THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION taken by ASLEF this week to obtain a three per cent increase was totally irresponsible. It should be...

INOTHER FACTOR has been thrown into the safety equation in the ;overnment's proposals for heavier lorries on Britain's roads....

VEEDER-ROOT is seeking a final injunction and damages against Linkmere Ltd, trading as Vehicle Control Systems, and Tither...

ERF has announced a trading loss before interest and tax of £1.48m for the period April 5 to October 17 last year, compared...

BRITISH Road Federation chairman Tony de Boer and Scottish Transport Group deputy chairman and managing director Ian Irwin top...

A LONDON-wide lorry ban, e pecially set at a low gro: weight limit, would have seve effects upon the sand an gravel, quarrying...

DRRY DRIVER Ronald Cain was jailed for 18 months and banned om driving for ten years by Carlisle Crown Court, which convicted...

FIFTY-SEVEN hauliers were fined a total of £4,145 under the 1972 Road Traffic Act for having overloaded vehicles in 1980-81,...

A FIVE-DAY working week has been resumed at Seddon Atkinson due to increased orders. The company had been on a three-day week...

4DER its policy of encouraging mbined road/rail coverage, a European Commission plans abolish all restrictions and rriers to...

DAF-Aid, the phone-in service for help and advice, has now had two new phone numbers added to its existing line. They are...

A NEW refrigerated distribution service from Ghent in Belgium to the United Kingdom has been launched by John Good Reefer...

LOCAL authorities are to be told by the Government how to make the most effective use of their powers to restrict heavy lorries...

lITIONAL CARRIERS Fleetcare or in its engineering section, ian Templar. The Fleetcare centres, 24 in tal, expect to service...

THE Road Transport Industry Training Board will be providing grants for employees of member companies wishing to attend "The...

SEGRAVE (International Movers) Ltd of Watton, Norfolk, has changed its name to Richard Neave Ltd. Fred and Barry Segrave have...

TO GUIDE trailer manufacturer stockists and users through new European legislation o trailer braking systems, H& Bradley...

THE GENEVA SHOW, opening on January 22, will inaugurate use of a new exhibition centre vary like a smaller version of the NEC...

northern regional operatdirector with UB Distribution vices. Operating manager rid Garman takes on a similar l in the Midlands...

MARQUISS TRANSPORTERS, based near Annan, Dumfriesshire, has produced a custom-built conversion on a Ford Cargo chassis. The cab...

HAYFLAKE SYSTEMS LTD, Aldern Bridge House, Newbt ceased production of its rar of vehicle recovery bodies z passenger cabs on...

A SPEED limiter device could cut expenditure on fuel by as much as 21 per cent and reduce the overall costs of operation of...

RALPH BLATCHFORD and Co Ltd of Midsomer Norton, Bath, I announced a dual-sided version of its Stag container hauler/hand system...

kCK ALLEN (Motor Bodies) Ltd Birmingham has introduced a pnt-end loader it has had on ial over the past 18 months. The company...

AN ORDER to supply 22 Anthony Carrimore 50-tonne-payload tipping trailers, together with tipper bodywork and hydraulics, for 40...

THREE fire engines, worth more than £500,000, left the Port at Felixstowe recently in the middle of a snow storm bound for...

THE INSTALLATION of £1.2 million worth of European-sourced equipment at the Mazda Cars Ltd Group's new parts distribution...

FOUR to 10-ton portable anual ISO container transfer stem is one of the new range MDS 4-30 ton manual stems produced by Modulor...

THE LONG-AWAITED removal of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive's monopoly of Glasgow city bus services takes effect at...

NEW LEGISLATION to rem° , all doubts about the rights local authorities to pay reveni subsidies for public transpc has been...

. NEITHER Margaret Thatcher nor Michael Heseltine — then Opposition Transport spokesmen numbers one and two — disagreed with...

is still continuing, writes National Bus subsidiary Cumirland Motor Services has now sponded to a call by Working n Labour MP...

INDON Transport's Airbus and ) privately operated London - link Central London to HeathN Airport services will have me more...

PLANS by Yeowart's Coaches to extend operations on its Whitehaven Town service have been delayed by the impending High Court...

Not Cardiff ALLEGATIONS by C. K. Coaches that Cardiff City Transport buses are deliberately bunching around its buses are...

AFTER reading two letters in CM regarding problems with the Bedford TL and TM, I feel it is about time your readers heard about...

A HAULIER's New Year resolutions: • Jealousy and spite between hauliers should cease, and 50 per cent of your battle is won. •...

YOUR correspondent Mr F. H. Smith (CM, November 28) is incorrect when he regards the union flag on the Cummins Truckpower logo...

BRITAIN becomes more like the Wild West every day and I foresee the time when guards on buses will ride shotgun. Assaults on...

ADVISING Transport and General Workers' Union members not to buy shares in the National Freight Co, The Highways says:...

The Sunday Times did an effective job for the anti-lorry lobby when as part of a bitter campaign against road transport it...

IF THOSE who elected a party to power in the Greater London Council on a something-fornothing bus and Underground railway...

BLIND MAN'S buff seems to be popular game among South African drivers and helps to explain the country's alarming accident...

Mike Rutherford looks at Tibbett and Britten's claim to be Britain's leading hanging garment distributor. The entries in their...

This system produces driver trip reports automatically. By John Durant THE TEDIOUS job of preparing and furnishing details to...

The new Dover engines are claimed to last longer. While we can't pronounce on that, Steve Gray has sampled the new range on the...

While co-ops are coming under scrutiny in many fields, David Wilcox looks at an established one that has blossomed in the North...

fuels phase out. However, a more fuel tolerant diesel engine will emerge as the successor to today's power units THE...

THE last article (CM ?camber 12) the qualifications luired by first aiders and the mber needed for particular tablishments to...

David Wilcox asked one: Do they deserve their lowly reputation? He found the answ€ quite impressive. Advice for clients is: be...

RUD, which claims to be the largest European manufacturer of tyre chains, claims to help industry to keep moving when the...

UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS (HULL) LTD has launched a new safety product which it hopes to sell in volume this winter. Its new British...

THE ROLBA-YETI snow chain is made from a high quality rubber with Kevlar core which is tougher than steel, held together in a...

THE YUASA ULTLIGHT is a powerful hand held rechargeable light for emergency, business and industrial use with an autom, charger...

;1 YEAR a de-icer called w attracted some attention 3n it came on to the market sted up to five times lon g er .1 rock salt and...

SDON LTD has extended its l e of salt stora g e and snow oval e q uipment with its new :rac towable g ritter. le "inexpensive"...

FOLLOWING the successful launch of the Black Owl and Black Hawk fo g and drivin g lamps, Wipac of Buckin g ham has expanded the...

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage...

Distribution costs manufacturers — and ultimately us all — a lot of money. The CPDM survey to find out exactly how muc[ it's...

WHILE DRIVING around in the safety of the off-road manoeuvring area, the learner driver is gaining confidence in his use of the...

RAMPS, hoists or pits make work under a vehicle easier, especially when ground clearance is small and when body skirts come...