• The Road Transport Industry Training Board is to be applauded for its stand on HGV driver training. It is intolerable that...

• It's Truckfest time agan. If you've got any interest in road haulage, you'll want to be at the East of England Showground,...

• The team producing the Department of Transport's vehicle maintenance Code of Practice for hauliers was held yesterday (2...

• The Government's dogged refusal to introduce compulsory registration for HGV driving instructors has prompted the Road...

• A national campaign to report truck and bus operators with smokey vehicles was launched this week by the National Society...

• The International Road Transport Union is disappointed by the European Parliament Transport Commission's decision to limit...

• Cellphones will make a huge impact on the transport and distribution industry this year, says a survey by Indal Business...

that traffic congestion in the Capital is costing Urn a day.

rious 'cowboy' training schools. Bob Sturgess of Thames Valley Training, and a member of the National Association of Training...

• Road hauliers may be called to give their views on the difficulties of transporting goods abroad in the Trade and Industry...

/ Agricultural contractor Archibald Copland was cleared in Perth last week of allowing an overweight truck to be driven on the...

• Daimler-Benz has revealed the first fruits of its link-up with East German truck manufacturer IFA in the form of a revamped...

• A 'red-route' pilot scheme will run from London's Highgate to Commercial Road this summer.

• A new set of Conditions of Carriage for heavy haulage operators is to be published soon, coinciding with the RHA's first...

Cold Storage, with a move to new premises planned within 12 months.

to meet with trades unions, hauliers, truckstop developers, local authorities and the Dip in a bid to improve roadside fac ili...

Renault. The two companies have set up a joint research company, Advanced Research Partners, to develop technologies such as...

• Exel Logistics plans a 5m expansion of its Rotherham distribution centre dedicated to J Sainsbury. Over 50 new jobs will be...

• From 14 May Band Three mobile radio services will be available throughout the country on a national service, at a flat...

• Coliseum Coaches won the Coach of the Year award at last weekend's Sealink British Coach Rally at Southampton with its...

• A lorry driver who crashed into a motorway central reservation is facing a High Court action to make him pay for repairs to...

• Dutch opposition to the German truck tax, due to come into force in July, has spread to include a boycott of Germanmade...

• More than 13% of international hauliers are now trading at a loss, according to the latest ICC Financial survey. But 76% of...

• Loughborough-based tachograph analyst Synergy Transport Services has won its biggest order to date, worth over £70,000 a...

• Volvo truck distributor Manchester Truck & Bus has spent 22m on a new dealership in Bredbury, near Stockport. This is the...

• Transport minister Michael Portillo predicts that the Channel Tunnel will boost M20 traffic by 6,000 vehicles a day by the...

• A call for more special training of magistrates is made in the preface of the latest edition of Stone's Justices' Manual, a...

• A year after announcing its imminent arrival in the UK, Seddon Atkinson has finally 'officially' launched the...

• As predicted in Commercial Motor last week AWD has engineered its TL all-steel cab onto the 32.5 tonne 8x6 Multidrive...

taken delivery of one of the first new Iveco Ford 300.32 eight-wheelers.

sale of Walker Tridex recovery equipment since being appointed a distributor. Potteries Vehicle Delivery Services, a new...

• I3oalloy has extended its range of tensioned curtainsided bodies with the launch of the Fineliner, designed for...

this week by an average of 3.8%. Retail price of the 1.3 500 City (inc car tax and VAT) is now £7,370; the top-of-the range...

• The importance of the construction market to truck and trailer manufacturers was highlighted at the Site Equipment...

• Component manufacturer and distributor Abal Engineering of Manchester has negotiated the sole European distribution rights...

• Nissan has begun work on a 231m design centre at Cranfield Technology Park, which will provide the Japanese company with...

• A Volvo FL617 fitted with a Swedish-built 7.34m insulated GRP body with a lowering roof to allow access to low-height...

• Ford has denied suggestions that Escort van production has ceased, in preparation for the expected autumn launch of the new...

• Exhaust specialist Unikat based in Malmo, Sweden, which helped Volvo produce exhaust soot filters for trucks and buses, has...

