• The road haulage industry is facing a credibility crisis. While operators are busy getting on with the job of transporting...

• Last year's CM Livery Awards attracted more than 200 entries, and to reflect the ever growing interest in the competition we...

• The European Central Standards Organisation (CEN) is working on a European specification for diesel fuels on behalf of the...

new Discovery which will be launched in September. It will be available with a new 2.5-litre turbo-diesel engine or. the...

on Lothian Regional Council's plans for a 24-hour/day waitin g , loading and unloadin g ban in Prince's Street, Edinburgh.

• Several local authorities e takin g direct service organisation managers out of the national pay structure to reward them...

plans to improve orbital traffic in the home counties, warns Richard Diment, deputy director of the British Road Federation.

• Parking and waiting restrictions on main routes into Landon will be vigorously enforced to help keep the roads clear during...

• Major changes in annual CV tests are expected following the interim report from a Government task force investigating the...

• Leyland Bus is to build Volvo BlOM chassis at Workington, alon g side its Lynx and Olympian buslines. About 80 chassis will...

• Transport Minister Peter Bottomley this week hinted that the Government wants air suspensions on 40-tonne trucks when they...

• Courier company Transam plans to double its franchise network to 70 UK depots by the end of 1989.

• Salford Van Hire has announced a 13% cut in its weekly hire rates for 16 tonne trucks during July and August.

• The Freight Transport Association will celebrate it: 100th anniversary on 26 July with the launch of a mobile exhibition on...

• Less than a third of the 300 local authorities questioned in a national survey have put their services out to tender.

• Worthing-based Cedar Travel has been called before the Traffic Commissioners charged with running PSVs with dangerous faults....

I A total of 44 trucks were )pped last week in the third indon lorry ban enforcement tz to involve the police. The exercise, on...

'rhe British Association of movers estimates that up to )00 removals firms have ne out of business because the slump in the...

Three of the eight regional sting managers have been pointed by the Department Transport to oversee HGV sting and training in...

• AWD has won an order worth over El million to supply 100 10-tonne bonneted trucks to the Bangladeshi police force.

• Two empty 7.5-tonne nuclear flasks fell from a truck last week on their way to Sellafield. British Nuclear Fuels says the...

• The Institute of Freight Forwarders has been relaunched as the British International Freight Association and hopes to double...

• Speed limits for recovery trucks towing heavy vehicles should be raised, says the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators....

• Tough action against fly-tippers is promised by Parliament. MPs have approved the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Bill,...

• East Sussex farmer Vera Garnett is the fourth operator to pick up the baton in the Commercial Motor/Leyland Daf Runnerthon,...

• Registrations of new trucks in the first half of 1989 were up more than 11% on this time last year, according to the latest...

• Transit Advice Notes, which 10e details of loads, routes and final destinations and have to be handed to customs every time...

• Northern Ireland is in desperate need of improved transport links with Europe, according to a report published by the...

• Refrigerated transport trade association Transfrigoroute took to the A45 at Cambridge on Sunday with a convoy of 30 trucks...

• More than 1,000 drivers have been filmed jumping red traffic lights by West Midlands police video cameras. The 276 worst...

• In our issue dated 23-29 March 1989, we conducted a survey featuring a load strap produced by Pritchards Indus rial Textile...

• Ray Smith Demountables is claiming a 33% gain in cargodeck length over conventional articulated vehicles with its latest...

the 331kW (450hp) DSC14.03 engine as "a delete option", for those operators who want more power beyond the 297kW (404hp)...

single pillar lift for box van bodies. It is designed for use on vehicles with a maximum floor height of 1000mm.

single-plate clutch with ceramic facings as orginal equipment on its new 17 tonne 1718 Cargo.

• A new, full-length high-roo Escort van will go on sale at Ford dealers at a special offer price on 24 July. It will be buil...

• Carrymaster Eurofridge has introduced a new scheme aimed at reefer trailer operators wishing to trade in their 22-pallet...

• The first aerodynamic Norfrig Transpolar reefer trailer to be built in the UK (CM 6-12 July) has several important changes in...

• Tuffnells Parcels Express is looking to expand into contract distribution because of a downturn in the parcels market. The...

Union-Transport has a fleet of 375 trucks and 600 light commercial vehicles and deals in national and international haulage....

