• If you want expert advice, ask an expert. That's exactly what Commercial Motor has done in our survey of HGV driver training....

• Department of Transport officials are urging Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson to accept all the proposals outlined in the...

• A Government think tank is drawing up plans to confiscate 'cowboy' operators' trucks. The working party was set-up last...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board may lose a £350,000 grant from the European Social Fund, following a shift in...

• Britain's HGV drivers should be taught and tested on fully-laden trucks according to an exclusive survey of CV driving...

• The Government's attitude towards HGV overloading has come under fire from the Road Haulage Association, which is stepping up...

• The High Court has over-ruled a revocation order on a South Wales bus operator's licence pending a hearing before the...

• Bill Johnson, currently sales manager of Steyr UK, will join Scania at the beginning of February. Johnson joined Steyr in...

• During a Lords transport debate on Monday, former Conservative Transport Minister Lord Nugent of Guildford called for a...

• Truck body maker Boalloy Group has helped boost the profits of its owner Marling Industries, of which it was a 20% associate...

• The bulk price of diesel has risen for the third time this month, this time by an average lp/lit.

IN Uneconomical jobs may be ignored by breakdown operators this Christmas if the RAC does not meet demands for rate increases,...

• Proposals for maximum duty hours for truck drivers could be made by the European Commission within six months, Transport...

Austria's ban on lorry traffic between 10:00 and 17:00hrs from 1 December by imposing an identical ban on Austrian lorries...

• Northern bus operators Moor-Dale and R&M, both owned by Eddie Dunn, have been sold to Proudmutual, which operates both...

removals contractor Fergusons of Blyth, Northumberland, and his son Stuart, transport director, were killed in a helicopter...

Office has lammed the Department of Transport, Scottish Development Department and the Welsh Office for poor supervision and...

• Truck sales in Western Europe in 1989 will be 6% above 1988 levels, predicts motor ind u stry analyst DRI. The report, out...

• Proposals to reduce commercial deliveries in London and enforce the use of smaller goods vehicles has been promoted by Social...

• A mandatory commercial vehicle quality assurance scheme is being introduced by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing...

• The government has refused to back the switch of more freight from roads to railways. In the Commons last week Liberal...

more time — up to 31 Jam ary 1990 — before they w be required to hold BS575( to do anything more than very minor repairs. A...

• The European Commis sion is to help fund a yearlong study into the feasibility of an East Coast motor way from Cambridge to "...

Volvo Trucks with affec1 from 1 January 1990. Johnson, currently general man ager of the parts division, takes over from Jim...

• AWD Trucks has teamed up with Banbury Horseboxes to offer a range of 'off-theshelf boxes which are expected to generate over...

• Navistar's resolve to return to the European truck market will be strengthened by the US truck company's results for the...

of six 42.8m 3 tipping trailers from Crane Fruehauf. They feature triple king pin positions and Fruehauf s T air suspension.

• Reynolds Boughton will start delivering the first of 1,000 MkII 4x4s to the MoD in the second quarter of 1990. The £26...

• Cummins Engine plans to extend its warranty cover to engines up to four years old from next April. This follows reports from...

• Lada has made one of its first off-road commercial fleet sales in the British Isles with an order for four Niva 4x4 vans from...

• Coachwork Walker has won a repeat order from British Telecom for 750 lightweight swap bodies — it has supplied BT with 10,760...

• Highland Regional Council has taken delivery of three Foden 4000 Series 6x6 snowplough/gritters (CM 10-16 August) which are...

• Most of Britain's truck manufacturers are cutting bad as the truck market slides intc a recession. In the first nine months...

• Former Steyr dealer Clarke Commercials of Leeds has taken a further 26 of the unsold Steyr trucks which remain in the UK,...

• Glass Glover Distribution is set to go national next February with its flower and plant distribution operation 'Howerflow'....

ARS will be run by Glyn John Transport in Cardiff, another of Renwicks acquisitions, but the eight-vehicle fleet will continue...

• Yorkshire distribution company Onward is expanding its integrated storage and distribution business, as the company...

• Following the summer closure of Gateway Foodmarkets' Eastleigh depot, Heronfreight has increased the size of its contract...

