Three men are standing trial at the Old Bailey charged with the brutal murder of a haulage boss and his family. Chris Tindal!...

Exclusive TDG chief executive David Garman has played down the failure of merger talks with fellow logistics firm Christian...

WITH ONLY four months to go before the Working Time Directive comes into force, a survey reveals only 10% of operators are...

REPORTS FROM within US engine giant Cummins indicate that plans to upgrade its 10.8-litre 1SMe engine to the Euro-4 standard by...

One of our captions from the APF show (CM 28 October) appeared wth the wrong picture. The Britt-Tip body was built on an lsuzu;...

CM subscribers will find a copy of Bridgestone's Truck Pant newsletter in th is week's issue. If your issue doesn't include a...

Strike threats are facing Sainsbury's East Kilbride distribution depot, run by Exel, after warehouse workers rejected a 2.5%...

Food transport firm AF Blakemore and parcels giant TNT have been named in The Guardian newspaper's `Giving list' as companies...

Supermarket chain Aldi is to build an HQ and distribution centre in Cardiff for Wales and the West Country. It promises to...

Speaking at the RHAs security seminar, chairman Val Smith has called on the road transport industry to work with enforcement...

Consortium Linq Alliance is losing its chief executive and scaling down as it adjusts to changes in the market. Guy Sheppard...

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association has teamed up with the JobCentre Plus to launch a truck driver training programme in Leeds. Under...

AUTOMOTIVE GIANTS AB Volvo and Renault have come to a settlement after a disagreement in 2001 . over Volvo's acquisition of...

A THIRD OF all A-roads in Scotland are in a poor state of repair. according to government spending watchdogs. Audit Scotland....

the Forth Bridge in 2006 in a bid to relieve congestion. This was originally recommended last year in a consultant's report;...

The operator of the M6 Toll has refused to say whether it will extend its discount for trucks — Jennifer Ball reports. MIDLAND...

record POLICE ARE warning drivers to be vigilant in the run-up to Christmas after a £70,000 load of TVs was stolen from a truck...

CONTINENTAL TYRES' ContibreakdownService (CBS) is hitting an average downtime target of less than two hours for trucks...

taken the shine off the firm's green record after it was fined for polluting a local pond with diesel. The...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has called on the government to review night-time restrictions and to allow trucks to use bus...

A Somerset firm has been hit by its employees' first industrial action in living memory. Guy Sheppard reports. MORE THAN 30...

WEST MIDLANDS bodybuilder Trent Industries has developed an air-actuated automatic sheeting system with a luck-away' position...

The NT is green lighting hidden cameras for 'covert enforcement'. David Harris reports. HIDDEN SPEED traps could become more...

BELGIAN SPECIAL Types trailer manufacturer Faymonville has introduced a new version of its Mega Z1+5 gooseneck lowloader,...

Which cafe sets you on your feet at the start of the day? Tell us who makes the best breakfast in the and and you could win a...

It looked like TDG and Christian Salvesen were a match made in heaven but suddenly the merger talks have come to a dead end. So...

In case you needed convincing, here are more facts in support of our Pushing 50 campaign — help us campaign for common sense!...

A married couple with a history of 0-licence refusals and revocations have been refused a new licence because the TC didn't...

A CHESHIRE operator which was appearing at its sixth public inquiry since 1997 has had its licence cut from seven to four...

THE DRIVER of an abnormal load which caused £400,000 worth of damage to a railway bridge and closed a railway line has escaped...

A LEEDS owner-driver has been banned indefinitely from holding an 0-licence after failing to appear at a public inquiry to...

A HIRE company has had its restricted 0-licence cut by three vehicles with a condition placed on it that all future transport...

L ast week's publication of the draft Road Transport (Working lime) Regulations caused industry bodies to breathe a collective...

A law which allows courts to ban drivers for any offence, including breaches of the hours regs, has stark implications for the...

offences that could cost HGV driver his or her licence have been: being drunk in charge of a vehicle, driving without due care...

US-owned Heil Trailer has become the number one petroleum tanker supplier in the UK. Brian Weatheriey charts its progress. H...

Having bought the Thompson Carmichael factory in Bilston in 1998, four months ago Heil ultimately decided the plant was too...

Trailer advertising is becoming big business — and for the haulier ifs lucrative and increasingly convenient. Jennifer Ball...

Developments in axles and suspensions suggest a more high-tech future for trailers. Sharon Clancy caught up with the latest...

Christian Salvesen had an idea for a radical multi-deck drawbar rig that would boost the versatility of its fleet and cut...

Don Our has developed a drawbar with three-level multi-deck swap bodies mounted on a iow-profile 6x2 Daf CF85 380hp tag-axle...

The iveco Daily range is to be revamped with a new engine, transmission and stability control system. Andy Salter takes a...

Lower fuel economy, longer service intervals, less noise and faster journey times are just some of the claims Iveco is making...

eve s inside t e van are very ow, w ic Ispeasln cruising or working hard the noise levels inside the van are very low,...

Our series examining operator's motives for their latest acquisitions ranges from a baker's wagon with an auto box to a crane...

The market appears to be led by the light truck sector this year, with 7,5-tonne sales currently up some 4% for the year to...

Last autumn 10 people won a lottery on Teesside to train as HGV drivers. Tim Maughan spoke to one of the former candidates,...

A candidate can pass such a training programme, but this does not automatically mean that he is cut out for a full-time road...

Craig has set up John Craig Associates. Craig, a qualified HGV driver trainer, seeks to advise operators how to secure funding,...

Michael Roney swapped the life of a civil engineer for the driver recruitment world. As Tim Maughan finds, his franchises turn...

They cost the transport industry millions with their inefficiency and yet Austin Caulfield sees few operators trying to hold...

There's always a market for used trailers, and business is booming T he semi-trailer appears to have enjoyed something of a...

It's a mixed bag in the used van sector with some solid performers starting to falter, and the Christmas trade re-igniting some...

The festive market has helped the used truck trade bounce back after a lacklustre September. TRUCK SALES at Manheim Auctions...

Used truck sales are soaring, leaving dealers wondering whether to keep buying stock in the traditionally quiet run up to...

LATE-REGISTERED 18-tonners are in big demand, with examples with sleeper cabs and the more powerful engines generating the most...

THAT an oversupply of used 6x2 tractors is depressing their residual values have been greeted with some scepticism by dealers....

SPLASH OUT and take your holidays in Kenya next year and you may be rewarded with the sight of far more used Mercedes-Benz...