• Yet again, sectional and chauvinistic interests have blocked a move towards sorting out the European international permits...

• Take five of the latest truck gearboxes, five HGV test drivers with experience ranging from one to 29 years, a 111km test...

• Unions at Scammell in Watford are remaining tightlipped about the threatened closure of the plant while they await details of...

past decade according to the 1986 National Road Maintenance Condition Survey (NRMCS), published this week. Road conditions...

block 40% rise • International hauliers in the UK face further permit starvation as EEC Transport Ministers once again failed...

• The Department of Transport is considering the development of a £150 million dual carriageway in London between Shepherd's...

• TNT, Newsflow and W H Smith are squaring up for battle in the market over national newspaper distribution contracts. All...

• Neville Charrold of Mansfield has instructed its patent agent to look into an alleged infringement of copyright over its...

• The Borough of Enfield will be treated as a special case when the London Boroughs Transport Committee (LBTC) takes over the...

• The long-awaited European Commission report on the state of bridges in Ireland and the UK — upon which both countries are...

• A new purpose-built truck park will open in Aberdeen next week. Called the 'Five Star Truck Inn' it is on the A956 dual...

the controversial Arena programme on road transport Night Moves — axed late last year — will now be shown on Saturday, April...

raise 225 million for training purposes for the year 1987/88 — the same amount that it collected through levies for training in...

truck cab for vehicles above 16 tonnes GVW has been delayed — and it now seems unlikely that it will be ready for the Frankfurt...

• In response to the growing demand from tipper operators for high-powered eight leggers, Leyland will launch a new...

• Coachwork Conversions' Maxiflow Luton van body is now available on the Volkswagen range of LT chassis cabs up to 3.5 tonnes...

• Eaton is to buy a complete medium weight truck gearbox product line from Clark Equipment Company, a rival American...

loadings following the relaxation of semi-trailer lengths. By using a standard MAN 16.331 day cab tractive unit with a top...

• The recently-imposed regulations covering the construction of vacuum tankers for the carriage of wastes will cost £10 million...

Strong Box of Sandy, Bedfordshire, is now offering its Tallboy, a 12.2m long semi-trailer with a height of 4.7m which provides...

• After five years of research and development, and extensive on-site proving trials. Ogden Electronics of Otley, Yorkshire is...

• A lorry driver whose truck accidentally overturned onto a parked pick-up, killing two men, was fined 2500 with 250 costs by...

• Wetherby magistrates have ruled that there is no obligation on drivers of vehicles operating under the special types...

revoked the licence of London-based Mid European Freight Services and disqualified company director Jeffrey Litwin from holding...

• Glyn John Transport has had its 0-licence prematurely terminated so it expires at the end of April 1988, and has been given a...

• Girvan haulier Robert Robertson has been disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for three years by Scottish...

• The Road Haulage Association has failed in its objection to a bid for a new licence by Sams Unkles Seafoods of Port Ellen, on...

held by Bishop Auckland haulier John Wells, trading as S & W Haulage, has been cut from six vehicles and 10 trailers to allow...

• AR Marshall (Leigh), a member of the Nottinghambased AR Marshall group, had its licence for 29 vehicles and 40 trailers...

• International operators hoping to improve their efficiency should put their money into the Channel Tunnel. That is the view...

Ashford in Kent and Worksop in Nottinghamshire, to focus its distribution on a new purposebuilt warehouse in Peterborough,...

• Frozen foods distributor Cocked Hat Farm Foods has signed a £500,000 contract hire agreement with BRS Northern's Teeside...

• P&O Group company AS Jones of Bromborough has bought two E 10 38-tonne tractive units from Perris and Kearon, the...

• Hemel Hempsteadbased DRG Envelopes has just taken delivery of eight custom-built curtain-sided semi-trailers on a five-year...

Transport Development Group are being formed into a new sub-holding company, Express Development Services, which becomes one of...

• Edinburgh-based truck dealer SMT will take over the Iveco Ford franchise on May 1, after more than 50 years as a Bedford...

order for its VISIT computer-based vehicle scheduling system from Svensk Oil Distribution, Sweden's largest distributor of oil...

• Former Northern Ireland haulier James Kirkpatrick is re-entering the road transport business with the acquisition of car...

