• Good news from an annual Licensing Authorities report? Surely not! But yes, the latest statistics from the 1989/90 "Annual...

• A study into why hauliers choose certain routes to the Continent will be published in May by transport experts at the...

• The Department of Transport's campaign against overloading is paying off, according to the latest report from the Licensing...

• EC moves to impose new UK drivers' working hours are gathering momentum. The French are bidding for the current system of...

• Companies could train mon staff in-house to save costs during the recession, delegate: said at a Road Transport Industry...

• Matthews Demolition and Excavation, a Surrey-based firm specialising in building work, has collapsed with the loss of about...

• Truck drivers under the age of 45 will not now have to take a medical check when they swap their HGV licences for new LGV...

• new code of practice for the transport of edible oils and fats has been adopted by the Seed Crushers and Oil Processors...

• Truck dealers will have to identify unroadworthy vehicles on their forecourts with windscreen signs if amendments to the Road...

• Rebecca Jenkins, managing director of the Peter Lane Group, has won the West of England Business Woman of the Year award....

• Angry residents of a Lancashire market town are campaigning to get lorry training banned from narrow streets "meant for...

• Ken Turner CBE, the first president of the Freight Transport Association has died at the age of 79. Turner, president from...

• An Oxfordshire lorry driv er, who imported almost £500,000 worth of drugs after being threatened with violence, has had his...

• Charles Alexander, the Transport Development Group fish distribution subsidiary, is to operate the national distribution...

• Changes to Customs examination procedures at Dover are designed to cut waiting times for drivers bringing lowrisk EC freight...

• The Government has introduced the UK's first three 20mph (32Iun/h) zones — in Norwich, Sheffield and Kingston-uponThames....

• A British company is designing the prototypes for an 800-vehicle order from the Pakistani army. The two and three axle...

• Leyland Dafs heavy haulage users group is pressing for all Special Types vehicles to be exempt from the spraysuppression...

• Renault has received the first orders from UK hauliers for its new AE tractive unit, which was launched in Britain at last...

• MAN has signed a cooperation deal with Polish truck builder Jelcz, swapping technology in return for access into the Polish...

• Federal Express Systemline has ordered 24 aerodynamically equipped Leyland Dafs for a contract with Crookes Healthcare. They...

• Pegaso is extending the application of composite materials in its advanced "Solo" technology demonstrator tractive unit. The...

• Andover Trailers' Superlow stepframe low loader is now available with its own power supply to operate hydraulic rear ramps....

• A Midland-based haulier has placed the first major outside order for a system which encloses an artic's brake and electric...

• The three-wheel Reliant Robin Rialto van is likely to be back in full production by March. This follows the takeover by a...

through the aftermarket. It says it is suitable for most 380mm twin-plate clutches on Volvos and Mercedes. Ford recall IN Ford...

MA new container transport company has risen from the ashes of Les Sampson's haulage business, which went into receivership...

• Parcels company ANC Holdings is involved in a legal battle with three of its franchisees after attempting to take over their...

• West Midlands express parcels firm The Last Post is to open a further 30 UK depots this year and is moving into mainland...

• Hays Distribution Services is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with supermarket giant Waitrose to operate about 100...

• Nine drivers at the Collinson Group lost their jobs last week when the receiver was called into the Bristol-based ceramics...

• The John Dee Group sales prospectus, sent out by receiver Cork Gully last week, reveals the nature of the company's collapse...

• Plant hire company RM Penny has added four Iveco Ford tippers to its fleet — two 300.30 eight-wheelers and two Cargo 2424...

• Tibbett and Britten chairman John Harvey is confident that TBG will expand its fleet and its business this year "A lot of our...

• Truckrent, part of the Hartwell Group, is to close its remaining four spot rental depots and dispose of 150 CVs. The move...

• Bodybuilder WilcoxSeadyke, which went into receivership last December, is talking seriously to three potential buyers, which...

• Removals consortium Britannia Movers International is looking for 24 firms throughout the UK to join its 36-strong network....

• Boughey Distribution of South Cheshire has bought three Foden 3000 Series 6x2 lifting axle curtainsiders for a sugar...

