Next summer might seem a long way away when there’s tomorrow, next week, and next month to worry about. But the transport...

NIGHT-TIME deliveries could receive a nationwide and longterm boost from the Olympic Games in London next year as two major...

The Olympic Games will cause significant disruption in the capital, where many of the events are based, but local disruption...

By Roger Brown A CAR DRIVER and passenger have been killed after they were involved in a collision on the A5 with a truck...

Roadtransport.com 1. KN Drinks Logistics to cut trucker hours 2. RW Feather & Son enters liquidation 3. Stobart Group denies...

CUMBRIA POLICE has denied media claims that it has been investigating Stobart Group and its chief executive Andrew Tinkler...

YODEL’S RESTRUCTURE plan has kicked off, and it includes a shift to owner-drivers and subbies from full-time employees, CM...

By Joanna Bourke THE DIRECTOR OF failed Teesside Logistics set up a new company before the business entered liquidation with a...

ESSEX COMPANY BELLE Trailers and Italian manufacturer Rolfo have unveiled the BelleRolfo Ego: the pair’s jointly developed...

PROPERTY AND trucks belonging to insolvent Whittle Movers are expected to bring in cash to help pay unsecured creditors that...

By Roger Brown TELFORD-based haulier DKH Traction has had its O-licence revoked and its director disqualified after her...

DAWSON RENTALS has taken delivery of 100 MAN TGM rigids for its expanding fleet of refrigerated and ambient trucks. The Milton...

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has told a planning inquiry that more than 100 haulage-related jobs in Essex are under...

By Chris Tindall INCIDENCES OF ‘crash for cash’, an insurance scam that involves deliberately colliding with lorries in order...

NOW THIS IS A way to keep down your fuel usage: Redburn Transfer had to take a ride on a barge on its way to St Mark’s Square,...

Grocontinental is celebrating its 70th birthday. CM finds out how this family-run haulier has remained successful after all...

Nellie Grocott , energetic and resourceful, both ran the firm and reared six girls and one boy (Ray Grocott, the current...

Food for thought Words: Chris Druce EATING OUT IS NO longer a special occasion. Brits today eat out daily, with an appetite...

December last year was a good month for Brakes, with a seven-year transport contract struck with pub chain Mitchells & Butlers...

According to analyst Mintel, the recession had less of an impact on eating out trends than at first feared. However, as with...

AS A FORMER HGV driver who was part of the select group that undertook journeys to the Middle East, I was impressed with your...

THE NEED TO comply with the higher Euro-4 emission standards for London’s LEZ from January 2012 is beginning to gather...

Ampthill Metal Company found guilty of breaching regulations in Health and Safety Executive prosecution By Roger Brown...

Container doors can present a health and safety risk if the right procedures for opening and closing them are not followed.

SUGARICH WANTS to base an extra two trailers at its facility at the Turweston Aerodrome in Westbury, Brackley, Northants,...

UPS HAS BEEN granted permission to base 65 vehicles and 100 trailers at 46 Berth in Tilbury Freeport, Essex. It also wants to...

CIRCLE EXPRESS is looking to base 10 vehicles and 10 trailers at the Step Property site on the Thorney Business Park in North...

DHL IS LOOKING for the go-ahead for 50 vehicles and 60 trailers at the House of Fraser facility on the Park Farm Industrial...

GEOPOST (UK) wants the green light to base 45 vehicles as well as six trailers at a new yard in Southall, West London.

● A PI on 19 May will consider a new application from Leigh Daniel Lawrence trading as LL’s Aggregates, based in...

law: live! Stay one step ahead of forthcoming legal changes with our free seminar Words: Justin Stanton Keeping track of all...

08.00 – Registration (bacon sandwiches, tea and coffee available) 08.25 – Welcome: Andy Salter, MD, Road Transport Media 08.30...

What? Free breakfast seminar summarising key legal issues When? Friday 10 June Where? Majestic Hotel, Harrogate How? It’s free...

your troubles Pre-pack administrations are sensible in theory, allowing failing companies a second chance. But the government...

A number of haulage firms have been through pre-pack deals over the past year: ● Harkers Distribution, the transport arm of...

ball Holders of restricted licences should avoid falling foul of the law through ignorance of their obligations Words: Lucy...

For more information visit www.vosa.gov.uk or contact specialist transport lawyers Lucy Wood or Anton Balkitis at Rothera...

Access to the Occupation of Road Transport Operator regulation looks set to replace the current standard national examination...

CM’s legal guide in association with XpertHR Small Business How much paid holiday are workers entitled to take? Under the...

Shirley has expanded MJS Transport into a high - quality operation with industry-leading facilities and equipment Words /...

Sat among much newer metal is a shining example of what happens if you leave a truck in the hands of a careful operator for a...

Last week, we left Roger “Rabbit” Gool at the Jordan/Saudi Arabia border. What does the end of his trip have in store for him?...

I wake up to find Phil and Daz have already gone. Steve has put his new kettle on an element that you plug into a fag lighter,...

IT’S A 90KM DRIVE to Doha on a four-lane motorway. We used to have to travel in a convoy, and a wild one at that! The customs...

I GET UP LATE (I wonder why!) and go and see the Sultan. He’s just flown in for a few days after buying trucks in Europe. We go...

Ask anyone if they know a dangerous road and you’ll just have to stand and listen. Everyone has an opinion. But where are the...

Things have improved. Compulsory seat belts, drink-drive crackdowns, traffic-calming measures and safer vehicles have been...

CM says a sad goodbye to some long-term test favourites, but welcomes two brand new models to the fleet OUT: RENAULT MASTER...

Back in 2007, CM tested its first EGR Euro-4 truck, built by MAN. But what is it worth today? Words: Kevin Swallow When...

Alright, TGA has gone, but the driveline hasn’t. So if you are considering an MAN tractor then concentrate on the engine...

J&L Commercials puts the focus firmly on its used stock, as Webwatch discovers Company: J&L Commercials Address:...