Nearly 400 drivers are hurting after giving up work for a promised contact only to find themselves high and dry. Dominic Perry...

OPERATORS WHO have taken steps to comply with the Working Time Directive are furious that VOSA staff appear to be ignoring the...

CUMBRIAN HAULIER William Armstrong has taken over troubled operator William Oliver, which has been struggling to stay afloat...

ROADSIDE CAMERAS will soon be capable of alerting police and truck drivers about the location of stolen trucks within 10...

The AA has called for variabl speed limits up to 80mph on motorways, saying safety standards have improved since limits were...

Wincanton could axe 120 jobs from its Maltby, South Yorks depot after losing a contract with Grampian Food Group. Grampian will...

TNT has reported a 2.7% jump in first-quarter profits to £207m on the back of improved performance at its express parcel division.

FrIends of the Earth has launched a legal challenge to the Scottish Executive's plans to extend the M74.

Surrey police have warned drivers to be vigilant following a spate of incidents of youths throwing objects from bridges at...

Raids in Yardley and Hay Mills in the West Midlands recovered two trucks and a vehicle containing red diesel.

Following industrial action Northern Ireland's DVTA has dropped a policy which required operators to waft six weeks before the...

Scottish hauliers should choose rail freight if they want to beat high fuel :osts and the VVTD, says train operator EWS. Chris...

DTS LOGISTICS HAS taken over the contract for Woolworths' Irish distribution following the failure of Road & Sea Express which...

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL) is contacting 65,000 businesses in the capital about plans to extend the congestion charge zone west...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR will be putting a range of trucks,off-roaders and vans through their paces during next week's giant SED...

Barry Proctor isn't surprised that transport fell off the election agenda, but suggests the public needs to be reminded who...

The T&Gis pay campaign in the oil distribution sector has finally begun to bite. Guy Sheppard reports. THE FIVE BIGGEST...

with lOScania 42Os SOMERSET general haulage firm RT Keedwell is expanding its fleet with the purchase of 10 new Scania tractor...

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has launched another investigation into the running of a landfill site at...

Full Throttle ahead Fake a stroll with us through the little sideroads of iaulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, :he...

A racing car transporter has been saved by a management buy-out. Jennifer Ball reports. SPECIALIST freight forwarding and...

THE N UMBER OF people killed or seriously injured in accidents on Britain's roads has fallen 7% over the past year. The...

CM was launched in 1905; tor our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1922 and...

3outhampton Container Terminal plans yet another evamp of its booking system. Chris Tindall reports. OUTHAMPTON Container...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE skip-lire firm has been fined £5,000 with £3,000 costs for operating an Ilegal waste management site....

NEWBURY-BASED general haulier Chartatruc (Transport) was sold last week after administrators were called in by one of the...

Scottish hauliers sick of traffic jams on the notorious A8000 will welcome plans for an upgrade. Guy Sheppard reports. DNE OF...

A THIRD OF LIVESTOCK trucks stopped in checks were found to be breaking new laws brought in following the foot and mouth...

Hazchem drivers could fail the DR exam because of bungled - narking. Guy Sheppard reports. Barcelona's pickup pace ILINDREDS...

Toyota launched its new Hilux; Nissan showed off the King Cab version of the recently unveiled Navara replacement. Toyota's...

POLICE ARE hunting two men who hijacked a truck at knifepoint and made off with its £100,000 load of whisky. The attack...

A haul of Superdrug paracetamol pills was stolen from a truck parked outside Galpharm International on Dodworth Business Park...

Operation Indicate is hunting thieves who stole a Feldbinder bulk powder tanker from Coleshill, WariKs. The 12m threeaxle...

A red dropsided Mercedes, registration N807 NVK, was stolen from Leek, Staffs, on 4 May. Contact: 0121 626 9121

Two trucks loaded with flatpack furniture were stolen from Warrington on 26 April. One of them was spotted in Knutsford...

THIEVES HAVE ALSO escaped with two trucks containing £400,000 worth of alcohol from the Dalgety Bay area of Fife. They struck...

Vehicle dampers have a lousy reputation for dodgy dealings, but a iew law is designed to end drivers' misery. Chris Tindall...

Over the past 11 years the RAC Foundation has campaigned for the introduction of statutory regulations to limit the excesses of...

)iesel has soared recently and it loo Ks likely that whoever gets into power the rice won't be dropping. Our analyst explains...

Nrthur Pinkney, boss of parts supplier Imexpart and intermittent thorn n the side of MAN, is a self-confessed stickler for...

2OULDN1T HELP but smirk at e recent double page piece on OSA headed "Tough on crime..." 'M21 April). In fact, I nearly fell it...

