WHETHER THE 1982 Motor Show will attract as much attention as the two previous ones remains to be seen. However, it seems...

IE AMENDED Construction and Use Regulations authorising 38me lorries will give the industry even less than the wateredwn White...

ROAD haulage operators have won the latest Transport Bill concession from the Government over the conditions to be attached to...

HAULAGE and own-account drivers in Liverpool are being advised to take part in the Trades Union Congress transport day of...

OIL COMPANIES have increased the bulk price of dery by 7.7p per gallon, and have run into stiff criticism from the Road Haulage...

THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board will survive in its present form until 1984 at least. The Government has refused to...

IN A WRITTEN representatiol the Transport Tribunal has e] plained its decision to allow th appeal of M&B Transport Stockport...

TWO SPECIALIST conferences are being organised by the Road Haulage Association for next year, one for tanker operators, the...

THE GREATER London Council has found an unlikely ally in tl Freight Transport Association on the issue of tolls for vehicles...

IAD HAULAGE Association national chairman Harold Russett's mpany, Premier Transport, is at the centre of a ruling by the High...

BEDFORD offers a last-minute surprise exhibit at the Motor Show in its 16 ton TL which has a low platform of only 914mm...

BRITISH MEP Bob Battersby, is worried that not enough is done to prevent foodstuffs carried in tank containers from...

IF RAIL FREIGHT is to attrct more business, it must provide the right service at the right price. This was the brunt of the...

UROPEAN MP wants French orway tolls to be abolished. om Megahy (Labour, kshire South West) says that :cessive" tolls levied on...

FIDENCE from tachograph manufacturer Lucas Kienzle resulted in thur Oakley Transport and one of its drivers, Douglas Ewins, ing...

SOME READERS may have been misled by the story in last week's issue of CM in which the Road Haulage Association's objections to...

HAS IOMPAIR Eireann, Ired's semi-state transport cornriy, has opened five vehicle ting centres as part of the nifty's...

LIFE FOR Eric Weetman would be that much more satisfying if a CM reader could give him a job. Although he was the top student...

WHITTLE INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT has moved to Bricklayers Arms Freight Terminal, Du nton Road, Bermondsey, London SE!. The...

The service would increase Sally's existing winter schedule of two passenger/freight return sailings each day. The latest...

PLANS to introduce a one-vu traffic system in central Ed burgh appear to safeguard t interests of commercial vehil operators,...

4ILWAYS CANNOT be turned into roads. The size of the lines and le prohibitive costs ensure this, said British Rail chairman,...

THE CHEMICAL explosion at the warehouse of B&R Transport in Salford (CM, October 2) may have been started deliberately. David...

LEYLAND has unveiled its successor to the Boxer in a further extention of the T45 family. Production of the new models, called...

FURTHER improvements to the Leyland 98-Series engines have been introduced to coincide with the launch of the latest additions...

LUCAS GIRLING is showing a disc application at gross weights from Show. The brake is a reaction beam type which Girling claims...

NOOTEBOOM (UK), the Barkin■ Essex outlet for the Netherlanc trailer manufacturer ha supplied a five-axle double e) tendible,...

FIVE SENIOR posts have been created in the National Freight Consortium's parcels group which manages Roadline UK and National...

E RECORD with regret the aths of Piet Van Doorne, airman of the board of manement of DAF Trucks, and hn Blackwood-Murray, first...

DAVID TURNER becomes manager of the Argos central distribution centre at Daventry. He was previously parts operations manager...

SAUDI BULK Transport has taken on Michael Steele as transport commercial manager. Mr Steele started his career in the...

.'s Austin Rover Group now s a Metro car-derived van in model range. The introduction of the fac- y-built van has been...

ERF EXHIBITED a prototype 16ton rigid, code named QM, at the Motor Show this week, using air suspension on front and rear...

)TOR PANELS (Coventry) has installed a Cordax measurement )cessor which will greatly reduce the time taken to check proto)e and...

Seating ovality due to overtightening has been identified as one of the two major causes of wheel loss, but normally goes...

SHORT Truck Bodies and I pairs of Little Staughton, ni Bedford manufactures and ii tails a body decking systo which offers...

FUEL SAVINGS of five to 20 per cent are claimed for a fuel treatment which is marketed by Nlainstate Holdings of Alton,...

THE INTRODUCTION of a steel radial tyre, imported from Japan, fitment to the Range Rover is a further indication of Dunlop's...

a rew boundary of "the public interest", after the North Western 'raft Commissioners refused to allow Crosville to withdraw its...

MOST PEOPLE instinctively favour competition in some form, Cardiff City Transport manager David Smith told delegates at the...

