At first glance, the Government's long-awaited plans to "relax" the Operator Licensing system are good news for the road...

• The Government has announced its long-awaited plans for changes to the UK operator licensing system. Nine main proposals are...

• Despite a slump in truck rental, NFC has announced strong quarterly results, upping pre-tax profits 45% to 253 million for...

• The first trial of two-way satellite communications involving lorries in the UK is set to begin this month. A small number...

• If the Home Office pushes through proposals to close up to six London fire stations, more than 600 jobs could be lost and up...

• Commercial vehicle registrations fell by more than 10% in July to 13,734 compared to July last year according to latest...

• The training industry is warning that road transport standards are endangered by the Government's proposals on training. Bob...

• Northamptonshire police are trying to trace lorry drive and other motorists who wen on the M1 near junctions 15 and 16...

• Vanguard Engineering will again be the moving force behind Eros — this time moving a replica of the famous statue to the...

NWritten exams and a blacklist of rogue operators are among plans to open up the EC's road haulage and PSV sectors by 1992....

• AWD has developed its first six-wheeler TL17-18 with a gross vehicle weight up from 17 to 21 tonnes. It will join flower...

• A trip to last year's Frankfurt show led heavy haulier I R Dunkerley from Yate, near Bristol to buy what it believes is the...

• Perkins Engines is considering selling its components division to Parkfield, described as "a major components supplier" in a...

• Putzmeister Pumps of Chesterfield has chosen a Leyland Daf 10-tonne Roadrunner chassis for its new lightweight truck-mounted...

• A streamlined glassreinforced plastic box van has been developed by Montracon Trailers of Toddington. The first order for 15...

• The reliability of a Mercedes-Benz six-wheeled tipper has prompted a Lanarkshire construction company to commission another,...

A lightweight 38-tonne active unit aimed at payloadinscious fleet Operators has :en developed by an MAN ialer in East Anglia....

roduce the diesel injection ystems for the Steyr Ml lonobloc direct-injection diesel ngine (CM 7-13 July 1988). he systems will...

• Volkswagen will offer catalytic converters as an option on its Transporter and LT ranges from early 1990. The Vow-emission...

• A new crewcab extension for the Renault Master cab range has been launched by Whitacre's. The Hanley, Stoke-on-Trentbased...

• Ryder Truck Rental has kicked off its entry into the German commercial market by buying a new fleet of 135 light and...

• Parcels delivery firm White Express Carriers has gone into receivership with "very substantial debts", and the entire...

• GKN is pulling out of UK parts distribution with the sale of GKN Autoparts Distribution to rival distributor Parte°. The...

• Leyland Daf distributor Ford and Siater's Peterborough depot has won a £1.5 million order from Anglia Water for 59...

A new parcels delivery )mpany, Total Transport earn, has opened in Gloucesx. The six staff — four drivrs, one administrator and...

I A British company has )ught the truck and bodyiilding division of American In Sheller-Globe. CH Industrials already owns rry...

• United Transport Europe plans to complete the basic structure of its European operations by the end of the year. John...

• The management buyout of Mid-Sussex district council's direct services department by its former direct works officer has...

• National Express has added the Euroways and Stagecoach Express coach operations to its portfolio. Euroways was bought from...

• Caldaire subsidiary United Automobile of Darlington is restructuring its operation with closures and a company split. Tees...

• Thandi Coaches of Southall, Midclx has taken delivery of the first batch of DSB Dubrava 3200 coaches to reach the UK. The...

• Kentish Bus is changing its route numbers back to the 400-series inherited from London Country and London Transport,...

• Wigan-based Smiths Shearings — now a subsidiary of Mecca Leisure Holidays — has been split in two with the resignation of...

• The Office of Fair Trading is investigating allegations of unfair competition between twc Midland bus operators, even though...

• National Express has launched another joint-venture company. Yorkshire' Voyager Travel will take over the National Express...

• District Parcels Carriers and nine of its drivers were ordered to pay nds and costs totalling £7,866 fter they admitted a...

• Hauliers are responsible at all times for ensuring that their vehicles comply with the law, said Judge J E Fletcher, when he...

• I be chairman of a local residents association has been admonished by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh, after...

• The use of dump trucks to carry pig iron c the public road led to Stoneled (South Bank) of Cottingham being ordered to pay...

• I am a regular reader of Commercial Motor and I am hoping to set up my own business as an owner-driver in the near future. I...

little resemblance to the 38-hinner which debuted at the 1966 Earls Court Motor Show. It was 17 years ahead of our 38-tonne...

Tachograph Analysis Association chair,n Dr Nigel Kirkwood has a mission: to ng together tachograph chart-reading ilysts with...

The code covers manual chart entries, malfunctions, incorrect procedures, gaps in traces, and even incorrect filling-in of...

• At the end of last year, Commercial Motor stirred up a hornets nest by reporting that tachograph charts give readings which...

THE MINES • Maurice Nield is one of a handful of hauliers who have won deals to run former British Coal transport operations,...

MI Scottish Bus Group management teams have shifted their buyout plans into top gear following the news that the Bill to...

BY THE HAWK • From his vantage point at truck stops around the country, the Hawk regularly spots drivers jumping from their...

• More loadspace is promised on attics from 1 January 1991, thanks to an unexpected concession which allows attics to be a...

NEWS Al: Various between Salzburg and Vienna. (Nov). Due to heavy roadworks on the Al: Western approaches to Vienna. It is...

I Transport consultant Colin Ward answers your legal questions once a month, so if you have any questions, please write to:...

Commercial Motor has contently warned of a growing Ds shortage in the road nsport industry. Whether its vers, skilled...

Our highly competitive 'H.:prOgressive Transport Management Organisation under the supervision of the Transport Manager...

• It's been a good year for tractive unit sales. . so far. During the first six months registrations at 29 tonnes and above...

• With hindsight being such a wonderful science, it is easy to reflect on the short history of the British 38-tonner and, from...

Date tested: 1-7 June 1989. Design GCW: 40 tonnes. Payload as tested: 24.35 tonnes. Average fuel consumption: 38.0214/ 100km...