FRENCH FARCE • The French have a word for it —"Laissezfaire". It means that any time there's trouble in France the French...

to retire through illness has been billed for more than £16,000 by ARC Northern which earlier this year refused to hand back...

Ul 11 or trapped hauliers in Many of the hauliers trapped in the French lorry drivers' dispute face ruin because the value of...

• Four out of five of the 38,000 trucks using London Lorry Ban exemption permits will have air brake silencers fitted by autumn...

• The rumour on the picket line was that the CRS would strike at 04:00hrs, but it was not until an hour later that we saw four...

• Wilson Double-Deck Trailers is suing Craven Tasker for allegedly infringing its low-floor suspension patent in an order of...

• Angry hauliers plan to organise a convoy of trucks from Scotland to London next month to protest about low rates. Mike...

• Pavilion Services is revamping its network of 11 motorway service stations with restaurants, showers, lounges, highspeed...

Redbridge folds • A creditors' meeting of failed operation Redbridge Truck & Bus Spares will he held in Wakefield on 17 July by...

in Staffordshire this week, after the driver stopped to help a stranded woman.

possible use of our railway network to take traffic off the roads, Transport Secretary John MacGregor told the FTA's national...

10 trucks and closed its site in Wideopen at Newcastle upon Tyne. It is moving in with its parent, the Clark Taylor Group at...

IN Trade unions have decided to start a grievance procedure which could lead to strike action against Linkman Tankers, unless...

• Boughton's revised Ampliroll hook loading system for 17tonne chassis offers faster turnaround times for a wide range of swap...

• BOC Interbrand has taken delivery of 21 Foden 2210 17tonners fitted with 7.5-tonne front axles for diminishing-load work....

• Volvo has launched a more powerful version of its FS7 light distribution tractor in anticipation of the 35-tonne weight limit...

• Seddon Atkinson has all but discontinued the previous variations in specification between its TC and premium Strato cabs'...

• Higher powered versions of Dennis Eagle's new Elite chassis-cab (CM 25 June-1 July) are likely to have MAN engines. The...

IN Leyland Daf is to offer its premium Space Cab without the air management kit or spotlights to widen its appeal as a [ow-cost...

• BPW has collaborated with Wabco to incorporate braking equipment with its trailer axle and suspension package. Customers...

• Bundespost, the German post office, is evaluating Britishmade Leyland Daf 400 panel vans alongside Mercedes-Benz, lveco and...

• Yorkshire-based haulier AW Biker ceased trading last Friday, making 15 drivers redundant, after its licence was revoked...

• Delivery drivers at Smiths Crisps face the prospect of no work because of industrial relations problems at the food...

• The union which represents 1,000 Parcelforce workers is preparing to back a management buyout if the Government moves to sell...

• The recently liquidated Speedwell Group has returned its 0-licence discs and its licence to North Western Licensing Authority...

• Lynx has brought forward its plans to implement a hub and spoke system by 18 months following the withdrawal of Federal...

IN Otis Transport Services' plans to expand its European road-rail operation are running into trouble because of high rail...

• Enfield-based Harvest International Transport Services is tripling its six-month-old weekly service to Austria. The company...

• Swedishowned Europa Flier was granted a licence for six vehicles and trailers when it appeared before South Eastern and...

• Bly Transport (Sheffield) has been cleared of an alleged overloading offence after police officers admitted that they had no...

• PE & PM Burton (Sheepskins) based in Storridge, \Vans has been cleared of using a vehicle in which the tachograph had not...

• DD Transport and its managing director David Mobberley have been ordered to pay £700 in fines and costs for offences relating...

• Macclesfield magistrates have ordered Wilmslow, Cheshirebased Holt Lloyd International to pay £220 in fines and costs for...

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

• Dennis plans to offer a kneeling option on its Lance full-size citybus by the beginning of next year (CM 5-11 Sept 1991). It...

• Workers at Plaxton face an uncertain future as its parent company, Henlys Group, fights a takeover bid from rival T Cowie (CM...

• A fortnight ago ERF made two major announcements. The first was that it had made a loss of £1.156m after tax for the...

• Whale Tankers, Leigh Environmental and Rotherham Borough Council have together tackled some of the major problems facing...

• Avon Fire Brigade is supplying its front-line Ere fighters at major incidents with bulk packs of foam using a Renault G30024D...

• Norfolkline has added 13 Schmitz Thermostar 13.6m refrigerated trailers to the 20 supplied last year. Specifications vary...

panelling on its latest Eco-Frigo reefer body systems. Although the new insulation's K co-efficient is only slightly reduced,...

tipping semi-trailers with stainless-steel bodywork to work within its Redcar Works. Built by Rothdean of Cinderford, they run...

by Northern Taillifts are now being marketed via neighbouring firm Duncan Barber. They are located at Unit 6 and Unit 9,...

have agreed to a joint venture. Vallely will build stainless-steel tankers for UK use and equip them with Kaiser equipment,...

up to 17 tonnes and a three-way tipper to mark its entry into the UK tip-gear market. The tip-gear will be sourced from within...

est Country operator Lane Group has been quietly helping the homeless through its sponsorship of The Big Issue, the monthly...

III t is one thing to take a company car home for the weekend but a Southampton bus driver overstepped the mark when he used a...

1988 it provided a muchneeded blast of fresh air through the Oldham truck builder's ageing product range. The Strata's towering...

• "It's like the Wild West out there," says Rod Wright, managing director of Kent-based Euro-East Transportation. Wright is...

in Every time Mondial Forwarding, which has a fleet of 30 trailers and 15 trucks and specialises in deliveries to Greece and...

Truck manufacturers are already using electronics to control the application of air brakes in ABS. But what about...

• Instead of crowing over the misfortunes of others, your correspondents Geoffrey Marchbank and Mrs Coping (CM 25 June-1 July)...

lorries were not seen as an 4 rom the 1920s to the 1950s, environmental pain. Indeed the image of the lorry drivers was that...