not, it seems, very good at looking after their vehicles. According to the first annual report of the Department of Transport's...

presented as a middle-of-the-road alternative, the SDP/Liberal Alliance's latest pronouncements on road transport hardly get it...

Japanese truck is cheap and cheerful might get a surprise next week, when they read our road test of the Hino FY275 eight...

• Italy's truck war has hotted up again with a week-long strike that has seriously disrupted food and fuel supplies. HG V...

• Increasing pressure on the haulage industry to cut costs is contributing to the high annual test failure rates for lorries,...

Bedford dealer Westerns (Dartford) when it handed over the last three Bedford TM tractor units to roll off the production...

• The public inquiry into York City Council's plans to extend the city centre's lorry ban (CM January 31) is now hearing the...

transport research and development is "quite simply not enough", says the House of Lords select committee on science and...

• Cash on Delivery Commercial Motor's exciting new card game, arrives next week. As part of our spring promotion we will be...

• Tougher restrictions on vehicle exhaust emissions, tougher enforcement and a pledge to put an end to "lorry rat runs" are...

• The recent spate of tipper thefts may be linked with the recent clampdown on Irish axle weights laws, claims Ian Cox, whose...

• A high level E3 million "administrative error" by the Department of Transport may be behind swingeing cuts in the travel and...

• In the last twelve months TNT UK has doubled its weekly turnover from £2 million to £4 million and it has increased its...

• Tate & Lyle Distribution Services has completed the second stage of a restructuring programme which will provide a closer...

• The high profile Burton Group is planning to boost its image on Britain's roads with a new livery designed by 1985 CM Livery...

Leyland trucks again. At the beginning of the month Rowntree Mackintosh added two new Leyland Freighter 16.15s to its...

• Wincanton Transport is investing £200,000 in a computer package to cover parts and workshop management at its nine service...

hire agreement with TIP Trailer Rental for 60 of its 38-tonne Boalloybodied tandem axle trailers. The contract follows a...

to continue to operate groupage and full load traffic between the UK and Norway. The companies will offer regular groupage...

• ERF is now offering a Chinese six E6 rigid conversion based on its current Cumminspowered 16-tonner. The new 6x2 is intended...

Dn • Former North London basedBedford dealer, Arlington Brimsdown, is now a full line Leyland Trucks distributor and...

• The use of extruded aluminium body panels has enabled Wisbech-based Seadyke Freight Systems to produce smooth-sided tipping...

I/ Fresh attempts are being made by manufacturers of artic tractors and coupling suppliers to get the Department of Transport...

• An unusual sliding-roof curtain-sided semi-trailer, built by Lawrence David of Peterborough for Harrogate operator Houseman...

• The international licence held by John Clough, trading as Transportomatic of Stafford, has been renewed in respect of 12...

• TNT (UK) was justified in dismissing a loading bay operative employed at its main distribution centre at Atherstone, a...

• No action was taken against the licence of Market Drayton owner/driver Gary Edwards, trading as Hodnet Transport, when he...

• The use of a prohibited vehicle and the use of both his vehicles without valid test certificates has led to K J Fowler...

• Costs of £500 were awarded against the police when 17 alleged offences involving the movement of a mobile crane along the...

• Two hauliers and three drivers were granted absolute discharges despite admitting to offences involving containers and...

licence revoked by Scottish Deputy Licencing Authority Alex Brand after admitting that he had lied to a vehicle examiner....

• Freedom for EEC bus and coach operators to offer their services in other member states has been proposed this week in two...

in Preston in its first attack on a town served predominantly by a District Council. An initial service running every five...

• Eastern Counties Omnibus is the 19th National Bus Company local operating subsidiary to be sold off under the Government's...

• The battle for business in the deregulated PSV market has hotted up with the news that Exeter-based Devon General — the first...

• Leyland Trucks' managing director George Simpson has a message for any haulier or industry pundit who thinks that, following...

• Citroen could be poised to boost its growing UK van range with a small hatchback based on its new AX passenger car which is...

