article on road safety and heavy goods vehicles was a masterpiece. Unfortunately in the rush to highlight the activities of a...

• Up to 80 local authorities face investigation by the Department of the Environment following allegations by private...

/ The Road Haulage Association hopes to offer the European Road Transport Information Service computerised load matching system...

• Driver Anthony Wedge from Gaywood in Norfolk escaped with minor injuries when his Daf 17-tormer loaded with planks crashed...

• Scania is set to offer frontaxle air suspension as an option on its chassis of 4.2m and over. The new system was revealed at...

• Union leaders have responded to London Buses' request for talks to try and end the pay dispute which has led to unofficial...

• Dealers are being urged to check all banker's drafts carefully after a well-organised fraud left a Scottish trader £30,000...

• Managing director of the Eurotunnel project, Dr Tony Ridley, says that 25% of construction is now complete. At the terminals...

• Stagecoach subsidiary Ribble Motor Services has bought troubled Barrow Borough Transport, which has been run by accountants...

• 'fankfreight has won a multi-million-pound contract to distribute Van den Bergh's edible oils around the UK. Tankfreight will...

• MAN has unveiled a righthand-drive version of its most powerful tractive unit in the UK. The 19.462FT (CM 1-7 September...

• Transport Secretary Paul Channon will be fighting for more time on HGV weight limits when EC transport ministers meet next...

• International hauliers' transport costs will rise if an EC Commission proposal is accepted for the introduction of a new...

• The DTp is looking for private companies to design, build, finance and operate a new road between Birmingham and Manchester,...

• Despite an increase of more than 30% in Britain's exports of commercial vehicles, our trade defecit in CVs increased by...

• A dock strike looks inevitable following the High Court's refusal to grant port employers an injunction to halt the...

• Keep on running. Robert Dods-Brown, seen here on the starting blocks behind CM editor Brian Weatherley, is second of the five...

7.5tonners to operate on the UK mainland are now running with public works contractor James Tobin. The four FD Series rigids...

UK to include Spicer non-asbestos organic clutch friction material in its standard specification. The Spicer 355mm twinplate...

• A unique aluminium powder tanker, produced by bolting the accessories and cross-members to the chassis, is now on trial with...

• Ready-mixed concrete supplier Mixamate has bought five modified ERF E8s for its London-based fleet. The 4.3m-wheelbase...

• The South Eastern Electricity Board has taken delivery of its first two Renault G-range rigid trucks to reinforce its...

• To cater for increasing interest in the use of wheeled refuse bins, Shelvoke Dempster has added Zoller bin-liftequipped...

• South London-based Renault Trucks dealer Blox Services has just supplied a Renault Commando G08-120 fitted with an unusual...

• Soviet truck manufacturer KAMAZ, is planning a new series of trucks in the early 1990s. Currently in the prototype stage,...

IN Dover Roller Shutters of Manchester has developed a central air locking system which, it says, instantly locks and unlocks...

• Express courier company City Link Transport has been taken over by a London security, industrial cleaning and services...

• Walsall-based Integrated Tanker Services (Intank) has added 18 tankers to its fleet this year and plans to add another 15 by...

• Leyland Dais 6,800 workers will each receive 12 shares, worth around 2158, when its parent Daf is floated on the London and...

• Parcels operator Nexday has signed up its first franchise following its franchise launch at the National Franchise Exhibition...

• Marine container haulage firm Tract° is moving into general haulage and has taken delivery of 12 new tractive units for its...

• West Midlands-based Perrys Wholesale has replaced 12 of its 22 vehicles in a threeyear contract hire deal with Rockfield...

their international business in the run up to 1992 and the Single European Market, concludes the latest Trends and Forecasts,...

• Christian Salvesen has bought 84 new vehicles to develop its contract hire and dry-freight distribution business. They are a...

• Fiat's van and truck subsidiary, Iveco, has taken a 27% stake in the Turkish commercial vehicle manufacturer Koc. Iveco has...

• Lambson Cleveland has won a three-year wine and spirits distribution contract from North-eastern brewers W Cameron & Company,...

• The bitter six-week strike at Lanarkshire-based Kelvin Central is over. A mass meeting called by union leaders of the 760...

• United Automobile of Darlington, the former National Bus Company subsidiary, has made a net profit of £1.47m for 1988, its...

• East Midland Motor Services is set to cut 60 administrative and engineering jobs in a shake-up ordered by new owner...

• Privatisation plans for stateowned Ulsterbus in Northern Ireland are still "in the pipeline", says the company. Managing...

• Abbeyways of Halifax has sold its bus contract routes and goodwill to Yorkshire Rider to concentrate on its traditional...

• The four biggest sightseeing tour operators in London have set up their own trading association to improve their image....

• Eight-lane super highways, private toll roads and the Adam Smith Institute's luxury doorto-door yuppie buses are not the best...

• The Bus & Coach Council may have to cater for the railways as more bus companies take on the job of running urban light...

Live Optare StarRiders to join the one it has been running since January. The 31-seaters feature two-tier hand luggage pens in...

