into commercial vehicle suspensions is wholly welcome. Following as it does the similar industry-wide ventures like the QHV...

• An insurance firm which paid out thousands of pounds to claimants following the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster is urging...

In the spring? • Britain's truck and trailer builders are being invited to team up with two government departments to...

• The Department of Transport has issued guidelines on vehicle plating for operators wishing to take advantage of the...

• In our issue of 28 March 1987 we published a report of a decision by the South Wales Licensing Authority under the heading...

proposed city centre traffic ban threatens potential disaster to the whole of TNT's parcels operation. TNT has applied for...

• Heavy truck sales this year to the end of September are up 5.9% at 43,903. The British share of these sales has grown to 59%,...

• Transport ministry officials have check-weighed 500 lorries entering Britain through Dover and other South Coast ports,...

• Britain's first truck endurance race was won at the weekend by the driving team of Rod Chapman and Radio 1 disc jockey Mike...

• General Motors and Isuzu have finally launched their joint venture company at the Luton van plant that was previously...

• An uneasy truce between Amey Roadstone (ARC) and its striking tipper owner-drivers emerged suddenly last week. For an agreed...

of its parcels operation in preparation for a full-scale launch before the end of this month. Though a starting date has yet...

the effects of the recent custom officers' strike, judging by the latest freight statistics covering TIR truck movements. In...

• Job prospects in road transport look like picking up over the next three months, but overall work opportunities in haulage...

• West Sussex County Council's Transport Management Organisation (TMO) has reduced the council's transport bill by nearly...

• TNT Roadfreight UK, the major operating arm of TNT (UK), has changed its name to TNT Express (UK). According to managing...

• A new computer-based electronic noticeboard has been launched in the UK by Croner Publications, allowing shippers and freight...

Hertz to finance a $2.3 billion (21.42 billion) management buyout at the world's biggest vehicle rental business. Neither Ford...

• Isuzu plans this month to launch a commercial version of its well-received Trooper cross country vehicle. The new Trooper...

cabs in its G Range of tractor units. The 70kg kit comprises two-piece side-streamer air deflectors, with Renault's...

• BRS Engineering has joined forces with the Motor Agents Association to run a pilot workshop Quality Assurance Scheme which...

• Bradford-based Wilson Truck Services' latest 'Cabriolet' design for rigids and semi-trailer bodies allows top loading,...

• Vehicle converter Southworth Chassis Engineering has launched a range of drive-axle air suspension, designed to suit rigid...

• A new remote drawbar coupling system has been developed by VBG Concessionaires of Kettering, Northants. The kit comes in two...

semi-trailer that is giving Mauri Products payloads in the region of 24,900kg. It uses Melton's existing tank design which is...

• Ford is today (Thursday) launching a special edition of its Escort van, called the Laser. It features a two-tone colour...

appears to be cooling down. Three major oil companies — Shell, Mobil and BP — now offer winter grade diesel better than, or...

• Though taking account of what had become known as the 'lost wheels mystery', a Crown Court judge has dismissed an appeal by...

IN Bradford magistrates are to decide whether or not it is permissable for a driver to have more than six daily driving periods...

/ County Durham haulage contractor Geoffrey Bayles has had his licence revoked and has been disqualified from holding or...

by East Licensing Authority, Brigadier Compton Boyd. Yet Raymond Davey, trading as Walton Transport of Chesterfield, has been...

• An appeal by Barton & Redman against fines totalling 2700 for three overloading offences has been dismissed at Chester Crown...

• This week Carlyle Group launches its new Daily Bus — its second new vehicle in five months. As the name suggests, the Daily...

• Leyland is claiming UK market leadership in the singledeck bus market following its latest order for 10 Leyland Lynx...

• The Labour Party has committed itself to reverse bus deregulation. At the party's annual conference in Brighton last week,...

delivery of its first two Scania single-deck coaches for touring work in the UK and abroad. One is a K112CR Scania chassis with...

• Robert Wright of Ballymena, Northern Ireland has become the second PSV bodybuilder within a week to launch a new mini-bus...

the bidding for National Bus Company subsidiary The Berks Bucks Bus Company. NBC will now recommend the sale to the Gov- ,...

• Senior management at Lewes-based Southdown Motor Services has purchased the company in the 47th sale of a National Bus...

• Reeve Burgess plans to exhibit its new Beaver bodywork on three different chassis at the Bus and Coach show later this month....

• Badgerline is celebrating its first anniversary by taking delivery of 21 new Robin Hoodbodied Iveco Ford Turbo Daily buses....

vnurru OPENS IN ULSTER • Whittle International, the Preston-based TIR operator which runs to the Continent and the Middle...

APEX FOR ARINSDALE • Load restraint equipment manufacturer Apex Load Control has named Arinsdale of Doune, Perthshire as its...

PSV CERTIFICATION FOR TEMPO 100 • The Department of Transport has changed the procedure for obtaining certification for Tempo...

MITSUBISHI LIGHT CVS • Colt Car Company, the UK importer for Mitsubishi light commercials, has raised the prices of Mitsubishi...

LOW GRADES FOR SHELL AND BP • Shell UK and LIP oil have revised their winter-grade diesel by altering the refining process to...

GUIDE TO THE RHA NOW AVAILABLE • The Road Haulage Association has produced a colour brochure describing its services to...

