• Heigh-ho, here we go again. Another Secretary of State for Transport, another fast-moving politician either on his way up or...

• The Department of Transport plans to build 17 new motorway service areas, including one on the M4 in the Reading area. three...

• Britain's new Transport Secretary is Cecil Parkinson. He has the job of rescuing the Government's faltering reputation over...

• Plans to set up a pricefixing deal between the two biggest cross-Channel ferry operators, Sealink and P&O, have been frozen...

• Small transport firms are being squeezed out of the in dustry by larger companies, says a report from the Road Transport and...

• National Express Holdings has taken over the ATL Holdings Group which includes Sheffield bus operator SUT, Yelloway Trathen...

Representatives of the ransport industry fighting the nandatory fitting of air brake ilencers by the London loroughs Transport...

• Three senior executives of former NFC subsidiary Fleetcare have been cleared of being involved in a plot which caused British...

• The head of MAN has siarnmed'EC environmental legislation as "not fair, or justified in its objectives". Speaking at a press...

by up to 142% by the year 2025, says the Department of Transport. This figure includes projected increases of 215% for light...

• Cummins Engine boosted its second-quarter profits to 214.8 million, from £1.08 million in the same period last year, on sates...

decision to issue Vehicle Special Orders to heavy haulage operators who move concrete beams and steel bridge beams. The special...

• The Government has rejected a new call for lorry speed limiters — but will consider special "slow down" signs on Britain's...

• Tighter security for hauliers delivering air cargo to airports has been recommended by the MPs of the All Party Transport...

• Improved maintenance is needed to prevent lorry wheels coming off, then Transport Minister Peter Bottomley said last week. He...

to make 48 staff redundant, says managing director Thomas Knowles. Thirty one fulltime staff, 15 on short-term contracts, and...

• Tachograph calibration fees are to come down from £32.21 to £28.11 (ex-VAT), but the fee for biennial inspections is to rise...

at it Sandbach plant with respor sibility for directing all aspects of truck production Peoples place • Iveco Ford main dealer...

• Ford has finally given in to market pressure by producing a turbocharged version of its 2.5-litre direct-injection diesel...

• lveco Ford Truck dealer throughout the country are being encouraged to introdu( specially-equipped TurboDail and TurboZeta...

• Britvic is buying a mixture of ERF E6s and ES6s plated at 17 tonnes for use in its 450strong distribution fleet. The drinks...

• British CV manufacturers produced 30,508 vehicles last month — up almost 7.5% on June 1988.

• Saxon Trucks aims to improve the driver appeal of the Hino HS 283 tractive unit with a 'High-liner' luxury cab conversion....

• Exel Logistics has clinched two deals this week with a combined value of almost 210 million. Safeway Foodstores has awarded...

• I ugh interest rates are encouraging companies to u: transport and distribution specialists, says FIRS Northern, which has...

• Hillsdown Holdings plans to sell Cartwright Brice Holdings, which includes a major stationery and office products contract...

• Barnsley transport and distribution company R J Masters has teamed up with Dutch operator Vitesse to set up a trans-European...

• l'nited Transport has formed a new company, United Transport Europe, with three divisions: United Transport Tankers, United...

• A new Nottingham-based bodybuilder, East Midlands Bodybuilders, has been set up by Placketts Holdings. The company has been...

to 2133. million in the first half of 1989, and plans to continui that trend in the second half. Paper money • Robsons...

Six members of the Govment's Crown Suppliers' isport division have formed ianagement buyout team to for the business when it...

A holding company has m formed to merge four th-east firms including the IC Tyne and Wear franchise l ANC Freight. Jmbrella...

• An independent report commissioned by Eagle Trust into the affairs of its parcels subsidiary, Eagle Express, is expected to...

• Anglo United has won its 2478 million bid for Coalite, Britain's largest private fuel distribution group. Several...

• Only two Scottish councils have awarded contracts to private firms in the first round of compulsory competitive tendering,...

• Parcels company Panic Link has delayed its move into Ireland until later this year because of airline scheduling...

• US truck manufacturer Mack Trucks suffered a 212.3 million operating loss in its second quarter, compared with 24.9 million...

• Phoenix Truck and Trailer Equipment, of Loughton, Essex, is launching the Weweler front axle air suspension for Scania...

first UK ap plications for the Alusuisse J copan body. Based on a Ley land Daf Roadrunner chassis for British Fermentation Pit...

