• "If I'd been paid by everyone I've worked for Id be a rich man by now." Wouldn't we all? The trouble is, thanks to a rash of...

ERF E10.32 ST tractive units and four ERF E6.21 four-wheel curtainsided rigids to its 105-strong fleet — 80 of which are...

• A Kent-based haulier has received death threats and had his truck cab vandalised after being mistaken for a tipper driver who...

• MAN in Germany is to buy the UK MAN-VW truck and bus import business from industrial giant Lonrho for £20m, but MAN's...

• The AA is diversifying into car transport work, having been awarded an 0-licence for 45 transporters at the end of last...

• The trade associations were due to meet Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind yesterday (29 January) to iron out confusion...

• A Leyland Daf Roadtrain tractor was stolen from Wakefield-based Cobra Railfreight's depot in Calder Vale Road between...

• Supermarkets are questioning the continued use of thirdparty hauliers, according to a survey by the Institute of Grocery...

• British truck drivers were stranded for five days at Greece's border with Yugoslavia this week, as Greek hauliers launched a...

• The confusion over UK drivers' hours rules led a court to adjourn a case last week until the law is clarified by the European...

• The Freight Transport Association has "major reservations" about plans to increase London's Red Routes to more than 483Iun by...

• A £20m suspected fraud involving the CG Whittaker contract hire and truck dealer group is under investigation by the South...

• Eurotunnel has admitted that carrying unaccompanied trailers through the Channel Tunnel will be a loss-leader, although it...

• The first 50 CM readers are about to receive Nintendo Game Boy computer games for being runners-up in CM/Iveco Ford's Truck...

• Newport-based Cardiff Transport is the latest haulier to try out an environmentfriendly version of the Perkins 400Tx Eagle...

• Owner-driver David Ruth of Bexhill, East Sussex has fitted an air-suspended tag axle to his 4x2 MAN F90 tractive unit to beat...

• Trailer manufacturer Crane Fruehauf has won a £1.6m order from Brewliners to convert more than 200 12-metre tandem-axle...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles has won orders for 28 Rapier fire appliance chassis. They will go into service with five fire...

Committee's tests into artic braking compatability (CM 19-25 Sept 1991) will be given at the committee's seminar in March....

the first application for a new driveshaft range from Spicer. The Series 90 driveshaft has a nominal torque rating of 9,000Nm...

/ Heavy haulier Econofreight is making a bid for the record books next month by transporting the heaviest single load ever...

/ Britain is not the only country to suffer a traumatic slump in commercial vehicle registrations: HGV sales in the United...

/ Suffolk abnormal loads specialist HC Wilson has bought the country's first low-height 6x2 MV Scania rigid, which is being run...

/ A concept distribution vehicle from Mitsubishi, the Fuso Super Fighter, will make its European debut at the Amsterdam Show...

/ A new technology which could revolutionise tyre maintenance has been unveiled by Goodyear. The company has developed an...

in CVs up to 3.5 tonnes is being opened by the Motor Industry Research Association. Tests will start in 1993.

• P&O European Ferries has offered to freeze its contract rates for freight and coach operators for a year with an adjustment...

to supply a dedicated fleet of demount and drawbar vehicles to office furniture manufacturer Samas Vickers. Reuters deal • UK...

• The Department of Transport has denied reports that the Government is to slash Section 8 rail freight grants by £300m. It...

• Hauliers who are dependent on the Cleddau Bridge over Milford Haven, which links North and South Pembrokeshire, face toll...

• Hepden's Transport is still waiting for a response from supermarket chain Morrisons to its claim for £240 for a 14-hour delay...

• The Government has been urged by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to cut diesel duty and to slash commercial...

• NFC has £80m available for acquisitions this year — but it does not expect to spend any of the money in the UK. Chief...

• Priority must be given to training in the Scottish road transport industry when the Ravenscraig steel works closes in...

Omega boast • Securicor Omega Express reports that it has increased its market share to 12% — up 1% on 1990. Switch deal in...

• Waste Management has won authority to operate from premises at Farnworth, Greater Manchester, until the end of the year,...

ENarbethbased Wendy Smith, trading as Smiths Haulage, had her twovehicle/one-trailer licence revoked by South Wales Licensing...

• A former director of the failed Finney Bros Haulage has been granted a new national licence for 12 vehicles and trailers by...

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

• The fourvehicle/fourtrailer licence held by Haultech (Cardiff) has been revoked by South Wales Licensing Authority John...

• A haulier's op erating centre 6 does not have to be big enough to cope with all the vehicles on its 0-licence, the...

No warning • Crossley Transport driver Trevor Jones has been awarded £4,565 compensation for unfair dismissal. A Manchester...

