• Only the foolish apply ointment to a wound when it is already going septic: the wise man salves the cut when it is first...

sound of articulated truck operators grinding their teeth. Why? Because until now Commercial Motor's Win a Vehicle competitions...

up this autumn, it was revealed this week. Full HGV licences will increase by 22.50 to 210.00, provisionals by £2.00 to £5.00...

third parties will not mean any redundancies among its tanker drivers. The company is in talks with unions and expects to make...

the worst traffic blackspots in London. The year-long project has used information from local authorities, police and the AA....

are 18% up on last year, according to the Latest • SMMT figures. Up to the end of May Iveco Ford was in first place with a...

will be split into 11 independent units which will be in operation by April next year. The units, says LBL, are designed to...

bus company to be privatised, to Southampton City Bus and PCT employees has been agreed by Transport Secretary Paul Channon.

• An investigation is under way to find the cause of a series of fire engine crashes which have left one fireman dead and 10...

• Almost half of Britain's hauliers are unable to recruit experienced HGV drivers, and an overwhelming 61% write off the HGV...

• One of north-west England's best-known hauliers, Katnrriac Trucking of Burscough, Lancashire, has gone into receivership. As...

• Big increases in Humber bridge tolls planned for January will cost local hauliers up to 220,000 a year extra and could even...

• Austrian truck builder Steyr-Daimler-Puch is forging ahead with its plans to enter the UK HGV market in the autumn. S-D-P has...

• Overweight lorries entering the UK through Britain's busiest Channel ports are being blitzed by Kent County Council....

The Sandbach-based builder is looking to fit the air-to-air charge-cooled 6CTAA8.3 engine in a new range of multiwheelers and...

• A glimmer of hope that the EEC will pull off a deal over quotas .has emerged as Europe's leaders prepare for the Hanover...

• Last weekend's French Truck Grand Prix "Superfine was won by Curt Goransson, followed in by Hans De Marwitz with George Allen...

• A portable weighing device, designed to catch overladen trucks, is being used in trials with the Metropolitan Police in West...

• Vehicle manufacturers have been warned to expect strikes this autumn when the next round of pay talks is due to take place....

through Dover by nearly 20% to 55,000 during April, according to figures just released by the port.

D2866 engine and a ZF 16S-160 gearbox was a surprise exhibit at the Hamburg motor show, where MAN unveiled plans to supply up...

to enter the British HGV market, Austrian truck builder Steyr-DaimlerPuch has revealed its proposed UK the-up to Commercial...

MI Less than two years after its launch, Land Rover's 2.5litre turbo-diesel engine has serious problems, and is facing a number...

be affected if the indefinite closure of the Hyundai assembly plant in South Korea continues for more than a month. The...

• Eaton has achieved sales breakthroughs into previous non-users with its new generation of five-speed, six-speed and...

• The Solid Fuel Advisory Service has taken on an ERF E6 horse box. The Oakley-built body has been adapted to sleep seven...

• A new generation of small Caterpillar diesel engines, introduced to meet all predicted European emission legislation, has...

• Twodrive, the commercial leasehire subsidiary of Sparshatts of Kent, has leased its biggest vehicle to date: an enlarged...

form by the beginning of next year. The Portugese P100 plant in Azanbuja has not yet started production of the chassis-cab...

IN German bus and coach builder Neoplan has unveiled the world's first fibre composite citybus, the Metroliner. Weighing in at...

• London Country North West (LCNW) has pulled out of two inidibus services contracts with London Regional Transport, following...

buses in the comfort of their own homes this week, as Birmingham-based West Midlands Travel has just launched a queue-busting...

• Purfleet-based Ensignbus has ordered nine new MCW Metrobus Mk11 doubledeckers to be used on the London Regional Transport's...

• Badgerline has received 10 of an order for 24 Optare StarRiders for use as stage carriage vehicles and private hire. Of the...

Olympians to its present fleet of 150. The new vehicles are 10.3 metres long and are the first in Scotland to be fitted with...

• Northern Counties, the Wigan-based bus builder, has received an order for 21 Renault S56 midibuses from one of Britain's...

• York Trailer is being bought out of the Bunzl Group by its senior management in a deal believed to be worth over £25 million....

