• There's a yarn about a cricketingmad civil servant whose trays were labelled "In" "Out" and "LBW". When asked what the "LBW"...

• The Inland Revenue is clamping down on van drivers who use their firm's vehicles for private use, particularly those who earn...

• The liquidator of collapsed "Fransworld Distribution has accused the company which is now operating from most of its offices...

• EC Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert has hit out at the refusal of some EC countries to accept cabotage. "It is...

• Haulier Aj Brunt of Frome, Somerset is offering a reward for information about an II-reg Scania tractive unit which was...

theft-busting Truckwatch scheme. Essex police say that Truckwatch should be nationwide within a couple of years.

of five trucks and seven trailers because its owner is retiring.

Panels says it is trading well and is confident a buyer will be announced this month.

• Unit 91, the group formed to promote the interests of small hauliers, is to merge with the Transport Users Group. Members at...

• The drivirig school boss who threatened the Driver Standards Agency with a writ for axing Saturday tests is considering legal...

• A buyer is being sought for Dormobile, the Folkestone-based van and minibus bodybuilder, which has gone into receivership.

Mi Berkshire County Council has hived off the maintenance of much of its transport fleet to Renault truck dealer Renault Trucks...

• Volkswagen has had to revise the introduction dates for the new Transporter range. The 800kg vans will now arrive in August,...

Lagan Transport was killed when his artic struck a cliff face near Vigo in Spain.

• Police and Vehicle Inspectorate staff mounted an all-day check on light goods vehicles in Cardiff last Tuesday.

I/ A Spanish haulage strike which threatened to be as damaging as last October's 10-day blockade, was called off last weekend.

a London traffic director to mastermind the extension of its Red Route scheme which is due to cover 480km of roads by 1996.

• The Freight Transport Association is calling for trucks to be allowed to use bus lanes and it is pressing for more such lanes...

• Vehicle Inspectorate chiefs are finding it difficult to catch hauliers who run smoke-emitting trucks because members of the...

• Robinsons International Removals has taken over the 80year-old removals division of Bristol-based 011is Group Services. The...

• Volvo has released the first details of its next generation of low-emission diesel engines, including the long-awaited...

• Dennis Eagle will launch its first eight-wheel municipal chassis at the Institute of Waste Management show in Torquay next...

• Skipton haulier Ken Longthorne has taken delivery of the first Foden 3000 Series narrowcab tractive unit. The 2.24mwide cab...

• Crane Fruehauf trailers designed to carry nuclear flasks are entering service with Nuclear Electric. They are designed for...

• J Roberts of Tamworth, which announced the first 4x4 conversion of the Leyland Daf Roadrunner in April (Leyland Daf is now...

• The next generation of truck engines could well rely on turbocompounding as the key to achieving high-power/lowweight power...

• The National Freight Consortium, the UK's largest transport operator, is to restructure its transport division over the next...

• Dozens of hauliers who based their business on moving steel say they have been left out in the cold" by British Steel's cost...

• ANC Holdings has appointed three new franchisees in London following the closure of its nonfranchised depot which was sited...

• The Freight Transport Association is to set up a clearing house for rail freight. The move has been prompted by the imminent...

home deliveries after winning a contract with Houseproud (UK)todeliver conservatories nationwide. At least four trucks, ranging...

to 500 trailers — roughly 4% of its UK fleet — on a disused airfield in North Yorkshire. They are mostly old tandem-axle...

• Exel Logistics has bought the US distribution business Universal Terminal Warehouse Company for $4.5m (£3m). UTW serves 150...

in Manchester. In future loads will be consolidated at the firm's Bradford site but Hellmann's parcels business will still...

• United Carriers is closing its hanging garment subsidiary, Scorpio International, and has sold the goodwill to Tibbett &...

• Herefordbased international haulier William Davies, trading as WD Davies Transport, has been given a year to sort out his...

• Lorry driver Terence Waddingham has won £573 compensation for unfair dismissal, after being sacked by RH Thompson for taking...

