• What is wrong with tipper operators? The tipper market, we are told, is booming, because the construction industry which...

Traffic examiners aim to weigh 99,000 HGVs in 1988/89, an increase of 35% on the 1987/88 figure of 74,000, which was itself 26%...

• Britain's boom economy hauliers are among the worst paid in Europe, next only to Greece — but this will mean a surge in...

• British hauliers are preparing for siege conditions at Britain's main ports following the National Union of Seamen's de...

• A bitter three-year legal battle ended this week when a haulage firm agreed to pay 24,500 damages to food company Nestle....

a degree course in transport and distribution, has opened the first Transport and Distribution Centre in a UK polytechnic....

Germany will be the most lucrative target for our hauliers after cabotage becomes legal with European liberalisation in 1992,...

• The new Seddon Atkinson heavy truck range, which will be sold with the latest Cabtec cab as used in Leyland Daf s 95 Series,...

• British truck dealers face a "glittering future" now that the age of closures and mergers is over, according to MAN...

• Small haulage firms might not survive the effects of European deregulation after 1992, according to a study made by Volvo,...

its 400-plus vehicle distribution to Volvo subsidiary Ailsa Truck Finance. The deal with the Grand Metropolitan-owned company...

under way in London, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria earlier this week. The crackdown on motor-tax dodgers...

announced a 50% rise in profits to a record £149 million (SKr 1.6 billion). Heavy truck sales in Western Europe increased 14%.

this Thursday, is to spend 100 million more on its UK subsidiaries before 1993.

• Calls have been made to roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley for drivers hauling explosives to receive the same...

• A Department of Transport survey carried out last November showed that almost 60% of heavy goods vehicles arriving on RO-RO...

• Lancashire-based Coachwork Conversions and the B Walker group of Markyate and Stockport, both bodybuilders, are to merge. The...

• Volvo has helped develop an in-cab radio which stays tuned to a channel without adjustment. In the case of national stations...

• The rules for transporting explosives by road are to be up-dated in the summer says junior transport minister Peter...

• Greenhorn Sand and Ballast has got rid of its fleet of Pierce Arrow R5 tippers now, but what heroes the drivers must have...

• Scottish reefer builder Gray and Adams has developed a stylish aerodynamic body kit for its refrigerated semitrailers. It is...

• A body demounting system which uses a pivoting subframe has been devised by Northern Tail Lifts of Shipley, West Yorkshire....

• Seddon Atkinson has followed ERF's example by producing a factory-built 17-tonne dropframe rigid chassis and it is already...

• Renault Truck Industries has decided to add three new 38-tonne tractive units to its right-hand drive R-range, premium artic...

• Monldands District Council, based at Coatbridge in Lanarkshire, has bought its first Seddon Atkinsons and put them straight...

an automatic, high security, external hook lock for vehicle cargo doors. The Dover K Lock is key operated, with an option of...

• The world's first solar energy system to be fitted to a coach was demonstrated in ideal conditions at last week's Autobus...

• Engineering staff at London Buses (LBL) have slated Government plans to restructure the company into 14 autonomous companies...

All the vehicles will be powered by Gardner 6LXB engines, producing 133kW through Voith D851.2 fully automatic gearboxes....

• The Scottish Bus Group's hopes of becoming the National Freight Consortium of the North look like being dashed within the...

• Leicester CityBus is the first operator to use Cumminsengined Dennis Dominators and is now running 13 of them on its city...

Optare-bodied double-deck buses. All based on the Leyland Olympian chassis the overall dimensions are 9.6 metres long, 4.32...

• Britain must upgrade its roads for 40-tonne trucks by 1993 or pressure from her Euro partners will become "very big", warns...

• You can always tell when it's a bank holiday — it rains: but even regular dousings from the clouds couldn't dampen the...

All around was the steady throb of diesel engines set to a backdrop of air horns, disco music and the beat of helicopter rotors...

• National Freight Consortium Newsflow will be distributing 70% of national newspapers by the end of the year, according to its...

• A database to help business prepare for the Single European Market set for completion in 1992 has been launched by Lord...

• Trailer manufacturer Craven Tasker has won an order for nine 12-metre boxvans from high street chemist Superdrug for its...

• Over the next two years, Bunzl-owned United Carriers is implementing a new livery throughout its fleet of 1,600 lorries, as...

• BRS Southern has bought five Iveco Ford Cargos as part of its programme to replace its entire 7.5-tonne fleet. The vehicles,...

• Within weeks of launching a drive for more third-party work, Tankftx, the engineering and maintenance arm of road tanker...

105% for the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 1987 — from US $118 million to US $242 million (263.3...

• Hargrave International, the Spalding-based UK and TER reefer operator, aims to boost its turnover closer to 25 million and...

• Bretnhill Industries, the parent group of specialist trailer engineer RTS of Newbury, is raising 23.2 million from a...

racking and loading bays has been developed by National Carriers Contract Distribution. It is called Award (Advanced Warehouse...

• Transport and Warehousing Facilities, acquired by Liverpool-based Bibby Group last month, has bought five Leyland Daf...

new vehicles over the next six months. It is replacing 270 of its 800-strong fleet and buying 50 additional vehicles — mostly...

• Transportation and industrial group Bunt has bought two more US distribution companies for 29.1 million. They are DJ...

