• As you'll see on pages 4-5, CM is launching a campaign against the EC plan for a 50mph HGV Euro speed limit. To start the...

talks with rival P&O on co-operating on cross-Channel services until it completes its restructuring. Licence photos / All...

• Transport Minister Christopher Chope has called on British hauliers to join his fight against a 50mph truck speed limit. The...

launches its Say no to 50 campaign in a bid to convince Brussels bureaucrats and Europe's transport ministers to ditch the plan...

• Around 50 British truck drivers carrying fish were stranded overnight at Boulogne last weekend, as French fishermen blocked...

Commission planned to introduce lower speed limits as part of the package. He described the battle as "UK Limited against the...

fell 3% to 5,217 last year. Serious injuries also dropped, by 4%, according to the DTP. Barnett goes • RTITB Services...

• Eight trucks were firebombed at a Warwickshirebased abattoir this week. Kenilworth-based F Snelson & Son says the fire,...

• Road transport customers should pay higher haulage rates to encourage them to move freight from congested roads on to rail,...

• A third party is on the verge of buying the UK business of Corbybased trailer manufacturer York Group, despite interest from...

Transport & Distribution Manager of the Year: he wins £5,000 and a trip to sponsor lveco Ford's Italian factory. David Payne of...

for at least another month to find out if he will be allowed back into road haulage. Following a tense licensing inquiry last...

• Speed restrictions will be common on the new Dartford Bridge because of bad weather, says its operator, the Dartford Bridge...

• Scania has made director of marketing David Michell redundant and split its sales and marketing operations. Charles Rabbidge...

• The Scottish RHA has opened this year's regional wage rounds by asking union leaders to accept a pay freeze. Scotland was...

• South London operator BOC Interbrand is taking on the first Seddon Atkinson Stratos fitted with the 298kW (400hp) Perkins 400...

• Daf has confirmed that it is running a factory evaluation truck driven by a turbo-compound version of its 11.6-litre...

• Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz and US engine maker Cummins have joined forces to produce Cummins engines for Kamaz trucks...

• ERF is to fit anti-lock braking systems and speed limiters on all its tractive units and drawbars as standard. It is also...

• Blazefield Caravan Transport of Pateley Bridge, North Yorks, has taken on the UK's first Volvo FL614 rigid with air...

delivery vehicle that combines its Polar-stream liquid nitrogen refrigeration with a mechanical system. It is based on a Gray &...

Austrian subsidiary. Annual output of MAN M-type chassis at Steyr's factory is likely to rise by more than 50% to 3,600 this...

version of its TL — but it will be next year at the earliest, says the company. The vehicle is likely to use a 198kW (265hp)...

from 84,000 to 197,000 a year by the year 2000, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Cummins 10-litre charge-cooled engine, equipped to run as a drawbar for towing road work gear, has joined the fleet of...

a Johnston 600 sweeper, mounted on a 12.5-tonne Renault M120 Midliner.

• Scania has revealed more details of its forthcoming heavy truck models, including a new nine-speed gearbox, optional...

IN A radar device which fits to the front of trucks and alerts the driver if he is too close to the vehicle in front could soon...

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

• Parking problems, and a lack of covered maintenance facilities at an operating centre, led to Leeds haulier Alan Thompson...

1 • A One Transport and one of its drivers were given absolute discharges by Wetherby magistrates when they pleaded guilty to...

• Clitheroe haulier AJA Smith (Transport) and one of its drivers have been cleared of charges of using a vehicle with defective...

the arrest of Stoke-on-Trentbased haulier Eric Wilkinson after he failed to appear for the fourth time to answer charges....

has warned Allenways Coaches managing director David Watkiss about the company's future conduct, after it was convicted of...

Carriers has been revoked, after the company failed to appear at disciplinary proceedings before Western Licensing Authority...

S wythamley, near Macclesfield is to appeal to the Transport Tribunal after his licence was revoked for five years following...

is considering making bus operator Keith Danks pay the cost of adjourning a hearing after he failed to turn up to answer...

• TD Williams (Brynamman) has been cleared of 80 charges alleging that it permitted drivers to drive excessive hours and take...

• Bingley haulier Alan Gee has been cleared of using a defective tyre after Reedey magistrates were told that the area between...

• There is no "battle of the bus e s" between Tame Valley Travel and West Midland Travel, West Midland Traffic Commissioner...

• An owner-driver has hit back at Tesco's planned crackdown on late deliveries (CM 24-30 Oct), accusing the supermarket giant...

dealership with the loss of 15 jobs — it blames a 40% downturn in truck sales for the closure.

won a nationwide contract to distribute cosmetics and accessories for Colourbox.

as an agent for Railfreight Distribution in the Republic of Ireland.

