• It's not often that the European Community and the Freight Transport Association are seen marching to the same tune, but when...

• With close to 40 different manufacturers currently selling commercial vehicles in Britain how can anyone be expected to be...

UK over the next five years, partly on a new van range for the 1990s — with or without a partner. • 1RTU secretary-general...

MEPs • The European Commission could ban performance-related pay bonuses for lorry drivers because they encourage dangerous...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate upped the number of tests and retests carried out last year by 3.3% to 954,000, with brake problems...

• Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley has come under attack in the Commons for not doing enough to reliev road...

• Minibus baron Harry Blundred is moving into London's docklands with a 100-strong vehicle fleet, 200 new jobs and a...

Channon to review the operator licensing regulations in a bid to keep out "cowboy" operators. It wants him to "be bold and to...

• Leyland Daf is pushing hard to beat off competition from AWD and Volvo for a contract to supply the British Army with 5,400...

I The Federal Express sun is sing in Japan with the acquisim this week of three disibution companies comprising me 70 vehicles...

• Trucks on rural dual carriageways block roadside signs and force other road users to make dangerous manoeuvres to read them,...

• Truck drivers are to get licences for life under a legal shake-up announced by the Government last week. Legislation will be...

• European road freight capacity controls should be scrapped, Freight Transport Association director-general Garry Turvey has...

• The pigeon post has returned — but instead of using pigeons to carry the post, users now post the pigeons. Commuter birds...

National Management Game and taking a stake in our 225,000 prize payout should contact Commercial Motor direct. We will help...

• MAN is recalling approximately 800 of its G90 8.150, 8.100 and 10.150 middleweight trucks for a safety check on their brakes,...

• Bodybuilder Craven Tasker, is to move into Europe and plans to buy a Continental factory as soon as possible. The company,...

• Balvin Electronics has joined forces with fuel equipment installation and maintenance specialist PM Services to produce a new...

up or ship out", says chief shareholder Renault Vehicules Industriels — and shaping up means a fivefold boost in profits around...

NI A new truck-mounted roadsweeper was launched by Scarab Sales and Leyland Daf last week. The Scarab Major is aimed at local...

• Mercedes-Benz has quietly aowed to market pressure and s now offering a manual earbox option on its latest 1729 tractive...

plant vehicle seats, is seeking a valuation of 216 million for its flotation on the Stock Market. Managing director Cohn...

TD120G-engined Rolba R1000 snow blowers to its national fleet of snow clearing vehicles. The blowers, which can shift up to...

Specially adapted with hydrant dispensing equipment, the vehicles draw fuel from underground tanks and feed it to the aircraft...

Storage exhibition • So much warehouse equipment is now available on the UK market that the recent '88 exhibition by Storage...

• A company accused of trying to "hoodwink" West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh is to be investigated by a...

• The duration of the eightvehicle licence held by Kealshore, which took over part of the operation of liquidated J Pickavance,...

• Drivers' hours and tachograph offences cost 17 drivers employed by James Nuttall (Transport) of Rochdale, a total of £6,170...

• A new management-owned company will take over most of chemicals giant ICI's distribution operation at Haverton Hill by March...

• Road transport firms could lose business to rail once the Channel Tunnel is built becaus( the railways will be able to offer...

• Daf and Renault have been the best performers in the current European truck industry boom, says a new survey. Daf has...

• Tuffnells Parcels Express has taken over fellow Transport Development Group carrier Independent Express with the loss of 110...

I Specialist distribution cornany Bucks has been bought y transport and business serices group Hays. The move nds several...

• Truck rental, contract hire and dealership company Dawsongroup has been floated on the Stock Exchange with a value of £55...

• Securicor Express, which claims to be Britain's second biggest parcels carrier next to the Post Office, is spending 28...

I British distribution corn, arms are set to grab a major hare of the European distribuion market which will be eorth £81...

its liquid petroleum gas products, and also owns third-party tanker operators Calor Transport and LPG, made £11.6 million...

• Rochdale bus and coach operator Yelloway has been taken over by Chester-based Crosville Motor Services. Both companies are...

the creation of Compass Bus by Paul Bell, proprietor of Compass of Wakefield, and South Yorkshire Transport, the local...

• Fast-growing independent operator Jubilee Coaches of Stevenage has put six new buses into service — three Leyland Lynxes and...

• The Government's plan to means test concessionary travel fares has been branded as "horrifying" by the Associalion of...

E Despite wage cuts to keep services going, it looks increasingly likely that PSV operators Inter Valley Link and Cynon Valley...

