• "I often wait seven hours to get a pick-up. It's not so bad for the lads working for companies but if they sit me here for...

• On Monday (7 October) Eurotunnel will reveal the final design for the rail wagons that will carry trucks through the...

• Federal Express has given up its battle to make its UK Home Delivery operation profitable and sold it back to Littlewoods...

• Truck drivers who besieged one of Britain's biggest container ports for nine hours last week to protest about delays have...

• Peter Cooper Meats of Chatham, Kent is the latest victim in a series of firebomb attacks on refrigerated meat trucks. The...

but is 25% busier since being privatised out of the Dock Labour Scheme. He believes that truck drivers have been given "the...

• British livestock hauliers are being investigated by the Ministry of Agriculture which has received reports from the RSPCA...

• The John Dee company was given a further three-months lease of life this week when John Davison was awarded a fresh interim...

• Tough new regulations governing the packaging of explosives for carriage will come into force on 1 March. The rules, drawn...

Market offers the only real hope of overcoming the problem of delays at frontiers caused by Customs strikes. Hills falls •...

traditionally bought secondhand vehicles, has bought its first new trailer — a tri-axle, step-frame tipper from George...

• Condition 11 of the London Lorry Ban, which forces operators driving through the capital to fit air brake hush kits, might...

• Britain is in breach of its European Community obligation to enforce an agreed increase in the overall length of drawbar...

• Sealink-Stena Line may have to give up its Dover-Calais route to rival P&O before the opening of the Channel Tunnel in...

• Middlesbrough heavy haulier Econofreight is being sued for compensation by a moped rider who was severely injured when he...

• This year's Scottish IRTE exhibition at Edinburgh attracted a good turnout of exhibitors and visitors to what is a...

/Tunnels Parcels Express managing director Paul Gregory is predicting healthy profits this year despite a severely depressed...

• A buyer is being sought for Polar Distribution, the Hullbased temperature controlled warehousing and transport firm....

/ Seddon Atkinson has won its first major contract with Shell UK Oil for five years—a £1.25m order for 25 Strato 185kW...

/ The recession has stalled Nightshift Express' plans to increase its franchise network. It is now looking to Italy to improve...

• The slump in truck sales is bottoming out, but the market will not begin to recover until at least the second quarter of...

• Temporary drivers' agency Overdrive is being merged with another Manpower subsidiary, Extrastaff, to form Manpower Driving...

• AG Barr, Scotland's biggest manufacturer and distributor of soft drinks, has taken delivery of 14 AWD TLs which join 13 TL...

• There will be no more job losses or depot closures at BRS, and the company's restructuring will be complete in 18 months,...

• Hays, the business services group that includes Hays Distribution, has announced a pre-tax profit of £56.8m to year end 30...

• Volvo is expected to unveil a new midibus chassis, the B6R, at this month's Coach & Bus exhibition in Birmingham. The...

• Go-Ahead Northern, the North-East's biggest bus firm, has placed a Lim order for 40 Wright-bodied Dennis Darts. The...

• Exel Logistics plans to run a trial with an aerodynamically designed 17-tonne reefer which it says will be "the most...

• Romatic launched System 2000, a speed limiter and cruise control, at the Scottish IRTE Show in Edinburgh this week (see...

• Parceline is introducing 3.2m-wheelbase tractive units into its all-Mercedes trunking fleet. The longer wheelbase will...

IN Crane Fruehauf has received its first order for the 38,000-litre, aluminium, bottom-loading spirit tanker it unveiled at...

• Haulier AF McDonald Transport of Pyle has had its licence suspended and given 48 hours to get its vehicles tested by South...

• Drivers' hours and tachograph offences have cost the Dewsbury-based Universal Freight Organisation and 12 of its drivers...

• A haulier who used a photocopy of another firm's 0-licence disc in his truck, because he did not have an 0-licence himself,...

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

• Dumfriesbased Frank Steele will have its 0-licence revoked at the end of November after appearing at a disciplinary inquiry...

/Blackburn Transport and one of its drivers were rightly convicted of using a bus with dangerous parts, after a 15-year-old...

• Using a lorry with faulty brakes and a defective tyre led to Reeds School of Motor ing ( HGV) being fined £300 by...

