T HE CASE in which Gateshead Council opposed the renewal and upgrading of an operator's licence highlights the hazards which...

WHO MAKES WHAT in temperature controlled equipment? What are the problems met by a couple of operators in this field? We're...

by Alan Millar THE DAYS of own-account transport in the oil industry look numbered, following Texaco's decision, announced on...

THE PROSPECT of a fundamental restructure of the British commercial vehicle manufacturing industry has been raised by news that...

A NEW DESIGN of large diameter coil carrier has been introduced by Crane Fruehauf, following requests from the British Steel...

A MAN ACCUSED of playing a leading role in a Om container theft conspiracy has admitted dishonestly conspiring to handle stolen...

A £1,000 REWARD awaits the person who provides information leading to the recovery of a Mercedes-Benz 1617 or its load. The...

NATIONAL Freight I further expanded its remo , business by taking o , North London-based Pitt . Scott, the 109-year old in'...

THE MERSEY Docks : Harbour Company has pill out of road transport in a c cutting move, Its four-lo subsidiary company, No...

IVECO UK has shipped I 20 330.26 20-ton tippers ; drawbar trailers for use Save the Children Fund w( in the Sudan. They join...

THOMAS MEADOWS is expand its Anglo-Germ trailer service with• an bound weekly service fr( the Munich area. Vehicles leave the...

ick Semple JON POLICE have de:c1 against prosecuting of the companies coned with a fatal accident ch was caused by an unified...

'LAND TRUCKS has eloped a 298kW (400hp) iant of its 38-tonne [dtrain tractive unit, the he 400hp (gross) 17.40 is on an...

can you spare equipment? OVER 400 volunteers have applied for service in Western Sudan in response to C/41's appeal on behalf...

T1PHOOK chairman Robert Montague declared himself "very pleased" with his group's debut on the London Stock Exchange this...

LORRY FREIGHT grew by 6.5 per cent between 1983 and 1984, Department of Transport statistics reveal. In its statistical...

by Jack Semple THE FIRST operator to have . a lorry fitted with a ban-beating "hush-kit" spoke exclusively,to Commercial Motor...

THE SECOND Multic British Truck Grand Prix the 1985 Lorry Driver of Year Finals will be held Silverstone next weeke . August 17...

SCANIA (Great Britain) formed a wholly-owe subsidary dealership, W Pennine Trucks, follow: the voluntary liquidation B&W Motors...

TWO of the leading tri rental companies are invest. a total of £7.6m in C-ref tered lorries. BRS Truck Rental is spet ing...

SEALINK British Ferries improved the facilities lorry drivers at Fishguard. These now include, s Sealink, new shower un...

YU1LL AND DODDS, Strathaven, Lanarkshire tip] operator, has been giv planning approval for extension of its yard Greystones to...

JOHN LUCAS has been appointed area manager of TIP Trailer Rental for the company's South London branch at Greenwich. Before...

BRITISH RAIL'S road/rail container carrier, Freightliners, has appointed Harry Reed to the board. Mr Reed has been director of...

A NEW OPERATING sion of Transfleet Services dedicated to hire and transport management for Marks and Spencer is to have Frank...

FROM October 1 Jim Lamont cakes over from Anders Levin as general manager, truck division, of Volvo Trucks (Great Britain). Mr...

MANAGING direct° Robson's Distribution vices, Herbert Nettles has been appointed to board of its parent comp United Glass...

A MANAGEMENT reshuffle is being carried out by Carpet Express, one of the results of which will be a sharper emphasis on the...

S NORTHERN has won aority to transfer vehicles :..t1 at Basildon and Enfield Hoddesdon without any trictive conditions being...

ARGUMENTS about the "parking" of vehicles, including the movement of vehicles into parking positions, were rejected by North...

UNNECESSARY delays in sending goods by air could result in some of the business being lost to road transport, the EEC...

A NEW comprehensive trar port and distribution serv: for the maritime industry North West England has be launched by Tracto,...

HEAVY HAULIER Wreakin Transport Services and three of its drivers have admitted drivers' hours and tachograph offences while...

RESIDENTS have been p: tially successful in restricti the expansion of the ope: tional fleet of Welsh pooh distributor Kenneth...

ur Parliamentary espondent REGULATION DAY day) is being brought ford three days to September 1986, Agriculture Minister d...

E FIRST Eastern Coach rks-bodied Leyland Olymi for a British independent it into service in Greater .don last week. letrobus,...

CLEVELAND Transit, the Teesside municipal bus undertaking, has called in a new Consultancy partnership to help prepare itself...

METRO-Cammell Weymanti will survive its loss of London Buses business next year, its general manager has told a national...

by Alan Millar OPERATORS participating in concessionary fares schemes after deregulation next year could be compelled to use...

WEST MIDLANDS County Council's rapid transit proposals for Birmingham are slowly gathering momentum, with negotiations already...

COACHES visiting Edinburgh for the international festival and military tattoo which run to the end of this month arc advised to...

ARTICULATED buses turned to South Yorksl PIE last week when the f three of 13 Leyland-D, vehicles were handed over. Ten,...

CENTRAL SUFFOLK Michael Lord is to ask 'Frt. port Minister Lynda Chal to introduce a test for fore • coach drivers coming...

CHANCES AT LEEM 1VELY topics, 127 enthusiastic ( hibitors and several innovatic added up to an interesting two-d event, held...

SIGNIFICANT advances in communications and response times were just some of the predictions for the road transport industry and...

FUTURE trends in British tyre use resulting from EEC legislation and the increasing use of low-profile tyres were Steve...

ANTI-LOCK braking is the logical w to prevent jack-knifing of a two-axled tractive unit semi-trailer combination. This was the...

RITE to correct two inaccuracies in r article "Productivity Talks as LRT dens Start", (CM, July 13), both of ch could not have...

I have to tell you that the documents which were presented to the unions by LRT at the meeting at which it initially outlined...

I WAS INTERESTED to read the comments of your 'Round Tablets' about the delays at the port of Dover (CM, July 6). We certainly...

TO BEAT THE 7.5-TONNERS If operators are prepared to forgo the tax, maximum permitted speeds and driving licence concessions...

HETI1ER or not the Greater London Council knows it's ristrnas, it certainly doesn't care. It is make life as difficult as...

IN THREES Tractive units pulling two semi-trailers — overall length 24m — are unlikely to appear on this country's roads, but...

ASTEROID In Italian, Astra is the rough translation for ERE Tim Blakemore has been to Piacenza to visit a small independent...

PERFORMANCE All that has ever been given to the world by the Swiss is cuckoo clocks and chocolate, according to Harry Lime in...