"HONEYMOON" period Ling six months would be a !risible" way to start the ased introduction of the C Regulation on drivers'...

TACHOGRAPHS are the only alternative to the 450km (281mile) daily distance limit for drivers of a culated vehicles over 20...

TEN THOUSAND members of the Transport and General Workers Union have been laid off in Grimsby this week following a strike by...

EVERYONE should be allowed more say in the way trunk roads are planned and built. And that includes both road haulage operators...

,EEC TRANSPORT policy, aimed mostly at producing fair competition, has done little to help the UK, and possibly not very much...

• In penile INTERNATIONAL Hauliers Federation chairman Ken Bachmann is to write to the Department of Transport to demand...

MERSEYSIDE hauliers were badly hit this week by an unofficial strike by more than 6,000 dockers, which brought the port of...

Archbold Truck Sales and Service Ltd, Albert Road, Morley, Leeds Tel. 538511 Arlington Motor Co Ltd, Tel: 01965 5982...

)RRY DRIVER with a ige company for 17 years given one week's notice he lost his hgv licence suffering a mild heart :k. And an...

rwork involved in internal haulage, the Intermai Road Transport (IRU) has compiled a If some 40 documents xl in this field of...

BECAUSE, under Scottish law, magistrates have no power to award costs to a defendant, Manchester haulier Andrews & Bond Ltd is...

Volvo supermarket SUPERMARKET facilities for Volvo operators are now available at Hartshorne Motor Services' new mobile parts...

cleared by LA FERGUSONS (Blyth) Ltd was called before the Northern Licensing Authority so that its relationship with another...

ALLEGATIONS of permit irregularities were made at a meeting of the International Hauliers' Federation last week. The meeting,...

EEC DRIVERS' hours rel tions have now, in effect, I extended throughout Eu with ratification of European agreement on h between...

New Mitchell Cotts director M. J. Hoperaft has been appointed a director of Mitchell Cotts Transport Ltd. He joined the...

Uplifting MILLER Brothers Limited of Foxton Cambridge has realised the difficulty experienced by disabled passengers when...

TWO MINIBUS operators who had applied for public service vehicle licences were called to public inquiries by the Northern...

IAN transport in Europe was the subject of a one-day conference held by the West Midlands Ion of the Chartered Institute of...

CHANNEL ferry operator Townsend. Thoresen is freezing coach rates and group passenger fares on its crossings from Felixstowe,...

OVERALL savings in fuel consumption of between 10 and 12 per cent have been achieved by National Carriers using wind deflectors...

AN ASSOCIATION to promote the reputation and define and maintain the standards of workmanship of automatic transmission...

Failsafe grab THE NEW Elliot failsafe hydraulic grab is marketed by Boughton and Sons Ltd, of Amersham, Bucks. Developed by a...

KINGS, a subsidiary of Tarmac Roadstone Ltd, has put t lightweight Foden sixers to work on improvements to Glasgow to Inverness...

OB TRANSPORT Ltd, of Ellesmere Port, has taken delivery of two Boalloy trailers to carry carbon black from Cabot Carbon Ltd at...

Complete package THE A175 super arc welding transformer is made by Lyte Arc Welders Ltd, of Heywoods Heath, Sussex. It runs...

A SPECIAL version of the Neville Charrold Nimrod tilting bogie trailer weighing only 4.1 tonnes (4.1 tons) has been built for a...

COOPERS Filtration, manufacturers of heavy-duty filters, recently launched a new range of two-stage heavy duty air cleaners for...

THE SWEDISH Post Offi is currently evaluating number of electric delive vans on normal mail deliver Based on Saab car co]...

NOW that the Health and Safety at Work Act is with us employers need to do more than keep an attentive eye open and put up a...

Mick Hamer does not have the exclusive rights to strange utterances; local politicians take a' share. In a survey just...

One group reported to be beavering away at the problem with some relish is Transport 2000. Mick Hamer, its enthusiastic...

It must have been all that forecasting by the captains of our industry in our December 30 issue that set me off crystal ball...

THE Powerclean hot-wash range from Andrews is manufactured in three model sizes — 3,500, 6,900 and 13,800kN/sqm (500, 1,000 and...

At the top of the range the KJ' 1 50 high-pressure injection model operates at a pressure of 15,000kN/sqm (2200psi). Pressure...

THE standard Monarch u (left) washes a wide range vehicles up to 2.5m (8ft 2 wide. It is manufactured in vari( heights to wash...

FOREMOST in the range of Euroclean industry and agricultural units is the HO. 1012, a hot/cold water machine which has a...

QU IRE KLEIN DIENST markets three machines suitable for mmercial vehicle use. The 6-674 is available in washing heights from...

HOT and cold power wash make up the Psimat range fn 5,500 to 12,500kN/ sorn (8 to 1,800psi). A diesel-powei cold water C5 model...

THE Shor-Flow 1100 Hot Mk I is a hot water machine which employs a 2 kW three-phase 110 volt electric motor to drive a...

THE 10,500kN/sqm (1,500psi) model is an addition to the Hydro-Blitz electric-powered range of high-pressure washers which...

THE Britannia range from Smith Brothers and Webb is concentrated on the fully automatic gantry type. The TW Mk III brushless...

DESIGNED to wash all types and sizes of both rigid and articulated vehicles, the Fleetwasher Mk 11 incorporates a back-tracking...

THE range of triple purpose cleaners from VVickham Ltd can be for steam, hot water or cold water washing. The deluge alone in...

THE extensive range I washing equipment fro Warwick covers cold and h water machines with outpu ranging from 545 to 1,0( lit!...

I am replying•to the recent letters regarding the new regulations which apply from January 1, 1978, and the article regarding...

KEEPING vehicles clean is a constant problem facing both large and small bus and coach operators. A recent action by South...

lunce (Ashbury) Ltd, lshbury, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8LW. HE Bunce Trailer Road ;weeper is a simple but efficient nachine...

The Pathmaster, the smallest of the Blaw Knox ride-on sweepers, measures 1.37m (4.5ft) wide and 2.99m (9.8ft) long and is...

THE "baby" of today's range is the Lacre Module and a turning circle of only 5.86m (19.25ft) makes manoevrability its strong...

CLAIMED to be unlike any other small ride-on sweeper, the Melford S2i40R utilizes the su tion principle to. lift the debris....

THE Tennant range of sweepers is large and starts with tl smaller 140 low-cost model available in a petrol or an elect' version...

E HYDRAULIC brake sysrt, fitted to practically all irate motor cars and light nmercial vehicles, conts of a fluid tank or...

THE USE by the road transport industry of vehicle cleaners of all types has risen substantially over the last 10 years or so_...

COMPENSATION paid to an employee for unfair dismissal can amount to £5,200, so it is well worth while making quite sure that...