The Transport Secretary says road pricing is a done deal; the Prime Minister sees it as "kamikaze politics". Roanna Avison...

Rod Eddington appeared to backtrack on the issue of road pricing this week by suggesting that pay-as-you-go programmes will be...

DNA FROM a gangland-style shooting suspect proved to be the "billion-to-one evidence needed to end a five-year arson spree....

Iveco UK Managing Director Chris Thorneycroft-Smith is to leave his post at the end of June to pursue other interests....

Next Monday (12 March) Pallet network Gbbal Pallet Systems officially opens its hub at Frady Park, Lichfield, Staffs.

Eurotunnel has won £30m damages from the French and British governments following security blunders that allowed thousands nf...

Keyfuels and Road Tech Computer Systems have launched software to analyse analogue and digital tachos.

The winner of the Black Rhino lightbar competition (CM8 February) is ownerdriver Christopher Lewis from Ewyas Harold near...

We are now dispatching more than 80 prizes for CMs Great New Year Giveaway A full list of winners will be posted on...

nine carriages from the Virgin train derailment last week. Pictured is a 480hp Oaf 95XF modified by Allelys to handle a GCW of...

Following the purchase of a Belgian company earlier this year, TDG has turned its sights on the Iberian peninsula. Dylan Gray...

WINCANTON HAS WON a three-year contract to operate an energy-efficient site in Pineham. Northampton for Sainsbury's. The...

CITROEN AND FIAT have set prices and payloads for their jointly developed mini-Sevel vans, badged Expert and Scudo...

HARGREAVES SERVICES the acquisitive Co Durham haulage and fuels group, has paid more than £30m for Maltby Colliery. A...

FELIXSTOWE TOWN councillors want to impose an overtaking ban on trucks using the A14 in a bid to ease congestion near the...

Hauliers transporting chlorine and other dangerous chemicals could be at risk from terrorist groups in search of weapons....

NEARLY 70 DRIVERS working out of NFT's depot at Elstree, Herts on a contract for Sainsbury's are being asked to move to the...

EDDIE STOBART, the largest independent logistics firrn,is planning to sell off some of its business to fund expansion, and to...

The Dodd's Group, stayed in the black by the skin of its teeth last year after the loss of a contract with Britvic. Pre-tax...

operating profit by £3.4m last year, but only because of an adjustment to the way its pension scheme assets are measured. The...

Tough deadlines, distractions, stress, tiredness and a lack of regulation all pose a risk to drivers of light CVs. Roanna...

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) is speaking out against the possible closure of the Leicester Forest East service area on...

Willi Betz plans to expand in Eastern Europe after a successful financial year, despite its ongoing battle against accusations...

FRESH BLOOD IN the boardrooms of a quarter of the top 2,000 transport operators could signal a radical shake-up of business...

An LSC training programme launched last year has had little impact on road transport — and SfL reckons it knows why. Chris...

BRITISH WATERWAYS has given the go-ahead to the restoration of the waterways around the Olympic Park site in East London in a...

A ROAD HAULAGE company is threatening to take legal action against Cambrideshire County Council after the council set up a...

A 7.5-TONNE MAN 8.163 dropsider was stolen from HamsTransport in Devizes, Wilts on Saturday 17 February at 8.30pm. It's...

RENAULT TRUCKS has launched the Midlum Rapide programme, offering ready-to-go vehicles from the forecourt. The 7.5-tonne...

OPERATORS IN A Lincolnshire town suffering from gridlocked roads say a crackdown on LGVs flouting a truck ban ignores the real...

The firm has six months to sort itself out after the IC identified a "lack of control and direction" from its directors. Mike...

A RO-RO FERRY service between Swansea and Cork will be launched on 20 March. HJ Lines has chartered the MV Victoria to operate...

UK international hauliers are being taken to the cleaners by their EU competitors — CM ponders the latest figures from the...

kFTER READING Billy lien's response to Brian Weatherley it is I who is in lisbeliefThe only way forward or this country is by...

I READ WITH INTEREST the letter from Billy Allen regarding the proposed road pricing scheme (CM 1 March). I'm vehemently...

N RESPONSE TO Northern .reland getting a Traffic 2ommissioner (CM 22 7 ebruary),Vosa needs to check nore around Enniskillen to...

to the commerce, people and beauty of the Garden of England. As leader of Kent County Council, Carter ought to know — but he...

Moving freight from road to rail and water requires operators and local government to work together — so how much co-operation...

loads which are not time-sensitive. Some of these cargos have disappeared as the economy shifted towards imports, but water...

p eak-time congestion and the inexorable increase of cars in urban areas are tightening like a noose around hauliers .nd the...

A driver whose record includes four offences of falsifying his tacho charts in six years is given a hefty fine. Mike Jewell...

3s firm's 0-licence is revoked EYLAND,LANCS operator K&P Iddon has had its cence revoked on grounds of repute and finance by...

THE REVOCATION at the end of October of the four-vehicle licence held by Rotherham,SYorks-based Jayne Farr on grounds of...

THE FALSIFICATION of tachograph records has led to the revocation of LGV driving licences held by two directors of Ascroft...

Border Demolition, based in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, has received a formal warning about its maintenance standards by...

To comply with the Driver CPC Directive in September 2009, LGV drivers will have to take regular training. David Craik...

The DT1's statutory dispute resolution procedures were meant to make managing conflicts at work easier. However, there are...

The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations came into force on 1 October 2004. They require employers to put in...

On 11 April, Drivers' Hours Law Regulation 561/2006 replaces Regulation 3820/85. Tachodisc director Anne McDougall explains...

Arctic Van Test puts the best that Europe has to offer through their paces in conditions that would have penguins demanding...

There was a time when the idea of driving a Fiat in arctic conditions would have us wondering if it would start up in the first...

The new Transit creates a good first impression thanks to lively performance, a precise gearbox and light, direct steering. It...

Some cliches about German vehicles survive because they're true: like the fact that a new Mercedes will invariably be...

Sharing much ol its underpinning with the Flat Ducato, the Peugeot Boxer might not be considered a mainstream vehicle but we...

With roots dating back to 1999 the Mayan° is the oldest - r A contender in the group by afair margin; fortunately an update in...

was the most distinctive of the group thanks to its trainlike snout that gives the impression of a truck rather than van. But...

though the Crafter did need a jump start on the second (and coldest) morning. What came across was that all the contenders had...

If you are behind the vvheel of any vehicle, it's good to be able to see where you are going. And, logical or not, truck...

is all well and good, but if it's going to be to the detriment of performance and reliability then the reality is that most...

There's no greater pleasure than being sent to Coventry for a visit to its Transport Museum. Colin Barnett visits the recently...

FF-ROADER 'Retired' by Paccar, will Fodenis devotees switch to its Dutch stablemate? CM has driven the new Euro-4/5 Daf CF85...

A s an example of the typical British haulage company. Sparks Transport of Glastonbury, Somerset seems to fit the bill. It's a...

rigid, all the trucks on the Sparks fleet are articulated. A long-standing Scania fan, Sparks was possibly the first firm in...

National Sales Director Truck ATS Euromaster What got you started in transport / the truck industry? I've worked in the...

The majority of US truckers have abandoned the elaborate vocabulary used over their CB radios, due to an increase in turnover...

North - East Mercedes-Benz van and truck dealership Bell Truck Sales has opened an outlet in Stockton. Kevin Swallow reports....

if you buy or sell used light CVs with specialist bodies, keep close to the market to spot trends as they happen. British Car...

Common bodies for light CVs Tippers: It's hard to find clean, used examples, simply because of the job that tippers are built...