• There is a certain simple appeal in the idea (see page 6) that operators should be held responsible for traffic and other...

tell us that posted issues have been arriving late. This is due to industrial action affecting postal services in the Bedford...

• The road haulage industry heaved a sigh of relief on Monday after the High Court ruled a recovery vehicle could draw more...

• Transport minister Peter Bottomley has ordered the Vehicle Inspectorate to carry out top-level checks on rebuilt trucks...

• Europe's transport ministers finally voted to scrap international road haulage permits this week and bring full and proper...

• MPs have backed the Government strategy of resisting European Commission proposals to increase lorry weights until the bridge...

• The National Freight Consortium is to merge its nine operating divisions into four new groups. The proposals, which the...

• British hauliers and truck manufacturers will be busy over the next four years as the industry takes an upward turn,...

• The cost of traffic congestion in Britain's urban areas has reached 23 million a year in wasted time and vehicle operating...

• Britain's police chiefs are calling on the Department of Transport to make operators responsible for their drivers' hour...

• Truckfest South West is almost upon us and entries have flooded in for the Commercial Motor Best Kept Working Truck...

• The chairman of Transfrigoroute, Graham Eames, is calling on more operators to use ATP (Approved Transportation of Perishable...

• Leighton Buzzard-based Foden parts and service dealer Osborn Transport Service has invested 247,000 in a 201kW (270hp)...

• A businessman's idea to make truck seats more comfortable has won him the Enterprise 40 competition's 242,000 first prize...

Large stocks of the highest quality EEC approved TACHODISCS to suit all major Tachograph heads are available either un-numbered...

Get the total support of the Tachodisc elite system! Enjoy the added security of consecutively numbered or un-numbered discs...

DRIVER'S WALLETS — soft or hardback—have pockets for discs, envelopes, vehicle defect book and driver's hand accumulator. Our...

• Mercedes-Benz has initialled a contract with China North Industries Corporation for the Chinese company to manufacture...

• Distribution specialist Manchester-based Homespeed has added eight ERF E-10 4x2 tractive units to its fleet for primary...

• A draft code of practice, on the design and construction of vacuum-operated road tankers used to carry hazardous waste, has...

• A chassis-mounted tail-lift with extra-long mounting arms and a folding under-run bumper has been developed by...

• Shildon-based City Vehicle Engineering's plans to build 500 minibuses a year, based on a design bought from SteyrDaimler-Puch...

• Buses weighing over 9 tonnes will have to be fitted with anti-locking brake devices in West Germany, following reforms made...

• PMT Engineering of Stokeon-Trent has designed and built a minibus for carrying passengers travelling with more than the usual...

• London Buses is being restructured into 11 quasiautonomous units in preparation for the sale of the capital's bus services,...

• LAG Bus, the UK subsidiary of the Belgian bus and coach manufacturer, has embarked on a major sales drive and managing...

• Austrian coach builder Stefan Kutseits has designed a minibus fitted with plastic side panels. The 20-seater is based on a...

• Wincanton Group, the dealerships-to-distribution services group within Unigate, aims to expand hard in Europe. As well as...

• Sheffield City Council has put two Leyland Daf Constructor 24.23's into service with its waste disposal division. Equipped...

• North West Water Authority has taken delivery of two Iveco Ford 1715 Cargos — a sludge tanker and a rigid tipper — for its...

• Refuse vehicle supplier Jack Alien is offering what it says is the first contract hire scheme for local authority waste...

• United Transport Tankers has won a £10 million five-year contract to distribute edible oil products for Cargill (UK) from...

• Transfleet Services has sealed contract hire agreements worth £450,000 with companies throughout the south west of England....

• Transport Development Group has bought five subsidiaries of Chicago-based distribution company Willett for $6 million (£3.5...

• Gibraltar-based Pegasus has been appointed to service three Liptons retail outlets in the colony for the Argyll Stores Group....

• Continuing overloading problems have led to the licence held by George Allinson (Transport) of Darlington being reduced by...

• A Crown Court judge refused to interfere with the maximum fine of £1,000 per offence imposed on Tanker Road Services of...

Dover dynamic weigher was inaccurate, Allinson agreed he had his doubts, adding that all but one of the convictions related to...

• Claims by Cleveland County Council that an operating centre used by Brough's Transport of Hartlepool was totally unsuitable...

• The unauthorised use of vehicles, drivers' hours and tachograph offences cost Stoke-on-Trent based Amber and the company's...

• Burnley magistrates have ordered an Accrington haulier and one of his drivers to pay fines and costs totalling 21,625 after...

• North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu has reconsidered his refusal to grant an HGV driving licence to a Welsh lorry...

• The International Road Transport Union ended its four-day biennial congress in Istanbul last week in an angry mood, convinced...

• The ferry ride back from Zeebrugge on the evening of 6 March 1987 was "a pleasant ride home that turned into hell", said...

