WE appear to be seeing and hearing more of Bill Rodgers at the moment. His acceptance of the invitation to open the RTITB's new...

ms of up to 50 per hought to have been by Transport and Workers Union in the Midlands. But s have been lodged yet — only three...

ANSPORT Bill has Me law — with just minute change made isions. mmons threw out an nt from the House of ch said that the fee...

CRANE FRUEHAUF last year lost £310,000 in Britain against a 1976 profit of £1,510,000 amid accusations that proper accounting...

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers met representatives of the chemical and transport industries and the trade unions to discuss...

CONTROVERSIAL proposals to raise West Midlands PTE's bus fares by 25 per cent have been thrown out by the Traffic Commissioners...

NATIONAL Freight Corporation chairman Sir Dan Pettitt handed Freightliners back to British Rail this week with a regretful...

TORY transport spoke Norman Fowler last tried, without success, to firm declaration thai Government would accei European...

xport orders worth £8.5m have wo ii by Leyland Vehicles. on rms a £2.8m order from Hong ;'s owioon Motor Bus Company for let...

FO ECAST by Transport ;ter William Rodgers that vo d probably have to thr e years before trying ak any changes inEEC rs' ours...

CUSTOMS officers at Dover docks are taking steps to meet the complaints put forward by a consortium of freight agents in the...

THE FIRST right-hand-drive articulated bus designed for Britain has arrived in the UK to begin a series of operator evaluation...

Really, the Tories had only themselves to blame. There they were, busy quizzing William Rodgers and John Horam during the last...

RANSPORT Departis to start a blitz on goods vehicles—and s to find a higher proof unlicensed lorries S . sport Minister...

ONE of the major links for road freight traffic between Ireland and europe has been described by a pro-road group as a "goat...

k desk study of the ssib lity of lead traps had ently been made and a per which summed it up .sented to the EEC Commisn charged...

A GOVERNMENT minister accused British lorry manufacturers of under. investment last week as two UK companies added their weight...

.ROADS to the South Coast ports have a high priority in the Transport Department's general planning, Transport Under Secretary...

ppleyard sells [E. APPLEYARD Group has d one of its Scottish subiaries to a local concern. kberdeen Motors has ught Appleyard...

JOINT freight service from lixstowe to Norfolk, rginia, USA, has been anunced by Schenkers Ltd and American associate. The...

TWO-YEAR study into reir standards on Welsh rural ads has been launched by e Welsh Office and St iviC's University College,...

..ANS for trunk road hemes around the Bodmintmborne route of the A30 ad 1 ave been revised. Traisport Under Secretary hn Horam...

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers successfully evaded the issue when he was asked last week if Labour planned to nationalise...

FINNEY Electric and Motor Omnibus Co Ltd, West Bridgford, Nottingham, had played "Russian roulette" with the lives of...

to succeed THE SALE of surplus buses and coaches at Reading last month was another success for British Car Auctions, and the...

E other people, he found blockages caused by hes in London very tiree, said Transport Minister Lair. Rodgers in the CornLS. e...

HAZEMIN of Canterbury has introduced a new vehiclemounted crane to cope with half-tone loads. The Auto-Con 500 is designed for...

A NEW large-capacity tipping effluent tanker has b( developed by Buckingham Vehicles which can handle 4,1 gallons at an...

VIOUNTABLE manufacr, Abel Systems Ltd has .loped a swop body system .,ifically designed for small Ides including Transit, CF so...

up, has developed a new ler design incorporating a ;le hollow section beam tsis frame and independent wnsion at each wheel sta...

ALL OVER Scotland, Bedford CF ambulances are locked in their depots, victims of a mystery fault which has caused them to shed...

TILT CABS can be divided into two broad categories — those which are tilted manually and those which use hydraulic assistance —...

hav been a heavy lorry driver tr o er 30 years, from tippers ta kers and general haulage. H re are a few points I would ce ti...

bege6iits I was interested to read (CM, July 28) the story of Harry Cawthorne's firm Majestic Motors of Darton. Some years ago...

sp cial City Tramways centeiry sue of Tollgate highlights e formation that Lancashire 3S rovided three general an gers for...

I find it difficult to reconcile the Manpower Services Commission, working under a Government that can hardly be described as a...

The BRS calendar for next year will reproduce 12 paintings by children of members of the staff. They have been selected from...

According to Mercedes-Benz, 35-40 per cent of the fuel bill of a lorry and trailer travelling at a constant 50mph on level...

Some 700 "try harder ideas by Avis Truck Rental customers have yielded four award winners. They are: (1) Rental periods should...

Fleetline rear-engined )uble-deckers of the early 3ve ties. - These buses were di astrous that the order (by e C pe Tramways...

easy go A work-as-you-please plan within a fixed annual total of 1,920 hours has been mooted by the main French employers'...

The Road Transport Industry Training Board is not going to seem the same when Kenneth C. Turner, its one and only chairman,...

AS FAR as many operators and most drivers are concerned, the ideal cab layout is one which gives them saloon car comfort and...

Live and dead axles EXAMINERS often ask the difference between a "live" and a "dead" axle. The former is one that rotates or...

YOU CAN DEVISE all manner of test procedures, feed endless facts into a computer, even produce what seems to be the "ultimate"...

IRI ERS need no longer ear heir cab as a latter-day ort re chamber — the iod rn sleeper cab, with its rea er dimensions, npr...

he new M.A.N. 240 Range retains th same high standards which have be ome synonymous with all M.A.N. pr ducts but now provides...

EE INC the cab of a vehicle go d order may seem an )vi us if somewhat un ce task. However, it's oil bearing in mind that rta n...

Derek Weaver is the British Road Services Group's new London-based product manager (distribution) Previously Midlands BRS dis...

Lep Transport Ltd has appointed Frank Kennedy as its Liverpool export manager. He has been with the company for 14 years, and...