• It is not news to most CM readers that the road transport industry has an image problem: we are never going to get the...

• As reported this week (pages 4-5) research is to go ahead on the wheel loss mystery — but research that is crippled by lack...

• The Department of Transport has rejected the Road Haulage Association's argument for second weighings to be allowed when an...

• Japan Air Lines, Japanese trading company Nissho lwai and Lufthansa are consolidating their links with US courier firm DHL by...

• Ford is investing £45m in a vehicle components plant in Hungary — its first production plant in eastern Europe.

• Besco's exhibits at this year's Motor Show will include an aerodynamic Mercedes 16.17 curtainsider built for Reckitt and Colman.

in 1989/90 to £64.2ni following aggressive expansion and poor air freight business.

• Cummins Engine is to sell 27% of its equity to Ford Motor and Tenneco of the US and Kubota of Japan in a £140m deal aimed at...

• Union success in winning cuts in the working week for engineering workers is prompting the Transport and General Workers'...

• Further research into wheel loss is to go ahead — but on a shoestring budget. Lack of cash means investigation into some...

• British hauliers will not, after all, have to pay the threatened tax for using German roads. The controversial tax was due to...

• United Transport Tankers' driver John Reason helped to prevent a disaster when he witnessed a recent M6 collision between a...

Shene, now living in Australia, has moved on to even bigger things, participating in a giant truck slalom using three-trailer...

and the IRTE, has given a sub stantial grant for research in the past will not give any more funds for tests, although it is...

• MAN has pulled out of a bid to take over Spanish truck maker Enasa. It had been col laborating with Daimler - Benz to snap up...

• The collapse of a Simon Snorkel hydraulic platform at a Birmingham fire station ' s open day, causing se rious injury to six...

• Despite Shell ' s recent retail price cuts on derv, oil industry experts are expect ing a general increase in diesel fuel...

• British driver Richard Walker had a comfortable victory in his Volvo White Aerodyne last weekend in the sixth round of the...

• Nine London boroughs are funding tests to find out if unleaded petrol produces carcinogenic benzene gas.

• Road haulage is on the brink of its first overall down turn since the 1970s, warns a new report by CM ' s parent company Reed...

• The London Borough of Enfield, backed by the Freight Transport Association, is set to ban CVs above 7.5 tonnes unless they...

▪ Rather than introduce US-style "freeways", where lorry drivers could be given legal permission to overtake on the inside,...

• "Logistics has to be taken away from its dry academic fundamentals and made sexy to catch the imagination of the general...

• The Government is considering an EC proposal for the mandatory fitting of speed limiters on HGVs. Transport Minister Robert...

• Suzuki was criticised by a coroner at an inquest in Dorchester last week for taking two years to warn owners of Santana...

• Police investigating the murder of 18-year-old Tina Bell are trying to trace the driver of a truck parked in Mill Lane,...

• Say the Leeds and you're smiling. It was a clean sweep for Leeds kids in the Commercial Motor children's livery competition...

• Renault has chosen the Birmingham Motor Show for the world premiere of its new supertruck range (CM 31 May6 June). The AE is...

• Britain's first 3.8mwheelbase Mercedes-Benz tractive unit has joined the fleet of Hull-based E Robson & Son. The 17335 is...

• The first two Montracon coil carrying, curtainsided semi-trailers have been bought by Newport haulier Sheddick Transport for...

• Renault's lightweight tractive unit, derived from the M160-13 rigid Midliner chassis to replace the G20, will be the...

• Rank Hovis McDougall is the first major distribution fleet to take delivery of Foden's new 2000 series 17-tonne truck. Trevor...

• Wavin Building Products, the Chippenhambased building plastics specialist, is replacing its partpanelled trailers with a...

• Peter Lane Transport is working with Ricardo to produce an aerodynamic environmentally friendly Volvo F10 drawbar unit. It...

• Fuel savings of almost 20% are being recorded by the aerodynamic, articulated truck and trailer combinations operating with...