• Milnethorpe Transport's managing director Alastair Johnstone has had a drivers hours conviction quashed after appealing to...

• Four drivers who were made redundant by Kettering-based Royal Blue Transport have failed to win higher redundancy payments by...

• Welling-based Rwdey Transport has had its licence revoked by Metropolitan LA Air Vice-Marshall Ronald Ashford after it failed...

11 • ANC (West Yorkshire)'s maintenance record has led to the company's 30-vehicle/10-trailer licence only being renewed for a...

• Proceedings pending following a lost wheel incident in Hampshire have led to the further adjournment of a disciplinary...

• South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh renewed Newport based owner-driver Rodney Bell's 0-licence for five years,...

• Three partners in Morecambebased Needham Transport have been committed for Crown Court trial, accused of helping drivers to...

• A Belgian-built double articulated passenger vehicle which is able to run on both road and light rail is being evaluated by...

• VL Bus and Coach increased its market share from 62% to 63.5% during 1990. In the large bus sector it led with a 77.5% share...

• A comprehensively equipped £25,000 executive 16 seater minibus is the first UK passenger conversion on Renault's new B1 10...

• Welfare specialist Devon Conversions plans to break into the international market within the next year, helped by its new...

TREADING CAREFULLY • Bandag, the Belgian retread specialist, is recruiting franchises throughout the UK. Since June Bandag...

EAST MEETS WEST • Cargo Systems International is collaborating with the Institute for Transport Sciences at the Hungarian...

APPRENTICE SCHEMES • The RTITB has set up a rthree-year block-release scheme for apprentice HGV technicians. Employers pay...

TRAINING GUIDE • The Institute of Mechanical Engineers has published a guide to companies offering its approved training...

CLEAN MACHINE • Genii's new G6000 highpressure cleaner is designed to cope with the "toughest" of cleaning jobs in industry...

ALL CHANGE • The DTp has published a leaflet explaining the renumbering of some roads along the newly completed stretch of the...

currently being run in the press by Volvo Trucks which states that Volvo is the only manufacturer which operates its own...

discovering inconsistencies between an ERF workshop manual and later ERF instructions concerning the maintenance of Kirkstall...

• I wish to put the other side of the story regarding the misconception the general public has of lorry drivers. During the...

some points following Cilfs story about trailer manufacturer York franchising out its aftermarket operation and shutting five...

so I'm sure you will be interested in the outpourings of an over-educated exphysicist. So writes Graham Cannings of Worcester...

by Ford to publicise its new Escort van — somewhat of a tall order perhaps. The Hawk will send a £5 gift voucher to the best...

from Hampshire that a hearse reversing into a cemetery sank into an abandoned grave, leaving mourners to carry the coffin to...

with the Roadrunner it had free use of for a year, courtesy of Leyland Daf and Commercial Motor. • Kidman Haulage could be the...

• Is the latest TurboTech really an improvement on the old TEC tractive unit — or merely a ploy to cover up for the lack of new...

Kay Phillips' pink and silver tipping unit makes her stand out from other owner-drivers, but she has to operate under the same...

from haulier X, but the work he took on cost him more than his business. IN There is a haulier currently operating in the...

Many owner-drivers say that they have conditions of carriage, but it is not until a problem arises that they study the small...

new post of international operations manager at Red Star, reporting to international director Peter Hetreed. Hornsby comes from...

He will also manage the Manchester depot of Ware Transport, the road haulage subsidiary of the WPS Group. Macneill was...

He was a manager with Multifreight, the United Carriers' division which closed last November.

John Rushton as operations manager of its chilled distribution depot at Theale, near Reading. Ian Burton is the new depot...

who also runs the Aberdeen branch. Dundee's former manager Philip Troy moves to the company's specialist services division to...

three internal appointments. Dave Green becomes controller, international affairs; James Hookham is appointed controller,...

chosen Bob McLean to be its Scottish area manager succeeding Tony Mundella, who has become area manager in the Midlands....

Harrie Schenkelaars to marketing and sales director; he was previously deputy director.

for York Trailers, has died at the age of 64. Buckby was actively involved with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...

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