by Miles Brignall • Hauliers of meat and other animal products fear theft more than attack by animal right activists, despite...

• Parcelforce is making upbeat predictions for the coming year despite a pre-tax loss of £11 million in its latest figures....

• Christian Salveshas recorded a 5% increase in , up from £74m last year to £77.7m. In 1993/94 the company experienced its...

at risk in milk shake-up by Lee Kimber • Up to 100 Wincanton drivers could lose their jobs as the company merges its liquid...

Do you support the Brake LGV safety campaign which aims to reduce truck accidents and weed out law breaking operators ? Do you,...

• The Health & Safety Executive is launching a video and leaflet campaign next Monday (19 June) in a bid to reduce the...

I t's a strange coincidence that Commercial Motor should be devoting a three-page feature to arson in the same week that...

A London freight forwarder angry about the private life of the Transport Minister Stephen Norris is to go ahead with plans to...

by Lee Kimber • Drivers drew back from strike action at Redland Readyrnix depots this week but they plan to start a...

* WRM has boosted its turnover by E6m this week by adding Bewick Transportation to its growing portfolio of paper distribution...

• The police are to continue to enforce truck safety laws because Home Office specialists are dismissing the idea that the job...

• How much freight is Eurotunnel carrying? Its upbeat claims to be the freight traffic market leader took a battering in the...

by Toby Clark • Lucas Kienzie has demonstrated an integrated dashboard incorporating KIIFIS Step II, a development of the...

by Alan Anderson • Korean firm SsangYong has launched the Musso 4x4 in the UK—and the firm says a van variant of its...

• Operators who want to offer workshop staff apprenticeships may be able to use Lucas Aftermarket's new training centre in...

• Peugeot commercial dealer John Harrison of Nottingham has developed a factoryapproved four-wheel-drive conversion for the...

by Toby Clark • Volvo has introduced the FL12 to the UK, with a choice of four tractive units and two 8x4 rigid chassis. The...

• A South Wales operator, who told Deputy Licensing Authority Alan Bourlet that he had now "seen the light", has been granted a...

• The Transport Tribunal has upheld the decision by South Eastern LA Brigadier Michael Turner to cut the duration of the...

• Norwich-based Machayes International Transport, director Alec Machaye and four drivers have been charged under the Forgery...

• Maintenance problems have led to the duration of the licence held by Kirkcaldybased Kinglassie Auto Salvage being cut so that...

• In renewing licence authority for Warwickshire County Council to base 15 vehicles at an operating centre in Henley-in-Arden,...

• Stephen Slater, who trades as Loud Vale Haulage, of Lancaster, was given an absolute discharge after admitting using a...

• David and Margaret Burns, trading as John Burns & Sons, have lost their appeal against Scottish LA Michael Betts' refusal of...

B ob Edgley's letter (CM 25-31 May, page 25) highlights destructive trends affecting our industry and must reflect the concern...

D Japanese manufacturer i of foam padding based in Wales, Sekisui UK, has found that its employees' cars and customers' trucks...

• Drivers hours: Proposals to review domestic rules still being considered with view to deregulation. Also, regulations will be...

to power a roadgoing vehicle: it's complicated, inefficient, dirty and noisy. But it's the best we've got—at least until...

T ate ate on the evening of Saturday 3 June 1995 a motorist driving through a remote stretch of Essex was astonished to...

T ruck drivers of the 1990s can look forward to a relaxing evening in a cab equipped with anything from compact disc players...

/ it?" Plenty of hauliers must have felt like saying that to a manufacturer or dealer after being told how to run their...

operators and owner-drivers. Shipping company advice notes give the weight of a container's contents but not the total weight...

which collects milk from farms. Does the driver have to keep tachograph records ? What are his daily driving limits, and what...

until he died in March. He held the Operator's Licence for eight vehicles and it does not expire until 1998.! will be taking...

R 4 SPCA official Mark Ranson is right when he says that some hauliers blatantly flout the law on animal transport. (Sound Off...

Policing the paint refinishing industry is a tnankless task. Few businesses have welcomed the EPA's arrival and the regulations...

A survey carried out by leading oil seal distributor, Barnwell Services, has revealed alarming differences in performance...

• The 050,000 MTC Sandbach purpose-built parts and service centre was opened in May by David Douglas, managing director of...

• Vauxhall Motors displayed a prototype natural gas-powered Combo van at the Fleet Show at Silverstone a few weeks ago. The...

II DEB has signed a five-year agreement with TNT Logistics which will provide the company with a nationwide distribution...

• Remould tyre manufacturer Bandvulc has invested heavily in major new equipment at its Ivybridge factory. Three new presses,...

• A comprehensive new air spring catalogue from W Kellett & Co reflects its expanded product range, now up to 160 items across...

• Ely-based commercial vehicle insurance broker, Roberts & Davis, organised a prize draw for hauliers at Truckfest 95. The...

• Increased engine power and the fitment of speed limiters are two factors which adversely affect tyre wear, according to the...

• JR Industries has just commissioned the first test rig of its kind to simulate the effects of in-service road conditions on...

• Spicer previewed its twin' plate Solo clutch at IRTE '95 It uses two sliding cams to compensate automatically for wear while...

• ER F's in-house Gearbox Specialist Training Programme has been an unqualified success with all 14 participating distributors...

• Edmunds Walker used !RTE. '95 to prelaunch the new NAS Truck Master vehicle management system. Targeted for actual launch in...

• A major health management campaign has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive aimed at reducing the 2.2 million...

P acked with big-name exhibitors, the IRTE show this year provided much to interest all sections of the industry. Jost (GB) was...

T he commercial vehicle crash repair wanted to offer a full industry is being dragged, kicking repair package to the and...

E Series. This particular model, the EC10 35, is powered by a 10litre Cummins Turbo/air-to-air intercooled Celect diesel engine...

C omplying with the requirements of the EPA costs money, sometimes a great deal of money. It was set up to regulate the...

• Manchester-based HeHermann Insuloid has developed two new harness fixings, the T5OSSL5 and the T5OSDP6. Both products fulfil...

• The SGB Youngman Autocure 2000 paint dryer incorporates long-wave ceramic heat emitters to dry paint as quickly and...

• Pirtek is now offering a complete range of wall-mounted retractable hose reels suitable for all types of hose, from six to...

• Levermore has introduced a product designed as a temperature indicator for engines. The Hermet Temperature Indicating Label...

• New from Hermetite is a range of anaerobic adhesives. Studlock is high-strength for use where dismantling is not required,...

• Data-Track's DataView software using a Windows-based database provides daily surveillance of fuel usage and vehicle...

• Murex Welding Product's Zodian Super and Ferex Super manual metal arc-welding electrodes are now available in an extended...

• New from Bott is a stacking storage bin made from strong high-grade polyethylene. The design has reinforced side walls and...

• The Craftsman range of tool storage cabinets have a keyless programmable locking system to ensure maximum security....

of Pasquin air jacks is now available from Nottingham-based Lift-Fix, There are 19 models with capacities from 25 to 50 tonnes,...

• Holt Lloyd has introduced a range of paints, aerosols and wipes specifically for industrial applications. Included is floor...

• Dana has added a number of new products to its DX Workshop package available through Brown Brothers. The range includes fuel...

• Metsa Serla has introduced Teknix, a roll of wiping paper intended specifically for the mechanical industry. The fully...