• Windfoil has launched an extended range of cab-top sleepers including models for Iveco Ford Cargo day cabs, Leyland Daf...

• Deutz Motor is developing a range of liquid-cooled diesel engines for the 30-190kW (40255hp) power range which are set for...

• Tipmaster has developed a lightweight tipper body for the Peugeot Talbot Express 4 x4 chassis cab. The Tipmaster Municipal...

• Thermo King has introduced a new system for reefer vehicles called Thermax which decreases the time needed for defrosting and...

• Cummins is launching an Extra Life engine warranty for secondhand trucks over 3.5 tonnes GVW. The warranty, which is...

• Merseyside Ambulance Service is to replace its entire frontline emergency fleet with 43 new Ford ambulances worth more than...

• Lex Service is moving into contract-hire in Europe with the acquisition of French truck contract-hire company, Seltra. It...

five-year £1.5m contract to BRS Southern to run a range of vehicles, the council now has four private companies operating its...

• A document and small package delivery service aimed at the under-5kg market is being launched by Express Pak, part of the WPS...

• Convenience store chain Circle K has awarded a fiveyear/.24m contract to BRS Western to deliver to its 241 outlets in England...

• Despite a sharp increase in the value of British exports to Western Europe, UK hauliers are still taking empty trucks abroad...

Just 11 days after denying plans to merge Trailerent into Central Trailer Rentco, parent company Tiphook has announced just...

• National express parcels company Interlink Express is to make its second assault on the Continent through a reciprocal...

which went into receivership last month (CM 21-27 June), looks likely to change following the purchase of the Harvest business...

• A management buyout team is putting together a finance package to buy Banbury Horseboxes, which is for sale now that its...

• Stagecoach Holdings chairman Brian Souter has hit back at suggestions by the Department of Trade and Industry that his...

• Middlesbrough independent Escort Coaches has sold its bus routes to Caldaire North East in a move which allows CNE to...

M. Passengers in Barnsley are being treated to reduced fares and increased services as Yorkshire Traction retaliates against...

• A long-established Scottish bus company is to close at the end of September because it has lost the local authority contracts...

• The Government is pressing ahead with its request for early agreement in the European Community for the mandatory fitting of...

• Darlington 'fransport has made its first double-deck purchase for 20 years, with the acquisition of three Daimler Fleetlines...

• The Scottish Bus Group has expressed its "disappointment' with the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on its Highland...

• Two Alexander (Belfast)bodied Leyland Tigers will go on trials in Durham next month with Caldaire North East subsidiary...

three Carlyle-bodied Dennis Dart midibuses to replace full-size single-deckers. They are 39-seaters with room for 15 standing....

• Competition is building up on Blackpool seafront with the introduction of open-top "Coastliners" by Fylde Borough Transport....

• British Airways is revamping its airside fleet at Heathrow with nine Optare Deltas, which will replace smaller Leyland...

• Bus mileage lost through traffic congestion increased from 1.8% to 2.1% last year, according to London Transport's annual...

• A Bedfordshire haulage company director has been found guilty of helping to run a multi-million-pound drug smuggling ring....

• Starfleet Commercials of Manchester has been cleared of failing to issue a driver with tachograph charts. Leyland Magistrates...

• Prohibition notices and convictions for operating an unauthorised shuttle service, led to the appearance of a leading member...

• North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu has rescinded a decision to revoke the interim licence of Formby Transport...

• Merseyside haulage company Custom Speed escaped with a warning when it appeared at disciplinary - proceedings before North...

Dragon Cranes acted fairly when it lost a contract and made drivers redundant without considering the length of service of...

High Court dispute between TNT Materials Handling and Flomotion, of Billingshurst, Sussex, which was formed by two former TNT...

• Leyland magistrates cleared Hoddesden, Herts-based RLC Services of an overloading offence, but they found its driver guilty...

loc, 0 Transport has been given an • Jennings absolute dis charge after admitting failing to maintain the brakes of a vehicle...

