• The best advertisement that any individual operator or the industry as a whole can have is a clean and well-maintained,...

• Latest Department of Transport figures show that 38-tonne gross weight lorries are still dramatically increasing their share...

• Controversy over the imminent fixed-penalty system for overloading has been further fuelled by recent newspaper reports that...

• The London lorry ban looks like returning to the High Court this week as the Freight Transport Association formalised its...

• The National Audit Office is undertaking a study to find out how much road damage is attributable to heavy lorries, and to...

• Repairs on Britain's motorways are being completed on average 38% faster because of the Government's lane rental scheme,...

• Multipart is looking to increase its share of the £1,000 million European truck parts market. It has signed letters of intent...

• The Department of Transport has finally bowed to pressure and will be widening the north west Surrey section of the M25...

• After its abortive attempts to join with Leyland and Enasa, General Motors has finally teamed-up with Volvo White, as...

• Contract hire and rental in the UK has increased by 35% over the last three years according to a recent survey. BRS Truck...

• Around 950 road bridges in England and EE Wales will have weight restrictions imposed on them in the next few months, if...

• Swedish timber haulier Curt Gorensson (42) won the Multipart British Truck Grand Prix at Silverstone last Sunday, to go to...

• Isuzu Cars Great Britain has confirmed that it will be launching light 4 x4 Trooper models at the Motor Show in two months...

111 The improved cornpound used by R E Tyre and Rubber of Alton, Hants in its range of precured treads for commercial vehicle...

to the British Army this week although it has already delivered one third of the order for a total 333 vehicles. Foden was...

IN Hampshire-based Andover Trailers has built a special 38tonne tri-axle low loader stepframe to transport plant and machinery,...

• A vehicle and its load together must not be more than four metres high except for trucks used in agriculture and forestry. In...

• Modifications to West German regulations mean that the maximum driving axle load has been raised from 10 to 11 tonnes and the...

• In order for the free transport market — projected to start by 1992 — in the EEC to work smoothly, says the Union...

• According to the West German regional Transport Minister in NorthrhineWestphalia, lorries caused 18.2% of the accidents in...

• The European Commission in Brussels and the Bonn Government are launching an investigation into the plans of the Daimler-Benz...

• Vacuum Superinsulation (VSI) containers developed by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blolun (MMB) of Munich-Ottobrunn, are filled with a...

• French haulier Gefco, which has 2,000 vehicles and 3,000 rail car transporters, is seen increasingly in Britain, shedding its...

• Navistar International, the US heavy and medium truck group which changed its name earlier this year from International...

• Egypt's containerised traffic is expected to experience one of the fastest growth rates in the world during the rest of this...

• Trucks owned by carriers and hauliers, as opposed to ancillary operators, average 63,000km a year, according to published...

/The Road Haulage Association is looking to invest in a new computer system which could provide a direct electronic link...

• 'limber hauliers in the Grampian region appear to have escaped the threat of weight restrictions on minor roads. The...

• Tracto, the company which already runs a cross-Channel door-to-door trailer service between the UK and Benelux, France and...

• British Rail's Railfreight and Parcels sectors are both suffering heavily through competition from road transport, according...

• National Freight Consortium member Cartransport. is investing £570,000 in 18 new car transporters. The new tri-deck semi...

• Wincanton Transport has added NAFTA (GB) to its growing client list, with the signing of a five year, £3.25 million...

ot Contract hire company Charthire Services has won a £2 million contract to take over shoe retailer Stylo Barratt's national...

• Officials at the North East Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable market in Gateshead have decided to amend proposals to charge...

• North Western Deputy Licensing Authority Walter Birchall took no action against the licence of Direct Poultry Supplies...

• A Yorkshire operator has won authority to change the operating centre of his one vehicle to a 5.5x4m plot in his back garden...

• Aquitane Travel of Northwich, Cheshire has retained its PSV operator's licence following the resignation of a director who...

• The identity of a TNT divisional manager was kept secret at a Licensing Authority hearing for "security reasons", TNT was...

• Dukinfield magistrates have adjourned a hearing of alleged offences concerning the falsifying of tachograph records and the...

• Own account operator South Lancashire (Builders Merchants) Limited had its application for three additional vehicles refused...

• Humberside-based Peter Sheffield Luxury Coaches has become the 400th PSV operator to be registered under the...