• Kassbohrer's new Setra 315HDH coach may be marketed in the UK with the Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine following a successful...

to Scania earlier this month, has started to sell coaches through his new company, Thriftlogic. He has been retained as a...

• Car Chair Vehicle Builders is producing its first coachbuilt PCV following a £200,000 order for eight Iveco Ford 49.10s from...

• Grey-Green Coaches has saved £500,000 by converting 16 surplus Volvo BlOM coaches to buses. The London-based operator hopes...

• The holding company of Northumbria Motor Services and Kentish Bus has decided against buying troubled operator Maidstone...

• RDB Freight Lines has moved from its Birmingham depot at Oldbury to larger premises on the Union Road Industrial Estate. The...

• Polar's new £2m commercial vehicle centre at Monk's Cross, just outside York, is scheduled for completion in March and should...

• The Wallace School of Transport at Wembley, Middx has received RTITB approval. It runs courses on roping and sheeting and...

• A two-day Health Service Transport seminar is being held on 27-28 February at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool. The...

▪ Transport Management Publications of Slough, Berks has produced a domestic hours version of its Drivers Guide to the...

IN Sally Line is increasing the frequency of its freight services between Ramsgate and Dunkerque with the introduction of a new...

▪ Prudential has increased the no-claims bonus available on its PruTruck insurance policy for commercial vehicles by up to...

I/ Trailer axle and suspension manufacturer Ruben , Owen-Rockwell has launched a series of air suspensions called the Flexair...

fil he courts have heard some rich excuses from speeding motorists, but Defence Minister Alan Clark came up with a new one when...

est Midlands Travel has returned the £6.85 it charged Edna Winters, 78, to return a purse she lost on one of its buses. And I...

hen can a bus pass save you from being beaten up? Answer, when you use it to pretend you are a policeman. That's exactly what...

n 0 ne of the drawbacks of working abroad is when you find yourself craving some delicacy from home, such as a Mars bar or...

echanics who service British Telecom's vehicle fleet will no longer be able to face the music at work. BT has banned its 2,175...

oltce are testing a new way to beat car thefts — it involves leaving an unattended car in an area where thieves have a record...

El ulie Mitchell reports The Scanunell Owners & Enthusiasts Club has produced extra copies of its 1992 calendar to meet public...

jeopardised the livelihoods of hundreds of hauliers. Now an angry industry is biting back with demands for Government action....

trucks that are heading for our roads, but what will they really be like? Will they use more fuel? How well will they go? And...

T he two-day 8781trn route took the form of a loop, starting and finishing at the southern edge of Munich. The test began in a...

F ollowing established practice for our Eurotests, beyond the prototype engines fitted to the Daf and the MAN, our test...

e began this comparison by VV ' — questioning how the introduction of Euro 1 specification engines would affect the...

he 95.400, currently Daf's flagship, will be displaced this spring by the 95.430, with modifications to reduce exhaust...

M AN's 19.422 FLS tractor from the Munich truck maker forms part of the revised ECO range of trucks, first seen in the UK at...

T he 1838LS is one of the new LEV (Low Emissions Vehicle) Mercedes models. It is destined to replace the 1735 in the UK, the 18...

cania's entry in the group test is „ without doubt the most interesting from a technical point of view. The R113/400 takes the...

Risking poor roads and dodgy derv, drivers are still delivering charitable loads into Romania. Some, like Challenge Anneka...

• During the past 12 months Commercial Motor has been contacted by o number of operators and drivers who want to do their bit...

I an Rogers has been appointed director and general manager of Exel logistics-DMS, the specialist book distributor. He was...

Ili David Coombes is the new courier manager at Freelane, the home delivery division of the Bristol-based Lane Group. He joins...

• Larry Kilby has been promoted to managing director at Maritime Haulage. He joined the company last year as business...

▪ Parceline has a new financial controller. Michael Slater, who will be responsible for the fmancial administration of the...

• Midlands-based S Jones Truck Centre has chosen Ron Wyld to be its training centre co-ordinator. Wyld, who was a freelance...

Last July it was reported in Commercial Motor that the overloading tolerance was to be increased from 5% to 10%. Is that...

exceeds a weight limit by more than 5% will be prohibited from going further until the weight is reduced to the legal limit. A...

We are a household removals' company and employ two men on a 17-tonne van. What are the maximum hours they can work in one day...

• I am currently in my third year of a BSc honours degree in Maritime Studies at Liverpool Polytechnic and ( am currently...

in Like many people in the road transport industry, I have followed the news of speed limiters and lower speed restrictions...

• I read with horror that Bedfordshire County Council is buying Hino trucks. Surely this is kick in the teeth to AWD and...

• With reference to the enforcement of the maximum speed for trucks throughout the EC Mr Rifkind has once again shown that he...

• I have been following with interest the arguments for and against the new speed limits for HGVs and PCVs. From my own...