by Juliet Parish • Leyland Daf bosses have finally been given the green light to buy the Lancashire truck manufacturer from the...

• Cabotage has been postponed yet again this week because EC transport ministers have failed to agree on the form of truck...

by Amanda Bradbury • Almost 30,000 hire-or-reward drivers are prepared to bring the UK to a halt by blocking roads in...

• Clerical workers in Traffic Area Offices around the country staged an unofficial walkout this week in protest at Department...

for grabs in Berlin • The German privatisation agenc, Treuhand is looking for buyers for three Berlin-based transport...

• Hauliers and council official will meet in Southampton next week to thrash out a voluntary code of practice for HGV drivers...

• Truck drivers will be exempt from EC plans for a 48-hour maximum working week. The ruling was confirmed by Employment...

• Safety chiefs have launched new codes of practice laying down design standards for road tankers carrying dangerous chemicals....

by Amanda Bradbury • A "second division" of six police forces is understood to be in negotiation with recovery trade...

healthy 18% in May compared to the same month last year. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show 2,568 vehicles...

• Hopes are rising that the i)epartment of Transport is about to simplify rules that require vehicle modification when...

EXCLUSIVE by Alan Bunting. • Daf Trucks is set to become the first vehicle manufacturer offering Deutz water-cooled diesel...

• Seddon Atkinson will launch its Iveco-cabbed range of 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 refuse collection chassis at the IWM show in Torbay on...

• Leyland Daf has unveiled its Euro-1 engine line-up for the 17tonne 60 Series (Freighter) and the lighter 45 Series, which...

cab, which will provide a competitor to the tveco EuroStar. The development is being carried out in Daf's design studios at...

Well we've done it now haven't we? The long, hot days of summer are upon us and unless hauliers move quickly to quell the...

by Karen Miles • The shadow over the steel haulage industry darkened this week as it emerged that operators working for a major...

• . , "1 buyer is being sought for Huddersfield-based operator Carpet Shuttle (Northern), which called in the receiver after...

security check • A Suffolk truck dealer has teamed up with local police to host a security day aimed at combating vehicle...

• Linkman Tankers plans to make about 20 drivers redundant at its sites in Runcorn and Batley after losing some of its ICI...

• Truck drivers at P&O Distribution's Leeds and Southampton depots have accepted a 2'.0 increase on basic pay: 40 of the...

by Amanda Bradbury • Hauliers have attacked plans to delay publishing Channel Tunnel tariffs until this autumn. Operator...

• Cheshire County Co believed to be the first Ul tor to place an arc Marshall-built, Bedford-d trucks. It has spent 1120,000...

• Tiphook subsidiary Trailer Rentco has adc sites to its UK network; site in Scotland has beet to a larger site to cope...

In Demand for haulage . in the construction sector is set to take another dive this year, according to figures released last...

a forum on tax planning organised by the London-based Stoy Centre for Family Business and solicitorsJaques and Lewis. "Family...

1 • The sacking of a driver by Severn Trent Group sub sidiary Biffa Waste Services was held to be unfair by a Manchester...

• The seven-vehicle licence held by Coventry civil engineers Quayport was revoked after the Road Haulage Association complained...

• Convictions for drivers' hours offences led to John Myers, trading as Warisa Distribution Services, of Wigan, appearing at...

• Neath-based Westermaine took over vehicles from its managing director's nephew without realising that tax discs on the...

• Surrey haulier Cranleigh Freight Services and one of the company's drivers have been cleared of overloading offences by...

• Maintenance problen to Scottish TC Michael cutting the licence of Anstruther-based John Fleming from 10 vehicli and 10...

by Bryan Jarvis • News that more police forces are moving towards trade-driven recovery schemes helped to bring road rescue...

• Manchester City Council has invested nearly £1.8m in 17 Volvo FL7-based refuse vehicles for its domestic refuse collection...

• Caister-based JW Hurdiss has taken delivery of seven narrowcabbed Foden 2210 4x2 tippers for its supply business to small...

• Dorset bodybuilder Vaile & Co has redesigned its range of temperature-controlled bodies for multi-drop operators with...

• Trio Containers of Milton Keynes is marketing a hook loader from RJE Telehoist which uses a hydraulically extending arm to...

• Colchester Borough Council's contract services group has added two Dennis Elite-cabbed 17-tonne gully emptiers to its fleet...

