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CHOP CHOP

• Takeovers always mean that somebody, somewhere, gets hurt. As West German truck builder MAN takes an 80% stake in Austria's...

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Belgian buy

• Christian Salvesen has acquired Belgian pharmaceutical distribution company Henrotaux et Cie and Destexhe Freres (H&D) for...

Abel is BRS MD

• Steve Abel has succeeded Ron Irons as managing director of BRS Group. Abel joins from BRS Western.

Freight ships

• The Freight Transport Association has submitted a report to the Office of Fair Trading on the P&O Ferries/Sealink UK plan to...

Evans Ha!show

• Mann Egerton has bought the Newport Iveco Ford and Ford dealership from Evans Halshaw for £8.15 million.

.peed limit review?

The Association of County Councils has asked for a review of speed limits on Britain's roads. It wants a meeting with transport...

Top Tozer

• Distributor Tozer Kernsley and !Vlillbourn (TKM) lifted pre-tax profits by 19% to 221 million in the half year to 30 June....

Chunnel work begins

• Work has begun on vehicle access structures for the train loading platforms at Folkestone's Channel tunnel terminal, part of...

Oaf banking

• Following its acquisition of German bank Gewerbekreditbank AG, Dal aims to strengthen its interests in financing, truck...

Study backs regioni Traffic Areas

• The review of Traffic Area Offices will crush any Government hopes of turning them into an executive agency, says the...

Deaths spark probe

• Responsibility for the death of 79 beagle pups which suffocated in a Monock Freightowned container on board a ferry may...

HD's council clash

• Plans for a distribution centre in the Vale of Evesham have sparked a hitter wrangle between Horticultural Development, a...

RDB launches Euro-Link with Gefco

• Transport and distribution group RDB Freight Lines is launching a specialised European service for delivery of engineering...

TNT's contracts

• TNT Truckcare has started public-sector contracts with Bromley and Wandsworth Borough Councils for the maintenance of their...

Hegmann win

• The Belgian Truck Grand Prix superfmal was a runaway victory for Thomas Hegmann. He led from the flag in his Mercedes 1450...

Air supply

• The West German environment ministry is pressing for EC laws to reduce emissions from lorries and coaches by 40 to 50% by...

Volvo's double

• Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) more than doubled its pre-tax profits in 1988 from £9.9 milion to £23.4 million. Turnover was up...

Top pay gaps

• Top truck dealer principals are paid less than half as much as their car dealer counterparts, says recruitment specialist APA.

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VI unveils its test plan

11 The Vehicle Inspectorate is )oised to bring in a package of - iew working practices which it lopes will beat the test...

Ban bust is temporary

I Blue Circle is being forced to continue operating in London vith temporary permits, despite winning its appeal against the...

Steyr awaits MAN plan

• The future for Steyr Trucks in Britain looks grim following the news that the German manufacturer MAN has acquired an 80%...

Cab fear at length limit

• Transport union leaders are pressing the government to tighten up legislation on vehicle lengths, following the announcement...

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Labour policies unveiled

• Fifty-tonne trucks on special lorry-only highways could be introduced under Labour, says shadow transport secretary John...

116 police swoop

• A combined police and Department of Transport operation on the M6 motorway led to six foreign lorry drivers, three Frenchmen,...

FTA fights ban

• The Freight Transport Association is to fight a proposed night-time ban on motorway routes in Austria. It says such a ban...

Brenner blockade

IN Hundreds of British truck drivers were stuck in a 24km tailback when Italian lorry drivers blocked the Brenner Pass motorway...

Mayday Transport Ltd

• We have been asked to point out that Mayday Express of Bristol, which we wrote about in last week's issue under the headline...

Lining up for the Livery honours

The 1989 CM/ICI Autocolor Livery awards were presented at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu this week. See page 52 for...

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Euro-bodies in force at show

• Intermodal and international transport predominated at the Freight Transport Association's bodybuilding exhibition at Torquay...

