• Some unnerving signs of realism and flexibility are appearing in the Government's approach to road haulage. Within a few...

• As much as the Department of Transport might wish it, the rumpus over the EEC's farcical international haulage permit...

• Europe's politicians say they are powerless to increase the number of international journey permits, despite severe and...

• Further cuts in resources available for Department of Transport traffic examiners, and other Traffic Area staff, are...

lead in the truck category of the Paris-Dakar Rally — despite getting stuck in sand during the latest stage. On Monday, the...

• Hauliers faced with a massive backlog of work caused by last week's big freeze can at least draw some comfort from the...

• With most drivers' pay settlements around the country topping 5%, Road Haulage Association National Chairman, Glyn Samuel,...

• The French government is now' handing out heavier fines to traffic offenders in a campaign against speeding. Truck and...

• Cuts in Vehicle Excise Duty, less tax on derv, better allowances for small businesses and more road expenditure are all...

• The EEC's decision to proceed with the Single Administrative Document, which is designed to reduce the amount of paperwork...

built at its Irvine plant during 1986 to 2,070 — the first time more than 2,000 chassis have been produced in a single year...

• ERF is now fitting the Jacobs Engine Brake — known commonly as the Jake Brake — as standard on all 'E Series tractive...

• The first 6x2 twinsteer 38-tonne GCW Mercedes-Benz Power liner tractive units to operate in the UK have entered service...

• Grau Girling has added an air dryer to its range of air brake components which is claimed to be suitable for retro-fitment...

• Geoff Edmunds. of Christchurch near Newport, Gwent, has added two new models to the range of trackmounted fork lifts that...

• The Lada Niva 4WD van, which was seen for the first time at the Birmingham Motor Show last year, is now available from...

• Leyland has become the first truck manufacturer to give a full two-year warranty with all new trucks above 6-tonnes GVW....

and other intellectual property rights, will fail to give protection over a sufficient period to recover initial investment in...

• The launch of Danzas (UK) this month brings together the Swiss parent's British interests in international freight...

• Peter Lane Transport is to provide facilities for Rowntree Mackintosh and Smiths Crisps at its depot at Feltham and...

• Safeway Supermarkets has bought 45 York refrigerated semi-trailers, worth over £1.5 million, as part of its continuing...

• Quicks, the Northernbased lveco Ford dealer, is to supply 75 12.5-tonne Ford Cargo 13.13 rigids to TNT in a deal worth...

• Eastern Licensing Authority John Mervyn-Pugh has told National Carriers that it can operate from its Derby depot without...

• Overloading charges against Haigh & Wilson of Halifax, and lorry driver William Shaw have been dismissed by Huddersfield...

• Easthelm, the company formed by Steven Jackson, the 26-year-old former managing director of Jacksons Transport (Dereham),...

on a seven-vehicle licence granted to D A Smith of Langold, by Eastern Licensing Authority John Mervyn-Pugh. The company...

Negotiations are proceeding for the assembly of MAN-Volkswagen light trucks by ENASA/Pegaso, which is under Spanish Government...

• En one of the most keenlycontested purchases of a National Bus Company subsidiary to date, City of Oxford Motor Services...

• West Midlands Transport Authority is to axe Tracline, its million experimental guided bus project. Based on the German...

• BRS Truck Rental is entering the minibus rental market with a number of 12-seat turbocharged diesel-powered Volkswagen...

• Plaxtons has replaced its Bustler single-decker bus body with a new model called the Derwent. Built on a welded-steel...

• John Withey has been appointed district general manager for the Wandle District of LonJohn Withey don Buses. He succeeds...

be retiring later this year and in that light the company has made two senior appointments. Brian Ferguson has been appointed...

• With a number of senior Freight Transport Association personnel approaching retirement, the FTA's head office is to be...

• Plaxtons (GB) has announced the appointment of John Carpenter as managing director of its whollyowned subsidiary company...

DAS POLICY • The Motor Legal Protection Policy offered by DAS, which insures anyone operating business vehicles against legal...

