IN PRESENT TRADING conditions it appears, at first sight, that company pay agreements rather than area agreements make sense....

WAR OF WORDS between the Road Haulage Association and Road Transport Industry Training Board has broken out again, 1 the RHA...

SEDDON ATKINSON'S date with destiny has been staved off by a £3m lifeline from International Harvester, its ailing United...

KARRIER MOTORS is opening a new parts headquarters and distribution centre in Birmingham. The move is one of the last in a...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport is reminding operators that they must fit sideguards to all vehicles being operated at gross...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association will need to step up its campaign for the abolition of tolls on bridges and tunnels if it is...

JAPAN HAS agreed to "moderate" exports to the EEC of small vans and forklift trucks as part of a trade deal reached with the...

MOTOR VEHICLE manufactu reluctant to comply with recommendations on dipi beam adjustment devices I won a reprieve from European...

WN-LICENSING seems unlikely to come about on May 1 and les that run at less than the plated weight will still have to pay same...

VERS' HOURS and records onces cost Heywood Haulier :harlson and Sons (Haulage) a director of the company I three of its drivers...

THE LIKELIHOOD of Derbyshire County Council imposing some 32.5-tonne weight restrictions on bridges has been increased by a...

legislation TTISH West Coast ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne has blasted by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for ig to...

A WELSH shipping company plans to start a three-times-weekly roro freight link between Wales and Cork on February 27. The...

legislation for Statutory Sick Pay are now available from Croner Publications and Answer Publishing. SSP, which starts on...

ONE of the best known hauliers in France — Transports Le Ca!vex, Brest — would like to find a compatible English partner....

INCREASED competition from West German operators on the international road transport market is likely this year as hauliers...

BOLTON-BASED Shaw Computer Systems has introduced computer-based package designed to provide fleet data for as little as £25...

THE FUTURE of Belfast's c harbour bridges will be viewed when current motoi developments in the city complete. This emerged...

TNT OVERNITE, the UK exr parcels delivery service br of TNT, was presented witl PA Management Award for keting Success for...

MAJOR INCOME tax chili will affect many company drivers this year To explain new system the Freight Tr port Association has...

ROPOSED LORRY restriction diverting lorry traffic around the r Fell area of Gateshead upon Tyne would pose serious man oeurig...

TNT SKYPACK is the latest offering from Thomas Nationwide Transport. It gives its customers a complete range of international...

IN ADDMON to the charges being brought against B and R Transport by the Health and Safety Executive (CM February 19), the...

THE 1983 International Materials Handling Exhibition scheduled to take place at London's Earls Court at the end of April has...

A NEW SERVICE area has been opened at Heston on the westbound carrigeway of the M4 between Junctions 2 and 3. Granada Motorway...

AUSTIN-ROVER dealer Wicliffe Motor Company, of Gloucester and Stroud, has come up with a new van version of the Austin Metro,...

A PAYLOAD of 6.45 tonnes been achieved by fitting a 1 rence David Trac-cess LX Ii weight curtainsider body, w calculated weight...

THE CARGO LINER, a sin piece, high-impact resist ABS plastic moulding manu tured by Addatrim of Bi Knoll, Somerset, contoured...

STERN British Road Services made John McLellan asant manager of its Bridgend nch. le joined the company four irs ago as a...

ELECTIONS IN the Midlands District of the Road Haulage Association have resulted in the following new officers: Midlands...

A FORMER National Freight director has been missing for seven weeks, according to Northamptonshire Police. Jack Sieve, who was...

SCANIA has joined the ranks of manufacturers offering a 6x2 tractive unit for 38-tonnes gross but, unlike its competitors'...

SCANIA provided CM with two of the new 38-tonne combinations last week, writes BILL BROCK. Both tractive units were sleeper...

BRAKING regulations have been amended to allow trailers over 750kg (14.8cwt) gross weight to remain unbraked until October 1,...

THE FIRST two Ford Cargos to be equipped with welded aluminium bodies by Edbro of Bolton have been sold to Norwich builder R....

LEICESTERSHIRE County Council tandem to speed up maintenance The lifts can be operated separately allowing work to two...

