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13th April 1989
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DOCKLANDS DISPUTE

• "Anachronistic. . . outdated. . . restrictive. . . jobs for life . . ." The leader writers have certainly been having a...

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Making more

• Salaries for transport managers and distribution managers are rising well ahead of the rate of inflation and the national...

Industry prepares ti beat dockers

• As Commercial Motor went to press on Tuesday, hauliers were bracing themselves for a national dock strike. Most hauliers...

Battlefield road's Elm bill

• Environmental objections have cost the country £7 million and put back the planned new Al-M1 link by at least a year, says...

Air delays hit trucks

• Truck drivers delivering loads to UK airports face elays from a new Government-ordered security crackdown. Last week...

Bigger on the drawbar

• The first British-built drawbar combination to follow the high-volume Philips concept has entered operation with...

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Cardiff's tender clear-up

• Cardiff council workers have won a 215.5-million contract from the council to clear up the city's litter — but at the...

vos Toter tes

• Volvo is to test trucks and buses fitted with particulate filters designed to reduce emissions. Laboratory tests using...

rakes regs scare

• Operators running tractive units registered after 1 April should ensure that their trailers have been modified to avoid...

Truck sales surge Iveco Ford slips

• CV registrations rose by over 13.5% in March to 36,186 — the highest level for the month since 1973. With a 0.28% fall...

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UK road's bad report

si Britain's non-motorway road network has deteriorated since 1977, according to the 1988 National Road Maintenance Condition...

Volvo reward

Ili Ralph Jones of Bridgend is offering a £4,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of his stolen Volvo FL7 8X4...

Danger trucks are routed

• Hauliers of large loads of dangerous explosives will have to agree their routes in advance with the police under the new...

Bottomley set to start CM's FMC

• Transport minister Peter Bottomley is expected to talk about simplifying the law as it applies to road hauliers when he...

Lightweight air-suspension from Phoenix

• An air-suspension kit designed for pickups and light vans has been launched for under £500 by Phoenix Truck and Trailer...

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Maggie cleans up for Europe

• Iveco Ford has re-affirmed its commitment to the aircooled engine with the arrival of three new Deutz-powered 'Maggie'...

Tipcon debut for MAN's new F90 eight-legger

• MAN's new eight-wheeler, with the latest F90 cab, gets its first showing in the UK, alongside the recently introduced M90...

Germans take to the VW-Taro

• It was clear at this week's Hanover Fair that German bodybuilders have welcomed the introduction of the new VIA Taro...

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Foden's twin-steer choice

• Foden, long time advocate of the 6x4 axle configuration, has finally succumbed to market pressure and now offers a...

Getting a grip on scrap

• Fitting a Pa!finger lorry loader to a demountable body allows Edinburgh scrap metal merchant William Waugh (Eclinburgh)'s...

BPW air show • Weightlifter's prototype all-aluminium air-suspended trailer will

make an appearance at this year's Tipcon show fitted with BPW HSMOM full air suspension, an automatic lifting front axle,...

Leyland Daf Tipcon double

• Leyland Dal will introduce two new models at the RHA's Tipcon exhibition, later this month at Harrogate, equiped with the...

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Bennett moves • Heavy haulage specialist Chris Bennett Transport is

moving premises to accommodate its fast growing fleet. Latest vehicle acquisition is the company's third Leyland Daf FT 95.380...

Plenty of paper with BRS deal

• BRS Southern has won a five-year contract-hire deal with New Thames Paper Company, part of UK paper, worth more than 214...

RH grows on distribution

• Distribution company Rockwood Holdings increased its pre-tax profit by 83% to 21.90m during 1988, according to preliminary...

Trailerent planning record purchasing

• Trailerent is on course for a record investment year with plans to spend more than 28 million on new equipment in this...

Dawson group booms

• Volvo truck rental specialist Dawsongroup pushed up its pre-tax profits by 48% last year, from 24.09 million in 1987 to a...

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Not sacked • We should like to make it clear

that the drivers who were formerly employed by Cadbury Schweppes-Coca Cola at Eccleshall and Warrington and have now set up...

French link-up for Securicor

• Securicor Parcels is to link up with one of France's largest parcels operators as part of a £30m development of the...

John Dee to enter Midlands and Milan

• John Dee is to open a major base in the Midlands to service a new contract with an as yet un-named partner starting on 1...

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Algarve goes to Blackpool

• As expected an Algarve 35seat semi-integral midi coach based on the MAN 10.180 rear-engined chassis has been launched by...

Paramount fleet

goes to Parks • Park's of Hamilton will take delivery of 50 Volvo BlOM 12 metre coaches with Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodies...

Early Deltas for Crosville

• Llandudno-based Crosville Wales has taken delivery of the second and third Optare Delta buses to come off the line. Based...

AMA hits back

• The Association of Metropolitan Authorities' public transport committee is voting this week on a report it commissioned...

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Laird makes a change

• Laird Group has replaced its auditors, Coopers & Lybrand, after finding "fundamental errors" in the past accounts of its...

