worldwide problem over the inability of the drivers of motor vehicles to tailor their driving speeds and characteristics to the...

• Latest Departifient of Transport figures show the independent haulier's share of the road freight market increased strongly...

• The first-ever national, confidential "Hotline" for lorry thefts has been set up by police in the south-east. It will allow...

(Transport) for information leading to the recovery of two Craven Tasker bulk tippers stolen over the weekend of 17 and 18...

• A bid by a London council to restrict traffic on the busy South Circular trunk road would slow rush-hour traffic to under...

Council in London, following allegations that they broke the capital's lorry ban (CM 29 Oct-4 Nov). Spalding Haulage and Oldham...

• Transport ministers are under growing pressure to introduce compulsory speed limiters for lorries, following the pile-up on...

• MAN has launched the narrower 'standard' version of its F90 cab in Britain, which will be fitted to all of its tractive units...

IN One of Scotland's largest hauliers, Charles Alexander Transport, has strengthened its operations north of the border with...

vehicles to the local authority sector with a £310,000, five-year agreement with the Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution...

• Trafalgar House's decision to sell Craven Tasker does not appear to be having any negative effects on the Sheffieldbased...

bought its first ERF trucks in its 250-strong fleet for many years. This Cummins-powered E6 16-tonner will be used to haul...

• TNT Garment Express has snapped up a major E3 million contract with the House of Fraser stores group to distribute all its...

of Weston-Super-Mare-based UK Corrugated. Under the deal, Wincanton has taken responsibility for both vehi-• des and drivers...

• Rentco International has announced plans to spend £17.5 million on 1,250 new trailers between now and the end of next year....

to distribute the Londoner free newspaper planned by Robert Maxwell, following the recent closure of the London Evening News....

• Golden Wonder has made a crunch decision to change the distribution of its crisps and snacks to its 180 van salesmen...

4x2 tractor. The vehicle is used for delivering aviation fuel to airports. Powered by a Volvo TD 101F intercooled 9.7-litre...

• Iveco Ford has become the first European truck builder to fit the Cummins C Series engine with the launch of its latest...

ZF Ecosplit has proved 100% reliable" "Reliability is everything in our business" said Bob Brady, Managing Director of T....

iii Several oil companies are about to introduce "superdervs" aimed at alleviating the persistent problem of diesel fuel waxing...

model to its premium R range tractive unit line-up, which could be launched in the UK next year. The latest R365 is powered by...

• The first truck diesel engine to be fitted as standard with a variable geometry turbocharger will be a Japanese one. At the...

• Fines and costs totalling £598.83 were imposed on Goodier and Sons of Preston, and one of its drivers, after they were...

• Two directors of the nowdefunct company Sternhaven, have been fined a total of £258 by Rugeley Magistrates for using a...

• A bid for a six vehicle national licence by A M Distribution has been turned down by North Western Deputy Licencing...

• The use of vehicles without an operator's licence and the falsiffcation of tachograph records, plus other offences, have cost...

• Norton Canes lorry driver Derek Richardson has been fined £300 and ordered to pay £100 prosecution costs after being...

• With some 50 of its 72 operating subsidiaries already sold-off the National Bus Company privatisation could net well over...

• The Luton-assembled Bedford Rascal/Suzuki Super Carry range of micro-vans and pickups is likely to be given a facelift early...

• Freight Rover has won a major 22-million export order to supply 185 Sherpa vans and minibuses to the Hong Kong government....

• Nirvana is the name of this luxury seven-to-nine seater minibus, based on the Bedford Midi, and built by Davenport Vernon of...

Turbo Daily van as a replacement for its support unit vehicles. The 4.5 tonne 45.10 model is powered by the 6*W (92hp)...

• A sliding conversion for the Ford Transit driver's door is now available from Bedwas Bodyworks of Newport Gwent. The...

• MAN-VW's new light middleweight trucks — the six to 10-tonne GVW G90 range — are now on sale in the UK, and will be shown for...

ALL CHANGE AT AUTOSTEER • Truck and PSV power. steering manufacturer Autosteer Controls has moved from its premises at...

CD GETS GRANNING • Chassis Developments, the Leighton Buzzard-based chassis conversion specialist, has been appointed...

DEPS SHUTDOWN DATES • The Customs and Excise entry processing computer service (DEPS) is to be temporarily withdrawn for two...