• Liverpoolbased Robert Cull, trading as David Russell Removals and Storage, has to make a fresh application for a licence...

• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh wants the Vehicle Inspectorate to explain why two test stations could not...

transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant engineers and other legal services. The directory costs Z7.50 (inc P&P). Send...

II Environmental conditions have been imposed on the licence of the Scottish Milk Marketing Board's Ayr depot. The Board had...

N Sargents Coaches of Cardiff has been given four days to put its four vehicles through a new MoT test. Otherwise its licence...

• Lancasterbased Robert and William Howard, trading as R&W Howard, have been granted authorisation for additional vehicles by...

• Van Hool is launching two new vehicles at the UITP show in Stockholm this week and both will be made available in...

of New York. It bellows its destination in a high-decibel voice which can be heard 45m away.

its fleet to 54 with a pair of new Plaxton-bodied Dennis Javelins.

AB Cars' routes • Kippax-based operator AB Cars, whose 0-licence was revoked by the North Eastern Traffic Commissioner (CM 30...

• Nottingham-based coach operator Skills is planning to sell its bus operations and depot in Sheffield, but purchaser Julian...

• Another 27 redundancies were made last week at Wiganbased bodybuilder Northern Counties, which cut 127 jobs when...

• Ford has released full details of its new contender in the UK high-cube van market, the Fiesta Courier. It will go on sale...

the option of extending their two-year/100,000-mile warranties for another year. For £425 operators can have...

• Ford has put two limitededition LCVs back on the market. The Fiesta XRV and P100 Californian were both available last...

• J&J Conversions of Andover, Hants has launched a new Iveco Ford 49.10 TurboDaily-based recovery vehicle featuring an allnew...

• Fontaine Fifth Wheel Europe has appointed Truck & Trailer Components as its UK aftermarket distributor. TTC will handle the...

• BRS has opened its new Teesside operation on Portrack Lane, Stockton. Over Elm has been spent on the site, which BRS...

• Owner Operators UK has taken over the operation of the Teleroute system within Britain, from Croner Publications. Contact...

• The Friends of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland, Lancs will stage a Bedford Day on 9 June, a Forlen Weekend...

• The Sentinel Drivers Club is organising a re-enactment of the original Sentinel test route to the summit of the Horseshoe...

• Wasteman 92, the annual conference and exhibition for waste management and cleaning, will be held at the National Exhibition...

• The Transchem European Symposium will be held on 16-17 October at the Scotch Corner Hotel near Darlington. It is being...

• The South Coast Truckers Club s second Truck Show is scheduled for 14-15 September at Langney, Eastbourne. There will be...

• A leaflet on the Traffic Area changes implemented on 1 June, has been published by the Department of Transport and is...

• Microanalytics' computerised routeing and scheduling system, Truckstops, runs on IBM compatible computers and is said to be...

IR Hubbard Transport Refrigeration has brought out a 'baby' version of its existing unit called the Model 125. It is driven...

• A new three-brush roll-over machine, the Washmaster II, is controlled by a simple one-button control, says Smith Bros & Webb...

• The roadworks on a 3.5km section of the M25 between Westerham and Godstone will last for about seven weeks, warns the...

• The Department of Transport says that roadworks will not be carried out on motorways and main trunk routes in the South-West...

ow would you like to run a truck with the number plate ART1C? Heavy Commercial Auctions of Blackbushe in Surrey have this week...

A nd still the aid A nd still the aid goes in. Four HGV drivers from the Dewsbury depot of Carryfast are giving up 10 days each...

aria Van Der Linden came to England from her native Netherlands five years ago to work as a bulb grower for Nielsen's Pot...

ri think everyone understands that the problem in the trucking industry today is overcapacity. You don't have any problem...

'd imes must be hard. Yet another trucker is planning to use his tractive unit for a wedding car with a working honeymoon to...

la he United Road Transport Union reports the tale of a driver who lost his way making a delivery in London. Spotting a...

