• by Michael Jewell and Chris Tindall After several high-orofile Public Inquiries. the Traffic Commissioners are launching a...

maximum working week, In terms of actual hours to be worked, during which a transport manager might reasonably perform his or...

Advisors who qualified in 1999 or 2000—the first to pass the qualification—will need to renew their Vocational Training...

Thames when the new Thames Gateway Bridge is built. The £385m six-lane toll bridge between Beckton and Thamesmead is due for...

A trailer containing clothing worth £250,000 was stolen from STS Transport's yard at Colnbrook on Sunday 2 March. Cc Ian Slough...

The Home Office has agreed a two-year study on the use of radar vehicle collision warning technology, checking its use and...

The VT has awarded water freight company HCH Marine a £130.000 grant to expand its facilities. The move is expected to save...

doors on a truck arriving at Newhaven from Dieppe last Friday (21 March).

General Motors has just delivered its four millionth UNbuilt commercial vehicle since starting UK production in 1930. The...

• Lancashire warehousing and distribution firm Allen Munro Transport has been forced to close due to financial problems, after...

i. A murder investigation is underway after the death of a truck driver on the M3 last week. Michael Little. of Hornchurch,...

• Securicor has agreed a 1167m deal to sell its 50% stake in express and logistics divisions Securicor Omega Holdings (SOW to...

CM EXCLUSIVE • The 60-member strong Transport Association's new commercial venture will be called Linq Alliance, Moan...

CM INVESTIGATION • by Dominic Perry New evidence of potentially wrongful trading has emerged by several of the directors,...

• Almost one-third of vehicles checked in the second Operation Mermaid of the year (21 March), were given immediate or delayed...

• by Dominic Perry The directors of new pallet network Pallet Track have moved to distance themselves from their former bosses...

• Family and friends of a truck driver jailed in Greece for smuggling refugees have launched a nationwide campaign for his...

It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Traffic Commissioners want to crack down on 'hired-gun' nominated CPC holders. They've...

• Freightliner's Leeds terminal was severely disrupted for more than a day following a vicious attack on a driver. The...

is by Ricky Taylor Drivers who take illegal drugs and are involved in an accident could be tested at the roadside by police,...

• A West Yorkshire haulier claims that he is owed around £15,000 by logistics firm TOG for work dating back to last April....

• The Freight Transport Association has welcomed plans for a now £1 off-peak toll to be introduced at the DartfordThurrock...

• An Essex haulier and one of his drivers were jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court after admitting falsifying tachograph records....

• by Miles Brignall Four men, Lnauding one haulier, have been found guilty of operating a booze diversion scam that has cost...

MILLION-POUND CONTRACT Cwmcarn-based Gerry Jones Transport Services has won a five-year contract worth over £1m per annum to...

• Journeys times into London have increased compared with the first day of congestion charging, and many journeys are taking as...

• A director of storage and distribution firm Leggett Freightways has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal property worth...

network Pall-Ex citing "strategic reasons" for its decision. Pall-Ex has also lost York-based firm NRT, which has moved across...

a contract wfth Granthambased Thor Foods to distribute Its range of juices to foodmanufacturing clients across the UK.

Honda Logistics Centre (UK) to ship Its motorcycles to dealers throughout the North and Scotland from Its Swindon site.

Europa Worldwide Logistics has won a contract with US battery supplier Energizer to import daily consignments from its depot in...

A new websIte for the haulage Industry will launch on 12 May. It will feature an open forum, return load database and truck and...

Operator alliance Jigsaw has secured its first major deal, handling Gist's distribution for Carlsberg-Tetley. It will transport...

• Bogus waste disposal operators in Birmingham are facing fines of up to £5,000 after being caught in a blitz on fly-tipping....

Smile, you ' re textmg 01 camera, say Welsh polici by Chris Tindall Pembrokeshire police torce is cracking down on the use...

• Speed cameras can now legally be hidden to catch speeding drivers, the High Court has ruled. The move comes after Transport...

This year's CV Show sizzled with hot topics, as debates on congestion charging, speed limiter tests and red diesel burned...

• A pilot project being run by the Highways Agency could give public access to police motorway CCTV cameras, allowing operators...

Staff on the Vehicle inspectorate stand says they and other groups dealing with tachographs and speed limiters had experienced...

equipment as part of its scheme to increase roadside testing of vehicles for illegal diesel. Trailers—which carry all the...

Cabotage rules vary from state to state across the European Union. But should there be a Europe-wide time limit on how long...

Nature's way of keeping a cat on its feet, no matter how it falls, means that it has to react instantly to the situation almost...

