• For thousands of British hauliers mainland Europe is that vast expanse of land on the wrong side of the Channel where the...

roads and railways are for the Channel Tunnel opening in 1993. The Commons Transport Committee will look at road links to...

EC cabotage • British hauliers are way behind their Continental colleagues when it comes to snapping up cabotage business...

• Hauliers who lost thousands of pounds when clearing house Intrapac Holdings went under last November owing £400,000, say they...

• The House of Lords was due yesterday (Wednesday) to rule on whether local authorities have the right to force operators in...

• Islington Council wants the Government to slow traffic down and build loading bays on its Red Route before the pilot scheme...

Panic Link, has gone on trial accused of killing a retired police inspector by reckless driving. Norman was allegedly driving...

• Letter post competition will be increased between the Post Office and parcels carriers, and weekend and evening HGV driving...

• Several UK hauliers are to become partners in a European intermodal venture with the Road Haulage Association, Railfreight...

• The failure rate of HGVs in the annual test has gone down, the Vehicle Inspectorate's yearly report will reveal this week....

on overloaded trucks. It now has two trading standards officers working full time on enforcement and in the year to March they...

• The Road Haulage Association is reversing its policy of rarely opposing 0-licence applications, following an attempt to stop...

• Risk prevention officers — which the European Commission is proposing for all firms carrying mainly hazardous goods — could...

• The RAC's new BS5750orientated code of practice for road rescue firms (CM 18-24 July) has been attacked by both major...

• A Leyland Daf dealer has created a 6x2 pusher axle version of the 80 Series tractive unit for operators wanting a three-axle...

collector is going on two-week trials with six local authorities. The Warwick-based firm hopes to secure sales by August (CM...

• A steel HGV suspension system — claimed to be 10% less stressful on roads than conventional steel springs — is to be launched...

IIII Worried Seddon Atkinson dealer principals have been flown to Madrid by Iveco to be reassured about the Oldhambased firm's...

• Fiat's Uno car-derived van is now on sale. The model, launched at the Fleet Show in London in March (CM 14-20 March) comes in...

N Andover Trailers is developing a heavy haulage trailer which extends from 7.9 to 10.7m and has a tag-on fourth axle. Newport,...

• Seddon Atkinson will be increasing the appeal of its Strato heavy tractive unit range in the last quarter of the year by...

• Detroit Diesel's US engineering director Arnold Vander Bok says more frequent engine servicing will be needed to meet future...

• The Tibbett & Britten Group has bought part of Transfleet Services, strengthening its links with retail giant Marks &...

• Bodybuilder Power Bodies has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 10 jobs. The Rayleigh, Essex-based company,...

• European express haulier Europa Freight has announced 1990 profits up by more than 50% to £3.4m with a £49m turnover up by...

• TNT Newsfast, the newspaper and magazine delivery arm of TNT Express (UK), has won the contract to distribute Index...

• Peter Lane Transport is handling the movement of £.14.5m-worth of equipment for Rover Group's body and pressings business at...

• Sheffield-based industrial distributor RDB has ousted several small hauliers to win a nationwide contract from tool importer...

• The LT Group plus its Enderby Transport and EL Distribution businesses have gone under, overwhelmed by heavy overheads and...

• The British Government should put up money to persuade hauliers to go green, according to the freight manager for French...

• Transfrigo, a new refrigerated transport company based in Hull, is being hampered by a dearth of specialised fridge trailers,...

• Barham Truck Bodies, the company launched in April by the former boss of failed bodybuilder Besco, Donald Wilson, has just...

• Beeline Fleet Services has been wound up and the receiver is auctioning its assets after unsuccessful attempts to sell it as...

• Selby magistrates gave Loud Vale Haulage and its driver Stephen Slater absolute discharges and found special reasons for not...

• Redfern Coaches (Mansfield)'s licence has only been renewed for a twoyear probationary period. In May its licence...

• Environmental restrictions on the use of the Waverton, Wigton depot of Cumbrian haulier David Harrison have been removed...

%MP Frederick Whal tern LA ley has allowed Entergold, trading as Al Waste, authority to move its vehicles to two new...

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

• Brinley Bevan & Son was not one of the success stories to come out of the South Wales Traffic Area's recommended maintenance...

• Scania is introducing independent front suspension on the Van Hool-bodied Astrobel double-decker, giving a smoother ride and...

• Optare has released chassis pictures of its first doubledecker, which is being built in conjunction with Daf Bus and...

• Mercedes-Benz will launch its 0404 coach in Kortrijk, Belgium, in October, but the vehicle will not be available in the UK...

• Dormobile receiver John Eaton is "cautiously optimistic" that he will sell the Folkestone-based company as a going concern_...

• Business confidence amongst PCV operators is significantly higher than it was earlier in the year, says Cliff Groves, the new...

II An Office of Fair Trading guide to restrictive practices in the bus industry has been dismissed as "an acute disappointment"...

• Abel Demountable Systems has developed a range of swap bodies for European intermodal operations. The Euroswop system, which...

moved to new premises at Dale Street, Bilston; contact (0902) 493099. PCV breathing • Oldham-based AVP Purrno has introduced...

