• So there is to be an election. Do not expect it to be fought on the issues facing the transport industry which will, in...

• It is not the place, nor the intent, of Commercial Motor to comment on the rights or wrongs of workers' pay claims outside...

fob of the Year award, presented by the Specialised Carriers & Rigging Association, by beating off competition from Alaskan,...

• Iveco Ford Truck's board of directors describes the company's first six months trading resuslts as "better than projected" —...

Driving Award Scheme designed to "show the Government, and the public, that the members of the RHA and their drivers are taking...

• Dover's customs men decided to prolong the agony this week and extend their goslow work-to-rule for 72 hours from lOpm Sunday...

• Renault Truck Industries intends to sharpen its attack on the lucrative UK 7.5-tonne sector by bringing in a premium...

• Newly merged Leyland Daf is slugging it out with Iveco Ford Truck in the battle for the number-one slot in the truck and...

• With election fever in the air and only three weeks to go before polling day on 11 June, the Road Haulage Association is...

halt on Monday as most of the company employees protested at plans for tendering routes. At the time of going to press more...

with shares of 3.73 and 3.12% respectively. Foden brings up the rear with its 1.11% stake. In the panel van sector Ford...

• National Freight Consortium is predicting a 22% increase in turnover and a 31% increase in profits in the year ending in...

• It's not just the operators who win prizes at Truckfest: Scania (whose Chris Love is seen here collecting the silverware) won...

• This year's road haulage wage settlements are lower than the haulage pay agreements for 1986 and lower than those in industry...

• Non-EEC countries could hold the key to unblocking an EEC permits increase when EEC transport ministers meet in Luxembourg at...

• Iveco Ford has developed a low-kerbweight twin-steer version of its Cummins L10powered 38-tonne GCW Cargo tractive unit which...

• Two months after the Leyland/Daf merger, it has been revealed that the deal does not include Leyland's much publicised...

is intended to fill the low powered urban distribution vehicle segment vacated by the demise of Bedford's TL 750. The 66kW...

system suitable for most light commercial chassis up to 7.5 tonnes GVW. The demount system can • be tailored to suit a variety...

• ERF has extended its 16tonne GVW middleweight E6 4x2 rigid range to include 14 tonne, 15 tonne and — to meet the forthcoming...

• Less than a fortnight after launching its special edition short-wheelbase Bonus Transit van (CM 2 May), Ford is now offering...

• Federal Express, the UK subsidiary of the Americanbased Federal Express Corporation, has bought the road transport operations...

• The Freight Transport Association increased its membership by 80 last year to 13,543 firms, and over the past four years it...

• BRS Western Hereford branch has won a major new contract with Daylay Eggs in a fleet takeover worth over £250,000. As part...

• Transport Development Group has paid £2.3 million for warehousing company Storage and Export Facilities, which operates from...

• British Akan Sheet has taken delivery of nine 4 x 2 Renault G260 tractive units under contract hire in a major fleet...

• UK trailer manufacturer Crane Fruehauf is "going through a boom period" — particularly with exports — according to sales...

• High Street goods distributor Lowfield Distribution, part of the Imperial Foods Division of the Hanson Trust, has opened its...

• Dow Freight Services, Dowman Commercial Vehicles, two directors of Dowfreight and two former employees of the company have...

• Hull based I J Blakey Haulage has been cleared by the city's Stipendiary Magistrates of permitting its drivers to exceed the...

Moody has granted HB Holt & Sons of Brough two extra vehicles on its five-vehicle/threetrailer international 0-licence. Local...

• Gloucestershire haulier Trevor Ogden has been ordered to pay .224,000.86p in fines, costs and back duty after pleading guilty...

. from acting as company directors for five years and given suspended prison sentences at the end of a 12-week trial at...

• A hearing into alleged hours and tachograph offences by Stalybridge company J & M Heathcote has been adjourned while the...

• Decision has been reserved on a bid for a new licence by Next Day Parcels Express of Eastriggs following objections by...

• Scottish haulier James H Yates and Sons of Cumnock, Ayrshire, which had indicated it proposed fighting overloading...

• Almost five years after the original launch of its stylish Contour single-deck coach body Northern Ireland-based bodybuilder...

• Volvo Bus (UK) is to cease building right-hand-drive bus chassis at the Volvo truck assembly plant at Irvine in Scotland. The...

of the first right-hand-drive Van Hool TD 824 Astromega integral double-decker coach to be sold in Britain. The 71-seat luxury...

is soon to change its name to Kentish Bus & Coach and vehicles are already being repainted in the new livery of cream and...

• National Bus Company has reached the halfway stage in its privatisation programme, having sold off 35 of its operating...

• The London Regional Passengers' Committee (LRPC) is warning that recent improvements made in improving passenger access to...

MORE MOTORWAYS A French government committee is considering proposals for the construction of an additional 1,500km of...

Insurance and Transport has published a list of parking facilities for commercial vehicles in France, which was updated last...

