• There is nothing wrong with forcing applicants for an articulated HGV driving licence to do six months or more in rigid...

III Commercial vehicle production reached 27,300 units in September, slightly ahead of the August figure, but 8% down on August...

• The Fork Truck Hire Association has warned against 'cowboy' rental companies which contract-hire fork-lifts at very low prices.

• Johnson Transport driver Jim Po!lett, wrongly accused of an axle overweighing offence, was released from Czechoslovakia last...

• Cork Port Authority is putting pressure on the Irish government to designate Cork as a Euro port following a £10 million...

• Sealink Freight is on target for a record year. It moved 6.8% more traffic than was predicted says its third-quarter results.

• Car drivers illegally using bus lanes could face fines of up to £400, as part of a police campaign to punish "selfish" drivers.

• A 7.5-tonne weight limit is to be imposed by Leeds City Council on the A642 from the Dalton roundabout to Garforth.

redeveloping its distribution depot in Rhymney, South Wales as an enterprise centre, creating 140 jobs.

• Hauliers face paying an extra 22.1 million a year to pay for proposed changes to the HGV driver licensing system. HGV...

• EC lawyers are pressing for legal action over huge fines imposed on foreign drivers in some member countries. Brussels...

• Cummins Engine company lost 225.3 million in the third quarter — more than doubling its previous loss. Cummins is the...

• Household removals giant Pickfords is cutting back to cope with the slump in the housing market. "Pickfords is being forced...

sing an HGV or PSV test, . entitlement to a full car hitten as well as practical minations are being consial, and the...

III The Transport and General Worker's Union has put in its annual claim to NFC companies BRS and Pickfords. It wants ,240 a...

• Swift Transport Services has won a four-year contract worth over .K2 million to collect, sort and deliver supplies to Ford's...

• The Post Office has been attacked by the Mail Users' Association. In a survey, only 56.5% of 7.000 letters reached their...

• Controversial plans to expand private road schemes in Britain have been put on hold by the Government. Transport secretary...

• Hauliers are striving to make their business more environmentally-friendly: 74% of the operators interviewed in the latest...

• The European Commission may have to force cabotage on member countries, warns EC transport spokesman Etienne Reuter. He has...

30-seat Lorraine bodywork was unveiled by Kirkby Coach and Bus at the Bus and Coach Council's Coach and Bus show last week (see...

have broken down. Troubled Saab-Scania, which looks likely to lose more than £178 million this year on its car operations. is...

• More than twice as many hauliers planning to use the Channel Tunnel will take trucks across, rather than using rail...

• Fifty years of relative industrial peace on the buses may be coming to end in the wake of deregulation and privatisation,...

• Clydewest 2000, the company formed for an err ployee buyout of Western Scottish, has raised share capital of over £900,000...

• Getron-Estrom of Spykenisse has become the first Dutch haulier to win ISO 9000, the European equivalent of BS5750.

• Sealink British Ferries has been invited to acquire a 49% share in the new joint venture company beirq set up by SNCF French...

• Leyland Daf has won an order worth over £.800,000 for 80 of its 400 Series vans fitted wth Ingimex aluminium drop-side bodies...

Volvo will offer two new . eelbases for its UK-bull ctor units in the run u ' the 16.5m artic limit. e 3.7m wheelbase 4 x 2 Os...

• BoaHoy is to import Pa. ton trailers at the 13.6m maximum trailer lengths allowed from 1 January. They will be fitted with...

• Danish hauliers, who have retro-fitted over 5,000 patented fuel filter systems to their MAN, Volvo, Iveco, Ford, Renault,...

• The Government has been accused of paying lip service to Green issues — while failing to help the road transport industry cut...

• Hermiston Motor Company has bought a 228,000 Iveco Ford Cargo 0815 fitted with MSM low-loader and recovery equipment, from...

• Pegaso France has reached agreement with three French hauliers to sell 650 Troner 1236T tractors over the next three years. A...

• Despite the downturn in the economy, contract distribution is growing by 47% a year, according to marketing company Market...

• Ackers Jarrett, the commercial vehicle and contract hire and rental services group, predicts strong growth in the rental of...

• Pickfords Industrial has Set up its first American base, in Houston, Texas, as the first stage of a "global network". Former...

engine producer best known for its earth-moving and construction machinery. It is cutting back production schedules due to low...

to his Conservative counterpart, Chris Patten, urging him to outlaw loss-leader bids for contracts subject to compulsory...

Based at Wincanton's Chippenham site, the deal involves the warehousing despatch operation for Bowyers' national sales van...