• Overnight delivery company Elan International has won a major distribution contract with Amstrad Distribution, which is part...

The largest contract, for 21 million involves parts distribution for International Motors, which distributes Subaru, Hyundai...

• Chesterfield-based bodybuilder Reeve Burgess has added a new welfare bus body to its light PSV range. The Centarider can...

These buses, which are powered by 194kW (260hp) Leyland TL11 turbocharged engines, have a high specification including...

• The Bus and Coach Council is warning coach operators in the South of England that there could be a shortage of drivers during...

• West Midlands Travel will be taking over the operation of the London Liner Birmingham to London coach service, following the...

• From the beginning of April, Freight Rover will be offering an uprated version of its extra-long-wheelbase Sherpa '300 Series...

• Daf has produced a righthand-drive prototype of its SB220 single decker rear-engined bus underframe — launched at the 1984...

• West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority could be forced to cut a number of its services and increase fares next year...

The French Motorways Association conducted a study last October to investigate the comparative costs of running a 38-tonne...

Motor lberica, Nissan's Spanish commercial vehicle subsidiary, cut losses by 21% last year to Pta 8.5 billion (S65m) Financial...

Heavy goods vehicles could travel on trains in Italy if new plans to speed up railways are implemented. Ente Ferrovie, which...

C W Shipping, of Hayes Freight Terminal, Middlesex, has formed a partnership with FIEGE International Spedition to operate a...

ELECTRIC CHAIR Tests have been made on an "electric chair" by a leading Swedish insurance company, Skandia of Stockholm,...

LinkOping's Trafik AB has ordered ten complete artic buses type Scania CN112A from Motorcentrum in Linkoping, Sweden. The order...

A total of 1,140 new buses and eight trolleybuses were added to Hungary's public road and city transportation fleets during...

AUTO WAREHOUSE Eureka Elecyronic Identification equipment was chosen by Davy Marris Systems for the identification and...

an ideal environment and regular attention can suffer during a removal that involves both transport and storage. Fortunately...

MEDIUM WEIGHT ENGINES Ford has stopped buying Detroit Diesel Allison's 8.2 litre, vee-eight diesel engine for use in its...

The Shanghai Transit Company has signed a contract with VIS Transportation Systems, a Volvo Group company, for the...

• Evans Halshaw Contracts, the Birmingham-based fleet management and contract hire specialists, has appointed Anthony Donnelly...

• Containerbase Leeds, the Stourton based member of the nationwide Containerbase Group, has appointed Ian Morley as a field...

Owens joins Edbro from Uni part where he was controller at the reconditioned engine and gearbox plant in Coventry.

• Carlyle Works, the Birmingham based mini-bus builder, has appointed a new sales executive within the vehicles division....

• Frontsource Group, new owner of Carlyle Works, has confirmed the appointment of the existing management team as company...

has appointed Ronnie Forsyth and Bob Flockhart, to its sales force. Forsyth joins the company after a period with Balbardie and...

• Trailerent has announced the appointment of Brian Taylor as chief accountant and company secretary. Brian Taylor, 39, is a...

HESPIN • Charles Hespin, managing director of Motorway Tyres and Accessories, is the new president of the National Tyre...

its business development activities with the appointments of a new sales and marketing manager and a contract hire sales...

Castrol/Institute of the Motor Industry Gold Medal to Sir Godfrey Messenry, chairman and chief executive of Lucas Industries,...

is It is with regret we record the death of former RHA national chairman James Barrie. The Glasgow-based operator, became...

CITY LINK MAP • The new Ordnance Survey City Link Map at a scale of 3.2km to 25mm (2 miles to an inch) and covering Manchester,...

AUCTION • After its successful sale of 4X4 and diesel vehicles in the North of England, Central Motor Auctions has announced...

Rally on 11 - 12 April will find secure overnight parking available at the Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, premises of Hestair...

LOCATION SYSTEM • The vehicle location system market — currently dominated by BT's Pinpoint product — looks set to receive a...

voice recognition unit which it claims could have important cost saving and security roles in warehousing and parts stores....

to launch a new version of its ingenious nozzle based infra-red vehicle identification system. With the company's existing...

IUNROSS • Granada is opening its third hotel at Kinross in April. Located at J6 of the M90, the hotel has 34 bedrooms, all...

