When feelings run high people get hurt. Thankful ly the French Authorities appear to have finally reached that conclusion...

• Firms planning to appeal against new rates bills have less than a month before the cut-off date of 30 September, says the...

• An Essex warehousing and transport operator says it was misled by Customs documents into unwittingly distributing a cargo of...

• A deal has been struck in Brussels on the transit of HGVs through Austria, following the huge hold-ups caused by the collapse...

• Bob Sturgess, former managing director of hauliers' cooperative Roads, has revealed that he resigned because his bid to buy...

• Management has bought the Parkfield Group's vehicle chassis division for 21m, and named it United Pressings and Fabrication....

• GKNI Axles is launching a 7,500kg front-steer axle at the Motor Show with which the company aims to meet the growing demand...

• The Department of Transport is putting together a temporary scheme which will give transport managers a right of audience...

• Transport firms are beginning to introduce customer surcharges to cover some of the recent diesel price increases, amid...

the cold war threatens massive cutbacks in vehicle supplies for the armed services by the late 1990s, with many ex-army drivers...

• British lorries leaving the port of Calais on Saturday night were pelted with bricks as French farmers blocked the main road...

• Volvo is cutting 5,000 jobs in Europe after profits plunged 52% to SKr2,05bn (2186.2m) for the first six months of this year....

• Leyland Daf has taken a step closer towards its goal of a totally integrated truck range with the adoption of Daf engines in...

• The SAF Supercompact' maintenance-free axle, which can house all types of antilock braking sensors within its hubcap, is...

• A prototype version of Dennis Specialist Vehicles' new Rapier fire engine, spotted by Commercial Motor on trial in East...

II Mercedes-Benz has taken ti .e wraps off its new middleweight contenders, the 1717 and 1720, which take over fram the popular...

• When Ford launched the mighty Transcontinental back in 1975 it had to work hard to make British hauliers take it seriously....

• York Trailers has sold its trailer rental operation, United Rentals, to concentrate on European expansion — and Central...

• PCS Renttnaster of Ipswich has won a £3.5m five-year contract to supply vehicles to Intermol, a specialist in the production...

• Scottish tipper operator, Yuill & Dodds is selling more than a third of its tipper fleet at an auction this month. After 36...

• John Rayner, chairman of the Road Haulage Association's national tipping group, is to sell the entire tipping fleet based at...

• Norfolk Line has boosted its national chilled/frozen distribution and specialist storage operations with the purchase of...

• TNT Express Europe is strengthening its operations with a 24m expansion of Northampton's inland "port", plus the launch of...

• A Northumberland recovery firm is looking for 150 agents nationwide to set up a vehicle recovery network which managing...

• Norfolk Finance has taken on a contract hire deal worth up to 3m over three years to supply vehicles to Sunlight Hiregiene...

• A revamped version of the Duple 320 single-decker luxury coach is now available from Loughborough-based dealer Yeates Bus and...

Goodbye Lakes / Stratford-based bus tour operator Guide Friday has decided to pull out of its Lake District Tour this month...

• The Scottish Bus Group's coaching subsidiary, Scottish Citylink, has been taken over in a management-employee buyout. The...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles is building a full-size Dart prototype which will be launched during 1991 and will be available to...

• Greater Manchester Buses has recorded its worst result to date, with a post-tax net loss of £5.83m. The company made an...

Fareham, Hampshire has received an order worth £450,000 to deliver 16 front-line accident and emergency ambulances to...

• Haulier and farmer WA Pick & Son has had environmental curbs on its licence eased, despite protests from local residents....

• The Operator's Licence of Gerald Smith's firm JED Scaffolding, of Caerwent, has been partially suspended until his vehicles...

• Grangemouth-based Duncan Adams was warned about a "persistent refusal" to notify convictions to the Scottish Traffic...

• Hours offences have cost Halifax international haulier PJ Coulton, its managing director and four of its drivers 21,870 in...

• A judge has halved a fine imposed on Knowles Transport by magistrates, because he felt a driver was as much to blame as the...

• Renilson & Co has been granted a new licence for two vehicles by North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu. The...

• Volkswagen is unveiling what it claims to be "the world's cleanest commercial vehicle" at the Motor Show. The "Green" Golf...

specification mean that the front-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz panel van, the MB100D, is now less likely to arrive in the UK in...

• Leyland Dafs heavyweight panel van, the 400 Series, will get its long-awaited power steering option at the NEC Motor Show....

• Peugeot Talbot has revealed details of its revised Express range which will be seen for the first time at the Motor Show in...

