Mi We hate to say we told you so ... but it's six months since Commercial Motor warned hauliers that the advent of mandatory...

MI Truck manufacturers are hanging their hopes on a J-reg boost in August sales following another dismal set of registration...

/ Following hauliers' protests about the inaccuracy of dynamic axle weighbridges, the Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency...

/ John Dee (Yorkshire) has been told to pay five drivers it made redundant 30 days wages after the Transport & General Workers...

/ Transport operators face an uphill task in persuading retail outlets to make their life easier, judging by a new survey. The...

/ The RHA and FTA have both expressed strong opposition to any UK adoption of the forthcoming EC draft directive on speed...

/ Tools worth E10,000 were stolen from coachbuilder Crystal Conversions' Kirk Sandell factory in the early hours of 3 August —...

/ A survey of Britain's 55 motorway service stations in Which? magazine blacklists Farthing Corner on the M2, Strensham on the...

discrepancies between first and second readings, but "wouldn't like to speculate" on the findings. While the three previous...

and coaching subsidiary London Coaches — it is the first London Buses company to be privatised.

renamed the Manager, CM understands. Details of a facelift to its cab are also due to be announced, and a 254kW (340hp) engine...

from 125 haulage companies, attended Truck 91, a trucking show at Grappenhall, near Warrington, last week.

• In its reply to Dip proposals on speed limiters, the Freight Transport Association says the weight breakpoint for the...

• Transport Development Group has 2,30m set aside for European acquisitions despite half-year profits sliding to £16.5m...

to the RAC to achieve BS 5750 quality accreditation through the RAC's Quality Partnership scheme.

Dee boss John Davison will be allowed to set up in haulage again under the name John Dee Limited has been postponed.

entitled to deduct the cost of renewing their licences, as well as any medical examination costs involved, from their Schedule...

• Transport fleets in the armed forces should be able to bid for commercial haulage work to save drivers' jobs, says a top...

• Detroit Diesel's vice-president of on-highway sales, David Mayoras, expects Fader' to be the first UK manufacturer to offer...

• BRS is being sued for compensation after £10,000 worth of Italian food earmarked for Sainsbury's supermarkets became infested...

• Congratulations to our major prize winner Mr M Haynes of Luton who is now the proud owner of a 241n Phillips colour TV. Well...

• Animal rights activists have set fire to a fleet of 10 trucks belonging to a Northamptonshire meat firm, causing £200,000 of...

• Seddon Atkinson is to follow the example of its rivals ERF and Foden by offering the 14-litre Cummins Super E410 engine in...

• Royal Mail is to begin economy trials on an aerodynamically designed 38-tonne artic and two 1.5-tonne vans in October. This...

• Norba Waste Handling Systems has won a £3.75m order from the Hong Kong Government for 61 refuse collection vehicles. The...

• Shell has taken delivery of its first Volvo foam tenders. The two FL617 4x2s will be used at the Stanlow manufacturing...

• Ford will drop the Transitbased parcel van from its catalogue when the facelifted Transit is launched next month. The parcel...

• Mercedes-Benz has joined up with Diesel Technology Corporation — a sister company to Detroit Diesel — to develop and...

• Mercedes-Benz has given its lightweight panel van, the MB100D, a comprehensive update, but still has no plans to bring it...

• Foden's parent company, Paccar, has relocated the Belgian office of its International division to its new UK headquarters in...

• Suffolk haulier Taylor Barnard has won a five-year/5m contract with Charterail to carry freight from its London railhead...

• Electrical products distributor London Carriers International has opted out of ownaccount operation by selling its entire...

• More than 100 MPs have protested at trailer manufacturer Craven Tasker's decision to sack its striking Cumbernauld workers...

up to 75% of the cost of the Channel Tunnel rail link, says shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott.

£2,700 per truck to cover possible future fines. Operators have had to pay cash deposits against fines since 1987: the amount...

Liverpool will double in capacity from 1 September to 344 trailers or 1,000 containers a day with two daily sailings.

has reported a 50% rise in profits to 2,5m. It attributes its success to "competing for business on quality of service rather...

• Unions at Parcelforce are continuing negotiations to try to persuade the company to drop its plans for a wage freeze until...

• Texaco is dropping Tankfreight as its UK transport contractor at the end of October and switching to Wincanton Distribution...

• Two Mercedes dealers in Sheffield and Doncaster, which are both part of the CG Whittaker group, have gone into receivership....

• Eezee Euro Services has finally wound up the clearinghouse operation it took over following the collapse of Transworld in May...

• George Allinson Transport was given an absolute discharge for an overloading offence after one of its drivers admitted that...

• A deputy LA refused two operators permission to use an industrial estate as an operating centre on environmental grounds...

• Sunderlandbased haulier Anthony Blenkinsop and driver Dennis Rayner were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,800,...

• Possibly the fastest appeal .4 hearing in the Transport Tribu nal's history was concluded last week when an operator's...

