• Eurotunnersl,_e freight service claims to be market leader in the crossChannel freight market, having captured 35% of...

by Lee Kimber • Hauliers face a ban on Sowerby Bridge after Calderdale Council agreed to support residents who want trucks...

by Miles Brignall • More than 1,400 drivers and depot staff at troubled parcels firm United Carriers are calling an overtime...

• Truck dealers may have to start using tachograph charts after Manchester police successfully prosecuted a used dealer for...

hy are we all so ambivalent when it comes to speeding? Of course no one does it without a good reason: "The road was...

by Lee !Umber • The Department of Transport is accusing heavy goods drivers of being the worst speeders after it found that...

• Some drivers attempted to hide their identities from the police when a second Thames Valley Police blitz on foreign trucks...

• Commercial vehicle enforcement is to be scrutinised by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Transport in the autumn. The...

• International hauliers running to Greece through Austria are facing a shortage of Eco transit permits, forcing them to detour...

* Drivers in Belgium experiencing difficulties getting hold of vignettes are warned that police are targeting drivers who fail...

by Eugene Silk • Hauliers face a sharp hike in tolls on the Humber Bridge as part of a Government deal to clear the crossing's...

• Stena Sealink is resuming livestock transport between Ireland and the UK with a night-only service from Rosslare to...

• Drivers in London and the Home Counties have a week to get their Vehicle Excise Duty up to date, or risk fines of up to...

by Kathy Watson • LGV training firm, Roadtrain, is claiming victory this week after the Driving Standards Agency admitted...

• Renault VI and MAN are investigating the joint development of components to cut costs in the development of cleaner engines...

Drivers in dispute over holiday and overtime pay with Dutch-owned haulier Edcrest have won their claim with the company...

The Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators (AVRO) continues to campaign on two fronts: pressing the DOT over the proposed...

by Bryan Jarvis • Two UK sewer cleaning companies, West Midlandsbased Aqua Descaling and John Dicks of Welwyn Garden City have...

• Runcorn-based VBG is calling for body and trailer makers to consider dynamic loadings when specifying drawbar eyes and...

• Lynx Express Delivery Network is trialling Brigade Group's latest reversing safety device, the RI-OS Backscan. The...

• Gloucester County Council has taken its second Bedford MT26-30 6x6 chassis fitted with Danish Epoke gritter bodywork. The...

by Karen Miles • The Transport & General Workers Union has called for shorter drivers' hours and better rest facilities...

• Uncomfortable cab? Stop moaning, says former long-distance driver, Geoff Griffiths. Ten years after his retirement, Geoff...

• Cynics might question the timing of Bill Morris's "fatigue can kill" campaign, which coincides with the election for the TGWU...

decision to renew the licence of WD&A Haley Transport, of Beattock without increasing the authorisation because of the firm's...

• Falsification of tachograph records and exceeding the daily driving limit cost Bolton driver Paul Wood £400 in fines and...

• Cardiff-based Lesley Jones was granted a new international licence for four vehicles and six trailers after South Wales DLA...

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! The latest version of CM'S Legal Directory is now available to readers,...

• Failure to report convictions has led to the revocation of the licence held by Thomas Gillespie, trading as TG Services, of...

• A Licensing Authority is required to refuse a licence application unless it has been properly advertised in a newspaper...

• Doncasterbased FK Freight Services, trading as GT Sykes Transport, has been given 12 weeks in which to find a new transport...

A sk any used dealer to describe their ideal secondhand van and they'll say "Plain white, diesel powered and with a Ford badge...

T am surprised at the lack of responsibility shown by the Civic Trust in its recent ill-informed report on the road transport...

udio visual specialist Philips and fuel giant, Esso have set up a scheme to enable schools to acquire state-of-the-art...

O nlerlink's entry into the glamorous world of sports sponsorship continues apace. Paget Rangers have emerged as the first...

0 f you run a successful operation employing 25 people and are thinking of taking on extra staff, then hold your horses. At...

D ifteen years as brand leader in spray suppression— it's quite a thought isn't it? Such is the claim made by Monsanto Clear...

aventry reader, Graham Morris has spotted what he believes to be the first two steam locomotives through the Channel Tunnel,...

Scots double • Talbot Diesels, the diesel engine specialist, is opening a new branch in Aberdeen to add to its recently...

Jams tomorrow • A report predicting a 50'' rise in the amount of traffic on Britain's roads within the next 20 years has been...

Axle regs • The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding a seminar on 15 June entitled...

the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

Portable wiping • Kimberley Clark has launched a portable wiping system. The transport business is a major target market for...

You see trucks like the MAN 17.272 hauling supermarket-liveried semis all over the place. There's not a lot of glamour in the...

As is our wont, we took the MAN out on the road and asked some professional drivers to take it for a spin... Dave Hopkinson...

Hauliers quick off the mark can win funds from a Euro scheme in which each job created merits a £2,000 payback. U nknown to...

Securicor's acquisition of Russell Davies last month takes it into an elite superleague of transport operators capable of...

rig ( here safety is not regarded as being part of the normal running costs it produces an unfair advantage over others who...

Gwyneth Dunwoody's private member's bill and the Brake campaign make demands which supporters claim will reduce truck accidents...

The CBI is worried by UK companies' reluctance to recruit older employees. A survey by the Institute of Employment Consultants...

4 ll European Union member states, A A including the UK, have agreed to 0-tonne artics on five axles with an 11.5-tonne drive...