• Commercial Motor is currently evaluating two of the more recent additions to the light commercial world on our long-term test...

man top yourself, but VW obviously sees it more seriously and has pitched the pricing of the van on a level with the market...

BACK TO THE WALL • Wall's Truck Services, based on the Maeglas Industrial Estate in Newport, South Wales, has become the latest...

control equipment has become the exclusive distributor of Econocruise Speed Limiting Systems for the Benelux countries. The...

the opening of its new flagship depot at Lockett Road, Bryn, with a fun day for up to 20,000 people on Sunday 7 October. The...

CAPITAL CONFERENCE • Capital Transport Campaign T CAPITAL RANSPORT CAMPAIGN (CAPI'l'AL) has organised a conference on...

stand at the British International Motor Show will be able to jon in a series of "mini seminars" on current and proposed...

exhibition, Wasteman '90, exhibition organiser Mack-Brooks has scheduled Wasteman '91 to take place on 5-7 March at the...

TACKLING TACHOGRAPHS • The Tachograph Card Interpretation organisation has published a document entitled Tips on drivers hours...

LICENSED SUBS • Another 390 sub-post offices are to be added to the vehicle relicensing network by the end of March 1992. There...

P&O BUYS TWO SUPERFERRYS E rszo*r4 uropean Ferries uropean Ferries • P&O European Ferries has ordered two superferry freight...

JENNY'S GEM CHEM • Most truck owners use two chemicals to clean their fleet — a strong chemical for chassis and curtainsiders,...

MASTERING JAMS • 'frafficmaster, a system claimed to provide up-to-the minute information on motorway congestion, will be on...

FRASER WILLIAMS • A range of computer software packages for the transport and distribution firms has been intoduced by...

• A compact collector of litter from Metro Products called the Litter Tidy is, says the maker, the "sensible answer on what to...

Redcat says the heater is ideal for maintaining a warm cab when the engine is off as it works on the catalytic principle and...

ROAD NEWS MORE MI CHAOS • Beware the M1 between junctions 23 (Loughborough) and 24 (Kegworth) in Leicestershire. The 9km...

part of a truck load of medical supplies being driven to Romania this week by Taunton-based owner-operator Derek Champion....

bus industry since deregulation in 1985, it seems that history is about to repeat itself. In the early eighties the minibus...

The Bishop's Move livery is a familiar sight all over the country. But Britain's oldest family-owned remover has no intention...

• Even the most optimistic Of removals men would admit that this is not the ideal time to get into the removals business. Since...

G E NTL E Women's Moves is a small removals firm which specialises in moving the elderly, women, the disabled and the...

Considering the sheer size of the United States, it's not practical to stage a single national truck show. But as CM found, the...

introduce unpopular legislation to force car owners off the road. Who has he decided is the type of motorist who is going to...

He has spent the past 22 years working for Mintex — subsequently Mintex Don — latterly as national accounts manager. • UNITED...

• The misuse of letters of intent by prospective operators and those wishing to renew their 0-licences makes a mockery of the...

• Charge-out rates paid to vehicle body repairers by the insurance companies continued to rise over the past three months...

• 011is Fleet Services has opened a six-bay workshop in Kaynsham, east of Bristol close to Junction 19 on the M5. The workshop...

• Renault dealer Brook Lane Garage has put a mobile service support vehicle on the road, fitted with Edstrom equipment. The...

rau's show stoppers anti-lock braking system for trailers at the Birmingham NEC motor show. MODAL will be available as a one,...

• Lowfield Distribution is offering a fleet maintenance and repair service to third-party customers. from sites in Maidstone,...

• Sykes-Pickavant has published its latest buyer's guide and the smaller AS catalogue version. They give details of more than...

• Lucas has issued three updates to its G202 maintenance manual. They are: 3C4a — relating to fixed cam, sliding shoe...

as LAG's UK repair agent. Tanktainer also has a service facility in Hull and is looking for additional workshops in other...

• Workshop managers and dealers are fed up with would-be operators using them as stepping stones to obtain their 0-licences....

• Mike Littlejohns has been promoted to director and general manager (parts and service) of Lucas Automotive's aftermarket...

Insurance companies can write off trucks which could be repaired. Colin Sowrnan visits three repairers which are equipped to...

A good paint job will make more than a skin-deep difference to a vehicle. John Boley finds out why it pays operator's to keep...

weather and shivering nights in a truck cab. Traffic jams and blazing hot sun concentrate minds on the desirability of air...

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