• London bus workers' leaders have voted to reject a revised pay offer of 8.1% and will ballot 18,500 members on intensified...

by Blands (Stamford) has been reduced from 18 to 15 %chides by Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd. He has also...

• Misunderstanding the condition on its 0licence which required it to report convictions to the Licensing Authority, led to...

• Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by Edwinstowebased Hopkinson Trucking Services being reduced, from 13...

• A Gwent firm has had its licence suspended for six days, during which time outside contractors have to be engaged to examine...

Welsh Omnibus Co, 146 were denied, thirteen were admitted, and another 45 came too late for the company to investigate said...

6 • An agreement between . prosecution and defence, led to the quashing of a £200 fine imposed on Mainstream Motors, of Hull,...

• Representations from nearby residents have led to the 12-vehicle national licence held by Lockwood Bros Plant Hire & Haulage...

over finance, have led to the PSV 0-licence held by Liverpool-based Amberline being renewed for only 12 months by North Western...

• Richard Hilliard, who traded as Accrington Coachways, of Clayton-leMoors, has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling...

• The profit level "was a nice surprise", says Iveco Ford director of commercial operations, Alan Fox, referring to IFT's £9,6...

IN Commercial Motor's survey of local authority transport managers' attitudes to tendering (CM Headlines 25-31 May) reveals...

• The facelifted Iveco Ford Daily range launched at the recent Barcelona show provides an interesting insight into trends in...

• The new Ford Fiesta vans are now on the market, with the same prices as the previous model. Ford last increased its prices...

• Bedwas has modified its PV400 integral parcel van bodywork for use as a prison van. The vehicle, which was first shown at the...

• The current petrol engines used by Ford in the Transit vans and the P100 pickup will not be changed in the inunediate future,...

to rise to record levels in Western Europe, with net production in 1988 reaching 645,000 units — up 16.4%. Production in the...

• The first production examples of Lawrence David's new Kerbsider Kt curtain-sided body kit for 3.5-tonners have gone into...

• Isuzu has announced the prices for the 1989 model year versions of its Trooper 2.8 litre Turbo Diesel Commercial...

• York Bodybuilders has developed a beaver-tail platform body for delivering plant equipment from a Nissan Cabstar chassis....

into a mobile surgery. Room for any more fillings on top? • Next time you're crawling nose to tail down Park Lane or shuffling...

• If Mike Binns (CM 18-24 May) thinks that tipper hauliers are enjoying a boom year then he is desperately out of touch with...

LDOY DISPLAY • The Bristol centre of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition is organising a transport and trade display in...

SHOCK PUBLICATION • Bilstein has published a fitting guide detailing the full range of its gas-pressure shock absorbers. The...

TYING THE KNOT • Friendberry of Somerset is to hold two-day roping and sheeting courses every month at its base near Tuanton....

FOR CUSTOMS • The Freight Transport Association has launched customs consultancy service to advise members how to avoid border...

• LONDON/SOUTH EAST M25 Surrey: Roadworks. 311-13 fChertseyStaines). M40 Bucks: Lane closures on both carriageways, J1-4. M3...

• The lifeblood of the haulage industry is the enterprise shown by drivers eager to swap their routine role behind the steering...

Good driver training is vital for survival in the haulage industry — BRS takes it seriously and its Western region school at...

• Haulier Derek Beevor could not find a computer system on the market to suit him, so he designed his own. Now he runs a...

If you are not paid on time for the work you do, the challenge of going self-employed can turn into a cash flow crisis that can...

No one is allowed to sell faulty merchandise by law, and that includes truck dealers. But Commercial Motor receives plenty of...

• In April 1986 we tested a mighty continental haulage tractor. We said it could "stand comparison with the best of continental...

chassis, £1,025 for sleeper cab, £770 for Twin-Splitter, £1,780 for Bendix antilock on both axles, £1,385 for Aspect alloy...

director of AWD Trucks, responsible for all AWD military vehicle sales and developing products and marketing. He was...

as publicsector transport specialist to spearhead its development into the local authority market. Harrington has been...

manager designate at TNT Brewery Distribution. He joined from Scottish & Newcastle, before which he was assistant transport...

finance director of Norfolk Line. Based at the corporate HQ in Scheveningen, Holland, he will handle European interests. He was...

Delivery Network's new sales and marketing director is Kevin Appleton. He joined Lynx in 1986 and was previously marketing...

Brian Longley becomes sales service manager for new coach products, specialising in the new Ensign Charisma single - decker. •...

fleet sales director David Hurst as joint managing director with Gordon Hodgson. In his new role Hurst continues as executive...

Peter Alexander has succeeded Bert Cole, who has retired as port manager of P&O European Ferries' Dover base. Alexander joined...

new manager at the York branch. He joined the company from Ryder Truck Rental in 1988 as sales manager at Sheffield. Richard...

He spent over seven years in the Royal Artillery, serving in the Falkland Islands, Germany, Canada, Cyprus and Scandinavia.

Before coming to AJS, Atkinson was finance director with chemical company, MIM.

Peter Rigby has joined Q Drive as commercial director of Alder Valley Engineering. Rigby's role with Q Drive will be to...