By Focus reporter CHANGES in Weights and Measures legislation makes short weighbridges unsuitable for weighing long vehicles....

THE suspension of the four vehicle licence held by Cartoon Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd, lasted just 24 hours. The licence was...

Understanding is strength This month's Focus features concentrate on environmental and safety requirements, both of which make...

AN ABERDEEN Industrial Tribunal decided that George Brebner, trading as Brebner Carriers, of Fraserburgh, had unfairly...

THE licence held by K C Williamson & Co has been renewed with a number of environmental conditions by Scottish Licensing...

mechanical duties, which had formed a substantial part of his job from the beginning. Brebner had been entitled to treat his...

• CareAssist has introduced a legal expenses policy designed for fleet operators. It runs alongside the insured fleet's motor...

a 'shambles' haulier G Williams, lie trading as J M Motors, admitted that his maintenance had been "a bit of a shambles" in...

director of Cwm bran-based Duncan Green Plant Hire Ltd apologised for being very abusive to Traffic Area staff over the...

What will be the impact on your business when environmental conditions are imposed? Take good advice before you agree....

eighbour Chris Butterfield believes the Transport Tribunal's attitude is softening towards the operator's neighbours. IX...

0 YOU have an operators licence! You may be an own-account (restricted) operator with 7,500 vehicles with your own legal...

OME long time ago I wrote about a Code of Practice which concerned lifting. The code was a disaster from a haulage point of...

by Brian Weatherley (tel 081-661 3303) and published as a monthly supplement to Commercial Motor by © Reed Business Publishing...

was briskly attacked for my "alarmist" views about the attitude of the courts to hau tiers. I am conscious that I run the risk...

• With the publication of our exclusive survey on consignor liability in this week's Commercial Motor we have sent the...

haulier in your own right? Before you can win that coveted 0-Licence you will need to pass the demanding Certificate of...

and Renault Truck Industries were on the brink of clinching a major deal with the MoD.

• The 1989 accounts of the Transport and General Workers' Union, published last week, show a deficit of £4m. But general...

companies as part of its strategy to become the key sorting and distribution centre for multinationals operating in Europe....

C R Ray - field of Gatwick for £2.5m. Rayfield operates 18 vehicles and specialises in the collection and disposal of liquid...

• A total of 280 charges alleging breaches of the EC tachograph and drivers' hours legislation, brought against Wimpey Waste...

• UK hauliers working in Europe are needed to take part in an Association for Distribution Development study set up in...

• An overwhelming 94% of hauliers want consignor liability to be made a part of European transport law. The case of British...

• Registrations of trucks over 3.5 tonnes slumped nearly 37% in May compared with the same period last year, according to the...

• Ronald Hennessy, transport manager of Wigan-based Tankhaul, has denied any involvement in a £2m drug-smuggling plot....

• Britain's truck operators face fines of up to £1,000 if they fail to meet tough new anti-pollution standards. The penalty is...

• Road transport associations and the London Boroughs Transport Committee returned to the High Court this week to fight over...

• Driver agencies may have to rethink key clauses in their standard terms of trading, which excuse them from liability for...

• The seven-week strike at lveco Ford's Langley production plant ended last week when the 1,100 workers accepted an 11.5% pay...

• Transport secretary Cecil Parkinson is set to spark a new political row this week over cash aid for the Channel Tunnel rail...

• Road haulage organisations should tip-off Licensing Authorities about "cowboy" operators, says South Eastern Traffic...

IIIII Environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth is to launch an anti-lorry campaign in the autumn. It will stress what...

N Fiat has recalled Florin() and Citivan light vans sold between August 1988 and May 1990, The problem is in a batch of front...

• Daf has squeezed extra power from its long-serving 11.6-litre charge-cooled engine used in the 95 Series tractive unit to...

• Grau is set to launch an automatic slack adjuster in the UK. It is designed to do away with the need for regular manual brake...

• German bodybuilder Spier of Steinheim has introduced a new Mercedes-Benz 609Dbased parcels van which includes many features...

• Heathrow Airport's transport manager Ron Valentine has found a vehicle to wash the tunnels at the world's busiest...

• Southworth Chassis Engineering has released more details about its innovative Thrudek low-deck rigid vehicle conversion...

• A new fleet of 20 specially adapted curtainsided Mercedes-Benz 17-tonners have joined the Coca-Cola Schweppes fleet. A dozen...

• Rapidforrn (Europe) has extended the wheelbase of an Iveco Ford 190.48 tractive unit from 3.485m to 3.8m for AM Philips...

• A new non-HGV three-car transporter has been launched by Transport and Trailer Engineering, Teesside. The bodywork can be...

