fter consultations throughout s regions, the Transport and eneral Workers Union has ijected a plan for a joint natio )l liaison...

m Government White Paper tblished last week on English ads policy allocates most of e £300m available over the ixt four years...

a document released by the eight Transport Association is week, it claims that Ties are paying £496m more tax than they get...

late bid by the Opposition to ow 26 per cent of the National eight Corporation to remain :der State control was firmly ected by...

Idressing the European Conence of Ministers of Transport, est Germany's Transport nister Kurt Gscheidle warned it several...

'udsey Industrial Tribunal has lered carriers Huddersfield . cels Ltd to reinstate one of its iht trunk drivers who had )n made...

Airshield International has formed a new company in Britain to produce and market its range of aerodynamic equipment for...

A twin-wheeled vehicle with a puncture may now be driven without further damage to the tyre thanks to a simple and cheap device...

Watch out! Robots are taking over. Paint-spraying operations in the commercial vehicle cab plant of Motor Panels in Coventry...

Potteries Motor Tractions plans to revise routes in the Hanley, Leek, Cheadle Longton and Uttoxeter areas, following a market...

This month Bombardier (Ireland) plans to start production of its range of buses and coaches. The first vehicles to roll off the...

The bus of the future could be based on a Volvo prototype which uses a hybrid propulsion system consisting of a diesel engine,...

PUBLIC SPENDING is a subject which touches the heart and pocket of every household and business in the country. The Government...

IE TRANSPORT and General Workers Union has thrown It a plan for a joint national liaison committee with the Road 'Wage...

IE LONG-AWAITED remote-area tachograph centre pulations have been annout:ced, and all three manufacturers preparing to take...

ANSPORT MINISTER rman Fowler has :onded the Foster Corntee's report on Operator Or Fowler said in Parliament week that he...

NATIONAL Freight Corporation's Scottish operations have been given until November to improve their performance, otherwise...

DAF Trucks (GB) Ltd has nounced specificati changes to a number of vehicles. The ZF S6-65 fu synchromesh gearbox w splitter is...

MOST British commercial vehicle manufacturers have star or are about to start laying off workers due to the recessioi the...

EUROPEAN Transport Ministers have agreed to another increase in multilateral quota permits from January next year, but British...

(ACK COST calculations will have to revised before the Government anges to a vehicle excise duty based lorries' gross weights....

1N-ACCOUNT operators ifling to the Irish Republic I not need to carry permits en the new arrangements VI, June 7) take effect...

A GOVERNMENT inquiry has been ordered into Ireland's road haulage industry. Irish Transport Minister Albert Reynolds has asked...

"THE BIGGEST series of reforms in road passenger transport for half a century," was the phrase which slipped proudly from the...

HE GOVERNMENT has firmly rejected a late bid by the pposition to allow 26 per cent of the National Freight orporation to stay...

.L NEW goods vehitles er 3.5 tonnes laden weight rst be fitted with strong sr underride guards from rly next year....

LDoY results FURTHER CM Lorry Driver of the Year results have been announced following regional heats. Aberdeen. Class A: D....

40ft trailer A £500 REWARD is being offered by John Brindley Ltd for the return of its 40ft trailer stolen from Doncaster....

MESSINA LINES have introduced the first roll on /roll off liner service to East Africa. The line offers European shippers a...

GOOD NEWS for hauliers and those involved in storage c distribution. Those who have to produce between 50 and 100 invoices day...

BELGIUM's new govemmen has abandoned the con troversial plan to charge toll for using the country' motorways. Tentative plans...

BRIERS Huddersfield Parcels Ltd have been ordered by a idsey Industrial Tribunal to reinstate one of a number of aft it had...

IE Dover Harbour Board sees little scope for the proposed annel tunnel, although it accepts that better rail connecns with the...

More four and fives THERE has been a large increase in the proportion of fourand five-axle articulated lorries, according to...

A1RSHIELD International has formed a new company in the UK to produce and market its range of wind deflectors and other...

FODENS have announced substantial further sales of their medium mobility vehicles for the Ministry of Defence and also a new...

THOMAS Electronics Li have designed and manufa tured a test instrument f■ ERF that allows the entii electrical system of an ER...

SIMPLE and inexpensive device developed in Australia by a umer lorry driver allows a twin-wheeled vehicle with a incture to be...

AN ILLUSTRATED leaflet issued by Rubery Owen Rockwell gives details of the assembly procedure for conversion to the Series 111...

DEB Chemical Proprietaries Ltd, Forfar Works, Belper, Derbyshire, is now guaranteeing its Jizermiser degreasing equipment for...

AN ALTERNATIVE to replacing shafts that have been worn by oil seals (usually caused by dirt or grit getting under the lip of...