The announcement two weeks ago to introduce motorway charges are just the first round of pia make hauliers and motorists pay...

Nationwide • Indusn - ial Equipment Distributors is now claiming a UK-wide network for the TCM range of lift-trucks It can...

5 rust Mike Molloy, the dynamic distribution director of Silentnight Beds, to give his product full endorsement by appearing to...

m ow is this or this not a classic example of the "belt & braces" approach? If the red lights don't persuade them to stop...

But not shopkeeper Andrew MacKenzie who was turned down by the police because, at 5ft 7in, he was, er, vertically challenged....

a chemical toilet but is, in fact, a solar car which will see the light of day in the World Solar Challenge in Australia this...

City &Guilds exams for drivers carrying dangerous goods and his "fly on the wall" piece featured in CM on 29 April. The Hawk is...

a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

Cash-flow is a major problem in companies large and small. Slow payers ( re the enemy— but you can fight them with the...

SWB LWB Wheelbase 2,450mm 2,650mm Front overhang 740mm 740mm Rear overhang 915mm 1,195mm Ground clearance 215mm 210mm Wading...

Price as tested: 08,345 (ex-VAT). Includes £1,075 for Volvo adjustable airflow kit, £160 for bumper spoiler, E180 for...

Croome International began regular runs into the former USSR just as demand for haulage to and from the region began to rise....

U nder the skin, most modern tr much the same: ladder frame ch beam axle, engine, gearbox, and ancillaries. But drop a cab into...

Drivers facing redundancy are frequently asked to become owner-drivers for their former employers. But be wary of the taxman—he...

C oncerning your article "Hitching a ride' in CM27 May, one area not mentioned is the necessity and importance for drivers to...

day UK drivers deserve better facilities' j L ast year I realised the time had arrived for drivers to have their say so!...

An aftermarket supplier told ; Workshop it I was 201:1 cheaper to get ' a truck load of parts from Munich to Birmingham if he...

ASA support CAS, Leyland Daf's advertising agency, has asked us to point out that in 1990 the Advertising Standards Authority...

• Truckcare, the TNT network of over 140 independent CV workshops, is to offer insurance against major component failure with a...

• A five-year Mercedes-Benz trial involving 4,500 vehicles has shown a 15% reduction in repair and service bills for those...

• The CBI booklet Assessing the Risk explains how to comply with the new health and safety regulations. In addition to a brief...

• Trevor Barron of National Tyres and Autocare has won the Truck Tyre Fitter of the Year and picked up a cheque for £1,000....

• The Garage Equipment Association is to break away from the SMMT from 1July. The association says the move reflects its...

• Iveco and Ford have won design protection on a number of items after taking their cases to appeal—but they failed to win...

• FM Crypton is ready to go into production with a diesel test program for its CUDOS 2, COMET and CADET analysers. Two...

• Concerned that new EC proposals will impose what it terms as "meaningless" atmospheric testing on paintshops, the VBRA has...

• The Federation of Engine Remanufacturers is to lobby parliament for a legal definition of the terms "remanufactured" and...

Does it make sense to skim brake drums and re-profile linin9s, or is replacement the way to go? Colin Sowman investigates. I f...

Series, the older model is still doing plenty of work on the road. Many operators like ERF's no-frills, workmanlike trucks and...

Trucks tend to take centre stage, but the IRTE show included plenty of goodies to interest the fleet and service manager. T...

The Automotive Trade Show's move to Earls Court was a gamble—but judging by the variety of exhibits it paid off. M any of the...

• Dust and fume removal is made easier using Blackhawk's Duststar BSP200. The portable machine is connected to the electricity...

• JB Kwik is a version of J B Weld which sets in four minutes. The fast drying version has a lower tensile strength and will...

• A clutch ratchet is being imported by Tool Connection. its available on combination spanners and ring-drive socket as well...

• Chassismaster is an automatic under-body wash from Smith Bros and Webb. The sledge-mounted unit has a nozzle which rotates...

• Kitntex Classic wipes from Kimberly-Clark can wipe large volumes of oil, will absorb four times their own weight of water,...

• Carbideform can now supply reconditioned lveco Ford Cargo rear brake calipers that have been modified to resist corrosion....

• FM Crypton is ready to go into production with the diesel test programme for its CLTDOS 2, COMET and CADET analysers. Two...

• Motoplat has added a battery tester to its range. It can check output voltage and current while imposing a load. Batteries...