• It's our world. We all live in it, we've all got to take care of it. So why aren't we doing it now? The latest waste of paper...

• The Government has stopped well short of its threatened crackdown on road haulage in its policy statement on the...

• Transport union representatives in Road Haulage Association member companies met this Tuesday at Transport House, London, to...

• Another increase in dery pump prices is likely by the end of next week, according to fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment. The...

• An electronic pedestrian crossing which detects when people are crossing, or waiting to cross, and stops the traffic until...

if engineers have to close Waterloo Bridge to repair damage to the supporting pillars.

Health Service contract to manage the purchasing and distribution of goods for the Northern Regional Health Authority. The...

of Dover this year to August was up 3.8% on 1989.

is a disaster because it does not provide enough unloading bays for delivery trucks, according to the Freight Transport...

"Europe's most sophisticated flower vehicle" which sends data on the temperature of its load via a satellite to Odense's...

most of its roads, heralding the end of 2.3m-wide chassis for its restricted routes.

the United Road Transport Union's centenary conference in Torquay on 21-22 October.

• Some HGV training schools face severe financial penalties because forthcoming regulations will force them to sell their...

• Five former employees of a Seddon Atkinson, Renault and Perkins engine dealership which went under in May have set up on...

• Job prospects in distribution are on the up, according to a Manpower survey. Only 5% of firms in the sector say recruitment...

• An emission check for petrol-driven light vans will be included in MoT tests from next year. Maximum levels of CO, will be...

• P&O European Transport Services (POETS) has created a new operating company, P&O TransEuropean, to oversee its six European...

• German tyre manufacturer Continental has turned down Pirelli's offer of a merger to create the world's fourth biggest tyre...

has added a Renault G330 tractor to his fleet — and it didn't cost him a penny. Parker won the truck in the prize draw,...

• An owner-operator whose truck jacknifed after he tried to drive under a bridge too low for his load has been jailed for...

• Hauliers are making life hard for each other as they bid to qualify for the BS5750 quality control standard. The Road...

• Livestock hauliers face a total ban on the export of live sheep to the Continent, despite the fact that the RSPCA has already...

noise and danger from vehicles, and will help conserve old towns and cities by getting rid of traffic, says the British Roads...

• The boys done good! The winners of CM's 1990 38-tonne Fuel Economy Run (CM 20-26 September) collected their spoils last...

• The death of two Securicor guards has been blamed on a wheel which came off an artic heading south on the A34 in Hampshire, a...

• Repairs to rail bridges which have been damaged by trucks must be paid by poll tax payers and not British Rail, says BR...

• The rear-wheel-drive layout of trucks has stayed much the same since the invention of the internal combustion engine. But all...

• Fruehauf Europe is planning to standardise on anti-lock braking equipment in preparation for changes in braking requirements...

• ERF plans to pursue its policy of offering ZF synchromesh transmissions as an alternative to Eaton/Fuller constant mesh...

• The recently agreed cooperative deal between Renault and Volvo is unlikely to include either cabs or big engines. Confirming...

• Eaton has produced a central tyre inflation system (cris) which can be used by the driver to set the tyre pressures of a...

• Rockwell is set to challenge tiKN in the proprietary frontaxle market. Both companies unveiled 7.5 tonne rated axles at the...

• More details are emerging of Iveco's bid to acquire 60% of Enasa, the Spanish stateowned company which runs Pegaso and Seddon...

• BOC Distribution has taken the first step in a major expansion of its contract distribution business with the signing of an...

• The future of transport jobs at Coloroll Home Furnishings looks more settled with news of a three-man management buyout at...

• Parcels carrier Interlink has turned in a solid set of year-end results, with profits up by £1.28m to £3.89m on a turnover of...

• Leigh has made a £37m bid for rival waste management company Hughes.

• Cory Environmental has signed a Elm street cleaning contract with Gedling Council, near Nottingham. in a five-year deal which...

• Vehicle auction group ADT has pushed up its interim profits by around 38% to 276m, with auction division profits jumping by...

• Hays Specialist Distribution has bought 19 Mercedes 1617s to handle home deliveries for furniture companies.

• Concargo has been bought by its management and is closing its insulated panels business, making 16 redundant, "because of the...

• Peugeot Talbot Motor Co has sold the production rights of its three-axle Talbot Express bus and coach to TB Precision...

• Atlas of Portsmouth has taken over as official converter of the Renault Master T35 van, a position previously held by...

III South Yorkshire Transport is appealing against the decisions of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and the Trade and...

• Cummins will build 100 L10 engines for 'Icarus 280 articulated buses which are bound for Ecuador.

• Kettlewell's of Retford faces cuts in its bus fleet after losing much of its tendered work to Chesterfield' Transport's...

• Whytes Airport Services is to run a service linking all four Heathrow terminals, alongside British Airways' existing operation.

