THEME at CM's Fleet Management Conference in London hursday was the future. The fact that almost 500 delegates part clearly...

IGNS that the Labour Party is backing down from its previous olicy of re-nationalising the National Freight Company without...

E ROAD Haulage Associan's COMPACT unit display iler is to be dismantled and t into storage. IHA director-general Freddie skett...

NEWHAVEN docks have been closed and it is not yet known when they will re-open. A Spanish articulated container lorry,...

POTENTIAL delays for operatc have been removed from t type approval scheme whi takes effect from October 1 cc year. The Motor...

THE TRANSPORT and Generi Workers Union's aim to chang the settlement 'date for roa haulage wage claims to Januar 1 will get...

ARMITAGE Report will have to be implemented as a complete kage, over and above the existing roads budget, according to...

CCORDING TO the latest survey by employment agency Manrater, job prospects in road transport could be stabilising. The...

THE TIME has come for oil companies to make clear why they nee to apply such regular increases in dery prices, Freight Transpa...

EEC FUNDS should be used t help hauliers replace their ol lorries with new, fuel-efficie ones, according to the Europeal...

DISMISSING an appeal against a decision by the Western icensing Authority, Transport Tribunal president George Squibb is week...

IANSPORT SECRETARY David well has authorised the first Iction 8 railway grants since a change of Transport Secrery last month,...

SPECIAL training for drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous loads may be introduced in Britain — although not immediately — as...

THE CONTINUING argumt over the Road Transport Ind try Training Board's decision spend £1.25m of retail indus levies to recruit...

THE GOVERNMENT's subsid scheme for school leavers take effect from January 4, but em ployers will still gain support fo...

VAUXHALL MOTORS held a golden jubilee anniversary rally last weekend to mark the first 50 years of Bedford commercial vehicle...

LEGALISED citizens' band r starts in Britain on Novemb and licences will be avail from Post Offices from then. According to...

licensing A LICENSING system should be introduced for ferry routes on Scotland's west coast and to the Northern Isles,...

A DRIVER, Douglas Whitta who was dismissed on ret dancy and on his past dril record applied to the Indus Tribunal Scotland...

IIVER who failed to apply the handbrake on his lorry, and ad it to run away, was dismissed fairly, a Shrewsbury Industrial mai...

: ED County Council's highys and transport committee given the go-ahead for a n contract to build the first ge of a new road to...

A NEW, twice weekly import service for groupage cargo from Belgium has been introduced by Essex-based Chelmer Cargo Services...

TOWMASTER Transport, the Arthur Bell whisky group's road haulage subsidiary, has reflected the plight of the industry by...

FRAIKIN Ltd has started a fiveyear contract hire agreement to supply United Biscuits Distribution Services Ltd, part of the UB...

IN A MAJORITY decision a Manchester Industrial Tribunal have upheld the dismissal of a driver by James Nuttall (Transport) Ltd,...

THE HUMBER Bridge deserves better treatment, so that it can make a far larger contribution to the development of Humberside,...

THE NEW HEALTH and S (First-Aid) Regulations 198 come into operation on J 1982. They will replace most c current legislation...

;HORT HAULS, Dunlop has added the SP811 to its range; this liments the SP311 launched 18 months ago for the long-haul rt....

AT WHAT the Americans described as "The First World Truck Symposium and Exposition" — it would fit comfortably into one quarter...

are offering the 48.5kW (65bhp) engine for light commercials, taxis and cars. The growth in demand for the fuel economy and...

USING all the aluminium tions on a maximum-capg vehicle reduces the gr vehicle weight by about 5 1 and costs approximately Et...

AIR DENNIS is re-entering coach market, and has led the choice of engines Lancet range to make it heavyweight chassis like...

SCOTTISH BUS GROUP operating subsidiaries have ordered 178 new buses for delivery in 1982. Of these, 91 will be...

AFTER four years of the German Tempo 100 trial — requiring special dispensation for each vehicle complying with equipment and...

TWELVE-seater minibus con sions based on the twoFord Transit are to be mark' by Stockport minibus oper Charles Dixon and his...

BECAUSE of their past record, the two Berresfords Motors Ltd subsidiaries, W. Stonier and Son Ltd of Stoke on Trent and Byrne...

