• - It's the best news yet for the rogue oper ator . no doubt about it." That pithy comment should grab everyone's attention,...

airport, has made its final seven-hour journey to the Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, where it will be used to...

hauliers or truck drivers to help transport urgently needed gifts of protective clothing to fire brigades in Romania. Contact...

for long periods outside a steel mill in Whessoe Road, Darlington, because council officials say they are blocking the road.

assets and goodwill of Wednesfield van body maker Keyway Commercials, taking it out of receivership.

£200,000 one-year contract to distribute for local glass maker Pilkingtons, using three tractors and four trailers.

• The Ministry of Agricultur has given the go-ahead to plan to produce Britain's first mobil abattoirs to replace the 40...

• Production of commerciA vehicles was up significantly la: month to the highest total in tw years — and it is being cited a an...

/ Tomorrow (24 April) the United Road Transport Union announces the result of its election for general-secretary. The 18,000...

/ Hauliers who use the Dartford River Crossing regularly face a 10% hike in toll costs when an electronic billing system starts...

/ A West Country lorry driver has been suspended and disciplined by his employer, Somerset County Council, after he used his...

have to employ a risk prevention officer under an EC draft directive being examined by Euro MPs. The directive could become law...

owner-operator of the year. Phil Metcalfe, from Barnoldswick, Lancs, and George Shuttleworth, from Skipton, West Yorkshire,...

Scottish island of Skye are likely to go ahead following the Tories' election victory. Opponents want a subsidised, toll-free...

in road accidents in 1990; a 3% increase on 1989. But deaths of females were down slightly, according to the Office of...

threat of an indefinite strike which would have blocked the country's roads and border crossings and caused chaos for...

trailer manufacturer European Truck and Trailer Company is expanding its workforce from five to 35 next month. It is based at...

• In response to Commercial Motor's Loss of Licence campaign, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency says drivers who have...

• Plans to replace tachographs with an electronic device to monitor drivers hours are being discussed by EC civil servants...

• Moves to bolster the haulage industry's influence in the EC will be made next week when the International Road Transport...

• MAN is using next month's Hanover Show to unveil a host of new developments for its truck range. The highlights are an...

• Foden has introduced a fully electronic air suspension for its long wheelbase (3.8m) 6x2 twinsteer 4000 Series tractive...

• Esso has ordered another 28 Scania P113MA 4x2 day-cabbed tractive units for double shift work from its Leeds depot and...

• ZF has developed an electronic control system for its popular Servocom powerassisted steering which is designed to vary the...

/ The Peugeot-Citroen PSA group is using a mobile "collector/grinder" in the Lyons area of France to reprocess scrap plastic...

• Seddon Atkinson will be using next week's Tipcon show to launch the lightest Strato sixwheeler capable of operating at 26...

• Whale Tankers will launch a powered version of its demounting system for municipal bodies at the Institute of Waste...

• Bendix will show its new AL-4T trailer anti-lock braking system at the Tipcon Show. The new ABS system is designed to suit...

with six 13-tonners and two 17-tonners with Southfields' streamlined box van bodywork. The dry freight rigids have...

• Truck manufacturers can expect orders worth £10m this year from the Transport Development Group contract hire company...

• Tibbett & Britten's Fragrance and Cosmetics Division has won a warehousing and secondary distribution contract from north...

• A sharply improving UK truck market, with sales increasing by nearly 20% over the next two years, is forecast by German motor...

• The Rateliff Group reorganised last week with the purchase of mobility equipment specialist Wessex Medical Equipment Company...

• Burnley-based Brewer & Turnbull is looking for removals firms in Exeter, Coventry and Northern Ireland to join its franchise...

• Hauliers will face heavy charges to drive on congested roads if a report by right-wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute is...

• The future of the proposed Folkstone-Boulogne freight-only ferry service has yet to be decided. British and French groups...

• Two hauliers are fighting it out with more than 30 companies for a best business award supported by Prince Charles. PG & MK...

• In our 2-8 April 1992 Insight feature on backloads we stated that Maclean Hunter had scrapped its Routel backloading system...

• Hauliers who fail to observe the Transfer of Undertakings regulations when acquiring other companies or distribution...

• A haulier who has radically overhauled its business is urging operators to cut their fleets by at least 10% in order to take...

• Two operators were accused of overloading after Trading Standards officers had obtained weighbridge records from the Ind...

Building Supplies of Wrexham, to appear at disciplinary proceedings before North Western LA Martin Albu for the third time in...

• Gordon Millership, transport manager of Rowley Regis-based Millership Transport, has denied causing a driver to falsify...

• Penrith Magistrates have cleared Clitheroe based AJA Smith Transport of using a vehicle with dangerous parts, and ordered...

