Pressure group Transaction 2007 is going it alone with protests planned at refineries and storage depots this weekend. Dylan...

UK CONTAINER haulier Robert Heald Ltd has gone into liquidation with the loss of 35 jobs. The company blames its collapse on...

I JOE-IT CV RENTAL specialist Northgate Vehicle Hire has completed the acquisition of Hampsons Self Drive Hire. I lampsons...

proposal on the imposition of a CO 2 cap for motor vehicles manufactured in and imported into the European Union (EU) may now...

To register an interest in tendering for the DT contract to manage the Freight Best Practice programme from April 2008 to March...

The Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce. has asked the government to confirm its commitment to upgrading the A14 after a series...

The DfT has confirmed that commercial waste collection is exempt from the drivers' hours regs — if the waste is similar to...

EU plans to bring in an environmental labelling scheme for tyres could be putting people's safety at risk, says Continental...

Frozen food distributor Yearsley Group has taken delivery of five 460hp M-B Actros tractors from Enza, of Trafford Park,...

Business Posts palletised freight operation UK Pallets is predicting growth of more than 10% per year from 2007 to 2010. It has...

Plans to build industrial units on a truckstop have been rejected — but the site will still be closed down this week. Chris...

A RECRUITMENT agency is planning a driver-training pilot scheme in which it would fund licence upgrades for its drivers...

Burgess As the leading magazine in the road freight transport industry it is appropriate that we contribute to the public...

An objection to a truck park being used as an operating centre has been withdrawn by Suffolk County Council because planning...

['HE HEALTH and Safety -2,xecutive (HSE) is warning )perators and manufacturers to eview their safety procedures, One HSE...

VOLVO IS l'O acquire 8.1% of Indian truck manufacturer Eicher Motors and will form a 8350m (L170m) joint venture with a view to...

is on course to be a sell-out, says organiser CAI Events. Next year's show will be the biggest yet, with Iwo extra ground floor...

Cohn Barnett travels to Bordeaux for a first drive of Citroen's nippy little 1 .4-litre Nemo. JUST A MONTH AFTER the Nemo's...

The capital's new delivery rules may cause problems for some drivers — and inconsistent implementation won't help. Louise Cole...

FOUR MEN have been jailed for a total of 24 years for their part in the kidnapping of a French truck driver two years ago and...

HANDING OUT free, blindspot-reducing 'Fresnel Lenses' to foreign LGV drivers has reduced the number of side-swiping incidents...

EIGHT FOREIGN TRUCKS were issued with immediate prohibitions during roadside checks in Mid Wales. Dyfed Powys Police, Vosa,...

DAFTRUCKS in the UK has had a record-breaking year in 2007 with 30% more orders than its previous best in 2005. MD Stuart Hunt...

The cost of the scheme would outweigh the benefits, despite a spate of foreign trucks driving down narrow lanes. David Harris...

A BACKLOAD website set up last year now has more than 1,0(X) operators signed up, says the man behind the project. The Freight...

MIDLAND EXPRESSWAY, which operates the M6 Toll, has increased its prices by 12.5% — and the Freight Transport Association (FTA)...

PRE-CHRISTMAS thieves stole almost 2300,000 worth of malt whisky from a Hertfordshire haulier last week. The haul included...

As the festive season approaches, CM's sister magazine Truck & Driver is using the TruckNet UK online forums to ask drivers...

Workplace accidents have a high financial and human cost, but the HSE says the open exchange of information can reduce the...

in which an employee was run over by a reversing artic led the UK's largest independent baker to overhaul its handling...

Department for Transport statistics show who is king of reight in Europe (it sn't the UK) and who ieeds to clean up :heir act....

Putting vintage trucks to work is not everyone's ideal, but Carters Steam Fair runs 15 of them. Joby Carter explains why to...

YOUR ARTICLE entitled 'Tories support L1-IV trials—if university report backs them' (CM 29 November) gives the impression that...

