• British operators' unenviable position as the most heavily taxed hauliers in Europe has been reinforced by a Budget which...

• Hauliers defied tough competition to increase turnover by an average of 14% last year as improvements in economic activity...

by Ian Wylie • Road-builders have warned the Government not to rely on transport technology as a substitute for building...

• An Eddie Stobart driver who claims he was sacked because he removed his tie in sweltering temperatures has won an out-ofcourt...

‘ 've been cautious, I've been I prudent..." said Chancellor Kenneth Clarke this week. What he didn't say was: "I've been...

• Surrey-based Roy Clarke, who spent 20 months in a Spanish jail before he was cleared of drug smuggling charges, plans to...

• Chemicals used in commercial vehicle cleaners could lower sperm counts, according to a report published by green campaigning...

• The Government's motorway tolling pilot scheme, due to start on the M3 next summer, has been put back six months after one of...

• Live exports of sheep and lambs from the UK to the Benelux countries soared by nearly 50% in 1994, despite a series of mass...

by Derren Hayes • Exel Logistics has taken over the management of the lucrative drought-relief tanker operation that is costing...

by Karen :Ililes • Drivers look set to face near-daily street checks on their vehicles if a joint local and central Government...

• European legislation banning bull-bars on vans and other vehicles could be introduced as early as next spring, according to...

• French-owned Brittany Ferries says it will meet any new safety standards demanded by the British Government, even if they are...

by Karen Miles. • A lorry driver has been charged with smuggling a record-breaking haul of tobacco and alcohol following a...

• Truck prices could decrease in real terms over the next five years as falling demand forces manufacturers to offer better...

T railer 95 was the sixth show at Kortrijk, Belgium dedicated to the trailer industry. From small beginnings it has grown into...

• Manchester scrap metal merchants Bob Duckworth & Co escaped with a warning at disciplinary proceedings before North Western...

• Pembrokeshire haulier Peter Harding was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay back duty of £124,17,...

• The Transport Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by Trevor Drummond, trading as Nairbank Scaffolding Services, of Ramsgate,...

• Drivers hours and tachograph offences cost UK European Haulage of Staunton, Gloucester £2,950 in fines and costs when the...

by Colin Sowman • Fuel savings of 4% are possible using the latest low rolling resistance truck tyres, claims Michelin. The...

• ERF is the first truck manufacturer to offer the latest variant of the Eaton S-series 16speed synchromesh gearbox. Tagged...

• Moffett Engineering has a new range of lightweight truckmounted fork-lifts designed for two and three-axle rigid trucks. They...

A fter reading the article "British Steel cracks down on cowboys" (CM 9-15 Nov), the Drivers Action Movement (DAM) would like...

with some of the hundreds of entries to the CHIveco Ford Win-aEuroTech for a Year competition. Will you be chosen to take a...

Self-assessment for tax becomes a reality next April, leading to important changes for both employers and employees. B y now...

Rigs are the queen bees of the oil industry squatting in the North Sea their every need must be satisfied as they continue the...

tipperman David Williams anticipated a quiet Monday morning. He wasn't unduly displeased: all the more vehicles in the yard for...

rain was sheeting down and the Tay was bursting its banks during the first bad weather of the autumn. Bruce Malloch, son of...

test a haulier's claim for the efficiency of his service. But such a chance arose during CM's visit to Highland Haulage when...

Cynical English used dealers would say they have to. As one Midlands expert says: "They're taking back trucks we wouldn't buy!...

• For those operators who prefer to buy used vehicles, Willie Ross, director of Chaddesley Commercials Scotland, insists that...

• Quite a few truck manufacturers would be happy with the annual sales of Glasgow-based independent Philip C Smith Commercials....

We run a large number of 7,490kg Iveco Ford Cargo truck and use them to tow small trailers. I understand that driving licence...

A Ministry plating certificate for a semitrailer gives the axle weights and the gross weight. If each axle weight is 9,150kg...

6 L ike a creepin g paralysis, the criminal element of this country has latched on to the commercial vehicle as a soft tar g et...