• A Freight Transport Association survey has found that three quarters of trucks are washed every weel<, while most cars are...

by Karen Miles • The Government is to change the rules concerning sideguards in a move which will end the sudden upsurge in...

• Lorries could be given priori ty access to Britain ' s motorways if plans outlined in a Government consultation paper come...

by Sally Nash • Hauliers fighting for compensation are back to square one nine months after the French drivers blockade, the...

• Creditors have reacted angrily to news that Skelmersdalebased haulage company Ken Abram has been handed back to its directors...

T raffic congestion is certainly creating some strange bedfellows. Commercial Motor's vox pop of freight drivers parked up at...

by Rob Willock • Foreign truck manufacturers have been accused of ripping off UK hauliers by failing to pass on the savings...

• Drivers at Suffolk-based European Road Services, who locked their boss out of his premises in a dispute over nonpayment of...

• Tipper drivers are being reminded to sit tight in their cabs if their vehicle starts to topple over, following the death last...

• An undercover police officer posing as a lorry driver smashed a drug-smuggling ring using trucks to move heroin to the UK...

by Rob Willock • The Transport & General Workers Union (T&G) has played down talk of combining with a French union but says...

• The Hanson group has hit out at the Government's decision to scrap a number of road schemes, saying it will have a knock-on...

• Goods vehicle traffic for the second quarter of 1997 rose by 8% compared to the same quarter last year, according to...

• Drivers working for Camborne-based haulier Robert Barnard face an uncertain future as South Crofty, Cornwall's last working...

• Tanktainer Thurroclean has won a contract to dean vehicles belonging to chemicals manufacturer NALLC). • Swift Service, the...

by Karen Miles • Northamptonshire haulier C Butt is to tighten up its disciplinary procedures after an industrial tribunal...

• A Vehicle Inspectorate check of 47 trucks on the Al at Scotch Corner last week resulted in five lorries receiving immediate...

set to grow • The number of jobs in the transport industry will increase over the next six months, according to a new survey...

It seems the EU 48-hour week will include truck drivers. And the differences between the own-account and hire or reward could...

by Bryan Jarvis • Overlander Trailers has purchased the intellectual design properties of Maxilode and has established it as a...

• Bridgend-based GAP European has added 12 new dualpurpose curtainsiders to its fleet. The 13.6m Montracon-built triaxle...

• Hyva (UK) has sold a second hookloader frame to Edinburgh operator Stephen Dalton, modified to take its demountable...

• DFDS Transport has taken its first Scania tractive units. The three twin-steer centre liftaxle R124LA 6x2/4NA 360 sleeper...

• Daimler-Benz's lorry driving simulator, which has won this year's Computerworld Smithsonian Award, plays a significant role...

• Plant hire company PJ Fitzpatrick & Sons has purchased its second Scania P94C 260 6x2 low-profile rigid plant carrier from...

Few markets are as competitive as that for fire-engines, in which a few manufacturers chase a total annual sale of no more than...

• VVV's Transporter is now cheaper across the range, with the 800 Special costing E10,995 (ex-VAT). The LT range has gone up by...

by Toby Clark • The credibility of 44 tonne intermodal operations has been boosted by a demonstration of piggybacked tanker...

• Engineering specialist Tickford has unveiled a panel van research vehicle that can run on three different fuels. The...

• Maintenance problems and convictions led to the revocation of the licence for two vehicles and one trailer held by John...

(Plant & Haulage) of Smalley, Derbyshire, and lain Gardner (Haulage), of Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, was adjourned until...

• A bid by Loughborough haulier Gordon Dennett, trading as GD Transport, to increase the authorisation on his licence from four...

• Maintenance problems have led to four vehicles and four trailers being suspended from the licence for 10 vehicles and 10...

• A Leicester shire haulage company, said to have blatantly disregarded its Operator Licensing obligations for commercial...

SAP Scottish hauliers Cumbria police on carrying fish from Aberdeen to the Continent led to seven ownerdrivers working as...

* Traffic Commissioners have no power to take action against the LGV driving licence of a driver convicted of a sexual assault....

• A Stoke-on - Lent haulier, described by West Midland Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh as a "phoenix company", has lost...

6 6 • The former transport manager of Shawmoss Transport Services of Cambuslang, Archibald Rattray, who was sacked after being...

Don't know who to turn to? Commercial Motor can help! CM's 16-page A4 Legal Directory, priced £10 (inc p&p) is a valuable...

by David Craik • Few truck drivers believe that widening the M25 would do anything to ease congestion; they reckon the...

• Profound deafness was no barrier to John Thompson of Redditch when he recently qualified as a C Class LGV driver with...

A recent "Comment" in Commercial Motor and some articles have highlighted the fact that trucks were failing their annual tests...

Vour correspondent J Midgley of Castleford (CM 14-20 August 1997) raises a good point when he asks about published information...

T he Government is finally looking at giving coaches and freight their own lane on the M6—all I can say is, at last. Over the...

