• Considering the amount of coverage Commercial Motor has given it, plenty of operators must be getting fed up with reading...

• Free with this issue of Commercial Motor you will find Part II of our Old Roadtest Collection: parts III, IV, V and VI will...

• Lorry-only lanes could be introduced as the forerunner of a new generation of toll roads. In the Government consultation...

• Rockwood Holdings has set up a new company, Rockwood Fleet Services, to combine the car and light van leasing activities of...

• Only a restricted group of top hauliers should be allowed to transport dangerous waste, and they should be subject to tough...

• EC chiefs have dropped their controversial plan to force minibus drivers using vehicles with 9 to 16 seats to take special...

• Tony Clinkard is new sales director at Renault Truck Industries, replacing William Duffy who has decided to leave the company.

• British CV production reached 31,800 units in April, says the Department of Trade and Industry — up 39% on last year.

Scheme have voted 3:1 to strike, following the employers refusal to negotiate an alternative system.

• More than half the local authorities in England and Wales predict job losses in their transport departments as a result of...

• Southampton City Council plans to ban trucks of 7.5 tonnes and above from the city centre between 11.00pin and 7.00am and all...

• Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has joined the campaign to remove European barriers to road haulage. Launching the...

• Talks are planned to heal the rift between Passenger Transport Executive bosses and the Bus & Coach Council (CM 29...

• Steve Parrish led from start to finish to take the Hungary Truck Superfinal in the Team BP Lubricants Mercedes 1750. Slim...

• The Post Office is to split its parcels and letters operations, blaming "loss of confidence" by customers in Royal Mail...

• The seven former senior employees of NFC subsidiary Fleetcare who face charges of fraud and conspiracy have all pleaded not...

• The Government's White Paper on roads has received a mixed reaction from Parliament, local government and industry. The...

I/ A pre-notification procedure, whereby hauliers would have to warn local authorities of their intention to dump hazardous...

MI Sally Line general manager Simon Taylor has accepted Commercial Motor's 1989 Boat Vote award from deputy editor Geoff...

MI Police helicopters swooped to catch lorry hijackers at Poplar, East London on Friday — thanks to the truck's vehicle...

• Volvo enjoyed a 27% rise in truck sales during the first quarter of 1989 — up from £438m to 2556m. The company says that its...

• Being a big fish in a small pool is cosy: suddenly becoming a relatively small fish in a much bigger pool inhabited by many...

• Ryder Truck Rentals has bought 78 converted Iveco Ford Cargo 0913s for a client involved in heavy goods vehicle driver...

II pillarless semi-trailer capable of carrying both frozen and chilled products to Thorntons, the confectioners. The 12.2m...

• Steyr Trucks UK is bunching two new services through its truck dealers: repair and maintenance contracts, and new vehicle...

a device for HGVs which it claims offers big fuel savings by reducing drag by up to 10%. The unit is fitted to the rear of the...

from the TRRL • The Transport and Road Research Laboratory has developed an on-board weighing system based on the 'Shear'...

• Michelin has introduced a new feature to simplify the regrooving of its truck tyres. 'Regrooving depth indicators' are built...

• The first two Seddon Atkinson Strato/Multidrive artics with driven trailers are now being built in the UK and should be on...

• Sea freight specialist Associated Container Transportation Services (ACT Services) has taken delivery of 10 Craven Tasker...

• Hyva (UK) of Warrington has taken over distribution of the Ravas range of weighing equipment and has completed its first...

• Daf has introduced an in-cab vehicle-mangernent computer system throughout its range of trucks. The system, called Logiq, is...

• Ricardo Consulting Engineers of Sussex has won a contract to develop a clean bus engine with exhaust emissions for the...

• Leigh Environmental has just taken delivery of a Leyland Daf Constructor 24.21 fitted with an Edelhoff body and Zoeller bin...

• Pickfords profits have fallen by several million pounds because high interest rates have depressed the house market. At last...

• Bees Security Distribution, which was recently taken over by Rockwood Holdings, is shedding its casual customer base to...