Uprated F16 UK-bound

• Volvo has stepped up its attack on the high-power truck market with an uprated version of its F16 flagship tractive unit. It...

Scanias to smooth Aberdeen journeys

• The Aberdeen Shore Porters' Society has bought two Scania 230 rigid trucks. The trucks, winner of the 1989 Truck of the Year...

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Bletchley stable

• Bletchley Motor Group's interim pre-tax profits reached £475,000 compared with £480,000 for the six months ended 30 June.

Refuse deal a UK Waste Control has been awarded a

£3.15 million, five-year refuse collection contract by Three Rivers District Council. This is the company's first contract in...

Rockfield scoops Tamworth tender

• Rockfield Contracts has won a £2.3 million tender from Tamworth Borough Council, West Midlands, in the face of competition...

TNT announces mega contract

• TNT Contract Distribution has won its third drinks industry contract in a multi-million pound deal with the Peter Dominic...

Wath seeks toxic waste carriers

• A Yorkshire chemical recycling firm is looking for a haulier to move about 2,500 sealed drums of toxic waste from the village...

South-West firms go out of business

• Two Leyland Daf dealers in the South-West have gone into liquidation. Exeter Truck Centre and Tamar (Plymouth) will now be...

Wheeler halves fleet and staff

• Falling rates and declining business has forced SouthWest haulier Wheeler and Son to halve its fleet and workforce. Already...

Plex wins Brohome • Hex Freight has won a .£3

million, five-year contract to supply a complete transport package to Brohome. Vehicles supplied will include six Mercedes 1729...

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300 jobs go at Crane Fruehauf

1 Crane Fruehauf is to lay off early one-third of its workrye in response to the slump m the trailer market and the loomy...

Metra looking far and wide

• Cashflow problems have forced Hertfordshire haulage and distribution firm Metra to look for financial help. Metra, which has...

Argil regroups in three-way deal

• Three major European retailing groups are to co-operate in a trading partnership which will develop new methods and...

Parceline plan leads to job losses

• Parceline is to make 29 staff redundant following a decision to restructure the company into five regional divisions. The...

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BTAC/IRTE try six of the best

• Six back-to-back comparisons were made at the Institute of Road Transport Engineers/Brewery Transport Advisory Committee...

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Alexander: 150 must go

• Falkirk-based coachbuilder Walter Alexander is to cut its workforce by more than 17%. The company blames high interest rates,...

Kentish invests in new routes

• Kentish Bus & Coach has put 13 new double-deckers on its number 51 route at a cost of about £1 million — and it has placed a...

Scania six hit UK • Kingston-upon-Hull City Transport has taken

delivery of six long-wheelbase Scania N113RDB doubledeckers, the first in the UK. East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn...

Dormidibus • Dormobile has developed a range of rnidibus bodies

for the commercial PSV market, three months after being taken over by the KBD Group. The range will carry between 20 and 33...

SBG minis

• The first Reeve Burgesa Beaver minibuses to go to a Scottish Bus Group company are four Renault 556 vehicles, delivered to...

Shearings takeover

• Shearings has complete( the takeover of Archway Motors of Shiffnal, and has strengthened its position or Shropshire services....

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bblin dispute ;ettlement

I Dublin Bus inspectors have nded their dispute over pay ifferentials which brought tem out on unofficial strikes n three days...

Vestern snaps up languard Coaches

I Vanguard Coaches, Bedorth, has been sold to West. n Travel — parent company • Midland Red South — for an idisclosed sum. But...

Double-decker at Frankfurt

• Leyland Bus is exhibiting a Northern Counties-bodied Olympian at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week in a move to promote the...

Law Travel sells routes and vehicles

• County Durham independent Law Travel has sold its routes and five vehicles to competitor Go-Ahead Northern. Law Travel will...

Crosville brings in more minis to Rhyl

• Crosville Wales, the Welsh subsidiary of National Express, is introducing 29 additional minibuses into Clwyd on a major...

Football coach • Ipswich Town football club has taken delivery

of a £140,000 LAG Panoramic coach. The vehicle is Daf powered with a ZF gearbox. NW moves to Ribble • Liverpool-based North...

