track costs! HEAVY vehicles are now paying all their track costs — and that's official. It comes Araight from Transport...

EFFORTS by the Department of Transport to sort out the Turkish return loads permits situation have so far been unsuccessful,...

MORE restrictions on heavy vehicles using the Severn Bridge are likely over the Jubilee and Bank Holiday weekends, despite the...

A NEW Continental forwarding company has been formed with offices and warehouse at Grubbenvorst, Holland, near the German/Dutch...

THE Chloride group is to build and sell electric buses in the US and has formed a new company — Chloride-EVA — with...

CHRYSLER UK has won a El million order for 145 Dodge 100 series Commando vehicles from National Carriers, following a visit to...

CUTS IN central and local Government spending are playing havoc with the tippet business — and operators art finding it...

THE IDEA that UK-based members of British Association of Removers' overseas section should be required to send their balance...

:OWBOY coach operators in the Bristol area are slashing the . ates of established firms and getting the whole industry a bad...

LACK OF support of the British Association of Removers by small companies has been highlighted at the BAR 1977 Conference....

WOLVERHAMPTON branch of the Transport and General Workers Union has made what is believed to be the first application in the...

the £5.50 level agreed by assenting hauliers in the area, "They have always followed the agreements made between us, but this...

Pkfds md t o h ea d B AR ii...,4■VE\V PRESIDENT of tilt' Assc)ciation 474 1-Zetn1 te r Geoffrey I'ygall who was elected at...

SLEIGHTHOLME (Potatoes) Ltd was told by the Yorkshire LA last week that, if it failed to keep within the regulations, it could...

THE five millionth diesel engine produced by Mercedes-Benz since the war has gone on display at the Hanover Trade Fair. This...

ENVIRONMENTALISTS attacking heavy lorries as one of the main sources of danger on the roads have been told to get their facts...

Shelvoke and Drewry, has established regular repair and maintenance courses for its customers. Three-day courses on the firm's...

Licences delay cuts down pa DELAYS at Swansea's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre have cost several lorry and bus drivers...

by the Depart ment of Industry and th, Greater London Council. The scheme — expected tl cost around £400,000 — will 13(...

THE treasury is inviting peo pie involved in industry to giv( their views on technical am practical provisions witt which they...

IF a company could "slip up" on the unauthorised use of vehicles, even after a letter of warning, how long would it be before...

The deal will be operating in the Blackburn area and is the result of an agreement between Ribble, Lancashire County Council...

NATIONAL Travel (North East) Ltd's plans to offer one, two and three-day trips to the Continent direct from eight West...

CHAOS regined in Sheffield this week as busmen continued their overtime ban in protest at the length of time taken to reach an...

POTTERIES Motor Traction's Hanley, Buxton and Sheffield service has been extended to start from Stoke station allowing new rail...

German iamb. :0 at Nice rally Report by Bill Brock Photos by Dick ROSS GERMAN Kassboheer entries cleaned up many of the top...

Mery 1-ton bid for UK market A NEW RANGE of light vehicles from Mercedes-Benz has been announced for Europe covering the 2.5...

oils to cover every application from turbocharged and naturally aspirated diesel engines to petrol engines. Designed...

A NEW on/off road dumptruck featuring the Perkins V8.640 has been unveiled by the Derbyshire firm of Haulamatic. Known as the...

A DEVICE to chec the moisture level in hydraulic brake fluid has been introduced by Castrol. The Vapour Lock Indicator, which...

CUTS in support for London Transport from both the Government and the Greater London Council are presented as a recipe for...

Keeded• • • As a person who is interested, as a hobby, in the Emergency Services, if occurs to me that there are others...

Wkile Papet • •• I have read with surprise the brief section of your White Paper Casebook dealing with the bus industry...

Perhaps I can put Mr E. G. Taylor (CM, April 15, "who remembers Garner?") right on a few points: THE GARNER LORRY was made by a...

Re your letter from Mr E.G. Taylor (April 15) about Garner: I well remember this make built by Henry Garner Ltd, of Tysley,...

Eric Tindall, director-general of the RTITB, John Silbermann, national vice-chairman of the RHA and Edgar Williams of...

There's trouble at the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors. A member of NAWDC has been advocating for some time...

The transport business is going all nautical, in the next two months. White Oak Transport of Barking has chartered a Catamaran...

with gale force winds throughout the whole of the second day which made the results meaningless when compared with those of...

,i , HE Seddon Atkinson 200 was introduced in the October of 1975 and designed to operate to a gvw of 17 tonnes (16.7 tons) but...

E CONOMY of operation was the keynote during our road test of the Seddon Atkinson 200 which we took round our Midlands test...

P OR about £7,500 W. & A. Fullerton Ltd of Glasgow became the owner of the first Seddon Atkinson 200 in Scotland. It was so...

T HE 200-Series from Seddon Atkinson is the Lancashire company's contender for honours in the 16-ton category. Although it...

W HEN the Seddon Atkinson 200-Series was announced in late 1 975 one of the major points of interest concerning the...

A BURNING QUESTION in the minds of operators is that of spares availability when a revenue-earning vehicle is off-the-road. So...

V EHICLE REPLACEMENT is a critical management decision both in timing and choice of manufacture and model. Constantly...

SURVIVAL in today's tough economic climate was the theme behind the eleventh annual Road Haulage Association t,pper convention...

THREE essentials for survival were suggested by David Lowe, of David Lowe and Associates in the first business session of the...

gners out FOREIGN vehicle manufacturers showed more new models at this year's RHA Tipper Conference and demonstration than...

A TRAFFIC swop shop, through which tipper operators could get back loads, was suggested during the second business session —...

'ROAD HAULAGE is faced with total destruction unless the industry takes immediate steps to ensure its survival. With this...

THE BRITISH operators' preference for aluminium alloy bodywork was much in evidence. Despite this material's extra price...

A NEW ERA is opening up for the Road Haulage Association, according to Chris Dixon, the RHA's labour relations officer. In the...

Carpeted. . . The two drivers were carpeted and had the Riot Act read to them, But, to be fair, they had worked for us eight...