• WPS Express has launched an international division to offer a worldwide door-to-door service from small parcels through to...

• The Peterborough-based Ray Smith Group has invested 2250,000 in its new Dutch subsidiary, assembling jig-built demountable...

Peugot Talbot increased its profits eight-fold to 2107 million in 1988, after losing 2370 million in the previous 10 years. The...

• Load restraint manufacturer Cargo Control Equipment has been bought out by jantar. Cargo reported pre-iax profits of 257,000...

A 22 million order for 5 28 Leyland Daf 95-310 prime movers with Hoynor bodies and trideck drawbar trailers has been placed by...

• Via Truck Rental has won two contract-hire deals worth more than 21 million with vehicle-delivery firm Richard Lawson. The...

• Federal Express UK has reorganised its structure to create three new specialist sectors within its priority services division.

• Dumbartonshire tipper operator P Caulfield and Co is to replace its 30-strong fleet with Iveco Fords. The company has already...

/ Midlands-based Powered Access has taken over beleaguered Newark-based bodybuilder, Charlesworth Transport Engineering. Jack...

/ Booming business has led international trailer operator Interoute, which is owned by United Transport International, to...

• A new specialised contract warehousing operation has been set up by Mayne Nickless, parent company of Parceline and Security...

/ Parcels firm Panic Link is moving into Ireland next month with the opening of 35 depots. More than 50 vehicles will be...

• General Contracting Company has beaten a bid by East Northamptonshire District Council's own workforce to win a direct...

• Wakefield haulier Eric Schofield & Sons and one of its drivers were given an absolute discharge after they admitted using a...

Airebus has been revoked by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick Whalley. Airebus closed its service two weeks ago CM...

a prohibited vehicle, cost Hyde-based Stuart Bus & Coach Co and one of its drivers 21,640 when they appeared before...

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• Pandoro was granted the late renewal of its Western Area licence without restriction, after objectors Northavon District...

have had the combined number of vehicles authorised on their licences cut from seven to four, following a Colwyn Bay public...

• Wadham Stringer Coachbuilders has launched its Winchester midi-coach body on the Leyland Bus Swift chassis, following a...

Coombe Hill Coaches in Salisbury is to close. The company's depot has already been sold to a brewing company and almost the...

• The Bee Line has taken over White Coaches International of Baughurst, Hants, which went into receivership at the beginning of...

• National Express-owned Crosville Wales is following its parent's lead by expanding its express services. The "Cymru...

• Cuts of up to 350 staff and the closure of two depots are under discussion at Merseyside Transport as part of an economy...

• Many former passengers have stopped using buses in the West Midlands since deregulation, according a Passenger Transport...

IN Two London buses were stopped by the police this week for not displaying road fund licences. The vehicles were running on...

• Management at London Buses has asked union leaders representing 19,000 bus workers to meet for talks at the end of this week...

• Forty drivers are to be taken on by Lothian Region Transport, but it could be at the expense of job losses at a rival bus...

• Increased VED bills coupled with hefty cuts in rural subsidies are endangering rural routes in the North East, warns Eric...

• The first two Scania N113URBs to be bodied by Northern Counties of Wigan have entered service with A Mayne & Son of...

• North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Frederick Whalley has said there would be an unwarranted risk to the public if Drifield...

"user" of a vehicle he had hired from his son, and which was being driven by a selfemployed driver on a casual basis, have been...

of its vehicles was found to be defective during "Operation Safe Passenger", run by the Lancashire police, has lost an appeal...

• Ferryhillbased Halls Construction Servies has won its High Court appeal against a conviction for using six-wheel-drive...

• North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner has granted Dawn Atkinson, trading as Data Transport, a licence for one...

RAY SMITH NETWORK • A chain of 28 servicing and parts stocking agents has been set up by Ray Smith Tail Lifts of Peterborough,...

to the Seddon Atkinson network. Swansea distributor Viscount Commercials has opened an additional site at New Quay Road,...