THE FIRST paint-spraying robot to go into operation in a commercial vehicle cab plant in Europe has been commissioned at the...

FOLLOWING on from the award of a contract to supply the German army with a small cross-country vehicle. Volkswagen has launched...

VOLVO has now phased out its last naturally aspirated engii with the result that the entire Volvo lorry range is no exclusively...

VOLKSWAGEN is to fit th diesel engine used in the Go passenger car to the one-tc Transporter. This will be launched in GE many...

NDEPENDENT stage-carriage operators are up in arms over lotteries Motor Traction service plans which follow a market Inalysis...

ELGIAN coachbuilder - fonckiere is intensifying its UK sales forts and has a new )rthampton-based distributor. Roaselare...

NEARLY 170 of the 1,200 managerial administrative and clerical posts at the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive are to...

A SELF-HELP community minibus service has been introduced in South Uist. The service operates five days a week and runs into...

PSV OPERATORS Ltd of London has set up a new coach station near Kings Cross Station. The open-air station has departure and...

VIDEO FILMS are being use( by National Bus to put acros the implications of the Tram port Bill, and to widen th scope of the...

COACH OPERATORS sendir their vehicles to the Lawn Tenr Championships at Wimbled( this year have been advised I the Metropolitan...

iWEDEN'S Volvo Bus Corporation has developed a 'evolutionary bus that uses 15 to 25 per cent less fuel than the lquivalent bus...

kN APPLICATION by London Country Bus Services to vary in existing bus route at Singlewell, Kent, has been rejected by he South...

MARONER COACHES Ltd, of Braehead Garage, Neilston, Renfrewshire, had all its licences revoked by the Scottish Traffic...

ANOTHER new market for double-deck buses has been opened up in the Far East by Leyland Vehicles and Walter Alexander...

IF KEN ROGERS, the Road Haulage Association's new national chairman, is superstitious, then he will regard a recent hole in one...

We look at some of the ways ratepayers' money can be spent to advantage THE INSTITUTE of Solid Waste Management Conference and...

inland wells involves many different industries. As always, road transport plays an important role. The wells in the Middle...

West Sussex CC adopt a simple but effective method THE TRANSPORT departments yr many local authorities are Jndoubtedly...

kS A transport manager rnployed by a hire and reward !ompany, I feel compelled to vrite to you with my experience luring the...

I NOTE that the West Midlands Licensing Authority has adopted a policy of charging the revised scale of 0-licence fees, which I...

YOUR EDITORIAL on Citizens Band, Radio shows a commendable regard for vehicles safety but a lack of information on the most...

AFTER READING the letter you wrote 'about CBs, I had just to reply. You say that a CB distracts the driver. Have you ever...

Life is 'hell/for Rio drivers, nose in e Philippines put in 16 backbreaking hours, but te ILO Convention in Geneva could changE...

DEVOTED though I am to The Ring, looking back I wonder whether Wagner's Lohengrin was a tactful musical choice to accompany a...

OF Wagner's tetralogy, Gotterdammerung probably best represents the attitude of Derrick Simon, managing director of University...

WILL their Lordships decimate the Employment Bill? Let's hope not but of course it does not cater for every eventuality....

TRAILERS equipped to run on road or rail are being developed in America jointly by Firestone Industrial Products Co and the US...

ISN'T summer lovely, why can we have it constantly? Putting the clocks on or bac has never struck me as bein anything more...

By Les Oldridge, T Eng (CE I), MIMI ANNEX 1, (III) of the EEC Regulations 1463/70 lays down the constructional requirements for...

To those involved in the British transport industry, the problems of the last decade have made the economical operation of...

It's a fact: you'll find more TIP trailers behind more traction units than any other name. Because we have more trailers to...

THIS YEAR, CM celebrates its 75th anniversary. We plan to mark this occasion with a number of special events which will be...

DAF Trucks Intermodal transport. Designing vehicles, and the infrastructure for the use of intermodal transport. The thesis...

Intertruck Ltd Articulated fleet maintenance programme. Planning an effective maintenance system for a fleet of articulated...

for use in conjunction with the proposed scheme to ensure adequate control. The scheme should be adaptable to all types of...

To examine the development of European road transport against the present situation where there are differences of policy in...

design and development of the commercial vehicle in the next 25 years. The thesis will look at the design of commercial...

The author should consider the warehousing and distribution functions as an extension of the production line, and design a...

Each entry must be accompanied by an official entry form and six copies of the entry. They should be typewritten to 50...

The development of the diesel engine, its components, the case for and against alternative fuels. The thesis will trace the...

The Inquiry has to fight its way through a jungle of some 160C submissions. Alan Millar wonders which line Sir Arhur will take...

MECHAN I IN A PREVIOUS article in this series it was stated that the specific gravity of the electrolyte of a battery is...