• There seems to be a growing case of overkill on environmental issues as they affect the motor vehicle in general and the...

• French-designed but British-built, the Renault G290 proved to be a competitive 38-tonne tractor when we tested it in 4 x 2...

ground for some of the best designs in the UK transport industry. In next week's issue we give the results of our latest awards...

• General Motors is back on the merger trail just five months after its disastrous attempts to gain control of Leyland Trucks....

• Commercial Motor and Fasson UK — the manufacturer of self-adhesive materials for use in vehicle liveries — are pleased to...

• The Transport and General Workers' Union has threatened to expel six of its members who have crossed print union picket lines...

• Overloaded commercial vehicles will not automatically be dealt with by the new fixed penalty scheme, which conies into effect...

• Motorway service area standards have improved since 1980, and now most are providing "a reasonable service and more-or-less...

• Operators will be hit harder by environmental legislation if the Association of County Councils persuades the Department of...

• The proposed acquisition of Abbey Hill Vehicle Services by TNT is being dogged by continued disagreement with the unions over...

• Despite suffering a decline in the individual market shares of both its partners, the newly formed Iveco Ford Truck company...

• Road Haulage Association and Transport and General Workers' Union opposition has stopped the successor to a recently...

• Brighton Council is planning to ban all lorries over 7.5 tonnes from parking along the sea front, a favourite parking place...

• The biggest truck grand prix ever staged in Britain is expected to attract more than 50,000 spectators to Silverstone this...

• Caterpillar has developed a new family of small engines which will take it into the 52116kW (70-155hp) sector for the first...

of Caterpillar 3406 engines available as an option in its tractive units and eight wheel List price for the 261kW (350hp) 3406...

• A number of revisions have been made to the Peugeot Talbot light commercial range. As predicted by CM, the GL version of the...

vans to its fleet. The sleepercab 125kW (168hp) 16-tonners will operate from Intertrail's Avonmouth, Hale sowen, Stoke-onTrent...

30.240 eight-legger with George Neville heavy-duty steel bodywork. The 8 x 4 tipper has Drum hydraulics and a single, front-end...

• The Fransen Group UK, of Kiddeminster, has taken delivery of the first new Bonallack high-volume, 26 metric pallet capacity,...

into the UK, is poised to launch a new light commercial model on to the marketplace by the end of next year. It will be a...

M Andover Trailers has converted an MAN 19.321 tractive unit to a drawbar rigid for Bennett Engineering of Horton. The...

• Knowles (Transport) of Wimblington, Cambridge, has bought six new Scalia tractive units — the first to be purchased by the...

RMA survey due soon a From the protracted battle over regrrooved tyres comes news of a soon-to-be-released survey carried out...

IN To assist operators and future users of its insulated bodywork, Boalloy is to indicate the thermal efficiency and...

Si Fixed-cost maintenance packages for the Bedford Rascal, Midi. Astra, and CF2 ranges. are now available from smT commercial...

/ Proposals from the Department of Transport to raise the tachograph calibration fee by 7% have come in for a mixed reception...

/ Britain's largest refrigerated vehicle fleet, operated by Birds Eye Walls, is to be sold to an independent distribution...

• A 37% increase in profits by the Transport Development Group in the first six months of 1986 reflects favourable conditions...

BET profits down • BET's worldwide transport operations increased their profits on paper by 37% for 1985/86 compared to the...

The Department of the Environment is being called in to settle a row between two councils over a transport site development....

• Gross and second axle overloads cost Sheffield haulier S Harrison & Sons (Transport) £250 in fines and costs when it appeared...

• A bid for a new national licence by Durham ownerdriver Frederick Barron has been adjourned for further enquiries by North...

• A West Midland company which operated six vehicles not specified on its operator's licence has been ordered to pay fines and...

HSO wins bids • Highland Scottish Omnibuses has been successful in a hid for licence authority for three new bus services...

• Liverpool's stipendiary magistrate has adjourned the hearing of overloading allegations against TF Ashe & Nephew and lorry...

• Stoke-on-Trent operator John L Bailey has been granted leave to appeal out of time against fines and back duty of 26,900.15...

• A Nottingham industrial tribunal has ordered Placketts Transport to pay a driver £3,860 — even though it accepted that the...

• At the Transport Tribunal Judge Hampden lnskip has taken the unusual step of referring a case back to a licensing authority...

• Fare fixing deals between bus operators and agreements not to compete on each other's routes could be outlawed following...

