• Many operators will see our interviews with environmental groups (pages 50-2) as welcome comic relief amid the gloom of a...

• A blueprint for replacing journey permits on interstate operations has been proposed by the European Conunission. The...

• The Bus & Coach Council unveiled its manifesto, Putting Passengers First, this week in a bid to keep 78% of public transport...

• France's farms minister Louis Mermaz has promised British meat hauliers full police protection from French farmers protesting...

Over the past three weeks there have been three attacks on operators in Kent alone. The most recent victim was the Danish Bacon...

• A device said to reduce a box van's fuel consumption by lowering the vehicle roof when running empty is in line for an...

• General Accident is raising its truck insurance rates by 9% from 1 October, following a 14% increase six months ago....

• Beacon Tippers of Stone, Stafford, the specialist manufacturer of small tipper and municipal bodies, has called in the...

partners in the Single Market unless at least four more major motorways are built, warns the British Roads Federation. It wants...

to its S24 Contractor. The vehicle, which has yet to be named, will be available by Christmas, and will be rated from 100...

• A police chief has written to the Home Office, expressing concern following an incident two weeks ago when a haulier carrying...

• The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is backing calls for inspections of truck speed limiters to be included in...

• A British truck driver has been killed in a crash on his way home from Kuwait. Hal Roscoe, 35, from Bradfield in Essex,...

• At the beginning of next year Volvo goes into series production with its Geartronic automatic gearshift system (CM 4-10...

drives in Scotland • Operators will be able to drive a Seddon Atkinson Strato fitted with the 14-litre Cummins Super E410 at...

• Pirelli has developed a range of low-cost tyres for two-axle trucks on multi-drop urban delivery work. The FR11 steered axle...

• Welsh operator Nigel Green has bought what is believed to be the first 6x4 Renault 500 Magnum in the UK, and has already...

• Renault Trucks has launched three new models: a revised line-up of G-range trucks called the Manager; a charge-cooled version...

• Richard Gabriel has sold Interlink Express, the franchised overnight courier service he founded with his mother 10 years ago,...

• Profits at Federal Express have dropped by more than half to 210.2m, compared with £25.5m last year. The European results...

• Only two new members have joined removals consortium Brittania Movers International this year, bringing its total to 38. BMI...

interim figures for the 1990/1991 financial year. Truck exports declined, but that was more than offset by booming domestic...

• Sealink is to axe its Folkestone-Boulogne ferry route, bringing forward a long-term plan to shut the loss-making service....

is "no limit" on the freight capacity of the Channel Tunnel — but freight traffic could be restricted by the inability of...

• Freight forwarding giant Lep is warning of drastically reduced first-half profits. It expects to make just £1.9m in pre-tax...

• The entire fleet run by Dennison Transport Services of Corbriggs, near Chesterfield, Derby is up for sale: 45 heavy haulage...

• Liquidation is on the cards for contract hire and rental company Ackers Jarrett following the failure of receiver Arthur...

• North Eastern Deputy LA Brian Horner has reduced the vehicle authorisation and duration of Hallam Freight's 0-licence, after...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• Eastern Counties Omnibus has had a severe warning after failing to deregister three bus services it no longer operates. At a...

• Michael Jackson, trading as MJ Transport, of Middleton, North Manchester, and four of his drivers were fined £2,280 for...

cleared of causing a driver to drive a vehicle with a defective trye. Bradford magistrates ordered its defence costs to be paid...

• A Freight Transport Association engineer has disputed claims by a vehicle examiner that an inspection pit was needed to...

• Lichfield magistrates have cleared Econ. ofreight Heavy Transport of allowing a heavy haulage vehicle to be driven by an...

• Lancashire operator Ray Wilson and a driver have been ordred to pay fines and costs totalliing £1,025, after being found...

• Salvador Caetano is working on a successor to its Algarve coach: it hopes to have it ready for a UK launch at next month's...

ashes of Phoenix International Coachbuilders in July, plans to expand out of van conversion work next year. Wheelchair warrior...

• Alternative Chassis Engineering is talking to a distributor in Thailand about supplying up to 250 low-floor Cougar chassis...

• Greenness is next to Godliness, or so it seems in the motor industry, and front runner in the greener-than-thou stakes must...