• AWD has won an initial order for ten TM4-4 militar! trucks in chassis-cab form ft C&N Electrical Industries, of the Cray...

• Recently placed in service in the Netherlands, this mobile "Heliport" based on a DAF 4x4 chassis provides all support...

• Crawley-based M Matthews has become the first UK operator to take delivery of the new high-powered Iveco Ford 300.34...

• Yorkshire Rider has built a 150m test track and equipped a double-deck bus to demonstrate its plans for a guided busway in...

• Drivers and conductors at London Buses have accepted the company's pay offer. The package is worth about 8.8%, according to...

• Metro-Carmel! Weymann staff have left for their threeweek annual holiday facing the threat of redundancy when their notice...

• West Yorkshire Road Car is set to lose its Leeds and Bradford operations to Yorkshire Rider in a takeover deal involving 120...

Smit link up I Dennis Specialist Vehicles Id East Lancashire Coachbuilms have developed a lowdght bus based on the Dorniitor...

to build double-decker coaches on Daf and MAN chassis in partnership with Netherlands coachbuilder Smit, of Joure. Just 14...

• City of Oxford Motor Services has stepped up its Oxford-Heathrow-London CityLink express service to provide 20-minute...

I Perth-based Stagecoach has xtended its attack on Scottish us Group subsidiary Strathtay - om Perth to Dundee, It has ow...

• As well as boosting services (see above), City of Oxford has raised fares on two of its Oxford park-and-ride services to...

N Twelve Volvo DlOMs with '6-seat Northern Counties iodies are being delivered to iouthdown Motor Services — ts first new...

• The 100th LAG Panoramic coach to be delivered to a British operator has joined the fleet of AML Leisure in London. The...

• A case involving a series of drivers' hours and tachograph allegations against Kirkcroft Skips, of Thorpe Healey, its...

• Maintenance problems led North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick Whalley to refuse to grant authority to Hull-based...

MI Truck salesman Steven Ca vanagh claims that he was unfairly dismissed, after being sacked by ERE Manchester when an order...

• Leading transport lawyer Jonathan Lay ton last weel criticised ICI for failing to provide facilities for check weighing axles...

• Elmesthorpe, Leicestershirebased Invincible Haulage was fined 21,980 by .)aventry Magistrates, when it ailed to appear to...

preventative maintenance inspections led the South Eastern Traffic Commissioner to curtail prematurely the 10-vehicle PSV...

• Charges of overloading a tanker, brought against Stockport-based Leigh Environmental and one of the company's drivers, have...

• Tom Bell has come a long way with TNT. In 1978 he was a driver with Inter County Express when it was taken over by the...

ENDEAVOURING TO CONTRACT • Appleyad Group subsidiary Endeavour Vehicle Contracts has opened an office in Reigate, Surrey,...

ON THE MOVE • The British Association of Removers has published a second edition of its guide to removal companies and their...

WELCOME BRETAGNE • Brittany Ferries has introduced another ferry, the Bretagne, to its 24-hour PlymouthSantander route. The...

MOTORWAY TEST FROM THE RTITB • The Road Transport Industry Training Board has developed a skills assessment test for its...

SHOWING AT OXON • The Hillman Owners Club will hold its Eighth International Hillman Rally for Hillman Commer and Karrier...

KEYING INTO DISTRIBUTION • import and export distribution specialist Thompson Jewitt International has set up a computer system...

EAST ANGLIA ON RIGHT TRACK • East Anglia has been ack to the Datatrak vehicle track system, which locates vehicl via a...

BRAINTREE BYPASS • The A 12u Braintree and Rayne bypass is now open. It forms part of the planned eastwest route from the M40...

M1 London: outside sass cliised oft peak between 1.:1 5 (Seratchwcud•Hami w l. M4 London: Outside lane closed in both...

M5 West Midland: Ctintraflow between .11 'West Bromwich) and M6 ton northbound side). Still no southbound access and no south....

M6 Loneashire: Inside lane and Itardshoulder closed lot bridge repairs between 127 and M56 Cheshire: Contiallow between...

M8 Gwent: Cuntraflow with lane closures between 129 and J29A (Cattle-ton). A40 Gloucestershire: Draina g e work at Longbow....

13. A90,A90 Fife: Forth Road Bridge rectalstnicturn as re q uired A901A90 Fife: Forth Road Bridge recoilAt action as re q uired...

