A long-running feud led to an operator's son being stabbed to death and - two other family members wounded. Chris Tindall...

THREE MEN HAVE been arrested as part of a police investigation into operators fraudulently obtaining 0-licences in a bid to get...

PALLET NETWORK Palletways plans to launch its latest Continental network, Palletways Iberia, within the next two months. This...

FAMILY-OWNED warehousing and distribution firm Massey Wilcox is satisfied with trading results for last year, despite an almost...

TI-1E EU HAS finally set a firm date for the introduction of digital tachograph legislation. It was published in the EU's...

The Austrian government has lifted a planned truck ban on the Alpine Al 2 motorway in the Tyrol region.

Utility company Scottish Water has bought a batch of rigid and articulated vacuum tankers from Crossland Tankers for...

Pall-Ex boss Hilary Devey is one of four finalists in the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award 2006.

Hill Hire has won a 22m deal to supply livered vehicles to Daniels Chilled Foods.

Scania has ended its agreement with MAN to supply gearboxes and axles.

The trial overtaking ban for trucks on a stretch of the M42 will be reinstated following resurfacing work.

Eurotunnel is expected to ask its creditors to renew its permission to hold restructuring talks as it attempts to prove it can...

MSA operator Moto has been bought by Australian bank Macquarie

Has a management shake-up come too late to save RF Fielding following a revocation order? Sally Nash and Mike Jewell report....

BARRIE TOZER, who runs the Truckersworld website, has brought together a team of drivers to meet shadow transport ministers...

AMTRAK EXPRESS Parcels' achieve substantial new business profit margin fell by 50% last year gains at strong rates, the company...

Barry Proctor has been on a Mercedes-Benz driving course and is convinced that even veteran drivers still have something to...

The Scottish TC has turned down an 0-licence application by a well-known Strathclyde haulier because of his brother's...

A MEETING DESIGNED to defuse a row over congestion charging seems to have paid dividends, with the director general of the...

FERGUSONS TRANSPORT of Blyth predicts its workload will increase on the back of a rise in tyre imports following Goodyear...

Irish plans for a national height limit have been received with anger by the road transport industry. Guy Sheppard reports....

WITH THIS YEAR'S CV Show set to be the biggest ever, CM is launching a web-based service to bring you the latest show news,...

trims waste: A TRUCKSTOP USED by drivers at Dartford International Ferry Terminal is being forced to shut by Belgian shipping...

COMPONENT DELIVERIES to Honda's Swindon car factory could be disrupted by a dispute over the sacking of workers. The Amicus...

WASTE MANAGEMENT company Biffa is to be `demerged" from its parent company Severn Trent and floated on the stock market. Just...

Stuart Thomas brings you his regular round-up of the way our local and national press has covered the wonderful world of road...

HOME DELIVERIES in Scotland are best handled on a regional basis as national firms struggle to reach rural areas, particularly...

ABERDEEN-BASED Walkers Transport is closing down after 34 years,citing the rising cost of fuel. Sam Walker says:"There are...

DHL EXEL IS losing control of three retail distribu tion centres employing nearly 2000, people because Tesco has decided to...

The FTA wan=s Transport for London to reconsider the details of its Low Emission Zone so the cost to industry is lessened....

LEADING CRANE-HIRE firm Ainscough has just taken delivery of a batch of 10 new MAN TGA tractor units to add to its 20-strong...

The tanker sector is to get a health and safety certification scheme. Guy Sheppard reports. THOUSANDS OF OIL tanker drivers...

THE FOREIGN OFFICE (F0) says efforts to secure the early release of British truck driver Steven Topless, who is in a Spanish...

Here's the fourth instalment in our series of weekly bulletins to help you prepare for the new technology, courtesy of the...

The DfTis latest figures show that trucks are still speeding on dual and single carriageways, and even in built-up areas. So do...

In this industry . rt's never hard to find something to complain about — but in terms of vehicle registrations the news is...

Prohire has grown to bring in £12.3m a year, but in this sector you can never rest on your laurels. Dominic Perry talks to...

management accountant. She was appointed to the board and made company secretary in 2004. "What Dave and Colin recognised are...

I DO NOT believe that David Barlow has been too strong in the language he uses to express his concerns regarding third-party...

I WOULD LIKE to comment on Edward Pargeter's concerns over who pays for the forthcoming driver CPC training (CM 16 March). The...