Surrey is running a series of two-day CLA/RHA/ RTITB-approved Hazpack courses for drivers transporting dangerous substances in...

Dorset now offers a range of all-British made propane/butane blown, hot-air heaters for trucks and PSVs. The propex heaters...

of Bournemouth operates an extra-secure lost key service to individual vehicle or fleet operators. The LPS key tags do not...

open a seminar for transport managers about the cash benefits from road safety for vehicle fleets. Speaking at the seminar...

• London and the South East N of Newport Pagnell Service, CF. Ml: J4-5, LC. Ml: J9-11, Slips LC, 110-9, CF, J14-15, CF. M2:...

Engineering has recounted his company's experience when departing loads have tilted the low-load semi-trailer, lifting the...

the design of the Chubb Fire Pacesetter fire engine, I was flattered to see in your article last week on the Fire '87...

editorial "Muddy Waters" of (CM 24-30 September) about the 40-tonne limit. Perhaps our NFC Distribution Group point was missed....

• I am writing with reference to the 10-16 September issue of Commercial Motor — particularly page 13 or shoud it be page 3?...

of the BBC programme "Truckers" I feel I am qualified to comment on at least part of its content, having once driven an HGV...

Unfortunately his attitude towards the television programme 'Truckers' being a harmless bit of fun does not help our industry...

Eurotunnel went to the StockExchange last week and published its prospectus for November's £750 million puplic share offering —...

Department of University College, London and a specialist in risk analysis. He has been looking into the safety and operational...

Aluminium has become one of the most popular metals in the UK bodybuilding industry. it is lightweight, durable and flexible...

Silkolene makes top quality oils and lubricants, selling more than half of its lubricant output to the haulage industry. How...

lorry manufacturers were close to abbatoirs and chemical plants in their disdain for nature and the environment. Peter Foden,...

domination. Starting off with an invasion of South Wales the Independent Order of Foresters hopes to spread its regiments...

at Sherwood Leyland Daf — the first LD distributorship to be awarded in the UK. The management team who bought out the region's...

the ball rolling for a three-day, 1,260Iun national treasure hunt organised by Cartransport. 'Search 87' will raise money for...

Volkswagen Syncro out and about and ended up stuck in the mud. Happily, this did not deter the sheriff of US Rocky Mountain...

deflate my tyres, I have now lost three expensive radial-ply tyres in the space of a year, all to nails. Having just recovered...

series for the autumn season. We kick off with the hilarious Carty On DTp starring Gwent Police, the DVLC and the lovable...

Low Bridges. Starring the DTp this programme has an educational aspect and is inspired from the press release, Bridge Bashing —...

Eaton's SAMTis now in production, and specified on ERF's 14.35. It helped the ERF to return the best combination of performance...

so far covered some 22,000km in the hands of 14 drivers. It is proving a quirky but dependable van for daily use. • If the...

Turbo-compounding has been pushed into the limelight by a surprise demonstration by Scania. We examine its background and seek...

general sales manager of Sachs Automotive Components. He was previously UK sales manager for AP's Lockheed brakes division.

Federal Express Systemline, the Bedworth contract distributor, has appointed Alan Sykes as business development director. He...

Group, is to head the newly-combined distribution for supermarket chains Presto and Safeway.

fleet management company, has made four appointments. Derek Graham becomes south west England area manager. Peter Edwards is...

appointed Mike Akers as managing director of its steel stampings subsidiary.

managing director of Davies Magnet Works, which makes couplings and other components for the truck and trailer market.

development officer at Ackers Jarrett. He will be responsible for the marketing of its Transwift division and will be based at...

the board of Wincanton Distribution as engineering director and general manager (milk) respectively.

equity sales operation covering shipping and transport for County NatWest, part of the NatWest Bank Group.

with WAP (UK), the llkeston based pressure washer maker. He was previously technical sales manager with Karcher.

representatives. They are, Roy Cater, who will be responsible for the North, and Mark Newton, who will cover the South and Wales.

has made a number of changes within its management team, with five new directors apppointed to the board. Martin Harper is now...

sales manager for the West Midlands and North West England for commercial vehicle importer MAN Volkswagen. Smith joins MAN VW...

D E Smith v Gillow MA Leicester Industrial Tribunal has ruled that lorry driver D.E. Smith is not entitled to a redundancy...

Thompson Transport of West Bromwich 111 An application by Ronald Thompson, trading as Thompson Transport, of West Bromwich,...

Norcom National Distribution of Birmingham In granting a licence application by Norcom Ltd, trading as Norcom National...

Roberts Coaches, of Aylsham, Kent II William Roberts, who trades as Roberts Coaches, of Aylsharn, Kent, has had his public...

MYears of work in the field of Industrial Relations have persuaded me that the single most important factor in employment is...

Hastings and District Transport III The appeal of Hastings and District Transport against a decision of the South Eastern...

• What is the Eastern Traffic Area doing wrong? The cruesion is prompted by two recent appeal decisions in which the Transport...

W R Atkinson (Transport) of Billingshurst IllAn old-established Sussex haulier, W R Atkinson (Transport), was granted an 0...

Richard Wolstenholme, of Longridge IlLongridge haulier Richard Wolstenholme has been cleared by Clitheroe magistrates of...

1111 Paul Channon's excuses for rebuffing the FTA's new campaign for 40-tonne lorries leant heavily on the state of our older...