lorries has a sort of clinical logic in its favour — but an awful lot against it. Obviously. a move to a 40tonne maximum...

THE Greater London Councirs new restrictions on lorry movements in London finally come into effect on January 31 and it is...

110:NAL Freight Consor1 management dropped a 1 bombshell this week Ii 11 unveiled a nevy plan close the loss - making idline...

S HERE at last. After six ars research and deopulent, and an investment ,:.400 million, Ford has ally replaced its ageing wsn...

THE HRST shots in what promises to he a long and acrimonious battle for 41) tonne lorries in Britain were tired in the first...

GARDNER has produced its first ever intercooled diesel engine, the 6LYTi. It is on display at the Internatiomil Boat Show, on...

RAISING the gross weight of drawbar combinations to 38 tonnes in line with articulated lorries is to be investigated in a study...

;L:CK SALES came within 7 of the 56,000 expected by • Society of Motor Manu • rurers anti Traders last a rise of just under...

1)I•ORD is cutting MN days production from its January van ilding schedule to reduce stocks. l'he move, which affects 900...

EAST MIDLANDS haulage drivers have had second thoughts about the i5.90 across-the-board wage increase they turned down before...

EW LORRIES will have to • fitted with extra nearside irrors, giving a downward well as improved rearward ew, from October 1,...

DAIMLER-BENZ has established a new research project aimed at dramatically reducing the number of road accidents in Europe. The...

PLANNING authorities should think more about the impact of lorries on the environment, before they grant planning permission...

OVERLOADED vehicl face a crack-down ((Mown moves by Humberside tra ing standards officers to ta on more staff to light lai...

ROBERT HEATON, managing director of Heaton's Transport (St Helens), has been appointed chairman of the Surface Transport...

'II IL OPERA] R./NAL teams of Archbold Freightage have been strengthened with CWO new appointments. Barry Hill has been made...

PICKFORDS Industrial has promoted Tony Quinn to area manager for the company's . Glasgow, Preston and Birtley branches. He is...

FOUR knights lead the full list of people with transport industry involvement who have been selected for New Year Honours....

INTER-URBAN coach network operator National Express has promoted Clive Myers from general manager to the new post of managing...

Mike Roberts GROUP general manag have been appointed by \X Midlands Passenger Transr Executive as part of the re ganisacion of...

FORMER contract sales nm ager with BRS Southe Nigel Lane, has joined South London distributi specialist Bucks Transport...

JAT1ONAL Freight Consorum-owned Tankfreight has ;on a f2 million contract to istribute bitumen or Esso 'etroleurn. .1 'he...

()STS of f12u were ;arded against the Eastern reusing Authority when iventry magistrates cleared orthern Ireland haulier ukes...

NEARLY 6,000 lorries caused two days of pre-Christmas chaos on Dutch roads when they blocked all borders in support of a novel...

EIGHT months before it takes place, the freight industry conference World Freight 2, is heading for a sell-out, its promoter...

IRELAND Freight Services has opened a 740m 1 (8,00011) depot close to the MI near Leicester. 'Hie company, a leading freight...

A COVENTRY international operator's landlord has been ruled out of order in attempting to block the renewal of the firm's...

TRANSPORT MINISTI Lynda Chalker is backing Suffolk County Coun proposal to ban lorries fron busy Suffolk road to try overcome...

EIGHT YEARS of cam paigning for safety improv( ments at an accident blackspc on the A45 near Felixstow have ended with the...

DUNDEE FERRIES, the operator which established a new Dundee-Rotterdam rollon/roll-off freight service last year, has gone into...

A TRANSPORT of wastes symposium is being held in London by the Institute of Wastes Management, on January 22. The seminar will...

U LT R AS( N IC safety for reversing vehicles — .ge Master — is tieing sold Sandalloy or Narborough, :estershire. he...

).R.DON District Council reduced the operating ts of its fleet of refuse colion vehicles by fitting Kyradiator shutters. Elle...

NETLON, of Blackburn, has developed an extension moulding for use with its spray suppression equipment. It is made from...

COMMERCIAL vehicle body builder W. R. Richards of l'enryn, Cornwall, has built a two-decked cattle container for local...

A M1D-AXLE conversion — the JRE 3 — for two-axled rigid vehicles has been developed by JR Engineering of Bury St Edmunds....

A LONG ESTABLISHED Surrey coach operator has had its licence revoked following its conviction on drivers' hours and tachograph...

its declining bus service MINIBUS conversion company Devon Conversions of Exeter has been rescued by 11. SLICCestifili...

dere lation battle fleet of Ion London Buses Al Routemasters ready to cm Pete for traffic later this ye. Its Clydeside...

A . 1 . 10NAL Bus Company ach marketing organisans, London Crusader and rminghoon Crusader, have Lm combined to become itional...

)NDON BUSES lost eight CW Metrobus doubleekers in a fire at its Souill, West London, garage it before Christmas. Several her...

V ENGINEERING, the en[leering division of Alder ii Icy. has become a separate ationa1 Bus subsidiary called der Valley...

ENSIGN BUS, still awaiting authority to rim its Essex to London commuter bus services, started running one free of charge this...

WEST LONDON-based Sean coaches is buying six new Sea ma K92 single-deck buses for operation on the London Regional Transport...

THE ElGIFIl I Paris-Dakar Rally — the event which gained brief notoriety a few years ago when the British Prime Minister's...

I ACCEPT that _Janus (Topic, CM December 7) is not "getting at me but merely seeking to illustrate A point. What lie does not...

FOR SCANIA OPERATORS For Scania operators in Oxfordshire, Beds, Bucks and Herts, 1986 is getting off to a great start. You...

If you don't need the one-tonne payload of most pick-ups on the market, the Yugoslav-built Volkswagen Caddy offers the virtues...

STEW GLOSS OR TRUCKS TOPCOAT package for comfy .cial .thicles, which offers the combination E a high-gloss finish and quick...

r I [EY learn quickly at Austin Rover and I'm sure we're all glad [ear that. Because the company is aboratnig with Honda, the...

UK's dery price disadvantage THE APPARENTLY random fluctuation in the price of derv, as the fuel companies seek to cover...

THE VARIOUS anti-lorry !ssure groups are to be ieved, Britain is rapidly king under the weight of an it-increasing tide of...

Ford has thought long and hard about the successor to its venerable leader in the panel van market. The resultant new model...

0 1 11ER dun the the floorpan of the load area (carried over with modifications to suit the new manufacturing techniques) there...

BELOW 3.5 TONNES L IGHT vehicle operators in the market for a new van can expect to see many new models launched in 1986. At...

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