LONDON: Strand I Indermiss: Cloned. Cornhill. City: Closed between Grace Church Street and the Bank. Diversions for westbound...

unauthorised dip in the local school swimming pool interrupted by the appearance of the West Midlands traffic police helicopter...

• The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has opted for an Iveco Ford Turbo Daily with two specially-built demountable...

industry: the return to the humble wheelbarrow. On that occasion we undertook a detailed roadtest, noting the excellent...

very special parade of buses through the centre of London to celebrate 50 years of the RT bus, one of the most successful bus...

• 1 read with sonic amazement and serious concern the article written by Stan Thomas (CM 29 June-5 July) entitled, "Unbalanced...

• Mr Gorman's estimate of £50 million a year for repairing road damage caused by overloaded lorries is just that: an estimate —...

Our Roadrunner Runnerthon has been down on the farm, where East Sussex farmer Vera Garnett has been using it to haul scrap,...

With higher excise duty and interest rates, and the Single European Market to contend with, Commercial Motor asked a...

a long period commercial vehicle engineers have been successful in achieving an improvement of about 0.5% a year. Despite its...

can often be more of a struggle than the journey itself — as these pictures show all too dearly ... • Moving a 100-tonne...

heavy haulage is even more complex. The first thing operators considering a move into the market must do is make sure they...

Less than 10 days after United Transport spent £33 million acquiring France's 14th biggest trucking company, S A Savam, the...

a tough market with expertise, the right equipment — and dogged determination. • Scottish haulage has a reputation for being a...

toadworks LI: Various between Salzburg and rienna. (Nov). )ue to heavy roadworks on the Ll: Western approaches to rienna, it...

by the AA. A summary of the AA bulletin with traffic news covering major approaches to the ports in south-east England may be...

manager of Davies turner's Scottish branch and lepot in Cumbemauld, near 3lasgow. He joined from MSAS where re was sales...

airmail distribution manaer at Heathrow and Gatwick irports for Royal Mail Intemaional. In this role he evaluates ervice levels...

appointed 'iue Porter overseas operaions manager, based at Leamington Spa headquarters. She joined the group five rears ago as...

position of aftersales director at Austin Rover's Canley headquarters in Coventry. Prior to this he worked at GKN Autoparts...

Frank Hartley, has become a non-executive director of the T&N board.

DOUGHERTY Scottish distribution and warehousing company MRS (Distribution), has appointed Martin Dougherty sales manager. •...

Trucks' Leeds base as regional sales manager (north) from Leyland Daf, where he was regional manager north-east. Peter Bulkley...

TU N N EY Frank Tunney has been appointed marketing director by Harris Distribution. the Manchester-based specialist...

two senior appointments in its Grocery and Leisure companies. Derek Hobbs becomes managing director, Exel-LogisticsGrocery, and...

Heronfreight, the transport management and distribution of division of Heron International, has appointed Martin Smith as...

MEREDITH Councillor Jack Meredith hte been elected chairman of the Public Transport Committee ot the Association of...

to northern warehouse and distribution operations manager of frozen retailer Iceland Frozen Foods, responsible for the Deeside...

I Firms which undertake new training itiatives such as Renault is doing Vorkshop, May) are the wise ones. In a lated field,...

• ERF distributor Thoroughbred Trucks of Grimsby to mark its first birthday has presented a powered wheelchair to a handicapped...

• WHEN a tank transporter was severely damaged when the tank it was carrying rolled off the trailer, the accident, says...

• THE VEHICLE Builders and Repairers Association is to review its constitution in order "to create a more aggressive and...

• THE 1989 Workshop Conference and Exhibition, at Telford, Shropshire, 11-12 October, is aiming at new standards. Potential...

• THE EUROPEAN Transport Maintenance Council, which brings together transport users, manufacturers and administrators, is to...

• KUWAIT PETROLEUM has nearly 200 sites around Europe for its truck refuelling service — International Diesel Service — but...

• THE AULT & WIBORG training centre at Barking has been refurbished as part of a 2500,000 investment in buildings, equipment...

• MUCH TOUGHER legislation about noise is on the way and industry seems largely unaware of this, Health and Safety Executive...

• NATIONAL TYRE Service has been sold by industrial conglomerate BTR to Michelin for .2140 million. NTS has 420 outlets in the...

• BRS SOUTHERN has opened the second of its planned four commercial vehicle engineering centres. More than £500,000 has been...

