• 'We're not looking to apportion liability ... we're just looking for a procedure." That plaintive cry from the Road Haulage...

• Europe ' s transport minis ters were this week trying to hammer - out a compromise on proposals by the EC Commis sion to...

• The Health and Safety Ex ecutive has sharply criticised explosives hauliers who allow a " lack of vigilance " to creep into...

• Family firm CA&D Heatons of St Helens, which operates haulage, removals and car transport businesses, has gone into...

• Meat hauliers may be in nocently helping to supply unfit meat to schools and shops. The Institute for Environ mental Health...

• Delivery drivers will be allowed to park on the new red routes being set up in London despite threats of a parking ban by the...

• More than 40 hauliers accused of driving abroad illegally face prosecution after a widespread tachograph and permit fraud was...

• Opening moves in the autumn pay round have begun with three Road Haulage Association regions receiving claims from the...

• A local council has halved the fuel costs on 14 of its vehicles by converting them to run on compressed natural gas as well...

• Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson has come out firmly against road pricing, describing it as "extremely expensive" and...

• The latest truck chemical incident, which put 15 people in hospital when hydrobromic acid was spilled on the M1 last week,...

• Haulier, Mike Pickering of Loughborough, who lost thousands of pounds as a result of the Spanish truckers' blockade wants...

• An aerodynamic fairing kit for Scania 6x2s has been developed by design firm Aeroglide of Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The set of...

• A Taunton driver training agency is using an ex-Army bus to put students through both their Class III HGV and PSV tests....

• An American-designed labelling system which detects temperature changes on loads of chilled foods is being marketed in the UK...

• Beacon Tippers, which specialises in bodying 3.5-tonne and 7.5-tonne vehicles with stock tipping bodies, is building four...

• Volvo is to offer air suspension as standard on the drive axle of all its 4x2 tractive units from the FL7 up. It will also...

• Planned changes to Construction and Use rules which ban the use of lifting tag axles from January and their manufacture after...

• Recovery vehicle manufacturer JJ Conversions is to begin importing demountable, aluminium roll-back bodies made by Jerr-Dan...

• Two Scottish Transport Development Group companies, Inter-City Transport and Connal Highland, are to merge in January. The...

• Exel Logistics, part of the NFC group, is stepping up the overnight emergency parts service it operates for BMW, with...

• Tibbett and Britten's clothing transport division, TBG, has signed four new contracts in the menswear sector this week...

• Surrey firm Sitaclean has won its eighth local authority deal with the addition of a fiveyear contract for refuse collection...

its medical • XP Express Parcels has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver medical supplies to hospitals across...

• Dutch truck maker Daf is bracing itself for "significant" losses in 1990, while in the UK Leyland Daf has announced plans to...

• West Midlands operator Mainline Haulage has secured a foothold in London with a temporary let at BSL's Enfield depot from...

• The United Road Transport Union (URTU) has won a single-union deal with Asda distributor Northern Food Transport of Barnsley....

• An Alusuisse-bodied midibus based on the Dennis Dart chassis is being launched by Ballymena coachbuilder Robert Wright & Son....

• Since deregulation competition has starved passengers of service information and caused a 16% drop in custom in some areas,...

• The Metrorider Owners Group, which successfully campaigned for compensation from MCW for design faults in the company's...

• Willowbrook Coachbuilders is to supply bodies for the Alternative Chassis Engineering Cougar chassis which was launched last...

• Coachcraft, the luxury minibus conversion company which went into voluntary liquidation in July, has been bought back by its...

• West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority's first chairman Ur Michael Simmons, has resigned after more than four years to...

• Staff at Kelvin Central which is up for sale in the Scottish Bus Group privatisation, have balloted to accept pay cuts in the...

• Leeds-based Optare has developed a new "standard look" StarRider to suit the Mercedes-Benz 811D chassis. The StarRider SRE...

• A Manchester industrial tribunal has rejected a claim for unfair dismissal by a fitter sacked by Ribble Motor Services after...

• A judge has reduced fines imposed on an Irish driver for Construction and Use offences from £2,000 to £520, and expressed...

BouIton's repute over washing on the line • An operator who drove a vehicle through a neighbouring resident's washing was...

• Lynx Express Delivery AA Network has been ordered to re-engage a de livery driver it sacked for sus pected dishonesty. A...

• Both Peugeot-Talbot and Citroen have revealed plans for a new, smaller, turbo-diesel engine for their Sevel vans. But the...

