PRICE OF GREENS • The furore over British Steel's decision to start using trucks instead of trains to transport 9,000 tonnes...

• Up to 500 owner-drivers working for the concrete division of ARC are being hit with a rates freeze. Mick Binns, who...

• Yorkshire hauliers stand to benefit from British Steel's decision to switch the movement of 9,000 tonnes of limestone a week...

• A scheme to issue motorway season tickets to lorry drivers is being backed by the EC Parlia ment's transport committee. The...

• A relief convoy of British truck drivers in Albania appeared to be safe this week, despite reports of attacks on their...

• About 15 British truckers were on their way home this week after Greek hauliers eased a blockade which left them stranded for...

• Hauliers who feel unfairly treated by Customs officers over how goods are classified may get the chance to appeal to...

• United Parcel Services could become the first parcels company to own a UK airport. It is considering buying the Ministry of...

• Kent owner-driver Geoffrey Wallwork, whose truck was vandalised when he was mistaken for a hit-and-run driver, faces the dole...

for best use of self-adhesive materials in the CM/ ICI Autocolor annual livery competition. RUM national distribution manager...

• UK legislation requiring all new HGVs to have 60mph speed limiters from 1 August will remain, says Transport Secretary...

• Fifty more CM readers have won prizes of Nintendo Game Boy computer games in CM/Iveco Ford's Truck Quest competition. They...

• Dealer North East Leyland Daf is going ahead with plans to market its 6x2 pusher-axle version of the 80 Series tractive unit...

. Cartwrights of Altrincham, Cheshire has built what it claims are the biggest cubic capacity trailers in the UK. The two...

• Don-Bur is building an insulated-roof curtainsider for a Tene rife-based brewery, and hopes to supply another 50 or more in...

• CM's technical team will be conducting its annual sleeper cab test on 12 February at the BP Truckstop, Rugby on the A5....

• A device to vary the height of a box van roof has narrowly missed winning a top innovation award. The variable height...

• Scania and Cummins are to collaborate on diesel engine fuel injection systems. This is the latest example of chassis and...

• Changes to Swiss-spec Toyotas indicate likely alterations to the UK range. As part of a package of changes including a...

• A working party is to examine the problem of braking incompatibility between tractive units and trailers. The team comprises...

• The dispute at trailer maker Craven Tasker has entered its ninth month with picketing continuing at the company's two...

• The war of words between Sealink and Eurotunnel has intensified further with the ferry operator claiming it will lose "very...

• The confidence of dealers in the light vehicle sector has risen since last year, although it is still very low, according to...

• Parcels carrier Panic Link aims to attract 40 new agents to its 100-strong franchise operation by allowing operators to join...

a creditors' meeting today (6 February) to decide whether to put the commercial vehicle repairer into liquidation. Logistics...

▪ P&O carried a record number of trucks on its Portsmouth to Le Havre and Cherbourg routes last year: freight traffic was up 6%...

• The Freight Transport Association is calling for a cut in dery duty in the Budget. The 15% increase in last year's Budget...

• TNT Contract Distribution was poised to announce a major lubricants contract with petrol giant Shell as CM went to press....

• The Institute of Directors is pressing for privatisation of Britain's roads, postal services and rail network. Speaking in...

• Mercedes-Benz is asking Germany's cartel office to approve its full takeover of Swissbased special vehicle operations...

1111 Operators and dealers at this year's Commercial Motor Truckfest will be able to buy and sell used trucks in a reserved...

• Bakery drivers are expected to accept an improved offer of 5.15% on basic wages after the United Road Transport Union...

/ Vehicle excise duty problems have led to disciplinary proceedings involving SJ Haulage & Storage being adjourned again. The...

/ A five-week undercover police operation has led to Newall & Wright and five drivers facing allegations involving the...

/ Cadwallader Transport of Llanwit Fardre Pm! has won an increase in its licence authorisation from 30 vehicles to 45, and from...

• Liverpoolbased Mopro has been cleared of a rear axle overloading offence by Widnes magistrates, and defence costs are to be...

• A driver who lost his job when his employer died has been awarded redundancy totalling £552 by a Birmingham Industrial...

• British coachbuilders are being enticed by an American-built midi chassis, which is about £10,000 cheaper than its UK...

• Grampian Transport of Aberdeen is going continental with a £200,000, 17.4m artic bus from Walter Alexander and...

• Folkestone-based FSV Dormobile has built its first PCV on the new Ford Transit chassiscowl and it plans to keep the body...

• West Drayton-based Marton Coaches has added another four Volvo B9M specialist coach chassis with Plaxton Paramount bodies to...

• Citroen has launched a range of incentives for its light CV buyers, including finance and warranty packages. Zero-rate...

• Fiat has launched the revised Fiorillo high-cube van, based on the Unovan (see this week's roadtest). The new Florin()...

• Light CV sales fell by 29% in 1991 and the slump continues, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

• Mitsubishi is modifying its 1992 model range. The L200 pickup will get see-through head restraints and an ignition key...

• Vauxhall has introduced a new entry-level model to its Midi van range. The Midi Merit costs £7,699 (ex-VAT) in petrol form...

Ford Cargo parked in Mitcham, South London — "On the eighth day God made truckers." Of course he did, What a pity the wheel...

FIAT UNOVAN • Everybody's having babies these days. Ford had 4,443 between January and November last year; Vauxhall had 1,337,...

a handsome offer for his company, but it's happened twice to Aylesbury-based Aston Clinton Haulage. The first offer, about...

But the RHA, which represents 200 livestock hauliers, has been lobbying the Government for driver training to help raise...

BLUNT • International owner-driver Mick Blunt has been warned that there is a price on his head. "If he values his life he...

MANUFACTURERS I n May Mercedes-Benz will become the latest truck manufacturer to set up its own contract hire company. It will...

on road haulage when he came upon the businessman's dream a niche in the market which no one had filled ... • Just over three...

Truck thefts don't receive anything like the same publicity, and fortunately they rarely involve personal injury. But they do...

• The first draft of the quality standard for CV wheel fixing is now ready to be presented to the BSI technical committee. If...

• Workshop, as its name has a straightforward goal: to help workshop managers and ownerdrivers alike service vehicles properly...

• Iveco Ford has launched the first stage of a new pan-European roadside rescue scheme called Assistance Non-Stop. Drivers of...

• Truckmaster is a new Ha' maintenance system from PHFI Ideal. Operators using the scheme will benefit from a discount on...

• Kwik-Fit came bottom of the league in a recent survey of fast-fit exhaust centres carried out by the Consumers Association...

• The Government has published a leaflet outlining the "Duty of Care" provisions under the Environmental Protection Act 1990....

• Some 80% of truck fleets and 97% of bus companies wash their vehicles every day, according to Wilcomatic. The new survey of...

• Aveling Barford has bought Transpart, the York Trailers spares operation, complete with the manufacturing rights. The...

• Iveco Ford Truck is spearheading an attempt by its dealers to regain parts and servicing business from independent...

0 il is many things to many people. In the rarefied atmosphere of oil company research labs it is "liquid engineering". In the...

eclipsed by its smaller L10 stablemate, but it is still very popular. For a start it powers 20% of all ERF tractors which makes...

T alk to operators about automatic chassis lubrication (ACL) and they will fall into two camps; vehemently for or against....

Every day you and your diesel battle the elements. But whether you're facing tough roads or tough terrain, now there's real...