A SIX-DAY engineering manage7 ment course is being run in April at the Freight Transport Association's Wadhurst training centre...

MORE THAN half of the vehicles ordered by Nati , Bus this year will be coac and there are no Ley1; Nationals for the first time...

It is spending £340,000 to velop a production line for dethe Citybus underfloor-engined derframe which uses B1 coach units....

VOLVO's plans to sell articulated B1OM coaches in Britain have finally been laid to rest, and the vehicles have been converted...

SS-SUBSIDY should be retained to help protect rural bus serI, the Bus and Coach Council claimed this week. says this in The...

WAHL COACHES of London will supply new British specification Mercedes-Benz 0303 integral luxury coaches to suit operator...

V LIVERIES for coaches rated by National Bus Corny subsidiaries on both local National coach routes are introduced. n local...

PING TO road works at Dover ;ks, coaches and light vans re been diverted off the A2 pass at Guston roundabout !through Dover...

SMITHS LUXURY Coaches of Reading has had its licence curtailed from 42 vehicles to 38 for a three-month period starting on...

BENNETTS of Kilwinning's commuter express service between Glasgow and Largs starts on Monday next week, with three return...

IINTENANCE workers at Strathclyde PTE have fired a warning )t across councillors' bows by saying they will oppose any decin to...

I WISH to advise you that I am deeply concerned and disappointed by the unfortunate mis-use of words used heading a report (CM...

MAY I MAKE it clear to your readers that charges for Datapost, the Royal Mail's highspeed courier delivery service for urgent...

I WAS INTERESTED in Mr Reg Parker's views (CMJanuary 29) and hope that there will be intelligent debate on the various Serpell...

BEING in the motor trade here in Ireland, it is my pleasure in informing you that I am a regular reader of your magazine. I...

IN CM February 12, on page V under the heading "Blow For Ford", you imply that the unfortunate circumstances presently...

I AM WRITING to express our delight at reading Les Oldridgc article (CMJanuary 15) on clutches. It was refreshing to find that...

CURRENTLY under threat of closure — as part of rationalisation plans for lveco psv production — the Mainz plant of...

MOST PRIVATE motorists have very little idea of what it is like to be behind the wheel of a heavy vehicle and to control artic...

OMO lone-man operator) drivers will not bother to check tickets or travel passes if it requires any real effort. This is one of...

IF FOG can spring a sudden nasty surprise almost anywhere during the winter, there are some sections of roads in practically...

The LT van range h, been boosted by some radical modifications. Brya Jarvis evaluates th move VOLKSWAGENWERK AG has traduced...

IT IS A crushing indictment of post-war society that a memorial to the man who led the war against the rule of Fascist thugs...

WHY, OH WHY did I ask "Successful Transport Business Man" (January 29) to supply his name and address for the 1,000word...

HAVING DIRECTLY or indirectly influenced at least two noted composers, London Transport is to celebrate its golden jubilee...

SOMEONE suggested on radio — and I agree — that nobody who does not know how to use the apostrophe should be allowed to vote. I...

CHILDREN at Staplehurst Primary School in Kent are showing their betters a thing i two about road safety. One of the pupils...

THE PAST two years since the launch of the GPR range have seen a marked increase in the number of specifications that Scania...

... A question often asked by owner-driver and one that Alan Millar puts to the organisation. All hire or reward operators,...

A Duple Dominant Ill body on a Leyland Tiger chassis has been the choice of the Scottish Bus Group on its EdinburghLondon route...

The maximum fine for an overloading offence — axle or gross — is to more than double in a few weeks. With this in mind David...

1E LAST article the waxthermostat was described. 3ther variety, in common is the bellows type :rated in Figure 1, which ts its...

IE NEED to keep vehicle assis and bodywork clean — iter workers permitting — is important one for operators. a-DTp test...

TO CUT out the need for operators to stock a multitude of different wiper arms and blades to suit differing vehicles, Tex has...

ALTHOUGH up till now the weather has been kind to us, there's still plenty of time for a cold snap. And last year's snow and...

IDEAL FOR COACH operators or indeed any transport company which has a problem with scribbling on its vehicles or buildings is a...