to particular types of commercial vehicle: thus, coaches tend to be "speeding", tippers tend to be "overloaded", articulators...

decide this week whether to black nuclear cargoes on trucks and at ports. Its road transport and commercial section is...

• Commercial Motor editor Allan Winn is moving on to take over the editor's chair of Flight International, our RBP stablemate...

An easier method of analyng the density of spray from uck tyres, as perceived by her road users, has been de:loped by the...

• You know that Christmas is coming when the Norwegians plant a Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. Actually, it would be more...

From next August easier-to-read plates will become legal — and mandatory in August 1990. introducing the new plates Roads and...

• One-in-four coaches checked on their way back from cross-Channel shopping trips last weekend were more than two tonnes...

and up to 100Irrnih for buses or coaches could be on the way. If approved, the limits are likely to anger British operators...

• The Government has hit out at the "sporadic growth" of unsightly layby snack bars and appealed to local authorities and...

• London Labour MPs have launched a campaign aimed at persuading the Government to introduce emergency improvements to the...

roller brake testing equipment at local Department of Transport test stations from next April as part of a scheme tc help them...

• Merrick Taylor, deputy chairman and managing director of Motor Panels, has been awarded an OBE. He is a council member for...

• Merceces-Benz's heavyweight Unimog range has been given a new engine: the six-cylinder 0M366 range of power units in...

owned commercial vehicle manufacturer, has been invited to tender for a multi-million-pound contract to supply 1,000 trucks to...

• Caterpillar's new 3100 or "1.1" series of engines has made its debut in the UK with the six-cylinder version in preproduction...

• This Southworth Chassis Engineering lifting axle is now fitted as an on-line option by Foden, giving the converted tractor...

Perkins' direct-injection Pri. diesel engine used in the Eight Rover Sherpa 200 van I have a quieter two-stage ;1 injection...

• International Motors, which imports Subarus, lsuzus, and Hyundais, has shown the new Subaru Sumo microvans, and the...

• Air Products continues to favour Seddon Atkinson, having acquired a three-axle, Cummins-powered 3-11 rigid for its speciality...

• Trailer chassis are now being built by refrigerated vehicle body manufacturer GRP Massey at a new site near the company's...

• The first of 70 new Mercedes-Benz 811D midibuses for use on inner London streets was handed over this week to London Buses as...

• Merseybus Transport, the former PTE operator which is owned by the local Passenger Transport Authority, has recorded a nett...

• The Scottish Bus Group needs protection from "predators south of the border", said Shadow Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar in...

• AJS Holdings of Harrogate, the company started by former East Yorkshire Motor Services managing director Alan Stephenson, has...

Only four years after the oduction of MAN's SL202 • bus, which was designed )e in production for at least years, rapidly...

/ The boss leading a buyout bid at Cleveland tanker haulier Sadler Transport has warned that one of the company's two depots...

• Massey Truck Engineering of Sheffield has bought Bristolbased bodybuilder Taylor Bros, which went into liquidation in...

• General Motors Service Parts Operations UK, or GMSPO-UK is no more — t business is now Vauxhall Par Vauxhall Parts boss John...

• NFC subsidiary Tankfreight has launched a 24-hour autoelectrical repair service for operators as part of its 'I'ankfix truck...

to transport companies planning to set up operations in West Germany, France, Belgium and Holland. The pack is part of two...

I Wincanton Vehicle Rental's Iblic sector division (profiled is week) has just won its first ntract, to run heavy recovy...

• Parcels carrier Postplan is awaiting a reply from trade and industry minister Eric Forth to its proposal to open 80% of the...

• nondelivery is to extend working hours at a number of its depots and will launch a round-the-clock operation at its Droitwich...

• Scottish Traffic Commissioner Hugh McNamara has finally lost patience and refused to renew the licence held by Kilsyth-based...

a stiff warning from Scottish Traffic Coinmissioner Hugh McNamara last week over maintenance vehicles. Symons holds a licence...

• North Yorkshire Trading Standards has been ordered to pay defence costs for Eva, Gordon and Michael Banner of LT Banner and...

1 A Humberside haulier 'hose transport manager llegedly threatened to shoot is local traffic examiner has tiled to win an...

to a prohibition notice has cost West Yorkshire minibus operator Reginald Bolton, trading as Aireview Motors, 280 in fines and...

• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has said that when the licence of Hereford-based Ball of Madley falls due...

IN Hauliers planning to leap blindly into Europe's open market in 1992 should beware of key cultural differences between...

DASHBROOK FOR HINO • Dashbrook Southwest of Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, situated near Junction 30 on the M5,...

GOING, GOING, GONE • Central Motor Auctions is offering a range of late registered tractive units for sale on Humberside this...

COLEMAN TURBO COOLING UNIT • Coleman has developed a 12-Volt electric coolbox with a polyethelene shell making it suitable for...

DANGEROUS CONSULTATION • Further changes to the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations...

SHANKS & McE1NAN ASSURANCE • Waste disposal company Shanks & McEwan Group has passed the British Quality Assurance test at its...

ON THE BUSES • To encourage the Bus and Coach industry to increase staff training and development and take advantage of...