• A nationwide temporary HGV driver agency will be launched by BRS within the next 18 months. Steve Abel, recently appointed...

• Tibbett & Britten is expanding its three-year contract with Fosters Menswear and Adams Childrenswear, both part of the...

• Daf expects a 25% fall in income this year, and is predicting a loss of between £6.5m and ilOm for the first half of 1990....

• Alan Cole has been appointed group managing director of the Transport Development Group. He was previously chief executive...

• 31 has invested E1.5m in car transporter specialist Richard Lawson Motor Company to help its UK and European expansion...

• Shares in Rockwood Holdings slumped by 8p to 10p last week when the freight and distribution group warned that its 1989...

• Federal Express Systemline has renewed its UK parts distribution contract with Saab (GB) with a three-year deal worth...

• Easylift Systems of Basingstoke, Hants, has ceased trading after 12 years in the recovery equipment business. Managing...

• Prout Vehicle and Plant Exports, part of the Prout Group, has been bought by newly formed company Millbrook Enterprises,...

National Freight Consortium, has won a £3.71 . 11/fiveyear refuse-collection contract with Woldrigham District Council.

III Royal Mail Parcelforce has clinched a contract worth 1..7m from David & Charles, a Devon-based publishing company. for the...

• City Link Transport Holdings has signed contract-hire and maintenance agreements with Wincanton on the vehicles running its...

• Centro, the former West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, is asking the Department of Transport for a 273m grant to...

MI A bus welfare body to PSV specification, called the Care Coach, has been introduced by l'ortugese bodybuilder Elme through...

• Peter Grimes, engineering director of Luton & District Transport, has been ousted from the company after shareholders...

11 London sightseeing tour operator Ensign Bus is converting four three-axle MCW Metroliner coaches into opentop buses for its...

enginnering sites • South Yorkshire Transport has reorganised its engineering services into five new units, each functioning...

• Mellor Coachcraft has introduced a minibus body for mounting on Iveco 49.10, 40.8. Mercedes T2 and Renault S50 chassis...

• Gemsam, the Huy - ton-based independent operator, which trades as Liverbus, has expanded its Liverpool to Huyton services...

• City Vehicle Engineering (CVE) is considering manufacturing a bigger version of its Omni minibus seating between 30 and 33...

for all buses used on services financially supported by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and Executive. GMPTA...

by VL North West Support Centre for Volvo and Leyland Bus products. It is open from 20:00Iu - s to 06:00hrs and Volvo Leyland...

operating the Metro-Airlink M77 service between Bank Foot Metro station and Newcastle International Airport. Coaches in

• London Regional Transport has been told to turn an operating loss of £76m into an operating surplus of £70m in the year...

• Five drivers employed by Pontefract-based Brian Yeardley Transport were fined a total of 2875, including costs, for...

• In authorising Bowie and Aram to move the operating centre of its one vehicle from Paisley to Renfrew, despite...

• A Manchester industrial tribunal has rejected claims by lorry driver Roger Carter that he was "constructively" dismissed,...

vehicle excise loading offences, Associated Enfield companies Tryhard Transport and LIB Thear have had their licences,...

• It is possible for wheelnuts to become loose very rapidly, and certainly within a distance of 70km after being checked by a...

recorded against Wilby Transport of Halifax have been quashed at Leeds Crown Court. The company had been convicted and fined a...

total approach John Moore has just become national secretary for road in the TGWU, making him one of the most influential men...

Until the tipper industry picks up there are certain actions operators should take to survive, John Rayner tells Commercial...

• Seat launches a dieselengined version of its Terra van this week, and CM has already had a test drive. As expected (CM...

A Ford now holds 59% of the UK car-derived-van market, according to Lex Van Contracts' figures. The Escort van alone accounted...

• The van version of the diesel-engined Dacia Duster 4x4 is now available from dealers. As expected (CM 1-7 February), it is...

• Ford has launched an Executive minibus version of the Transit. Its nine high-backed seats are fitted with adjustable head...

gas engines • Mercedes has developed a hydrogen-fuelled conversion for its 2.3-litre petrol engine to meet forthcoming...