I WAS DISMAYED to read the comments made by FTA chief executive Richard - Rimer regarding demonstrators (CM28April). His...

lost wheels? I WAS QUITE stunned to see the response to my letter headed "Veteran fitter's view" (CM 28 April). While I must...

Tony Blair's back in business — so now the industry needs to get its message across in the corridors of power. It really can...

A married couple have been found unfit by the TC after tacho fiddling and a connection with some "family friends" leads to...

.NABNORMAL loads carrier in - dire"need of new hicles has had its expansion plans curbed because failed to act on advice from...

THE USE of an unqualified driver, having no 0licence and the absence of fuel tank filler cap cost a London company £1,450 in...

A NORTH WALES truck driver who committed 28 offences of falsifying tachograph records has been warned to expect suspen sion of...

DRIVER to drive without a licence has cost Carlisle-based Eddie Stobart £1,500 in fines and costs. The company pleaded guilty...

"Workforce agreements"... "opt-outs"... "periods of availability" — what do they all mean? Patric Cunnane attends an RHA...

Implemented in all member states except UK which opts out of the Social Chapter. However, it is forced to reconsider when the...

JVhen workers fall ill A/hat are the employers' Dbligations? We quizzed wo legal experts... R oyal Mail employees can win a...

Every employer must follow the Data Protection Code when reauffing and employing staff; here's a legal eagle's guide to the...

,1c he tipper market is arguablY the most competitive sector in the road transport industry withweight, flekib - s ijitY and...

from our roadtest earlier this year (CM17 February 2005), but familiarity doesn't prevent the CF from making a bold showing in...

you're more concerned with its marketing position than the workings of the truck. But the fact is that ne one builds a 'bad'...

its Foden. It's fair to say that no other manufacturer can match its ability to supply a tipper built exactly to the customer's...

TGA 32.390 and its ERF ECT doppelganger? The answer lies in FUPs. While the ECT's "off-road" spec means its high enough to be...

bruiser: tough as old boots, only fit for muckaway work. But the latest 'Highway' version boasts an attractive 21-tonne...

and 1-Series cabs. This coincided with a raft of new engines, interior decor and enhanced ergonomics which tended to overshadow...

eight-legger belonging to small fleet operator Alan McGuiness was getting it dirty! McGuiness runs out of the Peak District,...

baby of the eightleggers, thanks to its compact dimensions and unfashionably small engine. The very short wheelbase, which only...

The eye is inevitably drawn to the market leaders in any sector, and when it comes to lightweight 8x4 tippers that means Daf,...

Bob Tuck returns from South Africa with a cautionary tale of tipper speccing. eething problems with the first quartet of Mack...

o■fter unveiling an astonishingly lightweight all-carbon-fibre tipper at ast year's Hanover Show, The Team Technology is...

trailer at last year's Hanover truck show TTT's Hans Juergen Lange reports an intense level of interest in the consortium's...

Brambles Industrial Services is running what are probably the biggest road-registered trucks ever built. Steve Brooks reports...

Historically HMF has hidden its light under a bushel but, as director Andy Rigby tells us, that's all changing... A...

The law says you must train drivers and protect everyone. We find out how to stay legal around truck mounted cranes. 0...

lines and overhead power cables: The latter should be given a berth equal to the loader's maximum radius plus six metres....

clients tell us why their loyal - y to the marque never wavers. Leeds Commercial Antony Fensom There is little doubt that...

Switch on and boot up. Peter Lamer looks at how IT can revolutionise the way we train our drivers. M y wife is employed in...

Commercial Motor will once again be hosting the Truckzone at this year's SED Show. Here we review the highlights visitors can...

Since Renault's debut in last year's Truckzone the company has been flying. Here we look at what's in store from the French at...

Fourtec is building a formidable reputation thanks to i3 Santana and Bremach ranges of go anywhere machines. Look out for them...

Glass's Guide expert thinks it's all good news for used vehicle sales... particularly if you've got a crane. T he outlook for...

To coincide with Tipper 2005 we' ve checked out a prime example of a breed we tested back in 2003. Back then it was all...

Business is booming for most, but not all, used truck dealers. Steve Banner reports. USED TRUCK sales remain buoyant...

MORE AND more operators are paying for used trucks by cheque or banker's draft rather than using finance. That's the experience...

WA USED truck is to have the best possible chance of finding a buyer, it needs to have been looked after by a franchised...

RENAULTTRUCKS dealer Staffordshire CV is boosting sales of its used Premium 6x2 385 and 420 tractor units dating back to 2000...

WEB SITES have become a vitally important tool for independent dealers in their campaign to boost used truck sales, according...