Angry subcontractors are asking how a freight forwarder accrued debts of £300,000 in a year. Dominic Perry reports. A...

A strike by up to 40 Scottish tanker drivers is looming as union leaders continue to campaign for improved pay and conditions...

A SHOCKING 40% of operators remain ignorant about the Working Time Directive despite the fact it will be introduced in less...

THE SKY WAS the limit for the driver of this truck after the weight of two skips forced the vehicle to upend. He was trying to...

Gillian Lauder was CM'S Valentine's winner in our recent competition. She gets a luxury weekend in London. Runners-up, who win...

Buy your copy of Commercial Motor at Moto service areas and shops in the next month and you'll receive a free CM pen. The...

Visitors to CM's stand at the CV Show should be checking our recruitment section at the back of CM each week. If you see your...

Channel 4 is looking for any drivers who were stuck in last year's snow-induced chaos in the East of England. Contact: Sally...

MAN ERF UK is to fit its Tipmatic automated gearbox on all MAN TGA 4x2 and 6x2 tractors as standard.

A man was crushed to death when machinery he was unloading from a truck fell on top of him in Market Drayton last Thursday (8...

Chris Tindall reports on the demise of a haulage firm whose performance plan didn't work out. One creditor describes it as a...

RESIDENTS IN the Wirral are fighting to prevent hundreds of trucks using their roads as part of plans to build a regional...

A PAY STRIKE BY civil servants in Northern Ireland is set to worsen a huge backlog of truck tests, says the Freight Transport...

Once again the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency is asking operators to pay more for their annual truck tests. Brian...

A TRIAL INTO the benefits of using the M6 Toll by one large haulier has proved inconclusive, according to Macquarie...

The fact that fewer than a third of transport operators have taken any action ahead of the introduction of the Working Time...

HERTFORDSHIRE POLICE are hunting a man who hijacked a truck driver at gunpoint before making off with his £800,000 load of...

THE NUMBER OF people killed or injured on Britain's roads has fallen 17% over the past three years, according to the Department...

A newly published survey reveals that education campaigns about driving when tired or after drinking have not affected...

Truck crime in the West Midlands is spiralling — one victim fears it's only a matter of time before someone is killed. David...

A SCOTTISH HAULAGE firm is shutting its doors after 100 years because one of its directors has decided to retire....

A new survey says operators have a gloomy view of the year ahead; the ETA disagrees. Jennifer Ball reports. BARELYA QUARTER of...

A HAMPSHIRE OPERATOR has fitted nearly a third of its fleet with reversing cameras after its insurer offered to pay 50% of the...

A TRUCK DRIVER has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for smuggling £4.5m worth of ciga rettes into the UK. Maidstone Crown...

Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the world of transport this week. Every...

Are you involved in construction? Then you can't afford to miss Commercial Motor's truckzone at the SED show in Milton...

SHARES IN some of the leading logistics com panies have continued to rise during the past month, buoyed by continued consumer...

Dominic Perry meets the Scot who heads the regional freight council and understands why transport will never be important....

REGARDING RICHARD Rimer and Jim Macaulay's letters (CM 1 April) when in 1969 drivers' hours were cut from 14 to 12.5 (maximum)...

THE RECENT battles over the proposed Working Time Directive legislation have brought about some interesting skirmishes between...

ALASTAIRALLAN'S letter (CM 25 March) has prompted me to add my views. If Frampton and co are so worried about a few...

Like it or not the Working Time Directive will arrive next year. Our exclusive survey has found that only 16% of operators...

When a driver was made redundant, and then suspected his old truck was making the same delivery, he claimed for unfair...

A COMPANY run by two disqualified directors has won a fresh licence despite a "dreadful" record of prohibitions. But the...

A COMPANY which used a farm vehicle and trailer to transport plant machinery has been hit with fines and costs of £1,640....

practice It's best to assume that, like the Mounties, Customs & Excise (C&E) always get their man. Whether it's just a wagon...

ADR/RID harmonisation: The Health and Safety Commission has published its consultative document on the new British Carriage of...

save your HGV licence if you have a sight defect, as one driver found to his cost. Pat Hagan examines how the law focuses on...

Now in its fifth incarnation, Volkswagen's revamped Transporter has a lot going for it, from a refined, thrifty engine to...

Scania's new R-Series will put the Swedish builder back in favour with drivers, but is it enough for it to be crowned King of...

WORST Can you afford to insure against unforeseen disaster, asks Adam Hill? Or is it that you can't afford not to? Insurers...

biggest single reason for business failures in road transport — but there are ways of ensuring the money keeps coming in...

What driver wouldn't benefit from thorout assessment and tailored training? Cohn Barnett is tested but won't say how he did....

AS CHIPS Are telematics just an expensive toy? Or could you use them to help cut your fleet's running costs? Emma Penny...

YOU GET YOURS? The UK telematics market is currently split between vehicle manufacturers and third-party suppliers. Robin...

Brian Lee muses on some drivers' attitudes to pay and hours, and wonders whether jobs should be put at risk by migrating...

George Alexander of Glass's Guide says the smart money is in used Mercedes-Benz panel vans, high-cube CDVs and the resurgent...

Some companies need bespoke specialist vehides to c.o their work, and they are turning to the used market, where it's all about...