iVercedes-Benz has come under fire for being "slow off the mark" in responding to a potentially deadly braking fault in the...

A BERKSHIRE subcontractor has still not been paid by Norbert Dentressangle, despite a court order ordering the French giant to...

CM EXCLUSIVE A PERIOD OF upheaval could he on the cards for the United Road Transport Union (URTU) after former...

FUEL DISTRIBUTORS have stepped in to help out with the shortfall in petrol station deliveries following the explosion at the...

Lancashire Police are trying to trace a maroon trailer with STTS2 on the bulkhead. The 12m triaxle curtainsider is pan of a...

Strathclyde Police are hunting the driver of a white van that tried to stop a HGV bound for Hurlford at around 6.30am with a...

Alistair Darling may limit the growth in speed cameras by changing the rules governing their funding. There are 6,000 camera...

PD Ports has recommended acceptance of £260m takeover offer from the Australian investor Babcock and Brown. PD Ports operates...

A truck driver from Coventry has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal smash in...

police after it was spotted by a truck driver with five men acting suspiciously near parked trucks on the A20 in Kent.

Just when you thought no more rule changes could be generated by the EU, it meddles with the drivers hours rules. Chris Tindall...

PLANS TO ALLOW large shared warehouses to be built throughout Britain have been welcomed by the FTA, which says they are needed...

DRIVERS AT CHILLED food distribution firm 3663 will pocket nearly £1,000 each this Christmas as a goodwill gesture for giving...

POLICE IN Newcastle upon Tyne have made an arrest in connection with a string of arson attacks in which at least 18 haulage...

Brian Weatherley welcomes the Burns Inquiry report but wonders whether it will suffer the fate of previous reports sent to the...

With 30 September 2006 as the final date for registering a Euro-3 truck, the anticipated surge in orders has begun. Louise Cole...

TRANSPORT MINISTER Dr Stephen Ladyman has refused to allow trials of heavier, longer trucks on UK roads. Despite the setback,...

new 4% pay deal Iceland thaws its pay freeze for almost 100 drivers in the face of strike threats. Guy Sheppard reports....

KENT-BASED HAULAGE firm S&S Distribution says it is pleased with its first year of trading since becoming a limited company....

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has reacted angrily to proposed cuts of 20% to Northern Ireland's road maintenance budget....

Specialist lawyers warn that truck drivers arrested for offences on the 2ontinent aren't getting a fair hearing. David Harris...

MORE THAN 20 roads around the country are to be fitted with high-tech devices to trap lawbreaking operators. The Department...

PLANS FOR A il()Om Bath bypass are out for public consultation. Richard Rawlinson, Bath and North East Somerset Council's head...

TI - IS UNITED Road Transport Union has presented a petition to Transport Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman calling for free medical...

Goodwill to nearly all Christmas ah, Christmas. The season of massive overindulgence and binge-eating is well and truly upon...

1953 Elizabeth H was crowned; Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay got to the top of Mt Everest. The Korean War ended; the US...

Bridge-bashing is a 10m-a-year problem — and no-one seems to have any idea of how to solve it. David Harris reports. fl-IE...

analysis, says bridge-bashing accidents cause El Om of damage every year. The reasons for bridge-bashing are elusive,...

:HE MD OF Christian Salvesen ays the first half of the year as tough for its UK transport iusiness, with no sign that volumes...

costs £60,000 FROZEN FISH worth £60,000 was ruined in an Aberdeen haulage yard last week when vandals turned down the...

The 58-member network handles 2,500 pallets at the hub every night; throughput is set to be nearer 3,500 a night by 2007....

PAUL CARVELL, the chief executive of Business Post Group, has quit following a marked downturn in its fortunes. His...

TNT aims to sell its logistics arm — but who's in the market? Dominic Perry reports. T he news that express transport...

an y where, DISTRIBUTION I P M IE TF anyhow! Dominic Perry has been to meet the team behind Fortec Pallets — a relatively...

RESPONDINGTO the letter from Rob Roweth (CM 1 December), 1 fully agree that the Jrivers of the HGVs involved in the 17.5-mile...

MY LOCAL MP, David Kidney, recently invited Transport Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman to meet the people of Stafford and talk about...

10 PARAPHRASE Mark fwain:"Your reports of ERF's Jeath are greatly exaggerated." Your excellent roadtest report )f our ERE ECT...

