problems of its own, it now looks as if it is going to get embroiled in the problems created by the efforts of various members...

EEC permits, and how one operator avoids them, and braking legislation. There's also our annual ferry guide and a road test of...

HE LONDON lorry ban is )w in force and is likely to st at least until the summer, llowing two separate re)rts submitted to the...

OPERATORS who want exemptions from the London lorry ban should ring the Greater London Council on 01633 6435, 7522 or 7469 —...

RA 1)F.S UNION Congress leas this week aimed at :opping TNT drivers crossig printers picket lines have ighlighted TNT's...

IN WI IAT it calls "a set of new arguments to shock the system", the Freight Transport Association has demanded a 15 per cent...

INITIAL discussions abou the possible legalisation of co botage within the EEC wet being held in Brussels o Tuesday this week....

THE MAJOR oil companit all cut the price of commei cial dery by around 0.8p pt litre (3.6p per gallon) th. week in response to...

EX SERVICE this week Jive a clear hint that it wants ) sell off all its transport usinesses when it announced ic £24 million...

ATIONAL Freight Consorurn chairman Sir Peter hompson has pledged to dye the problem of losses in ; parcel division this year,...

ANC, the Stoke-on-Trentbased next-day parcels carrier, has linked up with Seabourne Express, the Barking, Essex international...

NATIONAL Freight Consortium directors have prepared a plan to preserve employee share ownership of the privatised conglomerate...

UMB Freights (Welwyn opened a V million rail/ma distribution centre at Welwy Garden City, Hertfordshir on Tuesday when its fin...

A MERCEDES-Benz l93( driven by Groine, has vvo this year's Paris-Dakar rail truck class. Mercedes also took eight! 11th and...

NEW JUNIOR Transport Minister Peter Bottomley is to take over all the responsibilities of former Transport Minister Lynda...

WHITWORTH 'S Food Group has made Peter Nicholson managing director of its new transport and distribution division. This has...

ALEX ERSKINE has joined specialist tanker and vehicle bodybuilder Buckingham Vehicles as general manager. His background...

COLIN POUNDS has been appointed finance director with National Carriers Contract Services. He moves from another National...

NFC Distribution DISTRIBUTION managers have been appointed to dedicated operations within NEC l)istribution Group. Brian West...

ARTHUR LAINSOT founder of Premier Travel years ago, has retired group chairman, but retains scat on the board. Frank Matthews...

WASTE collection and disposal specialist Grundon Group has restructured its management team following the retirement of irs...

DRIVER who knowingly ok out a vehicle with an incure heavy load which ibsequentiv fell from the chicle, thereby killing a...

PLESSEY. the British telecOitiitituuliCJtiOuls and electronic equipment group, has developed an innovative and inexpensive...

DRMER Charter Roadways rivers alleged that they were [ - ten very tired and short of cep when driving for the )mpany when the...

DRIVERS' HOURS convictions have led to a Leeds meat and livestock haulier having its operator's licence cut from nine vehicles...

A CARI)1H: haulage contractor who attempted to save his business from financial disaster by using heavy goods vehicles with...

CHRISTIAN SALVESEN is to build a S:9 million regional warehouse development for Marks and Spencer as part of the "continuing...

A DRIVER training videc explaining the pitfalls an benefits of tachograph legis lation, has been produced b a leading chart...

Stockport motor trade ii international haulier, was Lrned about convictions ten its Swindon licence was lewed last week by the...

A LEEDS operator's interim authority for extra vehicles has been cancelled following the withdrawal of its bid for 16...

FORD has replaced its 1.1 litre overhead valve (OHV) Escort van engine with a more powerful, 1.3 litre longer stroke version....

TWO ADDI HONAE sta dard pallets over the norn 10 of a 16-tonner can be commodated in a specia adapted 111kW Seddon P kinson 201...

'HIE LATEST range of Ea German-built Multicar 4x4s has been given UK Tyt Approval and is now on sale The Multicar 25 has...

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council has rejected a consortium of independent bus operators bid to take over Milton Keynes' bus...

CRYSTALS of Orpington. Kent, has finally taken delivery of two HTI-bodied Leyland Cub 33-scat buses to operate its London...

KINGSTON upon Hull City Transport has taken delivery of its last batch of 15 Dennis Dominators before it becomes a Companies...

