about to be replaced by some real progress towards harmonisation in EEC road transport, more stumbling blocks have surfaced....

• Hauliers worried about renewing their London lorry permits will be relieved to hear that the London Residuary Body (LRB) has...

• Haulage customers will not pay higher rates to finance over-generous wage settlements, warns the Road Haulage Association...

• The latest edition of the Department of Transport's annual road accident statistics report provides strong evidence that...

• Leicester Crown Court was told last week that Fleetcare — the National Freight Consortium subsidiary — overcharged one of its...

• UK refrigerated transport operators carrying frozen meat into France could find themselves in the middle of a new lamb war if...

• Britain's hauliers must be prepared for liberalisation in the European transport market before harmonisation, said ETA...

• New Department of Transport figures suggest that the introduction of the 38tonne weight limit saved British hauliers around...

• Despite a brief sales flurry in September, sales of commercial vehicles during the first nine months of 1986 remained...

• Lon - y drivers should have at least 12 hours rest a day and get a 48-hour break at weekends, senior Transport & General...

• The opening of a £1.5 million lorry park at Altens in Aberdeen is in doubt, following a mistake in the planning application...

• One of Cummins' all-new 'C' Series engines will make a surprise appearance at next week's Motor Show, in a Dennis Javelin...

• Mixed loads of glass plate are being transported more safely and efficiently by Hounslow rental company Fraikin since the...

• A synchronised splitter mechanism, which will give smoother, quieter splitter shifts, has been introduced on the Spicer SST...

• The RAC's rescue and recovery service is to be expanded to cover commercial vehicles above 3.5 tonne GVW following an...

• Three new Mercedes tractive unit models make their British Motor Show debut next week and significantly widen the company's...

• Anglian Expanded Products of Norwich which supplies polystyrene mouldings for product packaging has recently taken delivery...

• Bodybuilding members of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association are now able to issue a warranty on all bodies they...

• Despite reports from various parts of the country of a surfeit of goods vehicle drivers, job prospects in road transport over...

• Cave Wood Transport is to take control of Calberson (UK) in a move which follows the management-led buy-out of Cave Wood in...

• Volkswagen Audi Group expects to increase its sales of commercial vehicles this year by 5%, to almost 230,000 vehicles,...

• Suttons of St Helens is investing more than £400,000 to enter the gas transport market. Commercial manager Roger Boughton...

in this country last week, with the opening of a new depot in Grays, Essex, the town where TIP opened its first UK depot....

• Brittany Ferries is looking to extend its freight services on the new Portsmouth to Caen service next year with the...

• South Wales Licencing Authority Ronald Jackson took no action against the licences of three out of four hauliers appearing...

Elsby's cuts • Substantial cuts in the number of vehicles operated by Middlewich, Cheshire haulage contractors Kenneth Elsby...

in having its PS11 operator's licence renewed for 12 months with an increased number of vehicles authorised, following an...

• The bid for a new licence by Ace Commercials (Northaltenon) has been adjourned for the company to produce further evidence of...

• Though granting a licence application by the son of a Portsmouth haulier, the new South Eastern Licensing Authority Brigadier...

• London Regional Transport seems set to come into conflict with the Conservativecontrolled Westminster City Council over...

• In its last financial year before deregulation, Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive has managed to reduce the net level...

• The benefits to passengers of bus lanes, "substantially outweigh any delays they cause to other vehicles" according to a new...

• Bus & Coach safety improved last year, with an overall drop in the number of people killed or injured in accidents involving...

• Tate & Lyle Distribution Services' managing director, Tony Stanton, has been appointed to the national executive board of the...

• High street food, drink and household products distributor Lowfteld Distribution has a new board chairman. He is Mark...

• BRS Western, which claims to be the largest transport company in the south west, has appointed Gerry Bullus as its new...

• Due to take up his responsibilities as financial director of South Wales Transport on November 1 is Gerard Turley, who will...

• Following the recent restructuring of the frozen and consolidated distribution operations with the Hays Group, the board has...