• Milton Keynes-based Trio Containers is spending strongly on new vehicles to expand its Local authority hire fleet. A Scarab...

of a nationwide network of "fast fit" centres at Ashtonunder-Lyne in September. Its centre will be owned and operated by...

national distribution contract with alloy wheel manufacturers, Parkfield Wheels-Kent Alloys. The company is hiring a Daf 2500...

Eurowall sliding-door bodies in the company's new silver, red and blue livery. Fitted to Volvo FL617 chassis, the bodies are to...

sales by 20% in 1988 to 21.9 billion and increased its annual profits from 28 million in 1987 to 228 million.

11 High interest rates could force many operators to start buying secondhand again, according to north-western used trailer...

Up to 200 employees of istribution firm UYC face reandancy with the closure of ight UK depots and the firm's Q, following its...

cash if they sign up as International Diesel Service dealers with Kuwait Petroleum. The company is looking for new UK...

• The mild winter hit pre-tax profits of AAH Holdings' transport services, which deals mainly in coal traffic. Its trading...

MI Dartford-based M25 Tankers has added five new ERF ElOs to its 28-strong fleet. The company was formed four years ago to...

St Neots Haulage has gone to liquidation following the ss of a major computer com.ny contract with the loss of ore than 60...

IN A three-year, £300,000 contract has been won by Robson's Distribution Services, part of United Carriers Internabetal. Under...

• Tanker specialist Air Products is to become the first UK operator to take delivery of a Seddon Atkinson Strato fitted with...

to roll off the production line now being built at its Langley truck plant, backed by a £17.7 million investment programme,...

• Aerodyne Equipment of Greenford. Middlesex has extended its range of Windfarer truck air deflector kits with a new version...

• York is nearing completion of an order believed to be worth more than £6 million for 160 specially-developed Thermostar...

/Dennis Specialist Vehicles is to launch a 9rn-long Dart midibus priced at around £52,000. The October launch will be followed...

• Employees of Derby City Transport have won their battle to take over the company after six months of negotiations with the...

• Bus operators throughout Britain have been asked to support a strike-breaking mutual-aid scheme. The Bus and Coach Council...

/ Deregulation of London's buses with the privatisation u London Buses is unlikely in this parliament, says public transport...

1 Dissatisfied Metro Cammell Veymann customers are join1g forces to spur the manufacurer to improve its spare arts and warranty...

• Brighton & Hove Bus ;ompany has taken delivery of 0 East Lancs-bodied Scania 13DRB double-deck buses, .upplied through Stuart...

I The fee for registering or arying a non-subsidised corniunity bus service is to be cut . om 230 and .227 to a flat fee I...

• The Office of Fair Trading has removed restrictions on 31 of the joint operating agreements it challenged late last year. It...

• VL Bus & Coach has delivered three Alexanderbodied Volvo Citybuses to Northampton Transport, with high-backed seating for 82...

and Mike Eatough, to form a Southampton-based minibus manufacturing company, LHE. The former boss of Robin Hood Vehicle...

• Barton Buses has issued 71 redundancy notices to staff as a first step towards the 150 envisaged in the takeover by...

• Manchester independent operator Citibus has had to hire in buses after a vehicle examiner's checks put nearly a third of the...

Scania K113CRB coaches, five with 242kW (325hp) engines and two with 233kW (313hp) units. Two of the higher-powered coaches are...

• Britain's roads are being clogged by half-empty lorries, running from badly sited warehouses with poorly planned loads and...

• Waste disposal firm Haul-Waste has ordered 13 new vehicles, worth around £730,000, from Spartrucks of Exeter.

• British Telecom has ordered 6,000 Austin Maestro vans worth £40 million. They will be delivered over a 12-month period from 1...

first year's sales target of 40 trailers within three months of starting up.

• Scottish haulier Kildonan MacBrayne of Turriff bought the first Seddon Atkinson in its 120-strong mixed fleet. This follows a...

• Attwoods has bought the Florida business of Laidlaw Transportation in a deal which means the two companies will no longer be...

• Northern Ireland based Viper (International) has started production of truck-mounted cranes at its new £2.5m factory at...

• Transport Development Group member Inter-City Transport has won the Haulier of the Year award from CM's sister publication,...

• British Rail's Railfreight boosted its profit by over 50% to a record 269m for the year to 31 March, says BR chairman Sir...

