cuffing by the ferries—but Freight director Christian Zbylut denies overall "pricing strategy" wik change.

offshore islands, to bring them in line with the mainland, has been reversed: the DVLA will refund any additional money paid.

1 September).

in England to 202,142 in 1993. The only area to see a rise was the South West, where injuries rose by 4%.

tonne limit on the Library bridge in Aberfan. Access will be via Troedyrhiw, which has a low bridge. No date has been set for...

Ross - on - Wye uncovered defects around 8% higher than normal. Driver's hours offences featured in the early evening;...

by Eugene Silke • Many new weight restrictions are being slapped on road bridges around the UK and more will follow in the...

Hauliers keeping Britain moving • The Institute of Directors says that 20% of the companies which are using more road haulage...

by Elizabeth Daly • Heron Distribution, the profitable subsidiary of insolvent Heron International, has been acquired in a 112m...

• An LGV driver and his employer are breaking the law even if they are unaware that his vehicle has a device designed to...

This is an open letter to Transport Secretary Dr Brian Mawhinney: S ince its birth in 1905, Commercial Motor has campaigned to...

by Elizabeth Daly • More than 300 drivers, plant operators and distribution workers at Calor Gas are being balloted on strike...

The first system in the UK giving LGV drivers minute-by-minute advice on their choice of route is to go into full operation...

• LGVs will not be banned in Sowerby Bridge, the Yorkshire town where six people were killed by a runaway truck last year,...

• Suffolk-based haulier 11 Taylor-Balls has slashed its fleet by 50% and laid off half its drivers, one of whom is taking the...

by Ian Wylie • Iveco Ford has angrily denied accusations from Glass' Guide that its discounts on new trucks are "undermining...

II Applied Distribution is to review an annual 4750,000. worth of work by eight regional subcontractors in the next three...

• Pension benefits and compensation payments will be top of the agenda at this week's meeting between staff at Jacob's Bakery...

fifth serious accident in three years in a Derbyshire rood used by up to 50 LGVs a day, residents are callin g for an immediate...

• Staff at haulier Taylor Barnard have rejected a 4% pay deal across the board, with a 50p rise on subsistence payments, over...

• Hauliers will have an automatic right to late payments interest if the European Commission forces the UK Government to adopt...

by Eugene Silke • South Yorkshire police have alerted owners of Bedford trucks to be on their guard following a spate of...

• The ban on exporting beef carcasses on the bone to the European Union because of fears over mad cow disease (BSE) has...

Leyland Trucks Manufacturing has surprised the industry, and its directors, by making pre-tax profits of £8.4m only 11 months...

by Toby Clark • Vauxhall's light commercial range has been substantially revised for 1995: it includes three new engines, a new...

• Mitsubishi has made some revisions to its commercial range. The L200 pickup range has been thinned, the petrol variant being...

• Hire firm Practical Car & Van Rental has introduced a novel in-house insurance scheme for its fleet. Royal Insurance will...

• AL-KO Kober has delivered its first Leamington-built extended chassis versions of the new Fiat Ducat°. The front-wheel-drive...

• Olympus Coachcraft is the first UK convertor to have made a minibus variant of the new Sevel chassis. The Manchester firm's...

by Noel MiHier • Iveco Ford has delivered its first right-hand-drive Cargo-based PCV chassis to Jersey Coach operator Blue...

• Visitors to next week's Hanover Show may catch sight of one of 10 low-floor MercedesBenz based buses fitted with engines...

• In-cab heater manufacturer Eberspacher is now offering an economy version of its popular D1LC night-heater. The DILE has...

of Dal 85.360-based 42.0 tonne 3+2 drawbars specially designed for gas cylinder distribution. The 17.5m outfits comprise Daf...

• Continuous monitoring of a refrigerated load in transit is now possible via satellite. Trials on the system, devised by Logiq...

• VW is launching a Brazilianbuilt 7.5-tanner at the Hanover show. The L80 is powered by a 4.3-litre intercooled Brazilian MWM...

• Yorkshire Traction has taken delivery of 10 Scania 'FlexCi'-based 1 1 .5m citybuses. The 480mm frame height Scania chassis...

• Keynsham-based Western Freight has specified its latest F90 MANs to be able to carry 44 tonnes in anticipation of weight...

