by Sally Nash IN The TUC is poised to "name and shame" a list of the worst haulage bosses following a report which reveals that...

• Eddie Stobart's drivers are "getting it in the neck" For the comments their boss made on television. Stobart appeared on...

• Insurance broker Jensen Dickens has paid a substantial reward to two fishermen who reported finding a stolen trailer-load of...

• A Liverpool haulier is challenging other operators to show their anger about the fuel increases in the Budget. As reported...

• The 60 employees of Warrington-based High Row Haulage made redundant after it went into receivership on 29 January have had...

by Mike Jewell • Vehicles carrying materials, plant and equipment to road maintenance and construction sites must comply with...

• Last Friday's one-day strike by Port of Calais staff to protest at the abolition of duty-free is expected to cost LA hauliers...

A DIFFERENT BALL GAME nd now, another in the popular CM series of "Whatever happened to rhetorical questions?" Viz: how is it...

by David Craik • The Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations have been accused of unfairly forcing hundreds of pounds...

• EU member states could be within two months of ratifying an agreement which would ban disqualified drivers from all roads in...

• TDG Williams has won the five-year, E3m contract to distribute products for Smurfit Corrugated out of its Nelson, Burnley...

by Sally Nash • Southampton-based Meachers Group Holdings has become the first haulier to agree a three-year contract with...

• London hauliers face the cost of new liveries and stationery when the capital's dialling codes change for the third time in...

Driver loses jail appeal Fresh hope for diabetic drivers by Miles Brignall • A Reading truck driver who fell asleep at the...

• The Port of Dover is planning to attract more hauliers by building a huge freight village which is expected to be operational...

• The campaign to force the Government to think again and renew insulin-dependent drivers' Cl and D1 licences received a boost...

by David Craik • Lancastrian driver Mike Brown is set to take Salford-based Renault truck dealer J Douthwaite & Son (JDS...

• Scania France has come under fire for the second time in as many weeks for overcharging British operators for parts on the...

• South Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on the A57 between South Anston and Todwick last Tuesday...

With Foden and Daf sharing the same parent company it was only a matter of time before they began to share some major...

by Steve Sturgess • Freightliner, the Daimler-Benz division that leads the American truck market, has launched the Argosy, a...

by Toby Clark • After years of uncertainty, LDV's future looks secure: the Birminghambased van builder has finalised a deal...

by Brian Weatherley • If you run trucks in Eire, keep an eye out for Commercial Motor Ireland's smart new Dennison...

• Fruehauf has built a new type of curtainsider with a roller shutter rear door and a tail-lift for Superdrug's high-street...

by Robin Meezes • A series of cost - cutting measures including rationalisation of manufacturing facilities, part numbers and...

by Oliver Dixon II CM has driven Vauxhall's new range of Astra estate cars which will form the basis of the new van in the...

Transamerica Leasing has ordered 100 discbraked trailers including 50 running on Discos axles developed by Hendrickson and...

• The new Merlin Battery Guard system prevents accidental battery flattening by disconnecting the battery from loads before it...

• Webasto Thermosystems has launched two models in its Airtop range of heaters. To complement the Airtop 2000, the new 3500 and...

• Xenon beacon and lightbor specialist Delta Design has introduced the Hedgehog series of beacons with the latest LED...

• Forte Lubricants has introduced a multifunctional powersteering treatment which it says has been formulated to enhance the...

• Turkish tyre manufacturer Lassa has extended its range of light commercial vehicle tyres, as part of its stated aim to...

• Using a vehicle taxed at the recovery vehicle rate, and failing to produce various documents, has cost a West Midlands...

• Objections from the local authority and neighbouring residents resulted in a string of environmental conditions being imposed...

• A bid for a licence by former haulier Stanley Fernyhough has been adjourned while the attitude of the Peak District National...

• A Cumbrian haulier, who had a 28-year trouble-free record until he decided to maintain his own vehicles, escaped with a...

• A former Deeside haulier, who admitted making a false declaration in an attempt to obtain the renewal of his 1 IG V driving...

CM 's Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

In January 1998 Eric Preston, Former transport manager of Fewston Transport, was aquitted of the manslaughter of six people who...

The duties placed on a haulage operator through operator licensing are heavy— and any breaches put the company at risk. Ignore...

V ehicle examiners and police officers are authorised by law to issue prohibition notices IPG9s). A PG9 is a ban on the use of...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

hilc not strictly on God's work, these brothers and sisters are serving their lord and master here on earth; the LIN van and...

El he Hawk would like to say a big thank you to each and every one of you who entered his Christmas Bonanza. You made it a...

la his little lad must be the envy of all his classmates. Eight-year-old Christopher Cox from Chorleywood had dropped in with...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial ? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the hack—or a public...

your news story on appeals procedures for prohibitions (CM 12-18 Feb). Having been stopped last week for a routine weight check...

A /Tay 1 refer to Ian ,VIHemshall's recent letter on the Truckers TV programme (CM 12-18 March). While not condoning Eddie...

I feel compelled to put pen to paper regarding the final episode of the TV documentary Truckers shown on Channel 5 on Sunday 8...

I t never fails to amuse me when I read about the grey areas of tachographs and especially last week's CM article titled "Tacho...

T he television programme Pile up, shown on BBC1 on the anniversary of the 11442 accident which involved 160 vehicles, was a...

I was astonished to read in the comments made by I Eastern Traffic Area Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner that GC...

OL LAR Scania's vee-eight 4-Series has an awesome amount of pulling power and has built a reputation for reliability. The...

trailer sector recently: Fruehauf, SDC and York all have new owners. And the dry freight trailer market is buzzing with...

brew: a mixture of traditional Conservative "help business and do not hit the middle classes" philosophy and traditional Labour...

GLASS Glass is a relatively heavy yet fragile load which demands careful handling. CET employs third-party hauliers for some...

Transport Association, explains the thorny, and long-winded, issue of second-generation tachographs... The list of major...

Switching from an independent dealer group to running four outlets owned by a manufacturer sounds like a difficult transition....

Rigid tippers and flatbeds with Hiab or Atlas grabs are in big demand at present, reports Aiec McDade, managing director of...

Renault VI dealer Kent Truck Services has set up shop in South London with a site in Streatham Road, Mitcham. In charge as...

DIVERSIFYING + East Anglian trailer builder Raven is diversifying into the truck trade. It's added a Renault VI franchise to...

+ At Eurotruck for 14 years, and latterly at Manchester Truck & Bus, Glyn Parker has become managing director of Volvo...

Midlands used truck operation up to its 100-acre site at Wentworth Park near Barnsley.

1.4refurbished computerised head office near Nuneaton is to co - ordinate sales of ex - TIP and CTR rental fleet trailers...

The no-holds-barred battle for new trailer sales is having a knock-on effect on the used trailer market, says Brian Parkinson,...