• That it should come to this... after years of watching the industry's two major trade associations fighting the London Lorry...

W hen you decide to invest in a Mercedes-Benz truck or van you do so on the basis of sound business principles. You need a...

• Owner-driver Bob Elder (above), whose truck has been impounded in Sicily for three months after a fatal accident, is back in...

• Truck drivers are being crushed by articulated vehicles which move while being reconnected to trailers. A joint survey by...

• Furious tippermen are campaigning for a change in Irish vehicle licensing laws following the increasing use of off-road dump...

• Drivers transporting and ur loading radioactive materials ar receiving half the radiatio dosage that they did 10 year ago,...

• The recent restructuring a owner-drivers' co-operativ Unit '91 was a result of it founder and general manage Mike Pickering...

drivers as experts in their own field and let them get on with it." The full report, published in two months, will be targeted...

Ml A Dover-based haulier is to fit computers and satellite communication equipment to its three new Scania tractive units....

Mi Transport Secretary John MacGregor is awaiting a confidential Vehicle inspectorate internal review into possible...

M The haulier tipped to win a controversial British Steel contract taking freight from rail to road faces a new fight to keep...

I/ Hauliers and drivers carrying low-level hazardous goods, such as paints and varnishes, might not now have to attend training...

experts to advise it on the feasibility of imposing a fee on all vehicles as they leave the county for the Continent — it is...

• Freight Transport Association chief Garry Turvey has attacked the Road Haulage Association for paying only 20% of the...

• A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a truck driver who fell from the back of his vehicle into oncoming...

• Edinburgh solicitor Alan Worthington has replaced Ramsay Dalgety as deputy to Scottish Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth....

• Associated Vehicle Industries of Flamstead, Herts, the new distributor for Dutch-built Terberg specialist trucks, expects to...

• Two new Transit models, free vehicle alarms, low finance deals and the reintroduced Fiesta XRV and P100 Californian are on...

• Eminox stainless-steel exhaust systems can now be fitted to a wide range of ERF models on-line, In the past they were...

• Econocruise has redesigned the EMA speed control system that was introduced eight years ago. EMA Series 11 uses a bybrid/SMD...

• Brewliners, the distribution arm of brewer Courage, has bought 58 Scania P113MA4x2R 320 3.8m-wheelbase tractive unit. It is...

• Star, Poland's leading truck builder, has ordered Perkins Phaser four-cylinder turbocharged engines to power its 7.5-tonne...

• Hiab has extended its range of remote control systems. Th e CombiDrive complements the established DigiDrive system which...

• Dennis Eagle has developed a low-entry crewcab which will initially be introduced on revised 4x2 and 6x2 refuse vehicle...

• Daf Trucks has sold 47 Western Star heavy tractor units to Kuwait Oil Company, under a sales and marketing agreement signed...

• Owner-drivers owed money following the demise of Paul Se!way International Transport are likely to be paid at least 15p for...

• A computer link-up allowing communication between European partners of the breakdown organisation, Europe Net, has just been...

• Used CV sales show little sign of recovery, according to industry consultants CAP Nationwide Motor Research. In its June...

• The Speedwell Group has been forced into liquidation after the collapse of its express parcels operation, Nexday, whose 31...

permission for a BP service station on green belt land at Swanley, Kent.

been voted the best in Europe by the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

91% of its members involved in vehicle finance are reporting a business revival.

• Irish Sea shipping and haulage company Pandoro has signed a two-year deal with catalogue retailer Argos to move 600 trailer...

• Slough-based express carrier Business Post reports pre-tax profits up by 36% this year. Turnover for the firm has also...

• Five new :Scania P93ML 4x2R 280 drawbar chassis, operated under lease by DJ Howe Transport of Desborough, Northants, are...

• TNT's UK profits have risen although disappointing worldwide results continue. Thirdquarter figures to March showing a loss...

• Skilled tanker drivers face losing their jobs because they will not be able to pass written exams demanded by new EC Hazchem...

• Heysham, Lancs-based RO-RO and distribution specialist Roadferry has taken delivery of 26 Volvo FL1Os to help refine...

• North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu took no action against the licence for 25 vehicles and 20 trailers held by John...

/Wigan-based Beskab has been fined £1,000 by the Macclesfield magistrates, after an incident in which one of the company's...

• Kevin Charlton, former general manager of Lovers Lane Transport, has lost a claim for unfair dismissal before a Manchester...

a total of £3,600 with £70 costs for 18 offences of failing to produce tachograph records. The company claimed that the tacho...

• Charges alleging the falsification of tachograph charts by Frank Harris Coaches, of West Thurrock, Essex, its transport...

• A gross overload of 16% has cost Swanseabased Cuddy Plant Hire, and one of the company's drivers, £1,057.24 in fines and...

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

• Omni Coach has completed its first six-wheeler PCV — a model which was put on the shelf after the marque's former UK...

IN Falkirk-based Walter Alexander plans to launch a new single-deck citybus body later this year, which it says is the first of...

Mi Pentagon Vehicle Builders, the Southampton-based van conversion specialist, is expanding into bodybuilding, less than a year...

Pressure is growing fast for compulsory seatbelts in trucks. Some say they are a potential life-saver; others a hindrance....

II Four-wheel-drive, electric power and "Eco van" versions of the VW Transporter were on display at the recent Hanover Show....

become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but should make life harder for the thieves...