• Trucks and Plant, a Dorset-based Portland Stone haulage company, is up for sale at £55,000. The business has three vehicles...

• Railfreight Distribution has introduced a one-way container service throughout Eastern and Western Europe. The containers,...

announce its trading partner in a panEuropean venture (CM 1925 October). Franchise manager Trevor Chester says the European...

• The first winner of the 1989 Award for Excellence from the Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management is Transport...

Jim Corden has left Central lifer Rental (UK) where he managing director, to take a similar position at the ileigh Industries...

• Bartrum Group has won its first national dedicated distribution contract, with electrical goods manufacturer MK Electric....

The distribution division of ristian Salvesen increased -tax profits by 6% to 26.8 lion for the six months to gember. The group...

powder tanker work: a five-year distribution contract for Nottingham-based soap manufacturer Cussons (UK). Sadler will run and...

distribution specialist, rose 22% in the six months to the end of September to 2793,000. Turnover rose 40% to 28.76 million:...

• Magazine Distribution Services won 2100,000 worth of new contracts in November. They included delivery of Competition Car and...

• Tiphook more than doubled its pre-tax profits from £4.5 million to 210 million in the first half of the year. The £70 million...

the introduction of the long-awaited 1733S 4 x 2 rigid chassis and tractive units, and the 2433S three-axled tractors. The 1733...

Relocating the short (980mm) unit further forward eliminates protrusion to the rear of even the shorter S day cab, while...

A road speed limiter holds maximum geared speed to 112km/h (69.5mph). This in effect restricts engine speed to less than...

• Between 1985/86 and 1988/ 89 there was a 10% fall in the number of passengers carried on local bus services outside London,...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles is negotiating with bodybuilders to supply Dart chassis. An 8.5m version has joined the standard...

III Milton Keynes City bus company has fitted its fleet of 100 vehicles with a "smart card" ticket system, similar to Telecom's...

• Ensign Bus Services subsidiary London Pride Sightseeing has replaced traditional double-deckers on London tourist services...

• Competition is escalating on Scarborough Town services with Primrose Valley Coaches joining the fray. With Appleby's already...

• GM Buses managing director, Dr Eric Burling, has resigned from his 255,000 job. Burling took leave from the company during...

• Unions and local authorities are campaigning to stop the closure of two Kel vin Central depots, in East Kilbride and Wishaw....

an EC award for providing wheelchair access on all vehicles. Two routes USE 24 Metrobuses, each capable of carrying...

design a vehicle body to suil disabled people. The Stokeon-Trent firm says that wheelchair fixin g s, lift installation, low...

• An underfloor passenger lift has been launched by lift engineer P J Fretwell of Manchester.

• Sally Line has launched a Customline service in which operators booking a sailing will get a document case with 250 brochures...

• A bus service running to Telford Industrial Estate, which was launched by Shropshire County Council in September, has proved...

• Gateshead-based GoAhead Northern has bought five new Alexander-bodied Leyland Olympian doubledeckers, which join over 80...

IN The Clayton Jones Group bus companies succeeded in he High Court on Monday in ;uspending a revocation order in its licences...

• Two new divisions will be set up by Plaxton on 1 January. One, handling sales and marketing, will be headed by Colin...

/ Stagecoach Scottish subsidiary Magicbus is moving new buses to Inverness to boost the fleet of its recent acquisition,...

• Patrick McLoughlin, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for aviation and shipping, has confirmed the Government's...

• Following the sale of Tyne and Wear Omnibus Company, the remainder of the Trimdon companies in the North East are set to be...

• The Ross on Wye Magistrates expressed confidence in the Ross twin-plate weighbridge on the A40 when they convicted Derbyshire...

Hampto has granted Vanguard Vehi cle Services of Rothwell au thorny to add six vehicles and 10 trailers to its licenc( for 10...

• In a reserv( decision, North Eastern Licenc. ing Authority Frederick Whal ey has renewed the fourvehicle licence held by...

III West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority Roger Seymour has adjourned disciplinary proceedings involving Seagull Foods of...

• A front-axle overload cost Ludlow-based Suncrest Transport and one of its drivers 2440 in fines and costs, following a weight...

