• The Scottish Motor Show has reached an interesting point in its development. It is the last of the big old-style provincial...

• While the money watchers are obsessed with the chances of the Channel tunnel getting the funds it needs, the transport...

This follows a decision by 5,000 members of the Transport and General Workers Union employed by TNT to reject the company's...

• Revelations that temperatures inside the proposed Channel Tunnel could be more than 30°C (85°F) are causing concern amongst...

• Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses in connection with the M61 motorway disaster in which 13 people died and a...

on the road this week on its way up to the Scottish Motor Show in Glasgow. David Siegne of C&S Transport was behind the wheel...

I Prosecutions against two millers for allegedly breaking ie London lorry ban have ten postponed until next tonth because of...

Burgess beat 29 other finalists — including past winners John Ashmore of West Sussex County Council and Stephen Richards of St...

the liberalisation of cabotage rules due in 1992, junior transport minister Peter Bottomley has assured worried Labour MPs....

• British truck drivers have been beaten up, had their windscreens smashed, their tyres slashed and spiked, their trailers...

• The battle for market leadership in the trucks and artics sector above 3.5-tonnes GVW is hotting up. According to the latest...

• Fleet Parts has been convicted under the Trades Description Act 1968 of supplying Bendix-type 24 brake actuators to which it...

navigation and safety system is expected to be given the go-ahead by Transport ministers at their next Council meeting. The...

• Daimler-Benz is the first non-Japanese manufacturer to exhibit heavy commercial vehicles at the Tokyo Motor Show. Last week,...

Indian truck and bus builder _ Ashok Leyland. In a joint venture with India's Hinduja Group, Nee° has bought the Ashok...

• Express parcels company ANC is aiming to launch itself into Europe during 1988 and increase its business share of the UK...

600 vehicles — a rise of 32% — which will bring the total number of rental vehicles run by BRS up to 2,500. The company will...

newlylaunched Leyland Daf 95 Series artic units to its 100-strong fleet. The two-axle FT 95.350, priced at around £39,000, is...

• The long-awaited haulage version of Allied Aims' vehicle cost management system (VCMS), designed for hire and reward...

• Pyrene Chemical Services has chosen Tankfreight to transport its hazardous chemicals to customers around Britain, in an...

reached agreement in principle to purchase Allied Van Line, the largest interstate removals company in the USA. Completion of...

first non-tipper versions of the 3025K model since its introduction in 1985 — have been bought by West Midlands builder...

II York Trailer has taken its lifting roof design—conceived originally for the recent Ford Super Cube trailer order (CM 9 July)...

readiness for 17-tonnes GVW operations on two axles from 1 April 1988 is a new, more-powerful, drawbar model, which makes its...

• Ford has replaced its South African-built P100 Cortinabased pickup, with a Sierrabased one-tonne pickup to be built in...

• A Staffordshire haulier and two of its drivers, have been ordered to pay over £2,000 in fines and costs for a series of...

• A young mother who had a promising career as a midwife has been awarded £427,000 against a lorry driver after a crash left...

• A lorry driver who tampered with his tachograph has been fined 2750 by Perth Sheriff Court, Samuel Waite, of County Down,...

• H Smith & Son (Wardle) has been given an absolute discharge by the Rochdale magistrates for failing to maintain the brakes of...

lorry crash told deliberate lies in parts of his evidence a High Court judge ruled this week. He was still, however, awarded...

• A hearing into allegations of falsification of tachograph charts against eight drivers employed by Tanker Road Services has...

• West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's 23 million pilot scheme to bring electric trolleybuses back to the streets of...

in a joint enterprise with finance house RoyScot, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group. • Bus drivers who have been...

• Scania is developing a new bus engine which it claims will meet the demand for lower nitrious oxide enunissions in the USA...

have entered service on Alder Valley's Londonlink commuter service, running from Aldershot and the Blackwater Valley to...

• The sale of the first London Country subsidiaries could go through before the end of the month if they get ministerial...

• The number of Scania buses operating at Heathrow Airport has been significantly increased with the introduction of a new...

Trathen's management team, accused of conspiring with drivers to falsify tachograph records, have been adjourned for the second...

Japan. The mid-engined chassis are to be imported by the Mitsui Company, and bodied by Fuji Industries, with both companies...

IT'S COMMERCIAL MOTOR • The idea that three men from Commercial Motor should take the most recent addition to our fleet, namely...

amusing Tacky Calendar Competition. It's about time such items were treated with a touch of humour rather than running scared...

seems to increase in popularity every week. Inevitably a few of the keener spectators working in the haulage industry will...

or other of the so-called freight forwarders and bacldoad agencies, have taken our industry for a ride. Many names come to mind...

White Arrow Contract Hire has opened a new depot at Newhaven, Sussex, which completes parent company GUS Transport's three-year...

(01 847 3043) has been appointed UK agent for the Hestal range of body fasteners and fittings from Hesterberg as well as the...

prices of its Visa C15 carderived vans by an average of 8%. The new prices for the Visa range, are as follows: C15E Van...

developed a cargo-lashing system for flatbed trucks and semi-trailers which automatically retightens during transit to...

& Equipment has produced a new 20page equipment and accessory brochure for Land Rovers. Giving full details of the current...

WEIGHTICKET PRINTER • Weighbridge specialist E&A Ashworth of Dewsbury (0924 462143), has developed a new weighbridge printer...

CONTRACT HIRE SEMINARS • Fleetdrive, the Bristolbased contract hire company, is organising two seminars on contract hire...

