• It seems that it no longer pays to be honest. To put it mildly, most operators would consider it bad luck to be prosecuted...

• Tough new regulations governing the transportation of radioactive material by road will soon be introduced. The Radioactive...

• The Road Haulage Association has been urged to publish a new version of its recommended benchmark rates for its members —...

paper on the Food Safety Act the reefer operators' trade body Transfrigoroute is calling on the Government to extend...

III The Irish border row over the introduction of new computer systems for clearing agents (CM 25 April-1 May) is hotting up...

• The Department of Transport is considering a "green wave" system of traffic lights for its north London Red Route pilot...

increase in EC cabotage permits for 12 months from 1 July: an increase of 1,536 authorisations. This is the maximum the...

• NFC is considering a shakeup of its transport division which includes BRS, Lynx, Tankfreight and BRS Automotive. The...

• British drivers who had their vehicles damaged in the Spanish hauliers dispute last October have been given a better chance...

• Alan Fox (pictured), commercial operations director of Iveco Ford Truck, has been promoted to managing director. Nick...

• Traffic Area Office staff are confused about how to pass on public complaints about trucks and buses with smokey exhausts,...

• Road Haulage Association vice-chairman Barry Hempsall will not be standing for re-election. This follows his withdrawal from...

• A 48-hour crackdown on 1,800 trucks and coaches leaving Dover last week ended with 60 operators and drivers receiving...

• Hauliers who ran the gauntlet of picket lines during the 1984-85 miners' strike have been thanked by British Steel chairman...

• The number of would-be truck drivers who had HGV licence applications refused on health grounds rose from 1,735 to 2,391...

• The trend towards the use of air suspension for drive axles and trailer bogies is set to gather pace. This was the consensus...

• ERF has broken the Cummins monopoly of its lighter rigid models by deciding to specify the most powerful Perkins Phaser...

EXCLUSIVE • A straight-frame semitrailer, with 100m 3 of load space has been developed by York and is on trial with a Dutch...

• MAN has become one of the first truck manufacturers to offer a range of dealer-fitted security devices. The package,...

EXCLUSIVE • As regular CM readers already know Volvo is weighing up the prospect of marketing its NL range of bonneted trucks...

• BFI's receiver has warned that many more haulage firms will become victims of the recession. According to BDO Binder Hamlyn...

• Derbyshire-based haulier FB Atkins has formed an association with NYK Line, a Japanese shipping and transport operation, to...

NAAFI, which handles catering for the armed services, will not cut its 900-vehicle fleet. Red distribution • Parceline has...

• Red Star has devolved management of its 500-vehicle express parcels fleet into four regional centres, each headed by a...

• Using trucks instead of trains has helped the Royal Mail to deliver 85% of first class letters within a day. The figure —...

• John Dee, the company formed from the ashes of the John Dee Group, has hit back at the Road Haulage Association's attempt to...

• South Crofty tin mine at Camborne, Cornwall has been given a reprieve resulting in continued work for hauliers in an area...

• UB Distribution Services has taken delivery of 30 Craven Tasker 26-pallet trailers from TIP Trailer Rental under a fiveyear...

provide Chubb Fire with a fully integrated distribution system. The deal incorporates a dedicated warehouse near Peterborough.

• Refuse collection workers in Liverpool have begun a work-torule in protest at council plans to impose compulsory redundancies...

• Renault Trucks London has won an order for 11 50 Series trucks from MI Smith News. They will join 100 50 Series already with...

• A truck driver who asked a policeman to direct him to the nearest weighbridge so that he could check the weight of his...

against West Yorkshire-based haulier Kenneth Standage, trading as Star Trucking, have been referred to Bolton Crown Court....

• A warehouse manager who was caught redhanded with hijacked goods when police raided his premises has been jailed for 5!...

• Scottish Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth has renewed Fife-based Nobel Explosives' licence but has imposed a condition...

• North Wales tipper operator Cawley Bros has had fines for overloading quashed on appeal to the crown court. Chester...

• Gilbert Ani a,, of Cheddleton, mal By Products licence revoked and its managing director has been barred from holding an...

• West Midlands Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has warned that paying fines in instalments could be considered as a black...

• The Transport Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by Rainhambased S Portors (Haulage) against the revocation of its licence by...

the company's ambulances and easy-access buses into North Africa and the Middle East next month. Devon Conversions is now...

liquidation just a few weeks after National Express sold its 50% stake in the firm, National Express refuses to comment on why...

two extra staff at the end of May to help service the 2,550 Van Hool vehicles running in the UK. SCS bought / Van Hool's UK...

• Volvo and Leyland bus and coach operators can now get parts and service from a network of 24 specialised dealers. The...

In an industry dominated by the Big Guns, ERF says small is beautiful... • As any exhibitor at last week's Tipcon show could...

of 100 electrically powered Escort vans. The vehicles, which are assembled in Halewood, will be shipped to the US in complete...

to cover light CVs. The SDI series Air Ride Suspension has been developed for drive axles rated between 2,600kg and 5,500kg and...

• Daihatsu has launched an uprated range of Fourtrak Commercial 4x4 vehicles. Detail changes include the addition of a...

• The second generation Mitsubishi Shogun goes on sale this week. It features an all-new four-wheel-drive system, but as yet...

ou know you're getting on a bit when the bus executives start looking like 14-year-olds. Don't panic — David Fowles is 14 — but...

or small-minded readers what could be better than a day out at the Miniature Truck festival at Crickstop, near Rugby on 9 June?...

Ifil hree readers each win a copy of Scania Cavalcade, a full-colour hardback detailing the Swedish manufacturer's first 100...

etectives in the St George district of Bristol are reduced to investigating burglaries by bus because of a shortage of patrol...

ews reaches the Hawk of tireless efforts by the road transport industry to help the Romanian people. Two members of staff from...

offer at this service area near Tours on the MO in France. But then the French always were a passionate lot. Thanks to Meirion...

Danzas first • Freight giant Danzas has opened a regional distribution centre in the West Midlands. The depot, at Coleshill...

• Wilcox now has a single telephone number for administration and production. Contact (0778) 345151. Market marked •...

East spenders • Transport-Technika, which will take place in Brno, Czechoslovakia on 12-18 June is said to be the first...

Keep it secure • A brochure of electric security devices for haulage yards and other premises is available from Clarke...

• Parlok of Coventry is marketing a CV mudguard with a white line down one side which is claimed to improve safety by...

• The DTp is carrying out roadside interviews in the South-East to gather data for a traffic model. The data will be used for a...

LIGHTNING Exceptional performance, a highly competitive price and a top-of-the-class payload will make ERF's E14.465 a...

This year's Tipcon show will be remembered for what wasn't sold rather than what was, as sales plummet and manufacturers...

• With regard to the recent accident on the M4, I was almost immediately confronted on television by one of our impressive MPs...

• Why is it that the innocent victims of the recession are, as always, those unsung and enduring heroes of the British economy...