ONE OF the coach' authorised to White's Coach International of Basingsto: has been suspended for o: month by South Eastei...

1GGESTIONS that deregual local bus services should introduced in the Irish Retalk have been repudiated Coras lompair Eireann...

'EST MIDLANDS Pastiger Transport Executive's iaching subsidiary, Central oachways, is considering aerating its own London to...

against the South :astern Traffic Commisioners' revocation of its t.ierator's licence following onviction on drivers' hours ,...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE Passenger Transport Executive has given the statutory 90 days' notice to trades unions representing its 5,000...

A DENNIS Domino midibus, ordered by Greater Manchester Transport and loaned to London Buses for testing, has gone into...

LEYLAND BUS has won significant orders for its Olympian double-decker in the Far East and is "extremely encouraged" about new...

INEVITABLY, the deepening losses of its parcels business and the radical plans to stave off a Stock Exchange flotation are...

ESS than three weeks after ic launch of the IlL'W Transit, ord has now introduced its itest Escort van with a wised interior....

A NEW RANGE of small box van and light tipping trailers has heel) launched by Lvnton Commercial Units 01 Manchester. The...

A RM A I 01.1.0 PRODUCTS of Nottingham has extended its range of light van and pick-up load compartment liners with a new glass...

TALKS are continuing Ix tween 1)angel, the Frenc four-wheel-drive spccialisi and Peugeot Talbot over th possible sale of 4x4...

THE COLT Car Compan■ is hoping to launch till 3.5-tonne GVW Mitsubish Canter chassis cab (CM January 4) at the Birminghan...

THE INSTITUTE of Road Transport Engineers welcomes the views expressed (CM, January 18) by the Freight Transport Association...

RECENTLY, my son, who is leaving school this term, applied to the Road Transport Industry Training Board for details of the...

I FOUND the road test of the Dal FT 3600 DKZ ATi CM, January 4) interesting, but two points rather spoilt it. First, if the...

I HAVE been reading with dismay the recent reports of the further attempts by the whiz kids of Brussels to "harmonise" road...

IF PROOF were needed of the popularity of Commercial Motor, it is now to hand. Within an hour of my weekly copy (CM, January...

DEREGULATION and competitive tendering of bus services requiring subsidy is set to provide increasing opportunities for bus...

THE GOVERNMENT has designated 1986 as Energy Efficiency Year. It believes that £2.8 million can be saved on the nation's...

COMPREHENSIVE and accurate weighing systems not only help vehicle operators to comply with strict loading regulations, they can...

GARAGE and maintenance workers are being seriously warned of the dangers of ?xposure to asbestos by the Health and Safety...

IN ADDITION to its extensive light commercial auction programme, British Car Auctions of Burton-onTrent (053(1 70322) runs...

TWO Y-registered luxury coaches will be among the vehicles for sale at 2pm in tl Heavy Commercial Auction starting at 10.30am...

AS A first step in containing costs it is necessary to find out the efficiency of any existing operation. A new product from...

()LL() WING its hest-ever des year in 1985, ISO Cars now offering its own chicle insurance scheme to wners of new and used FS0...

kNDOVER Trailers, the -Iampshire-based low loader pecialist (0264 58944) is low offering a Tfurbishment and :onversion service...

THE FOLLOWING major motorway and trunk road repair schemes are likely to cause some delays to operators over the next few...

ON a "pages per pound assessment the 1986 l'ransporr Manager's Handbook compares poorly with last year's edition, which had 739...

YEARBOOKS from professional associations and trade bodies can be indescribably dull, full of lists of addresses of members, the...

When the new EEC hours regulations come into effect at the end of September, drivers will have greater opportunity to take...

The reasons for deregulation in the rest of the UK — declining services and demands for subsidies — just don't exist in...

Ex-London taxis, operating as minibuses, filled the breach when 'The Troubles' decimated Belfast's regular bus services....

THE FINANCES of Belfast's black taxis and their associations are impossible to pin down precisely. There are no statistics on...

The high cab of Renault's Master tipper loses the aerodynamic advantages of the panel van on which it is based. The vehicle is...

Year and the Department of Transport has sent me interesting statistics and other information. Just glancing through this stuff...

A s . FHE first manufacturer to introduce a new generation of "lean burn" petrol engines this year, Ford could be in an...

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