Months after it was taken over, a high-profile haulier has called in money experts to sort out its debts. Chris Tindall...

PAY NEGOTIATORS for the hire-and-reward sector in the West Midlands have agreed a groundbreaking £10-an-hour deal but artic...

CREDITORS FOR Hull-based freight forwarder Distribution Management (UK) are not expected to receive any money after...

Truckstop operator Nightowl will begin selling fuel again after signing a deal with CH Jones. The firm will take over the...

The Brynglas tunnels on the M4 will be closed from 8pm-6am until 10 December for maintenance. A 40mph limit will be in force on...

A fire at Eagle Global Logistics' warehouse in Purfleet last Sunday (9 January) led to major tailbacks on the M25 after police...

John Allan, FTA president and chief executive of Exel, has won a CBE for services to freight transport. Former VOSA chief...

Following a protracted public inquiry lasting five days over a six-month period, Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard...

An Irish truck driver has been arrested near Perpignan after £19m worth of cannabis was found on board his truck.

)PERATO RS HAVE been varnecl to keep an eye out for a raudster who approaches compaies posing as a truck driver, before aaking...

Commercial vehicle sales were at an all-time high last year and things are looking just as good for 2005. Chris 'Tindall and...

is aiming for an 8% share of the UK tractor market according to Chris Thorneycroft-Smith, head of its UK sales and marketing...

HAULIERS WHO cannibalise parts from disused trucks could fall foul of new anti-pollution regs, Guidelines on how to comply with...

OPERATORS USING revolutionary new trailer types on container transport face paying six times the standard rate on the M6 Toll...

11-1E IRISH ROAD Haulage kssociation has hit out at draft )1ans for al.5 toll for trucks using he Shannon Tunnel; part of the...

Brian Lee, MD of Allan Morris Transport, explains the facts of life to a confused potential customer, and reflects that if the...

Operators face extra congestion next week when an HGV ban is slapped on the Bidston Moss Viaduct. Jennifer Ball reports....

UNION LEADERS believe they are closer to achieving better pay and conditions for tanker drivers following an initial meeting...

TOYOTA IS TO rationalise its Dyna line-up in favour of factory supplied bodies. This year only 10% of products arriving from...

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

artic increased by nearly four times the level of inflation last year, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA)....

The Christmas collapse of parcel network NCN has left its members owed thousands, but its rivals are reaping the benefits....

THE CZECH DAE WOO Avia organisation has been re-structured. New owners have acquired a majority holding in the Prague-based...

POLICE HAVE CARRIED out as simultaneous raids across Northern Ireland, the Republic DI Ireland, England and Scotland is part of...

TRANSPORT GIANT EXEL is facing a compensation claim for constructive dismissal from a former driver and union rep who said he...

TIAVE YOU GOT BUGS in your mnker? Is there a thick sticky )lack mass in your storage tank rou just can't shift? Sounds like a...

imE0 CRIME POLICE ARE HUNTING a gang who hijacked a truck at gunpoint and made off with a load of cash. The attack happened...

POLICE IN T111.3 West Midlands say that a major new initiative designed to tackle truck crime appears to be changing the areas...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE police are hunting a gang who viciously attacked a truck driver and knocked him unconscious before making off...

adal i SIQ!) , 40 . ALL , A TRUCK DRIVER saw his vehicle driven off in the West Midlands when he stopped following a collision...

by, starting with 1905 and 1955. 1955 Emigration "Since the Commercial Motor reported the statement of Mr HA Badenoch of...

Iveco has quietly been racking up successes in South America, the Middle East and Africa — Oliver Dixon looks at its plans for...

Few East European drivers have come here for work. Nick Leslie-Miller is doing his best to change that. Dominic Perry reports....

all do something THERE'S A GREAT saying that I firmly believe in. It goes something like: "If you do nothing. you will achieve...

THANK YOU for your letter of 15 December and for sending me a copy of Life without Lorries. It certainly makes a powerful case...

THANK YOU FOR your letter about the single carriageway speed limit for HGVs. In response to your recent campaign and statement...

Eurotunnel has a new money making approach to combat its mounting debt. But operators say they won't play along — or pay more....

A vehicle is returned to an operator who bought an 0-licence from a magazine ad. A COMPANY which bought an international...

A. WEST MIDLANDS operator who claimed not .o have used his vehicles since his licence lapsed last filly has been asked to...

THE LOAN of an 0-licence identity disc has led to two Luton-based operators being ordered to pay £3,700 in fines and costs....

A WASTE disposal operator whose licence was revoked when he failed to attend a disciplinary inquiry has won it back at a fresh...

AN AXLE overload, failing to use a tachograph, and driving without the correct driving licence have cost Northampton-based...

The case of a UK haulier fined more than £6,000 in Spain for a minor infringement of the hours regs highlights how careful...

Smoking will be banned in all UK workplaces in 2008 with fines up to £2 1 500. But will it include truck cabs? David Craik...

• In Scotland smoking will be banned in public places and workplaces by 2006 under a bill entitled Smoking, Health and Social...

Every operator needs to know how to respond to scrutiny from the taxman — Phil Berwick sets out the dos and don'ts. M ost...

While still not quite a luxury item, the Land Rover Defender's )C at least takes the rougher edges off the old bruiser. And...

biodiesel should conform to this standard, but do check, The diesel fuel standard is EN590; this is the one that all the engine...

ks if the price of fuel wasn't enough to dive you mad it seems that some Deople want to get their hands on your fuel — for...

keep it secret. Do not share it with anyone and do not keep a written record of it. I Be aware of people around you who might...

to card fraud in 2003. *The UK suffers more than £1.1m worth of card fraud every day, with a fraudulent transaction every eight...

You need cash to buy transport companies but, as Tim Maughan reports, the right chemistry is equally important. W hen we...

its stable of transport magazines into the world of road transport.The Commercial Motor stepped into the spotlight with what we...

As the R-Series begins its year of glory as International Truck of the Year, Colin Barnett has been to Sweden to take a look...

So much for the theory but the proof of the pudding's in the eating... and these puddings were remarkably tasty. During our...

To celebrate 100 years of Commercial Motor, each month we've got goodies to giveaway. To kick off the series it's digital...

Ray Dickson reflects ruefully on motorway madness, terminated tests and comatose cops. 1 t's official; the lunatics have...

=allowing record new sales last year, unrealistic 2005 sales targets by nanufacturers could unbalance the used vehicle market....

When Volvo launched the FH12 Globetrotter in 1993 it set new standards in cab aerodynamics and living room. Twelve years on it...

Commercial Motor tests more vehicles than any other magazine so here's your a chance to get the lowdown on some of the...

Prices slashed, old stock • cleared.., it's the January Sales! We've been searching for bargain priced 18-tonne...