• The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. So, it seems, do the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Driving Standards Agency. While...

Diesel's new Series 60 engine are Alfred Hymas and Railfreight. CM sneak tests the engine, see page 10. Seeing red • London's...

• HGV and PSV training companies are set to lose thousands of pounds through the Driving Standards Agency's decision to axe...

• The new stretch of the M40 opened yesterday (Wednesday). The 2300m motorway extension runs from Oxford, skirting Bicester,...

• A quality standard for the manufacture of recovery equipment is being drawn up by the industry's trade body. The Recovery...

• Diesel prices are set to rise by at least 2p/lit, says analysts at Oil Price Assessment, rising "significantly" in the...

• Customs officers at the UK's ports aim to crack down on drug smuggling in lorries harder than ever this year, following...

• Road Haulage Association chiefs are pressing for the impounding of unlicensed trucks to be included in the Road Traffic...

si Hauliers will soon be able to book vehicles for annual tests on Saturdays. The move is part of a package of improvements...

• A twin air suspension version of Volvo's F1.614 14tonner — on show for the first time in Brussels this week — is to be...

• An owner-operator, whose truck was burned by striking Spanish lorry drivers last October, has lodged a 217,000 compensation...

• Leading tanker hauliers have slammed the media for what they say were inaccurate reports of last week's accident on the Al(M)...

• As previously reported, Detroit Diesel has both sizes of its new DDEC-equipped Series 60 four-stroke engines on trial with...

• Nee° is unveiling a more powerful version of its TurboDaily non-HGV range at the Brussels Motor Show this week. Sharing the...

' • Fiat is stepping up its attack on the light commercial market with a van version of the latest Uno supenriini hatchback. It...

• A new Foden heavy truck cab is likely to break cover within the next five years, according to Paccar UK managing director Rod...

• Scania will announce within weeks whether there is enough interest from customers to go ahead with a bonneted tractive unit...

• Boalloy has written off a promised stand price discount at the next Motor Show, to make up for low attendance last year, as a...

• L p to 30 workers are to take redundancy at Ford's Transit van assembly plant near Southampton. Jobs will also go at Dagenham...

• Birmingham truck body specialist JC Payne has been appointed sole UK distributor for French manufacturer Aubineau's...

• Overnight carrier Nexday reports a "jammed switchboard" following a recruitment advert for franchisees for up to 25 new...

• NFC companies Exel Logistics and Newsflow enter the wage round at the end of this month when they meet representatives from...

• Scottish hauliers face heavy losses as the Government plans further pruning of the Scottish steel industry. On 1 April, the...

• Teesside tanker company Sadler has won a contract to distribute Dow Chemicals products from the North of England throughout...

• Hammond Transport Group wants to acquire or link up with another transport company, preferably with bases in Lancashire and...

• Foden Trucks finished 1990 in profit despite suffering a fall in vehicle registrations of almost 50%. However, exactly how...

• Woodside Haulage of limber Bridge, Lams acted unfairly by sacking Lirl ei for selling pallets without authority, a Manchester...

I A haulage company has been ordered to pay more than £5,600 compensation for unfair dismissal to a foreman who was sacked...

• A One Transport (Leeds), whose licence was revoked earlier this month follow ng drivers' hours offences, overloading...

NI Stockport haulier Darren Flitcroft has appeared before magistrates accused of continuing to operate despite his 0licence...

1 • I)rury and Son of North Walsham, Norfolk has had the vehicle authorisation on its licence slashed by more than 75% after a...

As moves begin to establish 44 tonnes as an EC standard on six axles, the UK is still refusing to accept the 40-tonne artic...

• Transit Holdings boss Harry Blundred plans to convert the Southdown Portsmouth fleet to minibuses after he takes over the...

• Municipal bus operator Rossendale Transport is expanding its leisure activities with the takeover of Rochdalebased family...

• Northern Counties of Wigan has confirmed that it will be bodying Leyland Bus's Lynx II underframe with its new allaluminium...

• Nottinghamshire-based independent South Notts of Gotham is tipped for sale following its first losses of .232,000 last year....

with Plaxton's Derwent bodies which have been taken on as replacement vehicles at Norfolkbased Eastern Counties Omnibus...

longest car in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, taking up a whopping 22m of road space. Stick that...

under a bushel, but former CM technical editor John Moon tells me that we may have done so in the Scania Milestones feature (CM...

fined £100 for reckless driving after admitting driving a car without a steering wheel. He was fined a further £50 for the...

year over the Iraqi "Supergun" affair, reckons his luck has turned for the better: his wife, Jackie, has just given birth to a...

of two new road transport books published by Roundoak Publishing of Somerset (Operator's Handbook, pages 22/23). The titles...

sweet, says the poet. . . but even our Willy might have difficulty convincing some customers not to raise a quizzical eye if...