Door draft II The Government has published draft regulations requiring

all power-operated doors in buses and coaches to incorporate safety devices to prevent people being trapped as the vehicle...

Storm over UB closure

• United Bus Company's decision to close its Brompton Road depot in Northallerton has whipped up a storm of protest....

Booming buses

• Leyland Bus is booming — year-to-date figures show its market share leaping from just over 20% in 1988 to 31.4% this...

MIT goes up for grabs

• Bidding began last week for Merthyr Tydfil Transport, and at least 18 passenger transport businesses will be vying for the...

Inverness snapped up

• Troubled Inverness Traction has been bought by a locally based operator, Alexander (North-east), which was formed late last...

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Garnex fines quashed

• Fines imposed on Garnex, trading as C J Stanley, and one of its drivers, for overloading offences were quashed at Bolton...

• The decision of Kelvin Scottish Omnibuses to sack a

bus driver who took the wrong route in Glasgow, and refused to take corrective action when his passengers complained, has been...

Shearinis chart gaps

• Coach operator Smiths Shearings does have a case to answer with respect to a series of alleged tachograph offences, Wigan...

• Darryl and Maureen Taylor, trading as Darryl Taylor Skip

Hire, of Hinckley, had operated illegally for about 18 months because of an "unacceptable bureaucratic delay" in dealing with...

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Naylor given a deadline

• Barnsley haulier William Jones, trading as L Naylor, was given six months to show he could maintain his vehicles in a...

Coil carrier overloaded

• Maxihaul (Humberside) was fined £650 with £70 costs, after being convicted of overloading, plating and testing offences...

Eastern National sues after crash

• A company whose £7,000 .4 bus was written off in an accident is suing a lorry driver for alleged negligence. In a High...

• A company whose employee died in a road accident

in volving a heavy goods vehicle is suing the lorry driver concerned and his employer, Melrowand, for alleged negligence. In a...

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BUSINESS MOVES

GKN EXPANDS • GKN Autoparts has bought M&H Continental Auto Spares which trades from branches in Oldham and Stockport. Its...

DEALERS

• EW STEYR DEALER • Steyr Trucks has appointed Zebra Commercials of Fareham in Hampshire as its truck dealer for Hampshire....

FERRIES

FERRYhUkSTERS NETWORK STRENGTHENED • Ferrymasters is now ()tiering a full distribution service out of s'Herenburg on the...

PUBLICATIONS

LOAD RESTRAINT GUIDE • Apex Load Control of Croydon has produced a vehicle load restraint guide to complement publications by...

SERVICES

COSTCARE • Iveco Ford is updating and improving its Costcare fleet maintenance scheme with new terminals at its dealerships...

EVENTS

EXTRA RHA SEMINAR MI Because of a strong demand from RHA members in the North-East, the Association is holding a further...

WEIGHING

PARKER WEIGHS IN WITH TWO • Parker Weighing Systems has announced two new products in its range of electronic weighing...

CLEANING

KILLING LISTERIA • C&M Research has launched a range of vehicle cleaners called Transclean 6000 which it says has been...

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LORRY BAN

EXEMPTIONS FOR LANGPOIIT • Red and yellow stickers featuring the Langport portcullis are to be given to suitable operators...

ilt Somerset County Council ROADNEWS RESTRICTIONS IN ALTON

• Major sewer works at Alton in Hampshire are scheduled to start on 2 May for three weeks. During that time vehicles...

ROADVVORKS

M25 Surrey: The clockwise can igeway is closed at Ill and 13. Contraflow systems operate on the anti-clockuise carriageway with...

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CPC PRIDE

• Once again it is open season for the CPC knockers. Cries of "Let's make it harder" or "Just a Mickey Mouse test" . • ....

CANINE CAPERS • With reference to the Spratts vehicle picture

in Commercial Moto' , (23-29 March), I would like to suggest the following information: The delivery van is possibly a Leyland...

SAFETY MEASURES • Further to the article "Hidden Weakness" (CM

23-29 March) on load restraint straps, we wish to make certain comments. It is questionable whether a single test from each...

CONFUSED IDENTITY

• On page 32 of Commercial Motor, 16-22 March, there was a picture of a Ford Fiesta after it had come into close contact with...

FINDING THE TIME

• The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has recently been loaned a Leyland Advertising Clock. According to the Leyland...

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Vakuum Vulk tyres put you right on target.

What professionals want is quality, economy, and a good choice. Tyre users are no exception to the rule. Vakuum Vulk's...

• The Department of Transport has been scouring the country

for faulty pelican crossings which make a safe-to-cross bleeping noise when the traffice lights show green. A fault in the...

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BY THE HAWK • An armed robber who chose a Number 12 bus as his getaway vehicle didn't reckon on the long arm of the law...

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• lrluc' k racing is on the up and up

and young drivers are battling hard to make it to the top of the heap. To help them, Lucas has introduced the British National...

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RATES OF SUCCESS

Transport laws and the state of the economy help to set road haulage rates in different European countries. • Britain's...

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OPPING FOR CH 1 PS

Computer-based fleet management systems are now within the financial reach of small hauliers. We look at technology trends and...

