• Like Oliver Cromwell, John Dee seems ".. damn'd to everlasting fame". But then, considering the trouble it caused countless...

• Britain's truck manufacturers have suffered another disastrous month. Despite the traditional August surge registrations...

/ Safety experts are "concerned" over proposals to widen 80% of the M25 to four lanes within six years and to allow trucks in...

• John Davison, former boss of the John Dee Group, has been given a month to inject more cash into the new John Dee — otherwise...

• The cost of provisional LGV and PCV licences is to increase by 400% next February. But under a new fee structure announced...

• Waste operators are furious that the Government will not let them see the final draft of a code of practice which they will...

44.9p/ lit at the pump this week, despite petrol increases from Texaco, says fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment, Lane savings •...

• The Trades Union Congress has pledged to back a campaign to stop police from breath-testing truck drivers who are sleeping in...

• Commercial vehicle operators should receive cash incentives to introduce greener engines ahead of European regulations, says...

• French farmers are threatening to burn British lorries, claiming liver imports are bringing their national delicacy, foie...

• AWD marketing and distributor development director Vic Wright has left to join the company's Luton dealer as general sales...

• All responsibility for weighing trucks should switch from county council Trading Standards officers to the Department of...

• Threatened EC regulations on road-friendly suspensions and engine reliability are set to force up truck prices. The...

• A survey by Shell Oil UK claims that LGV drivers are the least fuel-conscious in the country. Fuel for Thought studied...

• Leyland Daf's product marketing manager, John Baker, has delivered a stinging attack on the Department of Transport for...

• This year's Brewery Transport Advisory Committee (BTAC) trials, held at the MIRA proving grounds near Nuneaton last weekend,...

• Lucas Automotive has started production of the first electronic diesel fuel injection system for light and medium CVs. Home...

• The low-key launch of Mercedes' 3229 eight-legger may well leave Mercedes-Benz dealers with unsold stocks of the old 3025,...

• TNT Newsfast is making 460 drivers redundant. Most are involved in News International's London retail distribution. News...

• Fish distributor Charles Alexander has taken delivery of six new 17-tonne MAN rigids at its Aberdeen base. They are fitted...

• West Yorkshire's five district councils are planning to set up a Local Authority Waste Disposal Company to tender for...

• Surrey operator Hammond Transport has bought Norseman Freight of Birkenhead, giving it a northern base from which to expand....

Traking Europe ▪ Datatrak, the Securicor company specialising in vehicle tracking systems, is looking for partners to offer...

• Trailer manufacturer Craven lasker may have to defend the sacking of its striking Scottish workforce at the European Court of...

• UK transport operators are backing a Government call for distribution aid for the USSR following a meeting with Agriculture...

• Ryder Truck Rental has launched a Continental DIY removals service providing trucks and Customs documentation. Rail link I...

• M&T Haulage of Theale, is to close, making 26 drivers redundant. The decision to wind up the general haulier was made by its...

• United Transport's 1990/91 results showed a 20% fall in operating profit from £51.2m to £40.9m; the pre-tax profit for the...

has cut Pyle-based WGR Lloyd & Sons' licence from 10 vehicles and 15 trailers to four vehicles and eight trailers following...

Al Redditch-based LC Skips has been rejected by a Birmingham public inquiry which was held at the direction of the Transport...

• Three drivers employed by Bulldog International Transport Ex press of Andover have appeared before the town's magistrates...

• Sheffield magistrates have convicted Skipton-based tipper operator W&G Taylor of using a vehicle with defective tyres after...

• Penrith-based Bulman Bulk and Haulage was fined £9,500 after it admitted 16 charges of aiding and abetting drivers to falsify...

• The fivevehicle licence help by Cimlabased coach operator Bryan Richards has been suspended until the entire fleet has passed...

• Nottinghamshire tipper operator Eric Elliott Transport has to wait to see if restrictions are to be placed on its licence...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• West Yorkshire haulier KenAA neth Standage, trading as Star Trucking, has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service...

copies of the Leyland DaflCommercial Motor 'Law on the Wall' chart covering LGV licensing, Construction & Use Regulations and...

• The first operator to take Northern Counties' single-deck Countybus will be Greater Manchester Buses. It has ordered the...

• A bus war has broken out in Inverness, with more than a quarter of Highland Scottish drivers defecting to rival Inverness...

on B Series on B Series • Mellor Coachcraft is one of the first bodybuilders to body the Renault B Series chassiscowl. The...

• A new low-height, squaredoff road tanker has been produced by Australian-based engineer Tom Hockney in association with Shell...

• Whale Tankers' latest MegaWhale vacuum tanker, which ejects its loads via a moving internal division, is designed to allow...

• Bradford Metropolitan City Council has ordered eight Laird 18m' VarioPress refuse bodies on Seddon Atkinson 2-11 chassis in...

