IE NEW Leyland Vehicles structure, which will save the cornny in the region of £40 million a year, brings the British...

:OMMON MARKET transport firms face the thrE t t , it of a second year without an increase in the Community quo of...

iE GOVERNMENT'S plans for Ihtening up on trades union imunities have been given a lutious welcome by the Road tulage...

MAINTENANCE and policir costs per road mile for the 32. tonne lorry are estimated to 1 about £8 per 1,000 tons freight...

THE INDUSTRY was waiting with baited breath this week for Government announcement on its plans for the year-old Armitag Report...

IT WAS STILL deadlock this week in the oil tanker drivers' wage negotiations, with neither Shell, Esso, nor Texaco being...

ICTORY CAPACITY, in-house 'gine production, and agriculral tractors have all fallen vicn of Leyland Vehicles' axe, in a 10m...

DNDON area haulage drivers aye been offered a £4 increase basic pay, which would raise leir basic rate to £85. Under the...

A WIDE range of possib1 methods and techniques for in proving route guidance hali been looked at by the Transpo and Road...

A DECISION was expected la Wednesday on the future loc tion of Ford Transcontinerd production. The decision to close tl...

BRITISH TELECOM's claim that it did not need a goods vehic operator's licence for its 356 purpose-built vehicles used for ere+...

CISIONS on the future of heavy lorries in London have been put for too long, according to the Greater London Council, which has...

EW ,COMPUTER system has n bought by Greenwoods /sport of Hoddesdon, HertIshire. It is upgrading its :em from a small Burroughs...

AN ACCIDENT evaluation ser vice, using tachograph charts, i. now being offered at Luca Kienzle's Birmingham head quarters. A...

BRITISH diesel oil prices have risen by 120 per cent over the period of December 1978 to November of this year, according to a...

THE Freight Transport Association claims to have become the clear market leader for tachograph training. During the past two...

THE INCREASE in parking of fences committed daily in Lon don has compelled Transpor Secretary David Howell to con sidering...

DEMANDS for stronger action hazardous waste last week met from the Government. The Earl of Avon recalled that the Select...

AN OPERATOR from Wellin Kent, failed to appear at a pub inquiry in London last week. Alan Brooks instructed h solicitor to...

TIP Trailer Rental is now opera ing in the Republic of Ireland. The company's first Irif. branch was opened this mon . on a...

A FAILURE to comply with the Code of Practice in relation to redundancy cost Nottingham Paving Ltd, trading as S. B. Hogg...

IRISH hauliers have accused the country's Transport Consultative Commission of over-estimating the rate at which the industry...

PROFESSIONAL i Yemn claims of up to £100,000 mi against full members and lows of the International In tute of Safety...

IM JENKINS Will be retiring rn the post of general secrey of the Transport Salaried iff's Association in 1982. Mr nkins was...

ECEMBER Institute of Road Transport Engineers. A talk on Scania Vehicles by Charles Rabbidge, product sales manager of Scania...

NNOUNCED QUIETLY at the me of the 1980 Motor Show, re Detroit Diesel Fuel Pincher 8 engine has not received a reat deal of...

A RECIPROCATING interni combustion engine could vvE be abandoned in the future in radical change in powertrai technology,...

THE GRANT of a road service licence to independent bus firm Yeowarts to run a Whitehaven town bus service has led, as...

WALLACE ARNOLD Tours announced a departure frorr established vehicle policy placing an order for 12 Bova tegral coaches, due...

GOVERNMENT plans to rem , the bus industry from the so of the Road Transport Indui Training Board have been v corned by the...

;YLAND BUS plant capacity is being preserved, despite the divi• )in's 450-job share of the redundancy programme announced...

‘TIONAL Bus Company manera are worried that jobs may lost if subsidiary companies )uth Wales and National elsh are merged....

WEST YORKSHIRE PIE may be reorganised in the New Year. A plan put to the West Yorkshire County Council public transport...

