:luidance notes will be clarified and enforcement beefed up — to the )Ieasure of trade associations, Roanna Avison and Dylan...

1UNCORN, CHESHIRE-based iterfreight Logistics has taken on Company Voluntary Arrangenent (CVA) following problems vith some of...

DUTCH MEP COR1EN Wortmann-Kool has expressed her support for a proposed truckstop on the A55 in North Wales. Wortmann-Kool and...

MANAGERS IN THE transport and logistics sectors are more likely to work over their contracted hours than their counterparts in...

THE FLANDR IAN PART of Belgium intends to roadtest longer, heavier vehicles (LHVs), following the example of the Dutch. The...

A new range of Alcoa aluminium wheels is even lighter than the current models. Weight savings range from 690g at 8.25x19.5in to...

Arundel, Sussex-based RT Page and Sons has closed its transport business. The company, a member of PalletForce, will continue...

The Freight Transport Association has voiced concern over continuing problems at Southampton Container Terminal (SCT) after one...

Operators with Euro-5 vehicles fitted with on-boar( diagnostics (OBD) will be able to apply for a discount rate of £6 a day in...

The M42 in the West Midlands this week becom the first UK motorway to show digital pictograms or overhead electronic signs....

curtainsider and tipper join the line-up — and this year sees the lunch of the G-Series and P-Series Highline. Andy Salter...

OGISTICS INDUSTRY staff proider Driver Hire is warning agency rivers about new rules that could ee them fork out big sums in...

CONCERNS THAT driving new cars from manufacturers to dealers and on to customers within Europe is leading to tax and...

WITH ITS 2008 order book now almost full, MAN is switching its efforts to aftersales in a bid to shrug off once and for all the...

true scale of truck crime AS PREDICTED BY the head of national intelligence unit TruckPol, thE latest crime statistics for...

The cost of becoming an LGV driver is spiralling, and the verdict from CM 's operators' panel is that there will be fewer...

-lauliers were forced to take long detours more frequently last year as he Forth Bridge shut for a total of 11 days. Chris...

CKFORDS HAS insisted it is siness as usual following reports it it is expected to hold a fire sale stay afloat. The Times...

UGHT VANS ARE the fastestgrowing category of traffic on UK roads, according to the latest figures from the Department for...

THE STOBART Group's expansion into the wider logistics market continued last week when it won permission to redevelop the port...

As LF7s proliferate across Europe, owner-driver Dick Flu] calls for the EU to take the lead on harmonisation. Early in 2008...

KENT-BASED haulier Alan Firmin is to extend its reach into training later in the year. The group currently employs one trainer...

:ommercial vehicle testing in Ireland is to be toughened up after CVs hecked in the UK are found to have defects David Harris...

VENTRY CITY Council says Ls introduced strict policies and rhauled its risk assessments r one of its trucks struck and an 1...

CM STABLEMATE Motor Transport is looking for entries to its Dealer of the Year award, sponsored by CEVA Logistics. The winner...

BRISTOL-BASED haulier David Hathaway Transport saw pre-tax profits rise by £175,000 in the year to 31 May 2007. according to...

he call to drop the 2p/lit rise and bring UK duty in line with the rest of urope is gaining some surprising supporters, reports...

By driving down the age of its rolling stock, Dawson Rentals looks set to create a prime source of low-mileage, late-year...

,ecoming an LGV driver involves more than just gaining your licence. s Dylan Gray reports, there are plenty of hidden costs....

his week Roadtransportcorn bloggers and TruckNet UK users tackle all nanner of issues from drivers' medicals to keeping...

This week's TruckNet UK roundup starts with a topic that comes up regularly on the forums: drivers' medicals. Prices quoted...

DTC refuses a variation application following the unauthorised move and considers action against the sole director. Mike Jewell...

N OPERATOR has had its two-vehicle licence yoked after its vehicle was involved in a fatal :cident and found to have faulty...

A DRIVER who challenged three police officers to prove he had used a mobile phone while driving has won his case and £2,600 in...

A C:11ESHIRE company, whose managing director admitted she had - lost the plot", has lost its licence due to serious...

A DRIVER banned fordrink-driving has failed to win back his 0-licence at an appeal before the Transport Tribunal. The tribunal...

Contract manager TM Logistics Martley, Worcestershire For a company that employs about 400 people and runs 150 vehicles,...

Managing director Paul Arthurton Transport Attleborough, Norfolk Paul Arthurton fears the directive is - „indamentally flawed...

Logistics manager Panther Platform Rentals Luton, Bedfordshire Nick Matthews is certainly not waiting around to see how the...

Nick Matthews at Panther may be the exception to the rule, according to Martin Barnes. He says: "A great number of people have...

agrees that the impact on older drivers could be considerable and is something that is in danger of being overlooked. "It's...

provider, it's no great surprise to hear Pargeter endorse the driver CPC as a good thing. But he is concerned that the module...

As if to prove that everybody is talking about the driver CPC, Charles Burke tells how he was recently chatting to some drivers...

Managing director Fleetmaster Operational Support Services Leeds, West Yorkshire "It's been a long time coming," insists...

• The principle of trying to improve safety and standards is a good thing. • But older drivers will quit rather than retrain....

new drivers will be introduced on 10 September 2009, on top of the existing theory and practical LGV tests. • Existing drivers...

UTU RE LEGISLATION firror retrofit: This European legislation !quires the retrofitting of wide-angled and ose-proximity...

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No3) Regulations 2007, CIF 1 December 2007 Technical amendments include...

PROFIT The f\i-B Vito Sport combines value for money and an appetite for hard graft with an upmarket image and some highly...

Tipper operators have a duty of care to their employees and the public. With that in mind, Dave Young advises on how to keep...

Driver safety • On site, especially in quarries, many companies have their own safety rules. HSE regulations and the Mines and...

& Kent Training, one of the fewfirms offering certificated tipper driving courses. He says that due to a legal anomaly, on-site...

job, but there re opportunities out here — especially for ontracted own r rivers. eviews the risks and pportunities. D o...

"The fact that BardoryTarrnac/Hanson franchises make it so easy for you is reflected in the amount of prof it you can expect to...

manager, Jeff Stobbart, is a strong advocate of the contracted ownerdriver system: "Franchisees make up 89% of our fleet....

been driving for more than 30 years in all areas of road transport. A former Continental hand who was abroad for weeks at a...

Here are some points to consider... • if you haven't driven tippers before, get some experience as an employed driver (perhaps...

fears, as Robb Sweeting tells Kevin ;wallow, its muckaway fleet has witched almost entirely to Hino. qi mong a collection of...

in business it has operated just about every marque. After 25 years as an ownerdriver (starting with a Ford Transit van...

but we'd already agreed to one by then Hino's 'traditional' manufacturing approach offers operators, in spirit if not in form,...

We've been hearing rumours about whole vehicle type approval 'or a long time — but it looks like its advance guard will arrive...

Competition in road transport is notoriously fierce and construction is much the same. So why did transport managers from...

Continuing political unrest and civil disorder in Kenya is disrupting the -- raditionally buoyant UK export market, reports...

Long lead times on new chassis are keeping the used trade upbeat, reports Steve Banner, but could another hike in diesel duty...