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Sheafline loses licence

• The 20vehicle PSV operator's licence held by Sheffield-based Sheaffine (PSV), the company set up by a co-operative of former...

Application withdrawn

• AD faylor, company formed to take over the business of West Midland international haulier Adrian Taylor, has dropped an...

Company rapped over hours law offences

IN The licence held by Norman Lewis Tankers, of Helsall, near Selby, has been cut by three vehicles and trailers and renewed...

Stevensons fined

• Stevenson: of Uttoxeter was ordered by Derby Magistrates to pay fines and costs totalling 1500, after admitting permitting...

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Ex-director cleared g minibus charges

• James Ramage, a former director of Scunthorpeased Scott Cabs will have 1,600 of his defence costs aid out of public funds...

Company and manager face charges IN Commercial vehicle dealer H

& L Garages and its sales manager, Graham Precious, face charges alleging that they deliberately under-declared the unladen...

DLS Europe drivers fined

• Sixteen drivers employed by DLS Europe, said by the prosecution to be the international trading arm of A One Transport, were...

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Marriage of convenience

• • MAN's purchase last week of an 80% stake in Steyr's truck-making interests solves major problems for both companies — and...

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BUDGET EXPANDS • Budget Rent-A-Car is expanding its van and

truck rental service with the opening of the company's largest UK commercial vehicle rental centre in West Bromwich, West...

SEMCO APPOINTMENT ▪ Semeo Cranes ot South

ampton has been appointed by Colchester Tillage as its first UK dealer for its Italian-built Cormach Cranes, trading under...

EVERYONE ON BOARD

• Maywood On Board, manufacturer of on-board weighing systems, is establishing a nationwide distributor network based on...

FIVE STAR PARCELS FROM HEATHROW

• Red Star has opened an international parcels gateway at Heathrow Airport and announced a same-day-by-air service in the UK....

ETCHED WINDOWS

• Free RAC membership for one year and window-etching against theft is now being provided on all Ford Transits, P100 pickups...

RTA AT BUSHY BIT HOUSE

• Road Iransport Associates of London has opened a new training centre in Aveley, Essex. The RTITB-approved centre, known as...

MITSUBISHI RISE II Mitsubishi is putting up its vehicle prices

by 1-3%, which means the Shogun range now starts at £13,659 for the threedoor 2600 petrol model, with the L300 panel van range...

STUDENT CONFERENCE I On 7 November a coinerence and exhibition

aimed at transport students and transport managers takes place at the Portland Thistle Hotel, Manchester. The event will be...

WI FORUM

• A conference outlining the part which electronic data exchange (ED!) will play in the Single European Market will be held in...

KOGAN'S GUIDE

• Kogan Page has published detailed guide to 1992 aimed a the transport and distribution industry. The Transport and...

WOODEN PHRASES • Maurice Sanders is bringir out a third

book in his series on timber haulage, entitled Wood. Wurlitzer and Wesley, be released next spring. Proceeds from his second...

LONDON USTING • The 1990 edition of Trace Trade London,

the London Tourist Board's official marke ing guide, is now available fre to tour operators, with a red( signed format. For a...

IT'S FOR YOU • Securicor Communication has introduced the in-car

Alarmphone, which can be programmed to ring a pre-set number and play a recorded message if the vehicle is tampered with. The...

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NEARING BELLS 111 Tudor Webasto, better known for car sun

roof manufacture, has moved in to the vehicle alarm market and is marketing products from Texalarm of France. The range goes...

EC COMMISSION • The EC Commission warns operators that international

haulage drivers must carry their Community permits on board vehicles so that they are available for inspection. For details...

SEVERN BRIDGE TOLLS • The Department 01 Transport is to

increase tolls on the Severn Bridge. From 3 December, tolls for light vans will be doubled to 50 pence, and Lolls for trucks...

AYR WAY

• The 250 million A77 Ayr Road Route is to go ahead as riginally planned, despite a )ublic local inquiry held last fear. The...

