• If road haulage is the life blood of this country's transport system and motorways the arteries which carry it, then...

• When the London Bakers Buying Association decided it would no longer make do with trucks and bodies not designed...

• A new name and new management team are in prospect for BL, as new chairman Graham Day settles into his post. The name...

• Bedford Trucks is believed to be on the point of announcing heavy redundancies at its two plants in Bedfordshire....

• Operators face hundreds of prosecutions, and the industry a worsening of its public image, following a four-hour vehicle...

Motor industry organisas should fight on a more ed front, new Society of or Manufacturers and clers president Sam Toy last...

• Foden Trucks' new managing director is 32-year-old Mark Pigott. He takes over from Hank Keifer who is returning to America...

• Investigations by Department of Transport vehicle examiners into fatal accidents involving lorries should be published,...

• Enasa's new cab plant at the Pegaso factory in Barajas, Spain, built ultimately to manufacture and assemble cabs developed...

• Mercedes-Benz (UK) and its dealers are spending over £14 million on new premises and strengthening the dealer network....

• Leading MEPs have cal for "positive action" to stop pan taking over the EEC's commercial vehicle market after a powerful...

• Iwo motorway service areas have been chosen for the M20, Junior Transport Minister Peter Bottomley announced this week....

• Hoverspeed's bid to launch a cross-Channel accompanied freight service looked likely to die an early death this week,...

• Renault UK will be bringing a Trafic 4x4 van into the UK as part of its new light commercial programme for 1987. Both...

• An extra-tall 34-pallet double-decker insulated curtain-sider has been developed by Lawrence David of Peterborough for...

• From September Volkswagen will offer its 75kW (102hp) 2.4-litre turbocharged diesel engine as an option on all 3.5 tonne...

s Davison and Company of Great Barbed, Bedfordshire has produced a tipper sheeti conversion called the Daviso Roll-Tarp. It can...

tisitors to the Institute of Le Management's exhibinear Bournemouth last it had a preview of the ais Eagle Phoenix 8-11, an...

ksbestos-free brake linare now being fitted on all V eight-wheelers, and will be standard on the new V F90 tractive unit range...

I • Lancashire haulage contractor Thomas Harwood and Sons must wait to learn if it has overcome environmental objections to...

• A North-Eastern operator has been told to produce more detailed financial and maintenance information before it can be...

'ickfords' Homespeed diary is considering makepresentations against itions Eastern Deputy Ising Authority Charles d-Baker wants...

• Decision has been deferred on a licence bid by Easthelm Ltd, a company formed by the 26-year-old former managing director...

• Current Department of Transport policy towards motorway service areas in South-East England is bad for the economy, the...

• A Devon owner operator offering a £1,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a semi-trailer stolen from...

• In a move designed to please chemical manufacturers, British Rail container subsidiary Freightliner has invested in 100...

• The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has switched its Scottish terminus from Ardrossan to Stranraer, as from May 25 weekly...

we found essential" Cleveland Tankers' Managing Director, Richard Kirby, is a chartered accountant with 26 years' transport...

• Leyland Bus is set to be sold by BL which has invited tenders from three rival bidders by June 26. The bidders include the...

• Sandbach magistrates have ordered Cheshire police to pay £400 towards defence costs when Perth-based Stagecoach driver...

• Wadham Stringer has Launched its new 15 to 20-scat minibus model, the Wessex, which is a fully coachbuilt model with the...

• The 12-vehicle PSV operator's licence held by B S Williams Ltd. trading a Southern Motorways, has been renewed for two...

over the business of Invincible Travel (Tamworth) Ltd (a corn pany now in liquidation) has been granted a PSV operator's...

Coaches, has quit public service vehicle operation because he says that bureaucracy prevents him from making a decent living....

• Iveco, MAN and Mercedes-Benz dominated the vehicle builders' exhibits at Transport '86 in Munich last week, with trailer...

• Portugese coach importer Salvador Caetano (UK) of Northampton, has announced two new appointments to its management team....

• Expansion at fast-access bodywork manufacturer Southfields Coachworks of Loughborough, has led to the appointment of Leslie...

• Six Knights with transport industry connections head the Queen's Birthday honours list published last weekend. They are...

• Davies Turner, the intei national freight forwarder at haulier, has appointed John Duke as a vice president, v overall...

• Keith Ludeman has been named managing director of the Burnley and Pendle Transport Company replacing Roy Marshall who is...

HAZCHFJA DATA SYSTEM • Hazchem Signs of Edgware, Middlesex (01-9528248) has launched a fully-integrated computer hardware/...

CHANNEL TUNNEL CONFERENCE • The commercial possibilities for the private sector arising from the projected channel tunnel...