SEDDON ATKINSON CARD • The DKV credit card scheme has been introduced throughout Seddon Atkinson's dealer network as part of...

TYRES • Harvey Plant's Aberdeen depot has won a major contract to supply Watts' solid and industrial tyres in the Aberdeen...

south west depot based in Exeter. Under the control of recently appointed area manager, John Farley, Rockfield's Exeter depot...

DUCATOS UP 3.5% • A price rise of Fiat commercial vehicles is imminent, with only confirmation from the factory needed before...

since I started working for the then United Road Transport Workers' Association of England, and 24 years since became the...

• I announced in Parliament today the rate of Rural Bus Grant that is to apply in 1987-88. We have set a rate of 5p per bus...

letter (CM, March 14), I feel I must write and defend the T45. 1 drove a Roadtrain 1628 for over five years covering a quarter...

they open the Channel Tunnel, I hope the customs' men will have got their act together. Otherwise, I won't be bothering to use...

you stated that Fleetclean's new tanker cleaning service was located on the M1 and M62. This should in fact read the Al and...

Launched in March 1985 as an alternative to the old CF model, the fifteen-seat Bedford Midi personnel carrier flies around...

THE BOX Andrew Darnill of management consultants Andrew Young, analayses the pros and cons of the Budget. MI Following our...

Do not ignore the wide range of Government sponsored incentive and financial aid schemes on offer nowadays. They are not just...

A brief overview of the transport industry's insurance trends makes gloomy reading — but there are some new deals coming...

There is no escape: no matter where you go the taxman follows. The best way to • keep him happy is to get your accounts well...

• Mention VAT to the majority of business people and their top lip curls. Their scowl will be accompanied by a moan, groan or...

We consider the options. Whether you own your trucks or lease them, it seems that the other man's grass is always greener....

I Some experts are saying that given the proper motivation, finance and staffing local authorities can successfully compete...

The Eurocrats in Brussels have just produced a report telling us we are over-taxed. Reg Dawson pulls out the grisly facts. IN...

Computer Aided Gearchanging (CAG), news editor Brian Weatherley's mechanical ability was put to the test when an airline...

The new rules will allow local highway authorities to increase the "green man" phase of the lights or the time during which the...

wall-to-wall carpet, toilets . Toilets? Yes folks. The list of in-car or in-cab accessories grows longer every day and at last,...

Marks and Addresses' are now available. Readers in Scotland will be thrilled to learn (should they care to read page 20 of the...

Vicktor Borodine, London correspondent of lass, the Soviet news agency, embarked on his own brand of openess. This involved...

and the only thing the company spokesman had to say was "Our investigations have led to suspect criminal manipulation". If this...

• The closing of vehicle loading doors on roll-on/roll-off ferries before sailing is going to make trucks with diesels needing...

/ The Brityrex show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, attracted the largest number of exhibitors — 70 — including...

/ Dennis Eagle is expanding the range of services which it can offer from its service depot at Trafford Park, Manchester with...

• General Motors Service Parts Operations-UK has extended the range of GMX exchange units with the addition of steering...

/ Now that computer-based records show precise operational differences between types of tyres, Semperit will change original...

• Micrelex has strengthened its ability to provide a "tank to bank" solution to forecourt management with the acquisition of...

01 Renault UK saw a 14% growth to 292 million in parts sales during 1986.

/ ICI Autocolor claims that its new refinish paint plant, built at a cost of £5 million at Stowmarket and now in operation, is...

• Large monocoque structures such as panel vans or truck cabs have traditionally been too big for conventional body repair...

• The protective coating Teuclad was developed at the research laboratories of Mebon and its parent company BP Chemicals, and...

• MAN Volkswagen and wheel alignment equipment supplier HTC (Nottingham) Ltd has collaborated to produce a training video —...

• Redashe now has a heavyduty vacuum cleaner — priced £189 — to remove brake and other hazardous dust from workshops. The...

Sir, In response to the remanufacturer feature in the February Workshop we were concerned about the overall contents of this...

• Interlube Systems makes a range of multiline, automatic lubrication systems capable of serving up to 60 points with fluid...

• United Crest has brought out a reversing alarm — BigMouth — that reproduces the human voice, which it reckons is safer than...