ROADWORKS

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M1 Bedfordshire: Controflow between 112/J13 (Toddington/ Bedford). M40 Buckinghamshire:...

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JOB HUNTER • While reading Commercial Motor, I read a

piece which said: "I could fill my office with graduates, but drivers are gold dust." Where I live there are quite a few...

RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEMPS • Recently, when you asked the question

"who is to blame if a temporary driver is found by the police to be out of driving hours'?" (CM 24-30 August), in reading your...

ON APPROVAL • With regard to your news story on

temporary drivers and dodgy agencies (CM 24-30 August), surely the answer has to be greater regulation of the "fly-by-night"...

DEFENSIVE MEASURES I/ Your article in interactive videos to teach

defensive driving (CM 31 Aug-6 Sept) is rather like taking a sledge hammer to crack a walnut. While the aim of the programme is...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BY THE HAWK • This picture arrived in our office several weeks ago with a scribbled note identifying it as a spray suppression...

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EN MACHIN

• We have seen the future of road transport in Europe — and it's green. At least, that's the message which any truck operator...

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MARKING TIME

The trend in truck liveries is away from signwriting and towards adhesives. The method is cheaper and the livery lasts longer,...

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• There are big moves afoot at Road Operator Associated

Delivery Services (Roads), the hauliers' cooperative which offers members a credit card for fuel, breakdown and other...

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RUNNERTHON

• At last! After 15 weeks, five operators, five body changes and an unscheduled meeting with a filling station canopy, the...

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PA NT YOUR

1111 1k G 0 14 This year's Commercial Motor/ICI Autocolor Livery Awards competition attracted nearly 200 entries, among them...

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THE SMALL FLEET AWARD

Owner-driver Doug Gould of Westonsuper-Mare in Avon took this award with a traditional design, "beautifully crafted,...

THE FASSON SELFADHESIVE AWARD

Fast-growing Swift Transport Services of Northampton romped home in this category with its bold new black and red livery. The...

• CLASS THREE

The 17 tonne-plus artic section attracted the biggest number of entries again this year and timber preservative manufacturer...

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• If this week's test truck looks familiar then don't

be alarmed. The Cumminspowered Cargo 1718, supplied by lveco Ford for our appraisal, has been fitted with a Windfoil body which...

IN BRIEF

Price as tested: £39,079 (ex-VAT). Includes £28,920 for basic vehicle, £331 for tyres to bring the vehicle up to 17 tonnes...

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• ERF 'OD EN

zrorn 2 October Paul Foden viii take over as director of nanagement services at ERF. -le will be responsible for perlonnel and...

1 RENAULT 3RAS/CAPRON

ollwing the promotion of 'hilippe Gras as deputy manging director of Regie Remit. Jean-Pierre Capron as been nominated to...

• RHA

)UFFY/INMAN/ STACEY/ iti,LGARNIE/BOND/ NCHES/HOUGHTON Vith the retirement of Bob )uffy as senior executive dicer after 28 years...

1 RAILFREIGHT ■ ENNETT/WISELY tailfreight Distribution, the newly-formed subdivision of

British Railways Board, has made two new staff appointments. Stephen Bennett is to take the position of road transport officer....

• PIRELLI NORTHEY III health has forced Tom Nort hey

to relinquish his post as Pirelli's press and public relations manager. He will continue with the company as a full-time public...

• LYNX GOLBOURNE

Lynx Express Delivery Network has appointed Bob Golbourne as courier development manager to coordinate the new consignment...

• RUBERY OWENROCKWELL GARSTON Ray Garston has been appointed UK

fleet sales manager for ROR. Garston previously worked in the engineering department as fleet sales engineer.

• BIBBY DISTRIBUTION RICHARDS/STRINGER Bibby Line Group has appointed Geoffrey

Richards financial director of Bibby Distribution Services (Holdings), and Mike Stringer as director at Bibby Distribution...

