I by kicky Taylor The International Road Transport Union (MU) has called for the new smart-card digital tachograph to be...

Allan, chief executive of Exel. Allan, who was elected to the post on Tuesday (29 April), says he plans a 'listening and...

IIII Steel hauliers could lose more business after Corus announced it is to cut over 1,100 jobs and reduce production in the...

• Logistics company, the Malcolm Group, Is to launch a recruitment campaign for HUI/ drivers after its agency casts spiralled...

• Midland Expressway, the operator of the M6 toil motorway, is to announce the cost for trucks using the 27-mile road next...

• Transport minister Alistair Darling says that a pilot scheme allowing motorway traffic to use the hard shoulder to ease...

• The Hays Group is believed to yet to be put on the market. be struggling to find a buyer for its logistics division—less...

• Do you want to know how YOU can avoid being prosecuted for corporate manslaughter? Do you know what the law is— and how...

CM INVESTIGATION • by Chris Tindall E&C Transport and Forwarding, the debt-ridden freight forwarding firm sold to a...

TNT's parent company TPG is to announce plans for restructuring its logistics division next quarter after seeing the division's...

• The Public and Commercial Services Union has hit out at plans by Customs 86 Excise to remove front-line officers from the...

• Four of the UK's busiest tunnels have been named among the most dangerous in Europe, in a survey by German motoring...

• by Sally Nash Borough brid ge-based Reed Boardall Transport has introduced a new pay and conditions package, but drivers...

• The Chancellor has made an amendment to the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) banding system in an effort to protect hauliers from...

"The main culprits are kids who have nothing better to do "Thus we describe the murderous idiots who think it's a lark to throw...

operators' fortunes N by Emma Penny Middlesbrough football club chairman Steve Gibson—who has a 75% stake in Teesside-based...

• Irish Transport Minister Seamus Brennan is attempting to ban trucks and trailers exceeding 4.65m in height entering...

• West Marcia police are appealing for witnesses after thieves stole a truck and trailer containing more than 215,000 worth...

CM INVESTIGATION • by Dominic Perry Pallet network Palletways, which was at the centre of a row involving CDL Logistics over...

II The number of UK roads needing close monitoring due to their poor structural conditions has risen dramatically according to...

II Hauliers who get stuck in snow and ice may be able to sue the government and claim compensation for riot keeping the roads...

III by Chris Tindall An East Yorkshire company is funding an independent study into the impact of the Humber Bridge toll on...

k Up to a million people in the UK could be driving while taking anti-depressant drugs that may impair driving performance....

II Objects being thrown by vandals into the path of on-coming traffic is an ever-present danger on our roads. It is a crime...

• If an object is thrown at your vehicle, modern windscreens can help to prevent serious injury. Modern laminated windscreens...

One man who has experienced the problem first-hand is Colin Cornell, an HMI instructor for Crowlands Driving School in Rumford....

a by Brian Weatherley Newton Commercials has fired a fresh salvo in the battle of words over whether it's safer to raise the...

• After the sliding bogie skeletal, now comes Dennison Trailer's sliding bogie tipper, designed to out-manoeuvre conventional...

II South Northamptonshire Council is to take delivery of the UK's first pair of Soria 8x4 rear-steer refuse collection...

Sudden red air-line loss on a trailer can lead to an artic jack-knife, but the Haldex EB+ trailer brake control system combats...

from the stylish Mire Van for 33-tensors to the triple PolyVan line-up. Its newest FB9 FrIshbox attracted greatest interest,...

suspension beam, bellows support, axle spindle and brake carrier should suit all track and frame widths. The tai e nd hanger...

'mega' trailers on UK roads in future. By combining Dunlop's 455/41)R 22.5in-wWe singles with its redesigned M11112...

showed an 86m 3 SR01 reefer trailer that emphasised the benefits of adding the optional heavy-duty docking pack. Instead of...

new designs including the MultiCargo low-loader trailer, the BulkLiner for carrying scrap metal (due in the UK later this •...

The 170kW sleeper-cabbed 4x2, which may have to travel as far as Moscow, has a specially-alarmed reefer body from Giraudon of...

feature of being able to elevate too. The vehicle is built by Bennes FM, a small family company based in Naucelle which is...

to surviveit builds just 200 vehicles a year. but they're all highvalue hazardous waste units or deep gully suckers, and are...

tanks for them too. its latest is a 230litre polyethylene container with dual filler necks and large fuel gauge that weighsjust...

destined for Direct Bent, TIP's French rental fleet, and is purely designed for carrying food-grade products across the EC....

ThEs new 10.6m semi-trailer, developed with French glass manufacturer and fleet operator St Cohain, uses a new Nicopress...

delivers 93m 3 of load space and weighs an incredible 6.0 tonnes unladen. Both the chassis and superstructure are composite, as...

• During the past 12 months, CM has visited quite a few UK major-league trailer makers. And whenever we've asked "Who's your...

• SDC has three main plants: Antrim in NI: Fabricates all chassis for Ireland and the UK. Toomebridge in NI: The main...

A North Wales tipper operator has had consideration of disciplinary action against him adjourned until the autumn after he...

The falsification of tachograph charts has cost two drivers working for Basildon-based Euro Box £1,250 in fines and costs....

The licence held by Manchester based Welslot Fencing has been suspended until one of its directors appears before the North...

A Cumbrian haulier appearing at his third Public Inquiry in under three years has escaped disciplinary action for maintenance...

In reply to the letter "Too Pricey A Show" (CM17-23 April) I would make the following observations. "Condensing" the three...

Regarding the letter from Bob Terry in which he refers to the old A, B and C licensing system (CM 3-9 April 2003), I have been...

In reply to your request for information about A, B and C licences for vehicles (3-9 April 20031.1 remember these very well, as...

The Inland Revenue wants to tax the wrong vans [after the Budget announcement that it is to review taxes on vans]. Older vans...

Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: I May 1928 The...

2000, it was not before time. The outgoing Midliner had seen UK sales dry up almost completely, bar a few hardcore operators...

Steve McQueen parked up at a truck stop and asked drivers why it is so hard to persuade new recruits to join their ranks. n a...

Name: Chris Thompson Company: John Lewis, shop distribution Experience: 21 years' driving "I think it (the Working Time...

Name: John Helder Company: Baylis Distribution, contract work Experience: 41 years' driving "It will destroy the industry...

Name: Barry Johnson Company: All Truck, Leicester, electrical goods Experience: Seven years' driving "There are good points for...

food products Experience:10 years' driving "You can't sell driving as a career in this country. It's seen as a dead-end job,...

"Too much is required of the driver for the money they earn. That's why you can't get drivers. There are times when you expect...

"To be a lorry driver was a boyhood dream. If you like being your own boss, there probably isn't a better job. The pay could be...

years' driving "I enjoy the job. It's driving, dropping, dropping, driving. I get to meet different people as I drive around...

soon after its conception. Tim Maughan paid a visit to the firm's Edinburgh base and heard how Eagle expanded its van operation...

Taking on the big boys is a tough call for the average haulier. However, many are now banding together in co-ops to do just...

not going to get our money back. Well, what did I expect? Is it sorry because, according to the Court, 'it got it all wrong'?...