• The late Earl of Stockton, "Supermac" Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to those old enough to remember him, certainly had a...

• The Dover Harbour Board is considering plans to convert its import freight area, which has parking space for 500 trucks, into...

• The Department of Transport is believed to be considering a plan to privatise and charge tolls on the inter-urban motorway...

• Spanish truck drivers are planning an indefinite strike from 1 September over agreements reached in previous strikes — most...

• Truck sales are finally up again. Registrations of commercial vehicles of more than 3.5 tonnes rose 6.7% in July compared...

• The Health and Safety Executive in Yorkshire has begun an investigation into a truck fire and chemical spillage at the A1/M62...

• Basildon-based owner-driver George Hector plans to sue the Freight Transport Association after buying a defect-ridden Scania...

• The DOT is urging London local authorities to provide adequate overnight parking facilities for LGVs and consider their...

• Illegal tyres were the most prominent defect found in a recent spot-check on the Essex approach to the M25 Dartford River...

• Fears that drivers of tank containers and road tankers carrying dangerous substances would have little chance of passing...

• A man has been charged with the murder of James Doy, the Osborne Transport nightwatchman who was shot at the company's...

/ The self-regulatory nature of speed limiter sealing and callibration could lead to more than 1,000 authorised sealers being...

/ Perkins Technology has belatedly joined the Harwellbased research consortium formed last year to study new methods of diesel...

/ Whale Tankers has won an order in Taiwan for its sewerjetting tanker, based on a 13.3 tonnes GVW International 4700 chassis....

/ The Power Transmission division of Balfour Beatty Power Construction has added two Leyland Daf FAV 45.150 4x4s to its...

• Seddon Atkinson's longawaited new 17-tonner — the T5 — will be available to UK operators from September. Commercial Motor has...

• Bradfordbased Connection Freight has had its nine vehicles and one trailer licence revoked through drivers hours and...

• A £2,000 fine for overloading would have automatically led to the revocation of the licence held by JF Donelon Ltd, on...

• Permitting drivers hours offences, and failing to produce tachograph charts, has cost Andover-based Bulldog International...

/Maintenance problems, and concern over finance, led to the licence held by removal contractor Maxilead being renewed for six...

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

• Owner-driver Craig Douglas, trading as Douglas Haulage, of Inverkip, Strathclyde, has had his licence application refused on...

new international licence for five vehicles and trailers has been turned down on grounds of repute by North Eastern Licensing...

/ The Government is considering licensed regional competition in letters delivery as a route to privatising the Post Office....

/ The British Shippers' Council is to meet Shipping and Aviation Minister Lord Caithness next month to press for Government...

• BRS's contract with Nestle to distribute milk products from its factory in Dumfries, Scotland could be under threat following...

/ British Gas aims to put 200 more natural gas-powered vehicles on the road in early 1993, tripling the size of its NGV fleet....

• Masterhaul, the joint service between Railfreight Distribution and Russell Davies Container Transport has started a contract...

• Almost all 100 truck drivers at Linkman's Runcorn depot voted last week to take action over the tanker firm's bid to cut...

• The number of road transport companies failing is declining, according to figures compiled by accountants Touche Ross....

• Ten transporters and drivers have been brought over from France to help automotive distribution company Walon UK carry out...

• Chelsea Waste is appealing against a London public enquiry decision last month which revoked the company's 0-licence and...

• International hauliers, classed by Custom & Excise as repayment traders, who regularly claim VAT back from C & E could be...

• Plaxton, whose parent Henlys group is still fighting a £27.9m takeover bid by T Cowie, has been thrown the lifeline of its...

for 52 double-deckers to replace vehicles destroyed in a major depot fire at Larkfield in May (CM 28 May-3 June). It has hired...

• Optare has taken orders for more than 60 Daf-powered Spectra double-deckers since its launch last October. London Buses has...

• Two single-deck chassis have helped new bus and coach registrations run ahead of last year's. Society of Motor Manufacturers...

The practice of random drug and alcohol testing of truck drivers in the UK is being led by the safety and image conscious...

• Stock breeder Newsham of MaIton, North Yorkshire has developed an all-aluminium rigid delivery vehicle for conveying up to 80...

• Marshall SPY of Cambridge has an agreement with Kassbehrer of Austria to manufacture its Supertrans car transporter system...

• A self-powered demountable container that can handle wheeled refuse bins being carried by a standard skip truck has been...

• Tanktainer Service of Runcorn has refurbished its second 19,600-litre (36 barrel) tandem axled Guinness tanker. The...

• Birch Haulage of Barnetby, South Humberside has bought two 65.3m aluminium tanker trailers from the Hamburg manufacturer...

Iceliner reefer units via Transamerica Trailer Leasing for its seafood distribution chain. The 13.4m triaxle units combine...

n0 verloading and hazardous goods regulations in certain parts of the world clearly leave plenty of scope for a spot of risky...

E ne of the Hawk's colleagues holidaying in , Dorset last month spotted this novel use for the back of a lorry. A trade union...

A n Iveco Ford A n Iveco Ford dealer received this letter — the second in a short series — from one of the truck...

ritish Rail's decision to close its direct London to Blackpool line has prompted Labour's transport spokesman John Prescott to...

• Next year's Barcelona Car, Industrial Vehicle and Motorcycle Show will be held from 15-23 May 1993. Displays will be set up...

• Natural gas-powered vehicles will be the subject of a conference being run by the Combustion Engineering Association on 13...

• The Institute of Grocery Distribution is holding its convention and annual awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel, London, on 15...

• Freight Transport Association members are offered Econocruise speed limiters at £415 each — a saving of about 20%. The deal...

• Huddersfield University is now recruiting students for its 1993 part-time Certificate in Transport and Distribution...

• Many of today's young logistics and distribution managers come from non-transport backgrounds. With this in mind,...

A video explaining what a haulage firm must do to become BS5750-accredited is on offer from RTITB Services, The The Road to...

DVLA services • The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has published guides to its services. These Customer's Service Guides...

• Road Transport and the Environment — Policy, Technology and Market Forces is a new report published by The Financial Times on...

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT • The Department of Transport's Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment is looking for...

N orfolk owner-driver Jim Hardy became one of the many victims of the collapse of freight forwarder Transworld, which crashed...

L O SE 'Cowboys', bad debts and low rates combine to force owner-drivers to throw in the towel. But others are convinced there...

W hen Simon Bowdrey's road tax was due for renewal at the end of May last year he decided he was so fed up with the trials of...

high-cube Courier as a stablemate. Our long term test reveals it to be competitive in its class and ahead on some points. •...

or that strange yellow European liquid, it probably reaches your local by road. Shifting the precious cargo is a specialist...

negotiations but this is set to change. CM examines how truckers' pay compares across the EC. • Overtime levels are falling in...

T I ERS For 20 years many Scottish hauliers relied on the oil rig construction industry — now the business is sinking and could...

nyone who has had their premises broken into and their vehicles stolen or vandalised will echo my amazement at the latest...

• In response to Penny Evans' Sound Off feature (CM 16-22 July), I would like to agree that £1.2bn is spent on maintenance of...

IN I wish to take this opportunity to correct and amplify a statement in your article headed Imperfect Timing or Insight? (CM...

• Since the French revolution, government by people on the streets has been a way of life there. In the UK, this approach is...