• MRS (DISTRIBUTION) RAM SAY I Alex Ramsay will become

warehouse manager at MRS (Distributionrs new headquarters and warehouse building which is being built at Whitehall Industrial...

• FEDERAL EXPRESS DIGNALL Trevor Dignall will head the new

Federal Express European division as development manager. Trevor, who joined the company nine years ago, has had 20 years in...

• CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ST JOHNSTON The new president

of the Chartered institute of Transport is Sir Kerry St Johnston, who takes up his position on 1 October. Until June this year...

• FODEN PANTRY David Pantry is joining Foden Trucks as

regional sales manager for South East England. He will be responsible for dealer liaison and development.

• RHA INSURANCE SERVICES

NORMAN DREW RHA insurance services, jointly owned with Bain Clarkson, continues its expansion with the appointment of Norman...

• GO PLANF

NURSE Go Plant, the Midlands-based hirer of specialised vehicles to the public sector, has appointed Geoff Nurse as its new...

• UNITED CARRIERS HURT United Carriers International has appointed Sue

Hurt as marketing manager. After moving from Robsons Distribution Services where she was marketing controller Sue will head UCI...

• PROTEAN SYSTEMS STOWER

John Stower joins - rDG subsidiary Protean Systems as managing director of the software house. John recently worked at lioskyns...

• TIP (EUROPE) VOOGD TIP strengthens its European hold with

the appointment of Wouter de Voogd as operations director. He is fluent in four European languages and will be based in the...

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STING IN THE TAIL

• The party's definitely over. After enjoying a purple patch on sales, along with the rest of the commercial vehicle industry,...

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NEW PROBLEMS NEW SOLUTIONS

British trailer manufacturers are at the forefront of design and production techniques: in a sector as tough as this they need...

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CRANE IMEHAUF

true that the road transport istry wouldn't get far without sepower. ut its equally true that it would nowhere without the...

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AKING THE MOST OF IT

Britain has barred 40-tonners until the end of the century, but length limits are to increase. We examine the implications. •...

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(RAVEN'S NEW TASK MASTER

Britain's third biggest trailer builder, Craven Tasker, wants to be seen as one firm, instead of a group of four companies,...

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THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE SMOOTHER THEY GO

If the Government really wants to promote fuel-efficient HGVs, it should bring in more sensible drawbar regulations — because...

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CANNTIONS1

1. The speed limit for a goods vehicle not exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum laden weight on single carriageways is: A: 40mph: B:...

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FOR OVERLOADING a pick-up van kA a gross overload of

1,280kg, some 17% a building contractor was lined £1,500 and driver £300. I. BUILDING contractor Roger Bullivant Ltd, and one...

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CHRIS BUTTERFIELD WRITES...

• THE LEGAL NEWS columns of Commercial Motor do not too often contain material on international law, writes Chris Butterfield,...

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ENFORCEMENT COMMENTARY: PROSECUTE THE DRIVERS

* PROSECUTE drivers' in magistrates' courts for drivers hours and tacho offences and not the operatorthat appears to be the...

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,. < A,. AN OPERATOR with premises and equipment up to standard but

records not a vailable as they should have been, has been warned about its maintenance standards and supervision. • WESTBOURNE...

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* IF A DRIVER has a complaint over weighing, magistrates were

told by a traffic examiner, the time to complain is when he is given a ticket to sign. El WARRINGTON-BASED Bett-R (Haulage) Co...

THE DISMISSAL of a driver who fail ed to advise

of a delay in delivery, returned his load without permission and failed to provide service to a customer, was fair, decided an...

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BEHIND LEGISLATION:

by John Durant GUIDANCE ON EWR In THE FLEXIBILITY of new Regulations to control danger from electricity at work was...

El MUCH TOUGHER legislation about noise is on the way,

Health and Safety Executive deputy director-general Jim Hammer told a conference organised by the HSE on noise in the...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY:

by Jonathan Lawton KEEP CHECKING WEIGHTS • MY NEXT OBJECTIVE is a holiday well deserved, I might add and, as a parting...