• If you want the epitome of free market forces look no further than freight transport. Its something the pundits should bear...

• A tanker explosion in Sunderland last week is under investigation by the Newcastle Health and Safety Executive. The Linkman...

• A further 100 jobs are to be cut at Iveco Ford Trucks' Langley production plant this month, as the manufacturer predicts that...

• The future of Charterail — the Government's heavily promoted method of getting freight onto rail — looked brighter this week...

• Every motorway service area (MSA) in the UK is to be sold off to the highest bidder, following the Government's decision to...

• Only 7% of European road haulage journeys are legal, according to academic Dr John Whiteleg. Speaking last week on BBC Radio...

MI A British truck driver was beaten up by Spanish hauliers in Barcelona this week in the run up to a fresh wave of haulage...

negotiations" with two UK-owned truck manufacturers interested in the Bedford-based truck maker. Dennis and ERF say they are...

motorways will be discussed at a meeting between the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Road Haulage Association...

• The DOT has revised its proposals for the increased weight limits governing six and eightwheelers and four-axle drawbars and...

• The Chartered Institute of Transport has called on the Government to remember freight when planning the Channel Tunnel...

• The truck market continues to show slow signs of recovery. Sales of trucks and artics of 3.5 tonnes and above for the first...

EXCLUSIVE • Scania (Great Britain) has finally released a right-hand-drive version of the R113-380 tractor with electronic...

• German gearbox and axle manufacturer ZF has signed a contract to buy the Allison Transmission Division from GM. The deal is...

• Cummins Engine Company in Britain has dismissed any suggestion that its popular L10 straight-six engine is to be stretched...

/ The Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland has increased payloads from 15,500 to 23,000 litres using tandemaxle tanker...

• Hendrickson Europe has increased its manufacturing capacity by a 1,000 axles a month with a new plant next to its existing...

EXCLUSIVE / Mercedes-Benz will launch its new multi-wheelers this autumn starting with the 2527 six-wheeler. Right-hand-drive...

• Stationer John Dickinson of Hemel Hempstead has renewed its contract hire agreement with Ryder for a fleet of Scania 17tonne...

/ Gateshead has acquired a Bailey's Body Builder computer controlled mobile library unit on a Leyland Daf FA 45.150 chassis to...

• Commercial Recovery and Repair of Ashford has taken delivery of 34 K-registered Leyland Daf 95.330 tractive units for its...

Ii • A fitter em ployed by New port haulier Anthony Beese has been told by South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh to spend a day...

• Permitting an unlicensed person to drive an LGV and overloading offences cost Greens Transport £1,480 when the company...

• Chester Magistrates convicted Hawick hauliers Hugh and Patrick Laing and one of its drivers of overloading a 32tonne artic,...

6 6 • Dumfriesbased haulier Ivor M Carson faces ruin following a Sheriffs ruling in favour of a vehicle lessor. Carson was...

(Chorley) £400 for exceeding permitted gross and axle weights, despite evidence from the driver of the vehicle that he had...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• Co Tyrone haulier John Allingham, trading as Allingham Transport of Cookstown, Northern Ireland, was accused of overloading a...

• Red Star has lost a multi-million-pound UK distribution contract with US parcels company Airborne Express to Panic Link. A...

• More than Um has been raised in two massive sales of vehicles and trailers formerly run by Federal Express. ADT Auctions...

• Batley-based manufacturer Hallas Trailer Sales is expanding into tanker work after buying neighbouring Newby Tankers' designs...

• General haulage firm CMT (Transport) has gone into liquidation owing more than £500,000. The Wakefield-based operator's...

• New figures showing a sharp rise in commercial vehicle imports confirm that the UK truck manufacturing industry is under...

• Welsh hauliers could be bidding to move up to 400 tonnes of freight a day if Cardiff Airport is successful in winning a major...

• Loss-making Daf NV has admitted that it is in deep discussion with another major truck manufacturer which could buy into the...

• Former Plaxton chairman David Matthews wants to buy the coach and bus manufacturer and use it as the nucleus of a new force...

• Newly rescued Northern Counties is the first independent bodybuilder to develop a rival for Optare ' s stylish Daf - based...

• Ratby - based dealer Alan Wilson has identified the foreign built vehicle he is to launch at Expo Coach ' 92 this October —...

Hauliers will be guaranteed access to motorway service areas but what about the rescue operators they depend on? • The...

• Ten police forces are evaluating the new 4x4 Ford Transit. The 4WD model will go on sale early next year, but will not be...

• BF Goodrich has launched a new tyre for vans and pickups. The mud and snow A/W Commercial is designed for highway use but has...

• Leyland Daf vans has won a Elm order to supply 107 400 Series models to Churchfield Vehicle Rentals of Salisbury....

• Mercedes-Benz is assessing a range of 4x4 light CVs for the UK, based on the G-Wagen offroader. The four models are a 2.85m...

• Digicomm Communications has designed an alarm system for vans and cars that maintains contact with the driver via a pager....