REGULATIONS have been lai before Parliament that are di signed to assist disabled pa sengers travelling with whee chairs in...

INCE the Berec Group Ltd inoduced the Blair Cable Loc sposable seal at less than El 3r container, TLT trailer load sses of...

LIR CALL has launched a person-to-person vehicle phone service ailed Interconnect, said to be Britain's largest privately...

SMITHS industries has ; nounced that its automoi original equipment, automoi after-market and industrial strument activities...

THE Huddersfield and Wakefield areas of the Yorkshire Elect Board have ordered Reynolds Boughton RB.44 4x4 vehicles in or to...

tAVEN TASKER has introiced a novel way in which to :rease the cube of its 12.2m )ft) aluminium frameless van mi-trailer without...

A VEHICLE fitted with new taillift has been delivered to B.V.S. International Ltd. The lorry has an Avonlift chassis-mounted,...

CRANE FRUEHAUF has intro ducecl an alloy body, steel chas sis, tipping semi-trailer, fol lowing two years' custome evaluation...

IS NOT often that a mundane atter like EEC tariffication gets ch prominent coverage in )mmercial Motor but it was a ty that...

YOU WILL doubtless be aware that, on November 2, CB radio became legal and many haulage contractors will be fitting this...

IT DOES you no credit to print a letter (CM November 14) from one of your own publisher's staff (Mr John Blauth of 1PC...

THAT half union flag on Cummins Truckpower (CM November 7, Birds-Eye View). I it upside down — a distress signal? F. H....

20MPUTER incorporated in ? most expensive Cadillacs in ierica threatens to re-create me of the emotion that rrounded the lorry...

S not proving easy to find a cessor to Sir Peter Masefield chairman of London insport. David Wetzel, 3irman of the Greater...

AFTER the Lord Mayor's Show comes the haulier, one has tended to feel. This year, however, he was accorded his rightful place...

THE EXPERIMENT with hostesses on trains from Gatwick to London to apologise to passengers for the railways' shortcomings is one...

AS I listened to a radio programme on the experiences of prisoners of war — their fear, their hopelessness, their hunger —...

IS THE Commercial Motor Lorr Driver of the Year Competition "cultural activity?" If it is, there is every reason why the rigid...

Scammell has been building 100-tonners since 1919. Graham Montgomerie, takes a close look at one of the leading 'heavies' 'WE...

Sunter Bros of Northallerton says the Mercedes-based Titan comes close to bein the ideal heavy haulage tractive unit. Tim...

Carrying 'special type' heavy cargoes pose: problems for a number of hauliers. Bill Brock looks at how a revolutionary new...

Moving abnormal loads around Britain requires careful and detailed planning. David Wilcox provides an escort through the rules...

DRILLING MACHINES are to be found in most vehicle workshops of any size, and the exercise of proper care in their use is...

In eight years Mike Cave has built-up Planthaul from a one-man operation to one of Europe's leading abnormal load specialists...

)perators icensing, 4 MEN an 0-licence is granted, aparate identity discs are ;sued for each motor vehicle — ut not for...

A9: Delays are likely at Guay Bridge, south of Pitlochry, and only ne lane is open at Blair Atholl. A77: A 12-tons axle limit...

Al : Delays expected at Belford, Northumberland. Al: Expect delays at Felton Bridge, Northumberland. AIM: Only one lane is...

AS: (Warwickshire). Partially closed near Therstone at junction of rIly Lane and Merevale Lane. A34: Lorries and wide loads...

A13: The Beckton Road flyover will be closed for regular inspec tion and maintenance on two Tuesdays in the future betweer...

A35: Temporary diversion in town centre, Christchurch, Dorset will cause some delays. A40: Until the end of January 1982,...

Industrial tribunals By Douglas Ainley EMPLOYERS and employees vho are facing an industrial tri m na I hearing must decide...