• First the good news. The High Court has ruled that the London Lorry Ban Condition 11, which requires air brake silencers on...

• Mold Crown Court has cut an overloading fine on Richard Preston & Sons of Potto from 21,200 to £400 with an absolute...

• The London Boroughs Transport Scheme is to appeal against last week's High Court ruling which slammed the Capital's boroughs...

• Scottish employers have won an undertaking by the Transport and General Workers Union that workers will not participate in...

• A new arbitration scheme for removal companies to sort out disputes with dissatisfied customers will be introduced in...

• NHS chief executive Duncan Nichol wants to encourage the use of semi-privatised ambulance services for nonemergency work....

• Southampton City Council has agreed to meet the road transport associations next month to discuss its proposed night and...

• Many roads will remain nogo areas for 40-tonners even after they are allowed into Bri:ain in 1999, and the number of anes on...

• The Freight Transport Association's South-West branch is opposing a proposed pedestrian precinct in Redruth, Cornwall...

• HGV drivers will have to pass a detailed theoretical exam to obtain their Category C licences under the EC Commission's...

• Representatives from the vehicle recovery trade associations have demanded a meeting with the RAC to determine what it means...

• Britain's "hopelessly inadequate" road and rail network is likely to force companies to relocate to Northern France unless...

• Renault hopes to win military orders following demonstrations of its defence equipment in the UK this week. RVI's exhibits...

• Lorries carrying perishable goods such as milk, live animals and newspapers will be excluded from the Austrian ban on night...

• Meals served at motor way service stations have improved — but 42% are still classed as "appalling"; 32% as "acceptable", and...

• Sentences totalling over 11 years have been passed on five men at Winchester Crown Court following the trial of several...

• Labour shortages and traffic congestion represent the biggest threat to British road hauliers in the 1990s, warns a new...

• US engine builder Detroit Diesel plans to make a comeback in the UK heavy truck market, and is looking for British operators...

Operations line-up with two more engine options for brewery vehicle operators. The 16-tonne Cargo urban artic is now available...

• This year's Temperature, Controlled Storage and Distribution Exhibition was dominated by longer-length trailers, capable of...

• A former Steyr dealer has bought most of the remaining right-hand-drive Steyr trucks in the UK. Clarke Commercials in Leeds...

equipment throughout Europe in conjunction with its truck leasing subsidiary CSL. At last week's Temperature Controlled...

• BRS Western has won a E3 million contract hire deal to run Continental Can's freight management operation in Wrexham. BRS has...

• Waste collection company Leigh Environmental has been reported to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for alleged lossleading on...

• Christian Salvesen has decentralised its four divisional boards and appointed a committee under group chief executive Chris...

• Exel Logistics has won a .E3 million four-year contract to deliver Thorn Lighting products. Exel will make deliveries to UK...

• After a disastrous six months, Interlink Express has abandoned its European operations at a cost of more than VI million....

• P&O has bought Irish operator Transcontinental (Rosslare) which has 70 staff and 7,9250 of warehouse space. The fleet of 38...

• TNT Contract Distribution is running three MAN 17.232 28-tonne drawbar combinations to take parts from MAN's Swindon...

• Ryder has signed its first local authority contract with Swale Borough Council near Sittingbourne. The contract hire package...

• A row over trade names as broken out between Ex)ress Foods Group (Internaional) and a Norwich distribuion firm. Express...

• The first Leyland Daf FAS 2500 chassis to be fitted with the Bronto Skylift 28-2T1 aerial fire-fighting appliance has gone to...

• An unusual, threecompartment trailer has been developed by W & Riding of Preston. The step-frame trailer has a 25,000-litre...

• BRS Trailer Rental has ordered 20 double-deck curtainsided trailers from Wilson Double-Deck Trailers, Wilson's first sale to...

• Citroen has announced a range of body styles to fit on the back of the latest heavyweight C15 Visa van. As predicted by...

• Whale Tankers is expanding into France with the establishment of a sales office, service support, and the delivery of two...

• Robberies on public transport have fallen by 43% since the start of this year, compared with the same period last year, says...

• Sheffield independent, Yorkshire Terrier, has complained to the Office of Fair Trading about South Yorkshire Transport, less...

• A bankruptcy petition has been filed by Cedar Travel owner Chris Chatfield. The Worthing-based minibus firm has been running...

• A surplus of around 2100 million from the pension scheme for the now-privatised National Bus Company will be returned to the...

• Essex specialist bodybuilder Asquith, which turns out around 25 replica buses to PSV specifications every year, is to supply...

• Workers at Go-Ahead Northern, one of the NorthEast's biggest bus companies with 2,400 employees, face an uncertain future as...

11 Tours operator Guide Friday has started operations in its fourth new city this year, after coming to agreements with...

• Deregulation has pushed the bus industry further and faster into decline, says a new report from the Association of...

III Leeds rapid transit proposals have been shelved for at least 12 months after failure by political groups to agree on the...