FUEL ORGANISER FOR SMALL OPERATORS • Permex has launched the "Fleetguard" fuel organiser, designed specifically to suit smaller...

RIFTING YOUR BOSS ONLINE • Computer company Standard Systems has bought out Haulage Manager, a compute] software package which...

NICHELIN MAPS OUT EUROPEAN ROADS Michelin has produced a :omprehensive road atlas of 7 ;urope for drivers. Published by...

■ ECURITY COURSE AT OUGHBOROUGH 1 Loughborough University is 'Inning a residential short nurse entitled Transport & hstribution...

• London and the South East M25 Surrey: Contraflow between junctions 12 and 13 (436taines). M25 Surrey: One lane closed in...

I When west-London haulier toy Bowles was elected unpaid toad Haulage Association thairman in May he calmly ook on a catalogue...

• Too many trucks and semi-trailers are failing their annual tests and brakes are still the main cause for concern. In its...

Helped by the new C Series engine, lveco Ford's 2421 Cargo tipper is 750kg lighter than the 2424 and is the most frugal tipper...

With the Constructor 30.26L 8x4 tipper, Leyland Daf has come up with another basic, tough, productive wagon: hopefully when...

Leyland Daf's Constructor 30.30 is the fastest vehicle yet tested round our Midlands tipper route. It also offers above-average...

e ast time we eva uate• a Se. son At inson 3-11 it was powere• •y a " 50" Cummins 10itre engine. Now we ave trie• out anot er...

RISING PRICE In Ireland, where they've been assembling Hinos for nigh on 20 years, the Japanese marque has reputation for...

— even though it only sells radial tyres, which only account for 30% of the American market. To move from the relative to the...

. businesses to bring a real sparkle to the town's streets this Christmas. Over 100 Yeovil businesses have raised over 23,000...

Calender Competition — this time from Mintex Don, which modestly describes its calender as one of the highlights of the motor...

to become managing director of Rover Group cars, knows that it is rude to point, but seemed prepared to match the company's...

glorious fleet of cross-Channel ferries. Lucky chap. The strange thing is, he has only just found out what any TIR driver could...

eyes open. Last week my well-earned slumber was interrupted by a Harlow reader who reckoned that a truck left near his house...

laugh yet, I haven't got to the punch. line. The trouble is that facts can be as slippery as a bar of soap, compounded by the...

The success of Dennis Eagle could be summed up in the old adage that there's money in muck: the company currently holds around...

II 1 read with interest your report concerning the recent case of S J Bargh (CM 24 November). Much comment was made of surge...

24 November), transport costs average some 5-10% of firm's total production costs and most of that percentage is in the form of...

III Your article on drivers' wages gave a distorted view of our industry's relations with the drivers. Your quote, 'almost...

the fog on Friday 25 November, I have to comment on the responsibility of both the haulage contractors and the drivers involved...

letter in Commercial Motor on 24 November with regard to the current levels of parts and service support for non-current...

401 worm Transfleet has been very successful in winning local authority transport services deals, inspiring other companies,...

tractive unit — but not everyone needs a big cab to go on top of it. Over recent years a few switched-on truck manufacturers...

When Tony Hardy, a training inspector and member of RoSPA, approached Cardiff Bus to set up training facilities for its...

vice-president of marketing & sales in the international division of Thermo King. He is responsible for product sales and...

Services has made a number of appointments: John Wallace joins from Merson Signs as area manager for the East Midlands; Ross...

Gerald Knowles, managing director of Knowles Transport of Wimblington and Wisbech Roadways, died suddenly last week aged 73....

of the technical operations department and Ray Critchlow as service engineer.

Williams as general manager (operations) at Manchester, where his main objec tive is to develop the quality of customer...

to head Hughes Self Drive. With over 20 years of sales and management experience she aims to develop the company's rental...

promoted to director and general manager of West Pennine Trucks. His predecessor, David Kirkup, returns to the parent company...

following additions to its sales team: Margaret Hollings is responsible for Leeds, Sheffield, Halifax and Doncaster; Elizabeth...

and Trailers has appointed Ron Steel as sales manager. He joins from York Trailers where he worked for 15 years.

sales representative at its head office in Northants. As part of a team led by general manager Tom Dee, he is involved in sales...

Cowie, who retires on 31 December, as director and general manager of the machinery division of Peabody Holmes. Wilson was...

from head of the computer services department to director of information technology at GICN Autoparts. Based at the company's...

Preston as commercial manager for the recently acquired Bee Line minibus operations. He was previously district manager at...

and managing directc of London Buses, has taken oi the additional role of chief executive of London Regional Transport,...

Training Board out into the cold this week should send every haulier in the UK to his or her MP demanding a change of heart....

the company in the New Year. He will be temporarily replaced by Land Rover director of manufacturing, John Towers. Gilroy's...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board was horrified to hear this week that the Government is withdrawing its official...

brake appeals • Six Freight Transport Association members fighting the compulsory fitting of air brake silencers to trucks...

area of north-east Essex is being fought by the Freight Transport Association. • Leyland Dots parent group Daf BV plans to...

• The southern region of tiro Transport and General Workers Union has agreed on a 28.50 basic wage rise in its annual pay round...

• Major gaps in the country's strate g ic route network have been identified by experts at the Department of Transport A report...