• The Transport & General Workers Union was asked to push for shorter working hours for LGV and PCV drivers at its biennial...

• Animal rights extremists have petrol bombed seven abbatoir trucks in Oldham. Four of the reefers were owned by Taylor...

• Draft regulations on truck speed limiters just released by the Department of Transport seem to suggest that 17-tonners up to...

• Eezee Euro, the company which took over the depots of collapsed clearing house Transworld, has closed three of them because...

ment an EC directive which gives the force of law to the current ADR voluntary agreement. The HSC says that while most...

Parcelforce has ended its first full year's trading E75m in the red. But E60m of this was caused by allocating income to...

• An Irish haulier and his famiiv escaped unhurt this week after being held hostage overnight by seven armed men who wired one...

• Sealink Stena's new dedicated freighter, the Challenger, went into service smoothly this week despite a French seamen's...

Newell Rz Wright and seized drivers hours records. "Our attention was drawn to the company by another force area, following a...

tomorrow (12 July). The site, off J1 of the M54, has no bedrooms. The FTA has attacked the Government's rejection of an M40...

medical reports to drivers refused a licence on health grounds. Transport Minister Christopher Chope has asked it to consider...

inspection of CV brakes are to be tightened up to define the parts that need to be controlled and ensure that possible causes...

has 700 vehicles, is changing its name to Hallmark Contract Hire. It has recruited David Ogden from ERF Leasing as managing...

which was launched last month, has crashed owing thousands of pounds (CM 13-19 June) — but staff and suppliers, rather than...

• The bosses of a Seddon Atkinson parts dealership which burnt down last week are to keep the business open while its...

• Geoffrey Coles, the Salfordbased haulier involved in the Freightliner fraud case, has been sentenced to 150 hours community...

• Mercedes-Benz deputy chairman Helmut Werner says that EC countries should use fewer trucks and more trains to move their...

• Hauliers travelling through London on lorry ban exemption permits may have to pay for essential guides to the ban area. The...

• Operators will be able to buy ERF tractors with 298kW (400hp) Perkins Tx Eagle engines from next month. The Sandbach-based...

• The recession continues to take a disastrous toll on the transport industry, with sales of trucks and artics down over 38% in...

• Detroit Diesel is developing a four-cylinder, 8.5-litre version of its Series 60 six-cylinder engine range. Designated...

• Wilson Double-Deck has received three more orders from Tankfreight for its tanker/curtainsider, the Decktank, which debuted...

• Volvo has terminated its co-operation agreement with Czechoslovakian truck manufacturers Liaz and Tatra. The Swedish giant...

• Seddon Atkinson has denied reports that it is to pull out of mainstream truck production. Motor Transport ran a story last...

• Owner-driver Roger Nicolson has snapped up the first right-hand-drive AE 500 Magnum in the UK. Nicolson drives under contract...

ELC's revitalised Leyland National. • East Lancashire Coachbuilders is offering to refurbish ageing Leyland National and...

• The six-wheeler version of the award winning Omni is expected to go into production next year. A 29-seat prototype was...

• Highland Scottish Omnibuses is set to be sold to a consortium of Clansman Travel and Leisure and Rapson's Coaches. Last week...

• Leeds-based manufacturer Optare has launched a widebodied version of the MetroRider midibus which is designed to improve...

• Macclesfield farmer and haulier Geoffrey Bailey has won an increased vehicle authorisation with no further restriction,...

advice about its maintenance system again its licence could be suspended or revoked. Renewing the company's nine-vehicle...

• South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh decided to adjourn consideration of an application to renew the threevehicle licence held by...

• A driver sacked by Cardiffbased drapery company Peacocks Store for allegedly taking excessive breaks has been awarded almost...

• Scottish Licensing Authority .4 worth has cut the cence held by Aberdeen-based Nimmo Equipment Services following...

IN William Briggs, trading as Briggs Coaches of Swansea, has had his licence revoked for "repeated road traffic offences" under...

• Two offences under the hazchempak regulations cost Dar • ling t on based Hayward & Robertson £750 when it pleaded guilty...

• Summer has brought a rash of incentive deals on light commercial vehicles in a bid to lure buyers back to the showrooms....

• Iveco Ford Truck returned a £19.9m loss for 1990, mostly resulting from a decline in truck sales of almost 41% on 1989, when...

• Trailer and container rental group Tiphook has announced year-end profits which have soared to £76.1m from last year's £33.1m...

• Red Star will be back in profit "well within five years" — despite a £9m loss announced last week. The company plans to...

• Christian Salvesen has bought its way into computer distribution with the acquisition of specialist distributor Corntrans for...

