Lord Adonis forced to defend markings U-turn By C hristhri her \Naton THE SECRETARY OF State for Transport Lord Adonis has...

Global manufacturing giant and maker of retro-reflective tape 3M is encouraging operators to act now and use conspiarty...

By Chris TintiaLt TRANSPORT LEGEND Edward Stobart (pictured) says the failure of Boalloy Fastnick Bodies has personally cost...

Pick clients with care, hauliers told A LOGISTICS analyst firm says hauliers can learn from highprofile administrations, such...

New bid by failed firms' director MICHAEL SPENCE, the former director of two failed companies Mike Spence Ltd and Mike Spence...

By Chris Tindall QUESTIONS ARE being raised about the thoroughness of the Isle of Man government's tendering process, after a...

Arthur Oakley joins Palletways HEREFORD-BASED Arthur Oakley Transport has joined Palletways less than a year after joining...

Co-op gets go-ahead for Scottish RDC THE CO-OP GROUP has been given planning consent by North Lanarkshire Council for a...

Contrasting fortunes as logistics giants post returns By Christopher Walton and Roger Brown DEUTSCHE POST DHL's revenues fell...

M&S work goes to DHL Supply Chain DHL SUPPLY CHAIN has taken over from Wincanton the road transport element of the Marks &...

Olympics contracts put out to tender THE ORGANISING committee behind the London 2012 Olympic Games is putting £700m worth of...

As our Stop the VOSA Closures campaign gains momentum, we put your burning questions on the Testing Transformation Programme to...

CM enthusiastically grabbed the opportunity to put Nissan's new NV200 through its paces on the UK road network. Here's what we...

Nissan's all-new contender In a sector that is being dramatically redefined, which offers a fair amount of space in a sub-two...

CM COVER STORY By Joanna Bourke 1f IL CENTRAL Motorway Police Group (CMPG) has been using an observation truck to crack down...

FOUR HAULIERS in the Republic of Ireland have been told to give up their 0-licences because they have received serious criminal...

Son of jailed HGV driver freed A MAN WHO was jailed for helping his trucker father falsify tachograph records has been...

Strike affects deliveries to Superdrug stores By Roger Brown A UNION CLAIMS strike action by staff at Superdrug's National...

TruckNet UK's Rikki Chequer remembers the heroes in our armed forces past and present. Driving a truck on the UK's roads may...

FreshLim buys 15 DAFs for European expansion plans SPALDING, LINCOLNSHIRE-based chilled food distributor FreshLine has taken...

Denby to defy IMT decision to test LHV on UK roads CM COVER STORY By Chris Tindatt DENBY TRANSPORT says it will risk legal...

Allison has new markets in sights as it carries out trials WITH ITS TRADI lIONAL core markets of fire, refuse and public...

TDG HAS WON a contract to run a transport and warehousing operation for the UK's largest independent toy seller,The...

Victory for 0-licence appeal operator By Dominic Perry A MIDDLESEX OPERATOR whose 0-licence was revoked because of an...

Devon police crackdown launched on rogue drivers POLICE IN DEVON and Cornwall have launched an operation to catch truck...

Downtime set to die as funeral. firm Looks to Tranman software AT THE RISK OF being insensitive, we are not entirely sure if a...

ON 1 APRIL, officials from VOSA were given new powers to levy Graduated Fixed Penalty notices for some traffic offences...

Any publicity around offences and a possible court case is likely to prove hugely damaging to any business. The current...

No excuse for dangerous habit of pulling in early AS AN HGV driver in the UK, I am horrified to see drivers putting their...

THE ARI ICLE that appeared in CM recently called "Going Dutch" asserts that Dutch drivers are permitted by regulations to drive...

Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken believes fair competition is key and it's her job to defend decent operators from the...

Aitken's request for a second Deputy Traffic Commissioner in addition to Richard McFarlane has been successful, "Scotland is a...

The total number of 0-licence applications is falling, putting the UK's reputation for running an efficient supply chain at...

North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner (TC) Tom Macartney (pictured below) has highlighted a fall in the total number of 0-licences...

Scottish DTC suspends director's HGV licence for nine months and his company's 0-licence for two weeks. THE FALSIFICATION of a...

Suspended jail sentence for tailgater T UCK DRIVER Mark Benistoi has been given a 20-week jail se tence, suspended for a year,...

is not alone in the view that there should be a level playing field for all drivers, rather than one rule for those on the...

Any attempt to enforce them on the transport sector's many one-man-bands may drive some out of the industry altogether, he...

Adam Purshall, too, thinks it makes no sense to have some drivers complying with the directive and others not. "It has to be a...

Has the exclusion of ownerdrivers from the 48-hour working week given them an advantage? CM's operators' panel delivers its...

of the working time rules, John Bell sides with those who believe ownerdrivers should remain exempt from them, "The problem is...

"Owner-drivers should be included and should have been from day one," says Martin Barnes, referring to Brussels' recent...

Charles Burke supports owner-drivers' right to remain exempt from working time rules, but only because he is vehemently opposed...

Yes, they should, is Ed Pargeter's view. But he concedes it would be extremely hard to monitor whether or not they are. "I'm...

Owner Paul Arthurton Transport Norfolk Arthurton believes in principle that rules on working time should apply across the...

If the Working Time Directive is ostensibly about improving road safety, it's a complete nonsense to exclude owner-drivers...

of the regulations and be free to choose what hours they work, as long as they still comply with drivers' hours and tachograph...

It's all-go for Intelligent Transport Systems, but Brussels' enthusiasm for the Eurovignette Directive is on the wane. The...

— are new regulations for Access to the Market and Access to the Industry. Access to the Market deals with the calootage...

CM's Dutch test team get behind the wheels of a series of 8x4 tippers, and find out which one is up to one of the toughest jobs...

European construction and building market. DAF has fitted the FAD frames with straight front axles, which is a down-to-earth...

We asked a couple of very experienced tipper drivers to have a go in our test vehicles. Here's what they thought. Arthur Goes...

Due to the diversity in construction and dimensions of the units, we are publishing only the factory chassis-cab weight...

Reviewing the six 8x4 trucks, it is obvious that the Scania is more the roadgoing type, but as we have mentioned, this brand...

How the recession has had an effect The recession has bashed every industry, with road transport being one of the hardest hit....

Further afield, early summer saw Norfolkline reinstate the former superfast service from Rosyth to Zeebrugge, the new Scottish...

Last year's big story, the Channel Tunnel f ire. officially ended on 10 February when services resumed, but the knock-on...

Currently the main user of Boulogne, LD Lines has transferred its operations to the new terminal LD Lines has had a slightly...

Voting for the International Van of the Year 2010 is set to take place this month, and the competition is as hot as ever as the...

Its a brave move by Nissan to launch a completely new panel van into a crowded market when demand is, by recent standards, at...

A challenge may come from Mercedes-Benz in the shape of its updated new Sprinter. Merc is the first van manufacturer to offer...

Iveco's latest incarnation of the Daily van sees the product now extended to seven tonnes GVW as the company seeks to stretch...

van man Credited with transforming the financial and environmental fortunes of the Northern Gas Networks fleet, United...

The final link in the chain is a comprehensive road safety programme for NGN 's drivers, which has also been developed by Gary...

Exports of newer use vehicles and operators hanging on to their trucks for longer mean that some second-hand dealers are...

Manheim reports boost in used vans with tippers Words:. Kevin SwaiAcoN USED VAN values continue to recover, with the October...