II "We employ a lot of people and have not been treated fairly," Considering how it has suffered at the hands of successive...

• Privatisation of the Vehicle Inspectorate comes a step closer with the publication of a report claiming that no further...

• A driver who has been unemployed for seven months is going to jail for non-payment of a £300 overloading fine. Today (20...

• A South London haulier employing 400 people is threatening to close its £3m depot unless the local council completes a link...

• Policing of abnormal loads on motorways is likely to be privatised if the Conservatives win the general election. Abnormal...

• More than Lim is missing from a parcels and vehicle rnanagement firm which belonged to the late tycoon Robert Maxwell....

• Many of the 18 drivers who were lured to carry emergency relief goods to Albania last month are being criticised by the...

• More than £100.000 damage has been done in an arson attack on four reefer trucks belonging to Nottingham-based meat...

Birds has been given £300 by Esso Petroleum distributor Hardy Craske Fuels which has bought three Leyland Daf 80 Series 6x4s...

protest over Eastern Europe transit problems, have been slammed in the European Parliament. British MEP Edward Kellet-Bowman...

the second half of last year, despite a 14% slump in orders for the group as a whole — MAN also makes a wide variety of plant...

with Czech manufacturer Tatra to build light, medium and heavy trucks.

since it was saved from receivership two months ago, John Raymond Transport of Bridgend has ordered 50 curtainsiders.

Truckfest at the East of England Showground on 3-4 May. The company's Volvo fleet is a past winner of the Best Kept Fleet...

patrolled by the Grampian and Northern Police are warned they face fines of over £15,000 if caught in the current tax dodging...

cost of Z2.8bn could destroy 81 wildlife sights, according to the Royal Society for Nature Conservation.

siting of lamp posts and signs to cut down on 22,000 injuries a year caused when vehicles collide with street furniture.

from the morning of Monday 24 February. Our 081-661 prefix will become 081-652. For example, our main enquiry number will...

• Derbyshire councillors warn of an "environmental disaster" if hauliers win a contract to deliver 70 loads of limestone a...

• Months of uncertainty ()vet the future of Swift Transport Services ended this week as senior management bought the UK...

• Overseas orders are helping UK truck manufacturers to survive depressing domestic sales, according to figures from the...

• Surrey Police and the Department of Transport are asking for drivers' opinions on the experimental "variable message" signs...

/ Owner-driver Paul Gadd's new George Neville Samson trailer is the fourth the Nottingham-based firm has fitted with a Raitex...

tell you more • This week's Commercial Motor sees some exciting changes in the way we present our weekly commercial vehicle...

• Wilson Double-Deck Trailers has arranged a demonstration of its products for operators who are unable to travel to its...

has taken over another Perkins distributor, Power Western of Bristol. It is West London-based Talbot's first acquisition.

the New Ford Cargo, Volvo FL6, Leyland Daf 45 Series and Optare Metrorider.

• An American-designed truck wheel nut which is claimed to tackle the problem of wheel loss is going on sale in the UK. The...

• ERF has launched a lightweight steel-cabbed ES8 tractor, following successful prototype trials with the Milk Marketing...

• Dyfed Fire Brigade's new Boniface-bodied Scania P93ML 4x2 recovery vehicle has a rear axle which has been uprated to a design...

• A month after Norbert Dentressangle bought Aston Clinton Haulage another big French firm is looking to buy British....

• Business at Flowers Warehousing and Distribution has increased by more than 10% since the company was bought from the...

• Jobs are set to go in the Tesco own-account distribution operation as productivity gains are demanded from the supermarket...

• Bedfordshire truck maker AWD has started laying off production staff for a total of 10 days over an eight-week period which...

• In a move designed to calm the US stock market global parcels giant Federal Express confirmed last week that it is looking...

has gained planning permission to double the size of its warehousing area to 0.7 million in' — the existing plots are 75% let....

contract with wiring wholesaler DC Services (Electrical), which despatches 450 consignments a week to DIY chains and smaller...

personal computers for Inmac (UK), following a month's trial. Proof of delivery and simple billing were key factors, says Inmac...

• Peter's Savoury Products, Caerphilly, gets a three-tonne payload from its 17 new 7.5-tonnets bought from Leyland Daf dealer,...

a Freight operators using the Isle of Wight ferry services are to retain their present level of service — the Government has...

being collected from electrical distributors on a four-week cycle. Heron Distribution is using a Daf 2100 17-tonner for the...

for freight from the US to most of the Continent, landing containers at Rotterdam and feeding through a hub at Dusseldorf....

• Chesterbased Littlers escaped with a warning, when it appeared at disciplinary proceedings before North Western LA Martin...

• Haulier Don Pickering has had conditions imposed on the parking of its reefer trucks, following representations from a...

• Arbroathbased Alexander Skea has had his licence authorisation cut from four vehicles to three due to maintenance problems....

• Residents have been told by Eastern Deputy LA Humphrey Lewis that they will have to live with a proposed operating centre for...

• P&O Group subsidiary Pandoro has been fined £1,000 by Avon North magistrates after body cross members on one of its...

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

against Cardiff Transport at the request of the defence. The company is accused of exceeding the permitted weight on three...

cost Manchester-based International Transformers £280 in fines and costs. The company admitted the offence.

drivers have appeared before Norwich magistrates charged with more than 80 drivers' hours and tachograph offences. The case was...

the 0-licence of John Cook, of Lochgilphead, Argyle, being cut by Scottish LA Keith Waterworth; it now expires at the end of...

on the Wall' charts. Each poster covers a separate area of transport law: weights and dimensions; Special Types regs; and...