• A European Automotive Design competition is being staged by the Plastics and Rubber Institute at its Plastics on the Road1992...

• A tipping skeletal trailer equipped to empty granular foodstuffs from bag-in-the-box 6.1m ISO containers has gone into...

• INS Holdings' National Fleet Services has ordered three more Mercedes 308D-based delivery trucks from GRP Massey of Market...

Hawson-Garner is the latest CV bodybuilder to be awarded the BS5750 Part 2 quality code accreditation. Slim fan • Facet of...

• Spurred by the success of its low-cost 7.5-tonne series, The Van, Boa!toy has begun producing insulated and refrigerated...

• A new forklift transporter trailer built for Meakins Transport for contract work with BT Rolatruc has the first 9.0-tonne...

• Econ Engineering of Ripon has introduced a universal highway maintenance truck body system that can be used to discharge...

• J Bibby Agricultural has acquired a 33m 3 bulk blowing tipper made by newly formed Bridge Bodies of Sutton Bridge, Lincs....

• Lambourn's stylish new GRP-panelled Racemaster Turbo 2000 lightweight horsebox made its debut at the Royal Show, Stoneleigh....

this week browsing through Brewery Transport by Arthur ,Ingram, published by Roundoak Publishing. Many of the brewery vehicles...

Transport & General Workers Union conference much was made of Prime Minister John Major's failure to pass a London Buses's...

week that he had not travelled by bus or train for five years. He said it was difficult to carry official boxes on a bus. But...

U rum the US comes news of Pizza distribution in a big way. The Domino Pizza Distribution Corporation operates from 31 depots...

he UK's 100,000 pigeon fanciers received a boost this week with the news that world pigeon expert Paul Smith has joined...

Buchan of Alan Firmin Transport is pictured with a supporting cast at BP's new Wolverhampton truckstop_ Ian was fortunate...

▪ Granning UK has moved to new offices in Hardwick Grange, Warrington, near Junction 21 of the M6. Contact (0925) 810400.

• Seddon Atkinson has appointed RCS Commercials of Corby, Northants and ATAC of Hucclecote, Glos as parts and service dealers....

• Exhibition organiser Blenheim PEL will stage the Transport Fleet Services Show at the Wembley Exhibition Centre on 31 March-2...

vintage vehicles at the Red Rose Steam Centre in Astley Green on 3-4 August. Admission will cost £1.50 for adults, 50p for...

• Leyland Daf dealer Norscot Truck Centre in Aberdeen, claims to be the first CV dealer in Scotland to gain 1355750. Stamp of...

• Among its range of courses, Logistics Training International offers Auditing Logistics, a two-day course for managers who...

• The third edition of The MoT Testing Guide, Noting Important Changes, is now available from HMSO, booksellers, or direct from...

• Vauxhall is introducing an insurance scheme for its LCV buyers: it seeks at least 10 quotations before offering a deal. The...

• A device which can alert a truck driver to the possibility of a tyre blow Out will be available soon from Buxton-based Otter...

• Major repairs to the M27 between Junctions 5 (Stoneham) and 7 (Hedge End) will last for about eight weeks. A contraflow will...

F UEL AND HORSES • A modern 17-tonner has to be a jack of all trades. One day it might be coping with the duck and dive of...

• Our test route was split over two days, both centred around the TNT hub at Atherstone on the A5, where the vehicles were...

• From the outset it was important to make sure that the vehicles were as directly comparable as possible. The obvious starting...

• Only one litre of fuel after more than 1,600km separated the two leading contenders in our 38-tonne economy run last summer....

• Bedford stopped building civilian trucks towards the end of 1986 and it was not until almost two years later that AWD, a...

• The ERF truck in the run, which was entered by Econocruise, was chosen from the three 17-tonne models which the company now...

• Foden can quite justifiably claim to have entered the newest 17-tonner in this year's event. The 2000 series, introduced in...

• MAN's M90 17-tonner was revised this year with the new `ECO' range of diesel engines benefiting from a small increase in...

• The 1717 and 1720L represent both ends of the new Mercedes-Benz middleweight range which took over from the 1617 last autumn....

• Volvo, like Mercedes, entered two vehicles in the run. Whereas the Mercedes 1720 has only recently been introduced into the...

• Why do we bother? Road haulage is treated as a charity. Customers seem to believe that allowing a haulier to deliver their...

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MI I have written in the past about how we already have the laws to punish rogue operators and, like others, have called for...

F ollowing the recent launch of TNT Express Worldwide, Clive Shepherd has been appointed UK general manager commercial, within...

• BRS has appointed six sales personnel to bring its western region up to strength. The most senior of these appointments is...

IN Richard Osborne is the new managing director of Central Trailer Rentco International, the Tiphook subsidiary. His...

• Securicor Omega Express has appointed Bernard Wilson, general manager of UK Parcels Sales, to the company's board of directors.

at small to medium sized transport companies. If you have taken on a transport manager/engineer, sales person or depot manager,...