T HE NEW Seddon Atkinson 401 is based on one of the most successful British trucks ever produced. But in developing our new...

HE ROAD Transport Industry Board should be replaced by a .aining board for all heavy goods vehicle operators, accordig to the...

OAD Haulage Association ational chairman Ken Rogers ot cold comfort from Transport ecretary Norman Fowler last_ reek when he...

DODGE TRUCKS look set to s gently into new French hands reports this week of a Talbot/F nault joint commercial vehii project...

THE Transport and Salaried Staffs Association sees the denation. sation of the National Freight Company as a "wilful disposal...

HE GOVERNMENT has successfully resisted an Opposition atmipt to introduce downplating into the Transport Bill, but Junior...

FLEXIBLE scheme aimed at elping local authorities wercome current restrictions in veir capital expenditure budats is to be...

FURTHER five dynamic axle leighers will be brought into peration this month, and five tore before the end of the year, ;cording...

MAN-VW has made nine of its 157 British employees redundant in response to the recession. Marketing services manager Mike...

CRITICISMS of the Armitage F port have been based on err live speculation regarding Ioi sizes, road damage and brid...

IANSPORT BILL proposals to K heavy goods vehicles on the Lsis of their gross weights ould reduce opportunities for...

THE ROAD Haulage Association's vehicle and traffic information service is to be extended nationwide for a three-month trial...

THE UNFORMED policies of ft new Social Democratic Par may have something to offer ti road haulage industry, Roe Haulage...

ELSH nationalists have given nditional support to the Armig e increased weight limit oposals. Plaid Cymru Anglesey candite...

THE EEC has agreedto finani half the total cost — £40m 17 major road improvemei schemes in Northern Irelan The EEC's £20m is...

)ME transport consultants are worrying the Road Haulage Assoation's express carriers functional group to the extent that a...

THE SIX penalty points mete out in the Transport Bill fi failing to stop after an accidel is being reconsidered by Junii...

:HARGES of axle overloading against Bolton Roadways Ltd and lne of its drivers were dismissed by Fentoi Magistrates after the...

A CHANGE in German spe limits to save energy and cr piing fines to discourage " co boy " driving is advocated CM'S German...

E SUBARU four-wheel-drive kup is now available with a ger engine. The stroke has en increased from 60 to inm (2.36 to 2.63in)...

SOLID-STATE voltage converter to protect batteries from rercharge on public, commercial and emergency service vehicles ith a...

DAIHATSU UK, in conjunctio with Protectol, has announce' that all vehicles in the Japanes manufacturer's range will b...

FROM NEXT month, the For Transit will be available fror Ford Dealers, fitted with foul wheel drive, in-'step' picku body,...

ATIONAL BUS has made eorge Carruthers its deputy lief executive in place of Frank ointon who has left the Cornany. He is...

WER AND LIGHTER construction give payload advantages to a N tipping trailer introduced by bodybuilders E. M. Wilcox Ltd, of...

NEW MASKING system speeds up the entire painting process, iirris its importer. Criown as the Hand Masker, the device...

TPF (temporary protective film) is claimed by its developers Pyroclense of Iver in Buckinghamshire to be an inexpensive yet...

GEORGE MELLER Ltd of Orior Park, London, has been appoin ted agent to supply Schweln lpg dispenser units suitable fo use by...

DODGE TRUCKS have issued service bulletin relating to sma cracks which may be observe between the injector hole an the inlet...

1 COMPLETE range of boxvan Ind dropside bodies tailored to he new Ford Cargo chassis lave been announded by Coachwork...

NEW RANGE of hydraulic winches claim all the advanages of planetary winching at ass cost. Tirfor Ltd of Halfway, Shefield, say...

BATTERIES can now be charged in situ, independently of mains electrical supply, with the latest petrol-driven generator from...

THE AVRO (Association Vehicle Recovery Operators) nual exhibition and confere is again to be held at Chat' Impney in Droitwich...

A VERSION of its grp Metrovan truck body incorporating some the features of the Envoy grp trailer van has been announced by 1...

LTIONAL EXPRESS is continuing to capitalise on the coaching om and has unveiled plans for stepped-up services from May 17. rhe...

DLAND RED is to be reorga;led into five separate operatcompanies on September 1, ch with its own manager. Oidland Red (North)...

TRADITIONAL Governmen policy of "trying to screw a much money as possible" out o public transport is self-defeat ing, according...

PLANS for the introduction of Romanian-built city buses into EE countries were unveiled at this month's Hanover Industrial...

HE 1,000th coach chassis toa ,ritish operator has been upplied by Volvo Bus (GB) Ltd nd the occasion also heralds he...

THE NATIONAL Bus Company is launching a new travel scheme this summer with Explorer travel tickets aimed primarily at families....

LONDON'S resources, its $. and complexity, and its diffici in coping with change are j some of the problems facing capital's...

HAVE READ with interest Mr ibert Walls' letter about the TITB (CM, February 21). As I am a chargehand fitter iorking on heavy...

AM SURE that there will be iany of your readers who work for local authorities who will deeply resent the inferences contained...

I DISAGREE with Mr E. W. Russell's statement on behalf of the RHA (CM, February 28). The opposition to RTITB over the years has...

LAST AUGUST I was helping to repair a tipper lorry. A splinter of steel shot into my right eye, which resulted in the loss of...

HAVING just read CM, March 7 1981 in which the journal reported on the report by ICC Business Ratios, I felt that it would be...

by ie Hawk DAFfodils in Portugal -IERE IS STILL a touch of rolance in road haulage in Portu31 that is sadly lacking in Grey...

EFORE you make any major desion it's often a good idea to aye a chat with someone who's lade the same choice before )u. It's...

HEREAS at the moment at 32 ns many operators today are stricted by weight rather than atform length, this situation uld change...

- IETHER used on rigid or articited vehicles, demountable dies allow payload to be ided or unloaded indepenrgly of the prime...

STRIBUTION costs can ount to over 16 per cent of total turnover of a manufacing or wholesale company, so en there is an...

Ballot funds by Douglas Ainley THE 1980 Employment Act (Section 1) provides for a scheme whereby Government funds would be...

THE LAST article (CM, Febry 28) a coil ignition system a single-cylinder engine was cribed, but in most cases r-, sixor even...

As you'd expect we're proud of the .1.w Cargo truck range. From 6 to 28.5 tonnes,we've produced gnificant improvements over the...

by Les Oldridge TEng (CEO, MIMI Reporting of accidents at work, 2 I WAS STATED in the last artile (CM, February 28) that only...

Bill Godwin reports on some unusual technological developments on show in Germany MAJOR PARTICIPATION by Daimler-Benz, lveco,...

E OPERATORS and drivers 10 braved the cold at ickpool last weekend saw the tional Coach of the Year ard going to Kinch...