BY FAR the easiest and most natural method of expansion for road haulage operators is to move into warehousing. Many companies...

The momentum which built ip after the White Paper on lories, people, and the environnent was published in De:ember last year,...

A RADICAL restructuring of the National Freight Consortium will result in deputy chairman and chief executive Peter Thompson...

A TWO-DAY conference entitled The Lorry in the CommunityCommonsense or Catastrophe is to be held at the Department of Civil...

THE PROLONGED rail strike has prompted the British Road Federation to change its view on spending more money on road...

NET SALES by Volvo rose in the first quarter of this year from £523.7m last year to £1,358.7m. Commercial vehicle sales rose...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has given local authorities a reminder to use their lorry control powers. A circular has been sent...

TIBBETT and Britten, th, hanging garment transpor company, is launching a dait door-to-door service to Japan with goods being...

A NEWLY-equipped container terminal at the port of Southampton is to be operated and marketed in a joint venture between the...

OVERNMENT moves to ensure it can regain control of heavy Dods and passenger service vehicles' testing stations if the lease is...

HE Freight Transport Association has launched a new course ailed Exports Practice and Procedure, It will be held from October...

5, NEW SYSTEM of altering )Iated weights on goods follicles is being introduced by :he Government. Government spokesman Lord...

COMMERCIAL vehicle sales last month fell by 9.78 per cent over sales in June last year, but Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

GEEST North Sea Line has expanded its groupage service with the addition of a depot facility in Hull. Matched to twice weekly...

IIDLANDS British Road Services ons for fleet management as part Nn-account sector. The booklet, entitled The Road head, is...

HE ORGANISATION of 'sachets of Transport Studies 'old its annual conference eerier this month, and listened to iccounts of the...

THE HEALTH and Safety Executive has issued a leaflet containing a list of employers and other organisations whose firstaid...

THE EXPANSION of combined transport in' West Germany, which is backed by a powerful Government drive, continued last year when...

H au li ers i ll if unti11983 says report THERE is no immediate prospect of operating costs, according to the Henley Centre...

ALL MAJOR abnormal loads to the Esso Chemical Fife Ethylene plant at Mossmorran, in Fife, are being transported by Mammoet...

THE SHORTFALL on the road budget should be used to finance snow clearing, especially in South-east England, the Automobile...

ICI TRANSPORT, the computi company's distribution sut sidiary, is one of the 15 selecte own account and haulage con panies now...

ME RAILWAYS move towards more efficient work methods has )een delayed by Labour Party politicians' claims that there will...

LAST YEAR'S interruptions to the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry service have prompted SCAC to move its Britain-France trailer service to...

A MAJOR pipe-laying project will close both carriageways of a section of the A52 NottinghamGrantham trunk road next month...

IN WHAT is described as a "onestop deal", Karrier Motors' special equipment operations department is now offering a...

MOTOR PARTS trade exhib tions in Britain could be de troyed if the plan for a sprin Autoquip exhibition (CM, Jul 10) goes...

A NEWLY developed sliding roo for bulk tippers has enabled E M. Wilcox of Peterborough tc increase the versatility of a light...

'HIS YEAR, around 5,000 Perkins three, four end six-cylinder enpines will be remanufactured at the Moteurs Perkins SA plant at...

SERCK SERVICES and turbocharger manufacturer Schwitzer have combined in the UK to offer service exchange turbocharger units....

ATTEMPTS to block the privet sation of National Express hay been rejected by the House c Lords despite claims that th move has...

LINCOLN City Transport general manager Mark Beswick has challenged National Bus Company chief executive Robert Brook over the...

iATIONAL WELSH has had its operator's licence curtailed by three rears, after the South Wales Traffic Commissioners heard of a...

THE WAVERLEY series of coach tours run by Lothian Region Transport has been expanded. The series, started last year, were the...

KARRIER MOTORS will preview two new Renault vehicles at the Motor Show in October, prior to their general availability In...

RENOLD Power Transmissio Ltd has developed a new cam shaft idler chain for automotiv engines, designated EL (extr life). This...

)ur 1982/83 Tables of )perating Costs mblished his week provide merators with a guide :o their :osts and assist them to Note...

I WISH to make a complaint oncerning the accuracty and bias of new items in Commercial Motor. Firstly, I would refer you to...

WITH REFERENCE to the letter from Nigel Breeze of Southendon-Sea (CMJune 12), I would * like to draw his attention to the way a...

WHAT a shame that Frank Tinsdale (CM July 3) seems to have no contact with the real world. He obviously never speaks to anybody...

I WISH to appeal to the 75,000 people who have benefited from a MOTEC course during the last 14 years, to support this centre...

THE PERSON who succeeds in one of the several fields of management in road transport where others fail may be presumed to have...

Vanguard Engineering is in the forefront with its industrial and commercial removals service. John Durant visits its Hangar...

Vanguard specialises. It moved London's evening paper The Standard to the Daily Express building in Fleet Street. Another area...

The new president of the British Association of Removers is an intriguing blend of traditionalist and innovator. David Wilcox...

Downtown Charlton is the base of a successful transport and warehousing group that has been created by the drivin efforts of...

Bill Brock has been testing Fiat Daily vans — the petrol engined 35.8 and the dieselpowered 35.9. He found much to praise but...

David Wilcox takes a close look at the National Association of Warehouse Keepers and discovers that despite widespread...

Giltspur seeks space in a crowded market by backing a new range of pallet containers, roll pallets and dairy containers. By...

Denis Teer, clerk of the course, tells John Durant how he does it: with the aid of 160 marshals — all in aid of road safety...

RAY MURPHY has been made general manager of the associated Whittle International Movers and Brewer and Turnbull companies, both...

k FEW WEEKS before the antics xf the National Union of lailwaymen and then of ASLEF nade the matter seem of ioubtful relevance...

all Britain's transport infrastructure to deteriorate, through the gross under-provision of funds for maintenance. which...