in Maidstone, Manchester and Cadmore End involving trucks and pedestrians, are bound to result in a public outcry for something...

removals companies operate could be just around the corner, with estate agents moving into the business while some established...

• In one of the worst weeks for the road transport industry — when three separate lorry accidents killed five people — the...

• Scorpio International's plans to take over an existing operating centre from another United Parcels Group subsidiary, Atlas...

• Operators could be prosecuted when they use some of London's roads — even though traffic signs tell them that the roads are...

• The Opposition's chie transport spokesman Bob I lughes has dashed any hopes of heavier lorries if the Labour Party returns to...

• Dery prices look set to increase for the first time in over six months following Texaco's announcement that it plans to...

Last week's Government iffle, prompted by the reent of Education Secre3ir Keith Joseph, has led the fourth change of ;port...

The 7.25km M80 Stepps by-pass will run from the M8 Greenock-Edinburgh motorway and will relieve residential areas in north...

• Enasa, the Spanish stateowned truck group which owns Seddon Atkinson, has increased its issued share capital in Seddon by 23...

• Truck drivers and motorists stopped for speeding in Italy will need a calculator to find out whether they have broken the law...

• A new Manchester/Sheffield link should be considered as a priority in improving the North-West's roads system, the CBI North...

• A plan for maximum motorway speeds for buses and lorries in all 12 EEC countries of between 80 and 90km/h (48 to 54mph) is...

• Britain's first motorway slip road traffic lights have so far proved a success at relieving traffic congestion on the MG, the...

• The congestion problems on part of the M25 London ringway have prompted the Freight Transport Association to call for a...

• Mercedes-Benz is to launch its new, high povvei tractive units in Britain in September, UK operatiorn director David Thomas...

• Chassis Developments of Leighton Buzzard is converting twenty 97kW (130hp) Ford Cargo 0913 rigids to 16.26tonne GCW...

• Alternative Chassis Engineering (ACE) of Huddersfield is entering the fire appliance market. The specialist coach and bus...

• Blackburn-based Scapa Engineering has introduced a larger volume front-loading refuse compactor to its range. The FL3700 has...

• VDO, one of the world's largest independent instrument and electronics manufacturers, is to introduce an electronic road...

• Crane Fruehauf has in duced a 24-hour express sel vice for the delivery of traik parts throughout the UK. The service is...

• Bob Sculfor, Eaton's UK and Scandinavian regional manager, says that its SAMT, semi-automated variant of its Twin Splitter...

I Safety, like pensions and inarrie tax returns, seldom heads rie's list of concerns requiring rgent action. In the daily round...

to poor maintenance ire caused the Health and fety Executive to extend its npaign for improved safety o a second year. When...

adapted Ford Transit 190 service and maintenance trucks have been supplied to Caterpillar distributor Finning by NCS Truck...

manufacturer Brockhouse Harvey Frost is to market Swedish-made Nike jacks in the UK following the signing of a reciprocal...

tyre and exhaust centres are being fitted with lubrication and oil dispensing equipment by Claydrum Engineering Services of...

Engines are starting to benefit from a computer-based communications system which the Peterborough company has just put on...

are now being manufactured and distributed in the UK by Technical Services (UK) Ltd of Bradford. The product range of...

spare parts and accessories distribution operation has emerged as a consequence of the recent reorganisation of the York...

aluminum wheels for trucks and buses has been increase to five years. The reason, says the US manufacturer, i that in the five...

Reducing the 13,000 annually report accidents in UK garages has as much to do with employer and employee awareness as with...

has been said and written so many times that it has become a cliche. But cliche or not, it is taken seriously at Kent Daf...

relining are below official safety levels at three Greater Manchester Transport bus garages, which have installed DCE dust...

Ltd for use with its vehicle speed limiters. Vehicle speed data is fed into the unit initially on a rolling road or on an open...

robust construction are features of the new model DS1A drill sharpener recently lauched by Adko Sharpening Machine Co. No...

of up to 1.25m in diameter is possible with Enerpac's hydraulic tyre bead breaker. The BTB-2 breaker comprises a 10-tonne...

nder extremes of temperaire and damp has been introuced by Loctite. Loctite Copper is a cornound of copper, lead, mineral il...

screws have been added to the range of key clip-holder sets by CeKa Works. The ball-ended keys allow an angled approach to...

have been introduced by Murex Welding Products. Each package comprises a power source and a wire feed unit and has been...

the UK by PL Tanton, comprises two main mouldings which hinge so that components to be blast cleaned can be loaded in. Sleeve...

the United States which is claimed to remove oil and water particulates from compressed air systems on lorries more efficiently...

to move around. They are heavy, can be slippery, usually lack any convenient hand-hold, and have to be kept level all the time....

• By measuring the rate at ..vhich lubricating oil passes via the pistons into the crankcase, the MotorTester by srp...

I _lump starting vehicles with t batteries can be a cumberme and not entirely deridable remedy, particularly th 24V systems...

and 1985, all engine options, are vered by the latest repair inual from Autodata. The 224-page book, written Tony Swiatek and...

• The Dutch have improved their methods of plugging Leaks since the days of the legendary finger in the dyke, it seems....

likely to be among users of a lowcost, hot-water pressure washer launched by KEW Industry. Thr KEW 01V delivers water heated...

• The latest addition to the Monasta range of cold-water, high-pressure washers, the Micro weighs only 9kg, yet it is capable...

• Econolite of East Dereham, Norfolk exhibited its Windfoil-styled GRP box van body at the IRTE show on one of the most recent...

• C and G Concrete of Stamford has ordered the first 30 Leyland Constructor sixwheelers to be fitted with Tadchurch rubber...

