Over the past seven days I visited some hauliers in Bradford. I’d never pinned Bradford down as the hotbed of anything, except...

By Steve Hobson MANUFACTURERS ARE predicting heavy truck sales will surge at least 10% in 2013 compared with this year as...

IN A ROAD trial, Elddis Transport has found a Mercedes-Benz Euro-6 powered artic is more fuel efficient than its Euro-5...

By Laura Hailstone OPERATORS ARE being urged to keep abreast of all Olympicrelated trafic news and changes to the road network...

HAULIERS DELIVERING into Weymouth could become caught up in chronic congestion after it emerged there may not be enough...

MILK DISTRIBUTORS have been disrupted by a wave of blockades by farmers in the last week in protest at the price they are paid...

By Chris Druce PALLETLINE IS poised to make the largest change to the way pallet networks operate since it launched the concept...

KENT-BASED haulage, plant hire and aggregates supplier JDT Services (South East) has gone into liquidation owing its creditors...

ON THE ROAD News editor Christopher Walton toured northern England, visiting Eddie Stobart’s Training Academy in Widnes;...

By Christopher Walton THE MD of Pentalver has warned there could be casualties in the container market later in the year as the...

THE SHRINKING UK car transporter sector has seen its latest casualty with Norfolk-based CPR Vehicle Deliveries to be...

By Chris Tindall THE GOVERNMENT says tolling up to 20 miles of the A14 will help fund a major upgrade of the strategically...

HAULIERS RELYING on ferries servicing the Western Isles of Scotland are hopeful that a huge increase in fares next year will be...

the Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence scheme. The voluntary scheme offers accreditation to companies that can...

Are you app-y about paying fuel tax? FUEL TAX? Now there’s an app for that! Find out how much of your fuel purchase is tax via...

MAN says its Euro-6 trucks will be at least as fuel efficient as its former Euro-5 offerings and that AdBlue consumption has...

By Hayley Pink FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF its irst 15.65m longer semi-trailer, Norbert Dentressangle (ND) put the double-decker...

With the Olympic Games starting tomorrow, is it the end for some hauliers in Hackney? Words: Chris Tindall DOZENS OF...

Driver CPC: training firms are just cashing in on us I HAVE COMPLETED the 35-hour Driver CPC course and I have more than 25...

WE ARE FLEET managers with our own Driver CPC instructors. We have found that the training, one day a year, gives us compliance...

HAVING JUST OPENED this week’s magazine (CM 5 July), the irst thing I read is about banning trucks on Sundays. It’s about time...

SOME TIME ago a friend of mine spent three months in Kathmandu, Nepal. To cut a long story short, he is now looking to build a...

PK Transport had its O-licence revoked for running a vehicle without authority and not having a transport manager for more than...

Italian driver has vehicle confiscated AN ITALIAN truck driver has been ined £1,000 and had his vehicle, estimated to be worth...

Fined for tacho and drivers’ hours offences A HAULIER based in County Tyrone has been ined for tachograph and drivers’ hours...

Compiled by Roger Brown email: roger.brown@roadtransport.com EASTERN/SOUTH EASTERN AND METROPOLITAN TRAFFIC AREAS Lee...

Ex-senior TC Philip Brown has returned to his roots as a lawyer acting on behalf of haulage operators. He tells CM about his...

Many operators rely on EU drivers’ hours exemptions, but a recent case highlighted the law is not always clear Words: Patric...

Mark DoeL is a man of strong opinions – and keeps a firm hand on the tiLLer at the Cambridge-based transport company that...

As the London 2012 games get under way, CM looks at a renowned British Olympic truck that witnessed the extinguishing of ERF’s...

Iveco plans to raise the brake thermal efficiency of its heavy truck diesel engines by 10% come 2020. So how exactly is it...

Investing in the right tyres can result in long-term savings, Michelin tells CM Words: Barry Drew The weak pound and huge...

Will Google’s move into telematics succeed and how does a telematics specialist compete on service and expertise? Words: Toby...

in the room The implementation of Euro-6 engine technology will turn the used truck market into a sellers’ paradise Words:...

Renault Trucks UK’s Nigel Butler says that if the belief that Euro-6 products are more expensive proves to be true and the...

This week the MAN TopUsed website falls under Webwatch’s gaze Words: James Clark Company: MAN TopUsed Address:...

A reluctance to get finance and mouth-watering deals served by manufacturers for brand new vans have weakened demand for...