• Question: What does the Department of Transport have in common with the cricket World Cup organisers? Answer: They've both...

hiring ceremony took place in London last week, with this 1930s Albion, belonging to Buckinghamshire haulage firm Grundon,...

• Hundreds of HGV driving schools have been breaking the law for the past year by taking trainees on motorways. It emerged...

• No Japanese truck maker is likely to enter the European market before the next century, says a new report. Of the four big...

• Trucks and buses must run on cleaner diesel by 1996, EC environment ministers decided in Brussels this week. Sulphur...

• Bristol-based recovery vehicle manufacturer Brimec has been rescued from receivership by Roger Dyson Systems of Droitwich....

• The newly formed car transporter arm of the AA has won an Operator's Licence for 30 vehicles at Avonmouth — almost...

• .1 buyer is being sought for fire engine manufacturer Carmichael Fire after its parent called in the receiver last week....

• A Danish driver has been bailed, pending police enquiries, after 15 illegal immigrants were arrested as they fled from his...

is hoping for success in the Acron International Supertruck Challenge at this year's Commercial Motor Trucldest on 3-4 May. His...

• A haulage firm which earns most of its business from picking up and unloading in London may close after being ordered to...

Bristol transport company Lane Group, is one of five finalists for the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award. The...

• British truckers who are mugged on the Continent may now be able to claim compensation — thanks to a retired accountant...

• The DTp is proposing a number of weight increases for 35tonne artic and drawbar outfits, but reductions in bogie weights...

• Iveco Ford has been testing an uprated version of its 8460 9.5-litre in-line-six engine. Power output is said to be 276kW...

Hallet Silberrnann haulage of Hatfield has taken delivery of this extended chassis Volvo FL7 6x4 which will carry piling...

• The first ERF tractive unit equipped with a factory-fitted mid lift axle has gone into service with Highway Truck Rental of...

• Hatcher Components has developed a top sleeper pod for Iveco Ford's 7.5-tonne New Cargo. The Night Cap can be installed by...

• BP Chemicals has drastically reduced the number of carriers working from its manufacturing plants in North-east England and...

• Fresh from winning a contract from Reckitt & Colman, P&O Ferrymasters looks set to benefit again as the household goods...

• Moves to expand south for northern-based haulier Eddie Stobart were put on hold this week after arrangements to take on a...

• Cornish hauliers in the pressure group WASTE (Working And Saving The Environment) have persuaded North Cornwall Council to...

• A vehicle rental company has been launched in East Anglia by two ex-employees of Willhire. Former Willhire managing...

• Parcels carrier ANC is taking 33 Scania 1 3 93MA tractive units on contract hire as fleet replacements. ANC operates 71...

• Pan-European hauliers are likely to merge as a result of falling volumes, following the trend set by air-freight...

ill Unique Logistics, the joint venture company set up by Tibbett and Britten subsidiary Fashion Logistics and Unique...

/Drivers' hours and tachograph offences cost Victor Blackwell, trading as Trans Parcel Express, and six of his drivers £6,665...

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

.4 • Thornabybased Warwick Contracts has been ordered to pay £6,071 compensation for unfairly dismissing truck driver...

• North Eastern Deputy LA Brian Horner has cut the duration of the two-vehicle licence held by Marilyn Brandwood, trading as...

• Scottish Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth has cut the licence authorisation of Glasgow-based Environ mental Recycling...

excise licence has cost Bridgend-based haulier Edward Moore £2,400 in fines, costs and back duty. Bridgend magistrates heard...

Authority Martin pended the twovehicle/five-trailer licence held by Liverpool-based Philip E Riley, trading as L P Roadways,...

• Wadham Stringer is the first UK bodybuilder to take the PP160.09 bus chassis from Renault, to fill the gap left by the...

• The award-winning Omni minibus has been rescued for the second time in 16 months. Managing director Grant Lockhart has...

• Minibus magnate Harry Blundred has told Hampshire County Council to keep the £200,000 subsidy which has been granted to...

