• When people start questioning "accepted wisdom" it's usually time to get rid of it. The accepted wisdom in point is how to...

been taken over by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association, allowing...

• Trade unions are warning that they may call strikes at one of the country's biggest transport firms, Linkman Tankers, unless...

• County councils are to push John MacGregor in the next few weeks for powers to stop freight transferring from rail to road, a...

• Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli is denying media reports that it is shutting its UK truck tyre manufacturing operation....

• Fewer hauliers caught in dock-side swoops are dodging paying vehicle excise duty, say enforcement chiefs. Since Vehicle...

• The European Commission has said it will not challenge the London Lorry Ban requirement for air-brake silencers on trucks...

• Greenpeace was banned last week by Sealink from travelling from Dover after it attempted to send a lorry load of Sellafield...

• Owner-driver Mark Adams had been unemployed for nine months when he bought an ageing Ford Escort van on a £500 overdraft in...

and fuel costs due to unnecessary roadworks, says the RAC. The organisation is pressing for wider use of tunnelling machines...

• A buyer is expected to be announced this week for AW Biker, the controversial Yorkshire quarry haulier which went into...

• Government and other transport experts do not know how to assess the damage modern trucks do to the road. LGV weights and...

• Renault Trucks this week added eight three-axled variants to the existing Manager, Major and Magnum tractive unit ranges in...

• Voith's lightweight hydrodynamic R116 retarder, launched at the Hanover show, is now available in the UK for fast light...

takes on TEC • Suspension manufacturer Hendrickson Europe has purchased the assets of TEC from Aveling Barford and will...

• ERF is boosting the appeal of its premium tractor range with the launch of a new highroof cab and the adoption of the latest...

• Commercial Motor Workshop, Lasalign and Rozone have joined forces to offer operators a free exhaust smoke check. The test...

• MAN F90 tractive units and drawbar vehicles over 224kW (300hp) built for the UK are to be fitted with combined speed limiter...

• US manufacturer Navistar is to use a CFC-free refrigerant in all International truck air conditioning systems. CFCs in...

• ERF is to enter the French and Spanish heavy truck markets in 1993 — despite announcing losses of £1.15m for the financial...

• Gerald Broadbent has been ousted from Boalloy, in a management buyout at the truck bodybuilder from parent company Marling...

• The US parcels giant United Parcel Service ended months of speculation this week by announcing its purchase of the £31...

• Peter Lane Group says its Quality on the Road driver training scheme will save £100,000 a year on its £1m fuel bill by...

• Leyland Daf has won a £19m vehicle deal — Parcelforce's entire new vehicle requirement for 1992. The 1,200 vehicle order...

• French-backed Opale Ferries starts a new freight service between Folkestone and Boulogne this week. The 50-truck ferry...

• Securicor Omega Express has scooped £30m worth of extra business since it took over the i45m customer base of departing US...

• Insurance companies have issued clear notice to truck operators that insurance premiums are set to soar to combat losses in...

• Omni Coach's side-kneeling derivative of its midibus was unveiled at the Accessible Transport '92 conference and exhibition...

• T Cowie has made a £27.9m bid for the Henlys Group which last week said it will make a loss for the half year to June mainly...

• The fate of Alternative Chassis Engineering is in the balance with owner Steven Ives temporarily closing the...

Robert Wright of Ballymena — the 9.8m Dennis Dart-based units will be delivered later this year. Postbus expansion • Royal...

• Whitehill, Hampshire-based E Williams & Sons and four of the company's drivers were cleared of a series of offences when they...

• Making false declarations in order to obtain vehicle excise licences has cost Paul Brennan, a partner in Brennan Tankers...

• Crosskeys, Gwent-based Gerry Jones Transport Services has had its licence renewed for 30 vehicles at a Cardiff public...

MI Fines of £1,200 for overloading offences imposed on A P Hollingworth have been quashed on appeal to Wakefield Crown Court....

• North Yorkshire haulier Gordons Transport and one of its drivers were given an absolute discharge by Pontefract magistrates...

resulted in a number of restrictive conditions being imposed On the licence of A & J Maintenance Support when it successfully...

• British Gas plans to convert up co 500 more of its vans to run on natural gas using new USdesigned GFI (gaseous fuel...

• Citroen has launched a facelifted C15. For the 1993 model year it gains body side and door protection mouldings in grey,...

• A 3.5 tonne GVW Peugeot Talbot Express 290 with AL-KO tri-axle chassis is being built for Huddersfield-based market trader...

• The Forestry Commission has ordered 63 diesel Vauxhall Novavans which will go into service in the autumn. The £400,000 order...

• hi our roadtest of the Vauxhall Midi LWB diesel, we quoted the price of the VW Transporter 1000 SWB 2.4D as Z12,165 (exVAT)....

leading to the recovery of an MAN 30.291 tipper which was stolen at 05:50hrs on 24 June. No intruders were spotted on the site...

' Lotherton Way, Garforth, Leeds, after 17:30hrs on 10 June. The thieves had a key to the yard, removed the original lock and...

a Scania 112M three-axle tractive unit . from the W R Atkinson yard in Gillmans Industrial Estate, Billingshurst, West Sussex....

in Nottingham iA between 18:00hrs on 22 June and 08:00hrs the following day. Thieves broke locks on the yard to steal the...

n these environmentally conscious days it is always pleasant to hear of a haulier going Green — especially when it helps to...

rivers have been given unusual safety advice to test their eyes this summer — a Swindon-based doctor advises watching lots of...

iii he Hawk hears that the Volvo Enthusiasts Club is now throwing its doors open to drivers of Volvo commercial vehicles. It...

Li he Hawk hears of a particularly daring project involving an ex-London Transport double-decker bus, two brothers in their...

• Central Trailer Rentco has opened a depot at Urquhart Rd, Aberdeen. This is its third site in Scotland, where it already...

Quality weekend • A conference on Quality Transport and Distribution Management will be held by the Chartered Institute of...

• The latest edition of Bus Indust?), Monitor 1992 is now available for £125 from the Transport Advisory Service at 30 Cannon...

• Willans Transport at Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham is adapting its 24-hour auto-vend diesel service to accept fuel cards from...

Global warnings • Hughes Network Systems has developed a satellite communication unit which costs £4,900 plus useage charges....

destination equipment). Passenger capacity: 97 (83 seated). Engine: 9.5 litres 155kW (210hp). GVW: 17 tonnes. Average fuel...

• Many truck drivers are financially worse off this year, even though wage agreements have generally kept pace with inflation....

T he idea of a "green" trucking company seems like a contradiction in terms to the layman. But a few large transport companies...

• In your article on load restraint straps, my attention was drawn to the photograph on page 29 (CM 11-18 June). The restraint...

• I would like to comment on your Strap Test 1992 article "Taking the Strain" (CM 11-18 June). Although none of this year's...

• When will we British learn that the only way to stop the French using force against the legitimate practices of free trade...

• It was good to see that despite the bad press that truck driver Vincent Parsons gave the transport industry last week we also...

• I am sick and tired of moaning drivers. They cause problems for every transport manager in the country. Drivers who are...

1.0 T 51 Parts of the country are becoming no-go areas for unattended LGVs. Can operators do anything to deter the villains or...

Ford plans to fit three cylinder, low emission, two-stroke engines to its light CVs in the late '90s. CM drove a prototype...

hy is it that one of the most important ingredients of successful commercial vehicle operation is taken for granted? The...