EXCLUSIVE! MAN shows off its 430hp power plant MAN THIS WEEK unveiled its 10.5-litre 'next generation' Euro4/5 heavy truck...

THE DVLA WILL have to reconsider its treatment of insulin-dependent HGV drivers when Britain adopts new EU employment...

A DELEGATION of operators met with MN in London this week to demonstrate that the Working Time Directive (WTD) is unworkable...

A CUMBRIAN haulage firm has injected new life into Penrith truck services by buying the site from beleaguered operator Nightowl...

Western TC Philip Browr hold an open day for hat at the Jury's Hotel in BriS on 17 February. Operate will have the opportunity...

CM would like to point ot that the vehicle registratii depicted in the picture tax disc accompanying story 'Licence deceit ca...

Eurotunnel says that truc volumes increased 4% during 2003, despite po a net loss of E1.33bn, It i planning a new rail-freigi...

David J13 Brown, the ma behind the highly succe Multidrive company anc saviour of the former Bedford Trucks operatio has died...

The makers of the Natio IQ Test are looking for tn drivers from all over the over British Isles for BBC Test the Nation program...

THE BOSS OF new training body Skills for Logistics insists it can make a difference to the driver shortage. despite being...

5% by the end of the decade appears to be in tatters, with overall traffic levels rising 1.4% last year. The Department for...

LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE are hunting a man who left a truck driver needing hospital care for burns after hurling acid in his face....

NEARLY 200 Total oil tanker drivers are poised to break through the £30,000-a-year salary barrier as union leaders continue...

Barry Proctor joins colleagues from across the industry to go to Westi t tinster and explain the impact of the VVTD to a range...

IN THE NEWS Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the transport industry this...

Truck charges 'too high' as traffic volumes fall. Guy Sheppard reports CHARGES FOR TRUCKS on the M6 Toll motorway are under...

owed £15,000 by a Kent logistics firm for work dating back to October, despite repeated calls to the firm and appearing in CM...

A HAULIER JAILED for swindling creditors out of £.2m has failed to overturn a confiscation order that required him to hand over...

PUNITIVE TOLLS levied on Austria's trans-Alpine Brenner motorway have been undermined by a European Court of Justice (ECJ)...

Police deny agreeing an unofficial 40mph amnesty on the Al. David Harris reports. NORTHUMBRIA police this week dismissed truck...

HUNDREDS OF East Midlands hauliers are being advised to boost the pay of their artic drivers by more than £20 a week to help...

A LANCASHIRE truck driver who mowed down a parent in a road rage incident outside a school has been jailed for 12 months by...

Overwork exacts a high price on drivers' lives, according to a trade union survey. Jennifer Ball reports. NO LESS THAN 72% of...

A HATFIELD MAN has been jailed for two months for dumping drums full of lethal chemicals in a Hertfordshire field, causing a...

AVON AND SOMERSET police are appealing for information after a delivery driver was forced to drive 250 miles at knifepoint....

DRIVERS DELIVERING goods which could cause mass civilian casualties if stolen by terrorists can now refuse to open up their...

FOR THE FIRST time Commercial Motor is sponsoring the prestigious Dealer of the Year category of the Motor Transport Awards...

I WRITE WITH some concern to the apparent'blind eye' attitude of the authorities to the number of foreign operators who operate...

WHILE I AGREE with much of what Brian Weatherley says in his column of CM 22 January, there is one important point that I felt...

AM ITHE ONLY ONE who inwardly cringes at the trials and tribulations of "Stobart wannabe" Rob Salter? In the! January 2004...

Skills for Logistics is more than just a revamp for the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council. Dominic Perry reports....

Overcoming cynicism Board member Andy Boyle, boss of ABE (Ledbury), gives us his view: "I think that when small hauliers read...

Overpriced, overcrowded and no fun? Mike McLeavy, director of Roadchefs Strensham site, teils Jennifer Ball MSAs are changing....

Do you want to cut your fuel bills? It could be worth taking advantage of the Fuel Efficiency Advisors Scheme while it's still...

part of the RHMF, with few taking up the offer of £150 visits, We're not sure if it's because people think they're going to be...

Illegal running from an illegal cent loses one operator his 0-licence. Mike Jewell reports. AN OPERATOR SHOT itself in the...

CMS legal section welcomes your questions which wll be answered in print by top transport lawyers. Whether your question is...

AN ISLE OF ANGLESEY firm of farmers and livestock hauliers which used its workshop to house livestock in the winter escaped...

A STOCKPORT MAN has lost his bid to reclaim a truck that was impounded last October in Birkenhead. He claimed he had been told...

INTERFERING WITH a speed limiter and hours offences have cost a Dutch haulier £720 in fines and costs. Coskub Arif Yukselener,...

B ritain With fly-tipping on the increase, why are so few offenders ever prosecuted? Pat Hagan reports on the 10 things you...

From April smoking will be banned in all Irish workplaces, including trucks. But can the new regs be enforced? Ann Marie Foley...

CM is launching a free legal clinic at the forthcoming CV Show in Birmingham. Patric Cunnane explains how operators can claim...

What makes a good cab? You need space to move, space to store, an efficient working environment, minimal noise — and a comfy...

offerings from a decade ago they would indeed look special. In general the quality of all seven is good and staying overnight...

We don't claim to know everything... Humour has ii that CM's operations team can be prone to questionable opinions once every...

Now the seasonal rush for deliveries is over, trailer repairers' parking lots resemble a physio's waiting room. Broken legs,...

operators. The key is to identify the critical times and vulnerable areas on the vehicle and deal with them. Smart operators...

Ws a nightmare scenario: a pitch-black night and those small lights just ahead are on an artic crossing your path. Steve Banner...

What's the score? Having up to three separate lamp units on either side of the trailer rear, each cluster incorporating side,...

shutters of its 1,100 trailers, says head of engineering, Steve Davis. "We put it there rather than on the door frames because...

Oliver Dixon struggles to find a reason for Detroit and, lo and behold, discovers the agenda-defining motor show of all time,...

Getting drivers to grasp the likely cost of even a minor shunt could help operators with risk management. Brian Weatherley...

Following our look at the technology in play for the Euro-4 emissions legislation, due in 2006, Scania has revealed how it...

Launching our new series about using the internet, CM calls on the expertise of Elton Boocock to explain the basics of making...

As with any property move, location, budget and keeping everybody happy are vital for successful progress, says Jason Hamer....

Why Mercedes-Benz Sprinter CDi is leading an exodus from dealers. I I you are on the look out for a bargain panel van then...

MAN/ERF is getting to grips with its used truck arm — and up to 90% of returning F2000s are destined for export. Emma Penny...

Exports are booming at MM Acquisitions — but then so is everything else. Emma Penny visits a dealer whose annual sales figures...

Customer's choice MM Acquisitions runs its own lowloader to move trucks to Felixstowe, Southampton and other ports throughout...