• Up to 55 haulage jobs cou be lost to provide gypsies wit a home, if plans by Alyn and Deeside council get the goahead. Brian...

I United Transport Contract ..rvices has won four conacts worth more than £16 illion over the next five ars, in the brewery,...

I Chappill's Transport is pullg out of the haulage business. ml Chappill, managing direcIr of the 20-year-old cornmy, says:...

• The Hays Group's flotation flopped last week as only 8% of the available shares in the 2166m new issue for the business...

• Transport company S Jones has launched an unaccompanied tank container service in the UK following its link-up with a West...

• After years of speculation, Renault has linked up with Leyland Dal' to develop a range of vans for the mid-1990s. The...

• Rank Hovis has taken delivery of three LRF ES6 4.5m 17-tonners with Don Bur curtain-sided Palletmaster bodies featuring a...

• Burton's Biscuits has bought eight Abel Uniswop demountable bodies, a converted Seddon Atkinson 3-11 drawbar and four 2-11s...

• Bodybuilder Richard Webb has developed a beaver-tail on a Scania chassis for Gatwick Plant Hire. The Scania 93H six-wheel...

dump truck for off-road operation at up to 30 tonnes. The first models will be exported to the Sudan. A 6x6 version is expected...

• Frank Tucker of Exeter has fitted £30,000 worth of Wreckers International heavy recovery equipment to its nem ERF. The...

• Scottish Citylink has launched its winter service schedule, following its break with National Express on 28 October. The two...

• Carlyle Vehicles of Birmingham is to take over production of the Duple body design on the Dennis Dart chassis. Another 40...

• Optare has revamped its version of the ex-MCW Metrorider, including modifications designed to overcome problems with the...

• Walter Alexander Group, which includes the Falkirkbased coachbuilding company, is up for sale. Coachbuilding accounts for...

• Fareway and Liverline, Liverpool's two largest independents, which currently operate over 100 buses between them, are...

I Double-deckers, singleeckers, coaches, midis and iinis were all represented at le Bus and Coach Council's :oach and Bus 89...

• Llanelli haulage company T D Williams (Brynamman) was cleared of per mitting one of its drivers to take insufficient weekly...

• Terence Daly, a director of Scott Cabs, has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 2350 by Scunthorpe magistrates...

• John Battrick, a partner in M & E Coaches of Blackburn, has had an endorsement on his driving licence removed and a fine...

• In granting a new PSV 0licence to Michael Elkins, former partner i Bromsgrove-based Redline Bus, West Midland Traffic...

• A driver who claimed that he was sacked by B R Whorton (Transport) after le had refused to exceed the )ermitted drivers'...

• Despite Patrick and Kay Barry commencing operation from their site without authority, 46 residents have failed to prevent the...

• Claude Veale, trading as Veales Transport of Long Sutton, near Spalding has had his licence for 11 vehicles and 14 trailers...

It= III Opposition from North County Coun cil, the police and local residents has led to the refusal of authority for a move...

• The hearing of allegations concerning a failure to produce tachograph charts and operate vehicles without an Operator's...

• Rising stars at the 10th Kortrijk Show included the new EOS coach from LAG-BUS. This high-floor design is hoped to increase...

10th year, has become Europe's leading event in this sector. This year the Belgian event also offered British operators a...

by a 15514V MAN engine with a ZF 5HP500 transmission, pictured (left) with an 4G 700 articulated bus destined for Montreal.

show. The new luxury coach will be offered with Daf or MAN chassis; production is due to start in the new year.

• Next month a group of independent recovery operators will meet in Warwick to launch a campaign for better rates from the...

WAREHOUSES ON THE CHART • Chart Distribution Services has opened two new warehouses: Sandgate Street, Peckham, south-east...

SWEDISH SEATS FROM PIONEER • Pioneer Seating has become exclusive UK distributor for the new range of BE-GE Sweden air and...

vehicle, has appointed four new dealers bringing its total network to 20. They are Boss Commercials of Grimsby, South...

GUARANTEED FUEL • Shell Oil is offering UK users a guarantee against fuel waxing down to –15°C on its Advanced Diesel range....

D-WAXING CAMPAIGN • Lucas is offering discounts on its CAV D-WAX diesel fuel heaters. The range is designed to cover all...

has launched an extended warranty scheme available across its whole range. Customers now have the option to extend the existing...

MOVING CONFERENCE • The British Association of Removers is holding its annual conference for its members on 1042 November at...

truck and car product and manufacturing technology exhibition and congress — is being held at the NEC Birmingham from 14-1.7...

be held on 28-29 October by Friends of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum. Pantechnicons and any vehicles involved in...

