Next week I’ll be heading to Fairbanks, Alaska, where I’ll be travelling up and down the legendary 414-mile Dalton Highway in...

By Chris Druce THE UNITED Road Transport Union (URTU) says it stands by the quality and delivery of the course that resulted in...

VOSA HAS revealed a new MoT test fee structure that will make it more financially attractive for hauliers to use private...

By Laura Hailstone HILARY DEVEY has given her support to CM’s ‘Fight Freight Crime, Save TruckPol’ campaign, claiming the loss...

FAIRFUELUK (FFUK) is looking for a truck manufacturer, haulier or insurance company to become the campaign’s ifth backer. Along...

A WOMEN-ONLY truckers club has been inundated with membership applications after being featured in a Channel 4 documentary....

Commercialmotor.com 1. Stobart and AW Jenkinson order another 1,000 Scanias 2. VOSA officer assaulted 3. Magnet use driver has...

NEXT MONTH CM will be embarking on a 2,000-mile trip across Africa to raise money as part of the inaugural Trans Africa...

By Chris Druce PALLETWAYS IS piloting a procurement service that could see its 100-plus UK members purchase anything from...

FIVE-STRONG haulier consortium Harlequin Logistics has conirmed that its irst contract win is with Kellogg’s (CM 2 February)....

IMPERIAL COMMERCIALS, the largest independent CV dealer group in the UK, has expanded its operation with a share purchase of...

WEST MIDLANDS haulier Deep Transport – which had its O-licence revoked after a VOSA investigation uncovered nearly 2,000...

By Chris Tindall ADMINISTRATORS FOR Walsall freight forwarder FG Foster Haulage say they are investigating the company’s...

HAULIERS IN Suffolk say they would snub a toll road along a stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire after a survey showed clear...

LONDON 2012 Ian Wainwright , road freight programme manager at Transport for London Staplehurst Transits in Tonbridge, Kent...

CM has partnered Transport for London to hold a one-day Olympic freight planning conference at Wembley Stadium on 22 March....

By Roger Brown A DRIVER from Scottish borders haulier S&S International has had his LGV driving licence suspended for nine...

Only in China! AND YOU think you’ve pulled some awkward loads... This 30m-long combination was seen moving a 9.2m-wide...

SCANIA IS set to become the first European truck maker to offer an active cruise control that can read the road ahead,...

DAF HAS launched a new double-drive tandem axle bogie for units optimised to pull loads of 32 tonnes gross weight or above....

Don’t get caught out by the Olympics. CM’s Freight Planning Conference will make sure you’re fully prepared THIS SUMMER it...

Contact TruckPol: DS Sue Coutts / Tel: 02476 826246 / truckpol@avcis.pnn.police.uk CM has joined the fight to battle freight...

into the future KEIR FITCH Deputy head of cabinet, European Commission The man who created Europe’s transport white paper...

CVs hit by higher parking fines during Olympics FOLLOWING THE latest consultation by London Councils on increasing the area of...

RE: AGENCY drivers: the necessary evil? (CM 2 February), as CEO of the UK’s leading specialist supplier of logistics staff,...

RE: LORRY ROAD User Charge (CM 2 February), it’s pathetic that certain members of our industry, including those in the trade...

Lorry carrying steel beams was parked next to pedestrian walkway in an area not designated for unloading By Roger Brown...

SCOTTISH AND NORTH EASTERN TRAFFIC AREAS Shield Haulage NIGEL A SHIELD, trading as Shield Haulage, has been granted...

A new law, which aims to tackle dangerous driving, will lead to longer jail terms for offenders Words: Natalie Puce Drivers...

Forthcoming changes in the law brought to you by the Freight Transport Association Digital tachograph changes The second phase...

To save money, the HSE is targeting the boss when workplace accidents take place Words: Andrew Bennett Operators should know...

THIS WEEK WE BUY... Full guide available at www.commercialmotor.com What are the best methods for buying, storing, handling...

Ken MaLLinson Transport has updated its Livery and attitude – and is going further up the food chain The switch from a...

The past year has been strong for SDC Trailers and with new longer semi-trailers rolling off the production line and a host of...

PLANTSPEED FH16-POWERED HEAVY HAULAGE OUTFIT Tractor unit: Volvo FH16 8x4 Engine: Volvo 16-litre rated at 660hp Gearbox: Volvo...

Ensuring that the price is right Jones picks Daf Price has driven Wales-based Les Jones Transport to buy two 6x2 Daf XF105s...

Mercedes-Benz dealer Orwell Truck & Van has spent £600,00 on a VOSA-approved ATF for its Ipswich depot Words: Kevin Swallow...