London and South-East M2 Kent: contraflow, J5 (Stockbury viaduct). M3 Hampshire: off peak daily lane closures both ways J8-J9...

M6 West Midlands: J7-J8 (Gt Barr/Wednesbury) three narrow lanes in both directions. Entry slip road closed at J7. M6...

M4 Wiltshire: contraflow at J16 (Swindon West). Delays. M4 Avon: contraflow on Severn Bridge. M4 South Glamorgan: contraflow...

M61 Lancashire: contraflow, J9-J6 (nr Chorley). M1 West Yorkshire: contraflow, J23-J43 (Lofthouse/Stourton). M6 Greater...

A701 Lothian: (Edinburgh to Moffat route) — contraflow near Milton Bridge.

• Pony Express, a subsidiary of Securicor Omega Express, has opened a branch in Rochester, Kent, serving the Thames Estuary,...

• Hydro Aluminium Westbrom Transalloys (HAWT), the West Bromwich-based supplier of aluminium extrusions to CV bodybuilders, has...

• United Parcel Service is opening a larger office on Dallimore Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester — the volume of packages shipped...

• The Lucas International Truck Prix will take place at Brands Hatch on 28-29 September. it includes the fourth and fifth...

• Owner Operators UK will hold a meeting on 29 September at the Angel Hotel, Abergavenny to help small operators combat the...

• BRS is running a series of seminars throughout September and October in the North of England, covering the impact of new food...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has increased the fees for tachograph calibrations and inspections. Six-yearly calibration now...

• The cost of issuing or amending a goods vehicle licence goes up on 1 October from £60 to £70. The charge for each vehicle on...

• BP has opened a truckstop at Wolverhampton, 1.5km from the M6 at Junction 1 of the M54. It opens today (26 September) with a...

• Stokvis has published a 24-page guide on loading bay design, covering the use of canopies, berth widths, materials handling...

• A revised edition of the HGV Inspection Manual is now available from Vehicle Inspectorate testing stations, priced at £8.75....

• Sutrak UK has introduced a line of catering equipment for coaches, ranging from drinks dispensers to mini galleys. Other new...

A growing number of American trucks bear the legend "If you don't like my driving, please feel free to telephone and complain...

distribution manager ..S. of the Stevenage-based Wine Society, one Mr Boosey (hic). Is there a parts manager called Mr Tyre...

Li his week's Hawk award for the press-release-withthe-utmost-intriguingintroduction goes to Shell, which reveals that...

N ontinental hauliers are enjoying a mini boom because low water levels in the Rhine navigation system are causing a switch to...

Ifil ransport company Redburn Transfer plays chief roadie to rock and pop stars from Rod Stewart to Pavarotti. Enfield-based...

• Playing a tune on Foden's comprehensive list of options can never be considered as a cheap alternative to buying a truck 'off...

Leyland Daf's product marketing manager John Baker has damning views on the Department of Transport's rule makers. In the first...

The residents of Firwood Avenue have lobbied MPs, filmed trucks and appeared on the television, but they are still trying to...

Environmental objections can put even the most law abiding operator in front of an LA, but the law restricts the source and...

which can lead to people being injured, permanently disabled or killed. Consequently there is little sympathy for operators who...

Hauliers are used to being on the receiving end of verbal attacks from a number of environmental groups — but what exactly do...

• Pat Duggan has been made director and dealer principal at Perrys in Borehamwood. He will be in charge of dealership operations.

• Securicor Omega Express has appointed Paul Clifton as deputy general manager of UK sales. Clifton is replaced as area...

• Peter Balks is the new general manager at air suspension manufacturer Granning UK, following its acquisition by Toughline....

• Graham Smith takes over as president of the Bus 8.r Coach Council in October. He runs Heyfordian Travel with his three...

• Farceline has appointed Jonathan Porter as sales manager of its Reading depot. Porter, who joins from DHL, will he...

M ike Pinder has been appointed managing director of Eurohitch (UK), part of the American company Holland Hitch which...

• We read with interest your article concerning Convoi Exceptionnel services, even more so because Vanguard International is...

• It has come to my notice over the past few months that there appears to be a consensus within the road transport industry,...

• Your story headed "MP slams backlog" stated that the DVLA said that LGV applications usually take two months to process. If...