• As reported on page 4, the Dip plans to adopt the imminent EC international drawbar length increase for UK operation. That...

• An 18.35m limit for drawbars on EC international journeys from October will also apply to UK domestic trips, says the...

in the face of rail freight are premature, says the Henley Centre for Forecasting, because growth in rail freight will be...

• Port Talbot District Council has set up a hotline to log reports of smoking trucks — but only two complaints have been...

• Drivers hours and restperiod rules could become a thing of the past if Britain's transport unions win EC backing for the...

• Cost saving moves announced by the Driving Standards Agency in a major restructuring plan include the closure of its London...

• Leyland Daf is stepping up its attack on the used truck market with an extra investment in its network of approved used...

• The RAC has teamed up with the British Standards Institution in what it calls "a bid to raise the standards of recovery...

• The Road Haulage Association will not be able to publish benchmark rates for its members. Director-general Bryan Colley...

• Hauliers will not after all be charged for lorry ban maps issued by the London Boroughs Transport Committee (CM 11-17...

issue of Workshop (No 58) is missing its cover lines. Rest assured; all the latest news for service managers and fitters is...

with several councils over the problem of overgrown trees which can be hazardous to bus and truck operators.

backlog of rubbish more than two weeks before it officially takes over the city's refuse collection contract.

Central Motor Auctions has turned in a pre-tax profit of £861,000 for the six months to 30 April.

dispute between one of its member drivers and concrete supplier Tilcon has been resolved. According to NODA, Tilcon had tried...

This is the fifth closure among the nine depots it took over when clearing house Transworld collapsed.

across the Community has been attacked by FTA director-general Garry Turvey as "unacceptable".

• Another drink-driving charge against a sleeper cab truck driver has been thrown out of court, just six weeks after a...

paper was stolen from Headon Transport in Sittingbourne, Kent on 11 or 12 July. The blue and xvhite semi (serial number...

• The Transport Users Group, which caters for small hauliers, has urged the receiver of collapsed clearing house Transworld...

• Transport ministers have given "too low a priority" to developing a coherent transport strategy and have failed to make...

• The Road Haulage Association is to offer general hauliers their own exhibition and conference next year. Transcon will be...

• Heron Distribution has scooped retailer John Menzies' first centralised distribution contract. The Scottish stores group...

• Renault is launching factorybuilt three-axle versions of its G range and Major (formerly R range) 4x2 tractors. Until now...

About 7% of Cargos have Cummins engines. Iveco Ford has been offering remanufacturing with a year's guarantee on its own...

adverts that they are building to BS5750 quality standards, says an industry chief. At least "two or three" manufacturers...

venture distribution arm in Mexico known as Detroit Diesel-Allison de Mexico.

braking systems to all its trailers sold in Europe. In the UK Crane Fruehauf already uses Grau as original equipment unless a...

• Barring any hiccups with Type Approval, UK truck operators are soon to be given a choice of six different righthand-drive...

• Cummins has postponed the launch of a turbo-compound version of its 10-litre L10 engine "indefinitely" due to the...

• York Bodybuilders has completed 20 crew-cab conversions on 4,250mmwheelbase Ford Cargo 1218s destined for New Zealand.

• Abel Demountable Systems has developed a range of swap bodies for European Class C intermodal applications.

• The price of Polo and Golf vans is being cut by £800 and £250 respectively until the end of August.

• United Transport Logistics has boosted its warehousing capacity by 60% in anticipation of a surge in business for its...

• Railfreight Distribution has chosen its Pengam, Cardiff Freightliner Terminal as its South-West hub for intermodal Channel...

• Car transporter Walon, formerly Abbey Hill, has picked up a gam-a-year contract with vehicle auctioneer ADT which it...

pump prices. Shell started the ball rolling last Thursday with a 1p/lit hike to 44.7p/litre. BP and Mobil joined in over the...

in the cartel uncovered in the North-East last year could be brought by the RHA next month.

• Abels, the Norfolk removals and distribution firm acquired by Hays Specialist Distribution, has moved into shop fitting...

will rise as the deepening recession on the Continent erodes manufacturers' profits previously used to subsidise UK...

The fall was sparked last week when ADT's major shareholder, the Canadian waste management company Laidlaw, stated that ADT was...

shareholding in French parcels operator Prost Transports, which it says moves it closer to setting up the "first Pan-European...

• A total of 40 drivers jobs are among 450 being cut at drinks manufacturer International Distillers & Vintners, which is...

• Unions at Parcelforce have rejected management attempts to impose a wage freeze after the company lost £75m in its first...

• United Carriers has placed a i.2m order with Mercedes-Benz for 50 17.26, 32-tonne drawbar rigids to be delivered by the end...

• The eightvehicle international licence held by Thomas Gordon, trading as Gordons of Kirkbride, has been revoked by North...

• Castlefordbased Wensley Transport has been given 28 days to make a fresh applicat - on for the renewal of its licence after...

• A bid for a a. new licence by Matthew, Nor man and Simon James was adjourned by South Wales Licensing Authority John...