• O-STEAL STEEL SEAL • Blair Security Products is launching a cargo seal which can be used with most types of vehicle and...

TELEPHONES FOR TRUCKS • Pan European Mobilefone, a dealership offering British Telecom cab phones and radio pagers with the...

CHART FUNDS CRANFIELD FELLOW • Contract hire firm Chart Services is funding a teaching and research fellowship in logistics at...

• London and the South East M11 Essex: J647, CF. M27 Hampshire: J344, CF. 35, LR. M3 Hampshire: J749, CF. 38, EB access C....

the leader of the newly formed Iveco Ford Symphony Orchestra? Is he an inmate at the freshly established Iveco Ford Hospice for...

birth of a very unsavoury creature — the fly-tipper. Gangland crooks have got such a grip on fly-tipping operations that...

Volkswagen badges from the fronts of vehicles has attracted a new following among the men at MAN-VW in Swindon. The new MANG90...

Top Cat, the one-year-old tabby, decided to run away from it all and apply for asylum in Britain. To do this he had to get to...

Huge variety sharing high quality distinguished the goods and services on show at the Temperature Controlled Storage and...

held in conjunction with the TCS&D show in Manchester on 5 November. The conference addressed the problems of a changing...

must not be made blindly, and the contractor can often suggest a more costeffective answer to the problem. That was a...

All the major vehicle manufacturers now offer breakdown rescue services, for which some bold claims have been made. We spent...

It is now ten years since the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators was formed. We take a look at a decade of improving the...

II For over 25 years AB TICO of Sweden have marketed their range of lorry mounted cranes in the U.K. through Colchester Tillage...

• The unique TICO SpeedArm for the double extension T model gives maximum efficiency in movement and fuel consumption as well...

A turbo diesel version of the Sevel-built van comes on to the British market, but does it offer any advantages over existing...

This year, sales of the Fiat Ducato have doubled compared to the same period last year. Fiat's light commercial exhibit will...

For the duration of the show Freight Rover and its dealers will be operating a fleet of six 200 Series minibuses as courtesy...

The six new additions to the Iveco Ford Truck's line-up are on show at Glasgow comprising three new 38-tonne tractive units, a...

the show. The centrepiece of our stand is our radiocontrolled truck manouevring layout, designed to echo the Commercial...

Leyland Daf, exhibiting for the first time as a single company at a major show, has three new models. Two examples of the new...

MAN claims that tractor/trailer coupling latitude on its new F90 twin-steer is much wider than is offered by most...

Mercedes Benz has five new models to show. The 407D has finally arrived on the British scene in right-hand-drive form, plated...

Renault Truck Industries will be showing an example off its Midliner range consisting of two models specified for operation at...

In addition to the F16, Volvo is showing two more new models. The Irvine-built 6x4 FL7 has the new R1000 nine-speed...

Carrier, which claims to supply over 25% of all transport refrigeration units now sold in Britain, will be showing the test...

Europe's largest trailer and semi-trailer manufacturer, Crane Fruehauf will be showing a variety of models being put through...

Cummins' 8.3-titre 'C' series engine, hitherto supplied in Britain only for bus and coach use, goes on show for the first time....

Among Dunlop's latest range of premium heavy truck types will be the SP431 which, with its deep tread, is specifically for...

Leslie Hartridge's latest hi-tech diesel fuel pumps test stands bring claimed higher productivity and increased accuracy. Its...

Karcher is showing a range of hot-water centralised highpressure cleaners. Its HDS 810 SE and HDS 1250 SE systems have an...

Kew Industry is showing a range of pressure cleaners for both onand off-road vehicles. Its mobile steam cleaners are available...

The Lucas Kienzle 1318 Automatic Electronic Tachograph is fitted by a wide number of vehicle manufacturers. Accessories include...

Pirelli is featuring its zero degree radial tyre which incorporates two additional steel belts to reinforce the critical...

Rubery Owen Rockwell is tooled up to produce over 50,000 axles a year since increasing production for the third time in 12...

York will be launching a lifting roof curtainsided semi-trailer designed to cater for the haulier who carries high volume...

They breed them tough north of the border. Few come tougher than Martin Harrower who runs A9 Haulage from Aviemore. IN A9...

Skye-based haulier John MacDiarmid explains the difficulties of running a long-distance fish freight operation from the...

announced four new appointments to its bus and coach sales department. David Cheeseman is the company's new bus sales...

manager of its Croydon centre. He will be responsible for distribution to 11 Harnleys toy stores throughout the country.

Services by Dublinbased National Truck Rental has led to new appointments at Brady. John Talus, 41, is the company's new...

director of Ambassador Travel (Eastern Counties) after more than 46 years in the bus industry. Madgett, 64, had intended to...

Thornton has switched to Reliance Tankers and its sister company Cleveland Tankers. In his new job, Thornton will be sales and...

by the Post Office to run its parcels operation. Nicholas Nelson, 40, is the Post Office's new parcels managing director. He...

appointed divisional manager of Chart Hire Services' national depot network. Wilson, 39, takes control of an operating staff of...

relations, Bob Campbell will retire at the end of this year. He will be replaced by Anthony Peagram, 47, who has been editor of...

the board of Coopers Payen as sales directorf with responsibility for aftennarket sales in Britain and abroad. Watrnore, 35,...

Alan Cnimpton as sales director for the UK. He was sales manager for Ratcliff Tail Lifts for 12 years. He will head the Joloda...