AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

2nd July 1987
2nd July 1987
Page 1
Page 1, 2nd July 1987
Close

Page 5

• It is good news that at last some little

progress has been made on the thorny subject of the supply of extra permits to international hauliers. As ever the increases...

Page 6

• Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish and rubble are being

illegally dumped in the capital every day by 'cowboy' lorry drivers cashing in on the inner city building boom, says the London...

• NFC International Holdings (USA), part of the National Freight

Consortium, will not be exercising its option to acquire Four Winds, the San Diego based international removals company.

Dow Freight cut back

• Stockport-based Dow Freight Services' (CM 18-25 June) freight forwarding business has been disposed of, and its continental...

Britain cuts throug permit blockade

• Britain's road haulage industry took another hesitant step towards full European liberalisation and harmonisation this...

Bedford's Luton van plant in the balance

• Crisis talks aimed at resolving differences between management and unions at Bedford's loss-making Luton van plant are...

Page 7

• Heavy goods vehicle traffic rose by 6% during the

first quarter of 1987, according to the latest Government figures. Amongst rigid vehicles, traffic for two, three and four-axle...

CV back costs the gtdf widens

111 The gulf between the taxes paid by commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes and the costs incurred by their use of the roads...

Stonefield ire at MoD

• Following Land Rover's withdrawal from the Ministry of Defence heavy duty utility truck (TUHD) contract race, Michael...

Page 8

Tougher bans ahead?

• New conditions, regulations and a revised policy for the London lorry ban are expected to result from the next meeting of...

Alpine Gateway to El? million

• A £17 million, 30-month, frozen food distribution deal has been agreed between National Freight Consortium's newly-formed...

Capital traffic

• The number of trucks travelling through London is declining. Since 1980, heavy goods vehicle traffic in the Capital has...

• The Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) is going

ahead with a regional all-out strike on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July in Wales, the Midlands, the North-West and Yorkshire. The...

Ferry victims facing new cash crisis

• Damaged lorries from the Herald of Free Enterprise are due to be the second lot offered for sale by sealed tender at the...

Page 12

ERF's shorty cab

• ERF is now offering its E6.18 two-axle rigid chassis with a new shorter version of the SP4 plastic-pannelled day cab, which...

Lawrence David does a two day jig

• Bodybuilder, Lawrence David of Peterborough, says that the variable dimension jig system which it introduced last year has...

LPG shut-off system from Skully UK

• Skull) , UK has developed an automatic overfill prevention system for use on LPG tankers, designed to shut down the filling...

Page 13

Dunlop fortifies with five

• SP Tyres (UK) has added a new Dunlop drive axle tyre — the SP431 — to its heavy thick radial tyre range, which the...

Newsflow's national fleet

• NFC subsidiary, Newsflow, put its new fleet of 140 vehicles into full operation this week as Mirror Group newspaper...

• Yarmouth-based TIR operator Matthews International Transport has gone for

high volume in its latest attic reefer unit but not for the controversial thin walls. The tri-axle air-suspended Crane Fruehauf...

Page 14

Salvesen gets Dorset

• Christian Salvesen has won a three year distribution contract with Dorset Foods to deliver Dorset's range of pastry goods...

Wincanton's French connection

• More work could be heading Wincanton Distribution Services' way if a new agreement currently being negotiated with its...

IN BRIEF

• Harrogate-based motor dealer Appleyard Group has purchased Scania dealer Union Trucks for 21.05 million in cash. Union...

Page 16

M-13 plans anti-lock Bremen

• Mercedes-Benz intends to follow the example of its German rival Volkswagen in fitting anti-lock brakes (ABS) to its light...

IN BRIEF

• Following growing demand from van operators, Austin Rover has extended the availability of its jointlydeveloped ARG/Perkins...

Page 18

Turbo Sherpa in '88

• Freight Rover is expected to launch a more-powerful turbocharged diesel engine option on its wide-bodied 300 Series Sherpa...