• Wincanton has begun a £75m/five-year Texaco contract — previously handled by Tankfreight — as wrangles continue over the...

• The threat of a strike at Parcelforce has been lifted with union leaders recommending acceptance of an improved offer...

• Bristol express carrier Interlink Express has welcomed Post Office chairman Sir Bryan Nicholson's call for a reduction in the...

• Hauliers face bills of more ilan £100,000 following the collapse of Buxton-based clearing house M&S Transport. The company...

• Renault is working on an ultra-low-floor version of its R312 rear-engined citybus. It expects to show the first 12m integral...

Transport International subsidiary which advises other countries on bus and metro systems.

its own money into the re-capitalisation of its Belgium-based PCV building and heavy engineering business.

• Scania is now offering British operators the K113 TRB coach chassis with independent front suspension. The three-axle...

• Municipal and crew-cab maker Frank Guy is planning to double its PCV van conversion business, following the introduction of...

• Portsmouth-based Phoenix International, which went into administrative receivership last August, is on the verge of being...

• A UK sales target of 10,000 vehicles per year by 1995 is Kevan Hewitt's brief in his new job as Fiat LCV operations manager....

van range averaging 2%. Extra prices start at ,5,495 (ex-VAT), the Trafic Prima at £7.550 and the Master SWB at £11,550.

designed to improve ride and handling for light • CVs. Two air springs fit • between the chassis and axle, allowing ride height...

• Fiat has celebrated building its 500,000th Ducato by unveiling an electric-powered version, the Ducato Elettra. The Elettra...

• Vauxhall is developing a high-cube version of the Novavan which is expected to go on sale in 18 months' time. Scoop pictures...

• Ford has developed two Transit Executive buses fitted with electronic route guidance systems. One uses the Philips CARIN...

• The new Volkswagen Transporter range now includes long wheelbase and chassis-cab models. High-roof versions should go on sale...

• Express freight carrier Europa European Express, has opened a branch in Mid Glamorgan. The Kent-based firm, which has more...

• A one-day conference "Confidence in the System (Making Transport Safe), is being held by the Chartered Institute of Transport...

• Huddersfield Polytechnic is now recruiting for its two-year part-time course, Certificate in Transport and Distribution...

evenings. Successful students will have a recognised qualification which can lead to exemption from the ILDM Certificate in...

• ERS Training Services is holding its next one-day course on drivers' hours and tachograph regulations on 20 November. The...

• The 1991 edition of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' reference book Motor Industry of Great Britian — World...

• A poster campaign to attract more recruits to the transport industry is being run by the Institute of Logistics &...

• The hazard equipment division of GEMS/Clearway has produced two new hazard lights, a bar and a beacon. The Sirena bar costs...

• A system that warns of approaching emergency vehicles, such as ambulances or police cars, will become available over the next...

▪ West Midlands-based Eurohitch (UK) is selling a newly designed fifth wheel, made from fabricated formed steel. Versions of...

M1 Herts: contraflow J5 (A41, near Watford). M20 Kent: lane closures 310 and 11 (Ashford/Hythe). M20 Kent: contraflow 35 and...

M6 West Midlands: contraflow J7 and J9 (Gt Barr/Wednesbury). The northbound entry slip road is closed at 37. M6 Staffs:...

M56 Greater Manchester: restrictions on airport link road. M56 Cheshire: contraflow 310-312 (Stretton/Clifton). M66 Greater...

M5 Devon: one lane closed southbound 08:00-19.00hrs between 327-28 (Tiverton/Cullompton). M4 West Glam: restrictions J39-J41...

M74 Strathclyde: various lane closures at J6 (Hamilton). A701 Lothian: contraflow near Milton Bridge.

Ei hese animal-loving road signs caused a chuckle first time round in Commercial Motor — even if the Hatfield hedgehog was...

A life in the day of a A life in the day of a trucker is the subject of a short film on BBC 2 this Sunday (10 November)...

hile in London recently, former US president Ronald Reagan, unperturbed by falling chestnuts, delivered his own: A Moscow man,...

A Manchester coach A Manchester coach firm, eager to drum up forward bookings, is taking part in an evening newspaper...

iners' leader Arthur Scargill and the police are still bumping into each other after all these years While the NUM boss was...

eaders of the Daily Mirror have been busy venting their spleen over the activities of French farmers ambushing British trucks....

vi rate Eye magazine has just celebrated 30 years of publishing, but many moons earlier other bad-taste buds were hard at...

