• Before everybody gets too hot under the collar about whether a policeman has the right to breath-test a driver kipping in his...

this century, says the 650-member British Association of Removers. Companies are being hit by the double blow of a collapsed...

part in an environmental forum in Manchester on 24 September. The forum — which will assess the environmental implications of...

intervene in the dispute at trailer maker Craven Tasker's Cumbernauld factory where the striking workforce has been dismissed...

9 October in London to set a national pay claim for drivers.

has been sold to the Clansman Travel & Leisure and Rapson's Coaches consortium.

• The Trades Union Congress is set to add its weight to a campaign to ban police from breathtesting truck drivers sleeping in...

• Parcels carrier Panic Link says it has suffered no downturn in business since the jailing of its chairman, Eric Norman, for...

• Dery prices could rise by as much as lp per litre by the end of the week because of the Soviet crisis, says fuel analyst Oil...

• Nine trucks were set ablaze at two Lancashire-based meat firms last weekend in what is believed to be the latest of a series...

• Hauliers are in danger from a growing tide of truck thefts for use in ram-and-grab raids, warns the Road Haulage Association....

• The EC Commission has given provisional approval to a new fuel credit card aimed at international transport operators and...

• More, smaller motorway stopping areas should replace the current growth of unsightly, large service stations, says the...

• The receiver of Flowers of York says it is negotiating with three parties interested in buying the North Yorkshire-based...

• Trucks carrying live animals are to be banned from the Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel has announced. Freight wagons used in the...

• The National Owner Drivers' Association is fighting the growing trend of construction firms cutting their ownerdriver haulage...

• The union representing 10,000 Parcelforce workers has accused the company of being "very negative" in its latest wage round...

• John Davison will now make his first attempt to get his 0licence back on 5 or 6 September at a Leeds public inquiry before...

• Not content with winning last year's 38-tonne Economy Run, Volvo Trucks did it again at 17 tonnes. Its FL617 finished last...

• Further cuts have been announced at troubled car transporter Toleman Automotive which is axeing 150 out of 680 delivery jobs...

• Owner-driver Mick Blunt, who had his truck vandalised in last October's Spanish hauliers' dispute, has been told he will not...

Rod Heather. • The Government is powerless to order tougher jail sentences for truck thieves, Foden managing director Rod...

• Plans to replace the Iveco Ford 300-25 Maggie have been shelved because of the collapse in tipper sales. The 300-25 was...

• A local authority trading arm has taken on a 17-tonne Volvo FL7 plated at 30 tonnes, which it is using as the prime mover of...

• One of two hauliers running Detroit Diesel's Series 60 engine in a Foden tractive unit is turning in 36.7 litres/100km...

• Salford Van Hire of Manchester has bought 10 Levland Oaf 45 Series 7.5-tonners for its spot hire fleet. The 3.6m and...

2,000 truck kits to the Tunisian state-owned automotive assembly company STIA over the next five years.

• This J-reg Scania 143 tractive unit and York 13.6m tri-axle Thermostar reefer trailer are the latest additions to...

• Mack importer Western Trucks of Preston has had its busiest three months for seven years, despite not having sold a vehicle...

• Renault is returning to the fire engine market after a break of two years with a 13-tonne 4x2 Midliner chassis. A Type B...

• Isle of Wight-based Steve Porter Transport has bought its first tractive unit and trailer after winning a contract with...

• ERF will build its first tractive unit fitted with the 298kW (400hp) Perkins 400 Tx Eagle engine in September.

commercial vehicles in July fell by 23% from the same month's figure last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers...

• Ackers Jarrett has gone under just six months after buying Truckrent, which had an 850-strong fleet. The Birmingham-based...

• TNT Newsfast is to make an unspecified number of drivers redundant at its London newspaper distribution operation as part of...

rail freight are unlikely to encourage investment in rail freight, according to 70% of operators questioned in a survey by IMR.

contract to distribute Castrol products in London, the South-East and East Anglia.

the Environment to act quickly in setting up a public inquiry into the Normanton rail freight terminal.

contract with retail group Dixons, which includes the shop chain Currys. Up to 17 vehicles will service the contract, including...

• Glasgow bakery chain, Greggs has moved to a contract maintenance plan for the 11 Mercedes-Benz 814 reefers it bought from...

slashed 106 jobs and closed eight of its 23 UK depots just weeks after its parent company Tiphook recorded profits up by 129%...

that the transport sector predicts the smallest sales volume increase of any industrial sector for 1992. In all sectors 74% of...

diver into transport and distribution if a management buy-out led by chief executive John Hackney proves successful. The port...

of 75 million by 2010 but more than 55 million others will require scrapping, 70% more than today, according to The World...

Mi Creditors of Whitehead Trailers, in receivership since May, will learn this month if the company is able to pay any of the...

in A former executive of failed clearing house Transworld and an ex-director of Eezee Euro Services, which took over...

• London Carriers International is losing many of its parcels routes to sister firm Bondelivery in a switch ordered by Swedish...