• TIP Trailer Rental has introduced a used trailer sales programme with a "Try-BeforeYou-Buy" option and a two-tier warranty....

Commercial Motor helped to establish Truckfest as the premier event on the trucking calendar, we've extended our sponsorship to...

European event • The European Transport Maintenance Council will be holding its ninth conference at Antwerp on 1-3 March....

Trooper top-up • Isuzu (UK) is increasing the prices of its Trooper range of passenger and commercial vehicles by up to 5%...

Meet The Challenger / Sealink Stena Line's new freight ferry, Stena Challenger, has started on the Dover-Calais route,...

• P&O is set to switch its specialist freighter European Trader from Dover to the Portsmouth-Le Havre route following delivery...

Parts management • In conjunction with the Road Transport Industry Training Board, ERF has come up with a new training scheme...

• Training Force, the training division of the Lane Group, is offering a one-day course in the use of drawbar rigs. The course...

• Thermo King Europe has introduced two new diesel-powered temperature-control units suitable for overcab mounting. The SD-1500...

• AVP Purmo has launched a roof-mounted ventilator in powered and unpowered forms which can be fitted to the front or rear of...

MI2Z New tachograph hits the mark • Design company Cambridge Consultants is seeking a partner to develop and market a new...

• Hubbard Transport Refrigeration has introduced an undermount diesel power pack to enable its 485 and 486 hydraulic...

Green guide iii A guidebook aimed at helping managers to improve their companies' environmental standards is now available...

Linking up with the South of France • A new 5km motorway link opened in Calais on 5 July, providing direct access to the A26....

• The Department of Transport will be undertaking major maintenance work and road renewal throughout the motorway network;...

T o begin with, there's the fact that the trucks are Volvo trucks... with everything that means in terms of performance,...

ith cynicism so widespread it is good to see that some folk take the important things in life seriously — for example...

A n Iowa man received five days' jail when he paid a traffic fine by post. Nothing illegal about that — but along with the...

Iii he Lady Truckers Club has produced its first publication, in the form of a "Summer Special". The editor describes it...

n a morning stroll with Foden the dog, the Hawk notices two young women with four toddlers trying, in vain, to cross the road...

Eil he Hawk frequently does not know whether he is coming or going but at least he will still be able to understand how far it...

endy Ferguson writes from the Simona Trust in Glasgow to ask if any CM readers can offer help for a trip to Romania in August —...

In Commercial Motor last month it was said that the law would have to be changed on 1 January 1992 to allow a 10.5-tonne...

I bought a three-axled tractive unit two years ago to renovate and I surrendered the tax disc for a refund. It took longer...

certainly result in you receiving a summons to appear in court. The same amount could be claimed as back duty and you could be...

Can an articulated vehicle taxed at the £100 PLG rate for driver-training purposes be used occasionally to carry some training...

Kenworth or Mack than he would a Cadillac or a Chevrolet. American trucks, like their cars, might draw crowds at shows, but...

ULTRA-LINER of UK Mack importer Western Truck, In any case, most are used for Continental and/or heavy haulage where left-hand...

McKELLAR iii There is one key reason for international haulier McKellar Trucking's switch from a traditional artic fleet to...

made ANTIQUES? McKellar Trucking spent E500,000 to convert its operation to intermodal drawbars instead of artics. The...

II Business stresses make it increasingly refreshing to find excellent international assistance, that does not cost the earth....

• I do not know why your article on road pricing conveyed such a knee-jerk reaction against the concept. Commercial Motor...

• Operators will throw their hands up and protest at the announcement that speed limiters are to be made compulsory almost...

• I was interested to read your Comment column (CM, 6-12 June) about problems caused to training organisations as a result of...

Truck drivers have this year found themselves in the headlines — for faring the worst in the 1991 pay round. CM decided to get...

depending on nights out. Although working "more hours than ever", he has not received a pay rise for 18 months. He has been...

hour and 20 minutes for the load as I had to the other day, only to be told it had been sent five days ago. They couldn't find...

T ransfrigoroute UK is proposing nominees for both senior positions that have fallen vacant on the governing body of...

I Andrew Fenn is the new depot manager at Hammond Distribution's hub in Birmingham. He was formerly traffic manager. Lee...

• David Bennie has been appointed to the new post of managing director of ERF Strathclyde, in Glasgow. Bennie has been with...

TNT Express Worldwide has appointed Peter Henry as general manager, group marketing. He will be responsible for developing and...

I Adrian Mitchell has been promoted to works manager at Brighton Borough Transport, based at its Lewes Road HQ. He succeeds...

She has spent the past year in a consultancy role to the courier and property industries and was formerly sales and marketing...

at small to medium transport companies. If you have taken on a transport manager/engineer, sales person or depot manager,...