SALLY'S AT DUNKIRK A new terminal for Sally Line at Dunkirk will open early in July. Coaches and cars for Sally's Ramsgate...

has called on the West German government to reform tax laws for trucks, so as to reduce the tax burden on truck operators to...

drivers earlier this year cost farmers, industry and business in general more than L1,000 billion (2300 million). Nearly 80%...

now so crowded that vehicles are now able to travel at only half the speed they used to. Traffic volume has increased by 40%...

threatened to blockade the Brenner motorway during the main tourist season. The protest group is concerned that congestion...

designed for use in Switzerland with a maximum width of 2.3 metres. It is available as a 4 x4 or 4x 2 with a 228 or 246kW...

operational over a 417km extended section from Setubal to Braga by 1992, providing faster freight movements. It is anticipated...

Itel has bought the container assets of FlexiVan in a $220 million (2158 million) deal which creates the world's biggest...

SCANIA L-92s Scania hopes to build L-92 trucks in Brazil to meet the local needs, but the engines will be imported. This is...

heavily in the Brazilian HGV market. Investments of 07 million involving the creation of 1,200 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect...

Leyland Nigeria, in which the UK's state-owned Rover Group has a 40% shareholding, and Nigerian Truck Manufacturers, 40% owned...

up a new dealer development division based in Leeds to strengthen links between used car operators and CMA's ninecentre...

appointed acting Traffic Commissioner for the North Western Traffic Area following the sudden death of Roy Hutchings, who had...

is expanding its sales and service team following increasing sales of SAF axles and air suspension. New appointments include...

appointed two new national chairmen: Jean-Pierre Gaumet and Francisco Jose Corell Gran will look after France and Spain...

fleet sales manager Tim Campbell as general manager of its contract hire division. Based at the company's Widnes depot,...

Vehicules Industriels, Shemaya Levy (CM, 24 April) will become chairman of Renault Truck Industries in the UK as part of his...

He joined Biffa last May and led it through the purchase of Exclusive Cleansing Services.

Passenger Transport Executive is Stephen Lockley, formerly with the chief executive's department at Strathclyde Regional...

candidates have been presented with City and Guilds certificates by the Retread Manufacturers Association. Best overall paper...

UK has put the ports of Dover and Folkestone under one general manager and appointed Bill Moses as manager of Dover.

Chris Emm from sales exectuive to area sales manager, based at Southampton. Emm joined TIP in June last year, after 10 years in...

the Institute of Transport Administration has elected Hugh Pine, of concrete and granite firm John Fyfe, as its chairman. Vice...

RENTCO GROWS IN LIVERPOOL • Up to 25% more space for trailer parking and a covered workshop facility are features of Rentco's...

AUSTIN ROVER'S UP • Prices of Austin Rover light commercial vehicles have risen by an average of 2.4%. The company says that...

HAULIERS FUND FERRY • A group of Irish haulage contractors is funding the costs of opening up a third ferry service to operate...

H SE CHECKS WASTE • The Health and Safety Executive has completed its investigation into a waste tanker incident at Portswood,...

IMPACT OF THE M25 • A study has been set up to investigate the economic and operational benefits to freight companies of the...

NEW FROM ROLATRUC MI Rolatruc has introduced a new powered pallet truck for loading bay operations. The truck, rated at...

HISTORIC MEETING • The 12th Annual Gathering of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society starts on Friday 17 July at 6pm at...

NEW MEON SERVICE • Outline planning clearance has been sought to develop a motorway service area at Meon on the M27, north east...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M2/A2 Kent Resurfacing at the Cobham intersection: contraflow, 50mph (30km/h) speed restriction....

perceive differences between products (marketing people call it "differentiation") when in reality they are virtually...

Gilbert Richardson has delivered turf to some of our most hallowed sporting arenas, including Wimbledon. It is a difficult and...

• Great pictures of trains and the countryside haven't changed much in 40 years. And really that sums up the total effect that...

the time and I was delighted to see the article in the recent issue entitled "Swop bodies save money". I am doing research for...

25 April 1987 that you ran a headline "NCCS gets green light". The text then referred to National Carriers taking over the...

• It is indeed all too true that we learn something new every day. I see that a Swedish lift truck manufacturer has proudly...

• Recently a number of letters has appeared in Commercial Motor, as well as other publications, from drivers who lack...

features a car transporter from which different models are surreptitously snatched by enthusiastic would-be owners. One can be...

Seddon Atkinson, has intrigued me with its new logo. The press release announcing its arrival speaks of ". . actual panel...

the 450 drivers employed by the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach company. Out go the 1960's style petrol blue uniforms and in...

you see those lovely big hot air balloons and you think 'Gosh, isn't that wonderful', Perhaps not. But have you ever wondered...

ERM FORT HE CF During the ten months of our longterm roadtest, our Bedford CF2/280 has proved itself practical, reasonably...