• Although it has been operating under its new title for three months, the SOS Group Training (Edinburgh) training centre at...

FREIGHT FACT FINDERS III Fully updated versions of the three well-established reference booklets — European Fact Finder...

EURO-TRAC TRAILERS • Euro-trac, of Audby Lan Vv'etherby, is marketing the West German built range of Muller, Mitteltal...

• Ryder Truck Rental has opened a new branch in Greenwich, South East London. At 43-47 Greenwich High Road, SE10 (phone...

TOLL TICKET REDUCTIONS • Transport operators using the Grand St Bernard tunnel between Switzerland and Italy, in addition to...

article published in the May 24 edition of CM with regard to transit times, I would emphasise that, although according to the...

• I thought you may be interested to hear about our Foden eight-wheeler, manufactured in 1965 and now into its 21st year of...

Monday, June 23, is the starting date for the Econocruise Economy Drive '86. A five-day non-stop journey -around Britain to...

No domino effect has followed from Texaco's switch to contract hire. Tim Blakemore, investigates why other oil companies retain...

With idle time costing upwards of £200 a day and manufacturers reluctant to undertake repair work, independent tank repair and...

There is no such thing as a standard, general-purpose tanker — which leaves manufacturers and operators free to decide on...

This fast-moving French company is keen to extend its imessagerie' fast delivery service to the UK, but British operators seem...

saw a yellow, unmarked van alongside a Dutch unaccompanied TIR trailer. The driver was acting very suspiciously. He wasn't...

a Royal. Any PR person worth his/her salt will tell you that. Latest example of this in the transport field is Lucas Chloride...

well known Japanese company recently sent 40 of its ! employees on a tour of Europe which, of course, included Lex Wilkinson's...

week (with apologies to PR Week which each week nominates a PRat for the screwie: release) must go to Transpor 2000 Ltd, which...

Still sold alongside the F10, Volvo's FM0 is providng more popular among road operators, vindicating its £90 million...

I Ceramic clutch facings have been vailable to commercial vehicle lanufacturers and operators in titain for at least 15 years....

vehicle crash repairs specialist Chassis-Cab has given the Bury St Edmunds company what it believes is the longest PowerCage...

• Loughborough vehicle refinisher I and J Commercial Spray Centre has introduced production-line techniques to speed up its...

to be the first automatic lubrication system for a tail lift mounted on a truck operating in the UK has gone into service_ It...

twin-axle trailer with spray suppression equipment? .4ccording to the Royal Automobile Club's technical department, a skilled...

condition and use of tyres in commercial vehicle fleets are now being offered by Semperit (UK). Engineers employed by the tyre...

equipment is undoubted l y to try out yourself, That can present logistical problems, particularly with heavy items, but SET...

and service centre has started operations for Telehoist, the Cheltenham-based truck tipping gear and bodybuilding specialist....

year's Bus and Coach Exhibition at Earl's Court Taperlite tapered leaf springs are now being marketed by their manufacturer...

has appointed Colindale Equipment to handle its sales, installation and servicing throughout Britain as its exclusive agent....

IN TIME 0 • • By allowing only 10 minutes for an adjustment check during every routine service, operators could quadruple...

it to be familiar to most fleet fitters, and this very familiarity tends to breed the feeling that there's nothing new to learn...

Many operators of older models do not realise that this is quite a simple modification which can be made if you need a...

how can you be sure that the oil circulating around the engine of your particular vehicle does not need changing before one of...

— a machine which reclaims used thinners at a claimed cost of less than 2p a litre. The machine works on the whisky still...

• Kits for low-cost repairs to stripped threads have been introduced by Eurocap. The Fixa-Thread comprises diamondsection,...

new cleansing material for workshops introduced by Hitech Corporation. Finnsorb, which is a specially processed natural peat...

for body repairers with the introduction of the Mini Spot Eight WEL 65001) multi-Purpose single-sided spot welder. The welder...

fleet operators is e of the applications en;aged for the Hydropac moe hydraulic supply unit 'ered by Tamplin Engiering. The...

ratchets introduced by CeKa Works are claimed to be exceptional for their size and weight. The ratchets, which are an addition...

such as blow guns, nut setters and drills — require relatively low air pressures in the range of 275-345kN1m 2 (40-50psi)....

and sometimes lengthy downtime which can result from elusive leaks in his vehicle's air, hydraulic or fuel systems. Now, high...

The Vizibleed kit uses an automatic top-up container attached to the normal fluid reservoir, and a non-return valve at the...

in diameter and on rims as large as 1.07m (42in) in diameter can be changed automatically on the Monty 42 developed by...

a wl grip range and corrosion resiE tance are all features of Avdel's new TLR fastener. Th, 6.35mm (1/4in) aluminium Ali...