Safety is paramount in the transport industry, so how do you increase it? CM's news team went to the Transport Research...

Safety Awards honoured Scan la and BP for their dedication to accident reduction. Both received awards for their comprehensive...

rates of truck-roll accidents have dropped recently after figures released this month showed that the problem has declined....

Magistrates decide that they are not able to impose a tough enough sentence and commit father-and-son tacho falsifiers to Crown...

has licence cut for 30 days AVON-BASED THORNBURY Car Transporters has had its licence cut following its second appearance at...

A SOUTHAMPTON HA I. LIER who was jailed for eight years in 1999 for conspiracy involving money laundering and the importation...

BURY-BASED MVP (Spares), which allowed another company to use MVP vehicles with the other company's drivers, has to wait to see...

TWO PARTNERS IN a West Yorkshire firm threatened a vehicle examiner with violence then failed to appear at a Leeds disciplinary...

Will the driver CPC be good for the industry, or is it just more red tape? Pat Hagan asked the CM operators' panel for their...

Kevin Brooke Fleelmaster Operational Support Services Leeds Kevin Brooke is managing director of a three-branch driver agency,...

Truck dealer Burke has been in the industry for more than 40 years and is worried the Driver Training Directive will sound the...

Adam Purshall is contract manager in a company that employs 400 people and runs 200 vehicles. Like many in the industry, he...

workforce the move to a driver CPC has received a cautious welcome from some members of the operators' panel. As one put it,...

East Sussex Owner-driver Philip Baker can see no immediate benefit for him from compulsory training; only added cost. At 57,...

haulier with 12 vehicles in his fleet, Paul Arthurton wants to know where the evidence to support the need for such stringent...

has been running his Redditch, Worcs-based business for 15 years, specialising in international and domestic removals. He is...

Director, EP Training Leatherhead, Surrey As a training provider, EP Training is already looking at the implications of the...

has been in the business for more than 50 years and is staunchly in favour of the new dryer training measures. But like many...

years in the industry, Barnes currently works as a transport manager for two owner-drivers, one of whom is his brother. He...

*Every new driver will need to gain a Certificate of Professional Competence • Gaining a CPC could mean up to five weeks'...

Tagging order I was found guilty of two charges of tachograph falsification in a magistrates court and a further charge which...

We do more roadtesting than anyone else — but readily admit that a trip around the Scottish route isn't the same as a week on...

Established in 1933, the 35-strong CS Ellis (Group) fleet operates from a purpose-built site in South Luffenham, in the centre...

A s predicted, the Volkswagen Caddy van is now available in the UK with Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) automatic transmission (CM...

SMALL S a five-strong skeletal tank trailer fleet from his remote East his remote East Sussex home. BEAUTIFUL tTaikmes.ma r...

Knowledge of the rules of the road can be a matter of life and death. Robin Meczes checks out some new so:tware designed to...

It" tfI GS CM'S centenary quest for the greatest ever commercial vehicle is finally over — and there's a clear winner......

Key performance indicators are a proven way to maximise productivity and thus profits. Tim Maughan explores the right way to...

Review dates should be established, and current performance compared with earlier figures. This is a vital opportunity to take...

Stan Robinson took his wife truck racing, which got him thinking about the future of Foden. He's also been talking to the...

Chris Hart has started up an independent used vehicle dealership after more than a decade working for a franchised vendor....

Manheim Auctions' Jeremy Martell gives CM the inside track on the products going through at auction. We've saved the best till...

The main manufacturers reflect the current marketplace for lateyear products: Volvo, Scania and Mercedes-Benz.The older export...

Prices are strong here as there seems to be a demand for just about every kind of tractor, from day cabs and low horsepower to...

For older stock, buyers tend to be direct exporters; for late-year stock with low mileage, buyers are more usually end users,...

The key here is to know your market. Decent late-year stock will sell itself, but exports will make just as much money. Classic...

If you're planning to export, auto boxes and electronic-managed engines are no-nos, as is late-year stock with low horsepower...

Export stock or late-year, tractor units will sell well at auction. Manheim has worked hard to get its sales philosophy right...

Christmas is renowned for the seasonal lull it brings to used truck sales, but 7.5-tonners and anything unusual are still...

DEMAND FOR older used tractor units is being hit hard by the ease with which hauliers can finance late-registered examples,...

D TRUCK dealers are expressing cauoptimism about sales in 2006. Faced with ew technology associated with Euro-4, not to mention...