• Q Drive bought Alder Valley this week from The Frontsource Group in a deal involving 200 PSVs, Alder Valley's Aldershot...

bus fare agreements actually benefit passengers. The federation is angry that the director general of the Office of Fair...

• LAG's most comprehensively-equipped panoramic coaches went into service this month with luxury travel firm Coach Stop of...

• Suttonbus, the latest arm'slength London Regional Transport subsidiary, began operations last Saturday (26 November) — a...

• Greater Manchester Buses has bought two ballasted recovery vehicles. They are based on the Volvo FL617 chassis and were...

• The facelifted MercedesBenz G-Wagen will first appear at the Frankfurt Show next year, and will feature permanent...

New Year with the launch of an array of new Japanese models. Leisure is a fast-growing market, with the Japanese way ahead of...

• Ford's proposed turbo option on the Transit 2.5-litre diesel engine will only be available as an after-market fitment on...

cleaning agent to give extra engine protection and efficiency. The company says the move will have "absolutely no effect" on...

• Fleur De Lys Automobile is going for safety first in its 1989 "Newark" vintage reproduction van. The new model will get disc...

• Customers are being forced to wait for up to four months for an apparently standard powered steering option on the Bedford...

• Renault Extra and R5 vans could be in short supply if company boss Raymond Levy carries out his threat to close down...

• Motokov of Czechoslovakia has produced the Praga UV 80 light truck, based on a modified Avia 31 frame. The vehicle, designed...

• A pair of semi-trailer wheels that became detached from an attic operated by Joseph Hoyle Transport have never been found,...

Liverpool-based Oaklea (Storage & Distribution) has been renewed for only eight vehicles and six trailers, instead of 14...

• Chester Magistrates last week cleared Glasgow operator Yuill and Dodds and one of its drivers of overloading the steering...

LONDON STORE FOR DOREES • Commercial removals and distribution company Dorees International has just opened a 930m 2 London...

NOTICE OF ABNORMAL LOADS IN LONDON • From 1 January 1989 the Police will require separate notification of all proposed abnormal...

NCCS MANAGEMENT GUIDE TO LOGISTICS • National Carriers Contract Services has published a management guide to distribution...

FIRM PLANS TO CUT PREMIUMS • A new road safety insurance package, FIRMS (Fleet Insurance Risk Management Services), has been...

CMA PLANS ON-SITE CUSTOMER AUCTIONS • Central Motor Auctions is to hold two auctions at the end of this month, kicking off on...

HSC FORK-LIFT CODE • The Health and Safety Commission has published a Code of Practice for training fork-lift truck operators...

ANTI-WAXING LYRICAL • Despite the improved lowtemperature rating of current diesel fuel it may still be a wise precaution to...

rail and road routes from the Channel Tunnel to London and the North there is a danger that other essential transport links...

11 Might I take the opportunity to clarify the apparent confusion arising from your coverage last week of Volvo's £16.5 million...

• I believe that 99.9% of all HGV drivers who use a split 45-minute test are breaking drivers hours' regulations every day....

The phenomenal growth of franchising, where a small firm benefits from national marketing support to sell a product or service,...

Hauliers are cast in the role of Scrooge as money-hungry union negotiators launch in earnest into their pre-Christmas round of...

How much do HGV drivers earn? How are they paid? We asked a random sample of operators the answers to these and other pertinent...

Iveco Ford sees a market niche for an overdrive version of its 0813 Cargo 7.5-former among operators who regularly run...

lveco Ford's 175.17 is the first full 1 7-tonner we have tested. It performs well, but its bigger tyres make it overgeared. /...

were changed back in March 1984, Commercial Motor has watched the increasing demand for more powerful 7.5tonners with a fair...

the front in the design of truck bodies — particularly where high street delivery Vehicles are concerned. Some pursue...

The Mercedes-Benz 1617 is the second vehicle we have tested at the new 17-tonne limit. It is both ismomow frugal and flexible...

BY THE HAWK • During the summer we asked readers to hawk around for a name to grace the last Scarnmell to roll off the...

failed to pay 368 parking fines in the first six months of this year — that is more than one unpaid fine every 48 hours or the...

For a transport company so heavily dependent on activity in the volatile building industry, and whose 11 years in business have...

Now the dust has settled on the Luton-built Bedford Midi Turbo van's Herculean the UK to Olympia in Greece, we assess how the...

Renault introduced its G260 tip•er just over a year a•o in the hope of improving its UK 6x 4 market share. Has it sot the...