• "The main worry for me is fuel costs. Our customers have so far been very good with surcharges.. ,but it can't go on for...

• The introduction of 44tonners in the UK has not been ruled out by the European Commission, which predicts a 33% growth in...

• Railfreight is looking for hauliers to take a stake in a new privately run combined transport operation to rival Novatrans...

over dearer diese • Dearer derv, but a freeze on excise duty for trucks and buses. That is what transport operators have been...

lead to lower haulage rates and the emergence of "mega carriers", predicts Dr James Cooper, Exel Logistics' reader at Cranfield...

• Applicants for the unified driving licence will not have to wait longer than six days for their arrival, says Roads and...

• Renault is to start selling secondhand trucks from its Dunstable headquarters. It will eventually hold a stock of up to 40...

• The Road Haulage Association's international group plans to increase its membership by 10% by January 1992: the group has...

• Police have rejected media reports that a lorry carrying propane gas was responsible for the fire in last week's M4 pile-up...

North Yorkshire County Council has thrown out a bid by city councillors to keep HGVs from the area within the ring road. But...

• Trucks are not to blame for Britain's congested roads, say experts from Oxford University's transport study unit. Car...

▪ Harry Blundreds' Ports mouth Transit bus company has launched a high frequency hail-and-ride minibus service in the city....

• A haulage company has been stung for £5,000 after a con-man used one of its fuel credit cards to obtain dery from unmanned...

agree buts EXCLUSIVE • ERF is the first truck manufacturer to confirm that it will offer the 298kW (400hp) version of Perkins'...

• The future of Renault's Dunstable plant seems secure with the announcement last week that RTI plans to move its parts...

• Daimler-Benz and Scania are talking about cooperating on truck manufacture, D-B chairman Edzard Reuter has confirmed....

The changes, due to be phased in over the next few years, will cover new prototypes and existing models coming off the...

• Scania is to produce a limited edition high-spec cab to commemorate its centenary. The Centurion, which will be released...

• Bradford-based bodybuilder Northside Truck has become the UK franchisee for Italian Isoli recovery equipment. Northside,...

• An air suspension kit which automatically adjusts a semitrailer from its loading to ride height when the driver touches his...

• The first Renault B range van with factory-fitted windows has gone into service in Northern Ireland. The vehicle, which was...

• Automatic clutches for manual gearboxes came a step closer last week when Fichte] & Sachs revealed that its ECS system is...

• Boalloy is now marketing 7.15m tilt and Tatttliner intermodal swap bodies, along with 13.6m semi-trailer versions, via its...

• Plaxton Coach and Bus has given its all-aluminium city bus a Continental flavour, with the launch of a single-decker called...

• Coach firm Coach Europe is one of the casualties of the collapse of the holiday giant International Leisure Group, owner of...

• Scottish Citylink parent Clansman Travel & Leisure has bought Airdrie operator Bruce's in a joint venture with Ahiess-based...

• PSV operators have given mixed reactions to Government plans, announced last week, to deregulate London's bus system in the...

• South London bus drivers from Thornton Heath have staged a 24-hour stoppage in protest over a number of assaults on their...

• Indexagent, the firm which has risen out of the ashes of the John Dee Group (CM 1420 March), is taking on staff based at...

operate as a separate brand, despite the marketing merge of TNT's other international services. Major man • John Clark is...

• AWD has restructured its distributor network with fewer outlets covering its four regions. It now has 37 distributors instead...

• Exel Logistics expects to sign up two major contracts in Spain next month, says Mark Bedeman, Exel's managing director for...

• Redhill-based Hammond Transport intends to expand its business in the north by acquiring a small Yorkshire operator. Hammond...

• LEP Group has brought its freight forwarding and logistics interests together under one management . team. Wisbech...

• Cardiff general haulage firm Glyn John Transport has closed, with the loss of 26 jobs. The decision was taken because it was...

• Accusations that Lancasterbased haulier Jeremy Staveley of Staveley Transport used a vehicle with dangerous parts after two...

• liazchem earner Norman Lewis Tankers has been given a severe warning after being convicted of an unauthorised discharge of a...

