The French authorities are expected to accept the use of belly tanks, providing they hold no more than 1,000 litres and drivers...

by Amanda Bradbury • The Vehicle Inspectorate is considering ways of formally registering trailers for the first time,...

• The Department of Transport has admitted that "years of undercharging" for the 0licence fee is responsible for its proposal...

by Karen Miles • Tibbett & Britten's Transcare is this week trying to head off the possibility of industrial action among its...

• At least 50 of Britain's truck driver training schools are jointly fighting last week's announcement that they will not be...

• Irish hauliers have won major Government concessions which increase the period that international licences are issued from...

• Hauliers and drivers have a week to object to council proposals to ban trucks from a parking area in Kent which has room for...

by Kathy Watson • Almost a quarter of the vehicles stopped during a check at Beckton lorry park in east London were banned from...

• Haulage and mining organisation the Banks Group has introduced strict operation standards for its drivers following an...

• United Transport UK's 230 chemical and foodstuff delivery drivers has accepted a 5.9% increase on basic pay. Last week's...

• A 4% pay increase effective from 1 January 1995 has been agreed between Barlow Removals at Prestwich, Greater Manchester and...

• The union representing British Fuels' 120 drivers is recommending that its members accept the oil company's offer to increase...

under closer scrutiny as trading standards officers in England, France and Spain pledge to target law-breaking hauliers more...

Livestock moves by Karen Miles • The average length of commercial vehicle rental increased substantially last year reflecting...

Home Office minister • Creditors owed £300,000 by freight forwarder Eurospeed Spedition of Luton have agreed to allow it to...

launch the Truck Theft Action Pock, a new initiative against truck and load theft from Commercial Motor, Iveco Ford and the...

Recent news that the makers of the Yorkie Bar are to drop truck drivers from its advertising campaign probably created few...

• It is a tribute to the event's pre-eminence that these three manufacturers chose the 12th Truckfest to introduce their new...

Truckfest's top award is the Commercial Motor Trophy for Britain's Best Kept Working Truck— and this year's winner is Jamie...

• The 1994 London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle Run was as successful as ever. Once more the organisers conjured up...

• Following extensive vehicle trials the Institute of Road Transport Engineers has produced a Code of Practice to help solve...

for Leyland • Leyland Trucks is negotiating the sale of 700 Series 45based buses for Thailand. The converted trucks would be...

for the developing Asia Pacific region. The MB700 truck and bus range is the focus of a global sourcing policy and is the first...

• An all-British 44-tonne intermodal drawbar demonstrator with Foden prime mover, King Trailers trailer, Southfields bodywork...

by Bryan Jarvis • Renault has finally launched its Euro-1 Midliner 7.5 tonne range (CM 28 April-4 May). It will have the option...

• Tachograph and speed limiter supplier Lucas Kienzle is now offering an on-board accident data recorder for light commercials...

of as little as eight weeks for fully bodied 7.5 to 17-tonne rigid chassis with 20-25ft bodies. • Essex-based Transport...

• Scottish LA Michael Betts has granted Dundee Pallet Recovery a four-vehicle national licence but warned the company about its...

• The two-vehicle licence held by Samuel Magwood, of Moseley, has been suspended by West Midland LA John Mervyn Pugh....

• Though taking no action against the licence held by James and Sheila Killoh, of Fraserburgh, Scottish LA Michael Betts warned...

• David Watson of Clement Street, Girlington, Bradford, denied using a vehicle without an 0-licence or excise licence, and...

• Consideration of disciplinary action against Crynant Transport has been adjourned by South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh because,...

• A Blackburn haulier escaped with a warning after admitting that he falsified tachograph charts to carry on driving because he...

• A haulier told Bury magistrates that British international hauliers were being taxed twice, in mitigation of a series of...

• No action was taken against the licence held by Bradford-based Nightspeed when the company appeared at a Leeds disciplinary...

• A complaint from French police led to Birmingham owner-driver Peter Brothwood appearing at disciplinary proceedings before...

by John Kendall • Leyland Daf Vans, now known as LDV, will drop the Perkins Prima diesel engine from the 200 series this autumn...

• Rover will axe the Maestro van this July, after a 10-year production run. The Maestro is the last mass production commercial...

• Volkswagen is to use Mercedes-Benz technology under licence it was agreed in a £100m deal last week VW will source its...

• The weather at Harrogate was a fitting reflection of the mood at TipCon this year: bright, warm and sunny summed up the...

leading to the recovery of its Volvo A25 dump truck. The unit went missing between the night of Sunday 27 March and the next...

Avonmouth MAN • Truckpoint of Bristol has taken on an MAN franchise in Avonmouth. The workshop and parts operation, adjacent...

Logistics show • The latest in vehicles and computer software, plus talks by Eurotunnel, the Potter Group and United Carriers...

• Developing partnerships with carriers and identifying profit areas for terminal operations will he the theme of the Terminal...

• Drivers of trucks over 3.5 tonnes are invited to enter the West Sussex local heats for the 1994 Lorry Driver of the Year...

• The second annual gathering of the Foden Society takes place at the Banbury Steam Society Rally on 25-26 June at Bloxhani...

• Intermodal '94 will be held at the RAI centre in Amsterdam on 2-4 November. The mnferencc and exhibition will incorporate...

Fueltank lock III Barton Accessories has developed a device to stop thieves siphoning diesel from fuel tanks. The Tomesbased...

• SageHaul is a business management software package jilt rfiduced for the small haulier to use with the Sage Sterling...

DRIV I NG Marshall SPV's Bedford MT13-18 and Mercedes-Benz's 1318 are head to head in the four-wheel-drive truck sector—we've...

A t their desks a group of students are being patiently tutored in the finer points of the hydraulic braking system with...

Where does legal responsibility for rented vehicles lie? It all depends on who is defined as the user, and on this issue the...

4 alcolm Harrison's call for the establishment of a compulsory central register detailing the financial history of commercial...

cif = coming into force SI No 298—Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994.—cif 1 September 1994. implements EC...

UK • Operator Licensing—simplification of the '0' Licence system included in Deregulation Bill before Parliament • '0'...