NICHOLAS RIDLEY may not be the most active or popular Transport Minister to occupy the post since Richard (now Lord) Marsh, but...

THE SOUTH Wales Miners' Union was fined £50,000 in the high court on Monday over picket action against two haulage companies in...

THE FOUR motorway service areas around the M25 London Ringway have now been chosen — they are to be at South Mimms, Thurrock,...

HM CUSTOMS and Excise estimates that there are some 60,000 traders in the UK who are regular importers, and the vast majority...

AN ELEVENTH hour bombshell has been dropped into the arguments on the spray suppression regulations which are scheduled to take...

INDUSTRY is "outraged" by Department of Transport plans for a 150 per cent increase in Severn Bridge tolls, the Freight...

CARGOFAX, the Road Haulage Association's electronic information and load matching service, is being taken over by Reed...

VOLVO Trucks (Great Britain) has increased sales registrations in each of its four main trading sectors during the first six...

THE GOVERNMENT looks poised to use everything in its power to stop the Greater London Council from implementing its pan-London...

THE SURFACE Transport Committee of Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry has pointed out the inconsistency of Government...

THE Transport Studies Group of the Polytechnic of Central London is currently carrying out research into the use of computers...

from its Church Stretton depot in Shropshire to Stafford Park Industrial Estate, Telford. The name "Swains of Stretton" will...

IRISH road haulage operators are planning to step up protests against their government's failure to regulate the transport...

ARMSTRONG World Industries, leading manufacturer of floor, ceiling and insulation products, has strengthened its distribution...

FORD OF BRITAIN has won a repeat export order from Sudan for 42 commercial vehicles; 20 Transits and 22 Cargo lorries. The...

These vehicles are Bedford TL860 dual-purpose refrigerated with two different temperature levels, enabling Sovereign Chicken to...

dealer, Foden Commercials, has bought the company from the Tarmac group. Foden, based at Avonmouth has a depot at Feltham,...

How do YOUR costs compare? CM's ANNUAL Tables of Operating Costs is probably the most widely read publication of its type in...

GENERAL MANAGER of TNT Overnite, Alan Jones, has been promoted to head the British operation of the Australian-based TNT expess...

More service is Champion cause EXPANSION of Giltspur Shipping's Scandinavian services is a main objective of the company's new...

BRS WESTERN has appointed Eddie Goodall as its area rental sales manager at its Chandler's Ford branch. His previous experience...

LONG-TERM expansion of the design and manufacturing of Wincanton Engineering, the Sherborne, Dorset, stainless steel tanker...

AS ONE American leaves Foden Trucks another joins. Following the recent return to the United States of the Sandbach lorry...

director general. Since the retirement of the previous incumbent, Norman Kay, on January 13, Mr Smith has been acting director...

Chesterfieldbased municipal vehicle manufacturer and Seddon Atkinson distributor, is being taken on by John Sudbury. He has...

STOREMAN-driver Michael McKernan lost his job when he was accused of " fiddling" the petrol money. Despite his strong denial of...

A £25,000 programme to provide better direction signing on major routes in outer London feeding the M25, has been approved by...

A MASSIVE series of spot checks on lorries by West German Autobahn police lest month resulted In 3,000 vehicles being stopped —...

A HAULAGE company employing 22 people will go out of business because of a £49,250 fine, it was claimed in the High Court last...

Excellent CPC results ALL BUT three of the 32 students who undertook the lutist Certificate of Professional Competence...

A LIST of dangerous substances and their particular problems has been published by the Health and Safety Commission for the...

Chubb to Gloster GLOSTER Saro, Hawker Siddeley Group's specialist vehicle manufacturer and road tanker bodybuilder, is to...

SUFFOLK Constabulary has taken delivery of a Ford 0813 7.5 tonne Cargo chassis equipped with Ray Smith demountable equipment....

CENTRAL-Trailer Rental has ordered 10 12.19m (40ft) refrige rated semitrailers from Wincanton Bodywork with Concargo Permacold...

LIVERPOOL flour miller, Wilson King, has specified Dobson 41/16 and 41/21 hydraulically-operated clear lift demountable systems...

CONCERN about wheel loss and fatigue failures has prompted the Institute of Road Transport Engineers to ask for a national...

Abel-bodied ABEL Demountable Systems has extended its air-operated product range with the acquisition of the design patents...

AMS/OIL claims significant cost savings by users who have switched from conventional mineral oils to synthetic lubricants....

A TI REARGUARD rear underrun protection assembly mounted on a Dodge Commando G13 demountable chassis conversion recently proved...

SEEMINGLY attractive proposals backed by dubious argument is how the Bus and Coach Council sees the Government White Paper on...

EDINBURGH Police has announced special arrangements for the parking of coaches bringing passengers to the Edinburgh Festival...

LEYLAND BUS is assessing British operator reaction to a 9.5m midibus built by Dab, its Danish subsidiary. If the reaction is...

NATIONAL Bus Company engineering subsidiary, Amalgamated Passenger Transport of Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, is to cease trading...

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley is to address a one-day conference considering the current proposals for the deregulation...

in road passenger transport are to held at the South East London College starting in September. The college is at Tressillian...

THE MAINTENANCE record of Hughes of Widnes has led to the revocation of the company's eight vehicles' psv operators licence by...

DAIMLER-BENZ has introduced a new midicoach designated the Mercedes-Benz 301. The coach chassis is to be built for DamilerBenz...

SEDDON Atkinson is not now to exhibit Pegaso coaches at the next Birmingham motor show. Instead, it is planning to introduce...

Appeal won TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley had allowed an appeal by M. Harty, trading as Cosham Coaches, against the...

BUS MANAGERS from the 46 district council bus operations have formed a new trade association. The Association of Local...

the newly-modernised manufacturing home of Locomotors at Andover. Both companies are owned by electronic and engineering group...

I HAVE read with interest the article on the report of the seminar of The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (CM, July 7) in...

WITH REGARD to "Antique home and road show" (Bird'seye view, CM, July 14) I am afraid there were a few discrepancies in the...

TAKING UP the challenge to bus designers issued by P. E. Baker (Dear Sir, July 14, 1984), it is indeed interesting to consider...

MR PARKER raises some interesting points in his advice to the Ministry of Defence in your July 7 issue. The question of widths...

JUST as the 1980 Transport Act was putting public transport in general, and coaches in particular, in the news on mainland...

No tachochips please! THE tachograph seems condemned to continue as a subject of controversy. Its easy acceptance by drivers,...

Ugly and unacceptable? Not in Noel Millier's book. He has been road testing the Bova Futura and admits to being one of it's...

FROM the point of view of the small independent bus operator the new Government White Paper Buses offers ample food for...

Group transport Continental style by George Malcolm A LOT can be learned from looking at how foreign road hauliers are...

Were Delco Products and this is our newest plant in Cadiz, Spain. It's also our latest commitment to Europe's automotive...

While Jack Semple would choose the pleasanter environment of road travel against rail, he believes the market for cheap fares...

LAST May, the 10 EEC Transport Ministers reached agreement in principle on quotas, hours, weights and taxation (CM, May 19)....

( F) M1F TMY C.3 byThe Hawk NHS — by courtesy of the motor industry THE MOTOR industry contributes £12 bn a year to...

"THIS HAS all the ingredients of a torture session. They deprive you of sleep, food and drink. And they deny you the normal...

for the next CPC Exam NOW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the...

AS FAMILY businesses go, Robin Hood Vehicle Builders is a relative newcomer to the coachbuilding world, yet its purposebuilt...