• Driving a vciacle without an HGV licence cost James Corless and his employer, Gullies Plant Hire of Preston, £725 in fines...

• Cardiff-based potato wholesaler Edward England broke the law for the first time in its 150-year history because a mistake by...

cut licence duration 1 • Scottish haulage firm Van Lee Transport has had the duration of its licence reduced by 12 months — and...

110th depot. The new site at Unit 1, Leslie Road, Ipswich, offers tyres and fitting services for all types of CV. Contact...

appointed an agent for Sanden Refrigeration Systems. The company offers an overnight delivery service for orders taken up to...

appointed sole UK dealer for the Italian Heila range of heavy-duty vehicle-mounted cranes with lifting capacities from 26 to...

DISTRIBUTION DATE • Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine will make the keynote address at the Institute of Logistics and...

two-day international symposium on the distribution and transport of chemicals in the Single European Market. It will be on...

goods will be held on 12 June at BAFTA, Piccadilly, London. It will look at changes since the latest UN specifications were...

trmi,••■■•■•• tan,..1.•11. deln • The Commercial Vehicle Handling and Transport Services show will be held from 17-19 October...

Costs of the half-day meeting are 228.75 (inc-VAT) for RHA members and £34.50 (inc-VAT) of non-members. Contact Mary Dorrill...

COMPUTER COSTS • Kogan Page has introduced a revised edition of its Warehouse & Distribution Software Directoty 1991, priced at...

ADVICE ON ADR • ADR — the European agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road will be adopted...

two-day course on fuel economy management, which will incude aerodynamic body design, driver performance and the effects of...

SEEING DOTS • Digi-Dot electronic bus signs, manufactured by Vultron International, are now available in a dual colour option...

been developed by Ashtree Glass. They fit arms from 16-22nun diameter and can be fitted with 12/24 volt heating elements....

extinguisher called Firetrace, which fits inside a CV's engine compartment. It incorporates a flexible trace tube and canister...

TEST RATES RISE • HGV and PSV testing fees are to go up on 1 April. The cost for a truck increases from £28 to £30.80; a PSV,...

Orphanage Appeal — a joint effort between Wythenshawe Hospital nurses, Trafford Police M division and Altrincham and Sale...

is the Bottle Van, based on a Citroen 2CV engine and chassis unit. Assembled by the Bottle Van Company of Blackburn, Lancs. The...

is this American White owned by Dutchman Willem Slenders — but the Hawk understands there will also be newcomers aplenty at the...

Jonathan Lawton from Aaron and Partners looks at the problem of defective vehicles. • A number of my clients are concerned...

Our five trucks are a mixed bunch, including one all-new cab. None have been tested before in their present form. Lightest of...

Our testing procedure is little changed from previous years. First, we looked at the driving environment in each vehicle,...

Leyland Daf FT80.330: If you don't stop to look at the re-designed front and hop straight into the cab, it would be hard to...

Leyland Daf FT 80.330: The Series 80 is best suited to the occasional night out, not least when it comes to physical space...

and you've got a mobile powerhouse that can really get dug into the job. For even more down to earth problems like trenching or...

• Billy Jean's Cafe, nestling in a slip road off the A55 at Pentre Halkyn, North Wales is one of the few remaining traditional...

cafe have been exacerbated by the closure of laybys which, as CM reported last year (20-26 September 1990), is forcing drivers...

Last Monday CM was aboard one of the first train trips through the Channel Tunnel to France. Our transport was slower and less...

• May I be allowed to congratulate your magazine on devoting five pages to the subject of Women in Transport (CM 28 February-6...

• In your issue of 28 February-6 March you carried an article which was headed "Noda prepares for cement court case" and...

of the Tiphook Container Rental Company, the second largest container rental firm in the world, and a wholly owned subsidiary...

parts and service for Lucas Aftermarket Operations. He was strategic marketing manager of the electrical parts and service sector.

UK fleet sales manager to general sales manager, at Rubery Owen-Rockwell. Reporting to him will be Clive Atkins, who becomes UK...

manager at Norfolk Line subsidiary Continental Freeze based at Northampton. He was general manager of Interland Transport,...

managers: John Taylor takes charge of the North and Alec Evans will cover the South.