A STRONGER 0-licence system and tougher controls over operators and transport managers will be needed when the new rules on...

could be easily distinguished would be the use of a distinctive disc on a vehicle showing that it was operated under the...

THE Greater London Council is now proposing to set up a series of small haulage depots for up to 80 vehicles each. These would...

HREATS of a drivers' strike due to take place this week disapeared after intervention from the men's union, the Transport rid...

Association and the Freight Transport Association, fees for the heavy goods vehicle driving test will go up from £8 to E24 on...

'Key point missed accuses the FTA THE GOVERNMENT'S Green Paper on Transport Policy has won applause from the Freight Transport...

A CALL for the Government to retain the new bus grant beyond the planned 1980 withdrawal date has come from the Association of...

WHICH FIRMS would be nationalised and what excuse would the Govenment use if it decided to go ahead with a proposal in the...

Any unused portions of lotas were carried forward the following year. When the totals had been Located to those companies lich...

couple of figures : . the International Road eight Office in Newcastle, iich issues permits to UK erators, has 5,000 on its...

THE GLC's feasibility study on the proposed Neasden transfer terminal is complete. Not only is it recommended, but there is a...

emergency plan • arrange for equipment to recover the vehicle. Nearly 30 companies nationwide have so far joined the scheme....

MAINTENANCE leasing or contract hire is gradually becoming more widely available to smaller companies and could become more...

ALTHOUGH in the past, the Swedish firm of Scania has tended to favour a single-drive bogie for its six-wheelers it would seem...

SHORT HAULS Road accidents PROVISIONAL figures for Britain issued by the Department of the Environment show that road...

proposals unpopular NEW REGULATIONS controlling the design, manufacture and use of T1R tilt covers will become effective from...

INSULATED and refrigerated bodywork for rigid vehicles is now available from Crane Fruehauf Imperial. Bodies are suitable for...

THE vehicle maintenance record of Greenall Whitley Co Ltd, Warrington, had been extremely unsatisfactory in the past, despite...

loads are being stopped at - - 7 rench ports and sent home—because they have not obtained permission for the load from the...

the existing premises which made them unsuitable for the size of fleet. More staff A new site had been acquired and...

ONE of the most modern commercial vehicle centres in the country is planned by the National Coal Board. The new complex, which...

A MESSAGE for small companies in the transport business came last week from the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation....

AGREEMENTS between hauliers and customers and rate guides are among 74 documents submitted to the Office of Fair Trading by the...

National Carriers have appointed Richard Byers as marketing manager for the general distribution division. Mr Byers was NCL...

A BEAM in the cab of a Bristol Lodekka was an obviously dangerous design feature, claimed a former driver suing a bus company...

bus. There were no bumps in the road in that area. Mr Loughrie, in evidence, said he had been working as a bus driver . for...

NO great changes in the arrangements for school transport can be expected until Britain's financial position improves. This...

TRAVEL anywhere you like and as far as you like in a day for only £1.50. That is the basis of a new Wanderbus ticket which has...

LONDON TRANSPORT fares are to be frozen for 12 months following the current round of increases announced LT chairman Mr Kenneth...

SOCCER specials need supervision and stewards — something not at present provided by licensed coach operators — the North...

by Graham Montgomerie BOTH of Scandinavia's truck manufacturers now provide an automatic transmission option. Scania's...

AT LEAST a ten per cent fuel saving is claimed for trucks using a temperature sensitive engine fan which is now widely...

scheme to supply ready-built trucks on Terrier, Boxer and FG chassis through its 300 Redline dealers. The new scheme—Leybank...

A DO-IT-YOURSELF demountable system has been launched by the Clarke Translift Group. Called the Transpack, the system comes in...

London ban on trucks fear as new scheme gets go-ahead NEASDEN is likely to become the site of the first of a series of 10...

Martin Watkins reports from Gloucestershire A GOOD SERVICE can pay off—even in rural areas and in these days of massive losses...

lages served, where Mr Thomas wanted to run to the village centre and then loop back to return to the main route. "The county...

by Stephen Gray photographs by Dick Ross IN SEPTEMBER last year Leyland introduced its latest version of the Octopus...

the bowser trailers and tankers to reach the worst hit villages and farms in the West Country by Ian Mather THAT hackneyed...

photographs by Dick Ross OUR TEST of the heaviest model in the Mercedes-Benz Transporter range—the 65twine L6800—kept up this...

Price as tested : section. On the A roads the fuel consumption was excellent with the figures being consistently over the...

Blowing hot and cold BESIDES the fairly complex cooling system we have already covered there are a few im portant auxiliary...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE WHEN considering whether an employee is entitled to a redundancy payment it is...

MOST HAULIERS would not need to be asked twice if the Government instructed them to levy a demurrage charge. They will look...

Geoff Hallam has always been one of those cheery, successful transport men who can make everyone else smile no matter how poor...

A man who won't be back at his desk is former colleague Sam Buckley. Sam began a career in transport 45 years ago. He has...

Come to think of it that's another ex-CM man who has been doing the "information PR" thing and last week I bumped into...

That was an interesting, if speculative, piece in the TGWU newspaper Record. Under the headline, "Concern over plans for future...

We have been examining driving, maintenance and repair techniques, looking at the best way to ensure how to get spares and...

truck which might be required to travel on a road between two separate depots from time to time. Could we classify this as a...

enabled me to claim a Transport Manager's Licence as of right when they are._ introduced, I have since become unemployed...

that under EEC regulations a logbook must be issued to "crew members" whether drivers or not. I have a removal firm and my sons...

projecting loads answered in CM but my problem concerns wide loads projecting about 2ft. Could you explain the law on this? A...

As a back-up to our normal page of equipment news, we are now running a series of tests on items that have already been...