Strike protesters hail vidory Lafarge forced to reconsider new working practices, reports Roger Bushby TIPPER DRIVERS working...

THE GMB UNION, acting on concerns among Safeway drivers, is calling for an independent assessment into the apparent dangers of...

A THREAT OF industrial action over pay is looming at three more Tesco distribution centres following walkouts by drivers at a...

A COMPLAINT about alleged racial discrimination has been levelled at Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps after a Public...

The German motorway network will be free of charge until the delayed LKW Maut electronic tolling scheme begins on 2 November...

Tony Woodley, the new T&G general secretary has promised to tackle low wages and poor conditions at the launch of the union's...

Customs officers seized 1.2m cigarettes worth E270,000 in a consignment of sweets in a truck at Blyth services on the Al M last...

A Scania R124LA 6X2 was stolen from Toll Bar Commercials, Leamington Spa last Saturday (20 September). The truck, registration...

Channel Freight Ferries will launch a new cross-channel service between Southampton and France, next January. Two ships,...

TIME TO HELP THE PUBLIC START APPRECIATING YOU... There are times when it feels hard work continually justifying to the...

Brian Weatherley is tired of back pain and sleepless nights — and that's just from road testing for CM. Why don't we make train...

the ings that really matter to drivers... e space to put your trousers on" When Scania unveiled its futuristic eXc tractor...

Part-time transport managers will be scrutinised under new guidelines. SENIOR TRAFFIC Commissioner Philip Brown has announced...

6The number of 0-licences for which that transport manager will be responsible *The amount of time which the transport manager...

WINCANTON has failed in its bid to the employment appeal tribunal to overturn an award of £22,565 to a former HGV driver for...

A ROW HAS erupted between a Leeds-based logistics company and its haulage contractors who claim they are owed nearly £30,000....

IN THE NEWS Take a stroll with us through the little sideroads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the...

THE INDUSTRY is bracing itself for an increase in annual costs of nearly £2m if the government goes ahead with plans to...

RENAULT HAS updated its seven-year-old Master van, introducing a host of new technical and safety features. The new Master...

TRU CKPOL HAS signed a sponsorship deal with pan-European security service Eurowatch to establish a web-based service for...

Recovery vehicles won't have room to gather speed, writes Guy Sheppard AN EXPERIMENTAL traffic management scheme could cause...

TRUCK CRIME in the West Midlands has fallen 69% since the region's police force set up a dedicated team of officers to tackle...

A TRUCK driver had a lucky escape when his truck smashed into a cottage, spilling its 20-tonne load of potatoes. The incident...

RECOVERY OPERATORS could have faced massive bills every time they needed a motorway coned off under Highways Agency plans. But...

Emma Penny watches an Italian driver beat Europe's best IN A TALE involving more twists than a mountain pass,Italian driver...

CUSTOMS HAVE seized ii commercial vehicles and nearly 20.000 litres of laundered diesel in an operation in Counties Down and...

A PUBLICINQUIRYhas decided that a garage specialising in trailer repairs does need an Operator's Licence even though the owner...

A LEADING South West operator is to lobby the Strategic Rail Authority in a bid to squeeze more funding out of it for its...

handbrake off and it crushed him against a parked trailer, an inquest has heard. Father-of-three David Milnes, from Ossett,...

VOLKSWAGEN HAS unveiled its second-generation Caddy van, to be launched at next month's RAI Show in Amsterdam ahead of its UK...

ROYAL MAIL delivery driver John Watret has been named Thick Driver of the Year 2001 Watret, from Sutton, who previously won the...

LDV HAS revealed it is in talks with a number of companies to distribute its new range of vans around the globe in a bid to...

IRISH HAULIERS can expect lower insurance premiums in the coming year, says the Irish Road Haulage Association. Following a...

Livestock hauliers believe their businesses will collapse if European proposals are given the go-ahead. Emma Penny reports. A...

The list of Britain's most dangerous roads has just been updated. But is the real danger more to do with the way other...

the problems with roads in that area: "If you were a fan of motorbikes then you'd love the Cat and Addle, the problem is that...

Malcolm Bingham, manager of highways, traffic and urban access from the Freight Transport Association, says that one of the...

Quicksilver truck lining, developed and proven as the market leader by Poly Hi Solidur in the US, is now available in the UK....

