I’ve just spent the day at Michelin's Ladoux test track, where the French tyre maker has been showing off the wet grip...

By Chris Tindall TOUGH ECONOMIC conditions are encouraging some fleet maintenance providers to undercut competitors and offer...

VOLVO, DAF and Iveco will return to the CV Show next year under their own steam as the countdown to Euro-6 continues. The 2013...

THE UNITED Road Transport Union (URTU) men at the centre of a probe into Driver CPC training activities have had their bail...

By Derren Hayes THE DISPUTE between Eddie Stobart and the union representing drivers facing redundancy from its Doncaster DC...

THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) has stressed to hauliers the importance of Conservative MP Robert Halfon’s private...

By Roger Brown TOWERGATE MD Larry Smith told the Commercial Motor Live insurance conference session that the crash-for-cash...

THE UK arm of US-based tail-lift manufacturer Maxon is to introduce its first body-mounted column lift early next year,...

TACHOGRAPH ANALYSIS and supplies company Tachodisc is to introduce a series of mobile phone apps to help truck drivers...

TEMPORARY DRIVER agency Driver Hire is launching online training for fuel-efficient driving. Called Efed, the service takes...

By David Wilcox NEW TRUCK registrations in Britain appear to have flattened, settling at a level similar to that of a year...

A DECISION on whether trucks will be banned from using part of the Primary Route Network in Bath is due to be announced...

Editor Will Shiers was in France with Michelin, while deputy legal editor Roger Brown drove up the M6 to visit Abbey Logistics...

By Ashleigh Wight THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has said that a plan to widen a section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire...

INDEPENDENT TYRE dealer network Tyrenet UK and European tyre service supplier Profile Tyrecenter are joining forces to launch a...

A WEST Yorkshire family haulier has entered liquidation after 35 years after the quarry it serviced ran out of stone. Eliot...

DENNiSON TRAiLERS MD James Dennison has paid tribute to operators, employees and family after the Lancaster manufacturer...

By Chris Tindall HOPES ARE HIGH that a longrunning fight by a Yorkshire truckstop owner to relocate his site nearer to a new...

Nicholson’s swells charity coffers BACK IN August, North East haulier Nicholson’s Transport pledged to donate £10 for...

ALTRINCHAM-BASED body and trailer manufacturer Cartwright Group has designed and built its own integral tail-lift for...

Arcese goes for urban, lower cost Cartwrights Arcese has ordered two urban curtainsider trailers from Cartwright for its...

At first glance, Stobart and Autologic may seem strange bedfellows, but look a little more closely and the acquisition begins...

Astran has delivered to the Middle East since the 1960s, but this year it faced a major problem: civil war in Syria. MD Kevin...

AS THE DRIVER of an LGV who travels all over Scotland, I see professional drivers flouting the regulations by using mobile...

The latest comments on commercialmotor.com regarding Commercial Motor Live 2012 “I went to the show and had a great time!...

TC refuses O-licence, saying construction firm is putting commercial considerations before vehicle safety By Roger Brown NICK...

The TC said he could not trust the company and its directors to be compliant in the future, finding that it was negligent in...

WEST Midlands traffic commissioner (TC) Nick Jones has revoked the O-licence of JB Warehousing (West Midlands), saying that the...

The TC said he will want to see Matthew Birch at a public inquiry if he decides to put his name forward as a director and apply...

Turbo Star Logistics O-licence revoked THE O-LICENCE of Queenborough-based Turbo Star (European) Logistics has been revoked by...

Denton said the picture was one of an operator who had little or no understanding of its obligations, and no desire or energy...

W MCCLURE, TRADING as Parsons, has applied to base 10 vehicles at its site in College Road, Windermere, but must adjust the...

VIRIDOR (LANCASHIRE) has been given the green light to remove the former ICI Plant in Bourne Road, Thornton-Cleveleys from its...

HUGHES FOREST hopes to base two vehicles at a new operating centre in Manor House, Ipswich Road, Cardiff.

WM MORRISON Supermarkets has been given the go ahead to base two vehicles at the Winter Gardens in Lord Street, Southport.

NORTH WALES Recovery Service can base five vehicles and two trailers at the Hadley Buildings in Bangor Road, Conwy, as well as...

● Disciplinary action against Lancaster-based E Capstick and Son, as well as the repute of the transport manager, will be...

As the Scottish government considers introducing tougher drink-drive limits, hauliers need to refresh their knowledge of the...

Vehicle testing and roadside checks are under scrutiny as Brussels bids to make our roads safer Words: Patric Cunnane More...

A looming shortage of LGV drivers will prove a ‘severe handicap’ to Europe’s economic recovery, according to an...

EC proposals to make it easier for longer and heavier vehicles (LHVs) to operate across Europe are expected by the end of the...

• Working Time Directive – its long-awaited review is expected before May 2013. • European Register of Road Transport...

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Everything we know tells us that trucks with large, powerful engines have poor fuel economy. Can Volvo’s FH16 750 prove that...

Safety always comes first for Day Group – whether it be that of other road users, customers or staff Words / Images: Steve...

Now London’s largest aggregate recycling company, Day Group started life as Day & Sons delivering coal to London’s power...

Your Euro-5 trucks are not as green as you think they are. An influential emissions symposium explains why, while examining the...

Truck and Bus Wales & West has an impressive MoT firsttime pass rate figure – 93% to be precise. CM went to find out how the...

MANHEIM REMARKETING says buying a used van represents a better investment than saving your cash, as banks continue to offer...