• Hertfordshire County Council's decision to cut some bus services in the Three Rivers District Council area has been upheld...

• Commercial vehicle body panel manufacturer Truck Panels is moving out of its site in Clarence Road, Longton to a 2,800m2...

▪ Supertruck Ireland '92 will be held on 31 July-1 August at the Ballymena Showground. Attractions will include the first...

• The National Materials Handling Centre is staging a series of one and two-day training courses on the new routeing and...

• The 1992 Glass's Commercial Vehicle Checkbook will be available at the beginning of April; it covers all standard trucks...

• A range of services for transport firms, including tacho analysis, advice on 0-licensing and representation at public...

• A computerised tachograph analysis system is available from Infotach Data of Trowbridge, Wilts, for £350 (ex-VAT). The...

comes with a box of 300 charts and a pen, with a separate compartment to store used charts. It costs £9.95 (ex-VAT). Contact...

ii he Hawk wonders how many readers recognise the homely refreshment parlour for weary drivers described below. "It was after...

ri lona Richards writes with news of the Lady Truckers Club's annual rave-up where the gals have chosen this year's Mr Lady...

ere is a sneak preview of the new privatised service on offer should deregulation of London Buses go ahead. Note the very few...

Id hree fans of the classics have won a copy of Classic Hauliers 2 by Bob Tuck, published by Fitzjames Press of Croydon, Surrey...

ews comes from the Rural Development Commission of work on the world's smallest jet engine. At just 10crn in diameter, it is...

• Thieves have been working hard on Volvo F12s and F16s in the Norfolk area, recent thefts show. One victim — Myhill...

The Att,wer to your tcol security' For further details ring: 0778 380324 • Seddon Atkinson 311 6x2 tractor, reg D444 HHY:...

Stanley, Co Durham-based owner-driver Bob Elder was just lkm from his destination in Palermo, Sicily when an 85-year-old woman...

ACCIDENT ABROAD OBefore making a trip abroad make sure you are covered for all eventualities, including liability for...

SE L LE • When Volvo launched the FIO back in 1978 its chassis and driveline bore a marked resemblance to the venerated F88,...

quieter than the original TD101F. In our test of the L10-320 (CM 2 Nov 1988) it also proved to be gutsy and extremely flexible,...

Act means waste disposal contracts previously held by local authorities are currently out to tender, and local authority waste...

Sites: Seven UK sites, at Alconbury on the A604 near the Al(M) in Cambridgeshire; Carlisle (Cumbria) on the M6 at J44 in...

Last December the company took over 11 service stations from the Rank Organisation. Sites: The sites which are due to be...

The truckstop was taken over last November from Strategic Lorry Parks; an accommodation complex is due to open within three...

Has 24 service areas and another is due to open on 8 April at J23 of the M4 near Magor, Wales. Sites: Stirling at the junction...

Sites: Nine motorway service stations on the M8 at Harthill, Lanarkshire; M74 at Bothwell, Lanarkshire; M74 at Hamilton,...

The site opened in October 19sa More American-style truckstops are Planned; 95% of its clients are HGV drivers. Site: At West...

A subsidiary of oil giant Shell UK which set up a "project" truckstop four years ago. It is open to the public but 98% of its...

This is the service station arm of Forte Restaurants. All sites are open to HGVs and one — at Dover — is HGV only. Sites:...

be X-rayed before they leave for the Continent if safety plans are realised later this year. f a Eurotunnel official takes a...

defendant used a vehicle on a road, or caused or permitted it to be used in contravention of a law. These are simple words,...

I Having assisted Joan Ruddock MP in pushing through her Private Members Bill and the Department of the Environment in drawing...

• In your issue dated 27 February-4 March you commented about our reduction of hire haulier rates. You go on in your final...

• While I am pleased to see that Commercial Motor has begun to highlight the complex issues surrounding the Transfer of...

• One can well understand K Webster's frustration that black boxes are not yet required to control the EC Hours Law instead...

t he Freight Transport Association's becoming increasingly concerned about the activities of the London Boroughs Transport...