• With the imminent launch of a Ford P100 chassis-cab, Tipmaster has led the field with a tipper body (CM 5-11 April), and we...

carrier has a payload capacity of 1,500kg and a one-man cab to allow long sections to be carried alongside. Power is by an...

Midi. Dealer stocks have been reduced and only a few are now left in showrooms.

• lveco-Magirus of Germany is now offering a sliding-door option for all crew-cab versions of the Daily and TurboDaily,...

ROCKFIELD OPENS IN THE EAST • Rockfield Truck Rental, the Liverpool-based reefer specialist, has opened a depot at Chequers...

Data Maid, 45 former licensees have signed up with Stafford-based Roll Forward to use that company's software. A smaller...

contract hire specialist, has moved into a purposebuilt HQ in Shrewsbury, featuring a three-bay CV workshop and valeting bay....

distribution building at Risley, Cheshire next to an existing Securicor parcels depot. Contact 01-770 7000.

40km south of Paris. There are currently 10 independent truck parts specialists in France which service Bendix's air brake...

sales and service organisation in Ireland through Lucas Service (Dublin), which has been appointed sole Irish agent. Lucas...

(BEL) has been appointed as London distributor for the Marston Bentley range of adhesives and sealants. Contact 01-969 1616.

YES TO GREEN • The North Western District of the Road Haulage Association's Young Executive Section will hold a debate on...

B ENDIX IN FRANCE • Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Europe has established an aftermarket distributor network in France.

will be one of six themes considered at Cities for the 21st Century, an international conference to be held at the Forum Hotel,...

PREPARING FOR THE CPC • Liquids Powders and Gas Transport is now approved as a CPC exam centre. It will run a national CPC...

centre in Glasgow to provide courses for the transport, materials handling and port industries; all are approved by the...

COVER YOUR LEGAL COSTS • DAS, which specialises in insuring against legal expenses, has developed the Hauliers Legal...

free membership of AA-BRS Fleet Rescue to all its card holders. This service covers all company vehicles including HGVs....

ROADS REPORT REVEALED • Copies of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee's report — Roads for the Future (CM 8-14...

by Edward Paget-Tomlinson covers the days when haulage companies used horse-drawn carts to move freight from the railways to...

• A new checklistdesigned to help drivers ensure their loads are safe will be launched at the LICIT show on 10-11 May by the...

• Warrington-based Carrier I ransport Refrigeration (cTR) has produced two directories listing distributors of its range of...

PRODUCTS FASTLANE COMPUTING • Wigan-based 1)/lintmove has launched a new computer software package designed for hauliers....

LIGHTS ON M4 JUNCTION • Part-time traffic signals are to be installed on the M4/M32 junction near Harnbrook to the north of...

• SOUTH EAST REGION M50 Buckinghamshire: Offpeak lane restrictions between J1-4 (A40/High Wycombe). M25 Hertfordshire:...

racing gear — this is lady truck racer Heather Baillie, who recently made a dream debut at the wheel of a six-tonne,...

in despair. Despite our pleas for help (CM 5-11 April) no truck driver or operator has volunteered to drive Beryl's daughter...

drivers and staff at Heronfreight, based at Liltterworth, who have raised 27,298 for Ashley Chapman, a local boy who suffers...

In fact he disapproves of things like furry dice and Garfield stuffed cats so much he aims to ban them, He considers them to be...

company cars — this seems a little ironic when one of its major policies is to reduce traffic congestion by encouraging the...

• Congratulations to our latest winner of a CM polo shirt, Mr A Warrington from Deptford, London. Don't forget to send your...

With the iron curtain lifting, parcels companies are joining the stream of Western investors moving into Eastern Europe in the...

East Germany: With the union between the two Gennanies likely next year, East Germany could prove an exciting prospect for...

Angry tipper operators say they can't survive on the rates paid by quarry companies. And even in a buyer's market, they think...

in January 1991. But if the Government gets its way, operators could be banned from using load transfer devices on trucks with...

VAT is a complicated tax and hauliers have to make sure their returns are right — or face penalties which are now threatening...