Seddon Atkinson's Spanish parent Pegaso may be in the throws of a proposed takeover by a MAN/Daimler-Benz consortium. But sales...

demand a rate of a pound a mile and not work for less. He also insists on being paid weekly. • Owner-driver Chris Coman has...

intermodal rail and road transport because it is cheap and environmentally friendly, especially over long distances, says UT1...

Last week a proud message came flying in from Sandbachbased ERF announcing that the company had won BS5750. The Hawk completely...

GERMANY REVISITED • Freight forwarder DecotFilIIS has signed a series of new agency agreements with East German companies...

RAWSON PICKS LENHAM • Tunbridge Wells, Kentbased Renault distributor J Rawson (Trucks) has appointed Lenham Garages as service...

appointed sole importer of the PM range of cranes in the UK and Eire. PM offers 35 models of crane. Contact (0787) 880042.

FUEL SAFETY HOTS UP • A one-day conference entitled Safe Road Transport in the Petroleum Industry — The Way Ahead is due to be...

Lorry Loader Operator of the Year competition will take place on 19 August in Hall 2 at the NEC, Birmingham. Contact (0274)...

• ,.\ conference to promote the Bodybuilders Quality Code will be held on 21 September at the Chcsford Grange Hotel....

The course, at Pira in Leatherhead, Surrey on 17-20 September, is designed for those involved in the distribution of packaged...

in pallet sizes in Europe has been organised by the Institute of Materials Management. It will be held at the St John's...

NCVCI ORGANISER • The National Council for Vocational Qualifications has launched a personal training organiser which is...

A three-day course for operators with less than six months' experience costs 2250 (ex-VAT) and one-and-a-half day's tuition for...

PARTS PERFORMER • ERE has introduced a quick reference parts application guide called Parts Performer which replaces its Nett...

FREIGHT MADE EASY • Freight Transport Association members can take acivan tage of a special price for the 1990/91 edition of...

NEW RULES FOR DANGER • Changes to the regulations governing the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances...

RYMER CRANES ns NECK • Hiab and Atlas crane repairs, servicing and mandatory inspections are now available at Rymer...

manufacturer LAG has appointed Tanktainer Ser vices of Huddersfield as its UK repair agent. Contact Tanktainer Services on...

SECURITY UNION • Selmar Burglar Alarms and Norwich Union have joined forces to offer holders of goods-in-transit and...

TAKING OUT THE BENDS N Work has begun on a 15month/.U.4m scheme to improve the A59 east of Gisbum. A 2.5k.m stretch of new...

• A 2km stretch of the A36 between the A27 junction and Chadwell Farm, 10km southeast of Salisbury, is being resurfaced. The...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M23 Surrey: Lane closures between J910 (Gatwick/Crawley). Ml! Essex: Contraflow between J5/6...

Finding the ideal partner is not just a problem of lonely hearts: transport companies too can search in vain for the right...

THE PACK When you own exactly three vans, talking of taking on the major players in international haulage might seem confident...

• liRS Automotive has discovered a booming niche in the auctions market — despite the crushing effect high interest rates have...

• Used vehicle dealers are becoming increasingly selective over the vehicles they stock for the retail market says Tom Madden,...

won a 12-month contract to sell all British Rail vehicles in the South-East. The deal will involve the sale of 3,500 vehicles a...

• HGV sales are likely to get worse before they get better, while the cheaper end of the light commercial market continues to...

Hauliers who opt for new 16.5m combinations are vulnerable to overloading. Many find the solution is to convert to 6x2. • When...

• We have noticed that your report on the British Army Equipment Exhibition has wrongly attributed a suspension to our sister...

• You recently published a letter from me under the headline "Bowles blasted" (CM 7-13 June). This was my reply to Roy Bowles...

company, we have again "been taken for a ride" by another "cowboy" haulage company. Called out to their broken down vehicle,...

great interest, reflecting as it did the embryonic awareness within the industry of the need for programmes aimed at driving...

