• The London Lorry Ban has always been controversial; now it is in danger of becoming farcical. Since its introduction by the...

• If the Transport and General Workers Union goes ahead with its threat to boycott Little Chefs, other Trusthouse Forte...

• Police have unearthed what they believe are "millions of stolen truck parts" following a raid on a yard in the North Bristol...

into a pedestrian precinct have been shelved, following furious protests from road hauliers, bus operators and traders....

In answer to a pariiimeittary question last week, roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley said: "Agreement was reached last...

• Administrative bungling is delaying attempts by a London borough to prosecute hauliers for allegedly breaking the...

• Training in road transport was subsidised during the past financial year to the tune of £18 million, according to the 1986/87...

with other duties". The police have not so far attempted to prosecute any hauliers for breaking the ban. According to...

• Tipper owner-drivers working for building firm ARC say they face the sack if they goahead with a planned strike this Friday...

• Transport managers must take a tougher line with drivers who speed on motorways, said Freight Transport Association president...

hauliers for allegedly carrying illegal chemicals when their lorries sank with the Herald of Free Enterprise. Townsend had...

the six months to the end of September on turnover that was up by 25% to £187 million. The Unigate subsidiary saw profits rise...

Union sees a marked improvement in the number and quality of Britain's truckstops by the middle of next month, the union plans...

• British TIR hauliers had a boom year in 1986, according to the latest Department of Transport figures. The tonnage of goods...

• The Transport Tribunal, which hears appeals against licensing authority decisions, has publicly criticised the wording of '0'...

scheme for a three-lane dual carriageway link between the Ml and the Al south of Leeds. The 18.5km road will be the subject of...

Ford Transit, are being recalled because of concern about the vehicle's steering system. A bolt which locates a clamp in the...

• Fledgling parcels operator Connect UK is already offering break bulk, storage and distribution service — just four weeks...

been switched to British-made Leyland Daf Roadtrain tractor units. The five new 4x2 Roadtrains, supplied on contract hire by...

2400,000 worth of new Volvo trucks for its rental fleet which now numbers 150. Over half of CRR's rental fleet are Volvos.

of Scotland's first Volvo ELI tipper e q uipped with an Edbro Scotland tipper body and tipping g ear. The all-steel Edbro...

• A performance-related wa g es scheme which pays drivers for the work they do, and not the time they spend doing it, is being...

• Tele-Truck, the recentlylaunched nationwide loadmatching service, has received a fresh boost in the form of a cash injection...

• Brick manufacturer David Bruce has chosen five Leyland Daf 95 Series tractor units to trunk its products from Bridgwater in...

the haulage market with a £9.25 million purchase of the privately-owned Bennetts Transport Group. Bennetts, based at Thame in...

• VAG, the UK importer of Volkswagens and Audis, has asked all concerned operators of petrol-engined Volkswagen LTs to contact...

• Congleton-based bodybuilder Boalloy has stepped up its attack on the continental commercial vehicle bodywork market with the...

• Leyland Daf's Lancashire truck assembly plant seems likely to lose heavy truck production in the future judging by the latest...

• A new lightweight lift called Up and Under one-tonne taillift has been added to the Ray Smith line-up of folding underbody...

• Twelve new triaxle semitrailers, built by Pennine Bodies of Leeds for Dewsburybased UFO Transport, combine the virtues of...

• Thirteen Carryfast drivers employed at the company's Dewsbury depot have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £890...

IN Two hauliers convicted of stealing £36,000 worth of steel have been jailed for 18 months at Leeds Crown Court. David Hague,...

• An accusation that Wilson SARL, the Dunkirk based subsidiary of Wilson's International Transport of Borough Bridge, had...

• The 40-vehicle, 18-trailer, licence of Lincoln Haulage of Haughton-Le-Spring has been revoked by North Eastern Licensing...

• Maintenance problems have led to the number of vehicles on the licence held by John Geraghty, trading as J J Geraghty of...

a decision of the Wetherby magistrates dismissing 17 alleged offences arising out of the movement of a mobile crane along the...