Foster's phone number is listed as (0772) 651919. In fact this is the company's fax number. Its phone number is (0772) 655155.

• Plaxton has built a batch of 12 right-hand-drive 425 integral coaches at its Lorraine plant in France. They will be marketed...

• Wadham Stringer is building a successor to its six-year-old steel riveted midibus body, the Wessex. The Wessex II will be...

• Daf plans to put a natural gas engine on the market at the end of this year. It has 11.6-litre horizontal engines on trial in...

for 10m Javelin • Dennis is now offering a 10m version of its Javelin coach chassis, and it has already won an order for 65 of...

• Daly Transport Services has expanded its North London site so that it can hang and press flat-packed garments and give them a...

• P&O Roadways has opened a depot at Speke Freight Terminal, Seaforth docks, Liverpool. Contact 051-427 2966.

• QTR Transport has moved from Reading to a 4,600m 2 site at Woodley, a few minutes drive from the M4. Contact (0734) 440000.

• Bus and coach travel insurance broker Chapman Stevens has opened an office at City Centre Suite, 6th Floor, Tower Buildings,...

• Vectis Transport has opened a receiving depot at Southampton for full loads and groupage to the Isle of Wight: it is open...

• A five-day symposium on heavy vehicle weights and dimensions is being held by the engineering department at Cambridge...

• The eleventh annual conference for the Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management will be held on 16-18 June at the...

• The British Association of Removers's conference on 22-25 May will be held in conjunction with a three-day removals...

• Owner Operators (UK) is holding a series of meetings for members and non-members to discuss how the industry needs to...

Street, Cardiff; and on 22 March at the Forte Crest Hotel, Wood Lane, Beechwood, Runcorn, Cheshire. Refreshments will be...

• East Anglian Driver Training Company has been approved by the Road Transport Industry Training Board to run Hazfreight and...

warranty for retreads and repairs on its Tuff Cure tyres. Contact (0476) 590593.

• A booklet on the quick frozen food regulations is now available from the Cold Storage & Distribution Federation. Contact...

• Comments on the proposal to Type Approve spray suppression devices to the EC standard must be sent to the Department of...

Chill out • Comark Electronics has introduced a transport temperature recorder which ranges from -30°C to +100°C. The C550...

• Drivers heading westbound on the A52 Radcliffe on Trent bypass in Nottinghamshire will be diverted from 29 February to 15...

s ometimes, when a haulier needs the help of a trade association, it is obvious who to turn to. A reefer specialist is likely...

"Association for owner-drivers and other hauliers" (Estd 1965) £115 a year for full membership or £70 a year for associate...

"A self-help association of large hauliers" (Estd 1946) COST No charge. MEMBERSHIP About 60, mainly privately owned haulage...

"A co-operative for hauliers" (Estd 1991) COST Y.117.50 a year. MEMBERSHIP There are 34 to date with a total of 67 trucks,...

A non-profit making association for owner-drivers" (Estd 1991) COST £10 a year. MEMBERSHIP 113, all owner-drivers....

"A social club" (Estd 1987) COST £12.80 for life. MEMBERSHIP 3,500; any driver can join. ORGANISATION The Truckstop Club...

Price as tested: £52,145 (ex-VAT). Includes 26,020 for Task tipper body and Harsh gear, £130 for lsringhausen 6500 air-sprung...

A growing number of truck drivers are falling prey to violent attacks, both by thieves and by foreigners protesting about the...

French police statement and evidence of repair costs and medical injuries. The MAFF will then forward a claim to the French...

Northampton: "I still don't like talking about it," he says. "It preys on your mind. You think talking about it is going to...

• Frank Griffin, general secretary of the United Road Transport Union, is not a happy man: We want to get involved in the Year...

WHAT'S ON THE TABLE UK: From 1 August 1992 every new vehicle over 7.5 tonnes and capable of exceeding 60mph must be fitted with...

WHAT'S ON THE TABLE UK: Under BSAU 217 the maximum permitted tolerance is 3.2km/h (2mph). EC: The directive states that a...

WHAT'S ON THE TABLE UK: Last year the DTp declared that it will not attempt to control who can or cannot install a speed...

The DTp virtuously cites road safety as the main motive behind truck speed limiters, and manages to keep a straight face while...

BLIGATI In the second of a series designed to help operators stay on the right side of the law, CM makes sure you take the...

• I am responding to the article "London waste threat law" in the 23-29 January edition of Commercial Motor. If you are in the...

II I wish to echo the comments from David Brain of Chassis Developments' regarding Bedfordshire County Council's recent...

• Last summer, when work was hard to come by, we followed up an advertisement in a magazine. It had appeared on a number of...

• Time and again I have read in Commercial Motor of hauliers going under after being run illegally or having a string of...

• Leyland Daf is less than fair in its advertisement on the back page of Commercial Motor (30 Jan-5 Feb). In reproducing only...

river Alf Scott of Sutton-in-Ashfield is retiring from Thompson Jewitt after 29 years behind the wheel, and as these pictures...

ri cy roads may soon become a haven for picnicking mice attracted by the lure of cheese waste, which the Danish have discovered...

A dogfight is imminent between the Red Baron Trucking Company of Wraysbury, Middlesex and truck manufacturer Renault over the...

elievers in chance will be heartened by the story of a truck driver who recognised a hitch hiker on the M5 as the man who stole...

hen a British Rail lorry drove into the side of the Mayfield Hotel at Seamer, near Scarborough, the locals did the only decent...

ii he phrase "the Russians are coming" does not inspire the same chill it did during cold-war days, but Midlanders must still...