• Jennings Coachwork has converted a Mercedes-Benz 814D to a mobile life sciences laboratory for Shandon Scientific of...

• As reported in Commercial Motor last week, the new importer for Mahindra vehicles is Crusader Automotive, formed specifically...

• Ford has announced changes to its Fiesta and Transit van ranges. The Fiesta L is replaced by the LX, which comes with a...

• 'Me introduction of the new front-wheel-drive Volkswagen Transporter will be staggered through the first three quarters of...

MThe many changes that Leyland Daf Vans has made to its range in recent years has been helped by testing techniques being...

BY THE HAWK • J Garlick of Hyde, Cheshire has written to the Hawk saying that he is worried about this picture of a Toleman...

Williams' ear with your prejudices against agency drivers, she will be more than ready for any of your barbs. For this farmer's...

WITH • When an economy starts to slide into recession, a large number of small firms inevitably go to the wall. But in recent...

to tractors. A flurry of high-powered eight, six and now fourwheeler chassis have entered the market and on today's congested...

• David White and Bill Dobson are truck drivers. They both do the same job for the same NFC company — but there is one big...

• Who should be responsible in law for offences committed by temporary HGV drivers: the agency or the operator employing them?...

PROS & CONS also given his own vehicle. "But if you temp, nobody knows you and you're given the oldest lorry with the broken...

agency at some time. However, with so many to choose from, it is not easy to sort Out the good from the bad and the ugly. So...

• On first sight the latest crop of braking and emissions regulations, proposed or published, are bad news for workshops. Auto...

• Legislation requiring some HGVs, PSVs and trailers to be fitted with anti-lock braking systems has been announced by the...

• Friction lining supplier Roadlink has moved into a new purpose-built £.3/4m headquarters and has increased its range of...

• Cecil Parkinson has announced that the Government intends to introduce an exhaust hydrocarbon test into the MoT — but not...

UTONY LINEHAM, HSE's Chief Inspector of Factories, has issued a blunt warning to small firms: "Having a worker seriously...

free G&R • Asbestos-free brake linings for Renault's G and R range vehicles are now available from the company's national...

• Following Hoppecke's announced intention to set up Battery Service Stations nationwide, it is running free on-site product...

• Bristol Street Motors has installed a tracking IRT infra-red paint drying system which, it says, is the first in the UK....

• The Tyre Industry Council (TIC) invited a variety of companies and groups to present ideas on scrap tyre recycling and...

• PARTS SUPPLY could hardly be described as being at the "sexy" end of the commercial vehicle industry. That's not to say it...

L egislation and the manufacturers' quest to improve their trucks is fuelling the growth of electronic components used on...

T o understand the differences in vehicle testing and maintenance requirements and practices throughout Europe it is helpful to...

an anti-lock system or a load-apportioning valve in the braking circuit. Many fleet engineers went down the load-apportioning...

the stop light circuit the green trailer headboard-mounted monitoring lamp will come on then go off each time the foot brake is...

F elixstowe has been the home of Crossways European since September last year. Part of Crossways Frating, the MAN dealer for...

m ost of us like to think we're on top of our jobs. Yet when it comes to working in a commercial vehicle workshop, it can be...

• Alentec Orion has introduced an oil monitoring system positioned mid-way between its two existing models. The new Oriomatic...

• Jennychem's TFR+WAX is a pressure washer chemical which cleans paintwork and curtains as well as giving both a protective wax...

• Cymac Damon claims its 1-1ydron fixed-arch wash's twin rinse system enables operators to save money on chemicals, effluent...

• Booth Master closed - unit chemical handling system helps users comply with COSHE regulations says TR1-spray. It...

• PPG Auto Refinish has added Concept 2001, a two-pack polyurethane clearcoat, to its DeItron range. Concept 2001 is claimed to...

• More than 10,000 pages of European Community statutes on health and safety and environmental health, which will affect the UK...

• A spread-on paste designed to protect metal, rubber and glass items as well as wiring from welding heat is being marketed by...

• A low cost chemical foam application unit called Jetafoam has been introduced by Spray Systems. When the new unit is...

• 'rhe latest addition to Adfield — Harvey's range is the SSI Portafix 6, a portable storage system for small parts. It...

• Bendix has launched a brake fluid tester capable of evaluating the fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. The hand-held...

• Two products designed to reduce engine wear and improve fuel consumption are on offer from Auto Marine. , Dura-Lube, a...

• Trailing power cables and air lines are untidy and potentially dangerous in the workshop. To overcome this problem, Ackermann...