programme is one of those to benefit from the Chancellor's announced increase in public spending. There can probably — and...

• Government plans to increase capital expenditure on roads by 2330 million have received a cautious welcome from the road...

• Common Market Transport Ministers agreed this week to try and rush through a new, more generous deal on multilateral permits...

• The EEC's attempts to create a common international transport policy were branded a pipe dream at this week's European...

• A united voice for London on the lorry ban issue could be the outcome of a meeting of all London Boroughs on December 12....

• A gang of thieves operating in the South of England appears to be responsible for a spate of thefts of eightwheel 30-tonne...

• The Department of Transport is to make greater use of its powers to ban foreign hauliers from entering the UK if their...

• October turned out to be a bumper month for MercedesBenz. The German manufacturer captured the top spot in the UK heavy truck...

smaller... • A two-tier membership system, with differing fees, could soon be adopted by the RHA in order to increase the...

• The latest ICC Business Ratio Report, looking at vehicle hire and leasing companies in the UK, shows the industry is one of...

• Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) has produced two mystery prototype 4 x 4 military trucks in a bid to win a major contract to...

• London-based distribution specialist Bucks is evaluating three double-decked semitrailers (two by Millmore Engineering) in...

• By the end of 1986 Eaton will have over 50 of its Semi-Automated Mechanical Transmissions (SAMT) undergoing fleet evaluation...

• Volvo's executive vicepresident Bengt Galen announced a new gearbox range at this week's European Transport Maintenance...

• 'LP will begin full production of a semiautomated version of its Ecosplit 16speed synchro-mesh gearbox — called Easy Shift or...

• SP Tyres is about to launch a new drive-axle radial tyre on the British market. The Dunlop SP431 has a massive block-tread...

• Honey Services Group has won a £1.5 million, three-year contract with Esso to deliver packaged oil products throughout the...

• 'I'he Lex Group has established a new company called Lex Van Contracts which will specialise in the contract hire of vans....

• Overloading the axles of a semi trailer carrying an abnormal and indivisible load has lead to A F Budge (Contractors) being...

• Haulage contractor John Wright has been freed from prison by the Criminal Appeal Court in London, so he can try and save his...

• Three drivers who turned down offers of alternative employment when made redundant by Industrial Waste Disposals (Sheffield)...

• Hounslow-based Oliveline, a company formed following the demise of Spirit of London has been granted a new PSV Operator's...

• Lichfield haulage company Rowe Freight was fined 22,600 by the town's magistrates after it admitted a series of drivers'...

• Scarborough haulier Roy Coultas has been granted authority for a change of operating centre but for a reduced number of...

• The fifth management buyout of a National Bus Company subsidiary has taken place, this time at Maidstone. Maidstone and...

• Plaxtons is selling its Castle Works site in Seamer Road, Scarborough, for £1.7 million and moving its coachbuilding and...

annual report for the year to March 1986, in which it criticises the increased use of one person operation (OPO) buses in the...

• A Scottish coach company perating a new deregulated limited stop service has just taken delivery of eight new buses and two...

• In one of the largest automotive workshop moves ever to take place in the UK, Bus Engineering (BEL) — a London Regional...

I/ A new repower package for Leyland National Buses has been developed by BEL and DAF Diesel. The package is based on the 11.63...

Renault Vehicules lndustriels (RVI) is making a determined effort to maintain its leading position. Although the poor...

A French health insurance company commissioned a study of accidents occurring with tankers during loading and unloading, of...

Sisma, (Societe 1nel d'Inspection et de Service Maritime), a Paris-based international shipping, inspection and control firm,...

According to the French excise department, fuel taxes brought in 418 million francs in 1985. HGV registrations were up by 1.78%...

A major accident occurred in Dortmund six years ago when an artic's front nearside tyre burst as the driver was overtaking and...

Krupp Group member company Gesellschaft fur Systemtechnik aims to have an amphibious truck in production by the end of the...

Cargo-Link, of Rotterdam, a division of Euro-Link, Antwerp, has moved over 8,000 tonnes of freight in its first quarter in...

The volume of traffic using Hungary's north-western border crossings is up this year, at some places by more than 10%, compared...

Dubai may become the marketing base for the Hungarian motor industry in the Emirates, and as a possible first step 20 Raba...

The United States National Research Council, releasing the results of a two-year study, has concluded that twin trailers have...

Senator John Danforth has introduced a bill in the United States Senate to introduce one uniform licence for truck drivers and...

Uniroyal's Power Transmission Company has been bought by Gates Rubber, largest subsidiary of the Gates Corporation of Denver,...

• Alex Ritchie is the new director of finance of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. Ritchie, who has worked in the...

• Following Tankfreight's recent announcement that it is to promote a network of specialist tanker cleaning stations under the...

Jack Pittard • Jack Pittard, a director of G A Day, the Portsmouthbased Builder's Merchants, died peacefully on Tuesday,...

• Philip Henman, the founder of Transport Development Group, died on November 8, aged 86. He joined the General Lighterage...

