)AD HAULAGE could be disrupted for one day next month, if a ades Union Congress call for a transport strike in support of Mona!...

MO tanker drivers are on the )int of clinching a productivity mil which will give them a 38our working week. The company is...

RATES will only be able to rise by limited amounts this year, an Industry forecast says. The Henley Centre for Forecasting, in...

INDUSTRY SECRETARY Patrick Jenkin this week called for the increase in maximum lorry weights to be authorised. He told the...

THE FEARS OF JAPANESE lorries held by the British industry have been stoked up by Datsun UK's involvement in the import of the...

THE GREATER London Cou has objected to two schemes road alterations in North L don. The first proposal conce six-lane...

LORRY action areas as proposed by the Government are merely a sop to cover up its heavier lorry proposals, Greater London...

ERATORS should ensure now that their vehicles are fitted with perly adjusted seat belts In time for compulsory wearing of seat...

IERNATIONAL Harvester's 'dual retrenchment in the • of its financial difficulties I led to the sale of a US sublimy, and the...

SPEAKING at the British launch of MAN'S 281 and 321 models last week, Richard Ide, recently appointed director of the VAG...

BRAKING standards for new commercial vehicles came into action last Friday (October 1) as Britain implemented EEC directive...

be taxed at a lower weight an their gross vehicle weight." He added: "Such down:ensing would not only benefit )mpanies which...

THE TOPICAL subject of the heavier lorry was the subject of an informal debate held by the Chartered Institute of Transport in...

NOTHER London Borough has oined the growing ranks of onservative councils which ave agreed to sell their refuse ollection...

THE CONSERVATIVES were expected to seal the fate of the heavy lorry yesterday (Friday) at the Brighton party conference. Some...

UNILEVER has merged its freight forwarding activities into one company, Unispeed International, which started operations last...

A NEW Road Haulage Associ tion insurance company will I unveiled at this weekend's RI. conference in Torquay. The company,...

CLASS ONE School of Transport Training, of Huddersfield is running a series of dangerous substance courses in November and...

Salford City Council was not prepared to discuss with CM the terms of the agreement in any great detail, although a spokesman...

tops £34m 'HOMAS Nationwide Transport nada a world-wide consolilated net operating profit of 34.78m for the 12 months )nded...

MAN will be exhibiting its 281 and 321 tractive units at the Motor Show later this month and the new models will be available...

MAN-VW HAS added a 10-tonne (9.8 ton) truck to its British product range by announcing its 10.136 F haulage and 10.136 FK...

The first, on a 154kW (206bhp) Deutz-engined Cargo is one of a batch of 17 similar chassis being supplied to Tolemans, the car...

)LVO HAS made specification changes throughout its model rige so as to come into line with type approval legislation. rwo line...

The new models include trucks, tippers, tandems, and articulator units ranging from 15 to 32.5 tonnes, and the changes complete...

TRANSPORT 2000, the pro-public transport pressure group, is launching a campaign to stop the decline of public transport...

TRATHENS of Yelverton is to centralise its operations from October 11 with a move to new headquarters at Roborough, Plymouth....

LEICESTER CITY Transport has launched a unique public transpc system designed to meet the needs of elderly, handicapped a...

LONDON TRANSPORT sta, this year to undertake overh, work on its new generation Li land Titan and MCW Metrok double-deckers at...

OLVO BUS has at last officially unched its mid-engined )uble-deck bus chassis. The oassis, one of the worst-kept ocrets in the...

POLITICAL bargaining my save Ireland's troubled Bombardier bus plant from being mothballed for the winter, following the state...

CROSVILLE has applied to withdraw most of its Sunday services in the Wrexham area, saying this is a consequence of Wrights of...

of its full range of S26 forward The S26 is in fact a family of vehicles in 8x4, 6x4, 6x 6 and 4 x 2 configurations covering...

IN COMMON with many ot manufacturers and importi New (UK) has waited u Motor Show time to annoui details of its latest new mod...

TOR ROBERTS will be retiring as finance controller of Ocean insport and Trading at the end of December. Mr Roberts joined ry in...

1E following events are hedu led for October. ) The Institute of Transport Iministration is holding its anal conference at the...

WINSTON LEWIS, the Transport and Road Research Laboratory's assistant director for nine years, has retired. He joined the TRRL...

GERALD RADFORD is the new managing director of National Tyre Service, the Dunlop distribution subsidiary. He will succeed Brian...

WE RECORD with regret the death of Geoff Ward, managing director of the Ryland Vehicle ,Group's North West Section, a Seddon...

ALTHOUGH Dodge and Renault, which have joined forces as Karrier Motors, preserve their separate identities, their drivers'...

WHO would believe that a Mercedes-Benz L1638 lorry weighing nearly nine tons could stand on four beer glasses without breaking...

NEED BL Technology spend £5 million on expanding its research and development organisation? Is a rig to slam a door at least...

OH HAPPY DAY! I have had a letter from (noise it not abroad) Marsham Street, signed illegibly by "One of Your Department...

WHAT BRIDGES the gap between a flying boat and a steam roller? Answer: The Transport Trust. It has rescued among other notable...

[TC 1 ail q j )Lairric 0 by Graham Montgomerii WHAT IS believed to be the first fully automated flexible manufacturing system...

Always a strong Show ARIS should be seen in the pring, but for those in the . ansport industry Le Salon de 'Auto held at the...

The French division of Iveco is in confident mood at present and is steadily correcting the market reverses of the past five...

A statement by Mr. Phil Ives managing director DAF TRUCKS (GB) LTD. g By the end of 1982, OAF Trucks will have been selling...

What makes this international company tick? How is it doing overseas? We visit its Dutch hq to quiz sales chief David Mansell...

Any request for a chassis modification must be made on a Technical Approval Request (TAR) form. Sales engineering manager John...

mr by Graham Montgomerie Although DAF engines are noted for their economy, research at Eindhoven iF. concentrated on fuel...

David Wilcox examines Golden West Foods' distribution — a planned operation by artics for economy and maximum volume TEN YEARS...

Tim Blakemore took this 330hp model with 16 ratios round our Scottish route in record time and with a reasonable fuel...

To the credit, nothing is simpler, c/o the DAFaid and DAF Bus Aid engineers. DAF TRUCKS is not the only commercial vehicle...

If the vehicle operator has no such credit facility, he can nevertheless still get the vehicle repaired using the scheme, but...

Sheer bliss for Shearings once it changed model. Noel Millier describes the benefits of his touring firm's marque up MARKET...

Seddon Atkinson has designed its 301 tractive unit to exploit fully the potential weight saving offered by the new Cummins...

Cummins 14-litre engine was often criticised for its weight but it looks as though the firm has put matters right with its new...

Our neighbour across the waters hold a number of attractions for the international haulier. Similar economic development means...

by Bill Godwin THE VIENNA Autumn Fair this year included a large commercial vehicle section, and exhibits by OAF and...

France and Italy have a new tunnel linking them. It's open all year round and bad weather can't close it. David Wilcox assesses...

and nobody's pigeor In 20 years, Laurence Brisset expects the company of which he is chairman and md to be as much part of the...