I WAS READING CM when I realised it was nearly a year since the introduction of the Working Time Directive. I wonder how the...

Mercedes-Benz hasn't been a front runner in the race to develop full auto boxes for LGVs, but ifs finally caught up with the...

A former haulier who fled to Ireland has been arrested for the second time to answer a series of tacho charges. A FORMER...

A CHESTERFIELD haulier has been given interim authority despite hauling third-party trailers for nine months without licence...

MULTIPLE OFFENCES have cost an Upminster driver fines and costs totalling £565 and eight penalty points on his licence, When...

DESPITE HAVING SEVERAL convictions for failure to pay VED an operator has escaped action after the TC heard of his problems...

AN OPERATOR convicted of not having an 0-licence had delegated the task of applying for one to a mechanic. But no application...

The smoking ban in Scotland extends to truck cabs. Drivers can now be fined £50 every time they light up — and their bosses...

Huntapac Produce Preston-based Huntapac Produce runs a 26-vehicle fleet carrying vegetables round the UK, including Scotland....

in their cabs when they are in Scotland, regardless of the location of their base. So a driver heading north with a fag on...

Bridget Carter explains how you can prepare for the day the boys in blue come knocking at your door... A s an operator, you...

As an independent expert, Gary Poole once helped police search for transport records at a property in northern England. They...

individuals charged plus 31 directors and managers 2004-5: 25 individuals charged plus nine directors and managers

If you're coming to the CV show, bring your legal queries with you. Patric Cunnane explains how you can book a free...

For 51 weeks a year we test CVs ranging from microvans to 44-tonners. But sleeper cabs are bedrooms as well as workplaces so...

useless on a windy expanse like MIRAwe start our cab tour in the driver's seat. Access to the off-duty quarters is aided by the...

but its size clearly indicates that its only intended for a quick rest. The much wider upper bunk is obviously where the...

maybe thanks to the country's long winter nights, so it seemed only logical to suppose that this knowledge of all things...

we followed our normal procedure to test the output of the cab heaters, starting by leaving all the doors open for 30 minutes...

Like it or not trailer crime is on the increase. The way to stop it happening to you is to make life hard for the thieves. CM...

INSTEAD OF being permanently wired into the vehicle's electrics, the Easi tracker from Btrack is powered by a battery that is...

THE1 RAILERGARD container and door lock system is manufactured from stainless steel and is designed to fit easily over all...

G PS TRACK ING allows operators to monitor vehicles worldwide by using satellite technology— ideal for international...

. 11 IIEVES REGULARLY uncouple trailers from their tractors, allowing them to remove the contents elsewhere at their...

SOMETRACKING systems can be bulky, leaving them open to tampering or removal. To combat this problem telematics company...

D± VIDE T here appear to be few subjects within freight haulage that arouse such strongly contrasting opinions as trailer...

Hill Hire is the official supplier of the trailers that CM uses in its roadtests. At a recent handover we caught up with...

Family firm D&A Saunders Storage stays buoyant by casting its net wide. Tim Maughan travels to its Pembrokeshire base to see...

Saunders Storage means that there has to be investment in specialist equipment. Z10 tends to have a dozen caravans temporarily...

There is a lot going on at Strawberry Hill Farm, but Z10 director Ryan Ennis says that congestion is not a problem. His...

Opinions are sharply divided in the EGR vs SCR debate. Steve Banner discovers who supports which system — and why. A dvocates...

and there's zero debate among manufacturers over the relative merits of SCR and EGR. They've opted for the latter because they...

on a rigid, he says. - On an eight-wheeler, for example, you're looking at a minimum 5.1m wheelbase.That makes it a long truck,...

Volkswagen has developed an intemet-based system that allows its franchised dealers to acquire used vans direct from the major...

Light CV sales are revving up at British Car Auctions as its UK business development manager Duncan Ward reports a strong first...

One dealer finds sales falling after several hauliers' collapse, but others say business is good. T he number of...

USED CV sales were healthier in March than many dealers expected, says George Alexander, chief commercial vehicle editor at...

NEW TRUCK salesmen and used truck salesmen don't always work together in harmony, but when they do the results can be...

INDEPENDENT DEALER Peter Hassan of Lympne,Kent-based Eurowise Truck and Van is selling artics in growing numbers. Typically the...

UNTIL NOW Andrew Smith of Newton Trailers has specialised in tippers, but the dealership has just become the UK and Republic of...