• The Wirrall magistrates have agreed that vehicles which do not belong to a local authority, but rhich are used for collecting...

• The produc non of the wro tachograph cha has led to Edin burgh lorry dri er Harold Begbie being committed for trial at...

• Anthony McAndrew, trading as Central Coaches & Taxis, of Leamington Spa, has been banned from registering any further local...

• Hoyers (U1 has succeeded a bid to add it vehicles and 2 trailers to the authorisation for 19 vehicles and 54 trailers at its...

G & R Enterprises, trading as G & R Travel of Oxton, Wirral has been renewed for one year only when it appeared before North...

to sack bus driver R G Holt, on the grounds that his conviction for deception and handling stolen property worth over 226,000...

• Though holding that Intercity Transport & Trading had not been unreasonable in sacking lorry driver E Campbell for allegedly...

al •Three lorry drivers who had been disqualified from driving for multiple drink/ driving offences, successfully applied for...

has expressed concern about a growing tendency among hauliers to allow broken-down trailers to accumulate in their yards. He...

by Manchester excavation contractor W Maher & Son helped persuade North Western LA Martin Albu to renew its 22-vehicle licence...

DOUBLING FREIGHT • Truckline has introduced a third dedicated freight ship for its Portsmouth to Caen route. The Normandie...

CLASSIC VEHICLE PARADE • More than 200 vehicles are expected at this year's Classic Vehicle Parade sponsored by the Yorkshire...

first joint rally with the Tern Valley Vintage Machinery Club on 16/17 September at Tunstall Hall Farm on the A53 Market...

• 'Ile National Materials I kindling Centre has organised a two-day conference on safe warehouse practices in the 1990s. The...

PHONING FROM THE OUTBACK • Hitachi has launched its first portable cellphones. The Outback is a 196 x 66 x 38mm mobile phone...

WATCHING YOUR BACK • Photo-Scan has developed a rear-view video system, TailScan, for CVs which provides the driver with a...

Supereyes, an ultrasonic reversing safety device to give drivers the extra guidance and security they need to avoid accidents....

Britax porma l i • Britax (PMG) has broadened its range of components for bus and coach builders and operators. Its line-up...

SAF AGENTS • UK SAF air suspension and axles representative IMS of Loughborough has appointed two new service agents: Perry's...

opened a new commercial vehicle body shop. For further details contact Endeavour Trucks, Ellen Street, Portslade.

• AA Roadwatch has launched Eurowatch, a European road information service on Oracle Teletext. Detailing roadworks, potential...

NATION ALI • National Express has released a video describing its products and services for customers, including the...

commercial vehicle finance specialist General Guarantee to provide flexible finance packages to customers through Seddon's...

COVERED WITH CARE • Commercial Care Plan has produced a brochure on its ser vices in the provision of mechanical breakdown...

m by Alan Rushton and John bdey, the book covers the inustry's latest concepts. 'opics include customer serice, regulations,...

this auttunn, a reekly print-out of roadworks ad potential delays on Briiin's motorways and primary nites. The booklet, which...

I Dunlop Adhesives has pubhed a brochure detailing its nge of Motorcare products, :hiding the new Pressureseal Tylic Sealant...

ROADWORKS • LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST M4 London: Outside lane closed in both directions, J3-4 (A312/ Heathrow) between 10am...

Roadworks Al: Various between Salzburg and Vienna. (Nov). Due to heavy roadworks on the Al: Western approaches to Vienna, it...

E17: At Gentbrugge Viaduct in direction of Kortrijk. E40: Near Aalst and between Vlierzele and Hekelgem (night only). E19:...

Ferrand — Bordeaux. Various, along entire stretch which is being upgraded to dual carriageway. (1994) Paris Boulevard...

by the AA. A summary of the AA bulletin with traffic news covering major approaches to the ports in south-east England may be...

A24: Between Vila Raman° and Teramo. East of L'Aqula. Tunnel closed between 20:00hrs and 07:00hrs nightly. Diversion. Bulletin...

South west of Eindhoven at Weer (25 Aug). A6: North of Lelystad at Ketelbrug. A7: On Afsluitdijk Causeway. A15: East of...

N12: Between Niederwangen aix Flamatt to the west of Bern and west of Fribourg between Bulle and Vaulruz. N13: To the north...

