VOSA reveals thousands of UK drivers face court, while drivers from abroad barely make single figures. Chris Tindall reports....

FREIGHT FORWARDING and warehousing firm ASK 4 Transport has gone into liquidation with unknown debts after creditors forced it...

FTA chief executive Richard Turner and vice-president Edward Roderick were in Downing Street this week to deliver Chancellor...

OPERATORS HAVE dismissed the government's plans for Britain's second toll motorway linking Birmingham to Manchester. The new...

Brian Weatherley has composed an open letter to the Prime Minister taking him to task on congestion. Dear Tony, How goes it?...

Directors of William Vartin Oliver to face a retrial. Mike Jewell reports. A BAD WEEK for Northumbrian haulage firm William...

DAF'S EAGERLY awaited 13litre Euro-4 heavy truck diesel engine will make its official debut at the Hanover Show in September....

ABERDEEN-BASED Grampian International Freight has been bought by Swiss firm Panalpina for an undisclosed sum. Grampian runs 32...

How many UK HGV drivers do you think VOSA prosecutes for hours or tachograph offences each year? Have a guess. Hundreds?...

Deliveries to London are about to get easier. Guy Sheppard reports. A NEW 3,700m 2 freight consolidation centre has opened in...

Writing in the French magazine Transport Info. Francois Goulard, the head of the French dangerous goods transport association...

pressing ahead with plans for a follow-up demo despite a drop in fuel prices. Martin Palmer, who runs three trucks out of...

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

David Harris reports on an Eddie Stobart recruit with a head for figures. EDDIE STOBART Group has recruited a high-flying...

NIGHTFREIGHT GROUP has more than doubled in value following a second sale to management in three-and-a-half years. The...

A SCOTTISH truck driver serving a seven-year driving ban for causing a serious accident after drinking whisky had his ban...

THE COURT of Appeal last week nearly halved the jail sentence of a truck driver convicted of causing death by dangerous...

TWO COMMERCIAL projects have been spawned by the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund to boost business efficiency. TRL and another...

When the vehicle arrived on a ferry from Santander, Northern Spain last Tuesday (29 June) 30 pallets of cigarettes were...

THE MINISTRY of Defence has launched a campaign to make employer's aware of their rights when employing military reservists....

Andy Salter reports on Volvo's commitment to SCR for all of its truc Ks. WITH THE EURO-4 emissions deadline fast approaching...

Czech !!! AWELSH operator who drove his truck on the M25 with an insecure 19-tonne load of steel has been banned from driving...

hard to follow EU trucking regs because they haven't yet been translated into Czech. Martin Sprynar of the Czech hauliers'...

IT'S NOT JUST HG V drivers who work long hours, according to a new survey; their bosses also burn the midnight oil. The...

As Greece thrash the Portuguese, we visit our online game to give you the final scores and congratulate our winners. N o one...

In 2002 55% of motoring offences were dealt with by penalty charge notices issued by local authority parking attendants; 26% of...

PC Roger Brooks has just returned from a two-week trip leading a convoy of humanitarian aid trucks to a children's hospice in...

WITH REFERENCE TO the article in the 17 June edition entitled - UK is worst in EU for drivers' hours". VOSA would like to...

THE RECENT government figures have done little to resolve the arguments surrounding the question of speeding. However, neither...

IN RESPONSE TO CM'S comment in the 24 June edition on the subject of raising the speed limits for trucks, given that they are...

Exelis E328m bid for Tibbett & Britten could lead to a boom in acquisitions in the logistics market. The CM news team reports....

Tibbett & Britten was founded by John Tibbett in 1958 and pioneered the transportation of garments on hangers in the UK....

. Exel was formed back in the distant days of the early 1980s when the nationalised National Freight Company was sold off to...

The bosses at William Martin Oliver & Partners escaped punishment due to a hung jury — but TC Beverley Bell has booted them out...

AN ESSEX CONSTRUCTION firm faces the loss of its licence for overloading a tipper that was said to represent a "danger to the...

THE TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL has upheld a decision to revoke the licence of a London ownerdriver who repeatedly ignored requests for...

A STRING OF maintenance offences has stopped a Wigan construction firm winning an increase in its licence authority from eight...

THE NEW MANAGEMENT of a 20-year-old family business given a formal warning at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry said they were...

When a driver leaves, do you have to provide a reference? Patric Cunnane reports on a little-known area of employment law. D...

have the right not to disclose "spent" convictions when applying for a job. The Act makes it unfair to sack someone or...

Must I call dme? I have been working for the past couple of years as a self-employed relief driver and for an agency when my...

Isuzu's "truck-derived van", the NKR, offers payload, productivity and versatility, but does a second-hand example deliver...

Hymix reckons there's room in the mixer market for something a little bit bigger — like a 10m 3 artic! Brian Weatherley and...

In addition to being the UK's leading mixer builder, Hymix operates its own fleet of 30 six-wheelers, providing third-party...

Inside, the Atego is sensibly finished with thick rubber flooring, a solid dash and plenty of storage space behind the seats....

from a six or even eight-wheeler up to a lOm artic mixer. But judging by what CMis hearing, the ready-mix market players are...

It may not have the most modern cab in Iveco's parts bin, but Seddon Atkinson's Strato six-wheeler can mix it with the rest....

A Bristol operator has revolutionised minimix efficiency with a weighing system that allows pre-mix concrete to be delivered in...

T he British construction industry is a success story. It turns over some £70bn, representing 8% of GDP. UK builders are...

Phil Baker, owner, Al Baker & Son involved in this sector would complement his truck with a tipper, or any other HGV which...

The UK's building industry is rock solid. Domestically, the signs of construction activity are all around us and British...

Brian Lee looks back on his glory days as a local councillor and forward to struggle to win friends and influence now. O n 3...

Renault and Volkswagen are setting up new initiatives for their secondhand vans: a rental programme and in-house insurance. A...

The 3.5-tonne panel van is an integral part of the used market. Here we give you a lowdown on three players we tested last...

The classifieds at the back of CM offer phone numbers, e-mail addresses — and websites. But can you really sell used trucks...