New Length Concessions

• Legislative delays will prevent operators from using 16.5m artics until mid-February at the earliest, says the Department of Transport, unless it can make the legislation......

Saudi Truck Decision Soon

• Leyland Daf expects to learn within the next eight weeks if it has won a 5,000truck deal with the Saudi Arabian army. The company hopes that its success in winning the British......

Green Partners • Lveco And Nissan Diesel Plan To Develop

a range of sixto eight-litre diesel engines. The two companies aim to minimise noise, pollution and fuel consumption, but the engine is not likely to be in production until the......

Cummins Power • Cummins Says That It Closed The Year

with over 21% of the UK HGV mar ket and that 23.8% of the trucks registered here in November had Cummins diesels, a record for the US-owned manufacturer, whose market share is......

Trailer Train Signs Scandinavian Deal

• Trailer Train has signed a technology licence with Norwegian State Railways and one of its major suppliers, EB Strommens Verksted, allowing EB Strommens Verksted to build and......

Battery Of Sevels

• An electric-powered version of the Sevel van, sold in this country as the Peugeot Talbot Express, the Citroen C25, and the Fiat Ducato, will go into production in April.......

Dtp Tightens Control

• Tighter vehicle emission controls are on the way. Department of Transport regulations will require operators to keep engines properly tuned and all emission-control equipment......