I R Industrial (a division of the Institute for International Research) has developed two one-day conferences to address the...

EDAM • Detailed specifications of Leyland Daf vehicles for use in the construction and building industry called Tippers and...

new Health and Safety Regulations in force from 18 October (except in Northern Ireland) are now available. Posters are £3.68...

the )epartment °Made and Indusry's Tradefax information in its l'hursday issues. Tradefax in;Ludes official notices to imporers...

atlases. One is the latest fersion of the original largeormat floppy atlas — Collins ?oad Atlas Britain 1990, )1 - iced at...

INTEGRA SECURITY • Securicor Granley has designed a new security system 'or transport depots called Integra. One person can...

IMPROVED A565 • The A565 Derby Road from Liverpool to Southport has reopened following improvement work.

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M4 London: Outside lane closed in both directions between 13/4 (A312/Heathrow). Off-peak. M1...

to raise money for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Robinson of Stockton-on-Tees drove his 1954 Foden on a sponsored...

transport manager of Taylor Davis Packaging, is to make a charity run to the London Packaging Index Exhibition. Starting from...

AWD's executives are just celebrating the opening of their latest dealership in Luton, when the phone rings. It is the...

The Scottish Transport Studies Group and the Chartered Institute of Transport (Scottish Section) is offering £200 to the writer...

to repair a puncture on a truck run by tyre specialist Kwik-Fit! The distressed vehicle was delivering to Kwik-Fit's...

services seems to be borne out by a new public transport timetable for the Forest of Dean. In the triangle between Hereford,...

being given a hard time by his colleagues), has won the Royal Mail Parcels' Workshop Manager of the Year Award, after four...

his chances somewhat when he skilfully piloted his Ford Cortina off the edge of a carpark ramp at Sheffield-based Ampersand...

parcels as well as other parts of the transport industry. But what does franchising involve and how do you choose the right...

KP's 'Snack Line' franchisees will use liveried Mercedes 308D vans to sell KP products direct to pubs and corner shops, a...

Eric Norman risked everything to launch his own parcels business. Three years on, Panic Link is one of the UK's leading...

When Brewer & Turnbull recently announced that it was seeking franchisees, family firm Broughton Removals was quick to realise...

Coach operators are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. If they run to their vehicles' plated capacity they are...

• Next year, Danzas will celebrate 175 years in freight transport thanks, in part, to the combined armies of Wellington and...

THERE' MUCK... Skip loaders are the CVs most likely to be used by the public, and that familiarity has bred a little contempt....

been considerable concern over the use of agency or contract drivers. I would like to suggest that in view of the considerable...

• As one of the most grizzled ex-CM testers extant, I couldn't help rising to the bait set in your excellent roadtest of the...

Foden Twin-steer roadtest in Commercial Motor 13-19 July 1989. The visibility received from the Cat 340613 ATAACpowered Foden...

appointments to its )oard of directors. Peter Johnson, director of roads ;ervices at the AA, replaces kIJ Clarke. Ray ,Gudge,...

sales mana;er has been taken by Guy Juswell, who leaves Nexday there he was an area sales xecutive.

Volvo distribuz, Brian Emsley moves to ie post of executive vice'airman. He was formerly int managing director with lvin...

of TDG, in the nv position of finance direcr. He leaves BLMC Enneering where he was finance anager.

director of the Motor Industry Research Association after 14 years' service.

Rees will remain with TDG as a consultant.

management changes, moving Horst Schumacher to the position of LIM chairman, from LIM chief executive. The new chief executive...

washing systems manufacturer Smith Bros & Webb has appointed Ken Harrison as managing director. He replaces Ken Woolley who...

has appointed fain Knox as sales manager. Knox was formerly with Beaufort Trucks in Glasgow.

Equipment of Bristol has named Steve Green as its new national service manager.

and one of its founding members, has resigned from the board of directors after eight years. Another director, John Clark of...

Containers, has taken on responsibility for the company's waste collection service in Portsmouth and Aldershot.

Ferries, has taken up two extra posts within the group. They are deputy chairman of European ferries and chairman of Scottish...

at Audioline, has moved to EDA Sparkrite, car and alarms accessories manufacturer, where he has become managing director.

to its management team. Richard Higgins joins the company as parts marketing manager; Andy McKim has been appointed general...

the SF agricultural group after two years as managing director of Alpha Fuels, one of the group's subsidiaries. Former manager...