• At the recent annual general meeting of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers the president, Sir James Duncan, welcomed...

• Townsend Thoresen has recruited Rudi Metz, 54, to fill the new post of general manager, group freight sales. He has more than...

FODEN COMPUTER • Foden Trucks is investing up to £500,000 in a computer system which will be used to control the company's...

QUERNHOW AWARD • Routiers, the international drivers' club, has awarded its approval to the Quernhow Truckstop in North...

AID TO POLICY • Large and small firms alike are required by law to have written safety policies. To help small firms produce...

CUMMINS VIDEO • Cummins has produced a new training video, aimed at helping drivers to get the best economy out of vehicles...

CLEANING SEMINAR • Mayvil Chemicals and Croda Paints are jointly sponsoring a seminar on chemical cleaning at the end of the...

COACH INCREASES • Coach insurance broker Chapman Stevens has warned PSV operators of substantial premium increases in 1987, The...

D ISTRIBUTION GUIDE • Marketing Consumer Goods in Western Europe: A Guide to Distribution is published by the British Overseas...

VOLVO SERVICES • The latest editions of Volvo track and coach service guides for the UK, Ireland and Europe have just been...

GRANVILLE TO STOKE • From January 5, 1987, the Granville Chemical Company of Bradford, which earlier this year became part of...

CLOSING DATE • The European Community Council of Ministers is about to decide whether to increase the size of the EC quota of...

SEASON TO COME • The British Truck Racing Association is organising a postseason test session at Goodwood Racing Circuit on...

• With the weather about to take a turn for the worse, ice may be a problem for operators, especially on exposed ground. M1...

• Is it possible to be caught up in a paradox and stand at a crossroads at the same time? If it is, then this is exactly the...

• Just 24 hours after RHA chairman Glyn Samuel warned members of accepting excessive wage settlements (CM last week), Sir...

• Automatic gearboxes in heavy trucks of the future will be based on existing mechanical gearboxes, but with sophisticated...

• CM's editor Allan Winn spoke on his "impressions the industry through new eyes". While he acknowledged that hauliers felt...

a good insight into why his company is the most successful within BRS (it has a turnover of £60 million and a 9% profit margin)...

• With several delegates having recently had goods or vehicles stolen, it was hardly surprising that the "Security of Loads"...

the position regarding Strathclyde Buses Ltd, which is implicated by your Comment reference to gun-jumping by operators in...

the Kenworth T600A. As soon as I saw the picture I reached for my reference book on Scarnrnall Vehicles. This Kenworth is a...

• We believe it important to bring to the attention of your readers a dangerous anomaly that has arisen from the recent ruling...

Since 1 984 0-licence applicants have had to satisfy environmental criteria. CM has been to see one operator who has felt the...

PROFILE 0 the means and frequency of vehicles entering and leaving the centre. Failure to be specific about an operating...

Tippers Haulage Ltd (Cardiff Waste) • The 10-vehicle licence of Tippers Haulage Ltd, trading as Cardiff Waste, has been...

Fairoak Transport Ltd El If the company took on inexperienced drivers it was putting its licence at risk, commented South...

Highland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd "'The Secretary of State for Transport has decided that Highland Regional Council was right in...

John Geraghty 'North Western LA Roy Hutchings took no disciplinary action against Lancashire civil engineering contractor John...

Maurice W. Beadle Haulage • Hull-based Maurice W. Beadle Haulage has had its international licence renewed for four vehicles...

• Industrial law has been with us for many years, but we still get it wrong. I spend an increasing amount of time in Industrial...

Ken Abram Ltd II The Transport Tribunal has set aside the grant of a new operator's licence to Ken Abram Ltd and ordered that...

G. B. Hunt MIThe Transport Tribunal has turned down in his absence the appeal of a farmer against the revocation of his...

"'What is effective enforcement? My question is prompted by an unfortunate trend for enforcement agencies to operate some sort...

LAs have wide powers to punish II Operators and drivers of goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, that is all...

Bradstep Ltd Min a written judgment, the Transport Tribunal has explained why it turned down the appeal of Bradstep Ltd, of...

Andre Mark Rutkowski IN The desirability of LAs being given the power to award costs was illustrated by a case before North...

While the Road Haulage Association director-general Freddie Plaskett does not look reptilian, at the association's national...

LAs have wide powers to punish III Operators and drivers of goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, that is all...

Bradstep Ltd • In a written judgment the Transport Tribunal has explained why it turned down the appeal of Bradstep Ltd, of...

Andre Mark Rutkowski The desirability of LAs being given the power to award costs was illustrated by a case before North...

• While the Road Haulage Association director-general Freddie Plaskett does not look reptilian, at the association's national...

Plenty of power, excellent fuel economy and a comfortable ride make MAN's 20.331 a tempting proposition for operators looking...

telling us about a "challenge" they received when a planeload of 400 talking teddy hears arrived by air at Stansted for...