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23rd November 1989
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GETTING THERE

• It's official: according to the latest annual report from the Vehicle Inspectorate, Britain's commercial vehicle fleet is...

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Navistar looks to European return

• Navistar, the leading heavy truck manufacturer in the US and world leader in the 10-16tonne GVW sector, plans to re-establish...

CV standard ise In

annual test MI Fewer vehicles are failing their annual tests, but numbers of immediate prohibitions from spot checks are...

Instructive crisis for HGV;

• A transport training company has written to Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson urging him to introduce compulsory...

Receiver moves in at Latimer

• Northamptonshire-based Latimer Distribution has gone into receivership, after losing three major contracts earlier this...

Stop press: Daf Bus/Bova merger

IN As Commercial Motor went to press Daf Bus and Bova announced plans to merge, forming jointly-owned United Bus. Daf will hold...

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Green transport . • Environment Secretary Chris Patten says that

the Government's transport policy may need revision if carbon dioxide emissions are to be reduced. Michael Fortillo is to...

'Juggernaut' images are

dashed by CM'S big poll • Some 60% of the public think that truck drivers show just as much, if not more, consideration on the...

km beaten • The Road Haulage kssociation and local traders

lave beaten off a proposed orry ban in Beverley, HumNrside. The ban would lave kept HGVs out of the own centre between 1100 and...

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Cash pledge for roads

• An extra 21.8 billion has been allocated to road spending. This will allow work to begin next year on the ML M6 and M25 as...

Volvo buoyant

• Volvo profits rose by 13.5% in the first nine months of the year to £612 million (2539 million), on turnover up 9% to £6.5...

Fine for toxic load offence:

• A Birmingham haulier who admitted two offences under the 1986 Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages Regulations has...

Top show plans unveiled

• Commercial Motor will once again be sponsoring Truckfest next year. Europe's biggest celebration of road transport will be...

RVI to pay

• The EC has ordered Renault to repay French Government aid worth £1,200 million because it has failed to cut back its...

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Navistar comes clean

• A prototype 7.6-litre truck engine developed in the US by Navistar (formerly International Harvester) incoporates significant...

Rentokil six

• Rentokil has taken delivery of six Seddon Atkinson rigids with a range of bodies to meet its wide-ranging distribution needs....

Aerodynamic artic cuts drag

• TNT, Ricardo, MAN, the Department of Energy and Cartwright Trailers have completed stage one of their joint development of an...

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loyota Mace premiere

I Toyota's revamped Hiace ent on sale earlier this week, ith a series of mechanical im- ovements, a new interior, id a more...

Carntyre takes six

CF whisky tankers • Scotland's largest whisky transport specialist, Carntyre Transport, has taken delivery of the first six...

AWD/Linktip body on test in Scotland

• An AWL) TL 8-14 with a demountable tipper body developed by Linktip Scotland is undergoing demonstration trials in the...

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B&O carries on at BRS Western

• BRS Western has won a renewed contract-hire deal with electrical product manufacturer, Bang & Olufsen, for five years. It...

Harris makes its last drop

• Cheshire-based Harris (Holmes Chapel) has closed its haula g e operation after 25 years to concentrate on the property...

TI Dutch buy plugs Euro-gap

• United Transport International has bought Dutch company G Snel BY to plug a gap in its European distribution network. Snel,...

AAH cleans up • AAH Holdings, the distribution and services

g roup, turned in pre-tax profits of ,n6.1 million last week for the six months to 30 September 1989 — despite a drop in...

Molyneux makes a dedication

• A dedicated distribution division has been formed by Leyland-based Alexandra Molyneux Haulage in a move from its traditional...

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Hauser buys up Whittle

• Whittle International, which went into receivership earlier this month, has been bou g ht by transport firm Hauser Forwardin...

Growth plan • Renault Trucks manag ing director Dieter Merz predicts

that the company will win a 10% share of the UK truck market within three years. Five new Renault dealers will be appointed...

Datamaid bows out X Tachograph analyst Datamaid has ceased trading and will go into receivership later this week.

The Clwyd-based company, founded in June 1987, blames its fall on an investment company letting it down at the last minute....

Dent's throws in the towel

• Dent's Transport (Spennymoor) has called in the receivers and is up for sale after 35 years of operation. Carolyn Marley,...

Construction decline threatens CV market

• The commercial vehicle industry's biggest customer, the buildin g and civil engineering sector, has peaked and is now set for...

Eurofreight shutdown

• The John Dee Group has closed down its year-old subsidiary Eurofreight, based in Dover and Rams g ate. "The anticipated...