Every tipperman knows exactly what he wants from his vehicles: TipCon offers manufacturers the chance to show how close they...

30.26 CONSTRUCTOR Many tipper operators still appreciate no-frills practicality at a sensible price. Leyland Daf's 30.26...

Jimmy Yuill is not bothered by notoriety. His company helped to break the miners' strike in Scotland by supplying coal to...

notoriously competitive industry — which should make ERF's low-weight, low-cost E58 six - wheeler a tempting prospect. •...

• Yet again the driver takes the rap! I write in reference to the appalling case of Paul Ashwell who was "nicked" in Greece...

on the Argos Freighter Road Test (CM 1218 April) and, whilst, not wishing to detract from the excellent job that Ricardo ASA...

as fleet sales manager with special responsibility for food and drink distribution fleets. Horrill was formerly northern area...

West Mercia Division of the Freight Transport Association has elected its officers for 1990/91. The new chairman is Trevor...

Exel Logistics-Industrial has appointed three new managers on its £20m contract with Cadet, the plumbing and heating equipment...

Clarke joins as administration manager from Exel LogisticsMasterspeed where she was administration and systems manager.

Colin Welland to general manager (shopfittings) at its Dracott-in-the-Clay, Derbyshire, base. He will be responsible for all...

regional office in Dorking has been re-organised. John Fellows is now head of the south-east construction programme division...

manager, marketing operations, for Mobil Oil Company. He will be responsible for storage and inland transport operations,...

Richard Day, is to head up the company's Business Development Unit.

hire, truck rental and engineering services, has appointed John Potter as sales and marketing manager for the Rockfield Group....

its management and sales team. Henk van Zegveld has returned from Holland to be based at the company's Eccles base as managing...

of sales and development by BRS Northern, one of BRS Group's largest transport and distribution companies. Hodson joins BRS...

Institute of Transport Administration has appointed Bert Art is as chairman and Bill Jefferies as vice-chairman for the...

has a new chief executive — Stephen Huett. Prior to joining Baxter Hoare, Huett was with a division of the Ziegler Group.

Small Parcels Delivery Service, has taken on Jamie MacMillan to be its director of operations.

• The row between the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) and the Motor Insurance Research Centre (MIRC) raises...

11 Insurance industry plans to force a 24% reduction in the minimum amount of paint used in spray mixes has sparked a furious...

• Leyland Daf has installed a handheld-computer-based audit system to improve quality awareness and speed up the fault...

• Furrows of Oswestry, the Ford car arm of the Telford-hased Iveco Ford dealer, has spent £70,000 on a new commercial...

▪ Monroe, the shock absor ber manufacturer, is investing Lim in an anti-rust paint plant at its York factory, acquired from...

Motor Group has gone into receivership. The company are having "urgent discussions" with both manufacturers. Renault says: "Our...

Peter Cresswell, proprietor of P C Transport, Leeds, has won three axle sets of visualisers in the Workshop/ Schrader Special...

• Transfleet has introduced mobile workshops to speed up servicing and breakdown response on its ASDA contract covering 333...

• Telma is launching a series of one-day training courses in the use and maintenance of its retarders. The courses are held...

• Automotive component manufacturer T&N is forming a joint venture company with Japan Brake Industrial. The friction...

• Sikkens paint manufacturer Akzo has introduced a new development programme for bodyshop managers called 'Planning for...

• IDAC, the joint ICl/Du Pont paint company, has calculated that about a million cars have been sprayed with waterborne base...

a Foden Service dealer for Shef, field under Pelican Engineering, the Leeds-based main dealer. Owen will offer 24hour roadside...

• Rubery Owen-Rockwell has been awarded BS5750 Part 1 and believes it is the first European running gear manufacturer to earn...

• Efforts to improve the standards of mobile engine tuning have led to the founding of the Confederation of Mobile Engine...

• Parts availability and back-up support are deciding factors when buying a commercial vehicle, according to a survey of...

• About 10 bodyshop employees are killed and 340 are seriously injured every year, says ROSPA. And estimates that there are...

• A new insurance policy covering serious injuries to employees in the motor trade has been launched under the name of Extra...

