Operators who oppose Lorry Road User Charging have the backing of MPs on the Transport Select Committee. Jennifer Ball repot...

TRANSPORT MINISTER David Jamieson has stepped in to clear up the confusion surrounding the mandatory fitting of digital...

HAULIERS ON TI1E Scottish islands have reacted angrily to the news that plans to put ferry services out to competitive tender...

A NATIONAL ACADEMY to raise skills levels in the logistics sector will be launched later this year following publication of a...

Driver Andrew Hunter was jailed for 18 years by Bristol Crown Court for his part in a plan to smuggle £51m worth of cocaine...

PLANS BY SCOTTISH transport chiefs to encourage the transfer of goods from roads to canals have been branded a waste of time by...

Mr X wonders for how much longer the ever patient British will put up with the suffering caused by the problems at the Port of...

if there's a way to make things more bureaucratic and more expensive, you can guarantee the government will find it. For a...

DRIVERS AT CONTAINER specialist Freightliner are due to launch an overtime ban which will cut up to 18 hours from their working...

IRISH OPERATORS have formed a pact with their government to crack down on illegal haulage, with the introduction of on-the-spot...

COUNTY DURHAM-BASED bulk haulier Hargreaves (UK) has created 40 new jobs to service new waste-management contracts. The...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1916 and...

SURREY POLICEARE appealing for witnesses after a truck driver was assaulted during an altercation at Clackett Lane Services on...

BUNGLING THIEVES were foiled in their attempt to escape with a truck loaded with teabags after they crashed the vehicle and...

A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE operator is offering a reward for information leading to the return of a WAS Crane stolen from one of its...

A HAUL OF pharmaceutical products has been stolen in a large, white. unmarked refrigerated trailer parked overnight in a...

are back in business just months after calling in the administrators (CM 2 December 2004). Solihull-based AD Humpherson was...

£850m a year and Customs & Excise's strategy for tackling the problem is unsatisfactory, according to a parliamentary report....

PLANS TO SPEND £770m on improving Northern Ireland's crumbling road network have been welcomed by operators. But Tom Wilson,...

The star of next week's at Show in Birmingham is the new MAN TGL. Andy Salter takes a close look at the new Munich-built...

Ian Jones, CV boss at DaimlerChrysler, has only one problem: he can't make or buy trucks fast enough. Conn Barnett meets him...

OUR GRANDPARENTS had a saying that hard work did not kill anyone, but they forgot to tell us we could be jailed for it, as...

WE HAVE today received a letter from VOSA advising that it is looking to launch an Operator's Rating Scheme whereby if we pay...

Even the offer of sushi leaves CM's grumpy operator cold — when you just want to buy a vehicle, is the CV Show the best place...

Building firm carried on using agricultural tractor to transport materials without a licence, despite clear warning from VOSA,...

POOR MAINTENANCE systems and a prohibition led to a Cheshire engineering firm receiving a warning at a Kendal disciplinary...

TWO OWNER-DRIVERS, guilty of numerous offences of tachograph fiddling, face possible prison sentences after a magistrate...

THE REVOCATION of a licence because of difficulties in contacting the operator at his given address has been upheld by the...

A LITHUANIAN lorry driver was kept in the cells for the best part of a day at Barnsley Magistrates Court after he was unable to...

Speed enforcement in Ireland is in chaos after laser-gun evidence was ruled inadmissible by the High Court. The Irish...

y ou may be a driver with more business acumen than your boss, or the offspring of an established operator seeking the freedom...

Citroen's latest little van combines style, speed and thrift — at a bargain price. CM does some babysitting. S ometimes you're...

THE ROLL OUTS! The big manufacturers line up to show off their latest wares at the CV Show on 5-7 April. CM checks out the...

While most of the van industry can be found in Hall 9, LDV has struck out on its own to launch the new Maxus. C hief among the...

One size seldom fits all, which is why chassis converters are so useful. John Dickson - Simpson reports on the companies that...

As operators are pushed to include vehicle movements in their risk management programme, Brian Weatherley looks at a website...

While Iveco Trucks thrives in the 7.5-tonne and van sectors it has struggled to hold its own in the big rigid and tractor...

is replaced by a 3.0-litre 'high performance turbine' (HPT) boasting commonrail injection and putting out 134 and 163hp. We've...

Exel and Spanish tanker maker Cisternas Cabo have developed a new 'lite' ADR spirit tanker which could set the standard for...

Sandy Bruce says the government is enforcing more regulations, while doing lithe to halt the decline in manufacturing...

Keltruck, Manheim, M-B Used CV section and trade associations are all at the show. T ucked away at the Commercial Vehicle Show...

If we had a pound for every time we'd told you how strong Scania residuals are we'd have at least a tenner. Back in 2002 we put...

Worldwide interest pushes sale into record-breaking territory M anheim Auctions broke its own record for the highest bid when...

The UK used van market has started the year well but lacks the vigour of previous years. Duncan Ward of British Car Auction's...