Revelations this week from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) that the theft of fuel from hauliers is on the rise (see p6) is a...

joanna.bourke@rbi.co.uk FUEL SIPHONING from lorries has soared as thieves look to capitalise on their customers wanting to...

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk VOSA IS TO close three more test stations by the end of the year at the same time as revealing it...

CUMBRIA AUTOMOTIVE specialist ECM has won its third General Motors (GM) Global Supplier of the Year award in a row, beating off...

FOUR NEW VOLVO FMX tippers have arrived at Continental Plant Services for use in the irm’s scrap metal and waste recycling...

will.shiers@rbi.co.uk MERCEDES-BENZ is the first truck maker to launch a Euro-6 engine. The OM471 12.8-litre straight-six,...

TWO DRIVER TRAINERS from the Industrial Training Centre (ICT) in Zambia have completed a two-week study tour of UK CV operators...

HGV drivers Christopher Price, 62, and Barry Hind, 64, who both worked for Ceva Logistics in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, have been...

at the road transport industry on telly, radio, papers and even t’interweb Eagle-eyed fans of CV Burp (we know you are out...

george.barrow@rbi.co.uk STOBART IRELAND has taken delivery of 117 new trailers from SDC in addition to 20 new rigid and drawbar...

HURST TRANSPORT has collapsed, making 79 employees redundant, after struggling with volatile diesel prices during a tough...

INDUSTRIAL SERVICES group Hargreaves Services says its transport division ex panded during 2010, with increased revenue and...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk DOUBTS HAVE BEEN raised over VOSA’s ability to handle a deluge of licence applications from Northern...

LEWIS TANKERS HAS scooped a multi-million-pound distribution contract with Brenntag UK and Ireland. The Hensall, East...

ONE OF THE FIRST time exhibitors at this year’s CV Show will be the Ovik Group, a military consultant and vehicle supplier that...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk THE BOSS OF Knowles Transport says he is not throwing in the towel after a local newspaper claimed he...

IT IS PREDICTED that transport and logistics companies will revert to more strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) during...

IF YOU EVER find yourself driving around Spain, and feeling a bit, shall we say, lonely, then you shouldn’t have any trouble...

In the third and final interview with the CV Show partners, Nick Jones of the Society of Operations Engineers tells CM why a...

Words: Laura Hailstone ALTHOUGH THERE is currently no mandatory requirement to record and report carbon emissions by...

TruckPol both needs and deserves your support I AM A COMMERCIAL transport and haulage insurance broker with more than 35 years...

I READ Peter Draper’s letter, saying that pre-pack administrations are too common ( CM 17 February), with much interest. I...

Crane and Transport Services and Micor fined £130,000 after 31-tonne beam fell and crushed worker roger.brown@rbi.co.uk A...

KNIGHTS OF OLD wants authority for 30 vehicles and the same number of trailers at the base of its customer Jas Bowman and Sons...

Howard Tenens (West London) has been given authorisation to base 22 vehicles and ive trailers at its facility in West Drayton....

DHL Supply Chain is looking for the green light to base 20 vehicles and 16 trailers at the Schuco UK facility in Kingston,...

Edinburgh-based Menzies Distribution is applying for the go-ahead to base 10 vehicles at a new operating centre in Grays,...

Chippenham-based Watson Petroleum is seeking authority for ive vehicles at a new operating centre in Dunsfold Park, Godalming,...

● The repute of the transport manager at K Mason Haulage, based in Royston, Cambs, will be considered at a PI on 25 March. The...

The European Transport Commissioner is to unveil his objectives for the next 10 years. Ending cabotage restrictions is on the...

● End cabotage restrictions. ● Implement the Eurovignette Directive, targeting HGVs on the principle that the polluter pays....

From next month, fathers can take up to six months of paternity leave if they swap roles with the child’s mother Words:...

Words: Andrew Woolfall Breaches of the tachograph or drivers’ hours rules are common features of many public inquiries or...

Many operators are reluctant to discipline or dismiss drivers, not only for tachograph and drivers’ hours infringements, but...

sales team at Mercedes-Benz Approved Commercials should be manning the phones when this edition of CM hits the shelves, because...

The key to this test is what the vehicle represents more than what it is capable of doing. This is a Euro-4 truck, it’s just...

rough patch: some 284,000 jobs have been lost since 2008 – four times the national average. Housing starts are at their lowest...

The increase in the capacity of truck loading cranes means that instead of simply off-loading the goods beside the truck, they...

The construction sector has specific needs when using vehicles and trailers. We look at the latest offerings Words: Colin...

Following a fatality, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a Safety Notice about the ‘false engagement’ of tipping...

Although it has a couple of Wilcox-bodied vehicles, Leiths runs mostly PPG bodies on its tippers and the FMXs are no exception....

that is continuing to invest in vehicles and plant despite the economic gloom. The Leiths Group of companies started in the...

Can you save money on parts without compromising on quality or performance? Words: Sharon Clancy Th e good news is that there...

Parts buying decisions do shift as the vehicle gets older, with operators moving to price-point products and remanufactured...

Automotive Aftermarket Federation. “So where is the quality compromise?” Spratt is also dismissive of attempts to warn...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk PROTRUCK AUCTIONS has signed a deal with Barclays Bank to sell its ex-lease stock, thanks to the...

PARTS FOR TRUCKS and all makes of vans are the main focus for Multipart at this year’s CV Show. John Cascone, Multipart’s sales...

Truck operators and owner-drivers struggling to afford to replace rolling stock with more emission-friendly vehicles should...

Allports Truck Centre seems to have polished up its ‘rough diamond’ of a website Words: James Clark Company: Allports Truck...

TRUCK MANUFACTURERS are threatening the economic recovery as they are reluctant to pass pricing-related information to third...