• Bowmers Wholesale, trading as Star Bakery of Ripley, had its five-vehicle licence revoked with immediate effect after North...

• Collingbourne Contractors (Cwmbran) admitted failing to tax two vehicles because of cashflow problems at a Cardiff public...

• Sowerby Bridge-based Travelmove was given an absolute discharge for an overloading offence after Huddersfield magistrates...

• A question mark over the adequacy of the parking arrangements for car transporters operated by Dundee-based Richard Lawson in...

• South Eastern Licensing Authority Brigadier Michael Turner has imposed a condition on the licence of PAN European...

• Croydonbased lain Buckley, trading as Palace Produce, was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling Z1,320, after admitting a...

• Overloading charges against John Heppenstall, trading as Heppenstall's Transport Services of Brighouse, and one of his...

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

• A driver who was sacked by John Cotton (Mirfield) for taking out an unserviceable trailer, has lost his claim for unfair...

• Mercedes-Benz plans to attack the UK citybus market next year with its 0405 chassis, which has so far been targeted at...

• Devon Conversions has received nine orders for its first ambulance conversions, unveiled at this month's Ambex exhibition....

has gone into voluntary liquidation, making 37 staff re. dundant. A creditors' meeting is being arranged by the liquidator,...

• Plaxton has unveiled an artist's impression of the coach which Commercial Motor exclusively revealed will replace the...

o doubt many are recovering from the Great British Beer Festival at London's Docklands Arena last week at which a robust beer...

• Central Motor Auctions" head office is moving from Morley to Rothwell in Leeds on 27 August. Contact (0532) 820707.

• The Transportation Specialist Group of the Institute of Management Services is holding a one-day conference on information...

• Truck and bus drivers and vehicle builders are invited to contact the TGWU with criticisms of manufacturers and purchasers...

• The CBI is holding a one-day forum on 10 December covering changes in the law on manual load handling. The Catching the...

• Recovery specialist T&C Services now offers US wrecker truck parts, recovery vehicle testing and training courses. Contact...

• Trucks which carry dangerous chemicals can look forward to an updated service from the Chemical Industries Association's...

• HDL Distribution is building an additional chill store at its Bilsthorpe, Notts site. Contact (0623) 871086.

• Aerodynamic styling and spray suppression specialist Aerodyne Equipment of Perivale, Middlesex has bought a large number of...

• Hatcher Components has a new range of stainless steel wheel discs with a lock ring to secure the discs to the wheel rim. The...

• Trucks can reach new heights with the range of NCS hydraulically powered aerial platforms with reaches from 10 to 52m, all...

• Truck heating specialist Eberspacher (UK) is developing an air conditioning system to suit all makes and types of cab....

M40 Bucks: restrictions both ways J182; M27 Hants: lane closures both ways J5/17; M25 Essex: restrictions both ways J30 (A13)...

M6 West Midlands: narrow lanes both ways J759; slip closed J7; M6 Staffordshire: contraflow northbound J111J13, entry slips...

M4 Avon: contraflow Severn Bridge; M4 West Glam: restrictions J39/J341.

M1 West Yorks; lane closures both ways J42/J43; M56 Gtr Manchester: restrictions airport link; M62 Gtr Manchester: restrictions...

(0836) 401 111 West Country. (0836) 401 112 Wales. (0836) 401 113 Midlands. (0836) 401 114 East Anglia. (0836) 401 115...

is no exception. Take this week's roadtest, the MAN 17.192F. Last month it was one of eight trucks competing in our 17-tonne...

where husband and wife Gerald and Frances Chamberlain started the business in 1938 transporting bricks. Their son Ted now runs...

IM ITATION Now the introduction of speed limiters is reality and the consultation process has begun, anomalies in the proposals...

and development director for Onyx UK he has been plagued for the past month by television crews, radio interviewers and...

A Toyota Hiace and Volkswagen Caddy have been on the road with CM for a year. We give them an end-of-term report. • For the...

IN Commercial Motor's dealer survey (18-24 July) produced some generally satisfactory responses — although every business knows...

• I have read your article on good repute and I would like to know if there are any circumstances when an 0-licence can be...

Having read Matthew Collishaw's letter (CM 18-24 July), might I suggest that he applies for admission as a student at the...

in Since 1984 MPs have awarded themselves a car allowance of 68.2p per mile, and receive a salary. How can this be justified...

I I feel I must reply to the points raised in "RAC's rescue code is slammed" (CM 25-31 July), as I have headed the RAC work on...

DISTRIBUTION Day/Colelough II Following a management reorganisation H DI, Distribution has appointed Steve Day, general...

• Tony Plumridge has become sales manager at Parceline's Nottingham depot He was a sales executive at the firm's Peterborough...

• Donna Stephens has joined the Freight Transport Association's Midlands-based tachograph chart checking team, with...

• HaiNkes Truck Supplies of Worcestershire has appointed Paul Wiley as sales director. Wiley has held a variety of positions...

• David Johns has been appointed technical director at coachbuilder GRP Massey. He succeeds Chris Berridge who has been...