Chris Tindall Hauliers wno find themselves in the tragic situation of an employee being killed at work, or someone else...

offence of manslaughter; it is an offence based in common law. "It has been developed over many years by the appeal courts,"...

an important part of staying compliant Nords: Guy Sheppard Employing unlicensed LGV drivers can invalidate an operator's...

a licence is punishable by a fine of up to £1,000, but the implications can be far more serious. This is because the offence...

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work it out From humble beginnings and with years of haulage experience learnt the hard way, Richard and Jonathan Bull now run...

box In the third of our series looking at Euro-6 technology, our focus shifts to the aftertreatment system and the chassis...

is going for world domination in the heavy truck market, as can be seen from its latest offerings The car industry is a very...

Fleetmaster proved that British truck makers could build a top-weight tractor to satisfy bookkeepers and drivers so why did it...

specialist Arrow XL has launched a customer experience training programme for its 900-strong workforce, hoping to deliver an...

about it Carlsberg team proves to be best trainer by Laura Hailstone CARLSBERG BEAT some stiff competition from Suckling,...