• MAN has introduced a freefit exchange engine service which offers MAN reconditioned engines for between 613% less than the...

• The latest Ford Sierra P100 pickup engine, chassis and gearbox are used by Classic Specials to produce this new 1934 Model E...

• Transport companies carrying out distribution for beleaguered furnishings group Coloroll, which went into receivership last...

• Sally Line has almost doubled its freight business with the acquisition of French ROR0 freight ferry operator SAN Charles...

• TIP Europe has set up a separate inter-modal division in the UK to complement its existing divisions of leasing, tankers and...

• Attwoods, the waste disposal company whose main UK operation is Drinkwater Sabey, has called for an 282m rights issue to cut...

• TNT is to offer food and drink manufacturers a multiuser distribution service to corner shops and small grocery stores. It...

• Castle Morpeth Council in Northumberland is under fire from the National Union of Public Employees after awarding a...

• Stuart Edwards (Haulage) has gone into liquidation following changes in the terms of the lease on its premises at Calderwharf...

II North West Water has shelved plans to expand into the vehicle servicing and maintenance business, as its chairman Dennis...

• Truck rental rates are still 30% below what they should be, despite the recent call by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing...

• Mayne Nickless, the Australian transport company which plans to set up a contract distribution operation in Europe, has...

• Transport contractor R T Page & Sons of Littlehampton has won a three-year extension to its 10-year contract hire deal with...

• The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority is still fighting against proposals for drivers of minibuses in sub category D1...

new survey in 1991 to discover why people travel in London. It will be conducted in conjunction with the London Research...

new double-deckers to go into service with Preston Borough Transport since deregulation. The 78seaters are unusual because they...

• Lowland Scottish has been sold to its management and employees for about Vim. The first sale in the Scottish Bus Group...

• Tom Jowitt Travel, the fastgrowing Barnsley-based independent operator, has moved to new premises at Wombwell and become a...

launched around a month ago, have topped Li. 25m, The travelcard, which costs .R23 per calendar month, is paid for by direct...

services for the public, could soon be required to display a distinctive sign with flashing amber lights if they carry...

• The Government wants to accelerate the fitting of speed limiters to all coaches and is looking at introducing seat belt...

• A new computerised North Sheffield service scheme has been introduced by South Yorkshire Transport. A total of 31 routes...

• Two more bus company mergers have been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission following Stagecoach's takeover of...

• A total of eight East Lanes EL2000-bodied Dennis Falcons are going into service with North Western Road Car of Merseyside,...

• Clayton Jones has failed to obtain new PSV licences for two of his firms. South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh...

• London Transport is boosting its tourist services this summer by opening an information centre at Liverpool Street...

• Getting on and off buses is the biggest problem facing disabled people, and is the main reason why they do not use buses,...

• A row between the Berks Bucks Bus Company, trading as The Bee Line, and London Country Bus (North West), over a...

• TNT executives have been told to curb the speeding of drivers by Oxford Crown Court recorder John Griffiths. The warning...

• Two operators with adjacent operating centres were successful in getting their licences renewed, without restrictions, when...

• An Andover lorry driver overturned his truck on a motorway while he was looking down at a map. Neil Whitcher lost control of...

& Co have been adjourned, by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh, because the firm has not been informed about a...

• The employer of a lorry driver who crashed into a footbridge is facing a High Court action for £41,798 compensation. The...

• The PSV Operator's Licence held by Cyril, Roy and Ivy Saxton, of Heanor, Derbyshire, has been cut from six vehicles to five,...

• A Liverpool industrial tribunal has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to consider a claim for unfair dismissal made by a...

• Raymond Ferris, who trades as Ferris Coach Holidays, of Senghenydd, has had his 18-vehicle PSV licence revoked, and has been...

• A bid for a new PSV licence by the son of a man whose licence was cut on maintenance grounds last November has been adjourned...

I/ The thawing of the Cold War has increased pressure on defence spending, so it came as no surprise that last week's British...

No hire and reward haulier can operate without a Certificate of Professional Competence holder on the team, but the CPC exam...

ROADLINK'S NEW PAD • Roadlink International has set up a new HQ and distribution centre at Strawberry Lane, Willenhall, West...

manufacturing company in Maraigner, near Grenoble in France. Called Societe de Fabrications de Directions (SFD), it has taken...

SWI 0 TIP • Beacon rippers, the Staffordshire-based tipping body manufacturer, has strengthened its coverage in Scotland by...

IRTE SCOTS FLING • The Institute of Road Transport Engineers' Scottish national lecture and display will be held on 19-20...

involved in implementing a just-in-time system, the Institute of Materials Management is running a series of one-day workshops...

21-22 July at the Nutts Corner Race Circuit, Dundrod, County Antrim. Described as a fun-day out for all the family,...

