of border taxes DFTEN CHAOTIC, the TurEish border situation has )ecome even more confused. For UK hauliers crossing into...

PEACE MOVES MOVES aimed at settling the three-week-old dispute at the strike-bound Seddon Atkinson plants at Preston and...

A RISE of E1.25 in drivers' subsistence rates in the Leeds and Bradford area does not crack the pay code, according to the...

THE STRIKE at Motor Panels of Coventry is now entering its third week and is beginning to have an effect on some vehicle...

FORD Transcontinental 3424 models are being fitted with the turbocharged NTC 250E Cummins engine, replacing the naturally...

ALLEGATIONS that Relax tipper vehicles are being sold on the British market in a "dumping operation" were denied by the Russian...

THE NEW BUS GRANT for 1977/78 will continue to be paid at the rate of 50 per cent on approved capital expenditure, William...

LONDON'S first freight corn plex came a step nearer thi week when the Greater Lon don Council's transport corn mittee agreed to...

THE Association of Metropolitan Authorities has announced the formation of a working party to consider the future relationship...

DRAFT legislation on the introduction of passenger transport managers' licensing leaves many questions open, according to...

GODFREY DAVIS commercial vehicle leasing operations were boosted this week with the news that they are to buy the 750 strong...

BRITISH road hauliers' success in developing new overseas routes had not been jeopardised by problems with permits, Transport...

The Young Driver Training Scheme, once so eagerly sought by the industry and which began some two years ago, is in the...

INCREASED productivity from fewer vehicles would be the effect of increasing the maximum vehicle weight to 40 tonnes, says...

THE FUTURE of Star Bodies, the National Freight Corporation's bodybuilding and repair subsidiary, hung in the balance this...

EEC decibels NEGOTIATIONS in the EEC to cut permitted noise levels on heavy lorries are almost complete, Transport Minister...

A BROMPTON heavy haulage contractor, J. M. Bell, has had his 11-year-old Dyson fourwheel in-line 45-ton low loader updated to...

THE Transport Tribunal has upheld a decision of the West Midland Licensing Authority who revoked the 0-licence of a paraffin...

NORTHERN Irish lorry driver Henry Begley, 38, was stopped on the A74 in Cumbria with an overloaded articulated lorry carrying...

A DISCIPLINARY hearing into the affairs of a husband and wife partnership was adjourned by Mr Gerald Milner, Eastern deputy LA,...

JAPANESE vehicles are pressing to make a further dent in the British market with the news that Colt Cars are to market the Colt...

Weight debate NO early decision is expected on EEC proposals to increase lorry weights, Transport Minister Mr William Rodgers...

CHRYSLER United Kingdom has won a contract with the Post Office to supply the postal services division with 300 Dodgespace vans...

£75,000 SOUTH Yorkshire's bus fares policy has meant that Barnsley bus station must be extended to provide extra waiting space...

PROPOSALS to operate a luxury commuter service between Mansfield and Nottingham, by Rainworth Travel, Rainworth, have been...

COACH fare increases introduced by National Travel have been re-cast to cushion the effect for regular coach users. Now the...

A NATIONWIDE strike of busmen protesting against cuts in public expenditure that could cost the industry 6,000 jobs is on the...

SURVEYS of bus and coach operations over a 12-month period are to be carried out as part of an inquiry into the relative safety...

Bullens men move ILTSPUR BuHens 'Iransport Services have made two new appointments as part of the restructuring of their...

CHRYSLER has announced the Rancho, its answer to the Range Rover, which will be shown at the Geneva Show for the first time....

A NEW booklet is available from Lancer Boss, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, on the company's full range of diesel and electric front...

THE materals handling division of Eaton Ltd chose the National Farmers Union's 5,574 sq m (60,000 sq ft) Bingley Hall near...

A PROGRESSIVE-rate rubber suspension has been developed by Rydewell Suspensions Ltd, Brighouse, West Yorkshire for the drive...

TWO British lorry-mounted cranes are now being prduced by Lyka Ernes Ltd of Blackpool Road, Preston. With maximum lifting...

ABEL Bodywork Ltd of Bolton, specialist in the construction of bread and refrigerated vans, has been taken over by Crane...

by Graham Montgomerie NOT SURPRISINGLY perhaps, the Greater London Council has passed the recommendations outlined in its...

One of the reasons we've heard for the No comment" attitude in industry (see Editorial, p2) is the fear that talking to the...

I wonder whose idea it was to turn Ford Transits into passion wagons? There is a Transit running around the South East...

We've got it right in the UK, according to my new-found friend Garry Coxall of Toronto. (Garry picked up my point about UK...

And here is another new Brit invention. First of all let me remind you that the cat's-eye road markers were a British...

Rally time is here again: May 1 is the date, Battersea Park, London, is the starting point, and the promenade at Brighton is,...

tegiatating • • • In a matter of weeks from now, the Government will be inflicting yet more legislation on the long-suffering...

I would like to add to the answer you gave to the 19-year-old provisional heavy goods vehicle driving licence holder in your...

• • 0 This refers to your article in CM in January regarding "foreign" tippers engaged in moving the industrial fish from...

We hope this letter will serve to clarify the situation and that Mr Elliot will commend our efforts. DAVID BAVERSTOCK Managing...

I refer to Mr I. M. Goni's letter (CM February 25). Although this company is in the private sector I consider that I should...

Could I put a good word in for the minibus in your excellent magazine and the threat of special licences which hang over...

home accounts set SMALL haulage contractors spend hours burning the midnight oil trying to make sense of invoices, statements,...

THE COST of tyres has reached such a peak that it makes good sense to look after them and thus increase their effective...

TO MOST OPERATORS tyres are merely the round black things at the corners of the truck which cost a fortune to replace. The...

TWO of mankind's most important inventions are the wheel and the motor vehicle — one extremely simple and the other incredibly...

ANYONE who drives on a motorway in a private car or light van in the rain will not need telling of the visibility problems...

be held at Earls Court which will for the first time in the UK, include a wide range of products specifically associated with...

THE EXPEDITION to find a trans-Africa route from East to West (CM, March 4), sponsored by a number of French interests is...

Much ado about very little PRICE CONTROL, whatever effect it may have had on other industries or services, has been for most...

Majorca's bus services make a brave show PASSENGER vehicle exhibits at next month's Barcelona commercial motor show will once...

ivecois new coach THE PROTOTYPE of a now IVECO bus and coach model powered by a water-cooled Fiat/Unic engine is now nearing...

THE TENDENCY for increasingly large and heavy engineering structures to be built up at the fabricating yard rather than - on...

AT 2am on Sunday British summertime will put clocks forward one hour in the first phase of what threatens to become a chaotic...

No clutch fluid so I had to use water ONE OF the modifications I have made to my vehicle, which although frowned upon at the...