MAN'S EAGERLY AWAITED replacement to its long-serving L2000 middleweight is set to debut at the Birmingham truck show next...

UP TO 75 DRIVERS for bulk chemical haulier Groupe SAMAT are on strike after pay negotiations between the company and the...

TWO DRIVERS WORKING for logistics firm TDG on contract to Safeway say they have been sus pended for refusing to drive converted...

From threats of legal action to a national award — it's been a busy month for Whitkirk Produce Company. David Harris reports....

ADMINISTRATOR PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has received inquiries from a number of potential buyers for car transporter...

NEARLY 500 mobile phone users have been connected to a new police messaging service to alert them about truck crime. The...

A SPLLDING TRUCK driver who killed three people in a crash has received a six-month driving ban and a f1,000 fine. Steven...

Pen! Barry P. ,or wonders how he will cope with the Christmas rush now that the Working Time Directive limits the overtime his...

News from the US that oil prices have topped $50 per barrel does not bode well for road transport. Sorry to return to the...

Two leading operators are targeted by firebombers — Jennifer Ball reports. TWO MAJOR haulage firms were left counting the cost...

AS MANY AS half the trucks stopped in the latest roadside checks carried out under Operation Mermaid were breaking the law,...

THE GERMAN authorities are becoming increasingly worried that too few on-board units have been fitted for the much delayed...

Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the world of transport this week. We've...

Brian Weatherley went head - tohead with DaimlerChrysler's design boss professor Hartmut Marwitz at the Hanover show. The talk...

Wincanton fined E 10,000 plus costs for health and safety training failures after roadside death of fitter Logistics giant...

A HUGE HIKE in ADR exam costs could encourage operators to ignore training requirements for carrying dangerous goods, a...

A QUICK-THINKING truck driver has saved a young couple from a lire at their flat in West Sussex. They became trapped when a...

Now that the V6 Toll charge for an HGV has been cut to £6, how come recovery vehicles towing stranded truc(s are charged £35?...

THE GERMAN TRADE association VDA is to continue its campaign for an increased height limit for trucks on international...

DELEGATES AT this year's TUC conference have thrown their weight behind the United Road Transport Union's campaign for free...

AXLE AND suspension manufacturer Hendrickson's new European MD, Andrew Ward, has hinted that the company might launch a trailer...

Eurocombi takes two boxes KAMAG'S EUROCOMBI is a Mercedes-Benz Atego-based vehicle designed for handling demountable container...

Platinum Equity has relaunched Hays Logistics as ACR Logistics but does it have a future? Jennifer Ball reports. I n November...

David Garman took over as chief executive at TDG just as the economy went into decline — but the company's moving in the right...

I WRITE IN RESPONSE to Ms Harrison's letter about a foreign "invasion" of our roads, particularly in Kent (CM,23 September)....

AT LAST SEE from your Comment column (CM,23 September) that I am not a lone voice after all. I had begun to think I was a...

I HAVE TO AGREE wholeheartedly with Derek Jones' sentiment that we are not doing enough to protect English trade against other...

The first annual report since the formation of VOSA contains some positive trends — but the agency is far from complacent...

TC revokes one licence, grants another, as Fleet Services looKs to make a clean break of operation with 'appalling' history....

THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has asked South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps to reconsider his decision...

RUNNING WITHOUT an 0-licence combined with tachograph and driver licensing offences have cost a Harrow company and one of its...

company and drivers more than £7,000 HOURS OFFENCES have cost Stevenage-based R&RC Bond (Wholesale) and five of the company's...

CA NEWPORT, a Gwent-based company which bought its vehicles back at auction after they had been impounded. has lost its hid for...

Legislation introduced last year threw a lifeline to crisis-hit companies, enabling them to avoid receivership. Steve McQueen...

Ireland's Labour Court has ordered a transport company to boost wages by 24% after a pay freeze. Brendan Nolan reports. W hen...

The latest fire regulations have teeth — fail to comply and you face unlimited fines or being closed down. Fiona Paddon...

CVs are becoming more elaborate and expensive. But sometimes it's nice to get back to basics. The Tata Safari Commercial is...

A well-sheeted load rolling along a motorway tends to catch the eye, but these days flatbeds are few and far between.There are...

It's the air apparent Hyva's portfolio of hydraulic-powered tipper, hookloader and skip bodywork is well known in the UK,...

Farewell to the frame Sensitive to C&U widths and side-arm vulnerability, several firms have been sharpening their pencils....

Mixers is looking for owner-drivers to join its franchised network of go-anywhere concrete mixers. Andy Salter assesses the...

1 VE If you live in fear of damaging your laptop, Compwise's super-tough portable computers could be the answer. Brian...

THE141ACSCAN+ from Mac Tools allows technicians to perform a variety of diagnostic tasks on legacy and EOBDequipped vehicles....

FINDING AIR-CON leaks can be a time-consuming task.To make the job easier Primalec has launched the Glo-Leak range of test...

ESAB HAS produced a CD covering its range of welding automation equipment. Chapters deal with the various types of hardware...

NORBAR TORQUE Tools' latest catalogue includes a comprehensive listing of its products and their applications with a torque...

THE VERSI-FOAM system from Foam and Rubber products offers the benefits of polyurethane in a portable dispensing system for...

INTERIOR REPAIR work can be a messy business. To avoid expensive accidents the Kling-on protection system from Cumbrian...

In a bid to carve out a bigger share of the top end of the tractor market, MAN launched its 5 Star TGA package earlier this...

limited-edition model usually translates as a b.d to boost sales of an outgoing model. In the truck industry this ploy is used...

With truck sales rising throughout Europe, every manufacturer wants a bigger slice of that bigger cake. The chief executives of...

took over the reins at Iveco. He walked into a company which was generally felt to be underperforming. By all accounts he...

one looking at over its shoulder? According to Dr Klaus Maier, who heads up DaimlerChrysler's truck operations in Western...

Halonen he was president of ir Volvo Trucks By the time we reached Hanover he'd been promoted to vice-president and deputy...

Goudriaan I t's all very well being concerned about globalisation but Aad Goudriaan, chief of Daf Trucks, reckons it's better...

Ray Dickson, MD of F Dickson Transport in Croydon, has strong views about the taxes we pay and the rates we try to survive...

The Retail Motor Industry Federation warns fleet operators are losing millions at auction because they won't accept bids below...

CM tests more CVs than anyone else. Now we're using our extensive database to help you search for the right vehicle. This week...

Autumn has brought increased trade for BCA. Business development manager Duncan Ward reveals this month's hot properties. W e...