• An axle overload and drivers hours offences that were discovered on a trip to Boulogne cost Pickups Coaches of Rochdale and...

• North Eastern LA Frederick Whalley has cut the authorisation on Colin Vaines & Son's licence from 13 vehicles and five...

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

st„ based Samra Dairy was told to when West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh adjourned the company's application...

• Ribble Motor Services has been ordered to pay £50,000 damages to a fitter who received horrific injuries when a bus reversed...

• The first Cougar chassis to be bodied by Loughborough builder Willowbrook goes into service this week with Cave's Bus and...

Lim development • Grey Green has announced a L im expansion programme. And in the same week its parent, T Cowie, has published...

• The AJS Group of Harrogate has sold seven of its remaining eight bus firms to two of its former directors for over 2,2m....

• The owner of coach firm AML Leisure International has called in the receiver — but has set up a new firm at the same rented...

J-reg Mercedes-Benz 709D midibuses, marking the start of a replacement programme for its fiveyear-old Dodge minibus fleet.

ear milkman: two extra pints, a yogurt and a Jumbo jet please. Milkman: sorry, yogurt's off, but the Jumbo's no problem with my...

olunteers from the Boalloy social club turned back the clock to produce this handsome coach for the Carriage for the Disabled...

ow that Elizabeth Taylor has decided to marry former truck driver Larry Fortensky, the Hawk is anxiously waiting for his...

A village with a A village with a population of seven families has won its fight to be put back on the map after delivery men...

Ei he Society for the Preservation of the Field of the Battle of Naseby (where Cromwell routed the Royalists in 1645) has lost...

ri vs nice to know that the Hawk is not the only CM reader with a long memory. This cartoon that appeared in the summer edition...

ost folk must be pleased that despite its teething problems the World Student Games at Sheffield turned out to be a success....

WPS grows / Transport group WPS has relocated its Manchester depot to larger premises close to the city's airport. The new...

• All PPG companies trading in the UK are now trading under the name PPG Industries (UK). Contact 021-455 9866.

RHA meeting full / The Road Haulage Association's annual conference at Albufeira, Portugal in October is now fully booked....

• More than 120 vehicle and equipment manufacturers will exhibit at the Coach and Bus '91 show, which will be held on 18-20...

• The Scammell Owners & Enthusiasts Club road run and barbeque, planned for 10-11 August at the Post House Hotel, Crick, has...

• The Institute of Materials Management national conference will be held on 29-30 October at St John's Swallow Hotel, Solihull....

• Tees Bay Fuel has been appointed North-East distributor for Kuwait Petroleum (GB). It will deliver bulk supplies of fuel and...

▪ The Freight Transport Association is replacing its national conference this year with a series of seminars on legislation...

Small can be beautiful • The Department of Employment has published a free guide for small firms to help get the most out of...

Rack your Astra the RS way • An easy-to-remove racking system has been introduced by RS Components for the Astra MkII,...

• AXTEC of Runcorn is offering a single axle static weighbridge for £5,000, including installation. Contact (0928) 581575.

• Tyreservices Great Britain has been appointed by Tyron (UK) to supply its safety wheel conversion on car-derived vans. The...

vehicle is moving. The manufacturer claims that vehicles can be driven on a totally flat tyre for a limited distance....

• French motorway HGV tolls rose by an average 8% last week. Contact the Association of French Autoroutes in Paris on 010-331...

• The preferred routes for the Winchelsea and Rye bypass in East Sussex have now been chosen. The route will run south of Rye,...

We operate small dumpers taxed at the £30 rate as works trucks. They may be used only in the "immediate vicinity" of our...

High Court has ruled that six tenths of a mile is not the immediate vicinity. To remain eligible for the £30 tax a dumper has...

I sent my car and HGV licences to the DVLA at Swansea for renewal. It used to take a week at the Traffic Commissioner's office,...

would not result in you committing an offence in the UK. Section 164(8) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 states that a driver...

I have bought a 12ft four-wheeled close-coupled trailer to tow behind a Land Rover when I need to carry cattle. Large cattle...

but it does not have to be a permanent fitting. Regulation 6(8) of the Transit of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975 says that...

81 1 RD COACH • Coaches with fewer than 30 seats have long been the Cinderellas of the British PCV industry. Operators have...

81 1D COACH export bus and coach models. Although primarily a bus design, its attractive futuristic styling makes for an...

WESTERN SCOTTISH The sale of Western Scottish is due to be completed this month. WS boss Alan Wilson hopes to be on the...

P THE Buys • It has long been the aim of many in the road transport law enforcement business to be empowered to impound...

road haulage industry is dogged by cut-throat rate cutting with too many hauliers chasing too little work. But up in the...

Having watched the way John Davison and his wife built up the John Dee Group. I am surprised at the amount of people who have...

• I read with interest the article in your 20 June issue which stated that my company and another had been appointed Foden...

• I often wondered what happened to the kamikaze pilots of Japan after the Second World War. I now realise they were all...