:onfed to members by CM a "unanimous" decision week the national incil of the Passenger licle Operators' Associa recommended...

RUMOURS over the past few months &lout the future of Magirus-Deutz vehicles as a separate operation have been effectively...

These 'four ERF dualpurpose fire tenders are part of a £250,000 order for the company from the GLC for the London Fire Brigade....

A NATIONAL check on the TOPS scheme for training hgv drivers, carried orit by CM this week, reveals that there are delays of...

RALPH HILTON, 5 former chairman of Rail Hilton Transport Servic Ltd, was remanded on bail Greenwich magistrate court last week...

ut licensing for transport managers UTURE allocation of EEC .rmits, following the mouncement that Britain to have 227 during...

70TA I. disaster for the on's lifeline is how the .ght Transport Associn sees the Trade Union .gress's plan to nation! all road...

A few years ago, when physical distribution management was first recognized as a discipline in its on right, the problems to be...

BRIGHT prospects for British Rail freight services were forecast this week in the annual report of the British Railways Board....

AIR SUSPENSION spring units form the basis of a new heavy recovery vehicle which has been designed and built by North West...

PROPOSED detailed recording of the movement of farm animals and horses would be unduly onerous and was unnecessary on journeys...

A TOTAL of 316 transport cafes are listed in a new guide prepared by Egon Ronay's organization and produced by Crane Fruehauf....

IE Transport Tribunal - ;ognized additional ninds of appeal on the rt of J. Wyatt Jnr aulage) Ltd against the ;ision of the...

KNOWLE'S Transport Ltd this week successfully appealed a conviction by magistrates at North Witchford last November of...

AT its meeting in London.on Tuesday, members of the Transport Association reported that the supply of spares for vehicles off...

Patrick Muirhead nas, 60, has been reinted by William Ross, etary of State for and, as chairman of the lish Transport Group for...

AN APPEAL against convictions for supplying a vehicle to which a false description had been applied in an advertisement was...

N A case called before him n Plymouth last week, inder section 69 of the 1968 - ransport Act, the Western .A, Maj-Gen Sir John...

THE Continental express coach services of National Travel have proved so successful that it has been necessary to duplicate...

b rings 5mpg ;aving SAVING in fuel msumption of nearly 8 kin/ l (5 mpg) resulted om the use of overdrive in ials conducted...

AFTER years of negotiation the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to make a trial purchase of Leyland...

by a report just published by America's National Bureau of Standards. It shows that a bus lane on Shirley Highway, a major...

massive reduction in coaches trying to visit the Royal Parks for the Changing of the Guard. In July last year more than 200...

ALEXANDER'S first T-type body — which will make its appearance at Earles Court in September — is to go to the Tyne and Wear...

REVIEW of the working f the National Bus Cornany's Beetham Formula for 3sting bus services was iven this week by its author, 1r...

Distribution in focus IN a special series of articles, John Darker, CM's writer on transport management topics, takes a close...

sets the pace WITH A RECORD increased entry — 81 per cent on last year — the Manchester LDoY contest also reported some very...

RECENT large increases in operating costs is one of the factors that has prompted a Durham tyre remould company to extend its...

SPENDING. on research into developing batteries for powering road vehicles is to be doubled by the Chloride Group, it was...

YLAND LEOPARDS ed with BL's new G2 autotic control for close-ratio arboxes may be specified Scottish Bus Group 3rtly. Leyland...

One of the more extreme forms of technology which road users seem likely to be faced with in the future is a device used to...

Don't be surprised if shady-looking Latin characters are to be seen around British hauliers' premises now that our quota of EEC...

CM knows numbers of road transport people who fly their own aircraft but it was diverting, recently, to meet a sky-diver, Bob...

)espite accepting an invitation to join he National Materials Handling :entre as development manager only acently, F. G....

ONLY the initiated will be fully aware of the external and internal pressures which bring about changes in the method of...

John Darker reports from this week's PTRC conferencelat Warwick PUBLIC transport enterprises may have to pay skilled fitters...

by Johnny Johnson ALTHOUGH the dramatic rise in the cost of fuel has stolen the costing limelight during the past few months,...

by Les Oldridge, T Eng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE THE punishment of offenders in the courts is a subject which causes controversy....

Trevor Longcroft; pictures Harry Roberts T in Germany specifically for the tarket, the MAN 16.232 has been ble in the UK since...

y lain Sherriff UNISPEED, the haulage-company in the Unilever Group, and an offspring of Birds Eye Foods, has doubled in size...

vehicles and would like some guidance about vehicle selection before I renew them. Could you recommend a book which will give...

of my duty is to order and accept deliveries of . fuel. To ensure that . fuel on hand and stock records tally, I am obliged to...

tractive unit taking trailers on to the Continent for delivery at European destinations. I propose to keep the tractive unit...

whetlu it is still necessary for the fit laden weight of all heavy goo, vehicles to be painted on 11 chassis, you confirmed...

y John Darker AMBIM F no time in the past decade has been more worth while — or esented a greater challenge — take .a broad...

A three-brush washer that can deal with anything from a mini to a double-decker has been developed by Spencer J. Hawkes. The...

A kit is now available to fit t . Dynair Clutch Thermo Fan Dri to the Ford 511 series engir The bolt-on kit, designated t OCK8,...

Bundy steel and copper tube in and 12.7 mm (7/ 16 and 'A in) sizes be bent with a new tool from In truck. The tube bender is...

The Marron Stork Solo SL 150 electric welder can handle rods up to No. 4 size. It has thermostatic protection to guard against...

A new heavy-duty drill with keyless chuck has been introduced by Desoutter Automotive. The Model 113 drill is a 10 mm (0.375in)...