• Sometimes politicians can be such teasers. First we have Labour's shadow transport secretary John Prescott telling the...

dery is set to rise above 35p1 lit — but fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment says that prices are just as likely to fall. The...

for more than 30 years, will close at the end of December, when its owner retires.

has been given permission to operate under a Special Types General Order by its local authority. Spire says this is the first...

of Renault Truck Commercials. He is now responsible for the eight dealerships run direct by Renault Truck Industries.

a crane was stolen over the weekend from Simba Machinery in Sleaford, Lincs. Registration is G426 RAV and its engine number is...

• Transport Minister Roger Freeman has hinted that the Government will allow 44-tonne trucks if it wins the next election. At...

• AWD has won a 2.70m deal to supply up to 2,000 trucks a year to Iran in the Dunstablebased manufacturer's biggest contract to...

• The threat of a major upheaval to drivers' hours seems to be receding following the redrafting of EC proposals on a working...

• Hauliers must be more vigilant in checking trucks returning from the Continent for smuggled drugs, warns the Road Haulage...

• The London Waste Regulation Authority claims that it is the first waste authority to seize a vehicle for alleged flytipping....

bought Scania's one-off Master Centurion luxury-spec truck. SEAS owner Derek Sumpter beat several operators in a sealed-bid...

'fog' come into operation this month. About 85% of motorway signals currently warn of fog — the Government says it will modify...

between J1 and J2 at Birmingham from 21:00hrs on Saturday until 05:00hrs on Monday. Traffic will be diverted off the motorway.

of cement painted with Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's face outside his Marsham Street office today (28 November). They...

when it comes to jumping red lights, according to the AA. Jumping traffic lights causes 5,000 accidents and costs the UK £100m...

contract to supply a dedicated fleet of demountable and drawbar vehicles to office furniture manufacturer Samas Vickers.

• A proposal to relax the controversial condition 5 of the London Lorry Ban has been rejected. At a meeting with the two main...

• About 200 York Group staff have been made redundant after the receiver failed to find a buyer for York Trailers at North...

• The Transport and General Workers' Union is recommending pay increases of 6.1% for the hire and reward sector — well ahead of...

• Following years of speculation Deutz has finally revealed plans for a new generation of water-cooled engines which will go...

a 5m-wheelbase ERF E6 fitted with Southworth mid lift-axle and Wisbech Bulk Systems tipper body. The company claims a 14,280kg...

make up to 12,000 Unimog trucks a year in Russia. The move follows talks between the German truck builder and Russian president...

suspension system in the spring — not an air-suspended axle, as our article on page nine last week may have implied.

• Mercedes-Benz is developing a more aerodynamic body shell for its T1 range of panel vans which is expected to break cover by...

transit van gearbox to its Exchange Plan recommended price is £485 (ex-VAT) — £727.50 less than a new unit. All Ford exchange...

to suit the carriage of 6.1 to 13.7m ISO containers has been introduced by Van Hool. A prototype of the Universal trailer was...

1992 trailer parts catalogue including Fontaine fifth wheels and landing legs, Trucklite lamps, BPW axle and suspension parts,...

• Southfields' 13.6m Eurocomet Ultra 92 tri-axle curtain sider has won full German TuV approval. Equipment registered in...

• George Hammond (Shipping), the international distribution company, is moving into chilled distribution. The Kent-based...

• The only ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe could close because of huge losses, The twice daily service is owned by...

• Bullens, the Wincanton Distribution Services removals company, has been bought by Hoults Removals, NFC's removals division,...

• BRS has lost a long-term contract with Yorkshire Regional Health Authority to Ryder Distribution Services. The contract,...

• Norfolk Line, the Dutch haulage and shipping company, is closing down its Great Yarmouth operation and moving to Felixstowe....

• Williams Distribution, the Transport Development Group company at Alltami near Chester, has won a contract to distribute...

• Saab-Scania profits have fallen for the first nine months of the year to SKr892m from SKr1.57bn for the same period last...

Newcastle-based haulage company Irving Transport Services has expanded its fleet from seven to 10 vehicles, doubled its depot...

• Parcels delivery company Lynx has bought 60 ER_F' tractive units to replace part of its fleet, which was previously all Volvo...

100 largest publicly quoted companies, on 1 December. It will be the only distribution company on the list.

• Europe Net, the European 24-hour truck rescue service, is teaming up with Shell to enable hauliers to pay for Continental...

• Exel Logistics has won a three-year, £6m contract to supply parts to eight UK service centres run by computer firm ICL. And a...

• Haulier Brown (Carlisle) and one of its drivers were not to blame for a wheel coming off one of its vehicles on the M6,...

• Maintenance problems led to Botterills of Blantyre receiving a formal warning from Scottish Licensing Authority Keith...

-• Goole parcels carrier John McLeod, trading as JEM Transport Services, was given an absolute discharge by Lichfield...

A One Transport (Leeds) has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £190, after admitting using a semi-trailer with a...

'Law on the Wall' charts. Each poster covers a separate area of transport law: weights and dimensions, special types regs, and...

• A haulage a/. firm which had 20 cheques for vehicle excise duty dishonoured was still of good repute, West Midland Deputy...

