A HAULAGE BOSS is advising operators to upgrade the safety of truck-mounted cranes after one of his drivers was jailed for...

NOTORIOUS FREIGHT forwarder Tree Freight has added to its growing list of disgruntled clients, after the owner compared a...

THE FIRST HINO 700 Series trucks in Scotland have entered service with the construction services division of well-known...

ADMINISTRATORS OF debtridden operator Celsius First are to close the firm's King's Lynn depot and Hoddesdon head office with...

'HIE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has written to the Department for Transport ( Dir) complaining that the Eli...

TESCO APPEARS TO be on a collision course with more than 200 Scottish drivers over plans to change their terms and conditions...

a 17-mile stretch of the A46 in the East Midlands to dual carriageway by 2008. The Highways Agency admits the section between...

THE GMB UNION is scrappng plans to ballot Asda distribution workers on industrial action after winning concessions on pay...

IT'S A PROBLEM OF DEMOGRAPHICS... — 77 The demographics of the road transport industry are worrying. White, male, middle-aged...

A Midlands cement firm is to defend itself against claims of employment and disability discrimination. Pete Swingler reports....

KIRKCALDY, FIFE-BASED Wishart International is gearing up to expand its newly established recruitment and driver agency scheme...

BRICK AND BLOCK hauliers have helped develop a code of practice on the safe loading. consignment and offloading of concrete...

THE NUMBER OF trucks using the Eurotunnel shuttle service fell by more than 30,0(X) in the first quarter of 2(X)6 compared to...

and receive your free health check courtesy of Shell Lubricants Our team of medical and fitness experts will be on hand to give...

Skills for Logistics has won a grant for research that seems unlikely to enlighten us. Sally Nash reports. SKILLS FOR...

THE DEPARTMENT for Transport has stopped funding an advisory service that offered operators tips on how to keep their drivers...

WITH THIS YEAR'S CV Show set to be the biggest ever, Commercial Motor is launching a web-based information service to feed all...

Driver training Here's the fifth instalment in our series of weekly bulletins to help you prepare for the new technology,...

Launches from Daf, Renault and Hino are the highlights from the truck manufacturers at next week's CV Show, reports Andy...

As reported earlier this year, Fruehauf will unveil its first rigid tipper body at the show. Mounted on a Oaf CF85...

Wade() will be showing its latest integrated vehicle tyre monitoring system. This constantly monitors tyre pressure and detects...

Teleroute wit launch version 1.6 of its operating system Teleroute Pro on its stand with a range of new features. This will...

Yuejin UK plans to import light trucks from China later this year. The firm will start with a range of 3.5-tanners with...

Schmitz Cargobull, Europe's largest trailer maker, will be at the CV Show with three of its mainstay products and a number of...

Transconsult is once again at loggerheads with a Traffic Commissioner following a decision in the North-West Traffic Area Mike...

A Depu - y IC is considering action over drivers' hours at a Liverpool firm. Michael Jewell reports. A public inquiry has...

DTC said newspaper cuttings appeared to show that Thorburn International Transport had gone into liquidation in March 1998 with...

Despite the dip, UK prices are still the highest in Europe, but choosing the right method of fuel payment could keep you...

H ere at Commercial Motor we've been writing about digital tachographs for four years, possibly more, in a bid to prepare the...

YOUR ROADTEST on the full forward-con trol Toyota Dyna (CM 6 April) raises the question of whether it is preferable for a van...

MUCH OF WHAT Gary Curtis says about driver standards is true (CM 6 April). I recall applying for a job at a firm that had a...

YOUR NEWS STORY 'Insurers to consider lower premiums for secure trucks' (CM 6 April) raised a very important point....

A law designed to improve national security could bury UK-based interanational hauliers in red tape. Dominic Perry reports....

+ Description of goods +Number and type of packages (code) +Seal numbers 4-Origin/destination + Place of loading/unloading +...

Two drivers for a Cheshire firm regularly didn't take their 45-minute break — and one claimed his only training was the...

A COMPANY committed a criminal act by ignoring an order to curtail its fleet from four vehicles to one. As a result of its...

A VAN CARRYING fireworks was so overloaded that it was down on its springs with compressed tyres. The driver was ordered to pay...

TWO COI_ NCI I .S and local residents have failed to prevent the continued use of a site as an operating centre after claiming...

A CHELMSFORD owner-driver's plea for the return of his impounded truck so he could continue to work once he had a valid...

The transport of abnormal loads carries a heavy burden of regulation. Patric Cunnane unpicks the 10 most important things you...

FUTURE LEGISLATION DVLA fee proposals: file DV LA is considering revising fee structures to cover the costs of changes...

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2006, CIF 6 April 2006 These regulations will remove a confusing and contentious...

If you're coming to the CV Show, bring your legal queries with you. Patric Cunnane explains how you can book a free...

Back with a radical res - yle and some serious development under the skin, the L200 from V itsubishi has a lot to prove. F...

With digital tachograph and Euro-4 emissions legislation on the horizon, many visitors to the show will be looking for...

Lightweights If you're looking for vans then the stands of Ford, Mercedes, Vauxhall and VW must be on your CV Show hit list....

eldom in the history of British commercial vehicle shows have so mans new vans made their first puhlie appearances in the...

mainstay products in addition to a combination of static display features, including Cargobull Telematics. Vehicle exhibits...

Working in the road transport industry doesn't make it easy to have a good diet and get enough exercise. In the second part of...