Foden lacks a top-end artic to boost sales, but CM has discovered one undergoing operational trials. It seems that it's too...

rHE ROAD Haulage Associaion's call for the Scottish Execu:ive to launch an inquiry into the Inure of the haulage industry has...

has outlined its ambitions for the UK's Lorry Road User Charge scheme. Despite a two-year delay in the launch of the Maut,...

CARLINE TRANSPORT in South Wales is selling 65 tractor units after failing to renew a contract with steel maker Corns. Most of...

The European Transport Council has called for the introduction of digital smartcard tachos to be postponed until 1 January 2006.

URTU says its meeting with James lrlam &Sons to discuss its decision to derogate from the Working Time Directive for night-time...

London's Peter Hendy as the new chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport.

Brake CEO Mary Williams has called for companies to take corporate responsibility for the safety of their drivers.

Police are hunting a truck driver who fled the scene of a crash involving a police car in Biddenden on Cranbrook Road at 3.30om...

A runaway truck has smashed into a house in Crossgar, County Down; there were no casualties.

Notts County Council is considering plans for a consolidation centre on the Al near Blyth to serve Doncaster airport and reduce...

Bad news for drivers who use mobile phones at the wheel: the TCs are cracking down on this offence as well. Mike Jewell...

:3 BURGESS, one of East Sus;ex's best-known haulage firms, las been snapped up by Middlesex iggregates firm Day Group. As well...

CUMMINS HAS suffered a further blow to its European market: Dennis has decided to go with Volvo-Deutz engines at Euro-4. This...

Brian Lee of Allan Morris Transport respects his drivers; he wonders why fitters and customers seem unable to do likewise....

Operators delivering into London could be granted more freedom to travel through the capital. Guy Sheppard reports. TRUCK...

of its drivers who :laimed unfair dismissal after he vas sacked for refusing to submit o a personal search. Graham Bird,...

THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE has approved a third road bridge over the River Forth,near the existing Kincardine Bridge. The new...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1929 and...

Stuart Thomas has been reviewing the way the gentlemen of the press have treated transport recently; not least the furore over...

A survey reveals transport is the UK's most anti-smoking sector. Guy Sheppard reports. TRANSPORT COMPANIES are more strongly...

Two of the country's biggest trade unions are threatening strikes at supermarket giant Morrisons. David Harris reports. TWO...

HESHIRE-HAULIER James ioens Transport went into liquilation last week, blaming a corn)ination of the Working Time 3irective and...

PLANS to extend a scheme offering truck drivers free twice-yearly health checks on its ferries after a successful pilot on its...

Hargreaves is expected to double its turnover to £130m followin the acquisition of Barnsley-basec Monck ton Coke; the expansior...

SUFFOLK OPERATORS have welcomed the Highways Agency's promise to investigate the safety of the A14 following a series of acci...

Strike action at an aggregates depot in the South-East has forced the depot operator to reinstate four operators. David Craik...

EMMA VASEY, the campaigning wife of freed truck driver John Vasey, has been arrested as part of £1.9m money laundering and VAT...

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY is threatening a crackdown on truck drivers in Merseyside who continue to ignore safety warnings and use...

NEARLY HALF the trucks stopped in the latest roadside checks carried out under Operation Mermaid were breaking the law,...

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED two people for handling stolen goods and counterfeiting during a crackdown on organised truck crime in the...

POLICE ARE appealing for information about an attack on two Romanian truck drivers in Northampton. The incident happened at...

for information leading to the arrest and conviction of arsonists responsible for over £250,000 worth of damage at its Isle of...

• A blue Scania (reg N2 PGP) was stolen from Stafford Park, Telford on l9 June. Contact: Operation Indicate on 0121 626 9121 •...

As part of National Men's Health Week, Commercial Motor in association with lveco, carried out a day of health checks for...

De Ville-Almond Indet nurse consultant, vice president of the Men's Health Forum, director of the National Obesity Forum "All...

has announced its results for the fiscal year 2004/5, with pre-tax profits increasing by over 40% year-on-year to reach £35.2m....

=TX Logistics has a 20-year contract to haul the army's main Jade tanks. Tim Maughan speaks to MD Derek Brown about guaranteed...

WITY IS IT that the words or'solutions' on a delivery docket invariably means that the day's busy schedule is likely to suffer...

I AGREE THAT the AEC Mammoth Major Mk1II should be considered as one of the century's great trucks and hope it will be included...

AFTER READING about the recent incident concerning a Greenford operator and a New Zealand employee's invalid licence I recalled...

The ripples continue to spread from Paccar's announcement that it's considering "retiring" the Foden brand in 2006 — but for...

AN IRISH FIRM which needs a "root and branch review of its operating procedures" has had its licence halved after its claim...

its Southampton depot has led to a severe curtailment of the Western Area Traffic licence held by national car transporter...

ordered to pay £800 in fines and costs after he pleaded guilty to offences including fiddling his tachograph and taking...

A CONTAINER OPERATOR must wait to see what action will be taken against its licence after it appeared before the North Western...

A FIRM has been allowed to operate just one vehicle out of four after a disciplinary inquiry to explain three unsatisfactory...

For four years Europe has been debating revisions to drivers' hours regulations and it could be another two before changes are...

Guy Sheppard reports on :ontroversial plans to create a new offence of corporate manslaughter. C ompliance with every law...

This week's answers have been supplied by a team of lawyers from Backhouse Jones of Clitheroe, Lancs. Can I claim? I was...

GIVEAWAY SAMSON ITE LUGGAGE COMMERCIAL MOTOR TO BE WON WITH Another month and another great giveaway as park of Commercial...

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A mbulance specification is voluntarily governed by the mouthful known as BS EN 1789:2000— Medical Vehicles rnd their Equipment...

European OEMs were out in force at the Mid America Truck Show. Oliver Dixon reports on the challenges facing a globalised...

Do you dread retaxing the fleet? Tony O'Brien has plenty of time to reflect as he does the waiting room shuffle. F or several...

CM's used truck tests will kick off again with the Axor — a truck designed to fulfill the needs of the fleet user. N ext month...

Welcome Bruce, farewell Euan Renault Trucks UK has named Bruce Allison as its new marketing director. He replaces Euan Harron...

money is Alex Wright, Manheim Auctions' sales director of commercial vehicles, gives CM the lowdown on which light CVs are...