• Highland Regional Council has been severely criticised by Scottish Traffic Commissioner Hugh McNamara for the way in which it...

• Guernseybus, the independent Trafalgar Leisureowned local bus operator on Guernsey, has had its plan to slash its winter...

• London Buses new subsidiary company. Stanwell Buses, will operate three routes in the Hounslow area of West London. The...

• Motorways in 25 European countries will be renumbered with a universal numbering system by March 1987. Eastern Europe and the...

• The drastic increase in road accidents in West Germany since the beginning of 1986 (fatalities were up almost 18%), has led...

• Another part of the Austrian southern A2 motorway from Vienna to the province of Carinthia is now open, earlier than...

• Routiers member Bill Blaikie, recently held up at Matosinhos, near Oporto, gives this warning to drivers going to Portugal...

Freight distribution by water within the European land mass is proving a success for Rhine Ro-Ro, which provides three United...

• The Turkish Government plans to build 3,0001un (1,900 miles) of motorway by the year 2000. There is certainly a need for this...

• MAN has won a contract with the Soviet trade organisation WO Licenstorg to develop the Russian Altai A-11 TA sixcylinder...

High premiums hit US truckers • Last year's insurance crunch has taken a heavier toll on American truckers than originally...

M A survey of inter-city hauls Over 100km to and from manufacturers in South Africa shows that 43% goes by rail, 39% by public...

Yozald links up with Caetano • Yasaki of Japan, one of the world's largest manufacturers of electric cables, has linked with...

conveyor systems to the Tianjin light truck factory have been won by two companies in the Haden Group, bringing the total value...

• West Midlands Travel which has been formed to take over the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive's bus fleet from...

• Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive director general Leslie Latter is retiring on November 3 after 10 years in that...

• TNT Roadfreight (UK) has created a new post for Alan Jones's latest promotion. Jones, who until three weeks ago was TNT...

• The National Freight k:onsortium is increasing its marketing manpower with the appointment of the new BRS group sales and...

• In preparation for bus deregulation, Gordon Mills has been made engineering manager of Grampian Regional Transport. Mills...

AUSTIN ROVER VANS IN A 3% overall price rise on Austin Rover Metro and Maestro vans, will come into effect from August 18,...

CORTO BENEFITS • The Confederation of Road Transport Operators (CORTO), which was formed in April this year to represent...

COMPANY CAR TAX • Tolley's Company Car Tax Guide 1986/87 is a new booklet that explains the tax position of company cars from...

FRUEHAUF PARTS • Crane Fruehauf has introduced a new trailer parts delivery service. Fruehauf parts together with the...

CASH FLOW INFO • A well-known captain of industry in the road transport industry has a favourite saying: "You can operate at a...

ALL GEARED-UP • Foden dealer, the Sandbach Truck Centre is now also an Eaton Fuller Transmissions Approved Specialist. This...

OLD CUSTOMS • Limits have been imposed on the time allowed before the removal of certain goods by road under Customs control....

ALL STEAMED UP ▪ The County of Shropshire Steam Engine Society is holding its 25th Annual Traction Engine Rally on this coming...

MORE M42 • A new section of motorway was opened last week in the West Midlands. It is a 12km (7.5-mile) stretch of the M42...

E There appears to be an anomaly in EEC Regulation 3820/85, concerning Daily Driving Periods when the Daily Rest Period is...

• Having read your road test ori the new Renault Extra in the w/e July 5, issue, I feel compelled to make a couple of...

• Your Dealer Guide featuring E.R.F. Vehicles, contained in Commercial Motor Week ending July 26, 1986, quotes a wrong...

• The figures you mentioned (Comment, May 24) regarding high reported driving limit offences in West Germany against "none" in...

BY THE HAWK • How's this for an appropriate name — seen adorning the rear end of a smart coach and photographed by a CM...

arriving for work minus his shirt, was overheard remarking that transport and horses should definitely not be mixed. A certain...

Automatic transmission should maker drivers' lives easier and is now a common optional extra. Is it worth the cost? CM finds...

With more and more major manufacturers investing millions in direct injection research, are indirect injection engines on the...

China has developed a huge manufacturing base for commercial vehicles, yet remains a major importer. CM takes a peek behind the...

• The first Chinese-built motor vehicle — a Jay-Fong CA10 "Liberation" four tonne truck — rolled off the production line on...

CUSTOMER Foden's heavy duty eight wheel tipper weighs in at just 10.4 tonnes but thrives on hard work and heavy loads •...