• It's funny how we've all become bored by space travel. It seems like yesterday that we were sitting glued to our TVs watching...

drivers a 2.42% pay increase and an extra day's holiday. The TGWU is not advising its members how to vote at the ballot this...

week at Morden, Surrey, one of two dairies to close following a 2.9m development in Ruislip.

the go-ahead for a Ripon bypass which from mid-1995 will offer an alternative route ,for the 1,250 trucks which pass through...

produced a drivers' handbook covering regulations and responsibilities in Britain and Continental Europe. It costs .£.1 to...

weaken its competitiveness is world trade and endanger economic recovery, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.

no longer have to give vehicle details when booking LGV tests. In future test slots will simply be allocated by vehicle type,...

by Juliet Parish / Police believe they have broken up a gang responsible for the theft of a number of trucks after discovering...

/ Hauliers travelling to France are likely to face further disruption this week, with the militant french farmers union...

/ EC trans meeting in Brussels next week will attempt to reach agreement on the long-awaited lorry taxation Directive....

• A row between the Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association over voting rights is threatening to suffocate...

• BOC Distribution Services is set to become the first British haulier to run a 38-tonner on compressed natural gas. The ERF...

• Taunton Cider is the latest in a series of major rail freight users to announce a switch to road: it will transfer its final...

Continental countries between BRS Automotive and an automotive manufacturer is set to be announced next year. The manufacturer...

Retail and Wholesale Warehouses, has been produced by the Health and Safety Executive to make people aware of the danger of...

from Castleford caused the evacuation of a hundred workers from a Rolls-Royce factory in Derby last week, when hydrochloric...

of 60,000 tonnes of oil to road from rail in Western Scotland next April. It claims BR has increased prices by up to 80%.

Union this week to hear for the first time its claim on behalf of 320 tanker drivers.

division, will replace Bernt Brandtzaeg as managing director of Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) in the new year. Brandtzaeg...

by Karen Miles • Multi-million-pound distribution opportunities are up for grabs as the Government announced last week a...

• Hauliers could be banned from using the old Birkenhead tunnel beneath the River Mersey in Liverpool, following a proposal...

• European harmonisation on transporting dangerous goods by road took a step forward last week with the launch of the 1993...

• Czech truck manufacturer Tatra is touring the UK seeking agents for its extensive range of all-wheel-drive vehicles....

• All Volvo models registered in the first eight months of 1993 will be eligible for a free firstyear service. Cover includes...

• Cartwrights has developed high-cube and low weight versions of its tri-axle curtainsider semi-trailer. The high-cube semi...

• Volvo Bus has launched an engine replacement package for 1981-86 Leyland Tiger coaches powered by the Leyland TL11H engine in...

• Frome, Somerset-based reefer operator JR Harding & Sons has taken delivery of the first new Scania twin-steer tractors with...

replaced 16 of its tractive units with Mercedes-Benz 1834LS units fitted with Euro-l-standard engines.

85% of the CV parc. An improved rubber formulation and strengthened flexor is used in the new range.

electrically powered Tecalemit XGS and XL automatic lubrication multi-line systems for on-line fitment: they were previously...

• A fire which devastated a Kent haulage yard last week may have been a case of arson. Six vehicles were wrecked in the blaze...

• Local councillors in Staffordshire aim to stop British Coal from transporting coal across the county by road. British Coal...

a further 50 jobs, two months after making 60 people redundant in a management shake-up. The latest job cuts affect clerical,...

has sold CocIdiedge Retail Centre in Warrington for over £11m to concentrate on transport, warehousing and distribution.

in South Wales to cope with increasing business in the area. The site at Nantgarw, Cardiff, replaces the Taffs Well branch; it...

company of Uniroyal and Semperit, has told shareholders it expects to finish the year "well in the black".

contract to manage Asda's distribution centre at Wigan for four more years.

Pollitzer has been awarded a contract to operate the national distribution centre of ICI Paints Espana, the Spanish division of...

• Exel Logistics plans to sell almost £700,000 of Clarke Foods icecream it is holding to force settlement of a distribution...

• The directors of Charterail have launched a fierce defence of road/rail links. Charterail controller Peter Walker says: "The...

• An acquisitive AAH Distribution Services last week announced plans to move into shareduser distribution as it reported...