VEHICLE REGS • In the 13 years since the first edition of Clifford Toyne's Motor Vehicle Technkal Regulations was published,...

CPC COURSES • Esher, Surrey-based EP Training Services will be conducting an intensive HGV and PSV National Certificate of...

TOLL INCREASES • Toll fees for the Mont Blanc and Frejus road tunnels between France and Italy have been raised. One way...

BEDFORD REGISTER • Sewells Recruitment Advisory Service is setting up a Bedford Register to help executives whose jobs are to...

scorns"' GARDNER • Diesel engine manufacturer Gardner has appointed a new sales and service outlet in Glasgow. Turner...

PRINCESS AT RNA AND FFA ANNUAL DINNERS • Princess Anne will be guest of honour at the Road Haulage Association's annual...

PHONE TO SHORE • Securicor cellular phones have been installed on the Belfast Freight Ferries' ships MV Niekerk and MV Saga...

GMPTE SALES • Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive is offering its 5,191m 2 Carlton Street works for sale either...

N EW A3 CARRIAGEWAY • A dual-carriageway section of the A3 is to be built between Liphook and Petersfield in Hampshire....

• As if the current cold weather is not enough for operators, the following roadworks are likely to cause delays and should...

— a campaign to show how the later years of life offer many opportunities for older people to lead active, enriching lives...

The majority of employees are perfectly happy at being securely employed and contributing to PAYE though less thrilled by the...

week as the call went out for people with 4W1) vehicles to help maintain essential services in the arctic wastes of snowbound...

Longton Storage and Transport boss Brian Riley has spent the past 18 months restructuring the operation. He has transformed...

• The current spell of arctic weather illustrates that there is no substitute for tracked vehicles for reaching isolated...

Volvo's Cumulo regenerative braking system can be used on city buses to great effect. It may sound a complicated idea but its...

NEW MODELS • The 65th Brussels Commercial Vehicle Show, open until January 25, is the first of this year's three major...

over increasing Licensing authority interference in their work, coupled with cut-backs in their resources. It seemed, to use a...

• A row is brewing between the ferry companies and hauliers over the latest increase in freight rates introduced on...

o normal • Just one week after suspending the drivers' hours rules to allow hauliers to clear up the backlog of work caused...

• Hauliers will have to wait until March before the full impact of the latest proposals on training, put forward by the RTITB...

up the drink driving laws for drivers of buses, and of lorries carrying dangerous goods. Labour MP Gareth Wardell, has asked...

• Department of Transport proposals to change the 0licence regulation's environmental provisions (Commercial Motor, Dec 13)...

• Haulage companies suffering from a lack of international journey permits have been telling Commercial Motor about their...

the recent Brussels show. The Dunstable-built 8x4 G290, however, which is expected to be introduced towards the end of this...

• Profits of the employeeowned National Freight Consortium rose for the fifth successive year in the 12 months to October 4...

STOLEN VEHICLES • A 21,000 reward is being offered for information that could lead to the return of a missing 12.2m...

• The Freight Transport Association has urged York City Council to think again about going ahead with its plans to extend the...

• The long-running disagreement between Michelin and the Retread Manufacturers' Association over the advisability of...

IN Andover-based Pannell Engineering has followed the recent launch of its artic tipping trailer range (Commercial Motor,...

• Low-load trailer builder Crane Engineering, of Kettering. Northants, whose products carry the name Trailmaster, has...

• The future success of transport companies will depend on their ability to improve service quality, predicts Alan Jones,...

• Commercial vehicle market forecasts by Uniroyal Tyres, suggest that by 1990 UK production of CVs of 3.5 tonnes and above...

• Biffa Waste Services has recently increased its £2 million worth of private waste collection business in Wales by a...

• Grain D'Or, a new bread company specialising in baking french and crusty bread, has been supplied with a contracthired...

• Parcels group ANC has been given the go-ahead for a series of developments by its new owners, British and Commonwealth...