• Stalthville tools will soon he available to fitters via a fleet of vans following a successful trial by CK Tools. Customers...

• Engine reconditioner Bristol Engineering has gone into receivership and will be sold as a going concern by Ernst & Young....

• More than 200 exhaust and pipe parts have been added to Bainbridge's Truckmaster range in its new catalogue. Parts...

• Bendix's is giving out tokens with its Kit-Plus repair outfits, which can be exchanged for pre-recorded music cassettes....

• Paint manufacturer PPG has added another two mobile demonstration trailers to its fleet. The trailers are equipped with a...

from .£18.45m to £15.12m. However, turnover in the year ending 28 February was up by just over £38m to £193.41m. During...

• Roadlink International. the UK concessionaire for Beral friction material, is issuing its distributors with a brake lining...

• The Institute of the Motor Industry is urging employers and teaching organisations to adopt its Certificate and Licentiate...

• Pat Higgins, managing director of Sun Electric UK, is the new president of the Garage Equipment Association, succeeding...

sales manager for UK and Ireland, responsible for the PPG and Sadolin Automotive Finishes (SAF) sales forces. Griffin was...

service team. including Bob Parker, as general manager, dealer development; and Na) Qadri, as market investment consultant....

of Smallman Lubricants' London depot. He joined the company in 1986 from Rolls Royce.

The company is part of the NI Group, which Link joined in 1964 as a mechanical engineering apprentice with Yorkshire Imperial...

to distribute its range of Stahlwille tools directly to fitters. Ideal candidates will already be visiting workshops in...

of newly-formed Sertek, a Partek service company, which provides service and spares for Norba Waste Handling systems,...

director of newly-formed Mercedes-Benz Finance. The new division offers a range of services to commercial vehicle operators,...

Fasson UK's speciality tape division. He was previously sales manager of the automotive division, having joined the firm in 1978.

in the area. Franchises are not usually negotiable, and going into liquidation will be regarded as the end of the contract....

Hose Centres. These are hydraulic hose replacement vans equipped to manufacturer hoses on-site from the basic components....

Tyre Services depots is now controlled by Bill Townsend, the new operations manager, south, Prior to joining KTS he was...

for Glasurit, succeeding Bob Hughes who is now a regional sales manager for the automotive division. In his new role Smith...

from BIB where he spent eight years. lie previously worked at Dunlop and Hallite Holdings.

Most fitters buy their own socket set, prices vary but which will do the job? We test eight to find out. W hen a fitter buys a...

Having the right tools for the job is essential in the super-efficient workshops of the nineties. Tony Pattison previews the...

early in 1986. It is powered by Mercedes own 0422.111 naturally-aspirated 14.6-litre vee-eight einge developing 184kW (247hp)....

Air tools are convenient but not always available. We look at an alternative. • Long bolts set into components in restricted...

Keeping correct maintenance records is vital. Phil Reed talks to LA Brigadier Turner to find out why. 0 -Licence requirements...

• Kane-May's latest multitester, the DM310, is said to be tough enough to withstand the roughest treatment. It has 33 ranges,...

• Samefa. importer of Ravaglioli equipment, has extended the range to include the company's washing tanks which are designed...

• Facom's 11107 wheel balancer features microprocessor control which enables the balancer to "recognise" up to nine different...

• Lucas has launched what it claims is the first electronic ignition module analyser. The handheld YWB135 tester indicates in...

• Souriau's new off-the-shelf MOT test bay kit comprises a braketester, four-post lift with jacking beam, and a headlight...

• Two small but useful pieces of equipment are available from Reed Components; a mini-clamp and a temporary exhaust repairer....

• Removing paint and filler from your hands can be made easier with Paint Buster says 3M. This hand cleaner contains...

• A revamped range of Mecafluid automatic chassis lubricators has been launched by Gilbraith Commercials. The MF.17 can...

• Stanadyne has introduced a clip-on tachometer called TechTach, featuring sensors for diesel or petrol engines. For diesel...

• Two heavy-duty hand cleansers have been launched by Arrow Chemicals. Golden Arrow gel is claimed to provide deep cleaning...