Page 20

Parcels operations under the spot light

• Overnight parcels customers do not always need a "frantic" 24-hour service and many users would prefer cheaper, but less...

Page 25

More midi muscle

• Robin Hood Vehicle Builders of Fareham, Hants, has extended the range of midibus models it builds on the long-wheelbase...

Maintenance assessment from Hill

• PSV operators can now buy an independent assessment of their maintenance standards from a former NBC engineer. Peter Hill,...

Wilts bought out

• The privatisation of National Bus Company continues following the return of the Conservatives, with the management buyout...

Holiday job for Volvos

• Leeds-based operator Wallace Arnold has bought seven Volvo B 10M singledecker coaches, all with Hestair Duple 340 bodywork,...

Page 26

Rough track justice

• Five immediate prohibitions led to Eastern Licensing Authority, Brigadier Compton Boyd, cutting the licence held by Michael...

"An appalling record"

• Twenty eight convictions since 1982 resulted in Northumberland haulier William Oliver's licence being curtailed by three...

Bayles awaits tax verdict

• Consideration of action against a haulier convicted at Teeside in January has been adjourned by Licensing Authority...

Page 27

Seymour stopped

• The licence held by County Durham-based AB Seymour & Sons has been revoked. The company's managing director James Seymour...

Injured driver given £90,000 award

• Sutton and Sons has been ordered to pay almost £90,000 compensation to a driver whose foot was badly crushed under a...

Page 28

• NCCS MOYES

John Moyes, newly appointed development manager at National Carriers Contract Services, has been given the target of helping...

• METPOST JONES

Cardiff-based Metpost has promoted Alan Jones to transport manager following some time in charge of the company's warehouse and...

• SMMT PININ FARINA

Sergio Pininfarina has been elected to the office of president of the International Organisation of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers...

• INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION TEVIOT

Lord Teviot, a one-time conductor and driver with a Brighton bus company, is to be president of the Institute of Transport...

• WILDATA GROVES

Anthony Groves has been appointed managing director of Willlata (UK), the multinational specialists shipping and transport...

• I Mach E ROITH

Oscar Roith CB, MA, FEng, FIMechE, CBIM, FRSA, who retired on 29 May after five years as chief engineer and scientist of the...

• BRITISH ROAD FEDERATION LAMBERT

Olaf Lambert is to become the chairman of the British Road Federation when the current chairman, Tony de Boer retires in...

• FISTER HOP WOOD

Ken Hopwood is the new sales manager at wiper blade specialist Fister. He replaces Roy Massey who has left the company to...

• MERCEDES - BENZ EVANS At the end of this year Mercedes-Benz

public relations manager Erik Johnson will retire, and his place will be taken by John W Evans, currently public relations...

• CARTERS STODDART

Carters Gold Medal Soft Drinks has appointed Eric Stoddart as distribution director. Stoddart joined the company four years...

• BRISTOL ENGINEERING TEMPLAR

Former Leyland Bus man Don Templar has joined Bristol Engineering in the new role of marketing manager. He will be responsible...

Page 32

MUDIE BOND FOR M-B • Mercedes-Benz has appointed Mudie Bond as its commercial vehicle dealer for Gloucestershire.

The new company, managed by Mike Mudie and Richard Bond, has bought the franchise from Oldacre Services. Mudie and Bond are...

HOLMES WRECKERS • Wreckers International has been appointed to sell and service Holmes International products throughout the British Isles.

The deal covers all Holmes' products, including telescopic cranes and American lightweight wreckers designed for dealing with...

MITSUBISHI UP 5% • Mitsubishi has announced price increases for

its L200 and L300 commercial vehicles from 1 July. The increase of 5% is due tc an increase in production costs, says...

TEXACO ON THE CARDS • Texaco is now offering 24hour

petrol sales from an automated pump which accepts credit cards and Servicetill or Autobank cards. The pump is at Texaco's...