Mark Bell, a partner in Carlisle-based livestock haulier T Bell & Sons, caused unnecessary suffering to a bull and cow, after...

• Improved instruments, Isrnighausen seats and Phillips stereo radio/cassette players are all part of a package of standard...

• VW has launched the hatchback Polo van — a year after it was expected at the Birmingham Motor Show. It is powered by a...

• Mahindra will launch its commercial 4x4 Marksman range at Motorfair later this month. As predicted (CM 1-7 Nov 1990), the...

• An electric-powered PeugeotTalbot Express could go on sale in the UK early next year. At 2,400kg GVW PeugeotTalbot claims...

• Skoda could be importing a pickup based on the Favorit hatchback by the end of the year. The new Skoda Pick-up has a...

M1 London: lane closures at J5 (A41). Contraflow. M4 Berks: restrictions 312-313. M25 Surrey: lane closure both ways J13-114....

M5 Hereford/Worcester: southbound entry and exit slip roads closed at 16 (Worcester North). M6 Staffs: contraflow at 312 (A5...

M4 Avon: restrictions on the Severn Bridge. M4 South Glamorgan: 132 (Coryton) lane closure westbound. M4 West Glamorgan:...

M61 Lanes: contraflow, 39-36 (or Chorley). M6 Greater Manchester: contraflow, J23425 (Haydock/Wigan) and northbound entry slip...

A7 Borders: temporary lights north of Galashiels. A701 Lothian: (Edinburgh to Moffat route) — contraflow near Milton Bridge.

• MAN/VW dealer Hempsall Truck & Van Centres has added the Norwich franchise to those it operates in Newark and Grimsby. The...

• The drivers guide to industrial estates — within the M25 is available from Croner Publications, for £12.95, plus El per...

• Environmental Resources and Transtech are offering an environmental audit for transport firms. The two consultancies will...

• The RAC's Octagon Recovery Service is now available to members of the Guy Owners Club for £20 a year. All payments will...

• Reefer hauliers can now use a European assistance service offered by Carrier Transicold, the French parent company of...

• Employment services company Brook Street is launching a 24-hour telephone service to help night managers find temporary...

• A range of vehicle marker lamps designed specifically for the European market has been introduced by Truck-Lite...

• British Telecom's PF-1 mobile fax machine connects to a cellular phone via an interface in the driver's cab, and ensures...

• Both carriageways of the A406 Hanger Lane will be closed between the junctions with Ealing Village and Waldegrave Road from...

• A contraflow will be operated on the A34 between its junctions with the A4130 and A417 from 7 October. There will be some...

• Maintenance works to overlay a 4km stretch of the M23 between junctions nine and 10 in Surrey are scheduled to start on 7...

III nformality is the watchword at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum these days. The recession has hit the museum's rallies...

ustralian truckers couldn't give a XXXX what they load on the back of their trucks — as long as they don't overdo the sherry...

s usual last weekend's truck racing at Brands Hatch provided a colourful blend of the sublime and the ridiculous. As well the...

means of transport for guests at London's top people's hotel, the Savoy in the Strand. However, lorry driver Ilona Richards...

made a magnanimous gesture to ease transport distribution problems in the Soviet Union — providing 7,000 trucks from the...

dogs with relish on the side of the M4 when a hot-dog seller opened for business on the hard shoulder after stopping to change...

route to the crusher made instant scrap of this Basildon dustcart when the lorry failed to clear a railway bridge and spilt its...

. In the spring of 1988 Scania replaced its best-selling 112 tractive unit which had served so well throughout the decade. The...

1988 and said that the twin-steer was "fast, gutsy and acceptably economical". At the time we had not tested anything directly...

noise levels were higher than in he earlier model. The lower of the double bunks is made in two parts to allow easier access to...

which fell just short of the Leyland 20.35, but was almost equal to the MAN 20.331. Overall productivity for the 6x2 was good,...

• The new managing director of Brain Haulage is surprisingly relaxed: he has the task of turning round a struggling business...

obtaining use of equipment in an uncertain market — but rental agreements can be confusing. In some the first clause will...

few windows and they'd put sugar in the tanks. But I never expected they would go to these lengths, never in a million years."...

