THE AGENDA for the International Road Transport Union's 17th Congress which opens in Seville on Tuesday could have been...

HE RIGHT honourable P. N. 'owler M.P., Minister of 'ransport has paid CM the istinction of sending us the 31lowing telegram....

THIS DAF ITT 2805 DKS was on show at the AVRO Exhibition at Droitwich last weekend. It is titled with a Holmes 750 wrecker...

RENAULT Trucks & Buses UK Ltd is to recall 79 Renault-Berliet TR305 tractive units under the SMMT's product recall code....

WE MUST all try to give greater value for money in 1980 and 1981 according to John Silbermann, National chairman of the Road...

The Minister of Transport, the Rt. Hon. Norman Fowler, MP, will be the key speaker at the conference of the Vehicle Builders...

KINCH OF LOUGHBOROUGH repeated its win at the Blackpool National Coach Rally when its Volvo B58 Plaxton executive coach became...

GREATER Manchester Sur face Transport Action Groui has written to the Departmen of Transport stressing that tit early...

BUS PASSENGERS will noi be put at risk by any cuts ir public expenditure, Depart. ment of Transport permaneni secretary Sir...

■ N OPERATOR who is at the limit of his bank overdraft acilities and admitted having no other capital had his licence...

A MANCHESTER lorry driver who did not accept a new job when he was reinstated by North Western BRS has had his unfair dismissal...

CHARD HOGG, of 14 Henrson Street Leith, failed in application for wrongful ;missal against Dunvan nstruction Co of Edinburgh...

THE FINAL section of Monkland Motorway and Baillieston Interchange was opened last week. The opening of these two parts of the...

NSVVER: in this day and age, not enough. There have been big changes in the last few years. For one thing, there's a lot more...

TOWNSEND THORESEN has chartered the 1,599-ton rollon, roll-off ship Stena Trader to meet demand for its freight services from...

FIVE-DAY residential course in management are to be run by the RTITB for body builders and body repairers. The scheme is one...

THE CLYDE PORT Authority has started work on a dredging programme at Ardrossan Harbour which will increase the channel depth...

first appearance at an ISWM Show at this year's World Congress at Wembley between June 16-20. It is claimed the high...

THE number of freight vehicles passing through the port of Dover during the first three months of this year decreased by about...

the new Ayrshire Road Transport Group Training Association Centre in Prestwick at 11.30arn on Monday, April 28. The Centre...

LAST WEEKEND AVRO, the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators, formed by CM in 1976, held its fourth annual exhibition and...

PEM Trailers Ltd of Bournemouth is the first company in the UK to be appointed bank stockists for the new Renault JK75 7.38...

A TACHOMETER to give continuous reading of exhauster-compressor speed is an option now offered by Whale Tankers of Solihull on...

A MIDLAND RED bus service may be re-routed because of public pressure. In a reserved decision, the East Midland Traffic...

WEST GERMAN bus manufacturer MAN has gained a number of major export orders for buses. In the United States the Seattle...

A ONE-DAY symposium on the proposals for a Channel link has been arranged for next . month by the British Road Federation.

THE RON GREENWOOD of the transport industry. That's how Len Payne sees his new role as president of the Freight Transport...

THE WALLS Meat Company, Ltd, the only national distributor of meat products, has embarked upon a major replacement programme...

THIS YEAR, CM celebrates its 75th anniversary. We plan to mark this occasion with a number of special events which will be...

lntertruck Ltd Articulated fleet maintenance programme. Planning an effective maintenance system for a fleet of...

P&O European Transport Services The development of European road transport To examine the development of European road...

I AM PLEASED that Jackson Moore is concerned about the forthcoming "Suicide of the RHA" (CM April 12). It is obvious he has...

THE LETTER from Jackson Moore (CM April 12) gives a sinister interpretation to the EEC Commission's intentions in relation to...

IN YOUR 75th Anniversary Number (CM March 15) you printed a feature containing extracts not entirely complimentary to the...

I REFER to Mr Bogaert's letter (CM April 12) under the title "Want to buy a dead body?" It would appear that Mr Bogaert has...

by Graham Montgomere Oil discoveries could well fail to keep pace with future demand — with serious consequences for the...

Many entrants in - nis years Historic Commercial Vehicle Club London-Brighton Rally prove there's nothing new under the sun....

It's a matter of scale. decides Noel Millier Worldwide they have big potential but not in London LIKE BIG BEN and Buckingham...

If the Government's proposed Enterprise Zones are created in city centres, councils may have to think again about bans on hgv...

SOME CHANCELLORS of the Exchequer think the answer to inflation is to rob the rich. Not so the bold Sir Geoffrey Howe. His...

A SHORT LENGTH of the old LNWR Coalport branch in the centre of Telford is being developed as a 60cm-gauge tramway with a...

INTERNATIONAL lorry and coach drivers who visit Italy have to contend with a new hazard. Everyone eating in catering...

- PERHAPS [local government] should be thought of not so much as a local authority but as a local responsibility," Ken Rogers,...

THE EXALTED Saudi Arabian Sheikh has allowed BL Cars to make a pun of his name with the advertising catch-line for the Mini:...

A CHEQUE for 000 has been subscribed to the memorial fund to the late Johnny Johnson, who distinguished Commercial Motor for...

London bus lanes don't seem to work but this is by no means the case everywhere. Take So ampton, for instance. Noel Millier...

'The amalgamation between the brash ARO and the staid CMUA must have looked like a marriage between a barmaid and a total...

What ever would the capital's coach men do if there were no foreign tourists? They contribute a 200 m yearly income ; reports...

By linking the Lucas Kienzle AUTOMATIC tachograph to the IP 1613 Micro Computer the fleet operator can achieve operating...

Are our bus operators getting a fair deal. Noel IV illier reports PUBLIC TRANSPORT professionals cannot feel very encouraged...