• BRS's newly-won 225 million distribution contract with high street shops group Storehouse will swell Leyland Daf's order...

distribution contract with Westland Helicopters, despite competition from other carriers including TNT. About four vehicles...

/ Frozen food distributor National Freight Consortium Alpine Distribution has won a 21.2 million dedicated warehousing and...

• BRS Southern is supplying two Mercedes 1625s, a 16 tonne Mercedes 1617 rigid and two tandem-axle trailers to paperback...

As predicted in Commercial Motor (19-25 May), the company upped its turnover and profits in the six months to 31 March from...

good year. Turnover is up 15% from 223 million to 226.4 million and Edbro's order books are fuller than for many years, says...

• Big Continental tour operators were given a tonguelashing for their attitude to drivers hours laws when an operator and 19 of...

• A firm convicted of aiding and abetting the falsification of tachograph records and allowing drivers' hours offences has had...

operating licence to set up a longdistance haulage firm, despite protests from a neighbour and a nearby company that her...

• A lorry driver who claimed that he had taken whisky in the cab of his vehicle on Christmas Eve only as a pain-killer has lost...

— and whose drivers were said to have threatened council officials when ordered to stop — has been fined £1,000. J P Callanan...

• A truck driver sacked by W W Chamberlain for going home during working hours has been awarded £4,554 compensation for unfair...

and tachograph offences has complained that no action was taken against a former transport boss alleged to have forced them to...

FELINE HELP IN FELTHAM • CAT Nationwide Carriers, formerly known as Chard and Axminster Transport, has opened a new depot at...

division has opened a branch in Ramsgate handling import and export clearances for groupage and full-loads traffic. All...

Swansea collection in Plasmori Industrial Estate. For more information contact: Parceline (main office), Royal House, Vine...

from Kingswood's High Street to Days Road, St Phillips, Bristol. The new premises are purpose-built to offer more extensive...

LONGFIELD OPENS THIRD OUTLET • Seddon Atkinson dealer Longfield Road Motors is opening its third depot in the North East,...

celebrating its first birthday with its franchise network ahead of schedule. The company originally estimated two years to...

Depot of the Year as Stone depot in Staffordshire. The operation centre was judged on its control of vehicle damage, claims...

ROSEMOR WASHES MORE • Rosemor is marketing a range of vehicle fleet pressure washers — one of which, the Turbo, has been bought...

equipment company Tip Top is relaunching its Wheelcare range of products in July. These include more lifts, wheel balancers and...

Business Systems has launched a new shock-resistant computer which, the manufacturer claims, can survive a fall from the back...

SAFE DRIVING SCHEME • Pallet hirers GKN Chep is sponsoring the RHA safe driving awards. There are three holidays to be won by...

in Windmill Lane, Southall, Middlesex, will host 1988's AEC rally. Admission is £1 for adults and 50 pence for children. For...

commercials from British Gas West Midlands, will be sold in an NFC commercial sale on Friday 17 June. For futher details...

sponsoring an award for the road haulage sector, open to firms involved in road haulage, operation services, vehicle...

NEW BSI STANDARDS • Two new BSI leaflets are now available: the BS AU 215 gives specifications for connection dimensions for...

HAZCHEM IN SPAIN • Opening hours of the La Junquera customs office (Spain) for dangerous goods have been extended to 24 hours a...

card company is operating a scheme providing credit and discounts for French motorway tolls. Contact UTA for details on (0959)...

CONTAINERBASE EXPANDS • Containerbase in Stourton, South Yorkshire, has extended its customs bonded warehousing service with a...

ABROAD WITH THE FTA • 'Ile Freight Transport Association is organising a course for drivers and managers operating vehicles...

M6 BYPASS REOPENS • The Preston 1416 by pass has re-opened 38 days ahead of schedule. The motorway was previously closed for...

near Greenodd in the Lake District is to close for one month from 16 June so that a temporary bridge can be built over the old...

to make the A40 Western Avenue into an underpass at Swakeleys Road, Hillingdon has been awarded to Costain. Work will last 85...

one lane in each direction on the A31 at Malwood Hill in Hampshire, for the next five weeks. Westbound drivers approaching the...

one of the busiest stretches of the M6, between junctions 6 and 7, where resurfacing repairs started last week. Traffic will be...