• Edinburgh city operator Lothian Region Transport has ordered a further 36 Leyland Olympians for 1990. The 580 strong Lothian...

• Fare increases of 10% on average will take effect on London buses on 4 February, following a compromise between Transport...

ZF gear shift systems have dispensed with mechanical linkages and, the need for insulation, having reduced the problem of noise...

After its growth in the UK, TNT plans to imitate this success throughout Europe, headed by Bill Chacksfield. • Bill...

• Coventrybased Archbold Distribution has been found not guilty of permitting one of its drivers to commit a series of drivers'...

• Millionnaire Abdul Shamji, whose Gomba Holdings Group acquired the Stonefield truck project in 1981 (CM 14 march 1981), has...

• Mercedes main dealer H & L Garages, of Scunthorpe, and the company's sales manager, Graham Precious, have been committed for...

• Overloading charges brought against Lanstar (Astley), and one of the company's drivers, were dismissed after the Ross-on-Wye...

• Five drivers employed by Henry Long Transport were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,019, after admitting a series...

• The PSV Operator's Licence held by Traject, trading as Abbeyways, has been renewed for two years only, but with an increase...

• A senior Judge last week criticised courts for sticking to rigid formulas in assessing fines without considering all the...

• Appearing before the Oswestry Magistrates, Shropshire owner-driver Mark Jones, trading as Mark Jones Transport, has denied a...

• Oswestry Magistrates have adjourned sentence on P & A Haulage, after the company admitted permitting various drivers' hours...

Are existing voluntary codes on the carriage of foods and chemicals in tankers enough, or should they be, as some hauliers...

After winning acclaim for its new range, Steyr has pulled out of the UK market. But what about its dealer network? • John...

Steyr's reign in the UK lasted only one year. January 1988: Steyr is poised to become the 12th heavy goods vehicle...

Department of Transportation will introduce mandatory drug testing for inter-state truck drivers. Spaced-out truckers, it...

enthusiasts. Worthy efforts, no doubt, and generally carrying vast amounts of carefully researched technical information, but...

in style at the Connaught Rooms last week, and invited Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson to lunch. He nearly didn't make it...

in Parliament you'll all be relieved to hear that the high standards of debate and wit continue unabated. Roads and Traffic...

Lawson moved out of 11 Downing Street he called on London removers Pitt & Scott to help him. Unfortunately for everyone...

HEAVIES With five major manufacturers absent from this year's Scottish Motor Show it lacks the glamour of some of the big...

NAME CHANGE FOR SEAT SUBSIDIARY • Bostrom is changing the name of its seating subsidiary companies to KAB Seating. The change...

ERF AT YOUR SERVICE • ERE has appointed four new UK service dealers to bring its UK network to 60 outlets; Carneddi Garage will...

SWITCHING SHIPS TO FOLKESTONE • Sealink is transferring the St Anse1m from Dover to Folkestone in the new year, to increase...

EUROPE'S EUROMODAL MEETING POINT • Railfreight Distribution is running a workshop on the Channel Tunnel and exhibiting swap...

PREPARING FOR THE VI • Bus and Coach Training and the Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency have joined forces to offer two...

IMOG SERVING EUROPE • IMOG F:xpeditie & Controle BV of Rotterdam is now offering a twice-weekly trailer groupage service...

B ROSHUIS REWARD FOR RECOVERY IN A £500 reward is being offered by J D Fairweather from Great Yarmouth for information leading...

CHARMOUTH CONTRAFLOW • A contraflow system is now in operation at Penn near Charmouth, Dorset, because of work to connect the...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M1 Bedfordshire: J12 (Toddington) to J13 (Bedford) two lanes available northbound, three lanes...

• Winning a trailer free for a year has helped smooth the way for family firm Kidman Haulage to move from tipper work into...

In 6 \ 4 tipper guise, Scania's P93 is a comfortable, efficient and user-friendly workhorse — but its cost and brakes work...

Local knowledge gives Town & Country the edge in the maze of lanes and villages that makes up its North Wales territory, but...

NANZA Since 1972 Geoff Byford's fleet has grown from a Transit to 30 trucks. His company is also part of an international...

annual Tokyo Motor Show last week was brim-full of new-concept vehicles, electronic gadgetry and creature comforts. Michael...

for the RI-IA to clarify exactly what is or is not an environmental issue. If Ms Hanna's letter (CM 2-8 November) is any guide,...

in a series of traffic jams and getting further and further behind schedule, I just wanted to say that the sooner they bring in...

tester", (CM 26 October-1 November), it does not seem wholly appropriate to describe the operators of some 500,000 Telma...

hauliers" (CM 5-11 October), you refer to RAC Octagon Recovery as the "AA's truck recovery organisation". May I just clear up...

I OTIS TRANSPORT NHITAKER 'e'en Whitaker has been ippointed marketing executive vith Manchester-based Otis L'ransport...