by CM reporter BRITISH hauliers hit by the Hungarian permits clampdown WILL be able to operate on the Middle East run after...

More mpg per fare by bus BUSES and coaches use much less energy per passenger kilometre travelled than other forms of...

IF the National Freight Corporation is to carry on as a commercial public business it needs an urgent financial...

vehicle amounting to a subsidy of £57m to operators of this type alone. A call for the Government to increase rail freight...

THE National Bus Company should put more effort into the development of cross-country express services and withdraw from direct...

a weekend in Paris for two could be yours If you are based in the area defined below,* this could be your chance to win any...

CM heard a splendid rumour this week, writes the technical editor, that Leyland is considering listing its long-serving 690...

SEVEN Wessex Water Authority 2,000-gallon tankers have been helping Dorset firemen fighting fires in the drought. The tankers...

BRITISH Leyland truck and Bus will have a stop-gap chief until a permanent successor can be found for Ron Ellis, the outgoing...

Majority shareholders must attend -LA DISCIPLINARY proceedings against Hednesford Continental Haulage Ltd and an application...

THE RECENT TAKEOVER c Interoute Ltd by the F. C Bennett group will result in a: expanded service and a close integration of...

P&O NORMANDY Ferries' new service between Dover and Boulogne has already captured 81 per cent of the freight traffic on that...

parks charge row THE Freight Transport Association has challenged the legality of the Lothian Regional Council's actions in...

THE FIRST priority for East London must be to provide ar adequate road network in the area, Environment Secretary Peter Shore...

Precinct go-ahead DESPITE its causing difficulties for drivers trying to reach service areas and increasing journey times, a...

DRIVERS carrying fly-ash from Elland power station, Yorkshire, found themselves in an impossible situation if they discovered...

The defendents were J. H. • Myers Ltd, of Clitheroe (eight offence); and W. & G. Taylor of Grenville Mason, of Barrowford (two...

HEADING the Freight Transport Association's autumn and early winter training programme are courses on management and labour...

by CM reporter fares beyond an acceptable level must drive away longer distance passengers who help to make up London's...

CHEAP return bus fares are being brought in by the Potteries Motor Traction Co on selected routes. Excursion day-return...

A GLASGOW mechanic who saved a vehicle from being written-off when it was threatened by a collapsing wall, has become the...

'Th'e – award was recently instituted by Sir Dan Pettit, chairman of NFC, and is made to staff for "acts involving conduct...

FARE increases linked to future -ises in operating costs have Deen applied for by City of Dxford Motor Services Ltd. If )ranted...

WHAT is thought to be the first agency agreement outside the PTE areas was given the official stamp of approval by the North...

iIGHT Leyland double-deck )uses, the first service deckers n the world to be fitted with air :onditioning, were shipped to Jew...

TECHNICAL These reefer vans take biqq er loads WITH increasing demand for refrigerated semi-trailers, production of the Task...

A SPECIALLY converted Roman R8 135F has gone into operation with W. Services, of Gt. Yarmouth, running undef contract to...

FIVE NEW delivery vehicles with bodywork by Hartford Motors (Lincolnshire) Ltd of Grimsby have recently gone into service with...

WERATORS are losing thou;ands of pounds each year 3ecause of poorly constructed fuel tanks, lack of baffles nside them, and...

A DOUBLE tier version of the Ratcliff electro-hydraulic tail-lift, has been fitted to a Volvo F86 being supplied to Northern...

A GOVERNMENT BILL will be brought in after MPs get back from their summer holidays to help the National Freight Corporation...

ordering new trucks by Paul Brockingtc THE SMALL operator who is into refrigerated or insulated haulage faces a difficult...

One of the biggest jobs for the bodybuilding shops was the construction of a cab for Albion four-wheelers. In those days, the...

What about that increase in the Dartford Tunnel tolls, up 100 per cent last week, There I was with my 12 1 /2 pence at the...

The Friends of the Earth have joined the groups of non-experts who are putting up proposals to solve Britain's transport...

Fred Topham of Barking Investigation Services Ltd is back in the Middle East clearing the documentation for the release of a...

Try to do a favour and it usually costs you money. But, even worse, try to pay a compliment and it frequently back-fires. Take...

swim Anyone who saw David Marsh, the Humber McVeigh operations director bobbing about half way across the Humber recently...

TER a vehicle chassis has been delivered to a dealer, many le-consuming tasks have to be carried out on it before the erator...

enamel. Again application is similar to the other two, but complete painting and drying time is reduced to two days which...

vehicles for charitable purposes and do not infringe the "hire and reward" sector. Could you say what is the maximum seating...

asked to take out a loaded vehicle though the load did not look secure to me. On these grounds I refused to drive the vehicle....

used for the carriage of livestock. I am told that new Regulations are in force regarding the construction of these vehicles....

about the new proposed speed limits which made provision for the use of double bottoms. Could you say when the DoE is likely to...

would like to be certain that I can rectify that most common of occurrences, a deflated tyre, on any journey, particularly on...

countries? A' The EEC COMMISSION PUBLISHES Basic Statistics of thi Community annually. This compact work of reference compare...

from Isabel Bass in San Francisco Campaigning for wild life preservation has proved a financial boon for a Chicago-based...

Vehicle servicing starts with good paintwork —maintaining livery is not merely a luxury by R. W. Tite PAINTVVORK must be...

The successful design and application of a smart vehicle livery, which projects the desired company image, can fade rapidly...

Brownline's own stabilizer jack — are imported from America. Stabilizer jacks — as their name suggests — are designed to...

THE OIL FILM between the piston and cylinder bore is vital in transferring the heat to the coolant proper, while the lubricant...

By Les Oldridge, T. Eng. (CEI), M.I.M.I.: A.M.I.R.T.E. IT MAY BE necessary to prove to an Industrial Tribunal that at the time...

WHEN a former Employment Minister described his job as bed of nails, he could not have known how much worse would become....