1 ucky truck enthusiast Paul Almeroth of Rornford, Essex, picked up this handsome 1972 AEC Mandator for a mere £500 at the...

8x4, powered by the new generation of Eagle Tx engine, was a working truck loaned to us by Longthorne of Hebden to run round...

FODEN 4350 Perkins to offer a high-pressure, slidinggate exhaust brake for the first time and it works very well, whether...

pensating seals expand as they come into contact with oil. The payload potential of our test vehicle was diminished by its...

• Good repute, or lack of it, is a serious matter. If an operator fails to meet the good repute requirement he will...

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS Mi The Road Haulage Association's fight to stop former John Dee boss John Davison bouncing back into the...

It is rare for the trade associations to flex their muscles, but when the former John Dee boss applied for an 0-licence it...

Every haulier knows somebody who is flouting the law and making money in the process ... just make sure you don't end up...

• Last October the Licensing Authorities were given additional powers to revoke 0-licences. Hidden beneath the innocuous title...

ike Darby is the new i vi general manager, sales at Renault Truck Industries, based at Dunstable, Beds. He is responsible for...

• Les Kirk has become general manager of Exel Logistics Temperature Controlled Services, the chilled and frozen foods...

• Rubery Owen-Rockwell's group managing director Ritchie Costley plans to retire in September. Chairman David Owen takes on...

• Midlands - based ERF dealer S Jones Truck Centre has appointed two new sales executives: Paul Proud is responsible for...

• International distributor the Lane Group has appointed Jo Abrahams as group training manager of its new division, Training...

SHOP TALK • This month's look at computers in the workshop will not be the last. The introduction of computers to plan,...

• PIG)/ speed limiters will have to be checked at the annual test, predicts Roger Hamilton of Econocruise —the PSV limiter regs...

• Rubery Owen-Rockwell has issued a warning about Cardev brake cam covers, and a service update about inner bearings on the...

• The Department of Transport has confirmed that all petrolengined vehicles manufactured in the UK from July 1992, or sold...

• BTA managing director Ray Barber is warning operators to check their extended warranty terms carefully following a dispute...

• The Factoring Services Group IFSG) has put a submission to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission calling for legislation to...

• The European Transport Maintenance Council will hold its next conference in Antwerp from 1 to '3 March 1992. Areas for...

• BPW has opened a new distribution warehouse and training centre at Blaby Industrial Park near Leicester. Over Dm worth of...

• A decarbonising fluid claimed to be suitable on all metals and safer than existing products will be launched at the...

• Refrigerated transport specialist Christian Salvesen is equipping 50 trailers with Truck-Lite long-life lamps. Half the...

• The Garage Equipment Association 1GEA) plans to set up a commercial vehicle liaison group. The move has been prompted by...

II Despite the economic gloom this year's IRTE exhibition and conference at Telford displayed a good crop of items to interest...

There is a wide range of computer systems available for use in the workshop. Clive Davidson looks at what they offer. M odem...

reliability when the 10-litre engine option was announced. That change was one of many made when the FL cab was launched in...

Colin Sowman gets to grips with the last Exclusively Tools show to take place at Olympia. T his year's Exclusively Tools...

Transfleet is investing ,i3m in a bespoke computer system. Colin Sowman finds out what benefits the company expects to gain...

• Dimplex's new quartz electric heaters heat people and not space, says the manufacturer. The heaters are not designed to raise...

• Firetrace is an extinguishing system that puts out fires at their source automatically. A pressurised halon-filled tank is...

• A self-retracting hose reel for compressed air has been added to the Nederman range. The new 882 unit holds six metres of in...

• Clutch manufacturer AP Borg & Beck has introduced a range of clutch and brake cables under the Autocables brand name. There...

• To protect computers from the harsh workshop environment lngtek has introduced Armagard. The computer is placed inside...

• A range of 24-Volt and 12-Volt circuit breakers, the 1610 Series, has been introduced by E-T-A. They are designed to plug...

• A New propylene glycol (PG)based antifreeze/coolant called Masterfrost has been launched by Batolyle. The company says that...