NOTEBOOK • Traditional demarcation lines in truck and bus componentry manufacture have been blown apart with the application...

NOTEBOOK the driver's job even less onerous, is embodied by ZF in its new clutch pedal-less driveline. ZF argues that an...

IAN !COL • Ask an owner-driver about the benefits of his job and he will probably say the freedom, independence and being his...

INSURANCE • Insurance premiums are rocketing at present, putting truck operators under more pressure as they try to keep...

TOKYO IN The largest number of commercial vehicle exhibitors ever gathered in Japan greeted an estimated two million visitors...

TOKYO the European market was ended by Michiyuki lnukai, Hino's executive vice president. He said that the European market...

IN I note with interest your articles (CM 15-21 Aug, 19-25 Sept) which suggest that Trading Standards departments bring...

• Following the recent decision by the AA to become sole owner of AA-BRS Fleet Rescue (CM 10-16 Oct), may I take this...

• The RHA has complained that not many hauliers have taken up BS5750. From what I understand, BS5750 is about efficiency....

• Before going on holiday I attended the Lorry Driver of the Year finals at MOTEC on 15 September. I have attended the finals...

• The road haulage industry has frequently been accused of trying to wish away unpalatable facts. Whatever the truth of that...

• Politicians believe the environment is a big issue with the electorate and road transport is a perennial whipping boy for the...

• Cummins is warning against the indiscriminate use of fuel and oil additives in its engines. Although it agrees that there may...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has set the limit for diesel exhaust smoke on the free acceleration test at 75 Hartridge units (K =...

• A code of practice governing the quality and reliability of windscreen repairs has been drawn up by a BSI working party which...

• The Vehicle Builders and Repairer's Association has slammed the Environment Secretary's guidance notes — Respraying of Road...

• Out of 295 air pressure gauges checked by Trading Standard officers in Yorkshire and Humberside, 24% were inaccurate, In 74...

II Bosch's i1.00m alternator plant at Cardiff has been officially opened. It will produce up to five million alternators annually.

III Stainless steel exhaust manufacturer Eminox has opened a 560m 2 office at its Gainsborough factory. An exhaust with an...

• The Spicer range of twinplate clutches is now available to the independent aftermarket through Dana subsidiary BracIdey...

• The MoT test on cars and light vans now includes petrol exhaust emission. ABS warning Light and rear wheel bearing checks....

• Bainbridge has published a new Truckmaster looseleaf catalogue which is divided into truck, bus and coach sections. It has 74...

IN Due to administrative problems readers completing last month's Workshop Turbo card may experience some delay in receiving...

• Iveco Ford is claiming that routine servicing costs on the new Cargo are 40% below that of the competition. Service...

Colin Sowman visited Iveco Ford dealer Quicks to find out what is involved in getting BS5750 for a workshop. • When lveco Ford...

Ailing engines will always cause scheduling problems in the workshop — but they need not cause excessive financial stress. W...

eightlegger league: in 1986 it took fourth place with 9.8% of the market As far as numbers go, it hit a high in 1989 with 182...

David J. Kelly, CV Product Manager Changing customer attitudes, stricter Health and Safety legislation, as well as new product...

and a growing number of businesses are changing the face of their vehicle fleets with distinctive, personalised paintwork that...

Herberts has produced a set of nine CoSH H Workstation Signs for commercial vehicle bodyshops. These bold new signs, each...

gradually expanding the company of Robert Wright & Son to employ a staff of ninety at their factory in Ballymena by 1960....

You might not think it but rebuilding a wet-linered engine is within the scope of most workshops — Colin Sowman gets to grips...

• Safety-Kleen has added three products to its well-known degreasing solvent. Pre-Kleen is a paintshop panel wipe which...

• Ingersol-Rand says its Air Shuttle 3I,C is the first 2.2kW (3hp) compressor to run off a standard 13A supply. Electronics...

• Machine Mart has produced a tree colour catalogue showing its range of hand tools, welders, compressors, safety wear and...

• Duckhams has introduced a high-temperature anti-seize grease called Copper 10. It is designed for use on exhaust manifold...

• Payen, the gasket producing arm of AE Autoparts, has produced a trouble tracer wall chart showing typical cylinder head...

• Spray Systems has added the 2AS pump-up acid sprayer to its range. Its plastic container and stainless-steel pump components...

• The Gemi Pony 30 is a portable cleaner for brake components and other small parts. It is filled with 30 litres of...

• Autodata has produced a plastic sandwiched wall chart that shows the recommended emissions levels for cars. Owners of...

• Chassis straightening equipment supplier losam launched a range of new products at last month's Automotive Trade Show....