IT IS SURELY a strange anomaly that the Road Transport Industry Training Board should pay grants for driver training but not...

IG PUSH to urge the Government to implement its downsing powers will be made "within weeks" by the Freight TransAssociation,...

BRITISH Government's de311 to go for a 38-tonne gross ght limit may stimulate the to move closer to a decision harmonised...

THE BATTLE to increase maximum lorry weights was expected to end in the Commons on Thursday with a comfortable Government...

ROADS left unrepaired could be costing highway authorities large sums of money each year as more road users make claims for...

THE TWO main trade associations were making their final push towards an anticipated weights victory this week, and were...

THE GOVERNMENT should give British industry a strong boost and invest much greater sums in transport infrastructure, Freight...

BRITISH operators running to France are being advised not to comply with the French language requirement which has been applied...

PROPOSALS for a more fle approach to driving hours r lations are likely to be prod by the EEC Commission in E sels early in...

TISH HAULIERS have apd to the Confederation of 1 . 1 Industry to stop industs from extending credit ds any further. ad Haulage...

ESSO TANKER drivers voted narrowly to accept the company's productivity deal in a ballot last week. The other major oil...

THE SIGHT of commercial vehicles driving through builtup areas on their side lights is to become a thing of the past. The...

THE IDEA of heavy goods vehicles paying for using bypasses has won considerable public support. An opinion poll carried out by...

LORRY TRAFFIC through the port of Dover was up by 21 per cent during the first 10 months of 1982 compared with the same period...

INCREASED business levels following the British Rail disputes earlier this year have led TNT Overnite to launch a new hold for...

LORRY-ONLY loading areas have been designated in central Glasgow as part of Strathclyde Regional Council's generally...

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT and lower road construction prices are major reasons to speed up vital road building work in West Wales,...

COMMERCIAL VEHlt operators should be given a ger say in running Caleda MacBrayne, Scotland's big' west coast ferry operator,...

It has since increased its shipments from 200 per week to an average of 350 per week. The company says it is not the cheapest,...

VIRTUES of the 38-tonner a once more extolled at a don demonstration last !k showing the potential ng of using the heavier...

DISTRIBUTION company Durable Transport has started a London to Scotland overnight service with delivery to all destinations...

TOR LINE is taking over North Sea Ro-Ro's ferry services between Britain and Sweden, Norway and Belgium from January 1, and...

A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM capable of loading and tipping two skips on to one 16-ton chassis has been developed by TCB Industrial...

PRINCE MICHAEL of Kent, president of the Motor Industry Research Association, has opened a new computerised CI .2m engine...

THE BURMAH-CASTROL Award, and constructive short paper on 1983, when the subject will be: ceramics in engineering". The prize...

A NEW DEVICE aimed at red ing aerodynamic drag has introduced by Sleaford E neering, of Fulshaw Park So Wilmslow, Cheshire....

LEP GROUP has made John chairman, following the relent of Desmond Leeper. Read joined the main d of Lep as deputy chairman...

VO TRUCKS distributor for North-West England, Lancashire ;ks has taken on three new staff. in Downing, formerly of the )n...

REASED freight business on Brittany Ferries' Channel and Spanro-ro routes has led to the company strengthening its Freight...

DONALD LYON. has become managing director of Voith Engineering. He takes over from Mervyn Lornie, who has moved to become...

TRANSPORT secretary David Howell has made Peter Cox a member of Dover Harbour Board from January 1, 1983. Mr Cox is a senior...

WE RECORD with regret the death of Fred Pirnie, at 57. He joined the family haulage firm of R. S. Pirnie at Pitlochry when he...

ROBERT CROSTHWAITE, currently general manager of Norfolk removal company Abels of Watton, has become a director of the board....

YORK TRAILER has anticipated the proposed gross weights increase and has been active in the tri-axle trailer market. Walton...

POOR BRAKES are the overwhelming reason why 148,773 heavy vehicles failed their annual test in the year ending March 31 the...

