• It's never hard to shoot yourself in the foot, but at times we could almost believe that the road transport industry uses a...

• Dery prices, currently averaging at 43.9p/lit, could increase by up to 2p/lit by next Tuesday, according to fuel analyst...

• Refuse collection contracts run by private firms are seven times more likely to hit problems than those run by councils'...

approve tachographs unless they meet strict EC standards. The move is aimed at stamping out tachograph fraud.

• Birmingham magistrates have fined an HGV driver 2150 with six penalty points for driving without due care and attention....

• Fiat has launched the £9•3m share issue announced in September when lveco bought Spanish truck manufacturer Enasa. As...

• Panic Link managing director Eric Norman, who stands accused of causing death by reckless driving and other offences, has...

• Northampton police are still threatening to charge recovery operators who damage roads when recovering vehicles, even...

• Europe's Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert has laid down plans for harmonising vehicle excise duty (VED) throughout...

• A force of traffic police is to be trained in readiness for new legislation which will give the police the power to issue...

• From next July Switzerland will make it easier for EC truck drivers to pass through its borders. Customs will be open for...

• Livestock hauliers break Britain's welfare rules on 30% of tong-distance journeys, the RSPCA's superintendent Donald...

• London needs 500 new buses a year for the next four years to cope with a growth in passengers, according to Peter Gibson of...

• Planning permission has been Oven for a £12m freight park with a truckstop and warehouses at Chepstow. Work will begin in...

• Events organiser Live I 'romotions has shelved plans for a British truck show in 1992, and will hold one instead at London...

• Two former employees of an international transport company have set up an agency to help hauliers with language problems in...

• MAN has confirmed that a high-roof version of its F90 cab could be available next year. UK product manager Euan Harron says...

• A truck driver who saved the lives of two victims of an 11-vehicle accident which killed six people on the M42 on 6...

• West Country meat packer John Perkins has served Channel Four Television Company Ltd with a writ after its Dispatches...

Engineering is holding discussions with a number of companies interested in buying the firm.

opens on I December will create congestion, warns the FHA, because it will attract too many vehicles for its size.

• Hauliers are being urged to put identifying marks on their tyres and wheels in a bid to stamp out a rising tide of thefts....

a petition to the European Parliament complaining about the lack of police protection for truckers during the Spanish haulage...

• Big trucks should be taxed more heavily to encourage hauliers to move to smaller vehicles, says a report by 21 local...

• A bodybuilder has won a key court battle to establish when a vehicle is allowed to run on trade plates. Had it been lost it...

Davis Haulage and its offshoot Rolfe Vehicle Hire has now received a number of offers for the companies' vehicles and assets,...

• Virtually all buses built after 1994 will have to have at least one of their doors and their gangways wide enough for...

• The winner of the recent Commercial Motor/Peugeot Talbot Win a Van competition is David Povah of accountants Gibson...

• The European Commission is expected to propose that speed limiters be made compulsory on all new vehicles over 12 tonnes...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor in September, ERF is to offer Hendrickson Norde four-bag air suspension on its 4 x 2...

• Swiss conversion specialist Larag has unveiled a batteryoperated van based on the Mercedes front-wheel-drive 100 panel van....

• Danish reefer bodybuilder Norfrig will launch an updated version of its Transpolar aerodynamic refrigerated semitrailer in...

• Scania has unveiled a host of major product changes including all-new gearboxes, more powerful engines and the first...

. Canadian recovery truck builder Vulcan is introducing a 13-tonne heavy vehicle unit, based on a Scania 142 6x4, into the UK....

• In last week's Commercial Motor we reported that AWD had sold 124 trucks to the end of October. That was, of course, the...

a curtainsided transporter for one car which is suitable for racing teams. The flatbed body slides and tips back on rains,...

• Specialist newstrade distributor Magazine Distribution of Hertford has ceased trading after unsuccessful attempts to get...

won a further contract with Sainsbury to supply its northern stores over Christmas.

• United Carriers International is pulling together five of its transport-based operating companies under one division for an...

• French-owned Onyx UK has bought a majority stake in UK Waste Control's holding company United Environmental Systems. UKWC...

• Parcelforce has won a £51,000/one-year contract with Wheatcroft Roses of Nottingham. Wheatcroft supplies plants for News...

• York has supplied InterCity Transport, part of the Transport Development Group, with 30 curtainsiders worth a total of...

• Irish distributor Emerald Freight Express is to run a franchise operation for Lynx, the express parcel operator....

• In a further move outside its traditional luxury coach business, Plaxton has developed a single-deck aluminium citybus....

about 2% last year, despite a fall of about 3% in the number of local service journeys. Inside the London area local bus...

system similar to those on London Underground for a 12-month trial from the middle of next year on routes between Wembley,...

fare revenue to its increase in service frequency and the replacement of double-deckers with 55 Dennis Darts. It plans to take...

• Leicestershire-based bus and coach operator GK Kinc.h has taken on its first minibuses. Three Reeve Burgess-bodied...

Lard l Electro Citybus, was launched by conversion specialist Larag earlier this month at the 'ET 90' exhibition in Basle,...

• Van Hool plans to launch an 18m articulated version of its high-deck T816 Altano into the UK next June. Left-hand-drive...

