Drivers tackling the tachograph competition which was one of the - sideshows at the LDoY Finals on Sunday provided some...

Gibb Grace reports from Frankfurt Photographer Dick Ross catches the early arrivals • The appearance of the Bedford Blitz, the...

• Mr Peter Walker, Secretary for the Department of Trade and Industry, has authorized an inquiry into the affairs of Ralph...

• M Couste, a leading member of the French group in the European Parliament, has complained to the Common Market Commission...

• The RHA is to introduce a new costing service to cover 12 types of vehicles. Among the vehicles to be included are four-wheel...

• A new share option scheme applying to senior executives, and full-time executive directors, of Transport Development Group...

• Cargo European Ltd, in conjunction with its partner in Western Germany, Bernhard Klein-Wiele. is expanding its express driver...

• The RHA has finalized its programme arrangements for this year's conference which will be held in Edinburgh on October 16 and...

• The inland clearance depot at Felixstowe controlled by a consortium including the dock company, has now transferred to a...

• Dart Containerline has started a weekly express service between Southampton and Boston, Mass. Dart in conjunction with...

• Steps to form the North of Scotland Tipping Association into a private limited company were brought a stage further at...

HAMPSHIRE Construction of by-pass of Sherield-on Loddon On A33 about four miles from Basingstoke. work to begin shortly and...

• The Government has issued its White Paper on the Channel Tunnel this week. It has decided, subject to Parliamentary approval,...

• A one-day seminar on Planning for Tachographs is being run by the Freight Transport Association on October 18. It will be...

• Guarded lorry parks near national highways and transfer stations where goods can be transferred from hgv to smaller local...

• Kincardine might have problems on snow clearance this winter. The country roads committee has been told that five drivers who...

• A. B. Truck Services Ltd, a new subsidiary of Associated Biscuits Ltd, this week took over AB's vehicle workshop and...

A detailed look at foreign-built commercial vehicles on the British market will be the main theme of next week's CM. This...

• A growing response is reported to the York Trailer campaign Operation Snowball (CM August 17). Current totals for orders for...

• Appearing separately before Man chester magistrates last week, three loce tipper drivers pleaded guilty to unlawfull; tipping...

• Delivery vehicles are now allowe access to Bangor High Street only betwee 8 and 11 am and 4.J0 and 6 pm.

systems, say Liberals • The Government was urged to order research studies into the problem of transport in rural areas by the...

• The RHA-opposed application by K. Stainier Haulage Contractors (Macclesfield) Ltd was withdrawn at a resumed public inquiry...

• Pickfords International last Friday started the groupage of containers from its Barking depot for arrival in Sweden the...

• A defence submission that the Department of the Environment had failed to prove drivers' records offences by evidence of...

• Four hauliers appeared before the Scottish LA at Inverness last week as show cause hearings. Murdo MacDonald and Son Ltd,...

• An hour after the appointed time for G. H. Transport Co Ltd, of Pontypridd, to appear under Section 69 before the South Wales...

• No action was taken on the licence of E. E. Seaman, Roydon, Norfolk, when he was called before Mr Gerald Kidner, Eastern...

without complaint • The first-class job done by a transport manager before his accidental death in 1970 was referred to by the...

• Two firms had their licences suspended by the Scottish LA in Aberdeen on Thursday of last week. They were Polar Fish, fish...

• A Gloucester firm of general haulage contractors had its operator's licence curtailed from 12 vehicles to eight for two...

• A Manchester haulier received a partial licence suspension under Section 69 in Manchester on Monday. Giving evidence on...

• Announced this week, to coincide with the launch of Ford's important A-Series range, is a completely new passenger body from...

• The Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Authority is to launch a recruiting campaign and undertake a survey to try to find...

• Merseyside PTE has set up a tailoring shop on wheels. The mobile fitting room, a converted double-deck Atlantean bus,...

• Bradford Corporation with the support of the DoE has commissioned a two-year bus study aimed at determining the role of buses...

plant possible by Martin Hayes • A joint bus building venture between British Leyland and London Transport — along the lines...

• An all-time record suplus of £291,198 was achieved by Nottingham Corporation Transport in the year ended March 31 1973. In...

• A paper "The new transportation grants" will be presented to the Association of Public Passenger Transport Operators...

• Mack and AiResearch, two members of the American conglomerate Signal Oil, have together produced a new turbocharged,...

• The first TIR body produced by Collen (Transport Designs) Ltd has been delivered to Alfred Manchester and Sons Ltd for use on...

from MAN/Bussing by Gibb Grace • MAN has announced a new 38-tongcw model — type 16.320 — based on the underfloor engine design...

LORRY DRIVER OF THE YEAR FOR 1973: A. Howitt, Shell and BP Scotland Ltd, Leyland, 375 penalty points. Runner-up: R. N. Edwards,...

A NEW FORD RANGE of light trucks and vans — the A-series — which has taken three and a half years to design and develop and...

by Gibb Grace THIRTY-TWO different models from Ford' s A-series range were available for driving at the company's Boreham test...

light truck by Trevor Longcroft Pictures by Dick Ross THE A-series Fords announced this week range in gross weight ratings...

FORD'S new A-series range has already provided fertile ground for body designers; at both Bramcote and Boreham preannouncement...

• Way of the world Join the Navy and see the world? Not much of a navy to do it with now, at least in quantity, but perhaps...

by Gordon Murray HGV DRIVERS are having more and more influence on operators' purchasing policy. What better opportunity to...

Taking more and taking time AT a time when the economy is said to be expanding, it is natural to expect that every goods...

Dery shortage We note with interest voiti article on fuel supplies (CM September 7) and more especially the comment from...

Whilst not denying that it is good to see an enthusiastic report on a new British made vehicle, I feel that the wrong...

From what has been hinted at in the daily press and elsewhere, it looks as though the American double-bottom practice — two...

by Bill Godwin 0 Bad customs linger on The chaotic conditions at Italian customs posts earlier this year when go-slow tactics...

matters by John Darker, AMBIM DoE view of the planning of transport Road transport managers should play a constructive role...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MlM1, AMIRTE The origins of traffic law RECOGNITION of the law is the foundation upon which all...

Could you tell me what the position is now regarding this, seeing that VAT has now been introduced? I know that formerly a van...

know that the ratio is calculated by dividing the clearance volume plus the swept volume by the clearance volume. Is effective...

according to the number of days during the year they are out of Holland provided this is authenticated by a dated stamp which...

hydrocarbon fuels. Could a diesel engine be designed to operate on other types of fuel, if so, would it be economic. A A...

My son, 13, is at present at grammar school and due to take 0 levels in two years' time. At the end of the academic year, he...

An oil-fired industrial heater produced by Aladdin Industries has a maximum heat output of 29,000 Btu that can be reduced to...

A sealer for bolted panels has been introduced by 3M United Kingdom to cater for the increasing use of bolted panels in body...

Designed to obviate corrosion when a painted surface is scratched, a self-healing paint additive has been developed by...

From Chloride Bardic comes a polythene moulded battery cassette which enables its N series lamps to be recharged with three U2,...

A trouble-tracer wall chart will be available on October 1 from AE Auto Parts Ltd covering Glacier engine bearings. Measuring...

A type of wiper blade with offset mounting has been developed by Dario Armen (UK) to provide greater efficiency when used on...

Structural adhesive 8101 from 3M is suitable for bonding glass, metals and a variety of rubber and plastics material to...

A diesel engine pneumaticgovernor tester introduced by Leslie Hartridge checks governcrs of this type under controlled...