DAWSON GROUPS • The ainiinistration of the Dawsongroup firms of Dawsonrentals, Dawsonfreight Cornmercials and DG Finance has...

DOVER'S BIGGER • Five new freighters will operate out of Dover Harbour between now and 1993. P&O introduces the first of four...

EASTERN PROMISE • The CBI initiative in Eastern Europe is holding a series of one - day seminars between April and July at its...

TRANSPORT BOOK COMES OF AGE • The 21st Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook, written by David Lowe, has been published...

STRETCHING THE LIMIT • Speed limiter manufacturer Econocruise is temporarily extending its customer credit limit to 90 days....

QUALITY ASSURANCE • EP Training Services is holding a half-day seminar on the introduction of BS5750 on 20 February at its...

WIPING OUT WATER • Hurstway Filtration is marketing a US-designed device, claimed to get rid of rainwater in diesel engines_...

new computer software at Poole to give customers an overview of freight availability on all Truckline and Brittany Ferries'...

a security seminar on 10-12 May at the Hospitality Inn, Cambridge Street, Glasgow. It will cover staff, vehicles and business...

is being held on 19-21 March at the Sandown Park Exhibition Centre, Esher, Surrey. Contact the organisers, TJ Palmer and...

a series of one-day conferences: Distribution security today will be held on 23 May; Commercial vehicle communications today...

place at Walsall Arboretum on 30 June, where more than 150 old and new buses and coaches will be on display. There will also be...

London's Lorries, £15.95, by vehicle historian Arthur Ingram, casts a nostalgic eye over London's lorry scene in the 1950s and...

with the leading French and German road transport magazines to set up a joint advertising system for hauliers seeking backloads...

offering a software computer package for hauliers. The Saint system provides route scheduling, finds the best location for...

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE • The Department of Transport has decided that the preferred route for the A259 Bexhill and Hastings Western...

• Hull Lloyd, which makes car care products, has redesigned the bottle for the Redex range of diesel additives. All pack sizes...

a Security engineer Clarke Instruments has launched a Type 521 double gatelock which has a slotted metal shoe to prevent a gate...

• General hauliers are turning away hazardous-goods work because they are afraid of the regulations attached to it, according...

chan.ed little since its intro•uction in 1948. But the must not be deceived the De ender 90 o lers some •owe I sur•rises. •...

pack, £96; roof appointment pack, £234; electricai pack, £1 1 8; heated rear window end rear wash/ wipe, £103; power steering,...

British Standard –15°C Last year's average –15.22°C This year's average –18.9°C Failures none All makes easily passed the key...

• I am currently obtaining quotations for a new truck and have come to the conclusion that the industry must surely be in a...

Every operator has to buy fuel — but are you getting the best value for money? • Fuel may be the lifeblood of road transport,...

director Network East at Hays Distribution Services. He will be responsible for sites at Dagenham, South Ockendon, Barnsley and...

He was general manager of parcels subsidiary Multifreight, which ceased independent trading in December.

promoted from managing director to chief executive of the Transport Development Group. John Kinley has become company...

Laight has worked in distribution for over 30 years. He plans to offer a range of services, including advice on strategy and...

Rod Williams has taken up the post of finance director at Heron Distribution. He joins from sister company Heron Homes where he...

appointed commercial director of United Bus. He was a deputy director with MAN VW Truck and Bus, and before that was a truck...

Federal Express Systernline Europe and Systemcare UK, has taken over as managing director of Swift Transport Services. His...

managing director of East Molesey-based loading bay equipment supplier RS Stokvis & Sons, where he has worked for nearly three...

director of Britannia Movers International after six years in the job. Bill Walker, previously marketing director, takes over...

Simpson joins from Fina where he spent 22 years as a lubricant sales engineer. He forms part of a sales team working out of...

Somers Handling is headed by Stephen Campbell who has been appointed general manager. His position gives him sole...

Browns, the Shipley, West Yorks-based autocentre network, has become the first woman president-elect of the National Tyre...

Association as business manager in the aerodynamics and thermofluids unit. He has previously worked at Westland Helicopters and...

Bernard Morse has been appointed regional general manager for the central region, controlling six London depots. Morse was...

Denis Lyall, BRS driver training centre manager for the Midlands, has died at the age of 58. He joined BRS in October last...