• What on earth is the Department of Transport playing at, pushing through a full-scale review of the Operator Licensing system...

• As Commercial Motor's Wheel LOSS Campaign gathers momentum, operators are coming up with useful technical suggestions, as...

• Companies who hire commercial vehicles could be putting their employees' lives at risk, claims MP Gareth Wardell. Speaking...

• "A monumental waste of time" is the Freight Transport Association's damning reaction to Government delays in changing...

• Plans to open the Ross-onWye weighbridge to the public 24 hours a day are being considered by the Department of Transport,...

• Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson says that 40-tonne trucks could be allowed on Britain's roads before the 1999 deadline...

• The London Boroughs Transport Scheme has prosecuted four more operators for breaking the London Lorry Ban. On 31 January,...

• Registrations of trucks above 3.5 tonnes fell by 28.9% in January, compared with the same month last year, according to the...

• An increased demand for export panel vans has led Leyland Daf to create 200 new jobs at its Birmingham assembly plant....

• A campaign to improve livestock transportation standards throughout the EC has been launched by the British Government....

• Renault will begin a "tenacious" fightback in the British truck market, says chairman Shemaya Levy. He is confident that the...

MA senior union officer has backed the Road Haulage Association's campaign for consignor liability on overloading. Hauliers'...

• Sir Kerry St Johnston, the new UK chairman of the Chartered Institute of Transport, sees training as a top priority:. but if...

• Truck gearbox manufacturer Eaton is in the final stages of dynamometer testing a "beefed up" version of the popular Twin...

• An SAF Vohh Retarder for trailers, on show at Amsterdam, will be available in the UK at the end of the year from IMS of...

• Rockwell Automotive has developed a new gearbox for trucks operating at 36 tonnes (Class 8) in the American market. The...

• Diesel engine manufacturer, Gardner, has launched a parts service called Gardfast for service kits, remanufactured assemblies...

• Bandag has introduced four new tyre treads with protective shoulder wings. Three of them are in the TMExtra "extra mileage,...

• The London Borough of Newham has taken delivery of a Ford Cargo 1715, fitted with a Multilift HL212 hook lift capable of...

• Barber Road Services is adding five Leyland Daf 6 x 2 20.33 Roadtrains to its fleet. They are fitted with Eaton Twin Splitter...

• F:xel Logistics — Temperature Controlled Services has taken delivery of a 13.5m refrigerated trailer from GRP Massey's Market...

• Truck manufacturer AWD is moving into the municipal and public utility markets with 71 trucks on order. These markets were...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor last August, Spanish light commercial manufacturer Seat has launched its longawaited diesel...

• Contract hire group Ackers Jarrett has added Norba articulated ejection trailers to its fleet. The trailers have a 70m 3...

• The Scottish Co-Op has abandoned its in-house transport operation and awarded a £10 million contract to third party...

• Five new ERF ElOs have been delivered to chemical transport firm Imperial Tankers. They will be used to move goods from their...

• A major Dutch fruit and vegetable freight forwarder has been taken over by the Wincanton Group. Ebrex, which has an annual...

• Load securing specialist Stuart Kelly has won a fouryear battle to advertise his roping and sheeting training courses at...

• A new truck parts business, Diesel Technic UK, has been set up by a former Scania executive and a West German parts...

• The engine components division of the Partco Group has undergone a £3.5 million management buyout, and been re-named Engine...

• Leigh Interests has bought two waste disposal transport firms for more than £2 million. Stansted Container Services, which...

• Allied Lyons plans to windup its motor operations when it sells its seven remaining UK dealerships over the next few months....

▪ The acquisition of parcels firm City Link helped Securiguard almost double pre-tax profits to £6.2 million in 1989. Despite...

• Bibby Distribution Services has put its road-rail depot acquisition programme on ice until Railfreight reveals its roadrail...

• A no-holds-barred bus battle is brewing between City of Oxford Motor Services and Harry Blumdred's Devon General company....

• Details of the Scottish Bus Group disposal programme have been announced by Scottish secretary Malcolm Rifkind, who has made...

• Alison Jones, the wife of Layton Jones, has succeeded in her bid for a five-year PSV Operator's Licence for 48 vehicles after...

• Black cabs are being used on three new "taxibus" routes in and around Preston, Lancashire. The services, which compete with...

• Plaxton plans to expand its existing operations in France and develop into Germany and Spain by the end of 1992, according to...

• Monmouthshire-based Greenlands Transport escaped with a warning last week (despite nine prohibition notices in 11 months),...

• Maintenance problems have led North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley to cut the licence of Doncaster-based L H...

MI Former police man Robin Leeds has successfully sued F Ward (Haulage), Brentford, Middx, and one of its drivers for £75,000...

• Two minibus operators, who provided unauthorised "courtesy" services to Manchester Airport, have been ordered to pay fines...

• Maintenance problems which were blamed on the takeover of Nationwide Coaches by Carnwath-based Wilsons Coaches have led to...

ii . North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley has given Webbs Poultry & Meat Group authority for an additional...

• A bid for a new PSV Operator's Licence by Rotherham operator Kevin Lambert, whose previous licence was revoked following his...

Berry suspended • Keighley coach operator Paul Berry, trading as Pinnacle Coaches, has had his threevehicle licence suspended...

• Strathclyde haulier Robert Robertson has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service for fraudulently obtaining nearly...

• It's now more than three months since we took delivery of our latest longterm test van — a Citroen C15D. So far it's clocked...

graphically illustrated by the black collar of grime that builds up on the panels that flare out behind the cab doors and roof....

BY THE HAWK • This is a sorry tale about a Government minister and four parking cones. Apparently, police have been...

over whether I need a police escort or not. Some forces insist on escorting while others let me travel without one. Gil,...

Q Is it now illegal for dealers to sell unroadworthy vehicles? DR, Bolton A There has always been legislation covering this...

Q We are in the marine business, but in our spare time we race circuit boats. We carry the boats to and from the races on a...

Q As a transport manager responsible for more than 60 drivers I have my hands full because we haul anything anywhere in the UK...

Q A number of our drivers have reported that when refuelling on the Continent they get excessive smoke and loss of power. Is...

Q We have been in bulk 1.1 tippers for 20 years and have a fleet of 35 vehicles. We enjoy competition because it makes us more...

Q As an owner-driver, if I use my unit for business up to my hours limit, can I then drop the semitrailer and continue driving...

• Hauliers are overcoming the age-old stigma about borrowing money to buy new trucks. Three out of five now use credit schemes...

Motor Company might have been stopped in the middle of his opening speech at the Ford Transit plant in Southampton. It would...

have to meet the standrds that apply to petrol engines in the L4-2.0-litre category. The result was a revised intake system, a...

R - E EN • Having witnessed the proliferation of environmentally-friendly trucks at the Frankfurt Show last September...

ROMAN IA • Steve Sims is Paul Selway Transport's Eastern Europe expert; the past couple of years he has been driving for the...

40tonne trucks on Britain's roads before the agreed date of 1 January 1999? If so, what are those instances? The European...

bring road spending up to 1974 levels. In the light of environmental objections, can you ever foresee road spending returning...

increase of £12 billion in spending on the prim. ary road network over the next 10 years, and is this likely to bring motorway...

SIR • The proposal to increase the overall length of drawbar outfits from 18 metres to 18.35 metres (Directive 85/3/EEC) needs...