• After all the agonising over the introduction of the latest drivers hours regulations, it is both unbelievable and...

haulier in your own right? Before you can win that coveted 0-Licence you will need to pass the demanding Certificate of...

• The Road Haulage Association has received its first regional drivers pay claim, from the Transport and General Workers Union...

• Lancashire haulier Mayfield Chicks is to appeal against a fine imposed after it followed Government advice on the drivers'...

• In an article on Chris Morris Recovery in Commercial Motor 18-24 August we used some photos of crashed vehicles which had...

• There was no dope testing at the 15th UICR (Union International des Chauffeurs Routiers) world professional drivers...

rolling one. Morley says the 11../fp's interpretation allows a driver to stay too long at the wheel. "We can't see that it can...

• Angry passenger transport executive bosses, disillusioned by the Bus and Coach Council, are discussing the possibility of an...

• Nearly 70 dangerous-cargo vehicles were stopped last week by the West Yorkshire police as part of a co-ordinated national...

• This week's Paris truck show marked the debut of disc brakes on 38-tonne tractive units, when Renault launched its new...

• The Road Haulage Association has slammed Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley's refusal to spend any extra money on...

championship with the final round yet to run. He won with a total of 204 points: second and third spots will be fought out at...

to keep track of loaded beer containers. The brewery hopes the new system will save the industry around 20 million a year in...

• Channel ferry giants P&O and Sealink are said to be interested in buying Caledonian MacBrayne, the state-owned Scottish West...

• Half of Britain's exporters to the Continent plan to review their transport arrangements before the early 1990s. Less than...

• As widely expected, ERF has now launched its small-cab 17-tonner, the ES6, along with a Cummins C-series-engined derivative...

• Belgian bus and trailer manufacturer Van Hool is adding a sliding, curtain-sided design to its standard range of TIR tilt...

• Iveco Ford is to offer the turbocharged and chargecooled Curnrnins 6BTA 5.9 litre engine in a range of 4x2 Cargo models at...

• Bodybuilder Lawrence David of Peterborough has built step-frame curtain-sided semi-trailers with slide-back roofs for...

• Dayton Walther has developed a landing leg aimed specifically for trailers fitted with air suspension, designed to withstand...

• All heavy-duty, armourplated Sherpa 300 minibuses have been withdrawn from service with the Metropolitan Police for tests to...

• A bodybuilder, specialising in refrigerated trailers up to 12.2m in length has started up in Gunnislake, Cornwall. Reep...

• Bus operator National Welsh has approached Cynon Valley Borough Council about the possibility of buying the municipally-owned...

• Further information about the Dennis Duple Dart 9M minibus has been released by the manufacturer in the buildup to the motor...

• Independents have taken over several routes in the St Albans area, following the termination of contracts by London Country...

• Dutch coach bodybuilder Jonckheere has made several cosmetic changes to its successful P599 Deauville. The front and rear of...

• Kirby Bus and Coach has won two major orders. Fifty Volvo-B10 chassis on Plaxton 3500 luxury coachwork are to go to Parks of...

• Craven Tasker, Britain's third biggest trailer manufacturer, is investing £1 million in its four independently-run production...

• Trio Containers has placed a £1 million order for 45 Iveco Ford Load Star 175.17 chassis fitted with Telehoist CH503A...

• Growth projections for 1988 by Rentco International, the European trailer rental firm have been underestimated, according to...

• Claydon Vehicle Services of Ipswich has been acquired by HDL Engineering, the expanding vehicle maintenance and repair...

• American giant Rockwell International will invest over $600 million in its automative division over the next five years, says...

• Motor Panels, the manufacturer and designer of commercial-vehicle cabs, has been bought from its parent company Rubery Owen...

• Portsmouth-based transport company Hughes Group has bought CV rental specialist Sibley Hire and waste haulier Sibley...

• Transport contractors were warned last week that there would be no easy pickings from local authority work forced out to...

• A failure to disclose pending prosecutions, when Stokeon-Trent-based Amber was granted a licence in May, has led to the...

• Skyliner International, a company run by John and Andrew Schofield, has been granted a new international PSV operator's...

• Although Brigg haulier W H Martin was granted authority to double its fleet, local residents succeeded in getting...

• An application for additional vehicles by Roawest Shipping, designed to take over vehicles operated by associated Maxihaul...

• Kettering haulier Rodney Douglas, trading as Douglas , Transport, has been granted a fresh licence for seven vehicles, for a...

• Failures to comply with a condition banning the parking of vehicles in the street outside the operating centre of...

Commercial Motor Workshop's second annual conference and exhibition moved to a bigger venue, with more delegates and more...

It was a fact that used engine oil contained a higher proportion of substances, some of which were carcinogens, replied...

contributed; with help from Institute funds, £30,000 had been built up and a like amount later contributed by the Department of...

The acquisition is intended to provide a depot that will fit and service the full range of Seadyke's bulk feed and coal...

TRANSMISSION MISSION • Texaco is launching a highperformance automatic and semi-automatic transmission fluid to meet the needs...

SIMPLE ANSWERS FROM PANASONIC • Panasonic is replacing its current 14-series telephone answering machines with two new models....

NEW SILENCERS GET A H EARING • The Tnickmaster catalogue of replacement silencers and fittings for commercial vehicles has...

TAKING EUROPE BY STORM • The Metropole Hotel, near the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, is to host a distribution...

N EW BED-MATE FOR RAC • The RAC's latest break down rescue cover scheme is 'Bedford Roadcalr. Free RAC rescue will be an...

bodies, a ball and some open ground. American football demands rather more organisation. To knock heads the American way you...

Fuel consumption is a major consideration for haulage operators. CPH Transport sells AIC fuel monitors to help companies...

Choosing the right computer system for your operation is a complicated business. This guide should help you decide what you...

for transport. The best is perhaps the Guide to Distribution Software prepared by Arthur Anderson Management Consultants for...

transport management systems. He is currently writing a book on computerised systems in transport and would be interested to...

Earlier this year one of the biggest surveys into contract distribution ever undertaken in this country was made by Corporate...

Volvo has produced an electro-pneumatic gear change system, Easy Gear Shift (EGS). The system is less sophisticated than its...

There's real power to move with Rascal's gutsy, 4-cylinder, I litre engine with 5-speed gear box. Real load volume with 93,6...

as co-ordinator for the Small Firms Service in Essex and Hertfordshire, following the opening of the new regional office in...