• West York 3. shire haulier [Tarry Rogers es caped with a warning after withdrawing his bid to triple his vehicle...

1 • Disciplinary proceedings involving Inverclyde Transport of Greenock have been adjourned pending the viewing of a video...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses,...

• Haulier Kenneth Standage has been committed for trial at Bolton Crown Court on a series of charges involving the use of...

• Optare has unveiled details of its first double-decker, developed in partnership with Daf Bus and Alusuisse. The bus,...

• The receiver of Wigan-based bus builder Northern Counties has had two offers for the firm, but must wait for a creditors'...

• Stagecoach has beaten an in-house management team to win the battle for SBG subsidiary Fife Scottish (CM 11-17 July). A...

selling two capacity PV600 parcels van bodies for conversion to welfare PCt's (CM 30 May-6 June).

working by Christmas. They will tell passengers when the next bus is due.

to get public transport right", says the Bus & Coach Council, following its first meeting with the Transport Secretary last week.

constant in 1991/92 at 301 million km (299 million in 1990/91), according to London Transport's latest annual plan.

• Horbick Diesels, the Manchester-based diesel engine reconditioner, will be taken over by Curtliffe Whittam Holdings, also...

• PSV Wypers of Worcester has taken over the manufacture and distribution of Britax Weathershields' range of ventilators and...

• York Trailer Company has appointed PCS Commercial Vehicle Services as its service, repair and warranty agent for the...

• ERF distributor Toptrux (Nottingham), which handles sales in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, is hosting two open days...

• Gulf Oil is adding two sites to its nationwide G-Stop diesel bunkering service in the autumn. They will be at Hartlebury,...

• Two new recorded messages covering HGV and MoT tests have been prepared by the Vehicle Inspectorate. For information about...

• Bodybuilder Bostock & Barsby is now offering a range of engineering and servicing options to owner-drivers and fleet...

• The British Safety Council is offering a free poster and wallchart highlighting its range of safety signs and slogans....

• The Handican soft drinks holder from Summit Accessories slides into the window recess of most vans and can hold cans or...

• Portland Marketing has launched the Truck Club, a steering wheel lock for HGVs, made of high-tensile steel and supplied...

• Britax has developed a range of products to meet the requirements for new trailers to be fitted with marker lamps after 1...

• Hyva (UK) has introduced Kennis roll-loaders into the UK. The Kennis range is aimed at the brick and block market. Hyva...

• The Department of Transport is closing both carriageways of the A41 Edgware Way between its junctions with Spur Road and...

• Rank Motorway Services is opening a new service area at Junction 47 of the M4 at Penllergaer, Swansea, on 5 August. The...

• A 16-week resurfacing programme has begun along the M61 southbound near Chorley, Lancs. Work will cover about 8km of the...

eaders interested in completing their libraries of road haulage histories will no doubt be keen to get their hands on a copy of...

U orget Wimbledon and next year's Olympics, the Hawk knows that commercial vehicle enthusiasts only have eyes for the outcome...

H he Vehicle Inspectorate writes to say that a new tool has been developed to Improve corrosion assessment in the MoT test"....

lj ormer policeman Peter Wilkins has been fined £200 and banned for two months for speeding by a Salisbury court. Wilkins was...

H raining specialist ADS of Wem, Shropshire would like to hear from readers who can offer a job to young Peter Coleclough of...

U t , s for you! Huyton-based Thresher delivery driver John Williams can now phone home from his FL7 rigid. The winner of the...

there's one thing you can depend on: fuel costs are going to rise — and not only because of inflation, taxes or the Gulf...

matter: join up a few air hoses, plug in some electrical connectors, check everything is working and off you go. Both tractor...

units and 400 trailers. Most of its artics are 3+2 Combinations, with Leyland Daf 6x2 tractors hauling Metalair tandemaxle...

• To ensure that tractive units and semi-trailers from all manufacturers can operate safely in combination with one-another,...

• The road haulage industry is still reeling from Rifkind's foot in the mouth pronouncements on speed limiters. According to...

• So J Garlick wants the police to wear light blue jackets (CM 16-22 May) because he assumes that a truck driver who slows...

• The recent controversy over speed limiters has left myself and my other EC travelling colleagues chuckling. We've had speed...

• Regarding the article in Commercial Motor on the recent jail sentences given for truck theft, I very much support the views...

• Brian Weatherley poses the question "why do so few operators join trade associations?" The plain fact is that many are...

• You might think that asking a truck operator about his dealer would be a bit like asking Norman Schwarzkopf for his views...

is taking a serious interest in the used truck market. After more than 10 years of telling hauliers to think about whole-life...

• The American-based Eaton Corporation has appointed Alan Best vice-president, Truck Components Operations, Europe. He...

• P&O Trans European has made Harry Duinser director of network operations and Guy Verbeelan general manager of logistics....

• British Rail Parcels Group has named Andy Maloney as Training and Development Manager, responsible for training up to 2,000...

D avid Moores is the first general manager of Parceline's Trafford Park depot, the latest addition to Parceline' s 3 0-strong...