• No-one in his right mind thinks that the top sleeper cab is a good idea when the alternative is a conventional full width...

Bridge is planning to double its tolls from September this year. It says that higher tolls will burden industry in South Wales...

• The British Government is to fight European Commission plans to increase the maximum length of articulated trucks by one...

• Bus and coach operators are losing tens of thousands of pounds because of delays lasting up to 17 weeks for PSV driving...

• The Post Office has commissioned its first MercedesBenz box vans, with 20 609Ds, which will go into service with Royal Mail...

a lorry driver from drowning in the River Clwyd, could be nominated for a bravery award. The accident happened on a...

MI A northern hazchem tanker haulier, who failed to train his driver properly, failed to maintain his vehicle adequately and...

• The big rush is on for Freg commercial vehicles, with around 24,000 registered in the first week of August compared with...

reacted angrily to the road transport industry's decision to set its own minimum diesel fuel specifications, describing the...

• The opportunity to increase rural bus services in Scotland is being wasted and many passengers do not know about their...

• Pauline Stewart has joined the Q8 Petroleum (Kuwait)sponsored truck racing team, which is headed by Curt Goransson. She...

one of its directors, Bill Shiplee, to "go shopping in Europe." Shiplee, a director of United Transport Container Holdings in...

• The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (DVLC) at . Swansea has streamlined its operations and is performing better than...

• McDonald Kane has put its first two Groundloader mobile demount bodies into service with Crosby Kitchens of Sheffield. The...

• A new range of lorry loaders called Cormach has been introduced by Cotil of Colchester, Essex. There are 18 models ranging...

• Mack is back in Britain with the arrival of its Ultra-Liner tractive unit, sold in the UK by the american truck builder's...

• A new range of Koreanbuilt light commercial vehicles, called Kia, is coming to the UK. Australian entrepreneur Paul...

• Ford is increasing the maxmum retail prices of its light Ind medium weight commercial Tehicles by an average of 2.5% 'rum...

MI Perkins Engines in Peterborough has just announced a major collaboration deal with Pegaso, under which Pegaso will market...

• The truck contract-hire and rental interests of Ford & Slater, and Trailerent, both part of the Mercantile Group, are to be...

• Hillsdown Distribution maintenance division HDL Engineering has bought Southern Mobile Services of London, which runs a...

• A controversial arbitration method, intended to avoid strikes, is being used for the first time in the UK vehicle industry...

take on 30 new franchisees and 300 employees at a computerised sorting depot in Lount, Leicestershire — less than a year...

• Cumbrian Iveco Ford truck dealer CG Truck is moving into commercial vehicle rental. Steven Parkinson (right) will head the...

a fleet of 3,500, is looking to expand into the UK. • The Ministry of Defence has appointed six auctioneers to sell its...

• Three bosses at trailer manufacturer and specialist bodybuilder CB Cottingham have bought the company out from its owner...

subsidiary, has acquired assets and goodwill of refrigerated transport operator Coldlink. Coldlink operates 10 38tonne...

• Dery has got cheaper over the past 12 months and bulk buyers continue to get a better deal than retail customers, according...

• Mayne Nickless, the Australian owner of express carrier Parceline, is turning its attention to the contract distribution...

• Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd has got tough with Skills Motor Coaches, one of Nottingham's leading...

• A lorry driver whose truck ran away down a hill has successfully appealed against a conviction for reckless driving, only...

• Long-distance coach operators pass the buck to often over spoiled holidays, and tourists find it difficult too take legal...

• Three bus operators have secured contracts in the revised bus network in the Surrey Docks and Peckham area London Buses wil...

• Fife Scottish Bus Company has started a new midibus service in Kirkcaldy. The company has bought 20 25-seater MCW...

From 14 August, the Band One Clippercard will be withdrawn, as well as "any distance" Clippercards which will be replaced by...

Britain's minibuses have en slammed as unsafe and comfortable in two revealing ports this week. According to the Consumer...

• Grey-Green's bus and coach operations produced pretax profits of 275,000 in the first six months of 1988, according to...

buses and commercial 'elides will travel from Middle Valk at Blackpool to Southport :oastal car park as part of the tibble...

• Biggleswade Magistrates Court last week cleared Selbybased Fleetbush of running a dangerous vehicle and ordered that the...

trailer on the 0-licence of Harry Wragg Transport of Little Hereford near Ludlow, has been rejected by the West Midland Deputy...

• Brighton Borough Transport has been granted authority to increase its fleet by only nine vehicles, and not the 20 it had...

• A British Gas manager who wants to become a bus operator has been granted a new PSV operators licence for two Renault...

has opened a new depot at Abingdon in Oxfordshire. The 1,150m 2 depot is expected to handle more than 600 consignments a day,...

