• The news that the Vehicle Inspectorate is adopting a more lenient approach to overloaded lorries must be welcome — few issues...

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ises to 10% • The Vehicle Inspectorate has told its examiners to stop prosecuting hauliers for overloading unless a truck is...

• Derbyshire tippermen who went on strike at Tarmac last October have been told they will have to pay their own legal costs if...

• The National Owner Drivers' Association's fight to stop construction firms cutting their owner-drivers' rates are set to be...

• The son of AWD founder and chairman David JB Brown has taken over from Dr Michael Sanderson as chief executive. Sanderson...

• Barnsley-based SR Gent, one of the biggest suppliers of clothing to Marks & Spencer, is to close three of its factories in...

• Road safety can be taken into consideration when refusing an 0-licence on environmental grounds, the Transport Tribunal has...

• The bulk grain haulage business is in crisis, with thousands of tonnes of produce being dumped in farm yards. The grain...

the import of used CVs and expects a boom in demand for used trucks from the UK. Superferry launch • The first of four P&O...

• Central London residents are to be urged to report smoking trucks. Westminster City Council plans to launch a scheme called...

• Ford has unveiled its new Transit at the Frankfurt Motor Show. External changes involve the front grille, lamps and bumper,...

• Manchester-based air cargo haulier Plane Trucking has been bought by its Dutch competitor, Rutges. The two firms, which have...

• Scania has launched a "more intelligent" second-generation version of its computer-aided gearchanging (CAG) system which is...

• The Brewery Transport Advisory Committee (BTAC) has conducted extensive tests into artic braking compatibility. The trials,...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor, ERF is now offering air suspension as an option on its 6x2 tractor. It adds £2,500 to the...

• Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service has taken delivery of three new lightweight fire appliances based on 10-tonne...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor, Leyland Daf has launched a more powerful version of its 60 Series Freighter chassis using...

• German tanker manufacturer Feldbinder, best known in the UK for its semi-trailer bulk powder tanks, is set to offer British...

• Reynolds Boughton has supplied 250 RB44 MkII fourwheel-drive trucks to the Army as part of its Truck Utility Heavy (TUH)...

the IRTE Scottish show in Edinburgh this month. It is fitted with the environmentally friendly ECO engine, uprated from 110kW...

• Hard times in the DIY sector have forced Rickaby & Lee to diversify into food and drink distribution, which it hopes will...

• TNT Newsfast is close to choosing third party hauliers for its streamlined London in-house operation. About 460 TNT drivers...

• Bibby Distribution Services has won its second five-year contract with Boots. It now has 27 vehicles on Boots contracts. The...

• Tibbet & Britten's interim results have exceeded bullish City forecasts by reporting pretax profits of £6.3m on a turnover of...

• Exel Logistics-Iberica has won a five-year/£15m contract with Kraft General Foods to provide warehousing services in northern...

• Parcelforce is threatened with strike action after union leaders rejected a final wage offer of 496 and lump sum payments...

/ Two more companies have been taken over by the Transport Development Group. John Russell of Grangemouth, part of TDG's...

• Job opportunities in the transport sector continue to decline, according to the latest figures from Manpower. Although 17%...

/Magistrates in Middleton, Manchester have dismissed arguments that police officers are wrongly interpreting the 44,-hour...

• Renwicks Freight (Midlands) unfairly dismissed one of its drivers — but he is not entitled to compensation, a Manchester...

/ In CM 6-12 June under the heading "Scrap firm sacks £750,000 fitter" we reported that the North Western Licensing Authority...

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• Northern Ireland operator Seaforde Transport (Co Down) is to appeal against two overloading convictions. The company was...

IN Aberdeenbased Fridge Freight (Fyvie) must wait until next June to find out what action Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority...

• Failure to carry a fire extinguisher on a 3.5-tonne van carrying drums of highly inflammable material has cost Archbold...

• Plaxton will use a new rearengined coach chassis from Volvo to attack the luxury export market with its Paramount successor...

shock absorbers and anti-roll bar. The rear-engined chassis also uses the same G7-EGS seven-speed gearbox and rear axle, but...

is this year's winner of the UK Bus Driver of the Year award. Javelin sales • Loughborough-based coach distributor DSB Sales...

• Neoplan's 15m double-deck Superskyliner will debut at the Kortrijk Show in Belgium next month. The German manufacturer has...

• JR Supplies Group, the Cardiff-based truck and trailer door shutter manufacturer, has changed its name to JR Industries....

