Following the Working Time Directive, are we facing a summer of discontent? Guy Sheppard reports. MORE THAN 250 Asda...

one-day strikes at Kentbased SCA Transport after management imposed a 5% pay increase. SCA says the increase, which is...

the current climate of industrial unrest is down to several factors, not least the WTD: "If there are themes here then we are...

of the Freight Transport Association, has warned that the industry is going to face stiff competition from cut-price foreign...

Stonehenge after the government abandoned plans to improve the road due to spiralling costs.

Hull operator Mightyhire has had a £3,000 overloading fine cut to £2,300 after promising to invest £30,000 in weighing equipment.

Total UK has cut spillages by 60% after launching a campaign with the Environment Agency to improve fuel delivery and storage...

HGV traffic through the Port of Calais soared to 1,626,422 vehicles in 2004; up 12.6% from 2003.

A driver was killed, while unloading his truck at Allied Bakeries' Glasgow Bakery on 19 July Graham Meldrum was operating the...

Operators have welcomed plans for a second Tyne Tunnel between Jarrow and East Howdon in a £185m scheme.

PalletFORCE has launched a next-day service to the Republic of Ireland via its member Redhead International.

ARVINMERITOR CVS is to close its trailer axle and suspension plant near Wrexham. Nearly 200 jobs are threatened; a 90-day...

more than £74m a year, according to latest statistics from the West Midlands truck crime unit Operation Indicate. DCI Carl...

UK's biggest container port at Thurrock's Shellhaven site received a major boost last week when the government gave the...

FAST ROAD TO NOWHERE Not all speed cameras promote safety, says Brian Lee of Allan Morris Transport. So why is an issue so...

A IC wants VOSA to clarify the rules governing the use of farm tractors. Mike Jewell - eports. A TRAFFIC Commissioner has...

A truck driver faked his own kidnapping as part of a scam to steal his truck and its load of electrical goods, Stafford Crown...

PROPERTY DEVELOPER Swayfields is offering free overnight parking for more than 100 HGVs at its proposed motorway service area...

A row has broken out over a new health and safety policy at Tesco's RDCs. Jennifer Ball reports. DRIVERS ARE furious about a...

FREIGHT FARES on ferries from Aberdeen to the Northern Isles may fall by up to 25% next spring. The fare cuts on routes...

A CONTROVERSIAL Belfastbased waste management company has been lined £27,500 for breaking waste regulations. Euroskips, was...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1933 and...

MAN should announce a van manufacturing partner by the end of this year. Colin Bameft reports. MAN's long-running quest to...

In the latest twist to the EGR vs SCR battle to meet the Euro-4 and 5 emissions levels, customer demand in Germany has led MAN...

IN THE NEWS Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the wild and whacky world of...

THE LEADING French transport association has demanded drastic measures from the French government to stop the country's haulage...

HIGH-PROFILE Labour MP Robin Cook last week tabled an early day motion (EDM) in Parliament calling on the government to do all...

THE UNITED Road Transport Union is to take its mobile office to the new Unveil Crossing Lorry Park near Felixstowe for the...

THIEVES MADE a clean getaway after stealing £250,000 worth of toothpaste from a haulage yard in Greater Manchester. The raid...

POLICE IN Huntingdon are appealing for information after computer equipment was stolen from a truck which was parked in a layby...

THIEVES HAVE taken designer clothes worth around £1,500 from a van parked in Northampton. The load of clothing, which included...

NO police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted theft at a haulage yard on the Brackmills Industrial Estate. The...

• A blue MG skeletal trailer containing a red container (ID TEXU4867386) was stolen from Kingswinford, West Midlands on 17 July...

As we reported last month, men in road transport are particularly prone to obesity, and thus an increased risk of heart...

Start weight: 249Ibs (list 11Ibs) BMI: 33.8 Current weight: 229Ibs (16st Bibs) Target: 224Ibs (16st) Weighing in at 249Ib and...

