HAULIERS HAVE hit back after the Department for Transport (DfT) released statistics accusing the industry of widespread...

CM COVER STORY THE GOVERNMENT has admitted that the recession played a part in its decision to drop proposals for a national...

'I IL. MARKETPLACE for online 's for sale gets a boost this week with the launch of the new classified platform from...

Cautious welcome given to in-cab driver alerts plan Plans to provide international drivers with in-cab alerts about anything...

ERIC SHORT HAULAGE (ESN), the Newcastle haulage company that went into administration less than 18 months after it was sold in...

EASTERN AREA TRAFFIC Commissioner Richard Turf itt has warned 0-licence holders that they need to improve their health and...

Euro-6 emissions legislation to he delayed for two years, to reflect the current crisis in the European truck market. Euro-6...

THE DRIVER CPC legislation takes effect from 10 September this year, and from that date all truck drivers will need to carry...

There is one thing that shows through very clearly on the TruckNet UK forums, and that is the diversity of working practices...

CM COVER STORY SOME OF the transport industry's biggest operators are being forced to carry on with redundancy programmes and...

LD LINES, THE French-owned ferry operator that has recently begun services from Dover to Boulogne, has criticised French unions...

Hl)NDREDS OF LORRY drivers are being recruited by supermarket Morrisons in preparation for the opening of a giant distribution...

THE TRANSPORT LAWYER appointed by the Isle of Man's government to introduce operator licensing has defended the time it is...

COURIER ARM Parcelforce has apologised after it accidently leaked clients' personal information on the internet, owing to an...

CM was granted exclusive access to the UK Border Agency controls on the French side of the Channel Tunnel recently, to find out...

very young age to uncover human beings, drugs or abnormal loads. Two-year-old English Springer Spaniel Bracken has uncovered...

The average cost of diesel continued to rise in June, and the RHA believes that recent fuel. price rises have added an extra...

ITS AMUSING to read the latest saga on using laden training vehicles for HGV instruction and testing ('DSA bows to pressure...

I HAD TO smile at the article on the new ECOnetic model of the Ford Transit achieving 39.2mpg ('ECOnomy heaven', CM 18 June)....

deveLopment plan Ruth Spellman OBE is something of an HR guru, and she tells CM how corporate leadership and professional...

one of the reasons why it is failing to attract young talent. Poor perception can be overcome by offering a clear career path...

'Where there's muck, there's brass' couldn't be more apt for the burgeoning multi-billion-pound recycling industry. We look at...

Twenty-six drivers appear before IC after more than 300 convictions over tacho fiddling offences. DR I VLRS EM PI DYED by...

THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has quashed a Traffic Commissioner's decision to revoke a haulier's licence and issue a disqualification...

A HAULIER WITH a history of prohibitions, including one for loose wheelnuts, has had his licence revoked after failing to...

THE LICENCE HELD in the North-Western Traffic Area by Sheerness-based Al-Le Logistics Northern has been revoked with immediate...

A DEMOLITION company has had its six-vehicle licence cut to two vehicles after allowing its maintenance to degenerate into an...

With the Driver CPC Legislation just three months away, were launching the Big Train, a major training initiative. Words: Andy...

On 10 September 2009, the Driver CPC Directive comes into force in the UK. This piece of legislation, arguably the most...

practices, obliging firms with government work to introduce and fulfil equality policies. Words: Mike Sherrington HGV drivers...

dating back to the early 1970s, under one root Laws on equal pay, age, sex, race and disability discrimination will be covered...

Now is not the time to let the continuing pressures of surviving in a recession deflect you from your 0-licence undertakings....

reins and the focus will shift over to how to protect your profit. Drawing speakers from the UK's leading truck operators, well...

Which German truck-maker wilt take the crown? Toll-friendly 12-tonners from MAN and Mercedes-Benz go head to head and despite...

Apart from the engine, gearbox, and driveability, the cab plays a big role in the choice of vehicle, as this is where the...

Together with vehicle safety body TOV SOD Automotive, the test team took a thorough look at the vehicles from all angles. From...

: aid Goo (la If haulage is your core business, you've probably already considered outsourcing your vehicle supply and...

One organisation that has gone through the outsourcing process is Managing Agency Partners (MAP) — one of the leading...

To mark the 65th anniversary of the 0-Day landings, vehicles involved in the assault gathered on the beaches again... or /...

data on the move VDO's latest 1.3 digitach offers a host of fleet management upgrades, including the opportunity to download...

By being adaptable and showing a willingness to embrace new technology, courier firms seem to have bucked the worst of the...

Recent startup Stuff2Send.com is an innovative example of the internet supporting rather than damaging the courier business....

TaxiVan.net was set up two years ago by Nikki Campbell and specialises in 'residential' jobs in London and the South-East. With...

'Happiness delivered', thanks to Larry Ecourier's slogan is 'happiness delivered'. The fast-growing, high-profile, London-based...

WITH ACCELERATED depreciation rates harming residual values, fleet managers are being encouraged to turn to telematics in order...

The used van market continued to hold firm at Manheim's weekly Lombard sale in Haydock, with Volkswagen Transporters and...