CONTRACT HIRE GUIDE • White Arrow Contract Hire, the recently-established

Great Universal Stores subsidiary, has published a guide to contract hire. Martin Roe, White Arrow's sales and marketing...

TANKFREIGHT SERVICES • Tankfreight has produced a 20-page colour brochure detailing its service.

Copies can be obtained from S Clark, Marketing Services Manager, Tankfreight, Copthall Bridge House, 1 East Parade, Harrogate...

LPG GUIDE • The Health and Safety Executive has published

new guidance on the safe storage and use of liquified petroleum gas at premises where the supply is piped via a meter. The...

HAZARD LOAD SIGNS • Focal Displays has launched a new

load marker which conforms to the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages) Regulations 1986. The new marker...

ON AIR WITH BT • British Telecom is marketing an alternative to cellular radio for hauliers.

System 4 is claimed to be cheaper than cellular radio, since hauliers can choose to limit radio coverage to a particular...

PHILIP'S PIM • Pye Telecom, the specialist radio company, this

week changed its name to Philips Telecom to underline the company's link to its parent company. Philips Telecom plans to...

B EL'S NEW BASE • BEL — LRT Bus

Engineering has opened a new tachograh checking centre at Chiswick. The new centre, sponsored by Lucas Kienzle, is open from...

Page 33

SNOW STAYS PUT 111 Despite various grurnblings and boycotts from

a number of vehicle and trailer manufacturers since the Motor Show moved to the National Exhibition Centre in 1978, it will...

CITY TRANSPORT

• The University of Manchester plans a Symposium on the Future of Conurbation Transport on 19-21 November. Participants are...

HEAVY MECHANICS ▪ The Open University is to

hold a four-day course and seminar on "The mechanics of heavy-duty trucks and truck combinations" from 31 August to 3 September...

M40 INQUIRY

• The Government is to hold a public inquiry into proposals for the M40 Waterstock to Wendlebury section in Oxfordshire and...

• London and the South-East

M2 Kent Major roadworks between Junctions 5 (Sittingboume) and 7 (A2 Brenley). Various lane and slip road closures. M20 Kent...

Page 34

VIGILANT MAN

• Once again 1 find it necessary to highlight certain inaccuracies in one of your test reports, this time the Volvo FL6 (w/e...

WARNING: FINES AHEAD • Reading 'Golding hit on heavies' (Commercial

Motor June 18-25) as you reported it in full I, thought the fine was pittance money. I was check weighed and found to have a...

MORE ON CPC,

• I was most interested to read the articles by Frank Lewsey and Geoff Hadwick on the subject of the Certificate of...

DRIVERS? WHAT DRIVERS?

• I felt I must reply to the letter in Commercial Motor from Mr Alun Thomas of Wrigley's Transport, about inexperienced...

POOR RATES

• I heartily endorse Mr George Pearson's comments CM June 6. (By the way, George, you owe me a cup of tea. Jungle Cafe-circa...

Page 38

Sue Hart of R C Hart Transport in Bedford knows

everything there is to know about setting up your own haulage business; she and her husband Ron did it five years ago. In her...

Page 40

TORQUING TURBOSTAR

lveco has introduced a new Turbostar model — the 190-36 — and has made some useful improvements to the whole Turbostar...

Page 46

C25: MORE OF THE SAME?

• It would take a special kind of inanity for a company to froth about its "all-new vehicle", when almost exactly the same...

Page 47

IN BRIEF Prim as fooled: £6,495 plus VAT for the

basic van, £19.41 plus VAT for the radio fitting kit and £228.75 for the radio/cassette player. Design OVID: 2,900kg....

Page 52

• John Moore's replacement by Paul Channon might have been

expected to depress Department of Transport civil servants. Bureaucrats like to work for an effective Minister, and Moore...

Page 53

FOLLOWERS OF FASHION

Daly Transport is a high quality haulage group specialising in a market where the bottom line is always in fashion — the rag...