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THE CUTTING EDGE

Our latest survey into UK haulage rates shows some worrying trends. Most of the operators we talked to reckon that the rate...

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PROST IN

FRANC Jean Prost runs one of France's most respected parcels and distribution companies, Prost Transports, and has a beady eye...

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OPERATOR

The latest Mercedes-Benz high-roof 308D maintains its family tradition of tou•h, well made dependability, which is now...

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• BRS WESTERN

BROWN/PORTON/JONES BRS Western has promoted Don Brown to contracts director, responsible for contract hire. He joined the...

• FTA ARMSTRONG

The Freight Transport Association's new Scottish regional director is Robert Armstrong. He is also vicechairman of the FTA's...

• CONTRACT CARE PLAN HORRILL Jim Horrill has joined Contract

Care Plan as northern area manager, responsible for promoting the company in the North. Before this he was responsible for...

• UNITED TRANSPORT GOLD BLYTH/RUDDER Tim Gold Blyth has been

appointed the new chairman of United Transport International. A BET director since 1985, he became chairman of UTI's touring...

• TNT EXPRESS LAY/BELUMcCALL Steve Lay, former divisional general manager

of TNT Newsfast, has been promoted to general manager of TNT Newspaper Distribution Services. He joined TNT Newsfast in 1985 as...

• NENLYS GROUP BRADLEY Walter Bradley retired as a general

manager of the Henlys Group in March after 41 years' service. He joined the group in 1947 and, for the past 14 years, headed...

• BEES sEcutrry HODGSON/BURNS Bees Security Distribution has recruited Ian Hodgson as regional sales manager for the

North. He joins from Elan International, where he was major accounts manager and was previously with Atlas and TNT in sales...

• NAWDC ARGENT Frank Argent has become director-general of the

National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors, with a brief to represent members and liaise with regulatory bodies to...

• WRITS OF LYDNEY GROUP REES/BOWKETT/LEECH/ MORGAN/HILLTOUT/ JONES David Rees

has been made business development manager of Watts of Lydney Group. Stephen Bowkett has been promoted to management accountant...

• VOLKSWAGEN O'DONOGHUE Terry O'Donoghue is Volkswagen's new commercial vehicles

customer service manager. He joined VW dealer Donald Vince of Croydon in 1961 and, after qualifying as a technician, became...

• RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES CHAMBERS Michael Chambers is the new

finance director of Ribble Motor Services at Crosby, Merseyside. He joined from the North Western Road Car Company at...

• NFC WALL Ted Wall, a former director of NFC and chairman of NFC International Holdings, retired on 25 March.

• TRAI LE RENT BELL Irene Bell has joined Trailerent

as training and personnel manager, with 18 years' training experience. Based at the company's headquarters in Slough, she is...

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PERSONNEL FILE

• Pay levels for managers in transport and distribution are rising well ahead of the rate of inflation and the national...

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Rebuilt truck's tach had never been calibrated

John Stewart Bulk Haulage of Warrington • POLICE CHECKS on a tachograph in a vehicle operated by John Stewart Bulk Haulage...

Haulier granted licence for ex Coal Board buses

1. STOKE-ON-TRENT haulier Maurice Meld Transport Ltd has been granted a new operator's licence, authorising the operation of 15...

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LA restricts numbers at saturated base

West Mids international operator DJ Ponsonby • ALTHOUGH prepared to grant D J Ponsonby Ltd a new international licence for...

Driver used MoT test to find out faults

B Transport 4, AN OWNER-DRIVER who had a pro", hibition order placed on his truck, told the LA the vehicle was inspected every...

LA exercised right to vary fleet size

Van Hee Transport 111 THE APPEAL of Van Hee Transport Ltd to the Transport Tribunal against the decision of the North Eastern...

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Environmental refusal by LA challenged

Duncan Lacy & Bros appeal • THE APPEAL of Duncan Lacey & Bros Ltd against the decision of South Eastern Licensing Authority...

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The position is now confused and confusing

• ON PAGES 4 and 5 of the March issue (No 35) of Legal Bulletin there was a factual report of the Transport Tribunal's...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY: 1992 AND ALL THAT...

Wake up UK hauliers: it's going to happen III WHILE my contribution this month is something of a mixed bag. 1 have very...

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Dismissal procedure reasonable

V Astill v Total Oil 1. TOTAL OIL (GB) Ltd had not acted unreasonably in deciding to dismiss an accident-prone driver, decided...

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Hauliers second only to cocaine dealers. . .

WHAT sentence to impose when someone charged with a criminal offence has been found guilty is a question to be decided by the...

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FURTHERAND HEAVIER

• The current boom in the construction industry has certainly had a spin-off effect on the sales of commercial vehicles in an...

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TIPPER MAKERS RIDING HIGH

Multi-wheeler sales rose strongly last year. We analyse the motivations and movements in the tipper and mixer market league...

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CHASSIS SPEC-CHECK

IN A booming UK economy has fuelled an equally buoyant construction market, resulting in a high demand for tippers....