• by Robin Meczes Norwich Union is pushing ahead with a trial of telematics technology with a view to bringing in...

Those hoping to avoid penalty charges for unwittingly entering London's Congestion Charging zone and to steer clear of speeding...

MI A free guide to telematics in transport has just been published by the Department for Transport. Good Practice Guide 341 is...

• Senior officers from the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service have begun using a satellite navigation system to ensure they...

I Edward Roderick. chief executive of Christian Salvesen, has appealed to the government for a new specification of digital...

• Transport specialist RH Group has begun a new express delivery service based on the IMCT satellite tracking and messaging...

• Scottish mobile solutions specialist Justfone is launching a new tracking service based on nothing more than the use of a...

• by Emma Penny Speaking to CM one year on from taking the helm at Mercedes-Benz, chief executive Ian Jones said the company...

, S Phoenix Venture Holdings, the company behind the newlylaunched MG and Rover car-derived van range, has acquired the UK and...

is On 7 April Shell will launch an upgraded range of Rimula engine oils. Existing products will offer improved performance and...

• The Institute of Road Transport Engineers was relaunched at last week's CV Show. The move followed its controversial merger...

the Royal Mail with 175m worth of Transits. The deal will see 1,500 low-roof, swb 2.0-litre Transits supplied every year for...

Hill Hire. the Bank of Scotland's truck and trailer rental division, is opening a new depot at Avonmouth, Bristol. The new...

Nissan has upgraded its light commercial vehicle support package to include three years of RAC cover. It also guarantees to...

Last week's MB Actros readiest inadvertently transposed the GV1Vs of the comparison trucks. In fact, the Scania was tested at...

only on paper. With a 400kg payload and 1.0m 3 loadspace, it will be powered by a petrol engine as well as the latest 1.4TDCi...

With a plethrora of new employment legislation on the way, the RHA's head of employment Ruth Pott is kept busy trying to...

1 CASE HIGHLIGHT The continued use of vehicles k nowingly without the authority of an 0-licence is almost bound to jeopardise...

Edge, trading as Polystyrene UK, was turned down by the North Eastern IC Tom Macartney at a Leeds Public Inquiry. Earlier the...

In respect of the company's maintenance standards, The company appeared before the North Eastern TO Tom Macartney at a Leeds...

A BrechIn-based firm has withdrawn Its application for an Operator's Licence despite winning a partial victory over the...

Drivers' hours and tachograph offences led to a driver employed by John Smith Bulk Powders being ordered to pay fines and costs...

A Hertfordshire haulier whose brother presented a forged Operator's Licence to a finance company in order to obtain a vehicle...

• If you do your servicing and repairs In-house then the new Stortil Koni hydraulic two-column vehicle-lift, rated at 5,000kg,...

• Car-D-Liner is currently has a four-cable system to elimioffering a free spot drill kit nate the need to switch to sinworth...

• Hella is offering air conditioning maintenance training programmes for 2003. The courses, which are RAC accredited and...

Josam UK has released an induction heater that can be used for the heat treatment of axles. chassis frames and bolt loosening....

• Raytek has introduced a handheld thermometer designed specifically for vehicle inspection and maintenance. The Raytek...

• MIS Fuel Monitoring has developed an electronic tank contents gauge for use with commercial diesel storage facilities. The...

• Gates has developed a low-maintenance coolant hose for heavyduty applications. The Green Stripe is made from an advanced...

XSARA t's not often that we test a commercial vehicle that represents the first entry into a brand-new market segment, and...

The Foden kite mark still has meaning, especially to owner-operators like Andy Crockett who's well satisfied with the earning...

on-going haulage contract to deliver sand, aggregates and tarmac around a 60-mile radius. He's currently covering around...

EETS Slinging a tarpaulin over the top may be the most cost-effective way to cove your load but powered sheeting systems have...

1,115m 2 warehouse at Swanley in Kent and its staff of 11) includes both engineers and body fitters. Last July. it linked up...

Power for the Transcover 9000 system feeds from the batteries to a 24V relay and circuit breaker unit, which is usually mounted...

Day Aggregate's 40-strong fleet comprises mainly two and four-axled tipper trucks plus a couple of six-wheelers. It hauls...

lir IF' Nigel Kirkwood, technical director of Tachograph Analysis Consultants, spends much of his time ensuring digital tachos...

• No fewer than nine W-registered z000-vintage Volvo FM1.2 380 6x2 mid-lift tractors came under the hammer at a recent sale...

• Used truck sales specialists report a mixed marketplace picture countrywide. Political and economic uncertainty is making...

"LOOK AFTER YOUR TRAILERS" Look after your trailers if you want them to hold their value it the second-hand market. That's the...