• It's not much, but it's a start. It must be good news that the Department of Transport is finally prepared to spend some of...

. British truck drivers in Europe may be unable to get home for Easter because of an Italian Customs work-to-rule which is...

• The future of five popular truckstops in the Truckers chain was in jeopardy as parent company Norfolk House Group went into...

/ The United Road Transport Union has branded "totally unfair and harsh" the prosecution of a truck driver for exceeding the...

• Chancellor Norman Lamont is under pressure to withdraw his Budget decision to tax mobile phones as a perk. Unless he does so...

• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has confirmed that it will hold a separate commercial vehicle show in May 1993...

• British drivers will soon have to have a photo on their driving licences, if the Department of Transport has its way. The...

• The Dartford Bridge which is due to open in October will be shut to southbound highsided vehicles for fewer than five hours a...

port has acknowledged the danger of unexplained truck wheel loss following extensive campaigning by the IRTE and Commercial...

trucks, photographed by Commercial Motor earlier this week at Southampton docks, are part of a batch of 500 destined for the...

• Drivers of lorry chassiscabs — whether truck or bus — who have passed an ordinary driving test since last May, are breaking...

• Iveco Ford's 49.12 and 59.12 charge-cooled versions of the Daily light van range (CM 24-30 January), introduced at the...

▪ Scania has released details of its limited edition centenary Streamline cab, announced last week in Commercial Motor. The...

▪ The first fruits of co operation between Iveco and Spanish truck builder Pegaso will begin in September when production of...

• The first MAN F91) tractive units with the latest fivecylinder new EC0.320 10-litre engine, which MAN launched at the Motor...

▪ US company Holland Hitch, the world's largest fifth wheel manufacturer, has just completed its 14th manufacturing/...

• A 17-tonne Foden with a combined curtainsider and flatbed body has gone into service with Salisbury sheet materials...

• This is the first factorybuilt eight-wheel Volvo heavy haulage tractive unit in the UK, which is now in service with Cliffe...

• Detroit Diesel's Series 60 engine, which is on trial with two UK hauliers, is to get its toughest test yet — powering Slim...

• Renault's revamped R range tractive unit is to be renamed the Major. This is the first in a series of rebadges which will see...

II Car delivery group Toleman is centralising its fleet management operations in a two-phase programme which should be...

• Allied Transport Holdings has closed two further subsidiaries: ARS Transport of Hereford and Evans Transport of Ebbw Vale....

• BT Haulage of Darlington, which is owed £35,000 by the collapsed John Dee Group, has won a contract with JD Maws. The...

• The Transport Development Group is believed to be close to selling US subsidiary Willett Freight Services to its management....

IN Kings Heavy Haulage (Bristol) was given absolute discharges for gross and train weight offences on a Special Types vehicle,...

• A driver sacked by Coatbridge-based MacWilliam Contracts for refusing to make a journey has won £1,995 compensation for...

MI For the second time Selby magistrates have adjourned the hearing of tachograph and hours charges against North Yorkshire...

• A Manchester industrial tribunal has ruled that Ecclesbased Storey Bros (Haulage) acted reasonably in dismissing a driver wha...

• Overloading charges against Hawkins Plant Hire and one of its drivers have been dismissed by Towcester magistrates after the...

• Mercedes-Benz is expected to bring a revamped version of its 0303 luxury coach in to the UK next year. The new 0404 should...

• Van Hool has upgraded the 53-seat EOS just eight months after it began production. The design was acquired by Van Hool when...

• Current plans to sell Finishmade Sisu trucks in the UK are not the first, I am reminded by a reader. It was as far back as...

• Major strands running through the latest report from the Licensing Authorities report include: E Complaints about a lack of...

• Operators putting new trucks on the road from 1 April, could be excused for thinking that the lighting law is going...

• The second best selling commercial vehicle in the UK last year was the Ford Escort van. In 1991, it was replaced by a brand...

Access to the loadbed is good on all three, with the Escort having the edge on capacity and protection for the load area. In...

Though our experience suggests that the Maestro might have the edge in town. the Ford's consumptions of 5.71it/100km (49.3mpg)...

years has led to two unfortunate side-effects: a bevy of dodgy dealers out to make a quick buck, and consumers who know little...

they have become seen as essential tools, earning operators extra business and providing a necessary link with drivers. But...

have been most interested in the articles about Mike Pickering. However, I have been very surprised at his comments. Having...