Given the paucity of hard facts, there seems little point in speculating as to what started the latest Channel Tunnel fire,...

By Christopher Walton THE CHANNEL Tunnel was set to reopen fully today, barring any last-minute mishaps, bringing to an end a...

Renault unveils van specs and prices for new Kangoo RENAULT HAS revealed pricing and specs for its new Kangoo van, with the...

By Roanna Avison HAULIERS ARE being forced to hand over their Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) to potential customers....

Transit production at Southampton to be cut FORD'S MANUFACTURING plant in Southampton, home of the Transit van, is to halve...

to Rainham, Kent-based South-Eastern and Metropolitan Deputy Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps was called before...

could cut crossover deaths By Chris Tindall FATAL ACCIDENTS that occur when a lorry crosses the central reservation could be...

Betz optz for Schmitz GERMAN HAULER WILLI BETZ has taken delivery of 50 Schmitz Cargobull freepost curtainsider trailers. The...

Haulier wound up after vehicles are recalled HAULAGE FIRM John Toulson (Teesdale) has ceased trading as a consequence of...

By Chris Tindal , . RAIL FREIGHT company Freightliner has submitted a claim for damages against Deutsche Bahn-owned EWS...

Van sales slide by 25% VAN SALES ARE down 24.7% in August, compared with a year ago, as operators continue to be hindered by...

Driving for love or money? That's the tneme of an interesting discussion currently taking place on the TruckNet UK forums, In...

IAA show at Hannover By Colin Barnett NEXT THURSDAY (25 September) is the first public day of Europe's premier CV show, IAA at...

Cardiff Council plans lorry bridge into historic park by Chris Tindalt CARDIFF COUNCIL has announced ambitious plans to build...

Mermaid reveals that two thirds of Lorries have faults ALMOST TWO-THIRDS of lorries were discovered to have faults in roadside...

Planned relocation of Welsh test site prompts operator criticism CONCERNS HAVE been raised over the potential relocation of a...

7 'about Gibratter, not UK' By David Harris THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) has revealed that a court case taken by the...

Jury finds A14 truck driver guilty of death by dangerous driving HGV DRIVER Michael Coombes, from Stowmarket, Suffolk, was...

certification to the Dutch food safety standard HACCP RvA (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). The fleet of 70 reefer...

We get an exclusive first drive in Mercedes-Benz's new construction version of the Actros range... Words: Andy Salter AS WE...

Using your warehouse space wisely is the key to surviving an economic downturn, delegates at the Warehousing Futures conference...

Ignorance is no defence: all parties are responsible for not overloading YOUR ARTICLE on vehicle overloading (CM 7 August)...

YOU RECENTLY published my letter regarding Scania cabs (CM 31 July). With fuel consumption, I think that if horsepower is kept...

CM talks to Wincanton's Martin Taylor about plans to expand its food transportation service, and its desire to tap into the...

Just last year biofuels were seen as a magic bullet to dwindling oil supplies. Now, there are concerns over their effect on the...

Deliberate deception on the part of Rainham-based company results in loss of licence DISQUALIFYING INDEFINITELY Havinder...

Undertakings met by West Yorks firm TOM MACARTNEY, the North Eastern Traffic Commissioner opted to take no action against the...

Disregard to maintenance prompts action A FAILURE TO maintain milk floats resulted in Creamline Dairy Services being called...

Brighton firm's Licence is suspended VEHICLE MAINTENANCE problems have led to the one vehicle licence held by Brightonbased...

The DTC was satisfied that although the failings were serious they were not such as to require him to make a finding of loss of...

Warnings over drivers' hours Holbeach-based James Smith Transport has been given a formal warning about its drivers complying...

For an essential emergency service, the recovery sector is hampered by some unhelpful regulations, including restrictions on...

broken-down HGV and the combined weight exceeds 44 tonnes then the vehicles are covered by STGO, which state: • That if the...

Illegal haulage is still the number one concern for the Irish haulage industry, despite the introduction of a special Traffic...

The Dublin-based Irish Road Haulage Association has taken steps to modernise its organisation. These include moving to larger...

and close-proximity mirrors to the passenger side of goods vehicles more than 3.5 tonnes GVW and first registered from 1...

August 2008 The Construction and Use Regulations are amended to reflect the latest update (14th edition) of the publication In...

when you are weighing up a package to buy a fleet of trucks. No doubt countless operators have experienced the irony of...

In terms of fuel efficiency, the FM-440 has to settle for a bronze, and with more Euro-5 truck tests to come, that third-place...

Debt collectors often get an unfair lress for doing their job. We find out how ebt-cottection world works and offer pointers on...

Hauliers are often reluctant to admit using debt collectors in case it puts off new and existing customers. Typical is one...

One Spanish company has turned debt collection into a theatrical but effective performance by sending debt collectors out in...

use at open-cast coal mines in the United States and Germany. Among the pieces of equipment are some of the largest of their...

The Credit Services Association (CSA) says that few UK debt collection agencies carry out international work, although the...

If you want to avoid the need for a debt collector, make sure you always get paid in the first place. Some hauliers have become...

It allows a business to share its trade with competitors without the competition. by giving and receiving pallets. For the...

for testing were technically identical in specification. Both were 13.6m-long triaxle curtainsiders. with fixed double-deck...

International operator with depots in the UK and Holland B Taylor & Sons is based in Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, in a yard...

will At allow you to end your rest period if you have uccessfully completed your 9 or 11 hour rest requirement, from starting...

Having an accident out on the road is bad enough, but as a professional driver, the problems are magnified. Here are our top...

called immediately. Remember that you must report an accident as soon as practicable if it involves injury or damage to...

When a vehicle can be repaired, insurers will arrange this as soon as possible. A spokesman for the Association of British...

Retail and logistics have replaced the once strong auto industry in the Midlands, and Iveco dealer Guest Trucks has had to...