150 12.6-metre tilt trailers as part of a replacement programme for its 2,500 strong fleet. They are built by Pacton in Holland...

• Dormobile has completed 40 examples of the new longwheel-base, Ford Transitbased PDV parcels van, and has been taking them to...

• European light vehicle manufacturers are bracing themselves for a massive Japanese invasion of their markets despite tough...

• Citroen has sold its first C25-based Luton van but, despite the promises, the UK will not get the heavyweight Visa van or the...

• Light vans should be included in any future exhaust emissions legislation, says a major new report from the House of Lords...

• AP Borg and Beck has taken its automatic clutch and throttle system (CM 7-13 January 1988), and combined it with an...

• A tubular towing bracket with an adjustable coupling has been developed by Dixon-Bate of Clwyd, Wales, exclusively for the...

• Heavy haulier Heanor Haulare avoided a four-week licence suspension by "the skin of its teeth" when it appeared before...

• A bid for a new licence, for 20 vehicles and two trailers, by Stockmen Transport (CM 2127 January) has been turned down by...

Wales haulier Glyn John Transport 270 in fines and costs when the company appeared before the Ross-on-Wye magistrates. The...

• A lorry driver who scribed traces on his tachograph charts with a pin and nail has been ordered to pay fines and costs...

• Heavy haulier Econofreight United Transport was before Wakefield magistrates last week to answer the charge that driver...

• Southampton-based haulier Realmeal and driver Charles Loton escaped 44 charges of overloading last week before the city's...

• Liverpool coach operator Amberline and 25 of its drivers were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 210,200 last week when...

BY THE HAWK • One of our sternest critics dropped in to see us the other day. Schoolboy Simon Skinner wanted to see at first...

(shortened to DTi The Enterprise Initiative) has been rapped on the knuckles after tripping over itself in a self-defeating...

• I write with reference to CPC — is it failing the grade? (CM 21-27 April). I passed the CPC Goods National in October 1987...

of Commercial Motor ! feel I must put pen to paper in reply to your latest News Extra item regarding CPC exams. I have both my...

to Spain, Italy, the Balkans and the Middle East, has just completed the first stage of its new Preston offices. The offices...

axle-load weighing units have been introduced by West Midlands-based PAT-CTI Services. The units give readouts of single-wheel,...

buses, fire engines and cars, dating from the last century to 1968, will take part in this year's Historic Commercial Vehicle...

be on latest and future developments in traction control technology for road vehicles, and disc brakes for CVs. The first is on...

new parts and service dealership to cover south west and central Scotland. The dealer is Ailsa Trucks (Northern) of Barrhead,...

Council's 1989 coaching symposium will take place at the Holiday Inn, Cardiff, on 17, 18 and 19 February. Details from: Philip...

6 and 7 August 1988 at Grappenhall near Warrington in Cheshire with a host of attractions for north west drivers. There will be...

dealers and small businesses. One-Up provides computer hardware and software, printer, discs, a full range of stationery and...

enables ordinary mains-powered facsimile machines to be operated from a 24V supply, such as a truck battery, has been developed...

• Questions about unleaded fuel and its use are answered for motorists in a new leaflet published by the Automobile...

• A dictionary of terms used in road transport is being published in four languages (English, French, German and Spanish) by...

• A major road scheme at the junction of the North Circular (A406), Al, and Regents Park Road (A598) in central London will...

• The Department of Transport announced today that, during installation of road surface drainage gullies between Macfarren...

• Transport Secretary Paul Channon has announced the go-ahead for the completion of the £160 million Manchester Outer Ring...

• Regular readers will have noticed the claims made in Iveco Ford adverts for the 19(136 Turbostar 4x2 tractive unit. Its...

In the States you can have your CV serviced in less than 13 minutes. Under Paul Clarke's guidance HDL engineering aims to...

Jim Gullies has been appointed group managing director, National Freight Consortium special services group and a member of the...

as deputy depot manager at Maidstone. Previously, he was traffic and distribution manager with Carpet Express.

managers. Robin Spencer is handling the South from its Luton and Redhill depots; and Tim Lediard is covering the North and the...

manager of S&H Distribution, based at Birmingham head office, covering operations in Birmingham, Lichfield, Redditch and...

Ferrymasters' Scandinavian operation. He is currently accountant for the Scandinavian full-load division and joined...

Graham Chilvers is the new customer support manager for Distributive Computer Systems of Leamington Spa, specialist supplier of...

BRS Western has appointed three branch managers. Bill Diver takes charge of BRS Swindon, having spent 3 years as manager of the...

subsidiary of Tate and Lyle, has appointed Lyndon Learoyd northern area manager with responsibility for branches at Leeds,...

Ryder Truck Rental has made four management appointments. Ian Hartley becomes national accounts manager, succeeding Jeremy...

Holding and Barnes has appointed Paul Butler yard manager at its motor salvage site in Canvey Island.

Brenden McEnhill has been appointed to the new post of after sales manager at the Swindon HQ of MAN Volkswagen. He has been...

Peter Bates has joined vehicle paints specialist Coachline as salesman for the North East, Cleveland and parts of West Yorkshire.

The Freight Transport Association has unanimously elected Stuart Phillips to continue as president for a third year. Tony...

is taking on John Sherman as development director. Sherman, formerly operations director, is being replaced by Jim Gilchrist,...