Drivers who slow down before passing speed cameras could soon be caught out by a new system. Twin Specs cameras, which can be...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a suspected attempted murder on the Alt westbound at Lolworth on 8 July. At around...

A documentary following the experiences of key fuel protesters after they left the picket line in September 2000 is being...

19 August after the government relaxed some of the restrictions on livestock movements. Farmers in Northumberland who want the...

that its new scheme for owner-drivers ; RHAone, is a "no-frills scheme" allowing members access to legal aid and its Conditions...

• by Sally Nash Waste hauliers and tanker firms are going to the wall as a result of rocketing employers' liability (EL)...

the Financial Timesquestioning why the distribution industry is being punished by spiralling insurance premiums when it has...

IP Road safety campaigners are calling for immediate improvements to the fencing around motorway bridges following an...

stall in 'chaotic' meeting • A deadlock in negotiations could mean controversial changes to drivers' hours rules being...

• A CongletOn-based company has successfully appealed against the revocation of its licence after one of its trucks killed a...

• Motorway service operator Moto has hit back at claims that Willi Betz drivers pay less for parking than others, after furious...

II by Jennifer Ball A corrupt transport manager from road and rail giant Freightliner has been jailed for a year after he...

A Black Country haulier says he is on the verge of closing his 36-year-old business because of a spate of break-ins and...

• Two men from Cumbria have been jailed for their part in a plot to steal diesel from local hauliers at the height of the fuel...

I by Chris Tindall emands for a reduction the length of time otorways are closed Pllowing road traffic xidents were renewed is...

It's amazing how many parallels there are between the animal world and road transport. Both have predators. Both have a pecking...

A Christian Salvesen warehouse worker with medical condition that results in a weak blad!r has been sacked after he became se...

11 by Chris Tindall A haulage boss has been jailed for smuggling drugs with a street value of more than £1m and attempting to...

• Three men have been arrested in east Nottingham after Customs & Excise officers from Derby found one million cigarettes under...

• Heavily congested roads round Aberdeen are forcing 90% of HGV drivers into the city centre, bringing misery to residents and...

• Vehicle operators are being advised to adopt battle plans for survival after research has shown a big shake-out of...

Logistics company TOG and ainsbury's have hosted the final the Manpower Mirror Driving ompetition on 3 August at cum in...

I A UK truck driver is feared 1st at sea after he went missing cm a P860 ferry during a hannel crossing. The unnamed driver...

by Jennifer Ball A young driver who wrote to Commercial Motor complaining that insurance restrictions were preventing fully...

r , Essex-based tanker firm Suckling Transport has received further recognition of its green operation with inclusion in a new...

Delays at regional distribution centres RDCs) are costing operators time and noney, and are increasingly responsible or drivers...

II It's not only everyday drivers who face delays at Nes, as Andy Salter, editor of Cies stablemate TRUCK, recently found out....

I by Brian Weatherley Jut of the 41,000 fatalities recorded ?very year on the European Union's pads, 4,000 of them involve...

Scania is also floating a more radic solution to reducing the number of poopi killed when a car and a truck meet hea on. Its...

• Scania's safety team has recorded poor HGV seat-belt usage amongst drivers throughout the EU with only 20% of truck drivers...

• by Robin Meczes DaimlerChrysler has announced it will meet Euro-4 exhaust emission regulations by adopting selective...

• Lafarge Aggregates has placed an order for 28 new straight-frame Wilcox tipping trailers, pictured during tilt testing at the...

• Vehicle registrations last month jumped to a record high following a slump in June, but heavy truck sales have still fallen...

and ERF networks, ER Medway is being absorbed by MAN distributors, The Southern Motor Group, which will take over the Rochester...

package on the LT at just 199 year. For a one-off payment o t297 (ex-VAT), buyers of new LTs will got three-year, 75,000 mile...

The option of a factory-fitted Allison automatic gearbox is now available 011 specific models within lveco's Cargo range. Five...

gearbox, launched at this year's CV Show, is to bi made available as an option a Premium long-distance model with the 12-speed...

(SOE) of the 1RTEC licence for engineers and technicians in the heavy CV sector, work has begun to develop a test for light CV...

m Urea is non-toxic, colourless and odourless. The SCR system is made up of an additional tank and electronic metering unit for...

Stainless Holdings a the grounds that the ompany had ceased trading, lorth Western TO Beverley Bell as granted a successor...

he licence held by ,ottingham-based Medley !ant Hire has been revoked at . Leeds disciplinary inquiry. he company had been...

ontracting, of Duns, erwickshire, Scottish IC lichael Betts has issued the ompany with a formal taming about its maintenance...

licence old by Cradley Heath-based F McEwen & Sons. The ompany appeared before lest Midland TO David Dixon at Birmingham...

Rogue operators In Cumbria face a crackdown after North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell described the area as...

A Cheshire firm branded a "phoenix" company by the Road Haulage Association at a Leeds Public Inquiry has had its application...

, A driver who failed to hand in his tachograph charts within 21 days was fined £360 and cost an east London operator more than...

A Kent-based firm has lost its bid for a licence after the South Eastern 8i, Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner ruled that it...

that fuel duty harmonisation within the EU as advocated by the Commission is a major step towards a centrally-governed...

fast (CM4-10July)-1 think if 75% are exceeding the speed limit of 40mph then you should be asking yourselves why and writing...

I read with absolute dismay in recent editions of the antics of Traffic Commissioners with regard to HGV licences and the way...

I have always felt criticism of Eastern Area TO Geoffrey Simms to be unfair—he has a very responsible job to do, which often...

done for many years. Last year the company sold 4,357 units at this weight, claiming a massive 29.49% share of the UK market....

Colin Circuit About two-and-a-half years ago, I nskip of Bedford and Bedfreight pooled their warehouse and transport...

"Cargo is all things to all men...the name has almost become a generic term." John Watts John Watts, senior editor for CAP...

good." Ian Harding Ian Harding is living proof that it is still possible to make a go of it in the transport industry. In 1985...

Chris Wright is MD of Commercial Vehicl Auctions. CVA holds sales at Doncaster o two Wednesdays each month with throughput of...

wellent." Rick Wildrige Two years ago Rick Wildrige returned t , run the family firm Haldo Developments bu he continues to...

Operators reveal why Iveco continues to be dominant in this sector. All three we talked to operate the same 75E15 model. They...

April 2001 they witnessed two deaths, 401 major injuries, and 1,397 accidentor illness-related absences, according to the...

of time and it soon becomes clear that this is a man who considers himself to be on a mission. Five years ago TDG was best...

he Motor Vehicles ((C Type pproval) (Amendment) egulations 2002, CIF 7 August 002. Amends existing 3gulations to include EC...

a logistics pioneei In those days most iron bed steads were made in Birm ingham, the traditional meta . bashing centre of...

I PRICE AS TESTED: 217,495 (ex-VAT). ENGINE: 2.5 litres, 102hp (76kW). GVW: 2,870kg. PAYLOAD: 1,045kg. FUEL CONSUMPTION...

ban used tyres from landfill sites. Miles Brignall looks at some of the implications. I f you had just bought a business and...