Between Opatija and Iccicl Bulletin A ban on goods vehicles over fivi tonnes is in effect in Serbia, Croatia and Vojvodina from...

• In the past you have printed many stories about firms being short of professional lorry drivers and fork lift drivers. I am...

• If you look at the road haulage industry in West Germany you cannot fail to notice the high standards of maintenance,...

and being a retired HG' driver, I read with great interest your article regarding the firm who purchased a Lada (CM 17-24 May)...

only picking up rubbish and pedestrians, (in that order, one hopes), but also the odd criminal offender. A fleet of 100...

Hawk and all you fledglings out there to help raise cash for a special baby care unit in Carlyle. All you have to do is get...

to their West German counterparts by the west German Automobile Club, the KVDB. Many accidents in West Germany occur at road...

They have received a lot of bad publicity in recent months because of a spate of high-speed crashes following car chases. This...

steel pole. The pole, priced at around £400, comes from Medway fire station in Kent. Apparently the firemen found the stairs...

flooded last week when a lorry dropped its load of drums containing 15,000 litres of orange squash. Firemen had to use...

smile at the latest news from the National Union of Mineworkers. The first day of their annual conference in Scarborough had to...

Second driver: "Really, who does he drive for?"

workers at the statecontrolled Sri Lanka Transport Board have now been out for four weeks. Security forces there have now been...

has given a powered kerb climber wheelchair to local lad Grant Robinson. He is the first youngster to benefit from an ERF...

harder for their high-flying recruits. According to Roger Haywood, Scout assistant executive commissioner in charge of youth...

4111 !WI The new 4000 Series Foden twin-steers re.resent somethin• of a volte-face for the Sandbach manufacturer, which is...

a month, so if you have any questions, please write to: Commercial Motor Any Questions, Quadrant, House, The Quadrant, Sutton,...

Q One of my vehicles was stopped by a policeman who directed the vehicle to the Testing Station. The examiner there imposed an...

Q We operate an old converted Dennis fire engine at our private airfield near Leeds which is used for firefighting on Club and...

Q When we take our shunter vehicles down to the garage for service from the docks we always use trade plates as they are not...

Q I pulled into a lay-by, got out of the cab and walked back to a snack bar to get a cup of tea. When I got back to my cab, a...

(a We represented ourselves at a public inquiry called by a Licensing Authority because of objections lodged by the District...

() We deliver boats to Spain and on the last two occasions we have had to pay the Basque Police fines for having incorrect...

Q At a recent roadside check, a trading standards officer told one of my drivers that the tipper body should have a calibration...

• Worcestershire-based Turner Fain Group is the third company to join Commercial Mo loriLeyland Dafs Runnerthon, putting the...

Mansel Davies has a 114-year history, a fleet of 120 vehicles, a busy Volvo dealership and a family-orientated style of...

H&L Gara.es is one of Mercedes' showpiece dealers, and has just opened £.1 ml lion premises. But se lin• in bulk to bi....

The Leyland-Daf merger Iwo years ago led to battles between the manufacturers' existing dealers for the smaller number of...

two women as branch managers. Karen Bisp has taken over as manager of the Truckrent's Birmingham branch, and Jenny Brett has...

Former transport consultant and fleet sales executive Stuart Radford becomes fleet sales manager. Both are members of the IRTE.

Replacement exhaust manufacturer, Bainbridge Silencers, has taken on Ken Bolton as sales development manager for its...

Transport, has created the new position of quality manager for its London operation. Appointed to the new post is Bob Saunders,...

as sales manager of its new Renault Trucks franchise. Brookside Renault Trucks, in Wellingborough. Ellis has spent 16 years in...

business has led to the following appointments and promotions at Howard Whitehead (Trailer Sales) of Barnsley. South...

marketing for IDAC — the company formed jointly by ICI and DuPont to market their paint products in the European automotive...

John Sech to the new position of sales manager, responsible for the south of England. Sech joins Ideal's commercial vehicle...

Ireland Freight Road Services, has been reappointed chairman of the Road Transport Association (Northern Ireland) for the...

Ron Harries, operating director of the Devon General bus company has retired after 39 years in public transport. Harries...

directors of MIRA, has died after a short illness. She joined the Association in 1953 as secretary and was one of the two...

• The Confederation of Britsh Industry has joined the ;rowing clamour for better ;kills training for young emiloyees. In a...