• Royal Mail plans to open a £60m road/rail hub at Willesden in north-west London by the end of 1995, eliminating the need to...

/ The entire day shift at TNT's Express Parcel's distribution centre at Atherstone is to be made redundant by the end of the...

• West Yorkshire hauliers John and Stephen Jebson have been warned that they cannot contimie to operate vehicles registered to...

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

4% • A licence re newal hearing has Tony Williams Traction Services to pay back duty. Williams had applied to renew his...

• Buxton magistrates granted Manchesterbased haulier Thomas Armstrong an absolute discharge after he admitted using a vehicle...

/Drivers' hours offences cost French ion - y driver Vincent Mougenet £1,500 in fines and costs when he appeared before...

II New Forest District Council and local residents have failed to prevent Ings Transport winning authority to operate nine...

has adjourned consideration of disciplinary action against AR John Transport, of South Cornelly, near Port Talbot, until 17...

by his employer John Spencer, trading as Feenix Freight, following a ruling by a Sheffield industrial tribunal that he had been...

prerr7.± the granting of eikrit additional trailers to S Cooper & Sons at its existing Bollington depot, neighbouring residents...

Hire of Waldken, Manchester has been revoked on maintenance grounds by North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu.

Richardson has adjourned consideration of disciplinary action against the six-vehicle/four-trailer licence held by Twibell...

• The abolition of car tax has created great confusion among light CV manufacturers and converters. With car tax gone,...

• From next spring all diesel Mitsubishi L200 pickups will be fitted with the charge-cooled engine used in the Shogun 4x4. The...

• Volkswagen is to introduce Stanadyne fuel injectors on its 1.9-litre indirect-injection fourcylinder diesel engine which is...

by Juliet Parish • The anti-truck brigade rejoiced last year when then Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announced that he...

ON TES T 1 11111PRIV Price as tested: £20,000 (ex-VAT) Engine: 2.5 litres 70kW (95hp) GVW: 3,400kg. Payload: 1,340kg. Fuel...

• The Secretary of State for Transport, John MacGregor, is consulting the haulage industry about the future of vehicle testing...

• While thanking you for printing the article concerning my suggestions for strengthening the law in respect of overloaded and...

Id rucks & Child Safety is a new organisation launched to teach children the potential dangers of trucks by allowing them...

Id onight's edition of Top Gear on BBC 2 focuses on steps being taken to make heavy vehicles safer. The issues raised will be...

idlands truck dealer S Jones contributed this vehicle, an ERF with its new high-top sleeper cab, to a 17-vehicle convoy setting...

Id he Department of Transport has not yet chosen a new name for its house journal, which still appears as DTP News. Suggestions...

or a dare five French students attempted to walk through the Channel Tunnel, dodging past dozy security at the French end. To...

• Cummins has appointed heavy breakdown specialist and truck distributor Watts of Lydney, Glos as a service dealer. Watts will...

• Hauliers who want to check the financial status of potential customers — or their competitors — can get background reports...

• The European Market for Off-Road Four Wheel Drive Vehicles by Dr Peter Cope is now available from The Economist Intelligence...

HEAVY DUTY SYSTEMS Genuine marks • ROR-Rockwell is taking precautions to ensure that operators can tell its genuine parts...

• The southbound exit is closed at M1 Junction 2 (Al) for resurfacing work until next March. Contraflow hold-up • Expect...

A year ago pundits were preparing to write the rise and fall of York Trailers. Now they'd have to title it the rise and fall...

fighting for sales among UK brigades. How do they compare with Scania's contender? P rince Andrew's prompt action in...

ATTAINABLE ROAD SPEED (on level ground): 96.61un/h (60mph). ACCELERATION: 0-64km/h in 30 seconds. RESTART GRADEABILITY: 25%...

• South Devon owner-operator Dave Robbins has spent almost £800 and many hours trying to recover a bad debt. He is owed more...

Swedish cool is combining with Yankee flair to produce a new high-pressure fuel injection system from Scania and Cummins. Not...

We operate a 7.5-tonne Mercedes 814 rigid truck equipped with winch and spectacle lift for dealing with disabled and...

A defect in the tachograph of one of my trucks meant that distance was not being recorded. When police examined the record...

are apparently being penalised' 4 nce again the cross-Channel ferry operators have shown that although they apparently do not...