Have you sent an artic on a ferry in the past nine years? DIcl the trailer have the required ferry securing rings to allow it...

CM COVER STORY THE MANAGING director of Turners (Soham) says a report into the events that led to a tanker crashing through...

VOSA HAS CONFIRMED that it will not close any more test stations until further information is available on how the Authorised...

Tonkm VAUXHALL'S VIVARO panel van has scooped the commercial vehicle category in this year's MPG Marathon fuel economy...

Lower limits a local issue THE GOVERNMENT has said that singlecarriageway roads should carry lower speed limits where "risks...

BIBBY DISTRIBUTION has bought part of the software firm that supplies the system it uses to run its warehouses The part of Data...

RPC deadline rush sees registrations increase P'• MONTHLY TRUCK registrations last month reached their highest levels since...

Dams international forced to call in the administrators FURNITURE SUPPLIER Dams International has been forced into...

lveco Stralis — it was not a match made in heaven My current allocated Iveco Stralis is due to go off-hire soon, so I was...

Controversy over comments from cycling body chairman A CYCLING advisory body that is funded by the government has caused...

PARCEL delivery firm Hermes, formally known as Parcelnet. has opened the doors on its new 85,000ft: national hub at Bermuda...

Ewe've no need to fear EC Livestock regs, says RHA A TRADE UNION'S fear that proposed European restrictions on transporting...

PW Gates makes switch from Pallet Network to Pallet-Track WELWYN GARDEN City-based PW Gates has left The Pallet Network (TPN)...

Area manager for VOSA admits benefits scam VOSA AREA MANAGER James Dorman admitted a £30,000-plus disability benefit fraud...

TNT boss predicts market share gains Eiy Justin Stanton PETER BAKKER, CEO of TNT, fully expects the company to have made...

LD LINES IS to abandon its experiment with a high-speed freight catamaran between Dover and Boulogne just a few months after...

TruckNetUKs Rikki Chequer discovers that transporting abnormal loads generates a whole Ja host of issues. One sector of the...

Becoming an ATF for VOSA would not be a sound business decision I WILL NOT be taking the opportunity to run an ATF (Authorised...

AS A COMMERCIAL insurance broker that specialises in the transport industry. I felt I had to write in response to the Letter of...

Dale Fiddy, sales and marketing director at NFT Distribution, has taken on the next challenge in his career strengthening a...

the decision to go straight out of education and follow in his footsteps by working for Russell Davies, along with the likes of...

Tunnels are both a great convenience and a potential deadly hazard. New Europe-wide regulations aim to address this issue....

to see why Europe wanted a common policy for which hazardous cargoes should be allowed in which tunnels. A series of disasters...

TC refuses to grant an 0-licence to applicant she did not trust and who had expressed a 'cavalier' attitude. A N APPLICATION...

No action taken after undertakings made NO ACTION was taken against the 0-licences held by two members of a group of firms...

DESPITE TAKING no action against the 0-licence of Peterhead-based BNJ Transport after concluding it had not sought to...

The Irish government is tackling the criminal element in haulage by making it illegal for those with serious convictions to...

A recent court case highlighted the sharp difference in costs that operators can pay when one of their vehicles breaks down by...

said that vehicle recovery operators can only charge statutory rates when instructed to remove HGVs from the highway by the...

This month, our ever-popular Fleet Management Conference fields a team of experts to ensure you stay compliant and profitable...

profit. Drawing speakers from the UK's leading fleet operators, well be providing a number of practical case studies on how to...

in 1986, had the sort of reputation enjoyed by Transit in the van market. It wasn't attractive, but its effectiveness was...

Long Distance We put the fleet-spec spotlight on the Renault Premium 6x2 to see if it meets the needs of cost-conscious...

full-time workforce in road transport, but how has it affected agency drivers? CM delves deep to find out. Words: David...

the fact that they will not necessarily be familiar with the role for which they have been hired, Holding an HGV licence does...

agency driver for Manchester and Leeds-based Contact Industrial Recruitment for 15 years. Based near Trafford Park, Manchester,...

on the same principles as most purchasing decisions — balancing cost against level of service and good working practices. In...

is operating correctly was underlined this summer hen the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) warned 18 driver...

The RHA's Ruth Pott says the Agency Worker Directive (AWD), which is due to be implemented in 2011, could have unintended...

Forty years after Jim McArdle founded his eponymous construction and haulage business, it now has a high public and industry...

With more than 700 tipper movements a day, PODFather electronically manages the entire loading administration by remotely...

The M25 contact's short lead-in time meant extra drivers had to be hired at the fast moment, and there was, says Murphy, a good...

cArdle buys tippers exclusively 8x4 rigids outright, typically urining them for about five years, although transport boss Peter...

Operators looking for second-hand trucks need to search the internet to improve choice and get a better deal Wordsn Kevin...

Northside Truck & Van is on course to emerge from the recession smarter, with a strategy in place to build local business and...

Northside in 1981, rising from technician to servIce manager, before joining the sales side. He rose to dealer principal and...