• Norbert Dentressangle Ltd, the British subsidiary of French haulage consortium Norbert Dentressangle SA, was fined 2720 last...

• Mainland Market Deliveries was fined a total of 2800 (2400 per offence) with 2214 costs after being convicted of gross and...

• A Stockport lorry driver facing civil claims from angling clubs and others totalling 217,500 after thousands of fisl died as...

I The amount of credit .uliers allow their customers as criticised by West Midland censing Authority Ronald ckson when he...

I Cheshire hauliers James d John Rootes, trading as . ansport Company and aulage, must wait to see ether local residents will...

• British Rail is opening new freight handling depot in Wolverhampton, called a Railpark, which will provide warehousing and...

IN Poor collection and delivery notes are causing huge inefficiencies in the road transport industry, Overdrive, the temporary...

• British Car Auctions held its first ever commercial vehicles "closed" sale at its new 24-hectare (60-acre) auction centre at...

which was diversified into warehousing and distribution for supermarkets, is using two British-built Renaults on newsprint...

Dr (live • • • Readers of our Tipco conference report on p32 of last week's issue may have been surprised to read the apparent...

• Cartransport, the Nation l'i night Consortium's car delivery firm, has invested more than £800,000 in 27 new Scania P92M RCs...

Stagecoach, the Perth in>endent, was accused last ek of being "scandalously !sponsible" in carrying 97 Isengers on a 77-seat...

The bus industry could be made to retrace its steps if the our Party wins the next general election. g the Institute of Road...

Sheffield-based spring:er Tinsley Bridge is idling a range of taperleaf ngs for use as replacement :s in buses and coaches....

• Cleveland Transit, the Teesside municipal bus operator, is having a batch of Leyland Atlantean PDR1 double-deck buses...

• There has been four management appointments at Provincial Bus Company, the National Bus Company's local subsidiary in Gosport...

• One of the nominated nonexecutive directors of Tayside Public Transport Company, Philip Ridgway, of P S Ridgway, the Dundee...

• National Bus Company executive vice chairman Irwin Dalton — a full-time executive board member of the NBC since May 1981 —...

• Renault Truck Industries has appointed Alan Locke as general manager of its whollyowned London truck dealership, Westion...

• The UK's largest haulier of bulk liquids, Tankfreight Limited, has introduced a new Energy Division, to coincide with Energy...

• The North Eastern Rel of the Motor Agents Associ tion has a new director. He Paul Hutchinson, who sit' ceeds Ted...

• Jaguar Cars chairman chief executive John Egan has been elected as the nev chairman of the board of CCMC, the Committee of...

• Forden Commercials promoted John Ormandy from sales manager to sales director, responsible for the company's Foden truck sale...

• Nicholas Ridley took his leave of the Department of Transport last week, with the latest of a career's worth of political...

TRIO ADDS EIGHT • Milton Keynes-based Trio Containers has added eight 24tonne GVW 6x4 Muthin and Rolonof container handling...

its light commercial vehicle contract hire business harder. In addition to increasing its LCV salesforce by more than 50% by...

RENTCO SWITCH • Trailer hire specialist Rentco has moved its Kent depot from Ridham Docks in Sheerness, to a more accessible...

in Mitcham, Surrey and Truro, Cornwall will be opened by GUS Transport in July at a cost of 22 million. The Mitcham depot,...

The latest to undergo the treatment is the Viking Venturer which is now operating on the Portsmouth-Le Harve route. Following...

HAZCHEM SYMPOSIUM • There are still some tickets left for Cleveland Police's Hazchem Symposium being held next week on June 2,...

be leading four one-day seminars dealing with fleet management and transport operations at the National Materials Handling...

their fuel bills if only they try harder, according to the Confederation of British Industry. Exactly I how to go about it will...

COMPETENCE MANUAL • Kogan Page has just p lished the fifth edition of Dai Lowe's book A Study Manue of Professional Competence...

third :tributinn Services Director. e latest edition will be publed in the autumn, in time the Distribution Services pk , being...

A VAN CHANGES Following a marked growth ts light commercial sales, tish Car Auctions is intro :ing new sales dates at its...

SPEED LIMITERS • Recent proposals announced by Junior Transport Minister Peter Bottomley will allow road humps to be sited...

Two new drawbar outfits dominated this year's transport engineers' show, but there was also innovation aplenty on a more modest...

Optare's midibus, based on the VW LT55 chassis, seats 25 plus five standing, and sets high standards for easy-to-operate...

DTp INSPECTION TESTING TIM A West London testing station gives some insights into why vehicles fail the annual test. Karen...

Competition is hot at the top of the car-derived van market, now that Ford has launched its "lean-burn" engine. We test the two...

legislation, each has an individual style. The imminent arrival of three new LAs will no doubt add to the variety. But I doubt...

have, you will know why the Institute of Transport Administration is stirring it up with Peter Bottomley, Road and Traffic...

space? Not exactly. Its your normal off-shore powerboat (well, maybe not exactly normal because this 12m, 5.5-tonne beauty can...

Tornado fuselage into a Craven Tasker 12.2m step-frame trailer — ably assisted by this new joloda hydraulic skate and track...

market share should perhaps pause for a moment and look at competition from a low-tech quarter. According to a recent World...

for corporate pui poses, follows International Harvester's renaming as Navistar International earlier thi year. The new name...

of weekends back, it was probably because he was sitting the waterfront at Monaco, watching the Grand Prix. General manager...

From the RTITB's kit of training modules operators and their employees will be able to assemble their own training packages...

• BBC television personality Peter Duncan is the first person to complete a training module in the RTITB's new training scheme...

In CM May 17 T Montery states he is fed up with ling about "smart" transport agers who buy foreign ks. note he lives in the...

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