• Liverpool ice cream manufacturer Stella Products has won unrestricted renewal of its licence, despite complaints from...

/Hebrides Haulage has been ordered to pay £650 compensation to a driver made redundant from its Glasgow depot, after an...

• FSV Dormobile is on the brink of buying part of the Carlyle Group. The Folkestone-based minibus and ambulance specialist is...

• United Bus subsidiary DAB Silkeborg (Denmark) is building an aluminium body on to the lowfloor Alliance City underframe,...

• Plaxton is ready to build its Verde body on to the Daf SB220 underframe, if an order for up to 40 from one operator is...

• Blinkered politicians from other EC countries are keener to protect their own coach operators than allow competition from...

Tracer coach to Britain next year for around £80,000 (CM 27 June-3 July).

• Ivy Coaches • (Linthwaite), the Huddersfield-based operator of 15 coaches, went into receivership last Wednesday, with John...

• Cleckheaton-based Hughes Daf has sold 10 Ikarus service buses to London Coaches for the new year.

• Iveco Ford's new 59.12 DailyBus chassis cowl is being used for four body designs in the next few weeks (CM 24-30Oct)....

• Fuel catalyst manufacturer Carbonflo Sales (UK), of Rugby, has changed its name to Broquet International. The rights to the...

• Reliable Vehicles, the Scania truck and bus distributor for Scotland, has opened a larger depot at

• Vauxhall is introducing a maintenance package for all its commercial vehicles. Mastercover covers all scheduled servicing,...

• Davies & Robson, transport and distribution consultant, offers companies a complete analysis of their operations from fleet...

• The annual London to Brighton run of pre-1973 commercial vehicles is being organised by the Historic Commercial Vehicle...

• The European Transport Maintenance Council is organising a number of events for next year. Its annual congress will be held...

• The Certificate in Transport, the new course administered by the Chartered Institute of Transport, is now on offer from...

• A 27-litre portable fridge for trucks is available from Salmon Diavia. The Waeco FT-27 has a temperature range of 10 to —10'C...

▪ A free wall chart of 20 different types of safety signs and their prices is available from safety sign manufacturer Focal...

• Reflecting safety stickers designed to be stuck on vehicle doors are available from Jay Design consultants. They are designed...

• A truck restraining system, for use in loading docks, is available from RS Stokvis & Sons. Truk Stop Star 4 will hook on to...

• A planning chart for transport managers is available from Chartsign Visual Planning. Rolachart is a clear plastic sheet on...

• A rear view mirror with a silvered glass lens set deep in its surround to avoid impact damage is available from Ashtree...

restrictions nationwide contact one of the AA Hotline numbers listed below.

A thief who tried to

Louise Wooster's truck as she was unloading at a London off-licence left with a flea in his ear. The plucky lass screamed blue...

Elj iremen are used to rescuing cats from trees and children from railings but it cannot be often they get a call to rescue a...

Ifil he true spirit of the European Community was alive and well in Colchester last week when a French lorry driver found his...

adge has gone missing, help us find her — that is the heartfelt plea from Allison Transmission which lost one of its key...

F 1 ocals at Blandford, Dorset got into a bit of a froth after a lorry overturned spilling its load of lager and blocking...

la ake a leaf out of United Parcel Service's book. In the US the company has switched to recycled paper for production of its...

ii he Hawk has long wondered why some men take such an obsessive interest in buses, especially as a good many fans have never...

Spain they're pretty keen on them, but in the UK we're not so sure. It's those sundrenched Mediterraneans who really go in for...

Price as tested: diesel, £8,095 (ex-VAT), includes £35 for half-height steel bulkhead with mesh uppPr; petrol, £6,920 (ex-VAT),...

Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company, Eagle Way, Brentwood, Essex. ENGINE: diesel, four-stroke, indirect-injection, naturally...

Chilled and frozen food transport has long been burdened by complex regulations. Food poisoning scares have added to the...

likes to get things done quickly. That trait is reflected by his campaign at the association for operators of controlled...

• Reefer drivers delivering to the big supermarkets' composite warehouses say they are sick of the treatment they receive from...

A 50mph limit would do serious harm to road haulage and to the UK's economy. That's why CM is saying no to 50. regulations are...

• I am writing to offer my wholehearted support for your "Say no to 50" campaign against the proposed 50mph speed limiter...

• Further to your comment in Commercial Motor (14-20 Nov), we take a very poor view of the EC making regulations and laws...

• Following your story "Tesco crackdown" on hauliers delivering to its depots (CM 24-30 Oct), I would like to suggest that Mr...

• In reply to Mr Chippendale's letter (CM 14-20 Nov), the wheel studs referred to are supplied to Seddon Atkinson by a major...

R 'chard Sleat has been given the new post of sales executive for the South-East at British Rail's parcel carrier, Track 29....

• Peter Jenkins is financial controller for the Waitrose division of Hays Distribution Services, based at Theale; soon to be...

• David Ward has joined Ratcliff Tail Lifts as technical sales representative for the Midlands, Avon region and south Wales. He...

II David Watson and Keith Harding of Motor Panels (Coventry) have been promoted. Watson now has responsiblity for the company's...

• Mel Button is now business development manager for Tibbett & Britten's Consumer Product Group.