• Oswestry Magistrates have ordered Shropshire ownerdriver Robert lark Jones, trading as Mark mes Transport, to pay fines nd...

• Drivers' hours offences by P&A Haulage and one of its drivers, have resulted in fines and costs totalling £1,725 from the...

Operator's Licence by Rotherham operator Kevin Lambert, whose previous licence was revoked, has been adjourned by North Eastern...

• A company which forgot to renew its Operator's Licence and which was mbsequently prosecuted for Inauthorised use, has been...

Mark Bedeman has the job of steering NFC back into Europe — a market where the company once tried and failed. • The NFC's...

C UR VES The Department of Transport plans to revamp HGV driver testing, and everyone has their own idea of the best way...

2. Do you think that the UK HGN. , test programme adequately prepares the newly-qualified driver for work in the road transport...

vs' SE Just because a driver has an HGV Class One licence does not mean he is a good truck driver. Doug Jenkins, who runs...

in the Midlands: Mechanical & Welding Services, and United Counties Engineering. Both offer 24-hour recovery, servicing and...

new course for managers in freight and distribution. The one-week residential course covers service, keeping major customers,...

leading up to the Certificate of Professional Competence exams on 23 March, 22 June, 5 October and 7 December 1990. Its...

new Band Three mobile radio unit, the Securicor JRC, which has the capacity for 99 users, compared with 40 on previous units....

a new service for fleet controllers called Thereand-Back. It is designed to provide low-cost communication over a wide area....

has published a consultation document proposing changes to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous...

• 'Careers in the Retail Motor netustiy', outlines the type of work and promotion paths, availble in the transport industry. It...

• A new study called Transport in the Nineties — the shaping of Europe has been published by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

host the sixth Scan-Tech UK exhibition, on 26-28 June. The show will cover a wide range of automatic identification systems and...

• A CPC meeting will be het( on Saturday 20 January, at the Somerset County Council conference centre at Sandhill Par14...

portable, battery-powered gas ana lyser which measures carbon monoxide levels in exhaust. The instrument warms up in seconds,...

additive, say it has beer improved to provide benefits even when the temperature is above freezing. Kamco claims that Waxbreal...

at its terminal in Vlisingen, The Netherlands, which will improve the comfort of drivers and speed ferry loading. The new hard...

for HGV drivers, which will pay up to 250,000 if a licence is lost through accident or illness. The company also provides...

to Bassett section of the M3 is built have now begun. Restrictions are in operation on parts of the M27 and A33. Vehicles more...

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST MI London: Reduced widths on slip roads at Junction 5 (A41). M1 Buckinghamshire: Various outside...

MS To would-be HGV drivers the test is a daunting prospect — but many training and safety specialists want to make the...

The 'N1MBY' Not In My Back Yard) syndrome is notoriously strong among new converts to rural life, as Sue Mitchell and the team...

• Tax avoidance is not a crime: tax evasion is. Avoidance — arranging your affairs so as to incur the lowest tax, is perfectly...

by Colin ird ('Any Questions' CM 7December) in respect of nual entries on tachograph irts to record overnight rest misleading,...

a chart in the vehicle's tachograph to record a daily rest period, drivers are advised to make manual entries, eg 'start DR...

If a chart has a specially printed area for manual entries, probably on the reverse side, that is where they should be made....

Freight Transport Association, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

• Today I have just been charged a total of 2105.80 for the supply of 10 gallons of diesel. These charges were made up of...

BY THE HAWK • A monster tractor is threatening to debut at next year's Commercial Motor Truckfest at Peterborough, during the...

lie joined the company in 1938 as an apprentice and eventually rose to the position of engineering services manager.

be the new president of the British international Freight Association. He takes office for one year from April 1990. B1FA's...

Jones general manager to handle the Asda contract. Prior to this he was distribution manager of the Coop at East Anglia and...

The John Dee Group has appointed Philip Knowles as regional manager of its NorthWestern division based at Haydock. Knowles...

Charles Jesudason becomes branch manager at Manches ter, Philip Troy at Dundee and Stephen Ismay at Watford. Peter Jeffries...