sell. Certainly, given the often conflicting and pressing requirements of the haulage industry to keep costs down, get the...

LIROPEAN rail leaders ye accused road hauliers of assive breaking of the BC's social regulations. But British operators have...

HE GOVE If NMENT ants to conclude a deal with eneral Motors over the sale Land Rover-Leyland to eneral Motors by Easter....

I.F.YEAND has begun 1986 with a leading 16.9 per cent share of the truck market, according to figures released as we closed for...

A LESS PAINFUL phasing out of capital allowances for operators has been called for by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

POTENTIAL providers o innovative rural transport set vices are being invited to bi for their shares of a )A milli° fund being...

SUFFOLK POLICE have appealed to hauliers to be more vigilant following the theft of cigarettes worth ):228,000. The latest...

(;KN Cl 'EP has continued its drive against "pallet pirates'' with a prosecution of a West Yorkshire dealer. Naylor Pallets of...

IT IS with great regret that we have to report die death on Tuesday this week of the longest-standing contributor to Commercial...

OPERATORS want to aintain the current levels of er-sales service and have new technology of tumorw's trucks, they will have pay...

ALINK British Ferries' w freight only service on c Dover/Dunkerque route as halted this week by a elicit seamen's dispute. The...

THE THREAT of strike action at National Freight's ailing Roadline parcels subsidiary has subsided, but British Road Services...

I HE fRANSPOR 1 and General Workers' Union's dispute over Liverpool haulage drivers' wage rates has been narrowed to a...

THE Charter Road-ways fake tachograph records trial has continued at Preston Crown Court (CM, February 1) with one driver...

A GROUP of owner drivers and small hauliers in Essex are each owed sums of up to $:12,000 by a company that has gone into...

N ISSAN has beaten Toyota in the race to offer the First "compact' . panel Van in the UK. Despite delays, its Vanette has...

VOLVO this week announced that it will be entering the 7.5-tonne market in the UK in 1987 with its new [14 model. Volvo has...

ANOTHER Birmingham hardier. Allports of Witton, has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 42 jobs. . The collapse...

THE R.C.)A1) Haulage A w ssociation wants Employment Secretary Lord Young to reconsider his decision to abolish die redundancy...

AFTER tive years as group sales manager with commercial vehicle bodybuilder Vaile (Dorset) Lou Chevlin is retiring. From March...

LEADER of the Conservative opposition within Strathclyde Regional Council, John Mair, has been appointed as a member of the...

MANAGERS have been appointed to two of National Bus Company's commercial engineering subsidiaries, Bristol Engineering and...

OPERATIONS manager at the Kentish Town Bar Delivery Services depot of SPD Contract Distribution is Dave Robertson. His...

THE NEWLY created post of UK trailer sales director with York has been filled by Roy Cooper. The post is intended . to...

TI IL NEW truck rental bi ness set up by road haulier One Transport (Leeds) is be run by Graham Garda Development of A 0 Truck...

THE PETROLEUM pi ducts division of Tankfreil has two new managers. Redfern has been appoin industry manager, and Lei Dorling...

by financial magistrates have ierturned a Deputy :timing Authority's revocain of the licence of a driver nvicted of falsifying...

week after North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Norman Moody was satisfied with explanations of how cheques sent in payment...

0 IN JULIAN, the National eight Consortium's Cornish [nova' company is moving :0 a new container storage uthouse, sales and...

DAVE ALLEN, managing director of Roads, the Winchester-based hauliers' buying co-operative, is offering the industry a free...

their own lorry bans THE LORRY is corning under increasing environmental tire in West Yorkshire, where the county council is...

AN OPERATOR whose licence was revoked on grounds of repute has had its appeal turned down by the Transport Tribunal and with...

opetat. out of business. I le withdre his application to renew E two-vehicle licence becau there was "too much hassle' . John...

A ONE TRANSPORT of Leeds has just completed ;1 I milli programme to re-equip its I80-strong fleet. It includes two new...

OA]) HAULAGE Associaon objections have perladed North-Eastern Deputy icenshag Authority Norman body to reject a Newcastle "pon...

service by 80 per cent from April when a larger ferry is introduced. It is introducing a vessel capable or carrying 50 15m...

THE LACK of lighting on all of the M25 London ringway has been criticised by the Freight Transport Association. It has told...

YORK TRAILERS' engineers have developed a tipping trailer which they say is designed to meet the needs of the top-weight...

EXTRA PAYLOAD and reduced vehicle excise duty are the direct benefits of Norde's suspension development which converts two-axle...

GKN Axles has developed its first 11-tonne single-reductic drive axle, the 1)35(1, which is suitable for buses coaches al...

van gro . wth strengthen its attack on the UK light commercial vehicle market with a car-derived van based on the Renault Five...

