inclined to apologise about road damage: we should be talking about road wear, which is what they are designed to do." Richard...

or competitive technology become ever more demanding, so the cost of developing new vehicles becomes ever more daunting — and...

• Last September we revealed that Renault Truck Industries was thinking of offering a fourwheel-drive version of the Dodge 50...

• Land Rover has captured what could well be the biggest single military order for light 4x4s this year with a 250 million...

• ERF, flushed by an initially favourable reception for its new E-Series truck range, has announced a return to profit in the...

3s axle limit is agreed • EEC transport ministers this week finally agreed to standard drive axle weight limits, but a new...

• The most powerful Leyland 6x2 Rnadtrain tractive unit in the UK — the 254kW(340hp) Perkins Eaglepowered 20.34 — is now...

• The disposal of Lex Service's unwanted transport interests took a step further forward this week with the sale of Bees...

• Commercial Motor's Isrighausen Limited Edition Air Rider seat proved a big hit when it was unveiled at Trucklest in May,...

• Volvo Trucks is transferring its British sales, accounts and concessionaire administration from its Scottish headquarters to...

• Transport Secretary John Moore was to meet a delegation from the Transport and General Workers Union on Thursday this week to...

Bottomley pointed out that the limit on daily duty would be retained for driving not covered by the EEC rules. Bottomley has...

• The standards of safety and maintenance in the road haulage industry are not good enough, Junior Transport Minister Peter...

• We have been asked to point out that there are full HGV maintenance facilities at the Southwaite services area on the M6, run...

• Granada has opened a £5 million motorway service area at Newbury/Chieveley at the intersection of the M4 and the A34...

• It took 26 men 102 hours 30 minutes to drive a 38 tonne articulated lorry from London to Rugby in the CM Econocruise Run. It...

• Sisu, the Finnish truck manufacturer, has devised a simple method of improving the off-road handling and traction when...

• A new 1,500kg capacity model has been added to the Zepro cantilever tail lift range sold in the UK through Longdon Truck...

• Iveco's premium 313kW (420hp) Turbostar tractive unit (CM March 15 1985) is expected to go on sale throughout the new Iveco...

ni A 21.8 million contract for the supply of fire tenders and associated equipment has been won by Locomotors of Andover. The...

• The Wilcox Group and Alusuisse of Zurich, the Swiss bodybuilder and chassis manufacturer, have produced a new stepframe...

• A new high-value bodybuilding package has been introduced by Brade-Leigh of West Bromwich. It is costlier but is said to...

• Clayton Dewandre's aftermarket division has introduced a new Interchange range of alternative air brake exchange components....

• Toyota has built over four million Hi-Lux pick-ups. The Hi-Lux is the first Toyota truck or light commercial to reach this...

• Stourbridge-based M and G Tankers has won a follow-up order, worth £1.25 million, for another 30 of its...

• A Licensing Authority need not consider the fact that environmental conditions might lead to a company to take action which...

• A South Wales owner operator's HGV licence has remained revoked because convictions for drinking and driving and driving...

• The use of more vehicles than authorised on its licence has cost Rugeley, Staffordshire-based Midland Transit and its...

• North Western Licensing Authority Roy Hutchings has reserved decision on whether to grant an additional articulated vehicle...

• Dairymen Husband Bros (Cardiff) escaped disciplinary action against its 11-vehicle licence after it assured South Wales...

• Permitting drivers hours offences has cost a Telford operator E452.50. Walter Keen, trading as WA Keen Transport, admitted...

• Tibbett and Britten, the management-owned hanging garment specialist, is diversifying into other distributipn work. Merchant...

• A lorry park is to be built in Lanarkshire, creating nearly 60 new jobs. Clydesdale District Council has given local...

• Freight tonnage carried by road jumped by almost 10% and now accounts for around 42% of the EEC's transport market, according...

• Hauliers' "gut reaction" at the Government's decision to build a rail-only tunnel is disappointment at a lost opportunity,...

• France has brought in tougher measures for drunken driving including immediate confiscation of licences for up to 72 hours in...

• Portugal's ministry of transport has introduced new limits on weights and dimensions of commercial vehicles as part of a...

• Radioprinters are being used on a trial basis in the London area by both the AA and air express company DHL to provide...

• Bell Trucks has purchased a disused lorry depot on Tyneside. The depot, formerly owned by Henlys, is on the Bellway...

• Sealink is adding an extra ferry on its Harwich-llook of Holland route to cope with extra demand this summer. The Stena...

• Optare City Pacer midibuses have been chosen for the first Central London high frequency small bus services to be introduced...

• Seven single-deck Dennis Falcon buses fitted with twodoor Northern Counties bodies have just been delivered to Ipswich...

• Maintenance problems have led to the 10-vehicle PSV operator's licence of Leonard Waldrum and Claud Grange, trading as Atlas...