• York Thermostar plans to launch a new generation of temperature controlled semi-trailers and rigids at the TCS&D exhibition...

with eleven, 10-14.5 tonne York-bodied rigid box vans. One of them is on a 50 Series Leyland Daf with Abel demountable gear and...

• Following the growing interest in combined road/rail transport across the EC, two intermodal trailer prototypes have entered...

• A specialised semi-trailer built by Miles Nunn of Whitchurch is enabling Waltham Abbey-based glass transporter Mark Abrahams...

• Chester-le-Street-based haulier Pilkington has taken delivery of a 53,000-litre triple-compartment tanker tailored to suit...

• Southfields' curtainsided intermodal swap body system has earned the approval of Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Railways)...

• Bass is evaluating two lowdeck Don-Bur Urb-A-Tic brewery trailers running on single RO-R Flexair-sprung axles and equipped...

• Linkman Tankers has moved its headquarters to Batley, West Yorks, following the company's integration of Liquids Powders and...

EVENTS Parlez vous logistics? • The Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management has launched its autumn programme of...

• The Transchem Europe Symposium takes place on 16-17 October at the Scotch Corner Hotel, Darlington. It will look at the...

• The Cranfield Institute of Technology will host two conferences for the National Materials Handling Centre in February.

The Warehouse and distribution software conference takes place on 18 February. The following day attention turns to Cost...

• Chartered accountant Smith & Williamson has produced a free guide to explain Inland Revenue plans to reform the way...

• The Centre for Logistics and Transportation at Cranfield School of Management invites applications for the part-time...

11 Introduction to distribution logistics and management is a five-day course organised by the Polytechnic of Huddersfield for...

• A new stain and graffiti remover for paintwork, fabrics and doors is now available from the President Trading Company. The...

• Intrek Electronics has launched a keyboard for use in garages and workshops. The Annagard Keyboard is designed to resist...

electronics Bus pre-heaters • Webasto Thermosystems will display its new "state of the art" coach and bus pre-heaters and the...

• Ultraflash is an electronic flasher unit designed for trucks.

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ROAD NEWS M25 and M20 delays • Delays are expected on the M25 from 16 September between junctions 13 and 14. From that date...

London and South-East M27 Hants: contraflow J5/J7. M20 Kent: restrictions both ways J10/J11; contraflow J5/j8. A282 Kent: only...

Eastern Traffic Area Licensing Authority headed Pending prosecutions purports to be replying to a letter from CM written more...

BC Radio 4's soap The Archers recently carried this exchange which should delight members of the Lady Truckers' Club: JACK:...

for you. It is organising a giant book sale in November to help disabled adults living at a special housing development in...

KATHY: "Well at least that means no one will be able to accuse the women of coming last." Quite. At least the good folk of...

Paul Niblett of Stoke-on-Trent wins a CM polo shirt and a £.5 gift voucher for his effort: "Time for a clean sweep driver —...

Ifil he Hawk's look back at the golden age of steam has prompted Vectis Transport on the Isle of Wight to send this picture of...

16 he proverb what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander might well have crossed Darren Kelley's mind when he was...

A lder Valley's latest goodie is a Corgi model of the Leyland Tiger Plaxton Paramount 3500 luxury coach in Alder Valley green...

Conservative operators might be put off by a five-cylinder engine; but the diesel in MAN's latest fleet tractor is the willing...

MAN 17.322 impossible to quantify, but with the new spoiler kit on the MAN cab the artic certainly looked impressively...

Britain's economy would grind to a halt without the army of truck drivers who spend night after night away from their homes and...

After 15 years' continental driving Peter Orr has written a guide to help newcomers to the game. • Owner-driver Peter Orr is...

FIRST PRIZE: A year's free supply of Vanellus FE engine oil and Multigear FE gearbox and axle lubricant oils for one truck....

Turners (Soham) rescued John Dee Yorkshire from the receiver in April this year. CM finds out about its plans. • Many will...

We operate a large fleet of vehicles from different depots around the UK. Sometimes a vehicle is transferred temporarily to a...

We are new to the transport business and have been told by a driver that we should pay him a tax-free bonus for sleeping in his...

When away from home I usually leave the chart in the tachograph overnight to record the rest period. However, recently when I...

• Concerning your article on the police clamp down on untaxed lorries. I am in full agreement with this as it would help cut...

the John Dee Group I find it hard to believe that anyone can absolve from blame a chairman who oversaw the collapse of a...

the engine speed when the PT-0 is used provides excellent protection against engine surges. Finally, there is no reason why...

U K overnight delivery company Elan has made two senior appointments following John Bintliff's installation as company...

• Alison Philips has been put in charge of Exel Logistics' BMW parts distribution contract. Philips, who joined Exel four...