CM COVER STORY By Chris Tindall. and Kevin Swallow THE POSTAL STRIKES have provided an opportunity for the UK's most famous...

ay ChristopneuWatton VOSA HAS TOLD the Transport Select Committee (TSC) that in certain locations it might be appropriate to...

A HAULAGE BOSS in Widnes has described proposals to impose a toll on the existing RuncornWidnes bridge and the new Mersey...

CEVA LOGISTICS says it has improved its truck utilisation by 17% this year by conducting operations through a centralised...

By Julian Milne:5 THE MOVE TO privately run Authorised Test Facilities (ATFs) from VOSA testing stations will limit the areas...

BIBBY DISTRIBUTION is looking to offer its overnight delivery service to clients outside of the automotive sector. The...

By David Harris THE HAULAGE industry has suffered more business failures than almost any other sector since the beginning of...

A LEADING transport analyst forecasts a "high risk of failure" for medium-sized haulage firms who burn through working capital...

I said a few weeks ago that the only good thing I could think of to say about the new version of the Iveco Stralis was that it...

By Colin Barnett CITROEN IS celebrating its 90th anniversary by seemingly coping with the recession better than many of its...

By Chris Tindall THE ISLE OF MAN'S transport minister has admitted he does not know why the contractor behind a...

HAULIERS THAT RUN dangerous trucks are set to come under further pressure from a new effort at co-operation between four of the...

higher in the run-up to Christmas, compared with the bleak 04 experienced in 2008, the Association of Pallet Networks (APN)...

CM COVER STORY By Roger Brown HAULIERS HAVE slammed the government for not having a cohesive bridge toll policy, after the...

GIST HAS WON A contract to set up and operate a national distribution centre for high-street café chain Eat. The transport...

THE BOSS OF Denby Transport believes the removal of six roundabouts along a 60-mile stretch of the Al has strengthened the case...

By Chris Tindatt CAMBRIDGESHIRE County Council has denied removing a major A-road through the county from a strategic freight...

KENT-BASED HAULIER CS Bull has taken delivery of three new Iveco Stralis tractor units worth £165,000 for use on longdistance...

by Lliivid aiflS THE scurrisH National Party (SNP) has continued its criticism of the government over the high price of diesel...

AN INQUIRY INTO the death of a Scottish truck driver was started in Peterhead last week, but has been adjourned until 16...

EUROPE'S THI RD-LARGEST trailer manufacturer Kogel has been bought out of administration by mid-sized German car and truck...

A 25-YEAR-OLD haulage website entrepreneur has won his second business award this year, bringing him more than 1.100,000 in...

CMS SISTER TITLE, Truck & Driver, has launched its 'Drawing Board' page as a blog on roadtransport.com, which brings the very...

The decision by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to stop funding the only police unit in the country that specialises in...

THE NEW conspicuity regulations are the last straw for me (CM 24 September). The last morsel of respect I had for the...

I AM writing to thank all the truckers who showed fantastic professionalism while I was riding alone on my bicycle on a charity...

A former farmer and a truck driver, Yorkshire MP Robert Goodwill has a few suggestions for changing road transport in the UK....

After years of stalling, Dutch operators will have to get to grips with the Working Time Directive in 2010. CM asks some...

Driver Roelof Heizenberg has spent more than 17 years hauling concrete building elements for construction in the Netherlands,...

DTC cuts company's 0-licence as an interim measure in the interest of road safety before criminal proceedings. A FIRM FACING...

DAIRY OPERATION has ad its applications for a fleet crease accepted, despite the affic Commissioner being amed about several...

A DRIVER WHO used someone else's driver card and falsified a digital tachograph record must pay £415 in fines and costs. Scott...

Drivers are often described as ambassadors for their company, but what does this mean in practice? We focus on the key things...

Are you throwing a Christmas bash for your staff? If you are, be aware that the authorities and the taxman have some stringent...

tax charge for employees, and no national insurance liability for employers, if such an event is open to all employees, or all...

drivers normally receive a payment for each period spent away from base. The payment includes a subsistence element and...

Since the asset is on the balance sheet, it will not have tax reltef, So the capital allowance system allows a certain...

the needs of urban and intercity professionals, but does it have what it takes to lure those professionals away from their...

A large van with a small engine is never ideal, especially if you have to move from job to job in hurry. While the Scudo's...

probably thought it would solve the problem of driver vision. Instead, it created a new one. CM examines the blindspots created...

How we set up and tested trucks' blind spots From the start, we have to say this is not a definitive test of HGV mirror blind...

From the driver's seat, the view at two o'clock (taking straight ahead as noon) is directly into the mirrors. At a distance of...

Steve Farrell, senior reporter at Motorcycle News, brought his bike to the test. He says: - It's three years since MCN first...

And the action needed... The reason for the test was not to pillory truckmakers in general, or any individual manufacturer,...

With UK 25.25-metre LHVs dead in the water, attention has turned to longer semi-trailers arid 'stretched artics thanks to the...

LST, when we drove the 18m Stralis/Big-MAXX combination at the Millbrook test track. In normal operating conditions, we've no...

By the time you read this, the 30 October deadline to have your say on the DfT's LST study will (for the time-being, at least)...

Voting will shortly commence for the 2010 International Truck of the Year, and IToY UK jury member CM takes you through the...

Very much the 'everyman machine from Daimler Trucks, the new 7.5-tonne M itsubishi Fuso Canter (CM 16 July 20091 features a...

The Munich manufacturer's new middleweight line-up has kept faith with its 'Add Nothing' emissions approach by retaining EGR...

With a September launch, the R-Series must be a strong contender thanks to a major interior makeover, which boasts clear...

With many small haulage operations being run from home, we explore the numerous tax benefits available for such businesses....

Lancashire-based Steadplan, MAN service agent and UK distributor for Belgian trailer manufacturer STAS, wants to expand the...