• Air suspension and axle manufacturer Granning UK has appointed West Yorkshire-based Chassis Repairs as a main distributor....

Air Suspensions Drive-through Greenhous • Truck dealer Greenhous Leyland Daf has opened a drive-through workshop at...

• The Road Haulage Association's Young Executive Section is holding a one-day law and transport workshop on 28 September at...

• Owner Operators UK is holding a meeting for the Devon and Cornwall area on 22 September at the Forte Posthouse Hotel,...

• Environmental pressure group Transport 2000 is holding a series of autumn conferences, starting with Freight and Environment...

• Truck and van drivers can now use two leading fuel cards at an extended number of service stations: Shell and Esso have...

• A range of rearview mirrors designed to eliminate blind spots is now available from Ring Automotive. Contact (0532) 791791.

• Diesel engines can come clean with Agriemach's self-cleaning Turbo II pre-cleaner. It is designed to remove contaminants...

• PSV Wypers of Worcester has produced a 60-page catalogue of its truck and bus wiper components, containing dimensioned...

• Atkinson Equipment has launched two in-line volumetric flowmeters to monitor fuel consumption in diesel engines. The VZ04 is...

• For details of Sutton, Surrey-based Metro Equipment's new P15 exhaust filter phone 081-337 3570. The number published...

M2 Kent: contraflow J3 (Stockbury Viaduct). M3 Hants: off peak dialy lane closures both ways J8-J9 (A303/Winchester). M27...

M6 West Midlands: J7-.19 (Gt Barr-Wednesbury); three narrow lanes in both directions. Entry slip road closed at J7. M6 Staffs:...

M4 Wilts: contraflow J16 (Swindon West). M4 Avon: contraflow on the Severn Bridge. M4 South Glamorgan: contraflow at j32...

M61 Lanes: contraflow J9-J6 Oar Chorley). M1 West Yorks: contraflow J42-j43 (Lofthouse/Stourton). M6 Greater Manchester:...

A73 Strathclyde: closed in both directions at junction with A74, Abington. A74 Strathclyde: contraflow at J12 (Douglas Road...

1 et's face it, up to now the genera] election has been a dismally unprofitable affair with the political parties spending...

ost cats are content to sit by the fireside and leave long car journeys to their foolish owners — not so Midlands tabby...

hadow Transport Secretary John Prescott has given a typically scathing reaction to Government plans to widen the M25. Prescott...

ill he Love Generation reckons that if you can remember what you were doing in the sixties, you can't have been doing much....

he recent turmoil in Moscow, when thousands took to the streets to protest against the hardliners intended coup, failed to...

N ome November a pair of giant sumo wrestlers will materialise in front of London's Euston station struggling to hold a huge...

Volvo's easy-driving F12.360 isn't going to set the world on fire with its performance or economy — but it's a good all-rounder...

New trucks can go wrong. That's why it is essential to study a warranty's fine print. • Buying a new truck does not always...

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enforcers more than a lorry load of logs, according to Bob Chmiewliski, who runs Taunton-based timber specialist RPC...

year profit by using the on-board weigher he bought almost three years ago. The micro chip-based system, from Maywood...

Our recent operator survey (CM 29 Aug-4 Sept) revealed a lot of opposition to a 50mph limit, so we thought it was about time...

• I refer to the "Soft sell" article by Paul Fisher in your new technology issue (CM 15-21 Aug). One of the subtitles was...

• Many hauliers in the North Notts coalfield area must be waiting with bated breath and scepticism for the outcome of the Road...

• I feel forced with rage to reply to P Clark's letter about the John Dee Group. I fear Mr Clark must have a considerably...

• Your article on speed limiters (CM 22-28 Aug) provides the wrong impression about the Freight Transport Association's views...

vv hitbread Beer has promoted Terry Murphy to depot manager at Tiverton, responsible for the Devon distribution operation. He...

• Truck Panels has appointed Stephen Gowans general manager following the death of Keith Flexer.

• Bibby Distribution Services has made two senior appointments: Stephen Hunter becomes divisional director of the Nisaway...

▪ Art Zammit has become managing director of Daf International. He will be responsible for handling the vehicle...

• Stephen Gray is Heron Distribution's new director of human resources, co-ordinating its personnel department. He joins Heron...

• The Colin Hutton Group has appointed Steve Mackay parts manager; he takes charge of the Group's York Transpart and Foden...

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