• To most people, there could be few less complicated ways of affixing one thing to another than via a thread and nut. It is an...

a team of rookie policemen in a traffic check in Rotherhithe, South-East London, last week. The check, part of police...

• With just three weeks to go before the General Election, there are still no clear transport policies from any of the major...

• Despite scare stories in certain sections of the road transport press Connect UK, the fledgling parcels network, looks set to...

Stockton-on-Tees on 30 April is being sought by the police in Cleveland. The accident happened on the Church Yard Link Road,...

• Following the long-running dispute over the effectiveness of thin-wall reefers, from 18 June all thin-walled refrigerated...

Motors' plan to rescue its troubled Bedford van plant at Luton by setting up a joint venture company with Isuzu was in the...

• Surrey County Council wants the Department of Transport to get tougher with hauliers which flagrantly flout operator...

• Road haulage is tightening its grip on the movement of freight in Europe. The latest EEC figures reveal that road haulage now...

search for finance for the Channel Tunnel project, with an agreement on terms with the railways, a 21 billion loan from the...

• The State-owned Rover Group made a record £892.1 million loss last year (2138 million in 1985), bringing the total amount of...

the depot of Glendenning, based at Ashburton in Devon, stealing an ERF 'E' series 8x4, and forcing entry into a Foden 6x4...

• Customer interest in MAN's 343kW vee-tenpowered F90 chassis, which was launched as a market evaluation prototype (CM 17...

workshop handbook • The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is compiling a comprehensive workshop standards manual which...

• The ultimate heavy CV recovery vehicle was shown this week at the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators (AVRO) annual...

priorities when heavy plant haulier Brian Grummitt of Peterborough ordered its latest 6x4 Seddon Atkinson tractive unit....

to include a shallower roof centre support spine which now only intrudes 85mm into the load space.

• The new 268kW Turbostar tractive unit and bigger volume Daily vans, unveiled at the Turin show (CM 2 May), are soon to become...

Super Duty twin-plate manually-adjusted ceramic clutch as standard on its EIO truck range. The new dutch has special spring...

in military aircraft, could soon become available on trucks and cars, according to Defence Technology Enterprises, the company...

• Four directors of south London-based distribution specialist The Bucks Group have led a management buyout with the backing of...

• Pickfords subsidiary Homespeed has won a renewal for its contract with Littlewoods for two-man delivery of bulky household...

March 31, TNT saw a 44.85% increase in profits compared with the same period last year. The Australian parent company of TNT...

and Russell Davies, has taken delivery of two new Volvo FL series tractive units for service with the Worms Masterhaul...

Tankfreight has been operating vehicles for Freeman since the early seventies recently using two ERF tractive units and three...

• NCCS is in an effervescent mood this week with the announcement of a new £1 million-a-year warehousing and distribution...

• As part of a trial to see whether road transport can compete effectively with air freight, Hythe, Kent-based Inter City...

• Following a growing demand from its customers, Seddon Atkinson has launched its own operating lease and contract hire package...

• SPD's Saffords depot near Redhill in Surrey, is to be the central distribution point for CuRens Convenience Stores, in a deal...

long drawbar units, with Abel demount equipment, to help improve the efficiency of its trunking operations from UBM's Derby...

• Committing drivers' offences cost A W Moss & Son, trading as Moss Tours of Sheffield .£55,280 in fines and costs when the...

associated W Burgoyne & Sons. have been adjourned by West Midlands LA John Mervyn. Also adourned was the hearing of an...

• No action has been taken against the licence of Wishawbased Scotmove following its appearance at disciplinary proceedings...

• An office manager for a haulage firm who altered cheques and pocketed more than 225,000 of his employers' money, claimed his...

to Next Day Parcels Express to operate ten vehicles and two trailers from a base in Eastriggs restricted to hours acceptable to...

as Mount Trucking of Cupar, have been granted authority to operate four vehicles and six trailers without restriction, despite...

• The PSV operators licence held in the Metropolitan area by Mibbo Singh Thandi, trading as Thandi Coaches of Smethwick, has...

• A new ultra-low-floor articulated city bus with a special automatically-activated bridging plate, to allow easy boarding of...

The location of the engine, which is also fitted with Neoplan's own diesel particulates (soot) filter, enables a 1,350mm...

• Following the success of its Newcastle to London shuttle service, Armstrong Galley has launched a new...

the current rates of £23 for 9-12 seats, and £33 for 13 or more seats, for the rest of the year. The last increase in test fees...

models to comply with the forthcoming Construction and Use Regulation 41. The new regulations, which come into effect on 1...

• Claims that bus deregulation is proving a success have been strongly attacked as premature by the Association of Metropolitan...

• "If market conditions and vehicle specifications are suitable," Enasa could be selling Pegaso coaches in the UK next year....

• Yelloway Motor Services has been banned from registering any further local services and the vehicle authority on its PSV...

operators replacement and service exchange turbochargers for Bedford, Daf, Mercedes, Volvo, Cummins, Gardner and Leyland bus...

• Scottish operator Parks of Hamilton has taken delivery of a 73-seat Daf SBR 3000 DKSB double-deck luxury coach fitted with...

• Ford's Cargo has had its second major revision since its 1981 launch with the announcement of disc brakes all-round, new...

created at Interleasing following its acquisition of Kidderminster-based Foley Self Drive. Roger Stevens, becomes truck...

• Main Ford dealer Dees of Croydon, Surrey has opened a new parts/service reception area as the first phase of a major...

• Waste handling vehicle hire fleet operator Trio has opened new bases in the South East and North East. The London and South...

• Prices for the Transit Popular range start at £6,708 plus VAT for the 100 petrol, and rise to .28,799 plus VAT for the 190...

• The Government has approved a new RO-RO ferry system for the outer north isles of Orkney. The system will comprise two new...

• Danzas (UK) is offering new twice-weekly/weekly groupage trailer services to Italy and Switzerland. For Italy, road services...

• EP Training Services is staging intensive fiveand tenday CPC freight courses for candidates for the RSA examination on 19...

• HM Customs and Excise has issued the following VAT publications: The amendment to Notice 702 on imports and warehoused goods,...

• Wincanton Transport is doing its bit to minimise danger on the road by issuing rear messages for fitting to the backs of...

DISTRIBUTION DATA

is undertaking a survey of third party and contract transport and distribution. The results will be published as a...

FIRM AT THE TOP • For the first time smaller firms are to be given the chance to compete with Britain's biggest businesses for...

LWB TRANSIT WHEEIS • Ford has asked its dealers to contact the owners of 15,000 long-wheelbase Transits manufactured between...

BYPASSING BIDEFORD • An 8km (five-mile) bypass round Bideford on the A39 opened on 20 May. When the North Devon Link Road and...

• London and the South-East M2/A2 Kent Resurfacing at the Cobham Intersection: contraflow, 50mph speed restriction. M20 Kent...

• Demountable systems and tail-lifts are important and complementary elements in many finely-tuned distribution organisations,...

CM 25 April, "IFT Lightest yet" apertaining to the Iveco Ford Truck Company. IFT has been the trading name of this company...

With an excellent payload and good performance the Leyland-built Freighter 16.17 tipper is the best selling vehicle in its...

encourage closer cooperation between road hauliers and the railways, it is still unusual to see hauliers and railways working...

• Engineering Economics was the theme of this year's Institute of Road Transport Engineers' conference, and it is one that...

BOC Transhield, Gray and Adamsbodied Daf drawbar which bristled with innovation. This year the space was amply filled by...