The Maestro rates well in the running costs league, provides predictable handling, and is particularly easy to manage. / After...

• Allport Freight has moved its import-export agency and customs clearance operation from Dartford International Ferry Terminal...

• Eighty drivers will compete for cash prizes, trophies and the title of "London Buses' Driver of the Year" in Battersea Park...

• Transport professionals throughout the UK have the opportunity to win £5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Belgian...

• Transport refrigeration company Thermo King has launched a temperature monitoring device which can monitor, record and print...

• A towbar designed for the new generation Ford Transits has been developed by York Towbars of Knighton, Powys and tested to...

• Peterborough-based GMS Trading's C-Loc will be sold UK-wide by Partco as a result of a new dealer agreement. C-Loc is a...

• The Welsh Garden Festival is causing unusually heavy traffic in the Ebbw Vale, Gwent area, particularly on parts of the A465...

• Be prepared for delays on the A39, the A389 and the B3314 in Cornwall during the Royal Cornwall Show which starts today (4...

• Thurrock in Essex is one of the trouble spots to be aware of in the South East this week. Congestion is likely to occur in...

• For the latest information on the roadworks and road restrictions nationwide contact one of the AA Hotline numbers listed below.

A new vehicle usually gives manufacturers the excuse to indulge in a fanfare of advertising, press and dealer launches. As a...

Late payment is a problem that regularly destroys hauliers. John Readman, an accountant with Ernst & Young in Glasgow, advises...

much more than check your hours. But while the EC dithers, are the extra tasks it will do worth the expense? • Remember the...

Recovery operators are up in arms over police plans to end the traditional rota system and award all roadside breakdown work to...

ARC to court last month for allegedly not adhering to an operating cost formula, it looked like a case of David preparing to...

pecialist transport publisher Cortney Publications is reprinting Stories of Round Timber Haulage by Bedfordshire writer Maurice...

A s our roadtest of A s our roadtest of the Dennis and Volvo fire engines showed (CM 14-20 May), appliances have never been...

H outhampton bus operator Solent Blue Line is playing a small but important role in the new Europe by exporting printed rolls...

the Hawk's colleagues quizzed hauliers on why they never send CM news of successful contract bids. A subtle explanation...

of Aylesbury, Bucks, who has launched an appeal to help save MJB Transport, a business run by an owner-driver whose vehicle was...

Id he Hawk is indebted to reader Leslie Kirkham who sent in this nostalgic picture recreating life on the open road a few years...

• From looking at the newspapers and the impending legislation for vehicle maintenance and the haulage industry you get a story...

• Bob liope, managing director of the UK arm of Disc Lock, has condemned the new BSI proposals on wheel stud fixings: "The...

• Iveco Fords' latest tractive unit/prime mover, EuroTech, has became the second range to be equipped to work with the...

el Brussels looks set to approved free acceleration smoke test limits of 3.0m- 1 for turbocharged engines and 2.5m- 1 for...

• Suspension manufacurer Weweler is offering free training at operators' sites for maintenance staff. The scheme is designed to...

• Castrol is testing a 10W140 synthetic and a 10W/30 semisynthetic diesel engine oil in the UK. Last month the company launched...

• In a six-month survey the IRTE found that one in three tractive units will suffer from an electrical problem, compared with...

• A - rs is to offer Bandag retreaded tyres throughout Northern Ireland, and the company is challenging operators in the...

• Statistics about vehicles failing the annual test could be made available to third parties by the Vehicle Inspectorate (VD....

• To cope with an expected rise in demand, speed limiter manufacturer Romatic plans to expand its network of fitting centres...

IN The VI has published a new MoT Testers Manual which all MoT test stations must have by the time it becomes operational on 1...

W hen you decide to invest in a Mercedes-Benz truck or van you do so on the basis of sound business principles. You need a...

Colin Sowman finds how the EPA will affect paintshops and where managers can get help. S UICIDAL — that's how many paint shop...

NE ercedes-Benz stuck with 125kW (170hp) for its 17tonners for almost 15 years. But even the German giant cannot buck the trend...

While innovative vehicles at the IRTE hog the limelight, the maintenance sector held plenty of interest. I t happened at...

Success in obtaining redress for vehicle defects can depend on who has kept the best evidence. J udging from the phone calls...

• Tyrewatch can constantly monitor the pressures of up to 18 tyres on a vehicle. A sensor screwed on to each tyre's valve...

MI The 038300 Filter Remover from Sykes-Pickavant has been designed for trucks and off-road vehicles, says the company. It has...

• A range of suction, pressure poi and gravity fed HVLP sprayguns has been launched by SATA. The new guns use only 0.336m 3...

• Pirelli is about to launch a 17. Sin low-profile tyre for low platform-height trailers. The S1'95 tyres come in 235/75 or...

• Karcher has introduced an automatic drive-through static spray washer for commercial vehicles. The RHO 6000 comes as either a...

• Lucas has doubled its range of exchange commercial vehicle diesel pumps and injectors. There are now 80 DPA (against 34) and...

• Automatic chassis lubrication specialist Groeneveld has introduced an electrically powered model which is capable of pumping...

• A tintable filler has been added to the Standox range. By tinting the filler fewer top coats are needed to achieve a unifomi...

• By touching the Auto Tech's probe on the casing and listening to the amplified noise via headphones the sources of mechanical...