• A lorry driver, severely injured in a fatal car smash, received 280,000 agreed damages at the High Court in London last...

Randall Enterprises has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at Acton Crown Court. Randall of Lynwood Heifhts, Chorleywood...

offences, including the falsification of tachograph records, against international hauliers Norman Lewis Tankers of Helsall and...

• Many European coach and bus manufacturers must find the size of the Japanese coach and bus market a mouthwatering prospect....

launched by Wrights of Ballymena last month, has been placed by Liverpool City Council. The council wants 30 TX mini-buses for...

Barton Transport slumped to £227,000 (g874,000 last year) on turnover down to £8.32 million (&88 million). Barton's directors...

ore bite for LB's Royal Tiger? • The growing demand from coach operators for more power could well force Leyland Bus into...

uncovered by inspectors on London Buses who are experimenting with hand-held computers to detect ticket fraud. The Psion...

delivery of a Plaxton Paramount-bodied Scalia K112TR tri-axle double deck coach for use on its private charter, business travel...

• The current slump in bus and coach sales shows little sign of abating. This is the message in the latest registration figures...

LEASING PRINCIPALS GLASGOW SWITCH • Leasing Principals, the vehicle leasing and contract hire company, has moved its Scottish...

• London and the South East Ml! Essex: J6-J7, CF. M27 Hampshire: J3-J4, CF. M3 Hampshire: J7-J9, CF. J8, EB access C. J7,...

FIEATING EP TRAINING OMITTED • May I compliment you on your Commercial Motor Leyland Daf handbooks, which are a useful...

Best small advertisement The judges decided on Crane Fruehauf not because it is a colour advertisement but because it so...

Even more remarkably, they're capable of making an intelligent decision as to exactly the right moment to effect the change....

Mercedes-Benz doesn't offer turbocharging on its 307D van — but Omicron Engineering does. We took one round our test route in...

BY THE HAWK • One of the most unusual career changes in the road transport industry must be that of Stephen Geddes. Six years...

In the week we report on the Tokyo Motor Show in full, we have also been over the Irish Sea to Cork to find out why the Emerald...

There are literally hundreds of different demands made on commercial vehicle body materials nowadays — and plywood can stand up...

Increasing interest among Japanese heavy truck makers in the North American and Western European export markets, and a...

• Automotive component manufacturer Rubery OwenRockwell has appointed Robin Nunley as group sales and marketing director. He...

Miele & Davis Transport of Wychavon, H & W • A partnership was not entitled to a restricted licence when the goods :o be...

Hingley & Callow (Oils) of Kidderminster II The nine vehicle national licence h ld by Hingley & Callow (Oils) Ltd, of Kidderri...

R A Evason Haulage of Barton he Clay Bedfordshire • After hearing of precautions to avoid overloading taken by R A Evason...

F Thorpe v G W Sisson & Son • The dismissal of a Class 1 HGV driver, on the grounds of health, by Sherburn-in-Elmet haulier G...

• A tanker carrying a hazardous lond was stopped by a police officer some we ago. He took some time looking round the ehicle...

Bernard Brereton of Stoke-on-Trent III A Stoke-on-Trent owner-driver, who ran without a licence because of difficulties in...

R Smithy Swift Transport Services • The former transport manager of Swift Transport Services Ltd has had his claim, that he...

• A campaign by British hauliers against what they see as unfair competition from vehicles that are registered in the Isle of...

K W Russell Haulage Contractor of Flintham, Newark • A bid for an additional vehicle and two trailers by K W Russell Haulage...

Ian A Carlton of Moffat, Dumfries • Scottish LA Hugh McNamara has renewed the licence held by Moffat-based Ian A Carlton for...

o & D Jemmett Warehouse of Bolton IIII Associated companies Transdaniel International Ltd and C & D Jemmett Warehouse Ltd, of...

Scothern International of the North East • An owner-driver, who was said to be operating illegaly out of Hull on a licence...

Ronald Marshall of Matlock, Derbys .1 Although relatively happy with the present operations of Matlock haulier Ronald...

II Twenty years ago just about the sole topic of conversation in road transport was Barbara Castle's White Paper on transport...