• Lancaster-based haulier Safeguard will be one of the first UK customers for Eaton's new S Series gearboxes. Having run two...

• Littleborough, Lancs haulier Graham Barrett has been fined £100 by Rochdale Magistrates for failing to carry a fire...

• A bid for a two-vehicle/fourtrailer licence by Peter Griffiths, of Much Wenlock, following his father's death, has been...

• Wolverhampton Magistrates have adjourned a series of charges against Wolverhampton haulier Clifford Morgan until 26...

• At a Dumfries disciplinary inquiry Scottish LA Michael Betts took no action against the licence held by Margaret Welsh,...

• Oldham haulier Martin Darlington was fined £ 4,000 with £150 costs, after admitting that he allowed his drivers to drive...

• The licence held by GE Keedwell Transport of Port Talbot, has been suspended pending appeals against convictions for vehicle...

• H&G Haulage (Farnworth) and driver Michael Leyden were given absolute discharges after admitting using a vehicle with an...

• James Industrial of Wigan, and Bolton driver Wayne Shaw, have been cleared of overloading a drawbar outfit carrying timber....

by Juliet Parish • A leading haulage firm is offering its drivers as guineapigs for research into a syndrome which causes loss...

• P&O European Ferries has introduced a new menu on the Dover-Calais route, based on driver's requests. Drivers can choose...

• There are highly predictable road conditions; • Road conditions are familiar; • The driver is at his or her most tired; most...

"obsessed with trucks" wants a manufacturer to convert a cab to hand controls so that she can take her HGV I test. "Our first...

their vehicles and rest while their tanks fill up, have been banned as a fire and environmental hazard by Surrey and Essex...

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves...

II How managers react to staff undergoing a personal crisis profoundly affects the outcome for all involved, says Leapwade...

• Kudos Logistics Dover is offering a same-day collection and delivery from a large part of Belgium to south-east England and...

II Information and advice for industrial and commercial fire safety professionals will be available at the Fire '94 conference...

• The 1994 Logistics Technology Europe Exhibition will be held at Olympia 2 in London from 68 September. Among the products on...

• Director and general manager of air suspension and axle manufacturer Granning Lynx has died, aged 53, after a short illness.

• Bus Bits and More has launched the DiscLock—a self-locking wheel nut which uses a rising cam principal to lock the nut and...

• Glassbreaker is a fire extinguisher fitted with a metal stud suitable for breaking windows in the event of a accident which...

• A load optimising package that creates 3D pictures showing where each item in a load should be placed has been introduced by...

• From 1 September international transport crossing between the Czech and Slovak republics should use five crossings:...

MI J21-22 A contraflow is in place, with two lanes running each way. MI J1.6 There is a contraflow in place near the junction...

1V162 J24-25 Long rush hour delays can be expected until the start of October due to a contraflow and 50mph speed limit....

contact one of the following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min offpeak; 48p al all other times): West Country: 108361...

I havejust read your article and comments by Alan Cole of TDG (CM 18-24 August). I am pleased subcontractors are kicking back,...

// A fter reading the many accounts regarding the M25 roadworks around the Reigate area, I wish to add another view to the...

A s a novice in the trade, I would like to help others starting out on their own to guard against breakdowns as much as...

FCs team in this year's Cape to 2:1 Cape challenge finished first in the off-road category and 10th overall, using BT's...

3 aim Lodge Services, Scotland's first independent motorway service area, has opened on the M74 after a long battle to persuade...

iI yre fitter Mark Pickerden really burst a gut to get to a lorry driver who was stranded by the roadside after a tyre blew....

2 ast week Sandbach haulier J Chadwick received a £1,000 set of 5tructu reflex curtains won as a result of a CM competition (CM...

olice have seized £9,000 worth of amphetamines, known in street parlance as "speed", after intercepting a number of Red Star...

ca ent police and three fire engines raced to a depot of Lynx Parcels in Dartford after a warning that a parcel from France was...

As usual, we took our test truck out and about to get a second opinion from some experienced LGV drivers. They gave it a gold...

The day will dawn for every haulier when he hangs up his tachographs and retires. Is it best to sell your business or pass it...