• GRP Massey has delivered a special lightweight refrigerated van to Portsmouth-based floopers Fish and Frozen Foods. To...

range of Trucktops to include versions for light pick-ups such as the Suzuki SJ413K. Like the larger models the new tops have...

• As Land-Rover sales plummeted by 30%. in 1986, especially because of falling demand in the third world, a record year for...

• Mercedes Benz's 7.5 tonne T2 integral panel van has been used as a basis for two very different specialist vehicles. These...

• A series of demonstrations for major vehicle builders and operators, of wheel safety and security systems will take place...

ABBEY EXPANDS • Yeovil, Somerset-based I veco Ford Truck dealer Abbey Hill is investing 2120,000 in a new workshop, sales area...

The new subsidiary caters for everyone from multinational conglomerates to the smallest of firms. A computer system is...

BAXTER'S BASE • International freight forwarder Baxter Hoare has moved to a new Southampton base: Avery House, 28-30 Bernard...

to new premises. The new address is: Chas sis Repairs (Wakefield), Unit 2, Waindyke Way, Nonnanton Industrial Estate,...

HAYS UPDATE • Hayes Distribution Services offers a wide range of services including bonded, chilled, frozen and composite...

of Central London has published the results of an I8-month study into the application of information technology in the UK...

CLEANING UP • MAC's new 'Penny' range of pressure washers is claimed to offer competitive prices with no loss of quality. Two...

FUEL LOCK • TriScan of Blackburn has launched Alphakey' to prevent unauthorised removal of fuel from its new Tri-Scan Maximiser...

CV EVENTS FROM CIT 111 The following Chartered Institute of Transport meetings may be of interest to CV operators: March 10...

PRISTINE TANKS • Based at Knottingley, Yorkshire, near the MI/M62 interchange, Fleetclean Tanker Service claims to offer a...

• This year's Computer's in Transport and International Distribution conference takes place at the Wembley Conference Centre on...

March 31-April 2. This year's theme will be Enterprise, Marketing and Information in Transport. Many of the speakers will be...

BEACONS • Roads and Traffic minister Peter Bottomley has warned that slow-moving vehicles may, in future, be required to use a...

HOUNSLOW BLOCK • The westbound carriageway of the M4 will be closed at night between Junctions 2 and 3 (Hounslow). Repairs...

• For about 16 weeks from March 8 the M6 Preston bypass (Junctions 31 and 32) will be subject to delays because of major repair...

• Part of the eastbound carriageway of A2 East Rochester Way between the Bexley/Greenwich boundary and Hanson Road Bexley is to...

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association held its first commercial vehicle seminar last week. About 100 of the...

A haulage company's trucks are often its only assets, and they must be bought and treated wisely. We take a look at the sort of...

Mere novelties — or cost effective CVs? In either case microvans, are becoming common sights on British streets. We've been out...

• I was very interested to read the road test on the new Mitsubishi L300 which you published in the week ending February 21...

WHO NEEDS IT? William Bryson's comments in the story 'Seddon joins Scottish Boycott' (CM Feb 7) were unfortunate. Of course...

for Cummins Engine Company's Automotive and Construction division, He will be responsible for Cummins UK's automotive, defence...

at NF'C Car Auctions. Ile will be based at the company's base at Yate, near Bristol, and will be responsible for operations...

• Following the recent merger of GRP Cooltrucks with Massey International Coachbuilders to form GRP Massey, Andrew Radley has...

Ferries by the P&O Group has resulted in a number of changes in management at European Ferries. Geoffrey Parker, European...

• Northamptonshire-based M&B Transport has appointed Martin Bandey as its first European transport manager. Bandey has rejoined...

• Liverpool-based Rockfield Truck Rental has appointed new regional personnel, as part of the planned expansion of its truck...

Hollis Transport has grown and changed in tandem with Britain's new high-tech computers and electronics industry. It is still...

the antics some road users get up to. In the past I have reported on the ideas of the California Highway Patrol to reduce the...

non-sexist scather. Some of the Hawk's colleagues are, however, slightly more inclined to the odd prejudice or two. Pictured...

your area you'll know it's time to brush your teeth and say goodnight. This sinister looking piece of machinery is a very...