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Alexanders debt crash

• Alexanders (North East), the company set up last December by a group of former Northern Scottish senior managers, has...

Engine trials • Engines from Oaf, lyeco, Cummins and Ashok

Leyland (India) are being evaluated in a fleet of 750 London Buses Routernasters. LBL says that the service evaluation is not...

• The last MCW Metrorider to be built has been

delivered to Kentish Bus this month — not from MCW's Birmingham plant, but from Optare at Leeds. Having designed its own...

• A women-only bus service has been launched in Bradford

by West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority. The doorto-door Homerunner service wilt run on a 12-month trial within the old...

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York's Premier challenge

• A small independent coach operator which was launched three years ago by a former York City bus driver, has challenged York...

Cecil's first

• Cecil Parkinson will be principal speaker at the Bus and Coach Council's annual dinner on 7 February: the first occasion he...

Tender confusion

• Unreliable bus service and confusion for passengers could be the result of increased tendering, warns the Capital Transport...

Kirkby's bus buy

• Plaxton subsidiary Kirkby Bus and Coach has bought Enfield-based Arlington's used vehicle stock of around 100 vehicles,...

Thumbs-up for PTEs

• More than 65% of bus users in Passenger Transport Executive areas think their local bus services are good, according to the...

Cease-fire called in Burnley battle

• Competition between Burnley and Pendle Transport and independent Tyrer Tours of Cohie is ending with the transfer of all...

Busways moves on Tyne and Wear

• Busways Travel Services has acquired the business of the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Company. The move comes a year after Busways...

Lynx goes to work in Yorkshire

• The first Leyland Lynx to enter service with a Yorkshire independent operator, has goni to Rhodes Coaches to Yeadon, running...

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Mercers warned over tours deal

• North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu has taken no action against the PSV Operator's Licence held by Mercers...

S Jones cleared on five counts

• S Jones of Aldridge has won an absolute discharge on five offences of using over-length artics. Northamptonshire police had...

Lost licence

• The PSV operator's licence held by Jack Mather, trading as Easyway Bus of Blackpool, has been revoked by North Western...

Bigger fleet for Pickups

• Pudsey-based Pickups Transport has won authority to operate an additional 15 vehicles and 20 trailers after winning a deal...

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Medical appeal won

won a High Court battle for the return of his bus driver's licence which had been taken away after he was suspected to be...

Doyles fined • Joseph and Mons Doyle, trading as Expressway

Couriers, of Smethwick. were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £6,770, after they admitted failing to produce tachograph...

Third time unlock)

• The 10vehicle and fivetrailer licence held by Joseph Thomas Smith (Sheffield) has been revoked, on maintenance grounds, by...

Licence curtailed

• The duration of the PSV Operator's Licence for 19 vehicles held by Durham Travel Services, of Houghton-le-Spring, has been...

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THE SPETISBUIV kFFAIR

The needs of hauliers, the fears of villagers and the apathy of the local council clash in the Dorset community of Spetisbury....

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• Commercial Motor fielded a team of four burned-out hacks

in the Pudsey Bear charity pass-the-parcel race at the Crystal Palace Sports Centre last week: they staggered to a suprisingly...

• Transport Minister Michael Port& sportingly travelled up to Lowestoft

to join local MP David Porter at the opening of a new driver education centre just built by Peeks Transport Training. Trainee...

• A teenage mobile phone thief was out-bluffed when he

gave his name to the rightful owner who gave him a call, Salisbury magistrates heard last week. The I8-year-old was put on...

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GIFT CIF SAY

Do you ever wonder what the "man in the street" really thinks of the haulage industry? Do you care? As the Green revolution...

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BUSINESS MOVES

LONDON CALLING • Finanglia Ferries, one of the largest shipping firms operating routes to Finland, has moved its head office to...

EVENTS

MAINTENANCE MARKER • The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is holding a seminar on the role of maintenance for roads and...

SERVICES

AA - fiketwide ELITE SERVICE PLAN AA FLEMVIDE • The Automobile Association has launched a new breakdown service for fleet...

SAFETY

SIGN UP • Focal Displays is giving away colour safety sign wall charts (580mm by 780mm). The double-sided chart shows over 700...

PRICES

DISCOVERY ANNOUNCEMENT MI Land Rover has announced the prices for the Discovery 4 x4 vehicle which is on sale from 16...

INSURANCE

LOST CAUSE • The City Liaison Bureau (International) is now offering loss of licence and loss of income insurance for HGV and...