• It is unlikely that any of Harry Blundred's defunct Dockland Transit routes will be revived, but some of its drivers and...

• The granting of an Operator's Licence to Chardcrest Transport of Dinas Powys could be challenged in the High Court folowing...

• A truck driver has admitted stealing an ERF tractive unit from his former employer and selling it to another haulier after...

• Anstey Haulage of Leicester has won the right to continue running a fleet of 15 vehicles, without restrictions, despite...

• Williams Bros (Wales) has been told to pay a driver more than £3,000 compensation for unfair dismissal after he was sacked...

some of his goods, you may be legally entitled to hold on to those goods in lieu of payment. This right is known as a lien;...

XP Express Parcels has sent me a `wacko' festive invitation to a lunch at School Dinners restaurant, where the waitresses dress...

in an entry to the "Routemaster" competition (CM 15-21 November) specifying that the manufacturer of the first bus on the road...

a lucky escape when a steel girder shot off his load and went through his front and rear screens before jamming in the road and...

Huddersfield magistrates are unlikely to be shown much mercy. One of the town's JPs Bruce Briggs, has announced that he is...

wagon from bygone days has a generously sized reproduction of Nelson's Column implanted in the middle of its tank — and a...

bad news for Sexist Sids. "Most haulage contractors and freight distributors would rather gaze at squirrels and birds than...

merge (CM 15-21 November), creating the world's biggest truck maker . with a 25% share of the EC market. What new name will...

to the Heansford industrial estate in the town. It has a five-bay engineering workshop, warehousing and tachograph station....

a service dealer for Foden. Working through Foden main dealer Sandbach Truck Centre, H&H will offer 24-hour roadside rescue and...

is to be held at Oxhey Park, Watford next June. About 60 vehicles will be on show. The event is being organised by the...

can now call their local depot 24 hours a day using a freephone service. Contact (0800) 269629.

The Southampton-based company says it can sort out permits, explain local regulations and provide escort cars for loads. Its...

18 sites along the north Devon link road (A361) and the Barnstaple and Bideford bypasses. The phones have emergency buttons...

a oneyear contract-hire package called Economy 12. It is less restrictive than a longer contract hire agreement but cheaper...

and trailer rear lights, is setting up a European subsidiary at Northwich, Cheshire. Leading its product range will be the new...

of battery isolation switches, adding one model which takes up to 250A continuous load and another which handles 100A...

type of fire extinguisher, manufactured in Italy, which is designed to withstand the impact of collisions. The manufacturer...

covering its new ROR-Binkley landing legs, which were launched at the Birmingham Motor Show. The brochure is available from...

25cm 2 multi-standard portable colour television which will run off 12/24v DC and mains throughout the UK and Europe. Called...

which can be switched on if the main part becomes discharged is now available frcm Pulsar. The reserve unit is charged during...

will detect glass breakage in a vehicle and is resistant to false alarms from open windows and vibrations, says the...

offering you the chance to spread the message that Britain needs trucks with four stylish stickers: (A) "Trucks keep Britain...

Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association try to find new ways to break into trucks. They do it as part of a test of security...

• Bainbridge Silencers has published a leaflet on its Truckmaster range of commercial vehicle silencers and fittings. Further...

IN A cleaning agent for getting rid of diesel stains on yards and forecourts is part of a new range of products launched by...

have to make their first journey to the Continent but are worried about language and paperwork problems can call on a new...

II Department of Transport officials will be available to answer questions at an exhibition about the construction of the...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M40 Buckinghamshire: Lane restrictions on both carriageways, J4-5. M40 Oxfordshire: Lane...

Europe, and probably the world. Arguably, one of the greatest causes of trucks speeding is congestion, particularly on...

• Being railed up to appear at disciplinary proceedings before the Licensing Authority can be worrying for any operator,...

• How do you keep selling your panel van when the basic design is fundamentally the same as it was 15 years ago? When the...

MODEL Leyland Dcrf 200 "Select panel von. GVW: 2,300kg. Manufacturer: Leyland Daf yam, Common Lane, Wushwood Heath,...

His grandfather was one of the first hauliers in England, operating steam - driven vehicles, and now Lawton — once a director...

Ford & Warren's smart, modern offices, one wonders where the greybeards are, as absurdly young men and women bustle to and...

Gerald Annesley has been appointed distributor principal at Monille Trucks, Scania's East Midlands distributor. He comes from...

Municipal vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle has appointed Roddy Morrison as depot manager for its Scottish Service operation,...

tant for the Grimsby area. Keith Spikings becomes responsible for heavy truck sales in Skegness, Boston, Grantham and the...

Gary Smith joins as general manager of Russell Davies Haulage's six Masterhaul contracts (operated jointly with Freightliners)...

appointments: Ray Cramb has become personnel and employee relations director; and John Lawrence, director of engineering and...

John Drysdale Wilson is retiring at the end of this month after 13 years with the institute.

up to £23,901 inclusive The vehicle maintenance workshop and stores serve a fleet of 350 diverse vehicle and plant types.We...

up to £17,388 inclusive Responsible to the Vehicle Maintenance DSO Manager your role will be the organisation and daily...