Tanker operators carrying dangerous goods will be governed by new rules next year following the update of the Dangerous...

egulations covering the carriage of packaged dangerous goods will also be expanded next year to included less dangerous goods...

IN Two reports in the 5-11 September edition of Commercial Motor illustrate the unacceptable face of Trading Standards in...

• I am writing to ask your readers' opinions on low haulage rates. For example, if an owner-driver was only getting 60p a...

IN I refer to the article entitled "Retailers keeping the doors closed" which appeared in Commercial Motor (8-14 Aug). As the...

• It was with interest that I read your review on page 8 of CM (15-21 Aug) of the Lynx streamline semi-trailers. I was...

K en Mabbett is to succeed John Bloylock as head of transport at Porcelforce's Milton Keynes headquarters when he retires on 1...

• Vernon Edwards is to take up the newly created position of sales and marketing director at Dennis Specialist Vehicles....

• The DTp has appointed John Wootton as chief executive designate of its Transport and Road Research Laboratory. He is...

• Gerry Leggat has been promoted to marketing director at Manchester-based speed limiter manufacturer, Romatic. He was...

Quainton becomes bus sales director and Clive Hodgson is coach sales director. They will be based at Scarborough and will...

MI By its very nature repairing and painting commercial vehicles produces a lot of polluting material. The proper disposal of...

• Diesel fitters run a risk of developing cancer, warns The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and workshops face a...

• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a three-year campaign to reduce back strains and lifting-related...

III In anticipation of an upsurge in demand for truck speed limiters, Manchester-based . manufacturer Romatic is adding a new...

IN Following the installation of computerised rolling-road brake testing equipment at HGV test stations some operators fear...

• TNT Truckcare plans to set up a nationwide network of service and repair sites — and it expects to recruit 250...

• The number of new apprentices has fallen by 30% this year according to the Engineering Training Authority. This is...

• ERF tractive units and prime movers are now fitted with Wabco anti-lock braking systems as standard. Training of dealers...

• Shell is to launch a high performance diesel oil which is said to suit European and American engine designs. The new 15W/40...

• MAN drivers in Portugal can now call on a 24-hour breakdown scheme provided by Baviera Cornerc,io de Autornoveis SA_ The...

• Manchester-based Weer) Ford dealer Quicks has become the first dealer in the UK to be awarded 8S5150 for its entire...

• Fast fit chain Kwik-Fit has announced half-year profits up 67?/a to i16.7 m.

• Duckharns is offering three lap-top computers complete with printers and book keeping software as prizes in a nationwide...

IIII Forthcoming exhaust emission limits are expected to cause one in three petrol engined vehicles to fail the MoT test....

• This year's Automotive Trade Show included a good selection of new products to interest the workshop and paintshop...

If you think environmental pressures already impinge on your workshop be prepared — they are set to get a lot worse. W hen...

its latest chargecooled EDC (electronic diesel control) form it produces 346 kW (464hp). A 298kW (400hp) version of the 143 is...

the internal checks until later. The oil should be drained at every service. First the sound-deadening cover over the...

Many truck manufacturers fit air dryers as standard, but the same benefits can be obtained by retrofitting. Colin Sowman sees...

he only tangible benefits to be gained from spending money on 'winter warmer' measures is the satisfaction in knowing that your...

' Two new vehicle washers, the Britannia Supreme and Britannia Solo, have been added to the Smith Bros and Webb range. The...

III Leigh Environmental has opened a tyre crumbing plant at its Four Ashes site in Wolverhampton. When fully operational the...

IN The Stranglehold banding system from Elms Lightning fasteners is designed to be an alternative to stocking many sizes of...

• Welding equipment supplier Murex has added several products to its line-up, including two arc welders and a range of...

• Truck-lite has launched a solidstate flasher unit called Ultraflash which is guaranteed for five years. At 24V the unit...

• Pirelli has developed a range of tyres designed for trucks on urban multi-drop delivery work. The steering-axle FR11 and...

• The EHC P15 exhaust filter from Metro Equipment fits between the other two models in the Metro range. It caters for petrol...

• Motorlink, the van sales distributor of workshop consumables, has opened a trade counter at its Ossett, West Yorks depot....