Start weight: 219Ibs (15st gibs) BMI: 30.7 Current weight: 209Ibs (14st 13Ibs) Target: 189Ibs (13st 7lbs) lam falling a bit...

Start weight: 239Ibs (list 11Ibs) BMI: 35 Current weight: 225Ibs (16st 11Ib) Target: 217Ibs (15st 7lbs) This week, the 10th of...

Renault's van sales have come a long way in a few years. Emma Penny asks national fleet sales manager Mark Lovett about its...

I WAS PLEASED to see that Robin Hannay's letter (C M30 June) regarding high and low axle ratios was challenged and corrected by...

ROBIN HANNAY is correct about cliff ratios But Peter Davies and Adam Moody (CM 7July) are talking about overall ratios' or...

1WAS INTRIGUED to read Alan Bunting's condemnation of my views with respect to EGR and low sulphur fuel (CM 21 July). In...

OUR TRADE associations, that is the ETA and the RHA, have let down their members very badly and Richard Turner (right) and...

Many truck operators avoid new legislation until absolutely necessary. However, United Freight Distribution decided to meet the...

Two wheels lost on the motorway have led to a 16-week licence cut for a Scottish firm — and its transport manager must go on a...

0 would report conviction A WIDNES firm escaped disciplinary action after failing to report a conviction for a missing...

A GROCER whose truck was impounded when he carried on operating after his 0-licence was revoked has failed to get it back....

A COMPANY was given interim authority to continue operating after a partnership licence it had been wrongly working under was...

A FINANCE company which leased a vehicle to a scaffolding firm despite knowing it had no 0-licence has failed in its bid to...

Ai* !age To veteran operators A, B and C mean the goods licences introduced in the 1930s Patric Cunnane concludes our...

Tough new regulations on workplace vibration and noise levels were introduced this month. What do they mean for operators?...

Tragic events such as the recent bombings in London stop deliveries in their tracks. Should customer contracts cover these...

WAI T IN GOLD Anticipation can be a two-edged sword ft the object of desire fails to live up to expectations. The...

We've talked about the trucks which made our hearts beat faster but as these letters shovv, there are plenty of other...

Are you sick of paying insurance premiums? No problem — tell your broker to go jump and insure yourself. But as Steve Banner...

Christian Salvesen self-insures at damage to its vehicles caused by its own employees, and much of any damage they might do to...

The way you finance vehicles affects your profit line. Andy Moore reviews the various payment schemes on offer from...

CharterWay, Mercedes-Benz CharterWay, the in-house finance arm of Mercedes-Benz, currently funds about 30,000 of its vehicles...

Avelease Formed in 1992, Avelease is an independent finance broker with 85% of its business devoted to hire purchase: the...

As a large independent provider, Alliance and Leicester Commercial Finance (ALCF) funds all makes of commercial vehicles and...

Your drivers can't overheat like a truck, but you don't want them wasting precious diesel with air-con. Brian Weatherley finds...

In addition to roof-top units DC Airco offers the 008500 split unit system where the exterior compressor/condenser is mounted...

is planning to grow beyond its traditional driver and owneroperator market into the wider fleet sector. Harris says larger...

Maughan reports. HARGREAVES TRAINING SERVICES I n the quest for profits -and survival— more and more hauliers are offering...

As well as CPC and C+E tuition, Mid-Kent College offers NVQ levels 2 and 3 in Storage and Warehousing. Operators with up to 250...

Ray Dickson reflects on a mixed week for transport, but asks who will take the next steps needed to ensure the industry's...

Will an increased demand from Asia for iron, steel and rub ber force up the prices of second-hand trucks in the UK? Our trade...

Re-marketing utility vehicles requires care and attention. However, as Manheim Auctions' Jeremy Martell reveals, it can be...

Dafs 95XF is starting to look its age, but demand for post-2000 examples is still strong. CM tried one in its prime. W hen CM...

This month CM has been trawling our classified ads for a fleet tractor to haul locally at 40 tonnes. Functionality was the key,...