• Petrol and DERV retailers are up in arms over the latest round of fuel price increases. According to the director of the...

• West Yorkshire-based CSL Truck and Trailer Hire has taken delivery of 200 Crane Fruehauf trailers in an order worth more...

• Middlesex-based warehousing company, Callrange, has just taken delivery of 31 12.2m aluminium-sided dry freight vans to run...

• Full deregulation of Britain's bus and coach services comes into effect this week, ending the three-month transition period...

• Merseyside Bus services are the worst in Britain following deregulation, according to a number of local Labour MPs,...

• Stoke-on-Trent-based PMT Engineering has produced its own modular minibus body capable of carrying up to 20 seated...

• Newport lorry driver Howard Smith, who was seen driving at an excessive speed by South Wales Licensing Authority Ronald...

• A test case that might affect a number of prosecutions against hauliers and drivers has been adjourned partheard by the...

before being granted a licence in the West Midlands traffic area has led to AEB Transport (Midlands) of Barking being fined...

• No action has been taken against the licence of T M Catto (Transport) of Aberdeen following its appearance before Scottish...

• The NFC Distribution Group has appointed Robin Teverson as managing director of its SPD division. He has been with NFC...

• Scania (Great Britain) managing director Anders Siewertz is to retire at the end of June. He will be succeeded by Anders...

• Barrister Ian Fowler has been appointed deputy licensing authority for the eastern traffic area. Fowler, a former mayor of...

Birminghambased VIA Truck Rental as, respectively, southern and northern area sales managers and technical operations manager....

III Peugeot Talbot has appointed Les Crowley as sales manager for the Express Pullman triaxle bus and Freeway welfare vehicles...

NORTHERN NAME CHANGE • Northern Assemblies (Coachbuilders) has changed its name to Welford Truck Bodies (Northern). The move...

MORE FOR CARRIER • Carrier Transport Refrigeration, the reefer unit manufacturer, has appointed three new sales and service...

RENAULT DODGE DIAMOND GUARD • Renault Truck Industries has launched a new warranty scheme — called Diamond Guard — which...

MAN TRUCKS UP • MANNW has raised the prices of its MT and HT truck ranges by an average of 5.1% and 4.1% respectively....

1987 TRANSPORT HANDBOOK • If you were to have a bet on the one reference book likely to be found in most traffic offices, the...

LORRY PARK WARNING • RHA Insurance Services, the specialist insurance service for members of the Road Haulage Association,...

EEC DRIVERS HOURS II Following the DTp decision to reimpose drivers hours rules covered by EC regulations 3820/85 drivers...

HAZPACK COURSE • Hargreaves Training Services is offering a series of two-day 1-lazpack training courses covering the...

FLYOVER SHUT DOWN • The Marylebone flyover on the A40(M) Westway in West London will be closed until February 21, Junior...

• London and the South-East M2 Kent Contraflow between Junctions 5 and 6 (Sittingboume and Faversham). Single line traffic...

• We should like to tell you the following difficulties we have had with regard to the lack of Italian permits. "We have...

• The Editor's Comment column in Commercial Motor dated December 13 1986 and Peter Capon's reported statement at Aston...

the Fleet Management Conference. I can personally vouch for the reception of 'commercial' ver sus safety proposals from our...

contractor in North Wales who operates two Leyland Constructor 8x4 lorries which are fitted with Rolls Royce 265L engines and...

than 15 years of hard work and about a million miles of safe driving behind me, I was appalled at last week's decision to scrap...

• "The severe shortage of permits for Germany and Italy is holding the industry back." So says Russ Peters (CM, January 17),...

TOUGH BARGAIN, Nissan's Patrol offers neither the luxury nor the all-terrain capability of Some more expensive 4 x 4s but it...

Tough times continue for Britain's tyre manufacturers. The market is static and the pressure from importers continues to...

We spent a day with Grundon's tyre specialist Graham Trussler, who helps to keep the company's trucks running. • For most of...