PRODUCTS

INVERTER CHARGER • Matchpower systems of Louth has developed a DC-AC interver/battery-charger. The inverter converts DC power...

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ROAD NEWS

iEVERN CROSSING I Drivers travelling west cross the Severn Bridge to Vales may be stopped to fill in questionnaire for a Welsh...

ROADWOR KS

• LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST MI London: Reduced width on the slip roads and roundabout at J5 (A41) M4 Berkshire: Slip roads at...

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Youth in the driving seat

A young entrepreneur definitely going places is Darren Chapman who has built a thriving haulage business from a modest start in...

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THE FAD BREAK RS

They are required by law on the Continent and are used throughout the PSV industry but UK hauliers still fight shy of retarders...

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The two-wheeler truck market is dominated by 7.5 and 17

tanners. If EC proposals to make HGV licences compulsory at 3.5 tonnes come in, AWD's TL 1 3-1 6 will fill the breach. IN Just...

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MI Geoffrey Cave-Wood is a haulier with a firm belief

in the value of training. He expects to persuade the llTi to part with around £10,000 this year for an in-school education...

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rolt4:0Glit 55 Truck racing could be accelerating improvements in the vehicles available to hauliers, as more manufacturers...

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CFC DEBATE • While we share your contributor's concern for

the environment (CM 28 September4 October), there are a couple of points we feel require further explanation. Firstly, when...

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• TRANSFLEET CLISSETT Mark Clissett is the new workshop services

manager at Transfleet Services. He will be based at the company's Coven:ry headquarters, and will be implementing new service...

• BRS NORTHERN OATLEY Pam Oatley is the new truck

rental development manager at . BRS Northern's Brooks Lane site at Middlewich, Cheshire.

• FORD MOTOR COMPANY BREATHVVICK Ford has appointed Colin Breathvvick

as its director of fleet sales. He was previously marketing programmes manager for Ford of Europe.

• TIDD STRONGBOX CHAPMAN Ron Chapman is the newlyappointed sales

manager (spares) at Tidd Strongbox. He will supervise the company's truck and trailer spare parts business.

• P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES O'REILLY Nicky O'Reilly is the new

head of public affairs at P&O European Ferries. She joins from the Food and Drink Federation where she was head of public...

• GLASS GLOVER DISTRIBUTION RICHARDSON/ ADAMSON/GILL Glass Glover Distribution has

lured Grahame Richardson from Tibbett & Britten to become its business unit director with special responsibility for the...

• LEYLAND DAF GIBBONS John Gibbons takes up the post

of service director designate at Leyland Daf marketing and sales. Current director Peter Cutmore is taking early retirement in...

• BRITISH AIRWAYS WINKS/SHEPHERD/MAX British Airways is restructuring its transport

department into three independent profit centres each with its own manager. The three new managers are Andy Winks, who takes...

• APEX STORAGE SYSTEMS ELLIOTT

The newly-created post of national sales manager at Apex Storage Systems has gone to Martin Elliott, who was previously...

• SEDDON ATKINSON SYMMONDS Ken Symmonds has joined Seddon Atkinson

as area service manager responsible for servicing and customer support in the south-east of England and the Home Counties.

• T&N EVERITT/CARRUTHERS/ SABBERWAL On 1 December Bill Everitt will take over as managing director of T&N's automotive component activities.

David Carruthers will become the executive director responsible for the company's pistons and bearing business, and Dr Ama...

• MACK TRUCKS REINS Ralph Reins, recently made chief executive

of Mack Trucks in September, has also been appointed chairman of the company. He succeeds John Curcio who has resigned from the...

• SRS BROWN John Brown joins the board of Scottish

Road Services, part of NFC, as business development director. He has been head of business development for two years.

• PETERSEN FORD US Donald Petersen, chairman of Ford US for the past 10 years, is to retire.

• IDEAL FLETCHER Conrad Fletcher has been promoted to managing

director of Ideal Vehicle Rental's contract hire division. He joined the company as sales manager last year.

• LYNX TASKER

George Tasker returns to the NFC group from United Carriers to take on the role of key accounts manager for Lynx's retails...

• THOMPSONS (UK) ARTHUR Robert Arthur this month takes control

of Thompsons (UK) sales in the south-west of England. He replaces Ron Bonfield who is to retire from his position of sales...

• NFC WILLIAMS Charles Williams has taken over as human

resources director of the transport division at NFC. He is promoted from BRS personnel director.

• WINCANTON JOHNSON Arlington Contracts national sales manager Peter Johnson

has been promoted to become a director of the Wincanton subsidiary.