PAN DORO DOUBLE • Pandoro has introduced two new ships on its LarneFleetwood service. The MV Viking Trader and the MV Puma are...

• Sealink Freight has added the Channel Seaway to its Dover-Calais route, making two round trips a day from Sunday to Friday,...

INPUT TAX • Customs & Excise has this week published a first draft of regulations to implement a special scheme for adjustment...

AMEX AIMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES • American Express has launched a small business service, consisting of four specialist...

Amex claims 48,000 small businesses already use its Company cards. For information ring David Bournes on 01834 5555 ext: 4606.

RENAULT AND IMI JOIN FORCES • Renault UK training programmes for technicians have been enhanced by a joint certification scheme...

Arts examination for the Certificate of Professional Competence will be held on 23 June. EP Training Services are conducting...

HISTORIC CVs AT TYNE-TEES • Solaglass is sponsoring this year's Tees-Tyne run of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society on...

ROVER'S RISES • Austin Rover has increased the price of its Metro 310 and Maestro vans by 1%. Customers can still buy vans...

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTING TRAFFIC • Sheffield-based Direct Mobile Communications has been granted an airtime licence, which...

which allows the transmission of data over the cellular radio system. SC11) can be linked to portable computers or facsimile...

HANDS-FREE FUELLING El Fleet fuelling specialist Fleet Technologies has developed "Finch fax" which identifies vehicles when...

• A US development for refrigerated vehicles which displays the internal temperature of reefer bodies is now available in the...

MERSEY MORE DEAR • Mersey Tunnels charges will go up from midnight 11 June. Vehicles weighing less than 7.5 tonnes will pay...

la M25 Surrey: Contraflows at 111113 (Chertsey/Stainee) with three lanes available in each derectiem. M40 Buckinghamshire:...

a risky business, as Garth Evans from Toowoomba found out one night while driving along Condamine Highway at a place called...

the Capital's underground system, several groups have requested the American-style taskforce to patrol other areas of the...

give the impression that the truck driver has achieved public enemy status. However, for the lady stranded two weeks ago on...

more than 20% more likely to pass your driving test than women, and more than twice as likely to pass than the over 60s. That's...

to a Wild West shoot-out. Some road users are becoming so accustomed to the guy behind them literally riding shotgun that they...

for their hot air. Peter Lane Transport, however, relied on truck power when it moved 12 huge balloons from Bristol to...

his is a monogamous obsession — his affections for 30 years have been reserved exclusively for AEC Regent number 477. And now...

a tractor and a JCB excavator in a jousting contest to settle a long-standing argument, landed in court last week. The row on...

bullet hit his car's rear window. It struck him behind the right ear but luckily did not penetrate his skull. Krivanek calmly...

in the 1960s are going on the road again with Midlands haulier John Davies of A R Davies of Kingswinford. When Davies bought...

its new refrigerated trailer at the recent IRTE show in Telford. It piped-in the Coldstream Guards band for the occasion...

We at Tankfreight were very pleased that a British manufacturer responded to our recent inquiry for tractor units and were...

CPC by my own efforts and expense. This letter was just like looking at my own transport career. I was 12 years in first line...

Cowboy Training in Commercial Motor 11 May. For many years our company has been campaigning for the introduction of compulsory...

For your average small British haulier, looking for work on the Continent can be a daunting business; but Croner's Teleroute...

Taking the car and family abroad can be quite daunting, but the pitfalls are child's play compared with those faced by British...

A Guide to Taking Your Lorry Abroad — International Road Freight Office, Westgate House, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne....

money in getting its image right. A haulage company's image rests largely with the appearance of its vehicles on the road: a...

1 Entry is free. 2 Send four 35mm colour transparencies (slides) of your vehicle, together with a completed entry form, to:...

ei Sally Line's Ramsgate-to-Dunkirk ferry service has topped Commercial Motor's boat vote poll for 1989. The service attracted...

Many British transport firms are only now gearing up for 1992 and the Single European Market — but German tanker firm Hoyer has...