• Attempts by BET Group subsidiary United Transport International to persuade the newly-formed West Yorkshire Public Transport...

• Clwyd County Council has accepted tenders for 92 contracts to provide nonprofit making bus services from October 26. These...

• Barton Transport has bought six new Daf MB 230 DKFL dual purpose coaches fitted with Plaxton Paramount 3200 bodies. The...

• London Regional Transport signalled its wish for a more attractive public profile this week with the announcement of a new...

• The contract hire and leasing company, Trimoco Leasing has announced three new regional sales managers for the home counties,...

• Scania's new national coach and bus fleet sales manager is Maurice Leach (above), who will work alongside the Scania coach...

/ Commercial Motor has three new faces on its editorial team. Barbara Lane (pictured above) joins as news reporter, after a...

• Freight forwarder Thomas Meadows has promoted Don Coles (left) from Birmingham regional director to national sales director....

• City: Link Transport has increased the size of its senior management expresS parcels management team. Two senior executives,...

DRIVER'S MATE • The Truck Driver's Handbook is in three sections covering the law, the practicalities of the job on the road...

Suzuki livery scheme Owners of the new Suzuki SK410 Super Carry micro van and pick-up can now take advantage of a service that...

a new freight-only ship into service, Seafreight Freeway, operating two round trips a day between Dover Western Docks and...

Akandng • Vehicle break-ins and thefts are running at around 11/2 million annually in the UK so you have a one in ten risk of...

New Tankstore depot • Tankstore, the bulk liquid terminal division of National Freight Consortium-owned Tankfreight, has opened...

City Link moves HQ • Express parcels operator City Link Transport has moved its headquarters to new larger premises at...

Route-finder • Computer company S1A has introduced a new computer-based route-finding system, designed to run on any IBM...

Carlyle open day • Birmingham-based PSV body builder Carlyle Works is holding an open day on Wednesday, September 3. On view...

Subaru up • Subaru car and commercial vehicle prices rise on Sunday September 1. The increase in the commercial prices is...

• - Hie Freight Transport Association's tachograph chart checking service has passed the half million barrier on its fifth...

• People running companies which have been split wholly or mainly for VAT avoidance purposes are now liable to have their tax...

Mu services • Trust House Forte has been chosen to develop and operate the future service area at Birchanger, near Bishops...

• CM's roadworks information this week is compiled with the aid of the Department of Transport and the AA. Minister for Roads...

• The comments in your publication (CM August 2) regarding our market were duly noted. Our Board of directors has now reviewed...

• Your editorial and report on the Cranfield investigation into overtaking and the subsequent letter from Mr Douglas has...

regarding the inspection of fuel tanks at EEC borders (CM August 9). Like yourselves I believed that the current limit of 200...

• It was very good of The Hawk to wish me a happy retirement in such kind terms, and he was quite right about the typewriter:...

• If I ever needed persuading that the Transport and General Workers Union was out of touch with the real world then its...

• Your leader on environmental issues (CM, w/e August 16) fails to mention that the number of objectors to operating centres...

Many small hauliers rely on vehicle liveries and industry contacts to market their services. We visit CM livery competition...

IP Renault has added a second steered axle and reduced fuel consumption on its G290 38-tonner. Was the result worth the...

To paint or stick? That is the question facing operators trying to make the most of their liveries. CM examines the options. •...

• Self-adhesive vinyl markings, say their manufacturers, are easy for vehicle operators to apply themselves. Yet Nick Gubb...

• Not everybody is convinced of the benefits of self-adhesive vinyls. It would be almost sacrilegious for Walter Holland Si...

The standard of entries for CM's annual livery competition is better than ever with own-account entrants taking many of the top...

a new class in the CM Livery Competition for the best livery using vinyl markings. As described elsewhere in this issue, a...

The right livery can be an effective way of bringing in new business, so it makes sense to consult a professional. CM talks to...

following the tragic circumstances of the M4 'cross-over' accident in June when four members of the Von Kotze family and nine...

vandalism is in fact the continuation of a centuries old annual 'Cart Marking Ceremony' in London's Guildhall. The ceremony,...

Yorkshire pudding. Joshua Tetley. a subsidiary of Allied Lyons, had 100 dozen eggs, 96 kilos of flour, and gallons of milk...

to complete thanks to a scheme giving contractors a bonus for finishing early. I've been caught out too often on the A41 to...