• A Transit chilled food distribution van has been built for use at Ford's Dagenham plant. Bodybuilder Readwheel carried out...

• Lombard Financial Software has introduced a computer software package designed to identify bank interest overcharges — a...

/I A mechanical breakdown insurance which covers vehicles up to 10 years old has been introduced by Plymouth-based Practical...

Coping with spills • Tackling potentially disastrous chemical spills from road tankers will be one of the subjects of a...

Harsh in Wisbech • Wisbech-based bodybuilder Wisbech Bulk System is now a dealer for Harsh tipping gears. Contact: (0945)...

[! atest Department of Transport figures show that the average speed of central London traffic during the day is 10.2mph. This...

ile after mile of cones along the motorway try every truck driver's patience. But those irritatingly cheerful red and white...

efore you stop to get rid of that bee in your cab, think again. Truck driver Jack Ibbs thought he'd chase a couple of the...

N hannel Island Freight held its recent summer reception on board the replica of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind to celebrate...

New regulations have come into force requiring dangerous goods drivers to pass tough exams. But in practice many drivers are...

Engine: 9.57 litres, 230kW (308hp). GCW: 38.0 tonnes. Payload: 24.51 tonnes. Speed: 68.5km/h (42.6mph). Fuel consumption:...

I am an owner-driver and, though an insulindependent diabetic for 12 years, I have held an HGV licence without any problems....

I was at an incident involving a lorry carrying a hazardous load but the lorry did not carry any Hazchem labels. The driver...

moves by the oil giants to make more and expensive improvements to engine oil — but do hauliers get what they pay for? Mi...

American Petroleum Institute (API) are the two main independent standard-setting bodies whose oil performance classifications...

• For more than 50 years police in the UK have taken on the duty of escorting vehicles carrying abnormal loads. These escorts...

simplest business knowledge is frightening' , T he idea of becoming an owner-driver is not usually a rational decision. It...

• In your issue of 13-19 August, you ran a news story headed "Hazexam fears eased". In this you stated that Chemfreight ran...

• I have read your article stating that Unit 91 has come to the end of the road (CM 20-26 August). As the wife of Mike...

• Can anyone please explain why the over-enthusiastic police forces fail to check the many hippy vehicles roaming the highways?...

• Isn't it just typical of the French to try to get the right PR image after their horrendous behaviour during the blockades?...

• I, and I'm sure many others, would agree with Tom Llewellyn that road tax should be paid through the fuel price (Sound Off,...

• There is a large and growing number of areas where operators and workshop managers will not be in control of expenditure:...

• Almost 17% of all the vehicles which took up Workshop's offer of a free smoke check failed to meet the standard required in...

• Forecourt equipment servicing specialist PM is offering a new leakage test on underground fuel tanks without emptying them...

5 clinics • HOC is running a series of clinics where welders can discuss any problems they have encountered. Many enquiries...

• As Workshop goes to press five smoke meters have been approved by the VI. They are: the Bosch Rrnoo. the Crypton PSA300, the...

• A survey of skin care in paintshops shows poor awareness and neglect by employees, says Deb Automotive. In the 79 paintshops...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has warned that maintenance standards appear to be falling. Its latest report shows a rise of 3% in...

L im crumbs • Rushrlen Granulating is installing a million pound t!.Te crumbing plant at its Northampton factory. Tyres will...

• Low sulphur diesel fuel is leading to accelerated wear in diesel pumps, says Ewen Auld, Shell oils Automotive Technical...

• BIPAVER, the international association for tyre retreaders, is calling for a 1.6mm minimum tread depth on truck tyres to...

• Mintex Don is redeveloping its disc brake pad factory and head office at Cleckheaton, West Yorks. By the end of 1993 the...

Getting the right tyre is just the first important step in reducing costs. A ny attempt to reduce truck running costs must...

thinking behind the big Berliet cab, so it looks very different to the run of the mill truck. But how different is it...

Out of alignment axles and wheels can dramatically reduce tyre life, but there is a cure. W hat do you think would happen if...

Does wheel balancing on trucks save money or waste time? Colin Sowman reports. T he effects of truck wheel balancing is hard...

• Cummins subsidiary . Fleetguard is marketing a new coolant additive suitable for all makes of diesel engine. Complete is...

• Tecalemit has introduced a single-line automatic chassis lubrication system to join its multi-line range. The St. system is...

• Somers Handling has uprated its heaviest mobile column lift to 7.0 tonnes and him wed the circuitry to allow six cc ilumns to...

▪ Samsonal Blue, 10 en in friendly gasket sealant. is being marketed by Granville Oil and Chemicals. It is said to he...

• Herberts has added a singlepack chromate-free adhesions primer to its Standox range. 1KFfillprimer can be used as a...

• A disposable filter dryer for inline fitting on air feeds to spray guns and the like is being marketed by Gray Campling. It...

MI A re-manufactured condenser with purge valve from Bendix is said to be up to 50r4 cheaper than a new replacement, and...

A vehicle wash is arguably the most expensive single piece of workshop equipment most companies buy. It's important to get the...