CRAVEN TASKER is to exhibit at the Jeddah motor show from November 28 to December 5. A market survey carried out by a team of...

SCANIA is looking forwai 1983 with "cautious cc dence", despite the prc depressed state of the corn cial vehicle market world...

'OCAR Transporters of Wy1, Birmingham, in conjuncwith Roynor Trailers, has roved the load capacity of its transporter...

TOTAL OIL has launched RUBIA TIR, a premium engine oil for turbocharged diesel engines in lorries. The SAE 15w 40 oil has...

1NGIMEX dropside and Luton bodywork is now an on-line option with Sherpa 255 and 280 models. The specification incorporates...

A BOMBSHELL has been dropped into the already hot conflict over the Transport Bill. A metropolitan council leader told CM that...

MERLIN EXPRESS is running a new Thurso (Caithness) to Aberdeen service launched by Patrick Sinclair, son of Viscount Thurso,...

A SHROPSHIRE coach driver drove a party of school girls for 28 hours through France and England — with his only break on the...

LONDON TRANSPORT's farebox/subsidy ratio coulo improved if LT became mor ficient, Transport Under So tary Lynda Chalker said...

MS that Reading Borough Council's Goldline bus service to have been strongly denied by the on is making a massive loss I's...

LONDON COUNTRY is increasing its 1983 order for new coaches to help cope with a greater demand for both private hire and stage...

READING BOROUGH is buying 21 of London Transport's surplus Metropolitan double-deckers to replace Bristol VRTs. The...

TRANSPORT policies must be ownership will continue to grow, said this week. This created problems but it is "unrealistic to...

!CARRIER MOTORS has launched a new passenger chassis derived from the Dodge Commando 2 goods vehicle. The front-engined Dodge...

TrISH HIGHLAND operators ied their golden opportunity ghlight their difficulties with drivers' hours and tachoih rules when...

I WAS SURPRISED and disappointed to read your editorial "Nothing to show" CM, October 23. You refer to the scarcity of pre...

HAVING now recovered from the rigours of the Motor Show and caught up with my reading of CM, I would like to take issue with...

AT THE CM Fleet Management Conference in October, Mr Yeomans was questioned about a legal requirement for tachographs to be...

I KNOW THIS must sound like sour grapes, but I recently gained a conviction for overloading on axle weight, not gross eight....

250 stands at the NEC next week will display to the influential all that is new and exciting in engineering, construction and...

Shifting soil, sand and clay on the Roche ter Way. That's the job of Erith Haulage, ar Bryan Jarvis looks at how it's done THE...

When Kingston Minerals of Bath replaced several dump trucks, it took a calculated gamble on a relative newcomer to the UK...

"SHOP EARLY for the General Election" is the RAC's motto. The club has renewed its campaign for a better deal for road users...

GARY ORAM is wasted as TGWU national commercial group officer. He is a born comedian. His comment that only "one or two lorry...

ON HIS WAY from Tunbridge Wells to Newcastle, Garry Turvey, the Freight Transport Association's deputy directorgeneral, called...

WITH ONLY A WEEK or two of 1982 left, I have just discovered that this is the international year of Boalloy. What is more, it...

ONE OF THE more curious loads recently hauled by Pickfords was the Gateway Diner, which had been shipped from New Jersey, USA,...

A CLAMMY CLOUD of what for some was nostalgia and for others nausea settled over London and Birmingham in July That month...

Opencast mining is the name of the game and this company has been excavating for over forty years. Massive dump trucks are an...

who have been allowed in to see how high-speed, high-stress tyre testing is carried out at Michelin's proving ground at...

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage...

Diesel fuel is produced by all refiners In Britain to the same Industry-wide standard on "wasting", designed to minimise...

When you're in international trucking 1000 dealer and service points spre you need truly international service. across 14...

ECAUSE THE CLUTCH is pped every time a vehicle arts from rest, the clutch lings must inevitably become orn. The rate of wear...