T HE DEPARTMENT of Transport apparently is not prepared to take any action to alleviate the immense problems which will...

Little hope on EEC hours deal Common Market officials are generally unhopeful about any chance of a driving hours deal at the...

M1 JAMS with tailbacks of up to 40 miles will bring chaos and extra cost to operators for the two weeks from July 2. The...

WITH THE EEC Transport Ministers meeting only a few days away (June 24), Common Market officials are not optimistic about the...

JUDGMENT has been reserved in the High Court fight between Transport Secretary Nicholas Ridley and the Greater London Council...

UK AND IRISH diesel is the most expensive in Western Europe, according to International Road Transport Union figures. With...

THERE IS widespread concern that cuts in travel payments to vehicle and traffic examiners are leading to lower enforcement of...

POOR roads : slash the competitiveness of British hauliers but there is hope the Confederation of British Industry has said....

IT IS likely that the Government will he challenged on the 150 per cent rise on Severn Bridge tolls. As CM went to press it...

THE GOVERNMENT defence contract worth i'500in won by GKN Sankey of Telford, Shropshire, will have a spin-off benefit for...

THE GOVERNMENT has announced plans to bring in more stringent medical vetting for hgv drivers. Transport Minister Lynda...

THE ENVIRONMENTAL pressure group Transport 2000 is fighting again for residents to be given greater power over the granting of...

CHRISTIAN Salvesen — said to be one of the world's largest storage and distribution suppliers, and Scotland's biggest private...

THE MI Toddington North service station is to get a large electronic display board for motoring and weather news this month....

LEX WILKINSON began its formal wage negiotations last Monday (June 17) and held a "quite amicable meeting", General Parcels...

THE CLOSING date for the Commercial Motor Livery Competition has now been extended until July 26.

TEMPCO UNION, the cold storage and distribution company, has formed a specialised distribution division. "The creation of the...

THERE has been a "full and effective programme of road construction arid improvement" in Scotland, the Secretary of State for...

THE WORLD of transport has harvested a particularly heavy crop of tributes in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List. There...

THE FORMER owner of a Lancaster removals company has joined Preston based Whittle International Movers in the new position of...

DIRECTOR-general of the Chartered Institute of Transport John Cameron will now have branch perspective on professional...

ANDREW HORNE, manager of MacBrayne Haulage in Glasgow, has been appointed next area manager for Cal-Mac at Oban. He will...

GRAHAM WATTLEY has been appointed director of the Department of Transport's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre at Swansea from...

JOHN LAWSON has been promoted to freight manager by Sheerness ferry operator Olau-Line. He was previously assistant freight...

THE RECESSION affecting the haulage industry is stabilising and may possibly improve, the trade credit insurer Trade Indemnity...

AVERAGE haulage rates have been published by the Freight Transport Association as a guide for members. They are given in a...

WAGE rises transport and communications have been above the average in manufacturing firms, according to figures for the first...

LIMITATIONS on environmental grounds to the opposition of operator licence applications have been highlighted in a West...

PARCELS carrier TNT has established a separate company to promote its before noon, next-day delivery service. This was...

YUILL and Dodds, the haulier which crossed picket lines during the miners' strike, has run up against another hurdle in its...

THE PORT facilities at Great Yarmouth are set to expand under a 1.45m investment in the next four years, the port's...

A VEHICLE accident claim's service has recently been set up by Claims Management ,London. It is aimed basically at the fleet...

.VILLAINS are infiltrating haulage fleets, Suffolk police warned last week. Drivers and clerks join firms to get inside...

PAYLOAD capacity of semitrailers run by Coca-Cola has improved by 30 per cent since it revised its palletisation and moved up...

A TWENTY per cent reduction in tyre costs has been claimed by Blackburn haulier W. H. Bowker using an HPA Unilux optional wheel...

LEYLAND Trucks has won a second order for its S26 Scammell dumptruck. The Ministry of Defence order for 50 trucks, follows one...

A DESIGN Council grant enabled GHP Cooltrucks to develop a new refrigerated body. Integrated body and chassis cab styling...

PROFIT margins on tyres in the UK are insufficient to support existing research and development programmes, claims the Imported...

FORD has gone outside Europe for the first time to produce automatiye diesel engines in its world-wide production programme of...

HYDRAULIC suspension is featured on the new range of 12.2m (40ft) tri-axle flat trailers built by Nooteboom. The latest...

PRESSURE discharge bitumen transporter manufacturer Cartem of Maidstone, Kent, has now entered the more exacting UK and...

PERKINS ENGINES has consolidated its position as the leading UK proprietary diesel engine manufacturer since its acquisition of...

THERE ARE signs that coach drivers are complying more with the 70mph speed limit on motorways, Junior Transport Minister...

PLAXTONS has reported a dramatic drop in profits for the first half of the year. Group profits have plummetted from £868,000...

THE GOVERNMENT is pressing ahead as fast as it can on the question of coach safety, Transport Minister Lynda Chalker has...

LONDON Pride Sightseeing is increasing its fleet of exLondon Transport Daimler Fleetline double-deck buses to 10 to cope with...

THE METROPOLITAN Police and the Greater London Council are still in dispute over bus lanes, Metropolitan Police Commissioner...

CLAYTON JONES Coach Tours has won authority to operate three stage carriage services in Pontypridd despite opposition from Mid...

COACH operators will be able to take more advantage of differences in the price of diesel fuel on the Continent as a result of...

DIAL-A-RIDE services for the disabled will cover the whole of Greater London from the beginning of next month. With the...

THE SCOTTISH Traffic Commissioner has reserved judgment on proposals by Strathclyde PTE. to extend stage services from...

WELFARE buses, psv coaches and buses with features designed to help disabled people were among the exhibits at the Mobility...

I READ with interest the "Express parcels" feature (CM, June 1). I was pleased to see, as one of last year's best performers,...

I WRITE further to The Hawk's comment in Bird's-eye View (CM, May 25) concerning Lord Montagifs recent request for milk bottles...

I HAVE read lain Sheriff's article "Swedes hit US bus sales trail" (CM, June 1). The report depicts quite clearly the...

THE article on the Mercedes-Benz 307D high-volume vans (CM, June 1) mentioned both the Ford 190 Transit and Bedford CE350,...

AT 7.5 TONNES The engine of the 8.136F will appeal to drivers but its thirst won't to operators unless they really need the...

L ORRY racing may not be everyone's idea of A desirable pastime but Pirelli takes it seriously enough to provide TH20 and LS97...

COMES OF AGE Everybody, it seems, is getting in on the contract hire act. But what can customers expect from the growing...

SOCCER HOOLIGANS? Tougher laws to ban alcohol on coaches travelling to soccer matches could mean less hooliganism, but at the...

VEHICLE SAFETY CHECK Statistically, heavy goods vehicles are less likely to be involved in accidents than private cars. Does...

IT IS difficult not to feel some sympathy for the 10 European Economic Community Transport Ministers as they assemble again in...

FOR D-I-Y REMOVALS While the professionals have seen their market eroded, Ryder Truck Rental has stepped in with a d-i-y...

N OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Professional...

"Lloyds is very much a family business" says Tony Lloyd, Transport Manager for the 60strong fleet at this Ludlow-based company....

COMPONENTS Technical editor Bill Brock and photographer Peter Cramer report from Blackpool on the Federation of Engine...

In the last of his series of articles intended to demistify the application of computers to transport operations, Derek Wright...

David Wilcox and photographer Colin Sowman have been down among the dustcarts at the Institute of Wastes Management exhibition...

In seven years Trailerent has reached number two position in the UK trailer rental market. Now its founders are hoping for...