N THESE troubled times, greater attention must be paid o security. Increasing unemployment and reduced ;arnings leads to social...

E ARMITAGE caravan hits the road again next week, with the ight Transport Association leading an industry deputation to rsuade...

ANOTHER attempt is beinc made to set up a Joint Industrie Council for the North of Eng. land. Transport and General Workers...

THE EUROPEAN Commission is being asked to propose a 20 per cent increase in the Community quota of international road transport...

KARRIER MOTORS have confirmed that production of the Dodge Spacevan PB light van will end early in 1982, since it no longer...

ROAD Operators Associated livery Services, the Winches based hauliers' co-operati has secured a bulk-buying with Shelf for...

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE sales are still showing no sign of recovei with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders recording...

ALTHOUGH the slump in new vehicle sales continues, there are signs that the used heavy lorry market is coming out of the...

SAVINGS of 25 per cent in transport fuel consumption could be achieved by the year 2000, and this saving would be gained...

undberg has offices at Pitea Lulea, with its main base at ikoldsvik. Under Christer !en the company will act as . arding agent...

LEX Tillotson is to join Leyland Vehicles and Lombard North Central Ltd in starting a comprehensive lorry leasing campaign....

Traffic Area that an additional transport manager was needed by Marley Building Supplies Ltd has been rejected by the Transport...

ATEVER the reason behind an offence, an operator engaging in gery cannot be described as being of good repute, the Scottish...

tIGOSCANDIA plans to open a r,0 0 0 cum cold store in irtbury, Bristol in April 1982 hich will provide temperaturentrolled...

IF A company did not employ a full-time transport manager, Licensing Authorities could not grant an Operator's license,...

TNT's Australian-style Despatch Post service is being extended throughout the United Kingdom, and 1,000 franchises should be in...

Ii LICENSED vehicle operated by Norfolk farmer Harry Batts, of Ittle Bamingham, was in such bad condition there was a real...

THE Health and Safety Ex tive has reviewed the stand of occupational safety health which industry s uphold. The report seeks...

This is your last chance MIS IS the last chance to enter a special competition for ownerdrivers which is being staged on...

THE POLYTECHNIC of North London is holding Chartered Institute of Transport courses for those intending to make a career in the...

3RAMPIAN . REGION has approved plans for a major lorry park at lareness Road, Altens, Aberdeen, on an eight-acre site owned by...

OPERATORS confused by forI coming hazardous goods leg lation may be helped by cours planned by Hargreaves Trar port subsidiary...

THE FIRST MAN diesel engine adapted to use pure methanol has gone into service with the Berlin Passenger Transport Authority....

DETAILED changes have been Made to both the MAN heavy vehicle range and the joint MAN-VW G-Series. They are to be shown for the...

DROPSIDE and tipper-bod versions of the Mazda B1 one-ton pick-up are now a able from Mazda dealers or f the body manufacturer,...

ADROLIC ENGINEERING Co I suppliers of Davies Magnet wheel coupling and commer vehicle and trailer braking lubrication...

)LLOWING the introduction of pvc eyelets for TIR covers and )en-top container covers, Carmo Plastics of Chelmsford designed...

TIR specification removals van dy has been designed by Vanan Ltd, Warrington, using the derfloor-engined Volvo B58 ach chassis....

CRANE Fruehauf has restruc tured its sales organisation int seven regions which each hay a branch-centre offering al Crane...

and other products ha been granted to Retreadin Equipment Ltd of Alton, Hamr shire. The MoD approval is apprc priate in the...

INCREASING numbers of private companies are participating in th waste disposal industry, equipped with Scapa Garwood LP900 rc...

UPLE is taking on the cornpetion offered by rear-engined inigral coaches by offering a igh-floor body suitable for midwined...

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Cou Council has started a shared t scheme in Daventry to and fr the Health Centre. One or people can use the...

has published a 70-page illustrated IN AN ATTEMPT to make planners more aware of the needs of 14 operators, the Confederation...

kRES on all West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive's buses ive been reduced by an average of 24 per cent (CM September 5)...

'ATFORD-based B. Walker and 3n has added a Datsum E23 inibus to its range of peron nel carriers. The WalkerBus and Leisureas...

THE Cairo Transport Authority, which already uses over 1,000 Magirus-Deutz E 113 Buses on the 1,600km network of routes, is...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nor man Fowler's own Sutton Cold field constituents are benefitint from cut-price bus fares of type which...

NORWICH-BASED Red Car Sei vice, Norfolk's largest indepen dent operator, has gone int' liquidation, leaving Easter! Counties to...

:3RAHAM HUGHES, a 25-year:lid graduate with the -la mpshire-based Cantay . emovals, storage and shipping youp, will go far,...

kN AEC 44-seater sold by 3ernard Cotter, founder and :hairrnan of Cotter's Tours, the 3cottish coach group, in 1962, when it...

