OFF LIMITS • First the good news. According to Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope: It would not be appropriate for...

/ The long-awaited Dartford Bridge, which opened this week, could save hauliers thousands of pounds a year by relieving traffic...

/ A liquidator's investigation has begun into the affairs of freight forwarder Eezee Euro Services after a creditors' meeting...

/ A 48-hour spot check on LGVs and PCVs at four ports last week by the Department of Transport revealed a startling level of...

• About 200 firms have expressed an interest in trailer builder York, in receivership for two weeks. Receiver Cork Gully says...

• Volvo is to step up its efforts to win contract hire business following its full takeover of Ailsa Truck Finance, Volvo...

/ An animal welfare group is calling for better training for livestock vehicle drivers. The Farm Animal Welfare Council —...

• The Government is to oppose European Commission plans for a 50mph speed limit for trucks on Britain's motorways. Brussels...

• Prototype engines from Nissan and Iveco's joint project to design a new mid-size diesel range are undergoing field trials....

• Dabbs Plant of Sleaford, Lincs, is offering a £5,000 reward for information on two of its Leyland Daf Freighter skip trucks...

• Licensing Authority Fred Whalley will this week rule whether former John Dee boss John Davison is to be allowed back into...

/ The engines in the Mercedes-Benz UK heavy truck range get a major shake-up next year with the arrival of the new LEV (Low...

• Renault has introduced an automatic gearshift system for its AE and R heavy trucks. The TBV (telecommande de boite de...

• IFT has announced prices for the new Cargo. They range from £21,050 to £28,100 (ex-VAT) for six to 10-tonne rigids and...

• Unigate subsidiary Wincanton Distribution Services is to merge its two chilled distribution divisions, UCD and WCD, to form a...

• Dorset-based Hoyland Haulage has been saved from the receiver by the father and brother of its former chairman (CM 5-11...

• Tyneside-based operator Brown Wharrier is linking with Northern Ireland Railways to provide a part-load service to Ireland...

• NFC is understood to be interested in acquiring Bullens, the Wincanton Distribution Services removals subsidiary. Bullens...

• In our issue 3-9 October we ran a story stating that Nightshift Express planned to set up an Italian groupage business called...

• Parcelforce is postponing buying new vehicles until the publication of a report next month which will analyse the parcel...

• A disused part of Renault's Dunstable assembly works is to be converted into a full truck dealership which should be fully...

• Brian Templar has resigned as managing director of contract distribution firm Swift Transport Services after only 10 months...

• Railfreight has opted for the Royal Seaforth dock in Liverpool as the site for its Merseyside Channel Tunnel freight...

• Iron and steel scrap processor Morley Waste Traders accused vehicle examiners of adopting double standards when it appeared...

for overloads • Graham Read of Chewstoke, near Bristol, has appeared before former Western Licensing Authority Air Vice...

Organisation have been fined for drivers' hours and tachograph offences at the town's magistrates. UFO and 12 of its drivers...

• Willenhallbased international haulier David Henton has been given a conditional discharge for a year by Wolverhampton...

• Plaxton, Optare and Dennis flew the British flag at last week's European Bus and Touring Coach Fair, at Kortrijk, Belgium....

is planning to put truckers back on the TV in Routes, a twice-weekly soap about two families in the road haulage business....

RENAULT B110-50 • When Renault launched the B range — a heavier stretched version of the Master — we assumed that it would...

RENAULT B110-50 Like its smaller stablemate the Master, which competes in the 3.5-tonne category, the B110-50 uses the...

can be fined for failing to carry a full quota of passengers during rush hours. In Lagos, Nigeria odd and even number-plated...

PROBLEMS • A few years ago it was only drivers who were told "you can't leave that lorry here". Today, the cry is also...

• A growing number of operators are turning to aerodynamics in an attempt to cut their truck fuel bills. Most chassis...

drawbars were shown to have better potential for aerodynamic savings than either rigids or articulated vehicles. Expressed in...

JOHN MARSHALL • Bulk grain haulier John Marshall despairs at the rate cutting that is forcing his industry along a downward...

• Regarding the profile on Ron Osborne, headed "Tough tactics" (CM 10-16 Oct), I would like to point out that Sherwood Leyland...