While jobs are few and far in most parts of Britain, many haulage companies are suffering a lack of experienced staff. We...

• With reference to j B Cheverton's letter "Emergency Vehicle" (CM 19-25 May) I thought the enclosed article might be of...

II Your article last week on fly-tipping focussed our atten tion once again on a problem that is as old as the hills. Nothing...

In the search for the right employees companies can be surprisingly lax. More popular techniques often have their drawbacks,...

Collings and Stevenson is a medium-sized operation facing the usual problems with driver shortage and tacho analysis, but the...

Gardner-Cawley Associates specialises in finding suitable applicants for white collar transport jobs. A growing number of...

When it comes to road transport a company vehicle is frequently the first line of contact with a potential customer, and a...

TNT began with one truck and a load of loos in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Ken Thomas, 75, who was in the UK last week...

Commercial Motor readers were asked to vote for their favourite ferry service. Here are the results • Sealink has every right...

Mercedes-Benz vans have a reputation for reliability and longevity, and the 407 fills a gap in the range between the Ti and T2...

treatment of truck drivers at its M25 South Mimms services. Then we wrote about how truck drivers were refused entry to the...

a thing of the past. The bad news? Parking meters will become a thing of the past only if Britain's local authorities decide to...

to cover the drivers' blockade last month. The reporter came back after two days bedraggled and swearing he would never cross...

was announced that two tickets were available for the Sherpa Van Trophy final at Wembley last week. The newsdesk fought a...

S J King v W C Morritt 1. A Nottingham Industrial Tribunal has decided that it has no jurisdiction to hear claims from lorry...

The Road Traffic Law Review • Recommendations designed to distinguish more clearly between lesser offences and unsafe,...

• This month I am dealing with two topics and for the first I must remind readers that most of the operational offences such as...

continued from page 1 Other examples of the report's recommendations are: • Cameras should be used to detect speeding and red...

R H Kitchen, of Sheffield • The recession in the steel industry was blamed for maintenance problems encountered by Sheffield...

Jewkes Transport (Stourbridge) • In prematurely terminating the licence held by Jewkes Transport (Stourbridge) Ltd, so that it...

• The Road Haulage Association is to sponsor appeals to the Divisional Court against overloading convictions, based on the...

Lincoln Haulage • The appeal against the revocation of the standard operator's licence held by Lincoln Haulage Ltd has been...

• During the course of Road Traffic Law Review, which was set up in 1985 and has now published its Report (£15; HMSO),...

Lea Anto Continental • Metropolitan LA Air Vice-Marshal R G Ashford has revoked the international operator's licence for 10...

London Tipping Services II The Metropolitan LA has revoked the operator's licence of London Tipping Services Ltd of 389-392...

Andrews and Son Haulage • T C Andrews, who is a director of London Tipping Services, signed the five vehicle licence renewal...

London operator Fairterm • The five-year restricted operator's licence for five vehicles of Fairterm Ltd has been revoked with...

managing director of York Transport Engineering. He will be responsible for coordinating transport engineering activities at...

as company secretary. He spent a total of 14 years with chilled food hauliers Tempco Union and Frigoscandia.

Distribution's Redditch depot dedicated to Halfords. He spent 24 years with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

pie in the north of England. He joined the company five years ago in the buying department.

of Wincanton Contracts, has been appointed to the board of Wincanton Group. Connah was named commercial manager to Wincanton...

made two management appointments. Senior sales executive Irvin Gold assumes full responsibility for liaison with clients in...

appointed as managing director of the Malcolm Harrison Commercials depot in Barlaston, Staffordshire. He has been with the...

Kingshott as chairman of Sally Line, Sally Tours and Port Ramsgate. He was previously managing director of Port Ramsgate and a...

transport manager of British Rail, succeeding Gordon Spooner. Clarke will be responsible for about 8,500 road vehicles, used...

general manager John Smale at Bridgestone, although he keeps his present title of general sales manager.

information technology advisor. He will report to the group chief executive.

for Tiphook container rental company. He was previously employed as financial controller.

appointed David White sales and marketing director. He was previously general sales manager at Lipe, and will report directly...

of Tip Top Vulcanising Products' new division Wheelcare, to handle its range of tyre service equipment which is being updated...