WOLVERHAMPTON haulier David Kay has added his name to the lengthening list of those who have had trucks stolen in an epidemic...

FOLLOWING KEY changes at Volvo and Renault Trucks, MANERF is the latest manufacturer to see a change at the top of its UK...

AS CM WENT to press news was coming through that John Vasey, the British haulier jailed in France for allegedly smuggling £2.5m...

As forestry booms in Scotland, timber hauliers have signed a deal to minimise the impact on rural communities. Guy Sheppard...

SCOTTISH TANKER drivers are to take industrial action from 7 May following rejection of a 5.4% pay deal. The 35 Transport &...

STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE are hunting a gang who kidnapped a truck driver at gunpoint and stole his £15,000 load of electrical goods...

Barry Proctor has been to Brussels to lobby MEPs on the Working Time Directive — and he's now more worried than ever about the...

TRANSPORT CONSULTANTS are investigating whether some of the biggest loads carried by Special Types trucks could be moved more...

IT'S TOO LATE... At last we know most of the details we've been desperately waiting for and now our industry can start...

Attempts to change livestock rules have failed as EC members can't agree. David Harris reports. PROPOSED NEW European...

FREED TRUCK driver David Wilson is demanding compensation from the Greek authorities after his impounded truck was returned in...

A TRUCK driver who killed a man after he fell asleep at the wheel has launched an appeal against his four-year prison sentence....

WILTSHIRE POLICE are warning operators to avoid the Stonehenge and Avebury areas following the chaos on the roads during last...

THE TUC says operators are not doing enough to cut the number of drivers killed on UK roads — it is publishing guidance to...

FTA's London 'manifesto' calls for delivery discs and more sensitive enforcement. Dominic Perry reports. THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT...

THE TRANSPORT & General Workers Union has asked Transport Minister Tony McNulty for support in its battle to make sure all...

A TRUCK DRIVER had a lucky escape when youths hurled a brick through his open window in Leicestershire. The incident happened...

EXEL HAS teamed up with Bristol City Council to pilot a freight consolidation centre aimed at halving the number of trucks...

Take a stroll with us through the little side roads of haulage — the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quioxotic, and the...

New dangerous goods regulations come into force this week. But what are the changes and what do they mean for operators?...

IT SEEMS THAT we may be on course to improve the nightmare of traffic congestion. The Department for Transport's Survey of...

When you have a 40-year market leader it might be tempting to sit back. But that's not Gary Whittam's style. Andy Salter...

HAULAGE CONTRACTORS must wonder what direction the next blow is coming from. Having suffered for years with high fuel costs,...

YOU HAVE TO stop and wonder sometimes whether the powers that be credit us drivers with even an ounce of sense. First we get...

AS YOU KNOW, road safety is a major cause of fatalities and injuries in the UK and around the world.As part of our initiatives...

green answer to the UK's transport woes — shift freight to rail and free the roads. So why isn't it happening? Miles Brignall...

Even world-class companies can take their eye off the ball when it comes to routine vehicle maintenance... GLASS MANUFACTURER...

A SHROPSHIRE operator whose vehicle excise duty cheques bounced twice has escaped with a warning despite the company's failure...

A SKIP-HIRE firm which operated without a transport manager for six months has had its licence revoked for a string of...

AN OPERATOR who claimed his 0-licence application was lost by an office girl failed to regain his impounded truck when he...

A TALLY of 11 offences, including using a vehicle without an 0-licence or tachograph, has cost a Derbyshire tipperman £1,043 in...

The Office of Fair Trading is backing industry codes of practice with a new scheme, but what's in it for transport companies?...

Is a handshake good enough or do you need a written contract? Adam Hill tells the 10 things you need to know about contract...

CARR 1 ER The used 3.5-tonne Mitsubishi Canter we drove sported a capacious box body and offered great productivity. And as an...

The 31st annual Irish Road Haulage Association Conference met in Bunratty, County Clare at Easter. Patric Cunnane reports on...

The IRHA conference debated serious issues hindering the industry. Patric Cunnane reports from the floor. The unfairness of...

In a new departure Saturday morning was given over to presentations on topics including transport law, the Department of...

The truckzone at SED 2004 is set to be the biggest tipper show of the year. We continue our build-up to the big event with a...

Oliver Dixon arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, to find a Mid America Trucking Show bubbling with optimism as the long-awaited...

CONNECTION Automotive giant PSAs haulage division, Gefco, has expanded to provide logistics for other businesses. Miles...

The Transit has more power and even more torque. But is all that oomph justified? With deadlines threatened by everworsening...

Athens ready for the Olympic Games, but at least one new Olympic venue is up and running. The ERF brand is currently on a...

Jason Hamer asks how much time and money can be wasted by incompetent enforcement. Erm... quite a lot it would seem. Iam...

The winner of the Mercedes-Benz/CM competition to win a limited edition Actros Predator picked up the keys and put it straight...

FH12 6x2 Globetrotter seems to be a good deal... It's not often you get the chance to snap up a tractive unit that's barely...