by Sally Nash • Drivers working for the Irish division of P&O Ferrymasters might face pay cuts of £180 a month unless vehicle...

• Somerset-based Autologic Holdings has acquired French vehicle logistics company Remorquage Automobile Depenage, in a deal...

• An Irish truck driver has been sentenced to 18 months' jail in the Netherlands for his part in the hijacking of his...

• The GMB union warns that 17 drivers' jobs could be lost when Blue Circle Cement closes two of its plants next May. National...

• About 100,000 leaflets promoting road safety will be distributed in a new campaign by the National Cycling Forum in a bid to...

• Administrators Ernst & Young say they are confident they will get the training body RTITI1 Services back on its feet. elle...

by Nicky Clarke • Lorry driving is a "semiroutine" occupation and lorry drivers are losing their class, according to a...

by Sally Nash • Large numbers of owner-drivers are turning their backs on the UK to take up jobs in the Netherlands where pay...

L orry drivers are now not just second-class but sixth-class citizens, if you please, according to the latest...

• Government plans to halt the effects of the huge August vehicle sales peak could backfire if the proposed bi-annual...

by Karen Miles • Police are investigating the role of a number of lorries in an M25 pile-up which killed one lorry driver when...

• A Yorkshire farmer and his wife have to pay £9,000 in fines and costs after a driver was electrocuted on their premises....

• Insurance premiums for young truck drivers look set for scrutiny at Ireland's new Motor Insurance Advisory Board. Former...

by David Craik II A driver with Dewsburybased Sewell Distribution has been released from a Calais prison after being held for...

• As CM went to press. Chris Cain, the Liverpool haulier who inspired hundreds of colleagues to protest against crippling fuel...

• Two skip hauliers were warned to change their behaviour or face licence revocation after they told Eastern Traffic Area...

• A south-west Wales haulier is shutting his operation with the loss of eight drivers' jobs after deciding there is no future...

by Karen Miles • The future of the port of Ramsgate looks unclear, with its owner refusing to quash speculation that the...

• Lancashire police has applauded HC.N drivers for not following the "shocking behaviour" of car drivers who have been ignoring...

• A new legal requirement which allows Welsh hauliers to communicate with the Traffic Area Office network in their native...

• Cheltenham magistrates let 23 drivers off with conditional discharges after they admitted tampering with their tachograph...

by Robin Meczes • JW Suckling Transport is testing the Government's £500 tax break on environmentally friendly vehicles by...

• Daimler-Benz's new Powertrain offshoot has won its first significant order—from another Daimler subsidiary. Freightliner...

• ZF GB is offering remanufactured service-exchange Ecomat straight-drive automatic transmissions at a reduced price to major...

• Ejector and tipping trailer manufacturer EuroEjectors has collaborated with Bywaters (Leyton) to develop an automatic...

• The Lightweight Artie Co's XLT, a mini-artic based on the Volkswagen LT, is claimed to use up to 18% less fuel than a...

by Bryan Jarvis • Four new Cartwright doubledecked semi-trailers are expected to provide Securicor Omega Express with...

by James Keeler • Subcontracted and owner-drivers are far more likely to have fatal accidents than their employed colleagues,...

• Truck drivers believe that a fair rate for the job is £6.36 for day shifts and £8.63 for nights, according to a survey of...

• The biggest risk to professional drivers comes not from accidents, but from their unhealthy lifestyles, claims Wincanton...

• P&O has upgraded the driver's area at Felixstowe port with showers, vending and arcade machines, and a Travelex Office...

• A Peterborough-based training company is offering trainee Class-C (rigid) HU drivers the chance to pay in instalments. Les...

is up. an running Confidentially, people within Iveco Ford Truck will tell you it's "make or break" time. If it's ever going...

With attendance up by almost 11%, you'd think that manufacturers exhibiting at this year's Scottish IRTE Show would be pleased....

• Kalmar claims to manufacture the world's widest range of specialist materials-handling equipment; since bunching its Magnum...

416 • Consideration of disciplinary action against a Staffordshire firm which was granted a licence in March has been...

• A Scottish skiphire operator was told he needed to be bullet-proof against the Vehicle Inspectorate when he appeared before...

• Breaches of a lime condition on the licence held by Bo'ness-based Central Scotland Recycling have led to licence revocation...

• A vehicle on short runs delivering pallets to a customer was not exempt from the tachograph regulations, South Sefton...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the hack—or a...

I t was with great interest that I read the report on the Hanover show and of the advances in truck technology, especially...

- w hen are Britain's major supermarkets going to realise that "logistics" is of little interest to the average haulier, but...

W ith reference to your Comment last week (CM 10-16 Sept) about how the PTA and RI-IA should join forces, I can't help...

I t maybe that for the sake of the environment we need to look at other ways of transporting goods to road, but it doesn't look...

D noes anyone know why there such a mismatch in the industry between supply and demand for drivers? On the one hand, we hear...

CM'S Haulage Facthle pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk,. steps off his perch to take a humorous look...

ci ou've seen the films, you've got the fridge magnet, now you can open the box. Custom Accessories Europe is launching a...

a he Hawk is very grateful to G Dean of Blackpool for l bring to his attention a piece from his local paper, the Gazette....

t's good to know that the miserable little tea leaves of this world don't always get away with it. When its Scania skip lorry...

Think top Italian siyle and you/11 probably think Ferrari. But the humble Fiat Ducat° offers versatility and style and, with...

vehicle; £450 for the central locking and electric windows and £240 for the fullheight steel bulkhead. Engine: 2.8 litres,...

While some drivers try to squeeze their vehicles under bridges by the narrowest of margins, many miscalculate, causing damage...

S pot a truck driver wearing a seat-belt, and you've seen something unusual. Many drivers simply don't them. Perhaps the older...

Logistics have sprouted up in many different directions: from transport and logistics to a range of other services. J,...

N otice something about the debate on how the new Mayor will use his magic wand to solve London's traffic problems? Apart from...