• BP OIL'S new Lowmax tanker is the first semi-trailer in the UK to feature Grau Girling's Category One DGX antilock braking...

its Coventry plant and amalgamating its resources in Bristol over the coming months. The move is prompted by the need to...

• TRISCAN, the UK's largest manufacturer of fuel monitoring systems, has moved into new 2,000m 2 (22500 sq ft) premises in...

Birmingham, 17-20 September, is attracting exhibitors from most European countries plus Australia, China, Japan, Singapore,...

• ORIGINALLY GEC Aver was going only to etch vehicl registration numbers on its ca fleet but has now decided tk vans as well in...

• CAM COVER gaskets ( Du Pont's Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomer, now bein fitted as original equipment c Daimler-Benz diesel...

• THE VEHICLE Builders and Repairers Association has appointed Pat Wilson to investigate any complaints against its 2,600...

15 years as transport manager with Amey Roadstone, has been elected chairman of the northern centre of the Institute of Road...

MAN service an parts manager at Swindon. H succeeds Andy McLeod, no' VAG southern sales manager. • Tony Van der Walt managing...

• A sTuDY of lubricant conditions in the piston ring zone of single-cylinder diesel engines in typical operating conditions has...

• AN INNOVATORY des4 for a self-adjusting spanner Iv won Paul Roberts, a matui student at Cleveland College Art & Design, a...

Analysing oil samples can tell much more than many engineers think. It shows not only whether the oil needs changing and...

eight-wheel tippermarket. Following Paccar's purchase of the Sandbatch-based truck manufacturer in 1981, the announcement was...

After six years and 500,000 miles on double-shift operation, one of the earliest [Ti 0-250 engines built at Shot - ts was...

Air brake system defects ire the major cause of HGV annual test and roadside test failures. Vehicle Inspectorate fu:ures...

reservoirs, start the engine and check the time it takes for the pressure in each reservoir to reach the level recommended by...

turn. Pressure should not be lost from either of the other rem rvoirs below the closing pressure settir.g of the protection valve.

fully depressed and check that the brake valve pressures comply with the manufacturer's specification.

valve is correct, then check the pressure at each port in park, secondary and driving positions.

Similarly, test input and output pressures on the trailer control valve progressively with park, secondary and service brake...

Test and load-sensing valve actuation by coupling pressure gauges to the input and output ports. Check output pressure to...

individual actuator and check the progressive and maximum brake pressure rise on application of park, secondary and foot...

A typical system diagram is provided with each TEST CASE that shows the location of the various test points on the vehicle...

Service managers who formed their opinions in the early days of automatic chassis lubrication systems should re-evaluate, says...

• Levermore has added two fore lines to its range of spanlers and wrenches. Vaco double-end ratchet ring 3panners wrenches are...

• Claimed to be ideal for bodyshop use, the new CEMIG 160T is a portable single-phase, high-duty MIG welding unit with integral...

• Stewart Automotive Equipment has introduced the Bedia range of capacitance fluid level monitoring switches designed for...

• Uneven tyre pressures between dual tyres is a major cause of tyre wear and excessive fuel consumption. Now, a product from...

• The new range of Murex Saffire gas welding and cutting outfits consists of six purposedesigned kits tailored for particular...

• The AutoPower ATC trom CompAir AutoPower heavy-duty pneumatic be breaking plus electric turntal rotation and pedal control...

• Audureau Farm Machinery has extended its range to include a series of five petrolengined cold-water pressure washers. Power...

• Boss hand-pallet trucks, designated WH20 and WH23, have capacities of 2 and 2.3 tonnes respectively. They have C-section...

• Dayton Walther LG3 trailer landing legs are available with single or two-speed mechanical lifting gear incorporating...

• A new bimetal sawblade with a progressive tooth pattern that has a high-tooth pitch in the starting cut area and low-tooth...

• The new Scan-Tech medium-range profile cutter, made by Technicut, is aimed primarily at the steel industry but can be easily...

• l'he AquaVac Industrial 40C with handy VacCart has been added to the range of wet and dry vacuum cleaners manufacturerd by...

• A sealing and bonding strip fot use in top-hat sections, corner joints, roof struts, around window openings and repair...

• Molnlycke's new M-Pro SD Tyvek coverall widens the company's ability to offer application-specific garments. The coverall...

• The Adjustable Wrench Company, introducing a serie of innovative adjustable wren ches by Irega, claims the 92 Series is the...

• A new 170 page catalogu introduced by Britax uses co our photography to illustrat over 300 products and give full...