MIND OUT FOR THAT MAGNETIC TAPE • All computers need data storage and the most common form is magnetic — disk packs,...

Hire has extended its range of equipment with vacuum tankers of 18,184 litres and 22,730 litres, trailermounted sludge pumping...

KEEPING YOUR COOL ▪ Propex Marketing has pro duced a 24-volt portable refrigerator which can be plugged into a lighter...

HAZFREHHIT HOLIDAYS • Hazfreight and CPC courses can now be combined with a holiday at one of Butlins' biggest camps, which...

TAX Furs • Just-out VAT leaflets explain changes in regulations covering business gifts, sharing of premises and supplies of...

SUSPENSION TALK • An international conference on advanced suspensions will be held by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...

at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum Leyland on 3-4 September. Ii is a rigid and tractor event or and will run from...

courses on noise an vibration measurement run throughout the year at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton...

in Eastbourne will be held on 5-7 September at the Grand Hotel. The theme will be "Succeeding in the New World" and...

PORTY MODEL I Drivers buying five-litre ns of Castro! GTX will reive a limited edition model of racing Jaguar XJR for the 14...

oad Transport Union can now in the RAC at reduced rates. .s much as £15.40 can be aved and this will cover ['ITU members for...

A40(M) MAINTENANCE • Maintenance work to replace defective waterproofing on the A40(M) Westway will begin on Monday 15...

• Work is to go ahead on the Crossbush by-pass section in advance of the full scheme for the A27 Arundel by-pass in West Sussex.

been subdivided into an Anglia region. This will now deal with road load movements within the area. Copies of road load...

• The M4 Severn Crossing will be closed on two Saturday nights in September. The closures are planned for the 17-18 and 24-25...

Bloxwich Road in Walsall for the next eight months, while British Rail engineers repair a road bridge over the Walsall to...

• London and the South East M1 London: Contraflow between junctions 4 and 5 (Edgware/Harrow). Southbound entry and northbound...

one of money. They cannot afford to buy expensive American or European vehicles, and when they do, the vehicles themselves are...

Hawk saw it at Aust Services at the Severn Bridge Last week. Having been called out to the aid of a stranded Bed ford the...

Guildhall in August is for vandals. Every year, distinguished hooligans from around the land gather under the name of the...

I found the recent articles on Pickfords and Econofreight in your issue of 21-27 July quite interesting. As a matter of...

When we at Volkswagen checked your figures we fount the Transporter's parts to be the cheapest among the nine selected...

letters (CM 28 July) and in particular to our decision not to fit the up-rated Gardner 6LXDT engine in current models. ERF's...

Optare's success is built on three factors: its hardworking and flexible workforce, customer and supplier loyalty, and its...

Econolite founder Mike Longe has probably done more than anyone in the UK to promote the importance of aerodynamics in truck...

Custom-built demountables can end sleepless nights for own-account transport managers, such as the bed manufacturer Silentnight...

the front in he design of truck bodies — particularly vhere high street delivery Vehicles are ioncerned.. Some pursue...

appointed managing director of Beral Bremsbelag, Ferodo's West German subsidiary. Darke, who continues as a director of Ferodo,...

bodybuilder Boalloy after 25 years, has died. According to the company, he instigated the Linkliner model and was one of the...

RO-R has appointed Helmut Passet as managing director of its West German subsidiary, Rubery Owen-Rockwell GmBH. He was...

promoted to Midlands area manager for Peterborough's Ray Smith group, which includes Ray Smith Demountables and Ray Smith Tail...

general manager sales for the southern region of Central Motor Auctions. She first joined CMA in 1973 and specialises in...

Keith Champion its manager — European full load services. He will liaise with Danzas headquarters in Basle, Switzerland.

He previously worked as a business personnel consultant and has also worked for TNT as manager of its Saudi Arabia operation...

Tankfreight, has appointed Ray Barrett commercial manager of Humber Tankstore which has sites at Scunthorpe. He was previously...

Yeovil truck rental branch. He has been working with BRS head office truck rental management for three years as a rental...

sales manager for BRS Northern in the Preston area. He will be involved in expanding the firm's contract-hire customer base.

Councils planning and transportation committee has reelected Paul Harford (Labour, Cleveland County Council) chairman for...

to P&O European Ferries main board of directors. He was previously a member of the board of the ferry group's Dover division....

and marketing managers, Robin Payne and Janet Elsy. Payne was previously product manager with publisher EMAP. Elsy has been...

He has been with Tankfreight for five years and previously held the position of national accounts manager of haulage. In his...