SYNTHETIC excitement is being generated about the demise of the Leyland Fleetline rearengined double-decker. KL Automotive...

A 25-PER-CENT cut in London Transport fares planned to take effect in October is hardly likely to bring back residents who have...

HAVE I been wrong in creditirl Jack Brown and his fellow 1, members of the RHA Vehicl i e Security Committee with mjil of the...

DAVID TODD, yard foreman warehouseman at the Dun branch of Southern British R Services, has been voted Southerner of the Month....

REFER to Gordon Thomson's itter (CM, August 22). While greeing with him that the ritish motor industry is truggling in these...

OW APPROPRIATE it was for Ir Selkirk to write to you (CM, ugust 29) with regard to the rmitage proposal for a 4.2m eight limit,...

ON READING through your guide, I noticed the following error on page 27. The address of Esk Valley College is Newbattle Road,...

YOUR guide to shipping and forwarding agents (August 22) still showed details for Thomas Cook Freight Ltd. Ourown company...

YOUR NEWS item headed SA's Good New {page 4, August 29) contained statements which do not represent the true state of company...

Maybe it already has! Hi-jacks, break-ins, jump-ups — no matter what it's called it's crime, and it's bad news for the...

But there are ways to weed out the inveti rate black sheep from your business right the start, as lain Sherriff explains )W...

J MANY vehicles, oil pressure !ming lights are fitted instead or as well as, oil-pressure uges; but oil-pressure lights ly warn...

HE LAYMAN can be excused )1 thinking there is no problem defining the world "drive". he dictionary gives the leaning of...

They've come through the local heats.' They're good. On Finals Day at CM Lor Driver of the Year competition over 20 contestants...

The flimsy perimeter fence, the dimly yard — all too often easy prey for the thielf you feel insecure on security, Mike...

Every year the scourge of fire lays to wast( millions of pounds worth of property and vehicles, and often businesses fail to...

lain Sherriff hears from the T-SD/Dana chief that streamlining pays off TURNER-SPICER is the UK sector of the Dana...

Steve Gray examines the Turner-Spicer catalogue UNTIL the end of the 1960s, Turner Manufacturing, as it was then known, was a...

Graham Montgomerie looks into quality control and product development WITH SOMETHING so mechanically complex as a clutch and...

Who uses what? Survey by Bill Brock SHORTLY after the turn of the century — in 1902 — Spicer invented the constant velocity...

CM explains the design's exclusive features which, says Tom Kruse, give the company an edge in competition IN JUST three years...

Your friendly pt-o manufacturer is eager to help, explains Tim Blakemore TONY RYDER of Spicer Power Products Division...

It may be over designed, but it is reliable, says Bill Brock IN ORDER to make the best use of available engine power, a...

Maintenance is not difficult if you follow the manual, advises Steve Gray THE SUCCESSFUL care and maintenance of any part of a...

Don't leave it until a masked gunman demands this of you — cheque payments are a whole lot safer. Here, bank manager David...

We live in tense times, and rioting seems to be the price we have to pay, so what can the businessman do who wants to insure...

John C. Vann POLICY new to the inrance scene is the income )tection plan, which is basily an accident and illness licy. 4n...

lpg as a viable fuel alternative. It's cheaper, lead-free and suitable for anything up to 31/2 tons gross; but how soon will it...

HE NEW Davair fully automatic uto 100 heater of 90-10,000 Btu utput has an on/off burner as /ell as a time clock control and ir...

-IKE NEW products from J. N. air Limited of Market Irborough complete a full nge of security devices which e claimed to protect...

A VEHICLE-fitted load indicator system with a digital readout that can be mounted on the dashboard is offered by Precision...

THE SELMAR Electronic Voltage-Sensitive Alarm is t latest alarm to be added to t Selmar range. This alarm works on a vol...

NGLOCK is a trailer mobilisation device which is limed to prevent trailer theft. It n be fitted in seconds, it totally velopes...

tUIPMENT specifically signed to cut down on wasted 011 in warehouse picking has en introduced by Dexion Ltd, a storage and...

A NEW rotary power brush has been added to the range of accessories for KEW highpressure hot and cold model water cleaners....

A WORKING light for use on tractors, heavy duty vehicles, lorries, pickups, civil engineering plant and other industrial...

A RANGE of stainless steel silencer systems for heavy commercial vehicles has been launched by Grundy Auto Products Limited....

A NEW radial electric fan, "superior by virtue of its favourable installation size", available from Germany. It is 175mm wide...

be David Glassborow who give up his post of director research and strategic ming at the end of Sepiber. Ir Glassborow began...

UDENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the rtificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage (National)...

Safety v Discrimination by Douglas Ainley 1ECENT CASE of importance he haulage industry, Page v ight Hire (Tank Haulage)...