GLOVER Dawn Glover has joined PPG's European marketing group based in Warwick as part of a team responsible for European...

VVARLOCK/LAING/COULL Following internal reshuffles, SRS has made three branch manager appointments at Inverness, Edinburgh and...

RUANE The Road Haulage Association's Eastern District has hired Chris Ruane as district officer. He joins the RHA after a...

been strengthened with four new members. The job of general sales manager goes to Stan Richards, former fleet and distribution...

HASSETT Kevin Hassett has been appointed director of Harris Distribution's temperaturecontrolled division. He is returning to...

FOSTER/VVH TEl GILLESPIE/ELLIOTT/ BROOMHAM There are five new staff reporting to I:rifted Transport Logistics commercial...

the new position of operations manager with Central Tyres. Laidler has been with the company for 17 years.

ROSE George Rose moves from finance director of Leyland Oaf to director (group control) for Daf in the Netherlands. He has been...

Malcolm Rowlands has joined automotive products supplier Avery Aquilla as a sales executive.

Richard Thompson has joined Coopers Filters as aftermarket general manager from sister company Fram Filters.

Elaine Sandham has been promoted to product manager for plastic containers at GKN Chep. She has worked for the company for...

DR EY A series of promotions have been made on the Commercial Motor team. James Blazeby has been promoted as our new...

Sam Huxley moves up to sales manager with Volvo truck distributor, Hartshorne of Shrewsbury, after 15 years as a salesman.

0 Hope Technical Developments has designed underrun bumpers for standard and close-coupled drawbar trailers. Both kits have...

• A first-time presence at Frankfurt's Inter Airport show has paid dividends for Norwich Coachworks with orders from Portuguese...

• A batch of curtainsiders, built by Southfields for Bristol haulier Peter Maughan Transport include some with a neat way of...

Shell's French dressing • Colas Roads, a Shell subsidiary, is operating the first all-in-one road surface dresser of its type...

• Barnsley-based NMI Truck Bodies has countered the continuing downturn in tipper manufacturing by increasing its involvement...

IN Cadbury has taken delivery of two new stainless steel chocolate tankers from Dijon, France-based manufacturer G Magyar SA....

• Tico Cranes has added an automatic unloader for use on trailers, to its range for the UK, along with a new 771 seven...

• Barnsley-operator T Berryman has taken its second Foden eight-wheeler tipper equipped with skip handling crane for glass...

0 Specialist trailer manufacturer, Torton Bodies of Telford has added food store chain Safeways to its long list of satisfied...

• Bedwas has worked with Scotland Yard to produce the Protean modular public order vehicle, which can be based on any suitable...

The CAD/CAM computer system has revolutionised the world of truck body design and has ushered in a new era of accurate data...

• Very few operators are yet quite clear about how the new overall and trailer length laws will work in practice, especially as...

with ten of its latest tri-deck car transporter trailers and has orders for another 22 from BRS Automotive. The new design...

• After providing bodywork for other manufacturers' twin decked semi-trailers, Power Bodies of Rayleigh has produced its own...

• A new service from Al International will be of help to trailer users and makers who want to ring only one number to find a...

While British resistance to intermodal swap bodies remains high, some UK manufacturers are making inroads on this essentially...

• Streamlined bodies came under sober assessment by transport writer John DicksonSimpson at a conference held last month by the...

Peugeot-Talbot's triaxle Express conversion, originally designed to take advantage of bus deregulation, is now winning many...

• This year's event was dominated by imported chassis, particularly Mercedes, Scania and Volvo but fitted with mainly...

TALK This month Bodybuilder takes a critical look at the tanker market, having asked 200 operators what they buy, and why. You...

The arrival at Earls Court in 1970 of Boalloy's Tautliner was the catalyst for popularising sliding curtainsider bodywork....