• Selkent's Bexleybus operation is almost certain to close.

• Greater Manchester Buses has resurrected its Manchester to Didsbury Piccadilly Line. Leyland Atlanteans have replaced the...

• Predictably United Bus used Autobus RAI in Amsterdam to promote its name and identity in the first major international bus...

• Baker Warburtons Yorkshire and residents living close to the company's Westgate End, Wakefield, depot are to seek to agree...

• St Helens haulier Kenneth Gent has been ordered to pay costs of £849.46, after his appeal against his conviction on nine...

NI A company specialising in the haulage of lighting and sound equipment to pop concerts throughout Europe has been fined a...

CM's legal correspondent Jonathan Lawton, a solicitor with Aaron and Partners in Cheshire, takes an insider's view of the...

Salmon and scrambled egg breakfast on the Leyland Daf stand; lunch of sushi, tempura, yakitori and sake with Daihatsu; cream...

Engineering has opened its 10th depot, Vanguard Midlands, at Bedworth near Coventry. Trucks and cranes of between 50 and 600...

national headquarters, based on the Old Wolverton Industrial Estate in Milton Keynes, Bucks. Contact (0908) 222743.

Duncan will be among the speakers at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers EC Prestige lecture on European transport, to be...

and the Institution of Highways and Transportation have organised a conference on easing traffic congestion in cities by using...

arranged six PAYE seminars. They will be held at Gateshead on 17 October; Carlisle, 18 October; Leeds, 19 November; Sheffield,...

has opened a branch at Gatwick airport, and will shortly be opening others in Maidstone, Nottingham and Newcastle upon Tyne....

has produced a video setting out the benefits companies can achieve by adopting a quality management system to BS5750. Shell...

reward for information leading to the return of a stolen 36-tonne Weightlifter trailer taken from Broughton Industrial Estate,...

the Hamster, a Swiss-made selfcontained temperature recorder. It is said to enable anyone transporting or storing chilled foods...

a truck driver to the possibilty of ice on the road is available from Zero Products. The Zero Ice Detector is fitted to the...

tester to check that vehicles going for MoT tests after 1991 comply with EC rules on emissions. Contact (0322) 22343.

its Kleenguard range of limited life protective clothing. The new FP one-piece suit is said to be ideal for use in paint shops...

drawbar trailer towing hitch with its RS15U 1,500kg tuck under folding taillift. It eliminates the need for a separate towing...

previously offered as a factory option by the manufacturer, is now available from Mobile Air Conditioning of Hayes. The unit is...

• The Health and Safety Commission has published the third edition of the Approved List of dangerous substances covered by the...

• A new automatic PT-0 disengagement switch that operates from the park brake light circuit rather than the vehicle's air...

• CM is now offering you the chance to spread the message that Britain needs trucks with four stylish stickers: (A) "Trucks...

• 13oalloy is offering a combination air-operated lock as an option on its Tautliner curtainsider, which will lock the trailers...

• One lane of the Mb will be closed in each direction for resurfacing from south of Junction 28 to north of Junction 29 until...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M4 London: J4B (M25) outside lane closed each way. M4 London: Overnight eastbound closed...

The slump in haulage has hit everyone hard. Many operators say they have never known the industry to be this bad and — after...

detecting smoke signals indicating that the manufacturers have reached a plateau in their climb towards ever more powerful...

truck industry, a visit to the Birmingham Motor Show should serve as something of a tonic, albeit a temporary one. The vehicle...

NG THE CHANGE Bus Engineering Limited, a traditional bus engineering firm, has discovered a niche in the troubled heavy goods...

Less than five years ago Derek and Ken Auld were unemployed. Today they run a thriving distribution and warehousing company — a...

after the merger of VBG Concessionaires and Dayton, has a new management and sales team. Tom Dee joins as general marketing...

senior vicepresident, sales and customer information at Federal Express Corporation. He joined the company in 1983 as...

Lynx's Derby branch. He joined NFC in September 1986 as a management trainee and moves from its home delivery operation...

(York), the management company for York bus operator Reynard Bus, York City and District and Target Travel, has made three...

Design has expanded its operation with the appointment of former TNT warehouse design managers, James Roe and Paul Grubb, as...

line up of its new sales and marketing team with the appointment of former Parcelforce sales manager Simon Veale as deputy area...

He was anti-lock sales manager, and before that worked for Anti-Skid Controls, Coventry, which Bendix took over in 1986.

of Dorking, Surrey has promoted UK sales manager Steve Walsh to export sales manager. He is succeeded by the present northern...

Rockfield has appointed Mike BoswellJones its depot manager at Trafford Park, Manchester. He has spent the past two years as a...

A s a highly successful commercial organisation, British Gas can offer some of the most challenging and rewarding career...