• Stevensons of Uttoxeter is reintroducing crew operated buses to Burton on Trent on Saturdays. For a trial period the...

• A bid by Ebdons Coaches to run London sightseeing tours from Whitehall and Coventry Street has been turned down by...

• • Participation by Neoplan in a Bavarian Export Show in China last year was a big factor in winning an order from Norinco, a...

• Caledonia Coach Sales has relinquished its franchises for full-scale 12m coach chassis and bodies. Its had supplied Van Heel...

a Renault has launched its integral FRI coach in the United States of America as the Mack FRI.

▪ Tvme arid Wear PTE is operating a free midicoach feeder service between Washington services on the Al(M) motorway and...

• Irish ;:tatt: transport, company CIE has placed in service its 50 Cumminspowered Van I tool Acron and Alizee coaches leased...

• National Freight tanker haulier Tankfreight has made Peter Gill its new depot manager at Furfleet, near Grays, Essex. Gill...

• Perry' Group, which recently formed a subsidiary — Nationwide Crash Repair Centres — has appointed Rodney Glex as its...

• Hydraulic lipping equipment manufacturer Edbro, has appointed Charles Waggott to the position of regional manager Europe...

• Tony Kennan and John Fickling have been appointed commercial manager and chief engineer, respectively, to the new NBC company...

• A former managing director of Mitchell Cotts Freight Forwarding, Ian Robertson, has been appointed managing director of NEC...

He was previously a senior consultant at the National Materials Handling Centre at Cranfield Institute of Technology with...

• Four senior appointments have been made by Mintex Don, the BBA group friction materials manufacturer of Cleckheaton. George...

• Mercedes-Benz's longawaited new-generation of light middleweight vans and chassis cabs is now available in the UK. The...

410 • Bedford's future in the UK heavy market has suffered a new blow with news that its parent company, General Motors, has...

• Suzuki is now offering a general-purpose tipping body conversion on its recentlylaunched SJ413K long wheelbase 4x4 pick-up....

• With deregulation of the bus industry only four months away, Peugeot Talbot is planning to build a range of six-wheel...

• Last week's disclosure by Environment Minister William Waldegrave, that the Government could take measures to ensure adequate...

CONTRACT HIRE AND LEASING MERGER • Following the recent acquisition of the Kenning Motor Group by Tozer, Kernsley and Mil'bourn...

developed a contract hire package offering users of high pressure cleaners a unique combination of competitive fixed costs and...

VW EXTENDS • Buyers of new Volkswagen commercial vehicles are now able to extend their usual 12 months warranty to 24 or 36...

an adaptor kit for operators wanting to fit its 1416 or 1426 electronic tachograph to Volvo FL trucks. The easy-to-fit kit...

WEBBING REPLACEMENT • A strap reconditioning and webbing replacement service, which can save users more than 50% of the price...

SECOND SHIP FOR WASHDAY • A new Ro/Lo ferry, purpose-built to operate between King's Lynn and the port of Hamburg, completed...

SHELL CLUB GROWS • Membership of the Shell Diesel Drivers' Club has now reached more than 50,000 and is still increasing. The...

GUILDFORD WARNING • Operators have been warned by the Department of Transport to expect long delays in two months' time on the...

• The following roadworks could cause delays to operators and drivers and should be borne in mind when route planning. Drivers...

The role of road transport in the environment came under the spotlight at this year's Commercial Motor/Scania conference. •...

Wadham Stringer's Vanguard 2 dual-purpose bus and coach body does little to disguise the basic simplicity of the Commando truck...

variety), and youngsters who get turned on by WW2 uniforms or military memorabilia, should get their diaries and block off July...

BY THE HAWK • PSV enthusiasts may be interested in the news that the Trolley Bus will still not lie down and die. The West...

▪ Busines s failures in the transport and communications industry throughout England and Wales totalled 1,314 during 1985,...

• Peugeot-Talbot, the former and much truncated Chrysler UK company, plans to break into the UK market for minibuses and is to...

El Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show that the light van sector (up to 1.8 tonnes gross weight) is up by...

MISociety of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show that overall commercial vehicle registrations are running 0.22%...

• The Government should abandon its demoralising policy for forcing BL to get rid of troublesome subsidiaries and sell off...

• Bedford CF2,/2800 After 8,0001cm (5,000 miles) on the first quarter of a long-term road test, the 2.83-tonne-GVW diesel panel...

II"Less than 3% of the tax gathered in Scotland is spent on roads," complains kilted Brian Robertson Robbie the Pict...

Based on the popular R5 hatchback, the new car-derived van from Renault handles well, has an increased payload and is...

For the ANC franchised parcels network, National Carriers Contract Services and NFC's in-house transport consultancy group...

I fully agree with Mr A. S. H. Kelly (Dear Sir, CM June 14). Although 1986 is "Safety Year," very little has been done by the...