• Fosroc water-finding paste detects the presence and level of water in diesel oils, gas oils and gasoline. Apply a thin film...

• Trailblazer, a liquid cleaner for lorries and buses from Mayvil Chemicals, has a biodegradable formula to provide both water...

• A new range of air and water-cooled MIG welding torches for dip, pulse or spraytransfer up to 600A using hard, soft or cored...

• Lorries, trailer bodies and double deck buses re-sprayed and finished at PMT Engineer in g's new facility at Stoke-on-Trent...

• Bosch's new Pilot range of driving and fog lights are just 62mrn (2Yzinch) deep and are available in both round and...

The facilities and cost of operation of a workshop may be the key to the profitability of even small operator. John Parsons...

The ominous words 'Strengthening Noise Abatement Policies' mean workshops may have to measure rolling noise when preparing for...

the body shell and main running units remain substantially unchanged, it has had a variety of engines. The latest diesel is the...

• The first British vehicle washer to use wave pattern brushers — a system that gives a better wash. That's the claim of Smith...

• The 40-strong chain of Charlie Browns Car Part Centres is being supplied with FKI Crypton's 322P Motormaster engine...

• Pennine Air Services supplies air compressors complete with energy saving devices, or, as in the case of one recent customer,...

The design of these lifts incorporates a feature that protects the lifting screws from damage in the event of the lift being...

We've sifted through service bulletins as a backup for workshop staff • We have been sifting through service bulletins issued...

• A £2.5 million investment programme that has now commenced in Kenning Tyre Services is a show of confidence by Tozer Kernsley...

• Four resin repair systems from Sika Inertol were used to repair inspection pits at the Department of Transport HGV testing...

be the first tyre deflation warning device; the total assembly weighs only 25 grams. The system is based on a pressure switch...

Century debut Amencan device cleans up • Granville, which recently became part of the Century Oils Group, relocated its...

• The Tecalemit Garage Equipment Company is introducing a new corporate style and logotype to identify the company. The aim is...

SPADE has a niche in small to medium unit reconditioning and follows up with after-sales service by Piper Cherokee • Stockport...

• Few areas of reconditioning have their own association — the engine business is one of the exceptions. The Federation of...

Alan Bunting, who is looking at the washing equipment market for Workshop, first visits Presto, which has opted for the Ardrox...

• Ceramic materials are hard, chemically inert, dielectric, have high-temperature corrosion resistance and make excellent...

• The P600 portable eye and face wash from Maestro Safety Equipment at 187 excluding VAT is suitable for paint spray shops...

• Access to Timken's SelectA-Nalysis/BSA computer database is now available to UK engineers and would be equally effective in...

With the advent of a new generation of foot and hand valves, more attention must be paid to the cleanliness of the air system....

• Paddy Hopkirk's blind-spot mirror was nominated as the best product under ,£10 in the National Automotive Awards at a...

The show was run in association with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and sponsored by the UK trade organisation...

interior and exterior lamps for commercial and public service vehicles, plus side and roofmarker lamps also suitable for...

FA1 was suffering from an , identity crisis: some knew it as Blue Hash Products; some re1 ferred to it as FAI International , 1...

Century Oils-Retail Distribution is a new sales force formed after the acquisition of Granville Chemical and one of the...

and among its products is the Selmar Turbo range of battery chargers operating off domestic power supply and the Bradex model...

The Fister range is assembled in Britain from parts made by its sister company in Italy, and this firm showed wiper blades,...

Handtools for professionals marketed by A. Levermore & Co are described in a new eight-page leaflet: these include tongue and...

ideas never see the light of day, and has come up with a package on design, drafting, prototyping, manufacturing and so on. A...

aftermarket programme including four starter kits: fuses, switches, terminals Brochures describe the range. Littlefuse

Champion Sparking Plug not only makes glow plugs and spark plugs (its latest offerings are the Diesel Plus and Champion Plus)...

For Apax Autoparts, Autopartac was its first national show, and it took the opportunity to show its latest foot pumps and...

The company slogan of Intro Franchising is "The image builders" and among its products is Re-Lead, a petrol additive to protect...

Tridon Serflex showed its packaged goods as they should appear at point of sale and indicated how to maximise shelf space. Tridon

To round off, making a profit in the aftermarket is not made any easier by too many interruptions by salesmen, deliveries and...