• What makes a long-distance coach operator from Kidderminster want to become president of the IRU, and spend hours of his time...

HA \ D300 < DEALERS OPEN ALL HOURS FOR SCANIA • Morville Trucks, the East Midlands Scania truck distributor, will be open 24...

• London and the South East M1 London: Contraflow between junctions 4 and 5 (Edgware/Harrow). Entry and exit slips at junction...

When it comes to road transport a company vehicle is frequently the first line of contact with a potential customer, and a...

Will roadside beacons and in-cab computers replace street maps? London Buses is using a pilot scheme of the Autoguide system to...

For some companies installing a computer system is a daunting prospect. Mick Kent of Draycote Continentale Transport took the...

FF ull information on the performance of drivers, vehicles, route planning and material handling methods enables fleet managers...

Monitoring the needs of a busy workshop can be a nightmare for a large fleet operator, who can be drowned in a flood of...

KING OFF THE ROAD In its 40-year history the name Land Rover has become synonymous with off-road vehicles. We reflect on the...

SIR LAND ROVER TURBODIESEL ENGINE DEBATE • I was disappointed that Commercial Motor should grossly distort the real position...

Mitsubishi has offered its L200 pickup in petrol-engined guise since 1986, although quota-throttled sales have been...

slow the change somewhat. The long gear lever gives the driver a physical advantage when changing gear, but this in turn makes...

BY THE HAWK • The Hawk's man has been to Great Ormond Street in London, to see two young truckers set off on a roundBritain...

The patented VAKUUM VULK system and its cold-retreaded tyres can be boiled down to one single word: ok. Safety: ok! VAKUUM VULK...

• North Devon district council has added this prototype elevating tipper-bodied 4.5-tonne GVW Iveco Ford Daily to its fleet of...

• A detailed review of the BRS training procedures for mechanics was given to Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic,...

• Atlas Hydraulic Loaders, Britain's biggest manufacturer of lorry-mounted cranes, has completed a record-making silver jubilee...

• Quicks, the old-established and fast-expanding Ford dealer, has opened the largest — 4,400m 2 (47,0000) — accident repair...

• Storage equipment specialist. Barton Handling + Storage Systems is moving out of the warehouse and onto the road with the...

• A Bosch roadshow is touring England to demonstrate to workshop operators how stateof-the-art diagnostic automotive testing...

• The Password project, an initiative from British Telecom's subsidiary the Dialcom Group, will provide information and...

Perkins • Major Perkins components and remanufactured engines previously marketed under separate brand names now get the same...

IN A penetrating lubricant from Henlands called 1st Formula is now available for workshop use in five-litre trade packs which...

• David White has moved to Grau Girling, a member of Echlin Europe, as sales and marketing director. White, who was previously...

... And we'll finish a good job. Peter Wallage in Churchillian vein advises: buy the best your budget allows • When Winston...

Beating autocue II Breaking autocrime into its three categories — stealing of, or from, or damage to vehicles — the latter two...

As new metals and alloys have been developed, so have improved welding techniques. We look at what's available • Welding is...

With the increasing use of aluminium, stainless steel and other alloys, the range of available welding equipment is now very...

SHOP • TIR trailers spend a lot of their time a long way from home, and operators cannot afford breakdowns and long-distance...

This useful gantry was built by Lowe's fitters for getting up at the refrigeration unit on the front of the trailer. It is made...

There are two main fuel filters in the system for the diesel engine, and these are the usual throw-away type. They are replaced...

All the air valves of the trailer's braking system are checked for security, as are all the pipe unions. The valves are also...

• Cellular phones have had their fair share of publicity and hype as passenger car installations, helping the busy businessman...

• Fire extinguishers seem to hold a mysterious attraction that turns some people into thieves. Perhaps, reckons Krupp member...

• A range of eight crash body repair outfits is offered by Tangye. Each contains accessories and adaptors to meet the crash...

• Three leading names Bendix. Ferodo and Lucas Girling — contribute to and sponsor a guide to commercial vehicle brake...

• Safety-Kleen UK has introduced a new collector programme which provides spray-gun cleaner customers with a clean and...

• A new range of complete overhaul kits for Perkins diesel engines has been introduced by Powerpart. The kits cover overhaul...

• Nedemian's exhaust extraction hose reels captures the fumes directly from the exhaust pipe of any type of motor vehicle. A...

• Speedy lifting combined with an unobstructed floor area are features of the new Nussbaum Jumbo 5000 scissor lift priced at...

• The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1987, which came into force at the start of the year, require vehicles...

• Kent-Moore has introduced a diesel engine heater plug tester to its Dieselcare range. Fast, straightforward testing of heater...

• Edstrom of Sweden fitted out this Ford Transit for Kettering area Volvo truck distributor Billows with System Edstorm...