By Roger Brown NEW DEPUTY senior Trafic Commissioner (STC) Beverley Bell has stressed her commitment to maintaining the...

By Joanna Bourke TROUBLED PARCEL carrier Yodel has admitted it is making losses of up to £1m a week and has started a national...

HAYLAGE (HORSE FEED) transporter and manufacturer Thorogoods has taken delivery of a ‘thoroughbred’ Scania P360. Frank...

By Chris Druce THE FIRST QUARTER of 2011 saw signiicant growth for the pallet networks, according to the latest Association of...

WITH WOMEN making up just 1% of the 300,000-plus HGV drivers in the UK (see p18 for more), CM was delighted to hear from two...

21ST CENTURY LOGISTICS, which trades as Dodd’s Group, has taken delivery of five new MAN TGX 26.440BLS 6x2 mid-lift tractor...

By Joanna Bourke LANCASTER OPERATOR PS Corney Haulage has entered liquidation with an £82,780 deficiency after a two-year...

FORMER EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook (who played Samantha Mitchell), right, has sold her Essex courier business...

AS REVEALED BY CM last week, Eddie Stobart is plugging the Rear of the Year competition; a three-way battle between Pippa...

SCUNTHORPE manufacturer Weightlifter has designed a lighter steel bath tub trailer combining Hardox and Domex steel from SSAB...

By Chris Tindall TRANSPORT MINISTER Mike Penning has called on all HGV drivers and truckstop operators to respond to proposals...

1) Increases of up to 2.05m in semi-trailer length will give the greatest benefits. Do you agree? 2) What costs would firms...

THE FUTURE OF A charity that sends handicapped and disadvantaged children to the coast in a convoy of lorries is under threat...

FUEL CONSUMPTION results from Renault’s leet of Union lag-liveried Premium demonstrators have shown a group average of 9.58mpg...

By Chris Druce THE GOVERNMENT needs to force the big banks to support smalland medium-sized haulage irms, according to the boss...

INTERNATIONAL haulier Simarco’s expansion bid has the support of Essex MP Priti Patel. The Conservative MP for Whitham met...

Road freight activity is expected to bounce back in Q2 of the year after a patchy start. The Freight Transport Association’s...

By Chris Tindall HAMPSHIRE’S CROSSWAYS Transport has gone out of business due to a signiicant reduction in customer demand and...

PALLETWAYS HAS spent £1.5m boosting its vehicle leet, adding 24 Renault and DAF trucks as well as trailers to its own operation...

North London’s Madex Logistics has celebrated 10 years with Palletways by doubling pre-tax profit to £200,000. Turnover at the...

A NEW ZEALAND lorry driver was blown up like a balloon, leaving his skin feeling like roast pork with crackling, when he fell...

How’s the new MD of Renault Trucks getting on with British operators? Words: Justin Stanton / Images: Tom Cunningham IF...

With Michael Conroy at the helm, Palletforce continues to grow despite the slow recovery. CM finds out how Words: Chris Druce...

or Road transport is lagging behind in its efforts to attract more women into the industry due to outdated perceptions of the...

Yodel’s Linda Ferguson won the Commer cial Driver title at this year’s MAN Everywoman in Transport & Logistics awards, and is...

growth of third party logistics makes the industry more open to women than ever. “I think that a lot of women outside of the...

Grocontinental started life as a traditional family irm, but the early death of Grocott’s grandfather left her grandmother...

Certainly activity abounds, with the SfL’s sponsorship and support of initiatives such as Logistics Leaders and Everywoman,...

I RECENTLY READ in CM that Crossways Transport was one of the latest haulage irms to enter liquidation (CM 26 May). How on...

The latest comments on Roadtransport.com Carlsberg truckers reject pay award (CM 26 May) “In the last six years I’ve gone from...

The operator appealed against its disqualification back in November 2010 but failed to impress the judge By Roger Brown...

ARR CRAIB Transport wants the go-ahead to base 30 vehicles and 45 trailers at its new yard on the East Tullos Industrial Estate...

RYGOR GROUP Services has been granted permission to base 12 vehicles and 15 trailers at the DS Smith Packaging facility in...

FERGUSON TRANSPORT (Spean Bridge) wants permission to base six vehicles and 20 trailers at its facility on the Annat Point...

BP MCKEEFRY wants 15 vehicles and trailers at a facility on the South Humberside Industrial Estate in Grimsby. The company is...

HEBRIDES HAULAGE, based in Stornoway, has been given the green light to base ive vehicles and three vehicles at a new operating...

Words: Matthew Welch Bullying, unlike harassment, does not have a statutory definition. However, Acas defines it as “offensive,...

What should drivers do to protect their safety when out on the road and how should they react when confronted by thieves?...

If a driver sees someone tampering with their vehicle, their first instinct may be to intervene. Steve Palmer of insurer Aviva...

As Scania launches two Euro-6 engines, talk shifts away from price hikes and weight penalties towards incentives and fuel...

With Euro-6 engine specification more or less identical to Euro-5, the driver is unlikely to see or feel any real difference on...

The truck manufacturers that developed EGR for Euro-4/5 have already endured the majority of pain to meet Euro-6. With EGR...

sledge hammer – but how will it affect you? CM investigates from the perspective of the operator, the dealer and the truck...

It is widely accepted that all this technology is going to make Euro-6 trucks more complex, and slightly heavier than their...

Almost echoing the EGR v SCR battle of the mid-noughties, Iveco has gone counter to industry trend and unveiled the Euro-6...

A study in late 2010 conducted by CM revealed that 92% of UK operators were not aware that Euro-6 would start affecting the...

Some operators are also confident that the transition from Euro-5 to Euro-6 could present an opportunity to cash in on the...

At this moment in time, all the dealer networks across Europe have about as much appetite for trying to sell Euro-6 engine...

front line How different is a military logistics operation in Afghanistan from one back here in the UK? Images: Crown...

You know you’ve reached the pinnacle of your sales career when trucks start moving off the forecourt without you having to...

Laurie Dealer could sit and trade 7.5-tonners all day without blinking an eye or turn enough profit for more teabags: the...

At the end of the financial year, many if not all dealers offload their demo fleet. These vehicles have plenty going for them:...

Ah... the sweet smell of a snatchback in the morning. For some operators, the heart rules the head. To secure the tidy wagon of...

If someone comes off the street and wants a motor, Laurie Dealer has no hesitation in recommending the Renault Premium. It...

The owner-driver truck of choice. Laurie Dealer doesn’t have to cast his mind back too far to remember just how low prices were...

The key to being a good used truck salesperson is putting people who buy in touch with people who sell. Invariably, end users...

If you are going to export, then you have to invest the time and effort to make it worthwhile. The market is awash with dealers...

Not quite the golden nugget that is the snatchback market, the fire sale, normally due to the boss of a haulage firm losing the...

Make sure you’re not bidding for something you don’t want when you’re scratching your nose absent-mindedLy Words: Steve Banner...

Buyers can always open an account with an auction, says Davis, and they do not necessarily have to purchase vans and trucks...

The only circumstance under which a vendor might be held legally liable is if he or she knew that the vehicle suffered from a...

Laurie Dealer spoke to both exhibitors and visitors at this year’s Truckfest and finds out what everyone is buying Words:...