SCOTTISH Secretary George Younger agrees that there is a case for cross-subsidising some bus services where they are so...

PRIVATISATION of some urban and rural bus routes, if coupled with a local council grant allowing a profit margin of up to 20...

MERSEYSIDE Passenger Transport Executive has lost a £300,000 contract with Liverpool Education Department to provide buses to...

THE IDEA of turning sections of railways into roads for the use ol buses and lorries is not a new one, but Ron Whittle feels...

-IILE ASLEF was doing its best ruin the railways over the crosanct eight-hour day, stern Counties busmen at ig's Lynn changed...

THE Road Haulage ssociation really does break ew ground next year and holds s conference on foreign shores, lere could be a...

TRANSMARK, British Rail's consultancy, has gained a contract from the Pakistan Government to conduct a feasibility study for...

WAS VERY interested in Noel article in CM, October 2, bout destination display. Like him, I have always ivoured comprehensive...

NAS VERY interested in the tter by owner-drivers working Langdon Industries (CM eptember 25). I am rather surprised that this...

I FEEL I must write to compliment Brian Weatherley on his article about Mr Ken Trowel' owner/driver, (CM September 25). I,...

I WAS delighted to see in CM, Sept 25, a headline "Eurofreight" but then astonished to discover that the report which followed...

Rubber suspension is well known for certain operational advantages but it can also bring environmental benefits in respec of...

CA•fs Fleet anagement Conference at the iyal Lancaster Hotel, London, st week. Since the last FMC, he Id, we had had quite a...

the Freight Transport Association should have spoken about lorry bans. Mr Featherstone told the conference that the 1,000th...

Yeomans' paper at FMC. Mr Yeomans, managing director of Wincanton Group, admitted that it took him a little while to decide on...

GREV1LLE JANNER, GC, gave what conference chairman Sir Peter Masefield aptly described as a "virtuoso performance". Mr Janner,...

a decision in Parment shortly, said Transport cretary David Howell, guest eaker during the FMC lunch ssion. That no firm...

director-general Freddie Plaskett talked about the hauliers' resilience to the recession and offered a hope that the Government...

ideal vehicle?" from a variety of angles depending upon their affiliation. In general, they came up with the same answer. That...

day, said delegates had enjoyed the kind of presentations and contributed to debates in a way that, had time been available,...

Our 1982/83 Tables of Operating Costs provide operators with a guide to their costs and assist them to quote realistic and...

Noel Millier tries a Hestair Dennis/Vanguard with Perkins engine en route in London. His clinical opinion? An unsophisticated...

Fleet managers will be keenly inspecting the latest offering from Ford, and Austin Rover's 'value for money' campaign shoulc...

Bill Brock and Tim Blakemore bring them all together in seven pages devoted to new and established models up to 3.5 tonnes gvw...

Together with improved durability these are the operator requirements identified by some manufacturers of lightweights. Bill...

and new models from three British based manufacturers adclup to an array of two axle rigids worthy of closer examination. Bill...

533, one fitted with the recently announced DS8-06 turbocharged 7.8-litre engine which replaces the naturally aspirated DN8...

But weight saving design is a feature many engine, transmission and chass components. Bill Brock points out oth( too, as he...

features to be seen on the new S104 tractive unit is shown with a day-cab version of the revised S10 cab and a Ritemixer 7cum...

UNLIKE THE STEAM engine, the internal combustion engine, fitted to most commercial vehicles, does not produce much power until...

The results of many redevelopment programmes are on show this year, and one area where this is particularly evident is in...

Bryan Jarvis points out the developments in double-unit bodies and curtainsiders. SIER freight movement is bred by the...

Many vehicles and trailers are being • designed to allow future conversions for heavier loads and improved weight distribution,...

These are probably the two most important aspects of this section of the Show. Bryan Jarvis reports on these and the many other...

Manufacturers and distributors display equipment designed to assist operators to reduce maintenance and repair costs ANY...

The fierce struggle between European and British coach manufacturers is the underlying theme this year, writes Noel Millier....

qualities 1dd to its standards of comfort which a -driver's favourit D'S LEAD as the United om's top-selling manum in the 28...

Novelties abound at the Show this year — Cummins has produced an extremely compact engine, Deutz is exhibiting a turbocharged...

seen in the new 301 tractive unit which Seddon Atkinson claims was in fact designed around the engine in the first place...

JANE'S Publishing Company has published the first edition of Jane's Urban Transport Systems (£42.50) which is planned to be an...

THE Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles has appeared in four editions; this year it is followed by one in the same series on...

WHEN TRADE is good, do you employ temporary drivers or loaders or other employees to put or to keep your vehicles on the road?...