ROAD HAULAGE costs rose by an average of 2ip in the £ every month between July 1974 and the end of February. This was reported...

Blacking hits Derby haulier by CM reporter A DERBY haulage contractor may be compelled to lay off drivers in a dispute...

A FINE of £150 was imposed on Southdown Motor Services at Lewes last week after the bus company had pleaded guilty to using a...

PRESSURE is to be exerted on the Government to obtain greater freedom in bilateral agreements with France, West Germany and...

ENVIRONMENT Secretar Anthony Crosland is to b asked in the Commons b Peter Snaith (Lab, West Bron wich) what evidence he has (...

by CM reporter PRESSURE is growing on Transport Minister Fred Mulley to instigate a massive cutback in British Rail's...

by the Technical Editor A EUROPEAN VERSION of the Seddon Atkinson 400 Series —announced today : full description page 68—will...

from our political correspondent IN A pre-Budget memorandum to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the British Road Federation has...

action on weights THIS WEEK the Freight Transport Association wrote to Minister for Transport Fred Mulley to urge him to act...

LONDON TRANSPORT is to examine a £3.8m scheme to equip its 5,600 buses with two-way radio, LT deputy chairman Mr Ralph Bennet...

from our political correspondent 30VERNMENT ACTION on Important reports on two of he country's major lorry manufacturers,...

Facing a harsh Budget, economically bleak Britain has the right to expect that public spending will be governed by rigorous...

Built-for Britain's roads, British loads A particularly wide range of artics and rigids for every purpose, all available with...

From lain Sherriff, Tehran, April 5 WELL, WE MADE IT. Our depleted convoy arrived here in Iran's capital at 19.30 hours...

IT APPEARS that ambitious plans set out in the report of the 1971 Working Party on Lorry Parking are not likely to be realised,...

THE ANNUAL dinner of the FTA is to be held on April 28 at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, WI. The main guest...

A NEW FREIGHT service to the Far East, operated by a combination of trailer movement and air freight, has been launched by...

ABOUT 40 companies are currently engaged in the first stage of the procedure for installing private railways sidings, planning...

EXTENSIVE delays are expected on MI between Breakspear (junction 8) and Friars Wash (junction 9) on April 15 and 22 because of...

BRITAIN'S road transport trade associations are playing it cool towards the Government's plans for a referendum on the Common...

SUMMONSES against Latham Transporters Ltd, 48 Queens Road, Coventry, alleging failure to cause records to be kept, and aiding...

from our Scottish correspondent THE FIRST Volvo F88 6x2 tractive unit in the UK to be fitted with Robson third-axle drive and...

WE apologise to readers for some misplaced pictures and captions in last week's issue; for example, the photograph at the foot...

NORFOLK-BASED J. Wyatt Jr (Haulage) Ltd had its licence revoked by the deputy Eastern LA, Mr Gerald Kidner, last week. The...

JOHN Ratcliff (Tail Lifts) Ltd has entered the electric vehicle race and aims to have built 100 production units by the end of...

D AR T CONTAINERLINE has centralised its London 1cl and fcl facilities for export and import cargoes at the Fred Olsen Centre,...

A NEW company called Wreckers International Ltd is being formed by Dial-Holmes (England) Ltd to Market Holmes vehicle recovery...

CIT grants GRANTS totalling £2,350 for research into road and rail transport are being awarded by the Chartered Institute of...

OVERALL winner in the CM Lorry Driver of the Year competition in the Isle of Man on Sunday was P. Denver, of Post Office...

East Lancs announce diversification policy THE FIRST result of a policy of diversification at East Lancashire Coachbuilders is...

AN IMPROVEMENT of 8 per cent in bus journey time—that was the result achieved when a new Transport and Road Research Laboratory...

BARTON Transport Ltd has now closed its bus depot at Kegworth, Leics, and transferred operations to its main centre at Long...

TWO-THOUSAND five hundred Almex "A" ticket machines are being installed on 2,500 Greater Manchester Transport vehicles. Said a...

TETE first bus service to cross the Avon Bridge ran on Tuesday, April 1. The new service, numbered 361, is operated by Bristol...

MOST CHILDREN'S fares in South Yorkshire have been cut as part of the county council's policy to standardise fares and...

INDUSTRY SECRETARY Mr Tony Been is again being urged to investigate the construction and delivery period for buses. Mr David...

BAILIE Brian Meek said last week that he had "in practical terms" abandoned his controversial proposal that Edinburgh City's...

to shelve coach plans PLANS by the National Bus Company to develop a special long-distance coach for its National Travel...

INTEGRATION between all forms of passenger transport— that is the main aim of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive...

G. D. Gates (Unigate Ltd, Woking) has been elected chairman of the South Eastern Counties division of the FTA. D. Alvarez...

A three-year contract has been concluded between Shell Marketing Ltd and Southern British Road Services Ltd for the...

Joint ventures common in trucks and buses Belgrade show reported by a special correspondent THE determination of the Belgrade...

Only a sadist, in the controversy over the death penalty, would concentrate on the various possible methods to the exclusion of...

I've been having some odd encounters on the road recently. First, a Co-op milk float whose offside front wheel collapsed in...

Nobody seems to love motorway service areas and I've had a go at them myself from time to time, but I must say a good word for...

Mr Herman Schwyn, who lives in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, found a dream home in Barnsley, Yorkshire, but even though he took it...

Just a quickie 'in a good cause. A committee of broadcasters and advertising executives is organising a steam and vehicle rally...

Having scooped the bulk of the British market for tail-lifts John Ratcliff and sister Jean are hellbent to exploit the European...

I see from the April TGWU Record that national bus group secretary Larry Smith is asking why the PTAs haven't been engaging in...

FROM this week CM is being published in a larger format which we hope will not only prove easier to read but will enable us to...

THE Leyland Redline Terrier range which is available in four basic models each with a choice of wheelbases covering a variety...

by Les Oldridge TEng(cED, mall, AlVIIRTE DISCUSSING disquallification last week, I said that for certain of the more serious...

The facts about violence on the buses by Martin Watkins THE DEATH of bus conductor Ronald Jones and the resulting one-day...

to carry a passenger? When our breakdown vehicle is called out, it is not unusual for staff not connected with its operation to...

stated that transport managers need to be in their post since December 31, 1974, before exemption from gaining a qualification...

recover brokendown units on a towbar. Two persons have been sent with the vehicle as laid down in Section 34 of the Road...

in £40 for 40 hours work for drivers of maximumcapacity vehicles spread—as everyone knows—to all parts of the country. Road...

West Midland Training Group offers five-day course in handling hazardous loads By Gordon Murray Pictures: Harry Roberts A...

by Graham Montgomerie pictures by Dick Ross BECAUSE Seddon Atkinson were able to let us have an early model of their new...

by John Darker, AIIII31111 A ONE-DAY seminar for senior executives in freight transport, arranged recently by the Operational...

An ac/dc 160 A welding set for either arc, T1G or MIG use and operating from a 230 V singlephase supply is available from...

Two models have been added to the air drill range from Tex Abrasives. The model AD-100 has a drilling capacity of up to 12.7 mm...

Rateliff has introduced standard size tail-lift assemblies which are available off the shelf and can be fitted by bodybuilders...

Swiss-designed vehicle lifts are now available from Inter-Ceram Ltd. Two basic models of heavy lift are produced with...