A MERCEDES-BENZ 1314K tipping chassis, converted by York Truck Equipment, has provided Lenharn Storage of Maidstone with an...

MERCEDES-BENZ is set to become the first truck and bus manufacturer to offer an anti-lock brake system with...

/ITHIN three years, London egional Transport's bus enineering workshops plan to o a fifth of their work for utside transport...

servic 3 comes without AMOS BRISTOL is the latest city to get one of the National Bus Company's intensive minibus...

SWEDEN'S Volvo Bus Corporation denies that it has discussed the possibility of buying Leyland Bus if the Laird Group's takeover...

A SERI LS of o.len‘es committed by George Day's Heart of England Tours while operating stage services granted to it last summer...

STAGECOACH of Verth is the first British coach operator to take delivery of a new-style Neoplan Skyliner coach. It is one of...

A SERIES of separate developments, most of which emerged last week. could have a devastating effect on the supply of buses on...

Hazard chemicals VIDEOS and films on the transport of hazardous chemicals by road have been produced for hire or purchase....

THE HEALTH and Safety Executive is claiming to have set up the world's first electronic notice board from a database producer....

TWO NEW SIZES of Avon's Drivemaster AR130 tyre broaden the choice of driveaxle equipment suitable for both long high-speed work...

Ins truck is bad enough. What tends to be overlooked is that there could be loss of use as well. Just taking out comprehensive...

BODYTEK '86, the Institut( of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers' 12th annual conference and exhibition will be held...

A SAFER acrylic paint system for commercial vehicles is now being offered by Croda Paints of Birmingham (021 772 2244)....

CENTRAL Motor Auctions of Morley, Leeds (0532 527722) ha released its 1986 programme of heavy commercial vehicle sales at the...

k NEW STANDARD, BS W 203, on dimensions of - ouplings between PT-0 and ncillary-driven units, has ieen published by the British...

• . AND now for the good news. In addition to the widespread snow md ice throughout the country, the following roadworks c(iuld...

NOT every operator needs to run at maximum gross vehicle weights. With these hauliers in mind, DaytonWalther (09285-66533) has...

PRICES for the new Ford Transit range (CM January 11) have finally been announced, although most dealers will only have a...

I FEEL compelled to reply to the letter Irons Mr A. R. Goss (CM, January 25). While I agree with his comments concerning...

EUROCRAT bashing is a sport in which venom traditionally plays a bigger part than accuracy. But Dave Allen's letter (CM,...

AS an old commercial vehicle enthusiast I have a collection of Commercial Motor publications from the Twenties. I have put pen...

to cope with fire hazards. David Wilcox has been on a course organised by BP for its drivers A FIRE on any vehicle is...

some other oil companies are switching to bottom loading tankers. This brand-new ERF/Gloster Saro tanker combination was on...

the theories. The Petroleum l'raining Federation's instructor Ron 7urner describes the practical fireighting exercise as "a...

Haldex derives most of its income from automatic slack adjusters for brakes; in five years' time its well-established product...

Defensive driving reduces road accidents and wear and tear to vehicles. Will it become better known in this European Road...

Shedding loads is not only physically dangerous, it can also land hauliers in court. David Wilcox looks at some required...

HEADACHES...? . . . You could be suffering from driver fatigue. Karen Miles looks at the latest research on the subject and...

one of the great innovators in British industry, is to break new ground by holding its next annual general meeting on a Sunday....

He was manoeuvring his unladen car transporter at a tricky junction in the town when it collided with a lamp-post winch fell...

the Hawk's eyrie to my office on Monday — the day of the big freeze — I only saw two trucks exhibiting the classic symptoms of...

road they go, with a couple of little peepholes in the front windscreen, no vision rearwards at all, and none to the sides. The...

110 people and 11 depots. It now has a workforce of 450 and 25 depots. And two big hitters, Wayne Larkins and Geoff Cook of...

'IND1NG small leaks in pressurised ystems is not always easy. But now tocas site safety division is offering a pray-applied...

TOWING equipmem specialist DixonBate of Clwyd has added a towing bracket for the new Ford Transit shortwheelbase van to its...

INSTANT traction, is the claim by Verbena of Radlett for its Super Grippers — two metal and rubber strips which can be placed...

A RELATIVELY low cost, computerbased automatic vehicle recognition system (AVR) has been developed by Frontier Gate Systems,...

KENT-MOORE has added a drive-belt tension gauge to its range of garage and workshop equipment. The K M4088 Timing gauge is...

RIVA The van version of the Soviet-built Lada Riva estate was launched in the UK at the end of last year, but its origins go...