THERE WAS a greater air of confidence on the stands at the 1984 Motor Show than there has been for many years. If the genuine...

PLYMOUTH's five-year-old ferry service to Northern Spain had modest beginnings but is now poised for substantial growth, which...

INDUSTRY demands for a public inquiry dominate the thousands of submissions to the Greater London Council on its proposed night...

Company chiefs announced that the Southampton operations would end on November 3 when the daily freight-only services to Le...

NEW ROAD projects are to receive more than half the £437m rebate recently agreed by the EEC for Britain. The Department of...

TRANSPORT Supplementary Grant is to be cut from next April to concentrate purely on capital schemes. The change was announced...

THE BRITISH Rail freight sector is expected to lose revenue over £100m because of the miners' strike, the BR Corporate Plan...

ROLL-ON/roll-off and container traffic is continuing its strong upward trend at British ports, according to figures released by...

SCOTTISH hauliers last week appealed to their customers to increase rates to cover recent rises in dery prices. The Road...

ECONOMIC RECOVERY will expose a lack of parking facilities at motorway service areas, the Freight Transport Association has...

VOLVO is planning to step up sales of its vehicles below 16 tons gvw, by introducing them to new markets probably including the...

OF THE 139 vehicles carrying livestock to the Continent and followed by the Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...

WEST MIDLAND hauliers will be presented with a claim for a E10 across-the-board wage claim when their representatives meet...

WINCANTON Chilled Distribution has won its first radial distribution contract by taking over the Southern England fleet of...

FIVE mcre exemption certificates have been issued by the Health and Safety Executive as required by the Dangerous Substances...

A SEMINAR on hazardous goods transport for the Scotch Whisky trade is being held next month by the Freight Transport...

THE SPECIALIST parcels delivery group TNT has moved five managers in four of its UK subsidiaries. Following the promotion of...

A DRIVER's refusal to work on a Sunday led to a Pudsey industrial tribunal being asked to interpret an agreement between the...

WORK ON the E10m Burscough and Rufford by-pass on the A59 Liverpool-Preston Road is expected to start in April 1987. Transport...

THE TRANSPORT industry has contracted its workforce, but not as dramatically as manufacturing, agriculture or energy...

A NEW section of the GlasgowInverness A82 trunk road adjoining the village of Ballachulish in the Highlands has been opened....

A WEST GERMAN driver was fined about £2,000 by a court in the Ruhr this month after police discovered he had been working for...

FREIGHT forwarders are a new target market for Freight Computer Services, the National Freight Consortium's computer specialist...

AN EEC plan to reduce progressively motorway tolls in the Common Market over 26 years until their total abolition, has been...

IN A WRITTEN judgment, the Transport Tribunal has agreed with the West Midlands Licensing Authority that suspension of three...

SLEEPER cabs will be available on Mercedes-Benz 7.5-tonne 814 and 11-tonne 1114 4x2 rigids from January 1985. All 1114 models...

SPICER universal joint and centre bearing kits are the latest commercial vehicle parts to be reduced in price by Foden Trucks....

EDBRO is now including an automatic safety device with all of its tipping gear kits. It disengages a power take-off on tipping...

THE FIRST major conference to be jointly organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the USA's Society of...

1 LOOSE-LEAF FORMAT ENSURES UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION YOU CAN DEPEND ON. . . . The large array of legislation and regulations...

A VOLKSWAGEN LT31 panel van equipped with a prototype turbocharged version of the six-cylinder 2.4-litre VW petrol engine has...

HALLETT SILBERMANN, a member of the Brent Group, has taken delivery of a pair of four-axle trailers from Royal Nooteboom...

New AEC range DETAILS of Britain's newest range of three bus and coach chassis have been released by the Albion Equipment...

TWENTY per cent fuel savings are expected from a flywheel-drive Volvo Citybus which London Buses is expected to start using in...

VOLVO is adding a midicoach chassis to its range in Britain. The B9M 9/10m chassis will be introduced early next year and will...

LEYLAND BUS is further hedging its bets for deregulation by planning to add a minibus to its range. It is examining the...

THE BUS service deregulation White Paper have been welcom cil. In its detailed response, the WCC said that competition is...

KASSBOHRER (UK) took two of and Automobile Manufacturers during the Motor Show (see p74) Judges deemed the Setra S210HDI to be...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE PTE has ordered 13 articulated buses from Leyland Bus for delivery in May and June next year. They will be...

COACH manufacturers and dealers are to hold their own major British coach show at Earls Court, London, next year. Details of...

The coach and bus section of the Motor Show was livelier than it had been for years. New integral coaches were much in evidence...

Exhibitors in the light commercial vehicle sector were keen to attract attention with new products, but many were anxious not...

VISITORS' ideas at motor shows trends in development are more often than not disputed by engineers and operators generally....

MANY prominent body and trailer manufacturers who attended the previous Motor Show were conspicuous by their absence this year,...

WAKES ITS DEBUT After picking up the 'Van of the 2ar' award for 1983 we felt 'say proud. But not Dmplacent Backed by GM, re...

You're right, there has been a ip in the Bedford range. Not big enough to drive a bus trough, but it's a slot we've filled...

Improve the TL? T1 stalwart of the range? Easier said than don But we did it. And althoug we've made no major change the many...

QHow do you get even more • power out of a Bedford TM without losing its reputation for exceptional mpg? A Install the...

Whether your coaches go to inton orto foreign parts, there are ro problems which constantly ar their ugly heads. 1. High...

JACK SEMPLE (CM, Octobert 6) is quite correct. It is difficult to judge the weight of a load of sugar beet. From my own...

HAS the development of light vans been neglected in favour of heavies? The big 'uns certainly hog the limelight and Motor...

Leyland's new tri-axle Scammell Roadtrain offers more than just an extra pair of wheels. Bryan Jarvis obtained some impressive...

Price as tested: £34,090 excluding vat (including £950 for fifth wheel installation, £400 for Eminox stainless steel...

Tim Blakemore spent much of his time at the Motor Show looking at how exhibitors perceive the future. There was innovation...

WHEN the general public were admitted to the Motor Show they may have noticed circular gold stickers on the windscreens of some...

aided design. Tim Blakemore met the company's director of engineering and design to catch up with its developments in this...