• Two of Britain's leading road transport trade unionists have been elected into positions within the International Transport...

NI Alan Catheatt has been appointed manager of a new MAN transport consultancy service which will be launched at the Motor Show...

Gailey, -the National Bus Company's group's first chief executive, following a short illness. His career began with West...

Volkswagen up • VW van prices rose by an average of 2.4% from October 1. The rise, says VAG, was due to the strength of the...

Seddon Atkinson • Seddon Atkinson has this month introduced the option of fixed cost repair and maintenance contracts. It is...

Danger! • The Freight Transport Association is to run a one-day course for those involved in the international movement of...

Dereg -guide • The Transport Act 1985 comes into force on October 26, bringing with it deregulation and more open competi tion...

1FF second year • Iveco Ford Truck Limited is extending its truck warranty to cover train components for a second year. The...

Motor Show • The Motor Show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, opens to the public on October 18 and runs until...

Seddon Atkinson • Two new appointments have been made to till gaps in the Seddon Atkinson dealer network. Drake & Fletcher is...

More M40 • It was announced last week that the go-ahead has been given to construct the next stage of the M40. It is an 18km...

• By the end of this month the M25 should be complete, but repairs continue on the rest of the network. The Department of...

BED Designed to try out a host of new ideas, Leyland's revolutionary TX450 points the way to trucks of the future. IN...

• Over the past five years, demand for commercial vehicles in Europe has dropped by about 16.5% but economic predictions for...

PERFORMANCE If there is a single theme to the CV exhibits at the 1986 Motor Show, it is increased variety — despite the...

SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER IN Whatever potential changes in transport regulations are discussed,...

Ronald L. Burgoyne (R.B.M. Contractors) • The renewal of the one-vehicle licence held by Ronald L. Burgoyne, trading as R.B.M....

Transport Act 1982: Part III implemented 1110n October I, Part III of the Transport Act 1982 was brought into force in England...

111My work involves writing handbooks for goods vehicle drivers in which I include a fairly detailed section on what should and...

P & M W Goddard Transport Ltd EThe international operator's licence held by P & M W Goddard Transport Ltd has been renewed by...

W. R. Haulage (Sadlers Haulage) "'Because he forgot to apply for licence authority for a semi-trailer, Stalybridge ownerdriver...

EDrivers guilty of serious offences may have to attend an eight-hour retraining class, under a scheme, expected to be law by...

EThe comments of the Transport Tribunal, in its 1985 report to Secretary of State for Transport John Moore, that the drafting...

111Most publicity on this month's extended fixed penalty system has been about the procedure when a driver is stopped for a...

S. T. Sharp Transport Ltd IllAn application to renew the eight-vehicle licence held by ST. Sharp Transport Ltd, of Manchester,...

Mlles, damned lies and statistics", Jonathan Lawton's Legal Commentary in the September Bulletin had a fresh illustration of...

servicing, specifically the Transfleet operation at Woking Borough Council. I felt 1 had to write to you to put the record...

• The Hawk's reference to "loose and errant truck wheels" (CM September 20) smacks of MIRA trackside talk with no knowledge of...

through your columns, to Mr Webster's letter printed in your issue of September 6. As a tanker driver with 12 years'...

Fitted with the market-leading ten litre Cummins engine, lveco Ford's new 3828 tractive unit is one of the most productive 38...

Bottomley, for passing his advanced driving test with "the toughest examiners in the country" — the RoSPA Advanced Drivers...

a newspaper item from New York which suggests that drivers who smoke (Cigarettes. I guess) are more prone to road accidents...

— according to his bosses at South Yorkshire Transport — in the way he dealt with a fire which flared up in the engine...

voted "Haulier of the Year" by the Fawley, Southampton Paramins and the Performance Chemicals Division of Esso Chemicals. The...

Our thanks to Vanguard Engineering of Greenford whose specialist removal company allowed daredevil motorcyclist Chris Bromham...