• Anyone who thinks that cabotage will he removed from the 1992 agenda if they can only protest loudly enough is kidding...

its 6x4 3000 Series rigid range which conforms to UK Petroleum Regulations. The screen is fitted on line at the company's...

• Hauliers struggling to compete for business in Europe claim they are being squeezed out by unscrupulous freight forwarders...

• Following EC pressure roadbuilding will become subject to 15% VAT from 1 April — a move that could seriously affect road...

• A campaign to combat the controversial relaxation of haulage cabotage rules in Britain and the rest of the EC has been...

at critics of the unions' call for a national transport advisory body. "Anyone who says the present system works is supporting...

• British Rail is attempting to woo opponents of the controversial Channel Tunnel highspeed rail link by promising that it will...

HQ at Weybridge, Surrey on Tuesday of this week. Princess Anne is no stranger to the road haulage industry: she is an honorary...

• British hauliers are grabbing an increasing share of European road transport, according to the latest Europa report from the...

• The London lorry ban faces a massive shake-up this week following a High Court decision to uphold a haulier's appeal against...

• The new law requiring all CVs leaving the country by RO-RO passenger ship to be weighed only applies to ferries registered in...

• Almost 100 MPs of all parties are supporting an anti-flytipping motion tabled by Labour's new junior transport spokesperson...

The Petroleum Industry Association estimates that if the Chancellor Nigel Lawson increases the tax differential in favour of...

• The Government has rejected an appeal to replace vehicle excise duty discs with a crime-busting alternative. In reply to Bob...

Dr Jim Cooper is one of Britain's leading transport academics. How does he view 1992? • Dr Jim Cooper's face fills with horror...

• Foden has enhanced the appeal of its 3000 Series sixwheeler chassis with the adoption of the more-powerful charge-cooled...

80% of body panels, a 15an extension in the body, larger wheels, changes to the. suspensiom, wider tyres and bigger front...

• Renault will launch a new generation of Midliner rigid trucks at the Turin motor show in late April. The French-built...

• Detroit Diesels has revamped its electronic engine management system, called Detroit Diesel Electronic Control (DDEC). The...

year, with a total of 39,088 units produced by the company's Darlington, Daventry and Shotts plants. The company plans to...

Detroit Diesel for two new vehicles it expects to put into production next year. A 6x4 24.39-tonnes chassis and a heavy duty...

• Iveco Ford and Land Rover are competing for a new Ministry of Defence contract to supply 214, 1.5-tonne-payload vehicles to...

• Iveco's Ulm engineering centre is developing an "active" cab suspension system for use on heavy trucks, following a contract...

Freight Rover Van when it drops the "Rover" part of its name later this year. The company is no longer part of the Rover Group,...

• Avonmouth-based PTP Aerial Platforms has bought a stretched Seddon Atkinson 311 six-wheeler converted by SA Trucks (Bristol)...

• The Office of Fair Trading and the Association of Metropolitan Authorities (AMA) are discussing possible amendments to the...

• MAN is launching a testing programme of its emmission filter system which is designed to burn off deposits and reduces air...

• North-east independent bus operator Trimdon Motor Services is to expand its services in Tyneside, County Durham and Cleveland...

• Minibus company Inverness Traction hopes to secure its future by.mergjng with a private English firm, and Traction managing...

Hainje, one of the Netherland's largest bus bodybuilders, enabling it to export a range of buses as well as coaches. Hainje has...

• Central Scottish managing director David McCracken believes strike agitators are blocking moves to settle a sixweek-old...

the end of this week following several firm new bids for the entire company. Ribble Motor Services, which has competed with BBT...

• Renault Trucks "performed quite well" last year says sales and international affairs director Shemaya Levy, and despite a...

• TIP is to expand its tanker rental division onto the Continent and Rotterdam and Hamburg look set to be the company's first...

• Nationwide distribution business is the goal of Suffolkbased Bartrum Group, which is spending more than E250,000 to establish...

• TNT Express UK is making a fresh plea to the Government to end the Post Office's monopoly following the latest report from...

of the Environment planning enquiry to give the go-ahead for a major development in Shrewsbury. The engine manufacturer wants...

• Besco Bodies has acquired the aerodynamic bodybuilding specialist Econolite for a "nominal consideration". Under the deal,...

• Davies Magnet has gone into receivership. The Corby-based firm, which is best known for its fifthwheel couplings and...

• Prison sentences were imposed on two men who ran a group of South Humberside haulage companies, after they were convicted of...

• An injunction restraining three members of the Transport and General Workers Union from blacking or interfering with the...

The defence casts of P&O Roadways are to be paid out of public funds, after a decision by Leeds Magistrates that the company...

costs of 21,224, after admitting two offences under the new Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages)...

• Ramsgate haulier Henry Brylka, who burnt tachograph charts to cover up offences of falsification, has had his twovehicle...

of Bradford, North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner said that a recent contract for the maintenance of the...

