BY A MAJORITY of just eight votes the controversial Dock Work Regulation Bill was given its second reading in the Commons on...

A DERBY haulage company has set up a subsidiary company in France and is transfering all expansion plans to the Continent as...

BUS services throughout the country are likely to be disrupted on Wednesday when busmen hold, a mass meeting and Parliamentary...

EEC seeks way around 450 km limit TRANSPORT PLANNERS at the EEC have come up with a new draft amendment to the regulation...

THE LATEST round of the transport policy debate opened this week with allegations that the Government is considering plans to...

by CM reporter ROAD HAULAGE rules the roost on the British goods distribution scheme — and the Government should leave well...

ALLEGATIONS that BRS Roadline is being used to carry soft-core pornography are being investigated by the company. The editor...

DRAFT regulations about the installation of tachographs on British vehicles used for international journeys have been...

The Cranfield Marketing seminar for public transport featured in Management Matters (page 55) is welcome evidence that bus...

INTER-EUROSCAN Services have started a new trailer service to Lagos using the new ro-ro ferry Falster from Felixstowe. The...

Also proposed was the amendment (CM December 26) of subsistence payment to £3.75 in respect of each period of rest not...

THE Welsh Office has set up a new division to deal with a comprehensive transport policy for Wales. The new division was...

,OPERATORS running to the . Continent should warn their drivers that it is an offence to drive in Hungary after taking an...

SOUTH WALES operator MacLennan Brothers of Port Talbot, who have two vehicles stranded in Turkey owing to arctic conditions,...

P&p unit loads company, Ferrymaster Ltd, has formally commissioned its new terminal at Gothenburg which is designed to...

VEHICLES carrying toxic substances may be required to have special equipment for use in an emergency. This is a measure to be...

THE Freight Transport Association is to fight plans by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council to impose a system...

SPD has formed a new distribution company to handle Birds Eye frozen food distribution needs. The new company, Unicold, is...

DENNIS have won a Elm order to supply fire-fighting vehicles, tankers and municipal trucks to the Middle East. The order was...

DRIVERS' wages rose by 10.1 per cent in the six months from March to September last year, according to a Freight Transport...

LACK of preventive maintenance and workshop facilities led to a public inquiry into the operation of the Sandwich and District...

THE Department of Industry is to survey pallet wastage in an effort to reduce the unit cast of handling goods. The survey is...

BRITAIN made, exported and bought more trucks than any other European country last year. This heartening news was given by Sir...

A SUBMISSION that the double-weighing of an articulated lorry by the DOE was Inaccurate, failed last week before Selby,...

OWNER-DRIVERS in South Wales who are forming a cooperative to fight rising prices and aim to run their own forwarding business...

FREIGHTLINERS have announced a profit of £400,000 for the last quarter of 1975. During the quarter—which ended in November—the...

WACRO Lines have started a monthly ro-ro service from Felixstowe to Lagos with the MS Falster, which can carry twelve-metre...

AN EXHIBITION of air cargo technology at Heathrow Airport from May 10 to 12 will be held in conjunction with the Eighth...

THE Freight Transport Association is to hold a series of one-day seminars on "Value for money in transport." Each will consist...

by CM reporter AN OFFER to let Carlisle City Council have control over the buses in the city and its immediate vicinity has...

A PROPOSAL by the Department of the Environment to introduce a system of operator licensing to replace the present psv system...

concealed--claim TOUR passengers lost the chance of being guaranteed a seat on West Yorks Passenger Transport Executive...

STRONGER coach roofs, the provision of roof hatches, tougher brake performance standards, and strengthening of testing and...

THE FORMULATION of a Planning Agreement between the bus chassis manufacturers and bodybuilders was discussed last week at a...

WHEN Brent Cross shopping centre opens in March users of LT services will find no protection from the weather while waiting for...

A MARKETING campaign to attract more motorists to bus usage was launched by Southdown in Brighton last week. It features a bus...

TWO BUS Ianer, are to be taken out and a third modified by the Greater London Council because the expected advantages have not...

A TRANSDUCER-BASED system for monitoring vehicle axle weights has been announced by Interlube Systems Ltd, Estovor Road,...

Midlands-based operator G. B. Hirst has increased the period between brake relines from nine to 43 weeks (2,336 miles-16,403...

A CONVENTIONAL tipping body—the Brimac three-in-one tipper—which can be tilted onto the ground for the loading of plant and...

A SINGLE centre-pole support, which results in a claimed extra 760kg (15cwt) of payload compared with other maximum length...

UP to 30 per cent savings in vehicle downtime is claimed by ICI through the use of Polyurethane 383, a one-pack refinishing...

Which one will conquer? by Martin Watkins THREE different makes of double-deck bus entered service in Hastings last week on a...

Biggest surprise for British journalists visiting the Amsterdam Show last week was the grip which that BBC TV series The...

I found the vehicle manufacturers and transport operators in Amsterdam expressing very mixed feelings. The makers are smiling...

This year the RAI—the Dutch motor industry, which organises the Amsterdam Show—held a special reception and dinner for...

AN hgv driver dismissed by Econofreight Transport Ltd, of Markfield, Leicester, lodged an industrial tribunal claim for unfair...

to weight ratio does not necessarily entail a poor fuel consumption. This point of view now receives added weight from the...

Changing gear is simple though at first using the range/splitter button while simultaneously shifting the gear-lever is a bit...

by Graham Montgomerie A1RSHIELD wind deflectors have been given a lengthy appraisal under normal operating conditions by...

vehicle toward the near-side. I have checked the linings and cylinders, but these appear to be efficient. What other action...

45mph. I have had the front wheels balanced, but this has not eliminated the vibration. Is there any other reason why my...

even after several miles running. The battery always appears fully charged despite this warning. Is any action necessary to...

to a neighbouring market town. For this I use a front-entrance singledeck bus which is equipped for one-man operation. I also...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MINI, AMIRTE MARK1NGS-3 PART VIII of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1971 is entitled...

by Janus JUDGING from most reports of the Reading University study on the use of railway tracks, one would easily fail to...

RAI Show report By Graham Montgomerie THE ACCENT is very much on economy at the 1976 Commercial Vehicle Show which opened at...

Don Booth, ,chief transport engineer of Conoco Ltd, concludes his review of ways to reduce the hazards of petroleum...

NHEN vehicles have only tbout one year of useful life in hem, it becomes a question of ceeping them going with as ittle...

by John Darker, AMBIM IN EVERY BUS undertaking marketing functions are undertaken often by people who may be unaware of their...

Two optical tachometers have been introduced by Dieseltune Equipment. One is the Phototak M with a meter display, and the...

Designed to stabilise trailers during loading and unloading, the Brownline stabiliser jack has a capacity of 36,280kg...

A voltage regulator which provides 12V output from 24V commercial vehicle systems is now available from Elindene Investments....

Edbro has introduced a new lowering valve to enable controlled lowering of a tipper body raised by air-operated hydraulic...

Evode has introduced a new emulsion-based contact adhesive called Evo-Stik Safe 80. It can be used for the bonding of laminates...