New EU rules will allow school leavers behind the wheel of an artic in a bid to boost recruitment. Andy Salter reports....

A TRUCK DRIVER who lifted the lid on alleged theft and corruption at Vauxhall Motors has told an Employment Tribunal that he...

EXCLUSIVE OUR EXCLUSIVE PICTURE of the new Transit shows the heavily modified van being put through its paces ahead of its...

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT Commissioner Jacques Barrot is to lead another EC bid to harmonise truck fuel duty rates across Europe....

EXCLUSIVE EDDIE STOBART'S successful turnaround (CM 6 October) will be further boosted now it is in the final stages of...

A Scottish freight forwarder is facing an investigation after it went into liquidation with debts of 1 .6m. Chris Tindall...

EC TRANSPORT Commissioner Jacques Barrot has raised the temperature in the long-running smart-card tacho saga by insisting that...

MORE TRUCK DRIVERS will be pushed into breaking the hours rules or parking illegally unless more truckstops are provided in...

THE LANE GROUP made a pre-tax loss of £2,467,000 in the year ending 2 October 2004, but says it has spent time turning the...

THE LONG-AWAITED consultation paper on the modernisation of the 0-licensing system and fees is nowexpected to be published...

CONTAINER TRANSPORT firm Maritime Transport has recorded its third year of impressive growth since its management buyout in...

A public inquiry is told that 23 missed inspections did not indicate a problem with maintenance. Mike Jewell reports. A...

CHILLED FOODS specialist NFT Distribution boosted its pretax profit by more than 25% last year to £4.1m. The...

Have the big logistics firms finally poured oil on troubled waters with talk of new pension deals for tanker drivers? Guy...

SI IORTAGLS COULD be looming at filling stations operated by rIesco,Total and Texaco because of a row over tanker drivers'...

ADMINISTRATORS OF Brighouse-based Stansfield Transport are trying to set up a creditors' meeting for 27 October. The West...

P&O FERRYMASTERS has bought 500 new trailers to support its business in Ireland. The Krone sliding-roof curtainsiders will be...

THE WEST MIDLANDS could become the first region in the country to introduce road pricing as a way of tackling congestion. Last...

Take a stroll with us through the little side roads of haulage—the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1944 and...

• A white Leyland Daf 45.150 curtainsider (W47 ARE) was stolen from High Carr, Staffs, on 29 September. Contact: Operation...

ON 4 October an HGV heading north on the M5 was approaching .14 when it was flashed at by three vehicles in succession. But...

THIEVES WHO targeted a Shrewsbury firm made off with a Scania artic loaded with copper piping. They gained access to Swains of...

AN ATTEMPTED HGV hijack in the West Midlands was foiled by a security-conscious driver. The incident occurred on 7 October at...

WII Scania be dipping its toe in the lightweight sector under 16 tonnes? Not a chance, says CEO Leif Ostling. Brian Weatherley...

COMPONENT SUPPLY giant Delphi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The General Motors subsidiary, based in Troy....

FORD HAS LAUNCHED the 'Wise Van Man initiative, in a bid to improve the largely negative image of van drivers. The programme...

Plans for a Low Emission Zone and an expanded Congestion Zone will make London even more expensive for hauliers. Chris Tindall...

here is by no means exact, and assumes the market remains at its current high level, but it does give a hint of how much...

...unless the route demands it. In her final interview for CM, Jennifer Ball talks to Anne Preston about 30 years in the...

HAVE been reading with great interest the many articles concerning 0-licences, including the "Look after your own licence"...

ANDY BOWD ASKS why good drivers can't be found for £6.75 per hour with a "guaranteed 50 hours Monday to Friday" (CM 6 October)....

ACCORDING TO a recent RAC poll, tailgaters are the scariest drivers. I would challenge that theory when driving a top-weight...

Ever wondered what temperature diesel burns at'? What happened to the old fleets of yesterday? Why the wheels don'tfal I off...

Dixon reveals who's doing what.. T he beginning of October traditionally marks the end of silly season, and judging by the...

Drivers banned for between seven days and three years, as Operation Mona reveals worst case of almost 24 hours before taking...

POLICE AND local residents have succeeded in blocking one of two new operating centres sought by a Worcestershire operator....

THE LOAN OF 0-licence identity discs and drivers' hours offences have cost two Essex hauliers and two drivers more than £4,000...

BEING CAUGHT without the right licence has cost two drivers a total of £6(X) in fines and costs. Mark Elliott, of Lowry Road,...

DRIVERS' HOURS offences have cost a driver employed by FJ Everett Transport a total of 000 in fines and costs. When Richard...

New legislation is about to increase the field of vision drivers must have around their trucks. Will more mirrors mean greater...

The Transport Tribunal over turned a revocation where a haulier was providing traction for an unlicensed operator. Is this...

When selling a business, timing is everything if you want to get the best tax deal. Andrew Shilling reports. A ll operators...

We always look forward to getting our hands on a V8 Scania, but for our first outing in the latest R-Series we've driven one...

Much has happened in to the ferry industry in the past year. CM gives you its annual update. T he good news this year is that...

Transmanche's Newhaven-Dieppe service is now the sole remaining mid-length service to France. So how does it measure up? Craig...

W hen a manufacturer brings out a new model there's always an element of expectation in the CM office, Will it improve on the...

month (14-22 October, see ww roadtransportshow.com) will be treated a number of product launches from truck d van...

travel in quickly, is emptying fast.1-45 —300 miles of interstate running from Galveston to Dallas — is bumper to bumper as...

R obbie Burns is anxious for us all to have our say in his Freight Taxes Inquiry. I'm sure readers of CM were swamped by his...

If you're much too busy to get out and snap up that vehicle you've been looking for during the week, help is at hand. W ith so...

EREs ECT tractor range has been on the market since 2002; Geoff Ashcroft looks at the ECT mid-lift tractor I n the three years...

The leaves have barely started to fall and used truck dealers are already preparing for the pre-Christmas rush. Steve Banner...

)EMAND FOR second-hand fire engines emains healthy, says Tony Williams of Kirkby, iverpool -based independent dealership...

)EALERS PREPARED to spend a modest mount of money on smartening up a used ruck can find it works wonders when it comes o...

The fact that fewer and fewer UK hauliers are tackling Continental work, having been driven out by cut-price competition, isn't...

Not surprisingly, 480hp Daf 95XF Super Spacecabs and 460hp Volvo FH 12s are among the most popular buys. As well as selling...

OAF'S 95XF tractor is starting to bounce back after a period in the used market doldrums, reports Matt Hammond of Daf...