double-edge ban' PROPOSALS from the Transport and General Workers Union to allow truck drivers who lose their car driving...

COMMISSIONER Richard Burke, the EEC's transport supremo, was considering what to do about Britain's failure to bring in the...

BRITAIN'S newest and one of the most fully equipped lorry-drivers' motels opened in Carlisle last week. Called the Carlisle...

JOHN WELLS, formerly chairman of the Road Haulage Association has been appointed secretary of the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver...

A 0.25 a night rise in subsistence levels for drivers in the Leeds and Bradford areas does not break the pay code — and that is...

CLOSE CONTROL will be kept by the unions over the fitting and calibration of tachographs on trucks being used for international...

BEDFORD has won its la gest-ever order, for 5,600 van worth in the region of I million. The order brings tl number of Bedford...

AS the Plaxton high-floor Viewmaster coach body is just starting to appear in some numbers on British roads CM has just taken...

HAULIERS on long distance runs to the Middle East and Africa can now meet their insurance requirements through the Automobile...

FIGURES published this week show that the railways accounted for only five per cent of the money spent on freight movements...

PRODUCTION at Seddon Atkinson's Oldham plant was back to normal this week as shop stewards and union officials agreed to a...

AN UNKNOWN number of lorry drivers are now breaking the law and could find themselves in court because they failed to claim hgv...

AN APPEAL by Livestock Sales Transport Ltd, Kent, against the decision of the South Eastern Licensing Authority to restrict the...

THE COMMON MARKET must do more for Britain's road haulage industry. This is the view of John Silbermann, a national...

RAILWAYS are not about to be thrust into a straitjacket by the transport White Paper and their future is secure, British Rail...

PROGRAMMES for the 1977 Road Haulage Association Tipping Convention have been issued. The convention will take place in...

A BID by the West Midland County Council to have the use of an old established haulage depot restricted to a short period,...

DISTRIBUTORS who are cutting their rates below the safety level will just not be in business two years from now. Stewart...

LEYLAND Truck and Bus made a £43 million profit over a 15-month period which ended in December, out of a total. company profit...

THERE are 53,000 fewer commercial vehicles on the roads of Britain than a year ago. Figures from the Department of Transport...

A SEMINAR arranged by the University of Leeds for April 13-15, 1977, covers the use of computers in many branches of...

ORGANISERS of Britain's only commercial motor show this year are considering Sunday opening during the exhibition, and are...

RHA directory A NEW directory of international door-to-door hauliers has just been published by the Road Haulage Association....

Investment justified at BL LEYLAND Truck and Bus managing director Des Pitcher has Written to all the company's . employees...

A NEW FULLY mechanised solid waste road-to-rail transfer station became fully operational this week. Believed to be the first...

THE FIRST further education course in Scotland under the Young Drivers Training Scheme started in Aberdeen last week. The...

WHITE Trux's Jeddah office are currently arranging the removal of a complete village for the Lockhead company. It involves 200...

A NEW recovery service designed to help the owner driver was launched this week. It aims to help the driver who breaks down on...

CLEVELAND County Council is to begin a lorry routeing experiment at the Western end of Stockton-on-Tees next week in a...

Chassis swop CITY of Nottingham Transport is changing the chassis order for the second 30 of 60 buses for delivery this year...

THE CONTROVERSIAL Bradford Travel Interchange will open on Sunday, having cost some £16 million, covering an area of 81/2...

A NEW electric retarder range suitable for coaches is being launched by the Jacobs Manufacturing Co and distributed by the...

AN INCREASE in the number of passengers carried on excursions and tours, and private hire operations up to 1975 has helped to...

A PROPOSAL by Gloucestershire coach operators and travel agents, Ladvale Ltd, to operate extended tours from Bristol to the...

AN AGREEMENT on the allocation of the 1977/78 bus grant settlement of £48.8million has been arrived at between the Transport...

BY USING a standard lift truck, one man can now load, unload or transfer any type and size of ISO container or flat. The...

A STEP-FRAME trailer has been added to the range of steel TIR tilt bodies by Lawrence David Ltd of Crowland. Peterborough. It...

LATEST manufacturer to join the rush to produce a competitor to the British built "goanywhere" Range Rover is Mercedes-Benz....

Mr Goni, in his letter CM, February 25 issue) has some kind things to say about Freightliner, and some relevant points to make....

hail fa patadin As an employee of Odhams (Watford) Ltd, I was very interested in lain Sherrill's visit to Agades. Some 30...

oit tarifa . . An article in CM, March 4, mentions the possibility of the British Government making noises about the lack of...

e • „,„,i0t,••• the locality has changed little, particularly bad sand storms being part of its harsh reputation. Indeed, my...

Reit Dougtao . . I wish to thank Ron Douglas for his helpful and easy to understand series, "Driving for profit" and...

oubaidieb • • • Much is heard from the rail-lobby about the hidden subsidies which result in road transport costs appearing to...

SCOTLAND Yard and London Broadcasting made history last week. On Wednesday at 6.30am this old bird was heading for the office...

By all accounts the British trade delegation to Detroit was a big success. The affair was co-sponsored by the Overseas Trade...

Now we can remind you about the 1978 Motor and Commercial Motor Show at the National Exhibition Centre from October 20 till...

The little Maggies are coming. On May 19 Magiruz Deutz (Great Britain) Ltd is launching a new range of light vehicles on the...

Far from taking the heat out of the road rail debate the NUR this week has put the cat back amongst the proverbial pigeons with...

national George Kallis is a Cypriot who makes clothes in Limmasol, and a very keen business man he is. George sells his...

not yet... Now you would think that a factory test run is something to keep quiet about, but apparently not at Bedford. This...

Renting trailers from TIP offers you all the benefits of ownership. Without the burdens of it. And tax advantages. So look out...

other day I was stopped by the police and told that the trailer should have "long vehicle plates on the rear. Am I correct in...

We are operating a rigid goods vehicle 1 1 m-long drawing a two-axle trailer 7m long; the overall length of the combination,...

GASTONIA COACHES, a small family firm based at Cranleigh, near Guildford, has been a front-runner for the past three or four...

We are holders of THREE Seals of Approval presented by the They were awarded for our `Clearway' screenwash additive, for our...

IT IS widely believed that Christian Salvesen (road and freight transport, cold storage, fishing, house-building and shipping)...

Because our 8-wheeler was developed from the UK's all-time best-selling construction vehicle, it has attributes that other...

Bill Brock finds points for and against... THE VOLVO F86 24-ton-gross tipper, tested by CM this month, has many of the...

Heaving equipment about EVEN IN the best equipped warehouse or transit shed, there are occasions when it is necessary to...

Note this key phrase CONTINUING our look at Regulation 90, that regulation concerning the maintenance and use of a vehicle so...

an stop as you mean to go on. Skidchek. The anti-skid. -jack-knife system from Britain's ling brake systems manufacturer: of...