LEAD-FREE HOTLINE FROM TEXACO • "Fexaco is operating a free telephone enquiry service telling operators whether or not their...

24-HOUR SERVICE • Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealer Dick Lovett Commercials of Swindon plans to offer 24-hour service to...

SECURE PARKING IN ITALY • A 24-hour guarded lorry park in the Quadrante Europe of the international freight depot in Verona can...

the organisation which earlier this year introduced a comprehensive guide to truck specifications and which supplies Commercial...

at Leeds (0532 571701), and Manchester (061-872 7916), is to offer a series of approved two-day hazpak training courses for...

steam-cleaning service to commercial vehicle owners in the South East. The company cleans entire vehicles engine, chassis and...

Association has published a new guide to services adjacent to the M25 London Orbital motorway. The guide points out that only...

III London and the South East Mll Essex: 3647, CF. M27 Hampshire: J344, CF. j5, LR. M3 Hampshire: J749, CF. J8, EB access C....

This week G-MEX hosts the fourth Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution Exhibition. We preview some of the machines...

The shift in legislation restricting refrigerated body widths has eased the problems facing many operators. We take a look at...

• British Road Services, Britain's largest specialist transport company, has experienced considerable growth in the demand for...

Current legislation gives artics an artificial payload advantage over drawbar combinations. Nonetheless a number of operators...

• I was amused to read the letter from an exasperated Tony Monnickendam (Commercial Motor, 28 October), managing director of...

28 October, 1987) seems to think there is nothing he can do to let trucks use his premises due to planning consent. He has gone...

• When I was about ten years old, in the 1930s, I gave up weekly comics in favour of Commercial Motor. I believe the price was...

• Surely all the fuss made about Truckers and the damage it will do for the industry is insignificant compared with the recent...

Venture capital can give transport companies a completely new source of highly-flexible money. How do venture capitalists...

Nissan's Cabstar is the only purpose-built dropside pick up on the British market between 3.0 and 3.5-tonnes GVW. With a...

The Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers has drawn up a code of practice for the safe operation and fitting...

of lorry loaders. Guidance points include general recommendations for selection, testing, maintenance, siting and setting up to...

for charities. :erry bus driver, John McDoald has come up with a novel lea which would appeal to any :amikaze pilot or Iranian...

1ANAKA/REILLY/SASAKI foshio Tanaka has been .ppointed president of IBC iehicles, the newly-formed :ompany owned 60% by ;eneral...

)on Johnston has been tromoted to field sales mana;er at Hestair Duple. Also iromoted are Charles Hun:er who now is marketing...

;wart Wilde is now director finance at the West Yorkhire Road Car Company. The company was bought rom the National Bus...

The new fleet sales manager for Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) is Brian Schofield. He will have special responsibilities for the...

Rockwell International's Automotive Body Systems division is the result of the consolidation of Body ComponentsEurope and Body...

Robbie Burns has been appointed managing director of NFC Distribution, part of the National Freight Consortium. He replaces...

appointed Mark Francis as sales engineer.

Volkswagen commercial vehicle marketing manager of MAN-Volkswagen at Swindon. He was previously MAN marketing manager. He...

Contract hire company Interleasing has promoted Richard Baker to marketing manager.

Richard Greenwood, marketing director of Foster Tachograph Analysis, has left the company to set up his own sports business in...

Ian Soden to the main board of W S Yeates as managing director of the Bus & Coach division. Other new board members are Matt...

Andrew Hayman has been appointed as managing director of Davies & Robson Software. The company specialises in computer systems...

Eamon Longmore, 21, has been appointed manager of Central Motor Auctions' branch at Trafford Park, Manchester. He succeeds John...

of David Cameron, Scottish Area Sales manager of Super Stock Industrial Power Tools.

Locker Air-Maze, jointly owned by Thomas Locker (Holdings) of Warrington and AirMaze Corporation, Cleveland, USA, has given the...

David Starkey, 32, is the new managing director of AutoRentals, a division of Wincanton Vehicle Rentals.

Eric Tindall has become chairman of Skill-UK, succeeding William Thorpe who has retired through illhealth. Tindall retired as...

KAY/JONES/LEE/PUPLETT Jamie Kay, 33, has been appointed commercial manager of Farr Europe, the Birmingham filter maker. He was...

appointed John Rhodes, a senior civil servant at the Department of Transport, as the new Director General of Metro. He will...