NON-STOP MOT SERVICE • Truck sales specialist S Jones is introducing a 24-hour MoT and maintenance service at its Aldridge...

Nightfreight, has launched a parcel point collection service in East Anglia. Parcel points have been opened on a trial basis at...

has opened on the M25 at South Mims. It is the sixth in BP's planned European truckstop network. Contact (0442) 225226.

Ireland Carriers (NIC), part of Scottish Road Services, has spent more than £25,000 installing a direct computer link between...

QUALITY BODYBUILDERS • Boalloy's Tautliner division and Penman Engineering have both qualified for the Society of Motor...

ANALYSING TACHOGRAPHS • The next study weekend for the Road Haulage Association's Young Executive Section (YES) will focus on...

approved removals training courses under its House Trained banner, including three-day basic and advanced removals techniques...

TAKE THE NIGH ROAD • The Scottish Office has published a booklet for drivers using the A9 in Scotland. Called A9 The Highland...

Transport Systems is now available. It carries details of bus, metro and other public transport facilities in 400 cities and...

SOFT OPTION • Tecpac has introduced a range of machines to convert recycled brown paper into wadding which can be used to...

It stores, collates and reports all data affecting vehicle fleet operations on IBMcompatible computers. Contact Allan Peckham...

It is called the Drivemaster AR170 and is designed to reduce stone trapping and minimise punctures. It is available in two...

CUMBRIAN BYPASS • Work has begun on the

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M1 I Essex: Lane closures, 15/7. Contraflow. M25 Hertfordshire: Lane closures118/20 {Chorleywood/...

ACROSS: 1 Tipping trailer from Wilcox (6) 3 15 in new Oban for Scania P92M, say (6) 5 & 6 Down: Device for changing to unleaded...

Glamorgan, for sending in the first correct solution to Crossword 10 — a CM polo shirt is on its way to you. Solutions to...

SMALL POND Iveco Ford's u dated Turbo Dail 49.10 HiCube •anel van has a lot to offer o•erators in what is a small UK sector....

Price as tested: £19,910 (exVAT). Design GVW: 5,000kg. Tested GVW: 5,000kg. Payload as tested: 2,650kg. Overall average fuel...

Limited cabotage becomes legal on 1 July, and British hauliers will find out just how competitive they really are in the run up...

II Owner-operators who go abroad regularly moan about middlemen such as freight forwarders and big transport companies taking a...

Dowfreight was a leading light in international haulage until it was brought down by VED and permit offences. Now the Dowsett...

• Members of the Society of Motor Auctions have been urged by its chairman, Paul Manton, to make better use of fax machines in...

• The heavy commercial vehicles market is still tough while light commercials are moving along at a fairly respectable pace,...

• Light commercial sales at ADT Auctions' Belle Vue Manchester centre will now be held weekly instead of fortnightly. Since...

vehicle sale takes place on 21 July at ADT Auctions' Edinburgh complex. Contact (0753) 645622.

• Central Motor Auctions has set up a new National Transport Division to monitor the transport service it offers to its auction...

• Bristol City Council is inviting experienced contractors to tender for vehicle maintenance and repair service contracts. The...

• Perhaps your readers may be interested in the performance figures achieved by Mack's V-8 EE9-500 engine when tested for...

interest your correspondence under the heading "Bleeper refusal causes concern". The last sentence in your report states "1...

In the company's drinks and catering sector, Bryn Satherley has been promoted to general manager responsible for the Beefeater,...

will lake over as chief executive of United 'Transport International. He will become chairman of United Transport America on...

of Express Motors, Henlys' Vauxhall dealership in Pinkham Way New Southgate. Aldrich joined the company in 1988 as service...

He is succeeded by John Griffiths, who has been technical director for the past nine years. Before joining Edbro in 1977,...

Poole as area general manager for the SouthWest. He is based at the company's Bristol office at Bradley Stoke. Poole has held...

He has been chairman and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company since 1986 and takes over from Geoffrey Whalen,...

Wes Gillespie as marketing executive for the UK. He was regional sales manager for southern England.

company engineering development manager at BRS Northern, following the appointment of John Parry as head of engineering. Hinch...

within its newly created marketing division. Margaret Cobbold, who has been with the company for five years, takes over as...

Brian Mart manager of its Birmingham hub, responsible for its central sorting operations. He joins from Conveyerquick, where...

He has 25 years' experience in transport, which includes working for Atochem UK and Burmah Castrol.

Chemicals as Midlands area sales manager. He worked for the company for many years, but left two years ago to join Neilsons...

• Fifteen candidates who 1,10k their Certificate of Professional Competence exams in March will have to resit them because the...