3eing found guilty of smuggling drugs abroad 3Imost always ends in jail. Chris Tindall - neets one haulier who, despite...

ONCEAGAIN reading your magazine I've come across a picture of a driver having a sleep over the steering wheel. I am becoming...

IAM RESEARCHING the classic 1957 Pinewood film Hell Drivers and was hoping that you or one of Commercial Motor's readers might...

THE LEAD story in CM 18 September, about driver Ray Ford's treatment at the hands of the Italian police, shows the need for...

WHATW1LL be next? The industry is facing fuel price probIerns, strikes and blockades from other industries and God knows what...

Helping a disqualified colleague to operate will get you a lifetime ban. Mike Jewell reports. A SUFFOLK operator has been...

THE FUTURE of a Lancashire haulage company hangs by a thread after North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell described...

A FIRST AXLE overload has cost a Baldock, Hertfordshire, company and one of its drivers /550 in lines and costs. HWilliams &...

A COMPANY which created fictional wage slips to falsify tachograph records has dropped its appeal to the Court of Session, the...

A WELSH operator has lost its 0-licence after being called to its fourth Public Inquiry because of maintenance problems since...

Companies who put their employees and the general public at risk face unlimited fines under a probable new law on corporate...

Many firms take on casual staff to cope with extra demand. But new laws say they must be treated as full-timers. Pat Hagan...

A new law gives small companies a fighting chance when Creditors' rights facing closure. Accountant John Davies reports. ON 15...

When Daf first launched its XF95, it had a real winner on its hands. But the competition has not stood still, so has it still...

a division of Cherwell Valley Silos, based at Banbury. Dales operates around 50 vehicles and more than 100 trailers, delivering...

OUR TABLE shows the big Daf can hold its head up on all the ownership 'must-haves' that count, from payload to parts prices,...

We still reckon the Space Cab is one of the better living and drying environments in the business. That sad, Daf can't afford...

Despite hanging up their haulage boots, the trio involved in Hanbury Group couldn't stay away. Miles Brignall reports. T o...

Hanbury Davies directors share clear views about how things should be run. They share some of their insights with CM Today the...

It's been a week of assorted hospitality including Armenian brandy at 8,30am — for Oliver Dixon on the road to Kabul. S o....

As Tim Maughan discovers, upgrades like mounted cranes and fork-lifts can make an attractive truck positively irresistible to...

For truck-mounted cranes efficiency and safety improvements must go hand in hand . 11` accidents are to be avoided. Bryan...

Hook-based heavy haulier RM Page runs an eye-catching all-Volvo fleet comprising 11 FH 12 trucks, tractive units and matching...

Travis Perkins operates about 1,200 vehicles with loading cranes; a few are 26-tonne 6x2 rigids, the rest predominantly 18, 15...

Check your body seals are tight and flawless with Alba's leak detector. CHECKING FOR flaws in bonded seals on vehicles can be...

Interior vehicle repairs can be a messy business, especially if your workshop is in constant use. Disposable seat protectors do...

Fleetguard, which manufactures a range of filtration, exhaust, chemical and cooling system products for heavy-duty diesel...

Plasma cutting is becoming more popular as people seek a less strenuous alternative to sawing, grinding and oxy-acetylene...

MOST WORKSHOPS possess a set of trade plates, and finding a way of mounting them easily while protecting them from damage,...

Are you a haulier in the Republic of Ireland? Enter this years Irish Road Transport Awards! I f you're out to prove you are...

past 16 years, with specific responsibility for the road haulage sector. Dempsey Mullen has been auditor to the IRHA since the...

Brian Lee, managing director of Allan Morris Transport in Deeside, begins his monthly column by reminiscing on how he got...

T he used truck market is one area of the industry enjoying a boom.,latest figures show annual sales could increase by as much...

In the market for an approved used truck? Then read on, as CM checks out all the main manufacturers' schemes.. J ust about...

CM dons its lumberjack shirt to check out two ex-forestry bargains at Cumbria Truck Centre W hen foot and mouth struck the...

The boom in used van sales in the first half of this year isn't slowing much, according to the latest SMMT figures. Kevin...

It's hard to imagine, when it comes to number-crunching, any sector of the van industry not dominated by Ford. Last year...