by Nicky Clarke • Container hauliers carrying freight to and from rail terminals will be able to take advantage of a ao...

by Nicky Clarke • Annual test fees for many HGVs are to fall in the autumn, but charges for multi-axled vehicles could remain...

• Operators have welcomed a Government move to cut red tape surrounding waste transport: it is thought if new measures are...

• The Transport and General Workers Union is claiming victory after the High Court decided last week the union's appeal of...

by Karen Miles • The Vehicle Inspectorate's 91 commercial vehicle testing stations look set for a quick sale as it emerges...

new high in S-E • Livestock hauliers fear EC proposals limiting the time farm animals can travel on the road without a break...

been made as a direct result of drivers' calls to the Forecourt Watch scheme's information line. Norfolk witness • Police...

• North Yorkshire County Council has banned trucks over 17 tonnes on four bridges in Wensleydale from 9 August until they are...

• The Department of Transport has published roadbuilding plans to help drivers joining the A303 eastbound at Stopgate Cross,...

• Basic pay rises in Britain continued a downward trend to 2% in the three months to June 1993, compared to 23% in the...

• Haulage firms are among businesses not being paid on time in 98% of cases, but firms with annual sales below £5m saw...

has launched its first full-size bus chassis, built in Brazil by its Autolatina joint venture with Ford. The "Volksbus" 16.180...

• Leyland Daf's former UK drivdine development and test facility has been bought from the receiver in a management buyout....

MI MAN's middleweight G90 replacement range looks set for launch this autumn. As revealed in Commercial Motor 21-27 Jan, the...

• Hays Distribution Services is buying around 100 Don-Bur curtain-sided trailers in an order worth over 11.7 million. The...

• Fitting one of Aerodynes latest air management kits to a Globetrotter-cabbed Volvo F12 has meant fuel savings of nearly 10%...

• Engine specialist TAE, in conjunction with Warwick Banks Handling, is offering an engine modification service for Land...

• Wabco is developing a competitor for the Bosch ELB electronically controlled full-air braking system seen on Scania...

France has produced its 1,000th truck. Most of the plant's output is sold in France and Southern Europe. Opened in June 1992,...

50 Mercedes 1838LS 4x2 tractive units on contract hire from Salford Van Hire: 35 will be based at NUT's Crick depot and the...

The steel suspension has been ordered to cope with arduous operating conditions. Full details next week.

• Drinkwater Chassis Engineering, the third axle and frame conversion specialist, has moved into part of the former Leyland...

• Pandoro has taken delivery of 27 Crane Fruehauf box trailers for food transport between Ireland and the UK. The insulated...

By Karen Miles • The first freight trains could be running through the Channel Tunnel in under six months, the tunnel's...

• Unigate has sold eight truck dealerships and service centres which turned over 1,000 commercial vehicles last year to Lex...

• Waste hauliers are looking forward to a business bonanza following last week's Department of Environment initiative...

• )perators who lost out when north-east haulier Barnfather crashed last year have just a few more weeks to wait before...

• From September hauliers seeking elusive return loads from within the UK will be able to plug into the Teleroute...

by Juliet Parish • Exel Logistics Newstlow has bowed to pressure from its drivers' union to impose an extra 12 working days a...

• Fullers Logisitics Group will announce a "substantial" fiveyear contract in the next fortnight for which it has acquired...

• Express carriers are about to increase pressure on the Government to force a 17.5% increase in charges for international...

• Up to 50 tippers a day will be needed to service a new Butterley Aggregates quarry in Norton Disney, near Lincoln if...

• Highlands-based 321 Haulage & Distribution will now collect parcels for other operators from Inverness and deliver them the...

• Harpenden-based BAC Transport is looking for parcels firms to use its hub in Dudley, West Midlands The carrier says it...

• Dedicated distribution specialist McKelvie has won what is believed to be a £1.3m a year three-year contract with IBM. The...

• Dewsbury. based UFO Forwarding and one of the company's drivers were cleared of a series of drivers' hours offences when...

• Manchesterbased Desmond Armstrong, trad ing as Armstrong Building Contractors, has had his licence cut by two years and had...

• North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner H Anthony Richardson has reserved decision on Jacqueline Harrison's application,...

• Renewing Swansea-based Greatone's licence for only two years, South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh has...

• An unsatisfac tory maintenance record and a failure to report convictions has led to the authorisation on the licence held...

• Daihatsu launches its substan tially revised Fourtrak commercial this month, as revealed in Commercial Motor (CM 1-7...

Mahindra imports • Mahindra jeep imports are now being handled by a newly formed company, UK 4x4. Initial imports will...

According to some satirical magazines London taxi drivers (and Sun readers) have a robust attitude to crime and punishment...

• Get clued up on the future of transport across Europe including: EC proposals to harmonise HGV gross weight levels, road...

• This year's Freightconnection event takes place on October 5-7 at Manchester's Euroterminal at Trafford Park, Manchester....

• A one-day seminar on proposals to harmonise UK Packaged Goods Requirements with ADR European tanker regulations is being...

• Transfrigoroute (United Kingdom) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) have joined forces to offer a half-day driver...

• Former Greater Manchester Police deputy chief constable John Stalker will be the Freight Transport Association guest...

• The Scottish Office has published an information package on Government controls of the use of hazardous substances. Called...

Speed control equipment firm Econocruise has extended its limiter exchange service indefinitely. The scheme, where a vehicle's...

• Midlands based windscreen repair specialists Crackattack are now offering a headlamp repair service. It claims the work...

• The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has launched a pilot telephone information line for the general public and non-RHA...

• Topmark Vehicle Hire is offering to buy an operator's existing vehicles and hire them back on a contract hire basis. Called...

• A company has been set up in Chesterfield to supply under-floor air van compressor and generator equipment. Mobile Power...

• Automotive paint specialist PPG has launched a range of paints specifically aimed at commercial vehicle bodyshops. Called...

• Truck-Lite International, which make 'sealed-for-life' shock mounted vehicle lamps, has improved its Model 45 stop-lamp,...

• Flex-Con has launched its latest bulk body sheeting system. Initially designed for articulated bodies, the Sidewinder LR...

• Industrial heating equipment company Emberheat is launching an easy-payment finance plan which gives the user a new Corgi...

• For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min off-peak;...

Matador but the Camerons Brewery Company have done a splendid job in restoring a 1957 Foden flat-bed truck for delivering beer...

an operator who wants to make a worthwhile jump into 0 licence territory without having to use an LGV-trained driver. Operators...

Price: El 4,650 (ex-VAT, chassis-cab unit only). Engine: 2.4-litre diesel, 57kW (76hp). GVW: 2,590kg. Payload: 795kg...

RELATIONS I taly's national strike of road hauliers jolted the Italian public to ask a question rarely asked by those not...

North East Leyland Daf, was woken by the telephone ringing in his ear. He certainly wasn't expecting any calls—he was on...

DRIVERS' HOURS D rivers employed by Portsmouth-based operator PJK European Transport have been charged with forgery,...

T am writing in response to Robert Coates' article, Testing Times (CM 15-21 July). As the recognised industry training...

4 t's a good job that the attitudes of the 1 trade associations didn't hold sway earlier this century otherwise wed still be...