Q behalf of Drivers V./Action Movement, I would like to comment on the conference 'Reducing Commercial Vehicle Accidents' held...

I refer to the TRL report sponsored by the I RAC on the Okehampton bypass and your article in CM 7-13 August 1997. I attended...

Tr hen townies move to the countryside they often imagine the only sound they will hear from then on will be the twittering of...

13 ast your mind back through the mists of time to Bird's Eye View 15-21 May this year. You will recall a 1929 Dennis fire...

la m l sually described as a i calm, cool and collected sort of chap, there is nothing guaranteed to ruffle the Hawk's feathers...

la ou may remember, a couple of weeks ago, the Hawk brought to your attention the case of the Irish motorists who escaped a...

• 24-25 August: ERF Truck Gathering at Weston Park near Wolverhampton. Contact: 01630 653625. • 26-31 August: The 3rd Russian...

Full capacity • Heywood Distribution Park's lorry park in Barford is now running at full capacity with secure, overnight...

• Sureway Parking Services has joined up with the DVLA to catch road tax evaders. Sureway will provide RAM two-way radios for...

• Foley Self-Drive of Kidderminster will be offering a 24hour rental operation from 18 August. The company has a full-range of...

• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is launching a web site in September. Contact: Sharon Penfold 0171 344...

Allied addition • AlliedSignal Incorporated has added Prestone Products Corporation, car care products supplier, to its...

AlliedSignal • Tony Lewis has joined AlliedSignal as sales and marketing director.

• Lynx has appointed David Mitchell as engineering director.

New service • P&O North Sea Ferries has introduced a second vessel on the Teesport/ Rotterdam service, the MV 'rider° Star.

81h Race Man torp Park, Sweden.

1: M Oestreich (M-B). 2: S Borgudd (M-B). 3: G Kerber (MAN). 4: A Albacete (MAN). 5: L Faure (Daf). 6: S Parrish (M-B)

1: G Korber (MAN). 2: 11 Luostarinen (cm). 3: A Abercete (MAN). 4: S Borgudd (M-B) 5: M Oestreich (M-B) 6: S Parrish (M-B).

Daly booklet • Daly Transport Services has produced a free 36-pap booklet on terms used in the clothing, transport, processing...

• The Commercial Vehicle Market—Review of 1996 is available for £50 from the SMMT. Contact: 0171 235 7000.

FMW Win • Insurance brokers FMW of Chelmsford, Essex has won the 1997 broker of the year award for the best use of training.

Tripwire • Lomas, from Syrnhol-L1S, which helps tracks vehicle resources, goods and assets on the road, now offers 'Trip...

market, because it's not actually derived from a car. A product of the PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) group. and developed at a cost of...

ou'cl expect the Ford motor Company to turn out a decent small van; after all, Transit is man-in-the-street speak for panel...

0 f the manufacturers represented in this test, Volkswagen was last to arrive at the high-cube party. However, in a surprising...

CHANC Now is a good time to buy a used van. Plenty of fleets, as well as private operators, have just bought the latest...

peace of mind above all else, especially if they know little about vehicles. The deal here is basically the same as if you're...

hue auctions have become a lot more user-friendly in V V recent years you're still mixing it with the trade—experts who are...

• Go a couple of times to get the hang of things. • Take a mechanic along with You • Shortfist the vehicles you're...

Regulations The Health and Safety Commission is seeking industry views on a new code of practice for training fork-lift...

If you're considering investing in a forklift truck, don't be put off when the dealer suggests visiting your site—in fact you...

Maidstone-based independent dealer Glenrose. It is used by Tunbridge Wells-based DSL for a variety of applications, including...

wide variety of uses. The four-tonne version's versatility, capacity and range of attachments make it popular for handling...

these Yale GLP 20 TF trucks to replace an existing fleet of 10 older forklift trucks at the Thule depot, says Yale. During a...

2.5-tonne LPG-powered truck is the support and safe movement of lorry cabs, engines and gearboxes or other large components...

used by Felixstowe Docks cargo handling company Cargo Secure is described by Clark as a low-silhouette four-tonne machine which...

Clark's Megastat model in the Global COP/ 20-30 range of diesel and LPG counterbalance forklift trucks, won the innovation...

manoeuvrable and can work on tail-lifts. Baxter Healthcare uses this one-man delivery system with Euro pallets to eliminate...

the horsepower of most rivals and uses an advanced electronic processor to increase productivity while protecting the truck...

Mitsubishi which has several fuel economy and environmentally friendly features. A tough six-cylinder in-line diesel engine...

of up to two tonnes and lift heights up to 10.8m, is designed to eliminate repetitive strain injuries to its drivers. Its...

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No6) Regulations 1996. CIF 1 July 1997. Provides exemptions from a number...

• Vehicle dimensions. Changes proposed to C&U regs to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, enforcing EU Directive...

into Europe There is a small but growing band of hauliers that have clocked up 100 years of running a successful business. But...

C rippling legislation, government interference, fickle customers, increasing costs, price pressure, foreign competition, poor...