• North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley has revoked the five-vehicle international licence held by Trevor Senior...

• The PSV 0-licence held by Jack Mather, trading as Easyway Bus, of Blackpool, has been renewed for 12 months only, and for six...

TRACT° OPENS WAREHOUSE • UK and TIR haulier Tracto has opened a 5,600m 2 warehouse at Ferry Hill, Felixstowe, following the...

COMPRESSED GASES • A new Approved Code of Practice covering the transport of compressed gases in tube trailers and containers...

OFF-ROAD FUEL • The Treasury has presented proposals which, if accepted, will lead to the charging of VAT on fuel used for...

TENDERING OUT • The Association of London Transport Officers has produced a model specification for local authorities placing...

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES • The Government is amending its Road traffic {Carriage of dangerous substances in Packages etc)...

AVOIDING AIDS • In response to its members' concern about the risk of AIDS when dealing with blood stains on damaged vehicles,...

P&O IMPROVES DRIVERS' LOT • An 18-month improvements programme to freight driver facilities on most of P&O's multi-purpose and...

CONTRACT PURCHASE El A scheme offering light commercial vehicle owners a method of contract purchasing their vehicles, instead...

ETMC EXPLAINED • The European Transport Maintenance Council (ETMC) has published a guide to its activities entitled What is the...

DISTRIBUTION — THE • EXT PHASE • A distribution conference is to be held at the Skyway Hotel, Heathrow, London on 1_6 March....

ANY HGV OFFERS? • Central Motor Auctions is holding a commercial vehicle sale at London's Docklands on 25 February. The...

TAKING STOCK • The Road Transport Industry Training Board is running a three-day Computer Stock Analysis course at its...

WHITWAY BYPASS N The A34 Whitway dual carriageway is now open. It runs from the existing A34, near Burglnclere village, to the...

• London and the South East M25 Surrey:Contraflow at J13 (Staines). M3 Hampshire: Lane restrictions southbound between J5/6...

IN We are concerned to note your "Legal News" (CM 2-8 February), referring to the case of Alan and Simon Blakey at Grimsby...

• I have been trading for seven years, I work from home and for six years have had my operating centre in a council lorry park....

• 1 note that in your issue of 9-15 February announcing the BTAC Coventry Consult on 11 April 1989 you refer to our...

At the Brussels show there were rumours that an infiltrator in the form of a Soviet version of the Leyland Daf 95 Series was...

Q8 diesel in its fuel bunkering service. However. this temporary aberration the only peculiar feature of the 24hour stop, which...

For the development engineers at Land Rover the answer was simple: come up with an affordable clip-on accessory to dampen the...

believe the general standard of driving on British roads is bad — but everyone thinks that everyone else is to blame. No...

Average employee: not too bright_ Exceptionally well qualified: made no major blunders yet. Socially active: likes a pint...

The truck bodybuilding sector has seen a number of changes in recent years. Some players have disappeared, while those...

Silver Arrow was founded 20 years ago as a distribution business. Its management hasn't changed, but its structure and aims...

Hutton of Glasgow is a truck surgery offering everything from body repairs to rebuilds, servicing to signwriting. It is also an...

Merrick Taylor, managing director of Motor Panels, talks of his company's innovations in computer-aided design. • Motor Panels...

Bodybuilder Bedwas has put its MaxOp three-way access body on an lyeco Ford 0811 Cargo and come up with an interesting...

Michael Kidman is running a brand new Trailmaster curtainsided semi-trailer, courtesy of the trailer manufacturer and...

following changes:— Tony Mack, who joined the company in 1988 from National Carriers Contract Services, has been named business...

managing director of the Tiphook Siteguard division, based in Manchester. He was previously sales manager at Tiphook's trailer...

as sales director. Prior to this he was bus and diesel sales manager at DAF Bus in Thame, Oxfordshire.

has previously worked at Swifts and Federal Express as business development manager and at BT Rolatruck as regional sales...

the board taking legal responsibility for the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) are as follows:— The non-executive...

manager of the Elhydraulic division of Garphyttan. He will be responsible for UK sales of the Hesselman power packs and...

development director at DAF International. Before this he was managing director of Austin Rover Ireland.

He began his career in freight as an Air France clerk at Heathrow more than 20 years ago, worked at Adfreight from 1979 to 1983...

a new area manager, Graham Cammack, for its Yanmar Diesels sales team. Cammack's brief is to target dealers and diesel engine...

Tachograph Analysis Consultants, has been elected chairman of the Tachograph Analysis Association.

of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. He has relinquished his position as deputy director of the Motor Agents...

promoted to assistant district manager in the Road Haulage Association's Eastern District. Scotney has been with the RHA,...

of engine management systems at Lucas Automotive, succeeding Mike Stacy, who has been appointed managing director of Lucas...

communications manager of Direct Link, responsible for buying vehicles, spares and radio equipment. He joined in 1986 as...