W fuel economy system has been introduced by Energy Master of 40 Catherine Place, London SW1, under the name of FuelIr. ie...

CIAL Transport Systems Ltd, Todmorden Road, Littlebogh, is manufacturing semilers with up to 2,000cuft acity and payloads up to...

VID Kirkwood has been moted to distribution execu-, of Tesco, responsible for all lects of the physical distribuof goods from...

LUCAS SYALON Ltd, a n company, has been formed b Lucas Industries to exploit a advanced ceramic material d veloped by...

REFER to your news item (CM, August 29) under the heading Cardiff Bad form Angers Authorities in which I believe certain facts...

(CM, August 29 and September 5) issues. I would, however, like to correct one error — Thurrock Technical College. The first...

IT IS always embarrassing to admit having been taken in by a confidence trick, but I feel my mistake should serve as a warning...

I MUST COMMENT on a few points in Mr Ingram-Johnson's letter on seat belts in your issue of September 26. Very seldom indeed is...

AS the manufacturer of the circuit breakers fitted to the Leyland Roadtrain and Seddo Atkinson 401 we read with interest your...

• BANDON hope all ye who read age one of the Leyland Times r September. A full-page story n Leyland Vehicles' future, as eon by...

IKE BASS, of Coacharama, a ntage vehicle enthusiast who yes model railways, turns his abby to good account for iarity at...

AT LEAST one "Save the Whale" campaign has succeeded. A virile animal that has been hunted for 12 years by the Solihull...

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE, which has been advertising for a deputy director-general, at £24,639 a year, for "a vigorous but...

BILKERS BEWARE. The new London Licensed Taxi Driver o the Year, who won the title in t Dunlop competition at Crystal Palace, is...

THE NEW Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford University, financed by a donation of £1.5m from the Nissan Motor Co, is...

' presented by Ian Wilson (Leyland Vehicles) N Ian Wilson presented his The European Vehicle, he e the point that it is legisn...

of distribution Presented by Peter Thompson (chief executive, National Freight Company) MR THOMPSON told conference that the...

on a controversial note. He told the delegates: "The very sight of a heavy lorry on our congested roads says more than words...

AFTER-SALES service is a vital aspect in any industry but more so in a service industry like road transport. Alan B. Fox...

Kitson, in presenting his paper on industrial relations, dealt with the state of the industry and Government involvement....

IVECO Iveco's new boss Giorgio Manina is back in his native Turin after a globetrotting career as a top manager. In this...

The marriage of traditional flair and engineering expertise has produced some interesting offspring. Graham Montgomerie looks...

What the figures can't reveal over our Scottish test route is the remarkable ability of Fiat's turbo 300hp unit to take hills...

Ask IVECO. It knows all about it. To stay competitive, it has to. Steve Gray investigates Fiat's mind-boggling test track in...

eight-legged Maggies Tippermen Allinson Stone wanted a tough, no-nonsense vehicle and found it with the Magirus Deutz 8x4, as...

London-based Arthur Monk's fleet is 50 per cent Fiat, because the Italian company provides the comfortable high-speed motorway...

The German company's well to the fore in the battle to cut the decibels with its Quiet Vehicle, reports Bill Brock. Only...

NLTHOUGH operator's licensing was introduced some years ago, iewcomers to the road transport ndustry may not be familiar with...

HE City and Guilds syllabus for le motor vehicle mechanics' purse places great emphasis on le teaching of safety measures 1 the...

7: There is one-way traffic and temporary signals on part of the Edingh-Carlisle road in Borders region. 9: Delays are likely...

1: Marr exit sliproads (north and southbound), South Yorkshire are ed until October 16. 1M: Only one lane is available in...

AS: Only one lane is open in both directions half a mile north of Atha stone, in Warwickshire until October 12. A5: Temporary...

A40: Delays are expected on Western Avenue in the Northolt and Greenford areas, due to lane closures on both carriageways....

A4: Roadworks on Bath Road, Chippen ha m, at the junction with A350. A30: Between Exeter and Chard, there is resurfacing at...

by Douglas Ainley IN UNFAIR dismissal cases, 'much of the important evidence is in documentary form, for example, the contract...