II North Western LA Martin Albu has adjourned hearing a licence renewal pending proof that the applicant exists. Peter Forde,...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

/Using a vehicle when the wrong rate of vehicle excise duty had been paid has cost Ray Steele Haulage of Barrow £1,192.51 in...

used a 38-tonne artic with an overloaded first axle were dropped when the firm appeared before the Cullompton Magistrates....

alleged VED offences by Milnethorpe Transport, while the prosecution takes advice from the Treasury Solicitor on the legality...

Frederick Williams has been been cut from 12 to eight vehicles following maintenance problems.

the operation of "composite services" — running partly on one registration and partly on another — is illegal. However, North...

no action over maintenance problems experienced by Dave Durnin Transport of Liverpool, but he only renewed the licence for four...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles is fitting Telma electro-magnetic retarders as standard on its 9.8m Dart, and as an option on its...

Southern National in Weymouth has taken delivery of five Wright-bodied Mercedes-Benz 709Ds. Its stablemate, North Devon Red Bus...

• Bus deregulation has led to rising fares with no apparent improvement in services in large cities, according to the Central...

• Moseley (PCV) of Carcroft near Doncaster is to be a dealer for the Toyota Optimo II coach.

first operator to take PCVs from Marshalls of Cambridge since the manufacturer re-entered the bus market this January after a...

• The double-deck MercedesBenz 0404 coach will make its debut at the Hanover exhibition next month, but it is not expected to...

Marsham Street's transport team was revamped by Prime Minister John Major last week. New Secretary of State is John MacGregor;...

• An international conference, TECON International '94, has the theme living with road technology". It will be hosted by the...

• The Freight Transport Association is organising a series of seminars for its members to explain the new 'duty of care'...

• The second Classic Car and Country Fayre will be held at Loseley Park, near Guildford, Surrey on Saturday/Sunday 15-16...

• The two British companies, one small, one large, which show the greatest enterprise in their trade with the Netherlands are...

• Drivers of large passenger carrying vehicles not used for hire or reward have until 30 September to apply for restricted...

• Glass's Guide has developed a computerised CV price guide. It costs £210 per year, including monthly updates. Glass's says...

• The Road Haulage Association's North Eastern district has compiled a directory listing members, type of haulage, fleet size...

• Mercedes-Benz is launching its own contract hire operation, Mercedes-Benz CharterWay on 7 May at the same time as similar...

• From 5 May K-prefix select registrations will be sold by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency through franchised...

Booming time • A new Samson boom hoist that can be fitted to any pickup truck can lift about a tonne. The hoist is operated...

• A contraflow is in operation on the A419 Cricklade bypass, Wiltshire, till mid-June: a 50mph speed limit is in force during...

• Carriageway repairs on the A2 Jubilee way between Whitfield and Guston, near Dover, Kent, were set to start on 27 April: a...

transport policy, the need for a strong voice in Brussels becomes ever more pressing for the UK trade associations. Forging...

If the holder of a standard international Operator's Licence goes bankrupt does his licence automatically end? No. But he must...

Can you advise me on the use of Dutch-registered trailers in the UK? As an owner-driver I provide traction work for a freight...

I am confused about what vehicles the new tread-depth law for tyres applies to. Does it apply to all vehicles or just cars? A...

27 Feb-4 Mar) makes no mention of a return means of travel for a driver collecting or delivering a vehicle. The application...

CM guarantees free publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck,...

• Thinking of selling a truck? Then make sure that it is 100% roadworthy. Many people think that selling it "as seen, tried...

manufacturer with more than its share of financial problems. Then it was snapped up by the American truck giant Paccar,...

back in 1989 represented something of a new departure for the andbach truck maker, which had previously blazed a lone trail...

sleeper cab's interior was described as "simple, effective and easy to clean". Our only real complaint after three days behind...

no sign of abating. Now experts from the police, trade associations and insurance companies are teaming up to fight back. •...

most popular industry and, as roads get busier, trucks get bigger and environmental issues come to the fore, the pressure on...

expansion plan blocked by Selby District Council — and managing director Norman Lewis isn't taking it lying down. He has called...

our lucky readers will shortly receive a copy of Men and Trucks, a large format paperback detailing the production process of...

op superstar Elton John is truly set to become a rocket man with the purchase of his new Jaguar XJ220, claimed to be the...

ord reaches the Hawk's sensitive ears that Magnum maker Renault is to rename its B Series baby. The company that masterminded...

ot every haulier would immediately welcome the sight of policemen waving cheerily from the cab of his vehicle — the thought...

he fight between French and • British hauliers is being settled, and it looks like we have won. It's not just a question of a...

• Most people are well aware that the hours worked by drivers of large goods vehicles are strictly controlled in the interests...

• The scope for confusion over whether learner HGV drivers may drive on motorways was well-aired in your article "Learning...

• [ wonder if the transport industry is at last on the upturn as your report (CM 9-15 April) suggests. Or is this simply truck...

• There's a lot of talk about the danger of the Japanese truck manufacturers attacking the European market. L for one, would...