cornpa from parent Heron International NV: the bid will be led by managing director Richard Morris. • Left-hand driving...

by Karen Miles and David Harris • Ford could be threatened with legal compensation claims by fleet owners of Transits who say...

• A Parliamentary report published last week has put more pressure on the Ministry of Defence to open up military vehicle...

by Kathy Watson • l;K officials are urging international hauliers to re-route, avoiding France, following the French...

• The campaign to make livestock drivers feed and rest animals more frequently on European journeys looks set to be...

• The EU Transport Ministers meeting in Luxembourg last week "adopted a common position" on the framework directive on...

• A battle is raging between the French and a GermanBritish alliance on switching from tachographs to electric coding on...

loads per week will be transferred to rail with the launch of the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. The site, next...

• The first working 44-tonner operation on UK roads is thought to be a steel load carried to the Manchester Euroterminal from...

by Juliet Parish • The Department of Employment says West Yorkshire-based container haulier Silver Birch is liable for some...

A A Midlands haulier claims to have come up with an answer to the mysterious, and sometimes fatal, problem of wheel loss....

• BRS Tankfreight's 50 Shell Bitumen contract drivers last week voted by a 2:1 majority to accept a 4.3% wage increase for...

• Transport operators are be quizzed by the Home Office to get hard facts on truck crime and clues on how to fight it. The...

• A pay cut averaging £8,000 per driver has been agreed by 200 drivers at the European industrial gases company Air Products...

• Contract operating difficulties and financial problems are common among private operators of local authority refuse...

• A Devon livestock haulier has been cleared of obstruction after parking his vehicle across a major trunk road while he...

by Juliet Parish II Hauliers now working for the Milk Marketing Board are angry that five big newcomers have creamed off an...

trucks and operation of seven depots at: Starbeck, Northallerton, Penrith, Clitheroe, Llangefni, Chesterfielcl and...

by Amanda Bradbury • BRS, formerly one of the top five distribution companies, will be solely a contract hire and truck...

• A Vehicle Inspectorate blitz on drivers running in and out of Derbyshire quarries has netted 23 drivers and owner-drivers....

stopped in a multi-agency check at the Sandbach Services on the M6 on 10 June could face prosecution. Numerous other drivers...

• The Lane Group has delayed until next summer plans to reduce the guaranteed working hours for half of its drivers from 55...

• Swift Transport Services will take over a "seven-figure" Federal Express contract with Lucas Aftermarket Operations in...

• Driver Hire is appealing for drivers, especially those with the new ADR certificate, to join its employment agency in...

"Good Evening, this is the Nine'O'Clock News from the BBC. Despite last-minute attempts to save it, the British heavy goods...

y ou wouldn't believe that county and borough councils are under spending restraints, judging by the bewildering array of...

tractive units, and non-steer centre lifters on vee-sixes and vee-eights. Three new CV security system options are available...

by Brian Weatherley • Daf is making a number of changes to the 95 Series in order to re-establish its position in the premium...

been announced; the Peugeot Boxer, Citroen Relay and Fiat Ducato, on sale from the end of the month, will cost from £10,285...

for 14 trucks and six trailers, based at Hounslow, by Hope's (Heathrow), has been turned down at an Eastbourne public inquiry...

• The suggestion that vehicles carrying stone and tarmac from quarries to motorway sites are exempt from the EC tachograph...

• Gregg Winn of Kennoway in Fife, is to appeal to the Transport Tribunal against a month's suspension of his Operator's...

• Llandovery-based Owen James, which was said to have got its priorities wrong over vehicle maintenance, had the duration of...

• Ian McLeod (Carriers), of Kilmarnock, has been ordered to pay £2,037 compensation for unfair dismissal to a driver sacked...

• Six drivers who exceeded the 60mph limit while working for Bingley-based reefer operator Marchnight had their LGV driving...

Tractor operators have always faced a difficult decision. Choose a high spec. and you often sacrifice payload. Go for payload...

ati illions were ati illions were understandably moved by the D-Day commemoration ceremonies in Normandy earlier this month. As...

3 ongratulations are due to Wincanton employee Kevin Yates who recently won his first international rugby cap playing for...

2 survey by Granada i service stations reveals the curious things that drivers do to entertain themselves when driving alone....

3 artier this month the splendidly named Petrol Pump Ball raised more than £19,000 for motor trade charity BEN at its annual...

5 ransport Secretary John MacGregor may well be in the unusual position of looking forward to getting the sack if he drops...

CM about the Road Rescue Recovery Association funding its fu - st High Court judicial review to stop police contracting out...

Air Miles deal • Eleven Bristol Street Motors dealerships are offering Air Miles on transactions with owners of Ford...

Health cover • Freight Transport Association members are offered four levels of private health insurance through a joint...

