THE BRITISH RAIL/Aslef juggernaut dispute rumbled on this week. Meanwhile, British industry, except in a few sectors, overcame...

EAVIER LORRIES could have Parliamentary approval as early as star, if the Government's intentions can be translated into an...

THE LONG SAGA of wage negotiations in Tyne and Wear reached its conclusion this week, when drivers voted by five to one in...

CRUCIAL meetings of striking Leyland Vehicles employees at the company's Bathgate and Lancashire plants were to take place this...

THE NATIONAL FREIGHT Company buy-out passed its most critical hurdle last week, when the target for employee and pensioner...

THE GOVERNMENT was cused of going "over the top' meeting environmental obj tions to the lorry, when F director-general Hu....

DERV and petrol cost increases helped fuel a 10 per cent rise in transport costs last year, according to the Freight Transport...

Or, as Under Secretary Kenneth Clarke put it in the Commons: "The provision made in estimates for new trunk road construction...

IE FIFTH of heavy goods Wes tested at Department of Insport stations last year led. And 12 per cent of tests valed defects in...

ANSPORT SECRETARY David Howell will speak at the business ich during this year's CM Fleet Management Conference at the ■ yal...

MARGINAL increases in weight limits for rigid multi-axled lorries ought to have been included in the Government's White Paper...

THE BRITISH Transport Staff College's transport training courses will be transferred to Ashridge Management College, at...

GREATER London Council proposals for future road development in the capital fall far short of the economic and social needs,...

FREIGHT Computer Services is launching a computer consultancy service for fellow National Freight Company subsidiaries, and...

of control A CREDIT controller with a Ty neside haulage firm has beei jailed for nine months after milk ing the firm of more...

NEW CHARGES have beei agreed for traffic using the Mon Blanc tunnel, following change! in currency exchange rates. Vehicles...

ROAD Equivalent Tariff could have an adverse effect on the financial management of Scottish ferry services, Scottish Transport...

rry which shed 12 tons of steel in A49, has lost his appeal against a 1HE DRIVER of an articulated lo Yorth Shropshire,...

to Greece, with goods being collected from its depots at Newbridge (Midlothian), Manchester, Birmingham, and Poyle (Heathrow)....

EVEN the most experienced hauliers can fall foul of obscure Continental regulations — as demonstrated by a curious French law...

AN INSULATED, curtain sided semi-trailer is being used by Sussex haulier D. R. Bailey Transport Ltd for importing fresh fruit...

NORDE Suspensions has offered to contribute to a study by the Department of Transport to attempt to quantify the benefits...

SAID to be Europe's first allseason steel radial truck tyre, the G124, developed over the past four years, is a recent addition...

MERCEDES-BENZ (UK) Ltd has introduced a 3.2 metre 110ft 6in) wheelbase version of its 1625 S tractive unit. Up to now the 1625...

TI Crypton's latest edition of its Tune-up data book is now available. For the first time information on diesel engiried cars...

ration at up to 44 tonnes suffer tonnes. EAVY VEHICLES designed for ope productivity when limited to 32.5 This is one of the...

THE British Standards Institution has published a revision of BS AU 50 Tyres and Wheels dealing specifically with off-road...

LANDI HARTOG UK Ltd has installed new training facilities at its Yorkshire headquarters. The Halifax company claims to be...

AREA BANS in outer London could be a part solution to the capital's traffic problems, the Freight Transport Association told...

THE proposed regulations are of "commendable environmental intent," but will carry unacceptable penalities in real cost terms,...

MORE LABOUR would needed to produce the sal amount of work in the event any weight restrictions in Greater London area, buildi...

"In all alternatives to our existg operation, fuel consumption ar tonne transported would be igher and road congestion ould be...

.1E Wall's Meat Company says at there can be no doubt that, implemented, the various ms or combinations of bans War review...

Ftn - isH Telecom in written evidence to the inquiry, claims to be the rgest user of vehicles in the country and the largest...

CM EDITOR lain Sherrfff helped the inquiry in its task last Friday when he was questioned on the basis of our long-established...

PUBLIC transport fares creased by 41 per cent betwi May, 1979 — when the Toi took office — and last camber. Giving this figure...

WITH barely a month to go before London Transport must increase its fares by 100 per cent, the Greater London Council's Keep...

E FINAL VESTIGES of Glasw's 50-year-old bus monoly will disappear on April 4, if t Scottish Traffic Commisners approve. :rom...

SINCE appointing a sole agent in Great Britain 18 months ago, Belgian coachbuilder Jonckheere has established a significant...

THE WEST Midlands did better than any other PTE in trying to match fares income to operating costs — followed closely by...

'best' PTE DEPENDENT competition could compel the Scottish Bus Group withdraw some of its rural bus services, SBG chairman Ian...

THE NATIONAL Bus Company was tulated for its work by a Governme The Company was being particularly successful at adapting to...

McGILL'S Bus Service, the Barrhead-based independent which was refused a licence for a Barrhead-Glasgow service (CM, February...

THE BEST KNOWN civil servant in the road haulage industry, Department of Transport head of road freight REG DAWSON, is retiring...

operator CAST Europe has aN NICK BURRIDGE and J1 BRUHN executive vice pro dents at the company's Antw , head office, in...

KEN BATTEN at Mr Batten, who joined inspection and engineering partment of the BET Federal in May 1938, was latterly the...

various buses at the disposal of members of the National Federation of the Blind at Southend bus station last week. The...

E SCENE is a wooden cottage the outskirts of Sodertalje, t a few gearchanges away m the gates of the Scania ck plant. The duty...

MORE THAN 20 years ago Renault introduced the Fourgon (French for van), developed originally for use in the French countryside,...

THE BEDFORD HA 6cwt van was introduced just two years later than the Renault 4. It is popular with large fleet users such as...

for owner drivers WHEREAS the ageing HA van is aimed at the fleet user, the more stylish Cheyenne is more likely to appeal to...

TAKE a Spanish-built Ford Fiesta car, replace the rear sidewindows with steel panels, remove the rear seats and fit "S" pack...

DATSUN'S contender in our test of car derived vans was the Sunny. "Derived from" in this case means in fact an estate car shell...

OUR FRIENDS and acquaintances will often act out of character. Public figures and institutions deny themselves the privilege....

\ 39-HOUR working week :an, it seems, be the centre of almost as much dran.3 as the 19 steps in John Buchan's amous novel....

,GRICULTURE in France aems to breed unbridled ggression. Nearly a year ago easants were setting fire to panish lorries entering...

THOSE who relish danger may welcome a six-day trip for two to Spain, with all expenses paid, to watch the concluding stages,...

THE Road Haulage Association has seen the light. It has at last shown that it realises that members are interested in only one...

ANYONE whose sanity or marriage is threatened by Rubiks cube can find salvation for £15 in a computer program that will show...

TO TEST the suggestion that town dwellers without cars were deprived of access to the country, the Transport and Read Research...

Steve Gray summarises our drivers' impressions: minor service faults but a very professionally designed vehicle WITH NEARLY...

MOTORWAYS are designed to carry high-speed traffic on long journeys and their use calls for particular skills and driving...