HIS WEEK'S election of the deputy leader of the 'arliamentary Labour Party has demonstrated many things. Jone has been more...

WE'VE BEEN to Italy and Germany to examine the IVECO organisation. This is one of Europe's up and coming manufacturing...

E GOVERNMENT's latest proposals for compensating employers der the proposed statutory sick-pay scheme (CM, September 19) ie...

CLAIMS that vehicles engage on door-to-door selling must b fitted with tachographs hay been dropped by Merseysid Police....

BRITAIN will pursue a policy of realism, in which difficult issues al confronted head on, Transport Secretary David Howell...

iTTER roads must come befo inservative European MP told mk. ALAN MILLAR reports. Addressing a one-day conferce in Cambridge...

THE Manchester Region Pi ductivity Association has issul details of Tachograph Traink Courses from October-D cember. On...

ENCE fees for storing petrom spirit will be increased rn January 1, 1982, under reations put before Parliament. he fees, which...

A WORLD commercial vehicle is imminent provided world-wide ct operation can be obtained, according to vice-president and genen...

WEST COUNTRY haulie Willmotts Transport (Wells) Lt moves this weekend to a ne% purpose-built four-acre site E Waterlip, Shepton...

EDDAU Bridge tolls may be ng up on April 1 next year to operating costs. he annual deficiencies of the ith-west Wales bridge...

SS reports last week that the Government is considering iming tolls on motorways have been played down by the Departrt of...

WET BOND (wines and spirits) warehousing space has now doubled at Storemasters' Canning Town headquarters. Part of P&O...

A NEW guaranteed daily 14-hour depot-to-depot import/export ser. vice between France and Italy has been launched by Seabourru...

NORTHERN IRELAND Trailers (Scotland) Ltd has opened a new £450,000 transport depot at the port of Ardrossan to support the...

VICK's consistently loss-making freight division has been sold hitch private investment company for a nominal VI fee....

SOUTH WALES road tanker and tank container operators who might be affected by new laws on carrying dangerous substances, will...

THE USE of six of the only seven Russian-built Kamaz vehicles in the country was said to be part of the reason for a poor...

Private testing fan PROVIDED they are sold to responsible operators, heavy goods vehicle test stations could offer the...

IT IS the duty of industrial management to convey its enthusiasm for the European economic Community to its employees, European...

INDUSTRIAL training boards are abolished, someone will need to ecreate them or something very similar in the near future,...

SENSIBLE management problems rather than s them, National Freight I pany deputy chairman Paige told the Road Haula sociation...

Fiat Daily will be available in )wn as the Daily 35.9, it will Dwered by the same two122cuin), 67kW (90bhp) enwhich is used in...

FIVE ERF tractive units, to transport chemicals and hydrocarbons loads on nationwide routes, have been bought by Buckley...

ACOMA LTD has converted a standard Ford Escort van into a pick up, as no such vehicle is available direct from Ford. The...

A HYDRAULICALLY actuated disc brake, suitable for mediumweight commercial vehicles with 161n and 171/2in wheels, has been...

ANCHORPAC has developed three new waste compaction systems. The smallest compactor is a rugged fully automatic 0.5-metre size...

FULL-LENGTH roof racks from Hatcher Components to fit Ford Transit vans and minibuses, and smaller versions for Escort vans,...

AN HYDRAULIC twin disc brake, introduced by an Italian manufacturer Valeo, is suited to commercial vehicle and bus application...

ROCKWELL'S curreni technology is centred on brakes, and over five axi Dura-Master can save 145kg (320 lb). Its swing caliper...

EDBRO has introduced a cylinder type for its front tipping gear, with a drasti altered sending system whi said to lessen the...

DACH operator which sought stage service licences for dere. ted services has had its application rejected by the...

IEW SCHEME is being Ii,d in Plymouth by which pie can obtain a free bus at by buying goods from cted shops. us joint venture...

EDINBURGH city bus fares look set to rise for the first time in five years, following Lothian Region's climbdown from the...

/NOON TRANSPORT has apaaled the the London broughs and the Greater Lenin Council not to make town ntres "no-go" areas for...

WHILE bus fares in Londoi being reduced by massive si dies this weekend, incr* fares are being charged routes outside the...

OMMERCIAL MOTOR'S test ransit has now completed 3,253km (16,329 miles) and )ntinues to impress with its reability and...

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CMSpecial Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage (Nationa...

by Douglas Ainley MANY EMPLOYERS complain of costs incurred in "defending" unfair dismissal cases. However, an understanding...

the three-dimensional effect . This is a change that met with royal from our livery competipanel when they judged the ries in...

SIGN outside the Grand Hall )Iympia last week read ;gequip '81 — THE trade Ideed, all the exhibition ds at Garagequip '81 were...

IEN FORD announced the v Escort van early this year, naturally asked to carry out a road test. This we did in Febry, but it...

NATIONAL Carriers 'have appointed Eric Fisher as the new branch manager at the Derby depot. He began his career with National...

3 a sign of the times that in s test year we've carried out less than 12 tests of vehicles the up to 7.5 tonne (7.38 ton)...

ye, so too were ride and hand characteristics. Braking was lultless with maximumoessure stops producing little ?viation. We...

acked up on its separate chas;is, the lorry's styling suits its lon-hgv application. Because he cab is thus mounted, there is...