Drivers meet II The Drivers Action Movement will hold its next meeting at the Routemaster, Walton Avenue, Felixstowe on Sunday...

Cold comfort • Transfrigoroute 12K has published a 150-page directory of the controlled temperature transport industry...

Tail peace • TailGuard's infra red reversing monitor warns drivers of obstacles up to two metres away, day or night....

M4 speed limit • A 50mph speed limit will be imposed from time to time on the M4 between Ing - st Bridge and Junction 20...

island Irish haulage is changing: reassessing its island status since the opening of the Channel Tunnel; opening up new...

as a euphemism for a series of no-holds-barred slanging matches in which neither side wins, but IRHA president Sheila McCabe...

with new vehicles this year, international operator McMahon displays considerable caution on the subject of expansion. "The...

the last island in the European Community—so say some Irish international operators, concerned that they are being jettisoned...

Bus Eireann provides provincial bus services; Dublin Bus serves the capital; larnrod Eireann operates both rail and road...

F actoring and invoice discounting are playing an increasingly major role in trade and asset-based financing of businesses For...

• Scania (Great Britain) is part of Sweden's Saab Scania Group which has interests in aircraft, cars, defence and space....

with a two-spring bogie, which was on trial with Paulion transport of Midsomer Norton. In production it was to be spec ified...

Tomorrow's transport managers may never sit in a truck until they leave university and are snapped up by big distribution...

Not every employee turns out to be the right stuff, but operators should think carefully before dismissing staff. Conversely,...

6 m ost people in our business rightly or wrongly regard the tachograph and associated legislation as tedious. It distorts our...

Vehicle manufacturers will have to release techinical data to independent workshops if the EU's block exemption proposals are...

arrogant to expect such a flagrant abuse of the privilege known as block exemptlon to be allowed to continue. To many workshop...

• BSI has introduced BSAU251 to cover windscreen repair and repair equipment. lb gain approval the glass is repaired 35 times...

• T&N, parent of leading friction material manufacturer Ferodo, predicts a decline in the market for replacement CV brake...

• For every £1 spent on accident insurance an employer will spend up to £36 on cover for an injured person. That statistic...

• Despite last year's 15% drop in Europe's car market, the Economist Intelligence Unit reports that the top 25 component...

its new washers to two years/20,000 vehicles without the pre-condition of a maintenance contract. The company has moved...

• Masons Paints is carrying out trials with water-based and high solids compliant coatings for use after 1998. Application...

booklet Recommended Regrooving & Repatterning has just been published. According to Michelin regrooving can add up to 28% to a...

• Some 88% of replies to the ADF's survey reported incidents of loose linings. Five hundred . questionnaires were sent out...

• Fleet Manager is a new service to fleet operators and bodybuilders from paint manufacturer Herberts. A team of specialists...

and Bus - Brakes at Your Service It covers all aspects of braking from the performance characteristics and operation of...

Refurbishment isn't just a thing of the past. It's alive in the 90's and gaining converts. V ehicle and body refurbishment?...

way on the motorway. Its high spec, high profile cab is noticeable from a long way off. There are now over 200 AEs registered...

served his apprenticeship with Reading Garage, working on Dodges. He stayed with Reading after Renault took over Dodge only...

Telford held its usual crop of new products and services for the workshop at the IRTE show. Colin Sowman reports. C ar parking...

With its move to the NEC, this year's Automotive Trade Show had more exhibitors and more visitors than previous years. 0 ver...

• Computer software company Trace has launched an improved version of its fleet and workshop management programme....

• WLT has launched a twoway pump designed to fill and empty 136 and 250litre (30 and 55-gal) drums. Driven by compressed air,...

s Vehicle wash specialist Brushwash has damped the arms of its Atlantean drivethrn wash (designed for buses) to prevent them...

• Pressure washer manufacturer WAP has introduced a remote control unit designed to overcome misuse of the machine. With...

• A range of three low-priced 114.1G/MAG welders have been launched by ESAB. The LKA Original range has outputs from 150 to...

• A movable jaw grip has been added to the Hydleman range. The jaw has a self-locking action and can be moved to accommodate...

• Teng Tools has launched its MegaDrive range of screwdrivers. The handles are made from impact-resistant plastic to...

OTC has introduced a range of seven oil filter crushers which can reduce filters down to one sixth their original size. In...

• Somers Handling has now launched its range of lightweight mobile column lifts. Between our original report (Workshop...

• Specialist heating i nanufacturer Ambi-Rad is introducing a continuous tube Nor-Ray-Vac LR system. With this system a tube...

• A range of battery testers said to reduce maintenance costs dramatically has been launched by Seaward Electronics. The...

• Fit-and-forget marker lights could be a possibility with the latest product from Flexible Lamps. It is using nine light...