NIOTEC (Multi-Occupation Training and Education Centre) in Telford, Shropshire. Pupils can learn driving instruction, mechanics...

designation RTITB Approved used by LAW training schools on letterheads and logos. There is a significant difference between...

Build a better mousetrap, they say, and the world will beat a path to your door. But as Knight Lock inventor Brian Haynes has...

TRAILERS: Stops a thief from coupling the red line from the unit to the trailer, thereby preventing its removal, The system...

Redundant after 20 years in the civil service, Norman MacAskill has started a new life as a farmer and livestock haulier on a...

hen I retire from the force on 15 September I will have completed more than 30 years' service-15 years of this time spent on...

Value for money is something which none of us can afford to ignore these days. Whether buying tools or paying for a service,...

• AP Lockheed is offering a free collection service for used clutch and brake fluid for workshops approved by the local...

• Courtaulds. one of the worlds largest paint producers, is enter. ing the truck refinish market with a single and two-pack...

• Suralube, one of the UK's leading suppliers of lubrication equipment, has joined forces with Samoa Industrial SA of Spain to...

• CTR expects to get a return on its investment in annual testing bays within two years. Its latest bay at Nuneaton is already...

• The 250 or so commercial vehicle paintshops which are members of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) can...

• A five-year-old Cummins NTE 320-powered Seddon Atkinson tractor recently topped 1,000,000km—plus many hours of engine-driven...

• The Environmental Protection Act regulations which relate to the registration of paintshops are to be changed, as has been...

• Woodville-based Jeffrey's Vehicle Services is now officially recognised as a parts and service dealer for ERF under the...

• The Partco Group acquired Woodhead RSR early in August for a reported sum of £2.4m. Partco, which specialises in the...

• On 27 September the Vehicle Inspectorate is having an open day at its headquarters and training centre in Bristol. During the...

A comprehensive guide to MIG welding has recently been published by the ESAB Group which provides advice on good practice,...

Component distributor Edmunds Walker's new paintshop and workshop consumables catalogue for the trade includes products from...

are now agents for Britool in Northern Ireland (K&M) and the Republic of Ireland (JFW).

Two truck brake catalogues have just been announced by Lucas. The first deals with hydraulic and air-operated drum and disc...

The Automotive Trade Show is set to stay at the NEC for the coming 10 years, on a biennial basis, says the organiser. The next...

Next year's Brityrex exhibition on 21-23 February is set to be bigger than ever. Almost 90% of stand space has been booked and...

Just how tough is your adjustable wrench? We test a group of popular makes to their limits and beyond. Chris Graham reports...

MAKE: Leyland Daf. MODEL: FAT 75. 300. CONFIGURATION: 6x4 tipper. SERVICE INTERVALS: Annual distance below 80,000km30,000km...

David Fussell, seen here priming a new fuel filter, has spent much of his working life looking after Daf and Leyland Daf...

Tippers, skip loaders and trucks with on-board cranes all depend on hydraulics so what are your options when things go wrong?...

\.. t its plant in the Midlands, Brookside Engineering is applying the principals of recycling to the conversion, repair and...

Workshop has covered some of the theoretical aspects of working on electronic systems, iwe now move into practice. Pat Dowsett...

shafts. Made from a glass fibre. reinforced nylon body, they are light and OTC claims will not "snap up" in the clutch...

recently launched a light duty portable air hoist for workshop and general applications. The AJ300 has a cool-running rotary...

repair unit, the RAD 200 Series, which it claims overcomes the problem of lyre bulge. The repair of shoulder or sidewall damage...

Lubricating Compound. Not the snappiest of names but this treatment tenaciously coats and protects metal from pressure, heat...

• The new Temperatur€ Indicator Rinse Down Gun from Aylesbury-based Spray Systems ensures you don't cook paint on - trucks,...

ranges aimed at the trade user. The Square Vac wet-and-dry vacuum cleaners do not require a filter change when switching from...

from Tucker Fasteners is the Jack Nut Blind Screw Anchor. This provides a secure female thread quickly and cost-effectively in...

Willa Tools has introduced a range of reversible blades for the Topra Powerhandle. Available in robust metal boxed sets, or...

• There are times when high clamping forces are required to make an effective seal—the joining of wire reinforced hoses, or...

• If communication within your workshop is a bit of a problem then how about setting up a public address system? Voice Call is...