By Roger Brown TRIBUTES HAVE poured in for legendary Staffordshire haulage boss Stan Robinson who died on Good Friday, aged...

BRIAN HARRIS, founder of Brian Harris Transport, died in Torbay Hospital last week after a short illness. His funeral will take...

By Christopher Walton THE DVLA HAS given further advice to operators and drivers, after it admitted up to 175,000 faulty...

MINICLIPPER LOGISTICS is leaving Pall-Ex after more than 15 years with the network to join rival Palletline. The Leighton...

Fuel distributors and the Unite union were due to resume talks with conciliation service Acas as CM went to press. Haulage...

DAF HAS announced details of its Euro-6 engines, which it says will go into production in early 2013. In order to comply with...

Commercialmotor.com 1. LGV licence must be renewed every five years 2. DVLA says up to 175,000 digi cards may be faulty 3....

By Patric Cunnane OWNER-DRIVERS MUST adhere to the Working Time Directive (WTD) from May, after escaping inclusion for seven...

OPERATORS THAT NEED to make night-time deliveries during the Olympics are being urged to adopt Transport for London’s (TfL)...

By Roger Brown ABBEY LOGISTICS Group has started running a combined road tank and curtainsider trailer designed to slash empty...

By Chris Druce THE NUMBER OF people willing and able to become LGV drivers is still in freefall, according to the latest...

CREDITORS OF Steve Prince Transport voted to accept the terms of a creditors’ voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposed by the Essex...

We really thought we knew him! HERE IS A picture of our resident van tester and technical reporter George Barrow. He is the...

The former MD at Southampton’s Meachers Global Logistics was lucky that his son was in the right place at the right time to...

Remembering our history YOUR ARTICLES in CM 1 March about Peter Clemmet [whom I know] and super heavy loads were very...

MY NAME IS Dan Furber. I’m 23 and have been trying to get the money together to put myself through my Class 1 and 2 licences...

Melton Container Logistics has successfully appealed against the decision to have its O-licence refused By Roger Brown MELTON...

A MAN HAS been ordered to pay more than £2,700 in ines and costs for dumping 36 sacks of scallop shells into Brixham Harbour...

Government cuts mean that operators will rarely get a knock on the door from a health and safety inspector. Are workers being...

As wave after wave of industrial unrest hits the transport sector, what are the rules of engagement? Words: Patric Cunnane /...

E.M. ROGERS Keeping it in the family Niche and easy does it Developing niche markets has helped family concern EM Rogers...

WHAT YOU HATE ABOUT BRUSSELS What do you think of what comes out of Brussels? A law unto itself It gave us Tintin and...

CITROËN'S 2CV AND BERLINGO Modern van that salutes the past ollowing a class act Citroën’s 2CV and Berlingo are more...

TECHNOLOGY ROUTEING SOFTWARE New programmes to relieve Olympic stress A number of software firms have developed programmes...

DEALER FOCUS HANBURY RIVERSIDE Riding out the recession successfully The London Low Emission Zone, building good...

USED TRUCKS SM&T WIGHAM How did a used Daf perform? During 2007 and 2008 we followed Tim Wigham and his new Daf CF85 drawbar...