'UK ROADS lag behind EU' (CM 15 November) was a very interesting article highlighting how far behind the rest of Europe we are...

ASA relatively new LGV operator, having been granted my licence for two vehicles and four trailers in early October, I find...

Lead times are unlikely to get any better in 2008. Louise Cole looks into the underlying causes and asks operators how they are...

Neil Rushworth, operations director, Expect Distribution 1 have just ordered all our replacement vehicles for the whole of...

"There are problems with lead times and axle shortages but they don't affect us because we ordered in plenty of time. I ordered...

We have no solution as yet we're still in a quandary as to what to do. Traditionally we've owned our trucks but we're looking...

All the manufacturers we spoke to can only boost capacity to a limited degree. Labour resource is relatively easy to find but...

A Yorkshire firm suffers the consequences after allowing its 0-licence to be used by a revoked haulier. Mike Jewell reports. A...

A STRING of maintenance problems have led to a County Durham operator having its licence authority cut from six trucks to...

FOUR UNDERTAKINGS on vehicle maintenance have enabled an own-account operator to escape with a warning at a Leeds disciplinary...

WALSALL-BASED DC Haulage & Storage must wait to see if its second bid for an 0-licence is successful following a Birmingham...

TWO 41/2-HOUR driving of cost a Blackpool truck driver £619 in fines and costs. Appearing at Wrexham Magistrate's Court, John...

backed up by a system of penalties for hauliers that commit offences outside their home countries. Patric Cunnane reports. C...

In the Transport and Touhsm Committee debate on 20 November MEPs raised concerns about full liberalisation and the barriers...

governed by Regulations To 881/92 and (EC) 318/93 and Directive 2006/94/EC, the origins of which date back to 1962. While the...

• An electronic pass could allow drivers greater ease in crossing the borders. • More flexibility could allow operators to...

Con l iplete Iiberalisalion of cabotage would alloW any haulier to make domestic deliveries in another EU state without let or...

Amendments to the proposals should have been received by the Transport and Tourism Committee by 5 December; the paper will be...

A Kent meat distribution firm routinely left meat outside kitchens if there was nobody to take delivery — but was this an...

No commission-hungry truck salesman is going to turn down the chance of selling you a 600hp fire-breathing tractor with all the...

desire. especially when measured against the FH16.660 and new-kid-on-the-block TGX 680? If you're a dedicated Scania buyer...

Colin Barnett looks at the latest developments in the world of reefers. Thermo King SLX The UK's market-leading 111111...

Transfrigoroute (UK) has confirmed John Clark, managing director of Clan International, as its new president, with Daniel...

0 • n the back of the Stralis launch. Iveco announced its intention to double its heavy truck market share in just four...

CommercialMolor's sister title, Truck & Driver, recently held its first Drivers' Choice Awards in association with our...

panel) as it visited four operators in a month, and the first company to play host was Murray Hogg, based in North Gosforth,...

Trevor WiHans. MD of NDL Darlington, in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, was approached by an NETV salesman and he was left...

Martin Rhodes. ML) of York-based White Rose Transport, took over the haulage operations of Johnson of Whixley's garden-centre...

six years. Its fleet of 150 vehicles and 280 trailers is split between its site in Washington, Tyne &Wear, and Plymouth. The...

White van man takes over sleigh duties on Christmas Eve In a real sense white van man is the 21st century Father Christmas...

i As 2008 approaches, the smart money is on the used market remaining buoyant — which is good news for Manheim Auctions. CV...

D ealers are reporting a decline in the demand for second-hand trucks in the run-up to Christmas and it is not just because...

Farmers are not buying used trucks as frequently as they once did, according to Allan Hilton of King's Lynn, Norfolk-based Oaf...

Demand for used 18-tonners is rising, according to Matt Hammond, used vehicle sales manager at West Thurrock, Essex-based...

Trailer manufacturer SDC has acquired Scotch Corner trailer dealership SDC Northern from owners Robin Gray and former MD Rod...