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Riding to Solrec

• W&J Riding has developed a three-compartment semitrailer for leasing to Morecambe-based solvent recycler Soiree. Built by...

Animal feed

• Buxted has revived the idea of carrying animal feeds in tankers rather than open-topped vehicles, with the first example...

Double-lube Rotopress for Bolton

• A Laird Rotopress refuse truck with Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has been equipped with two independent automatic...

Watery combos head for Anglia

• Besco is about to complete an order for 59 combined boxvan/tipping bodies on Roadrunner 8.13 chassis for Anglian Water...

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II Wilson Double-Deck Trailers, which moved recently from its 5,600m 2

Hillsborough, Co Down base sito the 74,000m 2 former Goodyear factory at Craigavon, Co Armagh. has Jeveloped an unusual...

• Telehoist of Cheltenham has fitted a 12m 3 line-flow dumper

body, of the type formerly used on Magirus Deutz chassis, to a Hino 6 x 4 FS217KD supplied by Pacific Commercials. It will...

Al snaps up RD

• Hadleigh Industries subsidiary Al International has acquired curtainsider manufacturer Kurtrans Developments for £370,000....

Hyva UK mixes it with an NCH cement silo

• Hyva (UK) of Eccles. Greater Manchester, has equipped a Leyland Daf 30.27 chassis for carrying an NCH (Holland) Mega Mix...

Boalloy rebuilds

• Boalloy has started a refurbish/re-engineering scheme for selected secondhand Tautliners to meet the 1 January deadline on...

Water's in the Vallely

• Leeds-based Vallely Engineering has supplied a 1,400-litre vacuum tank on an ERF E-8 6x4 chassis to Yorkshire Water. The...

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Whale's off to France

• Whale Tankers has supplied combined jetting and gully emptiers to two large French companies: water cleansing operatives...

Five Transliners go off to Sea

EWest Midlands-based Sea Products has taken delivery of its fifth Transliner reeferbodied twin-steer Volvo FL617 from Volvo...

Hoynor goes for remote control

• Hoynor's latest batch of 12.2m sloping-front doubledeckers for Group 4 Securitas are being equipped with infrared control for...

GNT covers up

• George Neville Transport Safety Systems of Kirkby-inAshfield, maker of the Easysheet tipper/bulker sheeting system, has...

Vaille's into showbiz with Bandwidt

• A van-cum-12-seater luxury tourer has been built on to a VWILT50 chassis cowl by Vaille for Hammersmithbased Bandwidth...

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MOR TOT POWER PEOPLE

It is only four years old, but Southend-based Power Bodies has designs on a massive slice of the removals market, as a result...

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WEIGHTY TOPICS

Heavy haulage specialists are among the most professional of operators — they have to be. We've been quizzing them on their...

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DOING IT YOURSELF

On the face of it, DIY body kits seem a good idea — but quality control can be a problem. We've been reviewing the options. •...

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DEBATING DRAWBARS

Over the years car transporters have become more complex— and expensive — in a bid to boost carrying capacity. Now, with the...

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LONG REEFE RS SET TN E TREND

Specialist shows could be the way ahead, judging by the excellent quality of exhibits at this year's TCS&D exhibition. Not...

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GOOD LIN THE PHON

Lloyd Pryse knows a bit about GRP mouldings with 30 years' experience he has been able to develop the sort of lightweight...

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CONTENTS

1114, THE SOUTH WALES LA spelt out at Pik disciplinary proceedings why courts are so tough on heavy goods vehicle operators...

Why LAs are tough on truck operators

AN OPERATOR was advised to write P4 to his drivers pointing out axle and gross weight problems and emphasizing that in doubt...

Defective semi-trailer was on hire

• BUXTON magistrates gave George and Alan Fort, trading as A F Transport, of Clitheroe, an absolute discharge for using a...

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ENFORCEMENT COMMENTARY: LET'S KEEP EXPERIENCED STAFF

Present system has served the industry well THE PROPOSALS contained in the Palmer Review, for a reduction in the number of the...

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BEHIND LEGISLATION:

by John Durant CABOTAGE PROSPECTS IDIT calls a conference to look at 1993... • CABOTAGE prospects for 1993 are not regarded...

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Tribunal appeal on five grounds is dismissed

El THE APPEAL on five grounds to the Transport Tribunal of Essex County Council against the decision of the Eastern Licensing...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY:

by Jonathan Lawton OVERLOADING FORMULAS DO I DETECT a faint glimmer of light at the end of the overloading tunnel? A headline...