UNEMPLOYMENT in Scotland stands at 14 per cent of the working population. In Glasgow and the West of Scotland the figure is...

HER Transport Bill is expected to be published before Christbut the Government's thoughts on the Armitage Report seem as far...

TRANSPORT operating costs rose only by one per cent in the three months to September 1, according to the Freight Transport...

THE BALANCE between peace and war in the tanker drivers' dispute looked very fine indeed as we closed for press on Tuesday,...

Transport conferentitled "Transport — ling the reward to the in London on May 25-26 ear. conference will look at a y of issues...

1HE GREATER London Council's orry ban inquiry got off to a :ontroversial start last week tvhen environmentalists staged walk-on...

EEC perm . 0 INTERNATIONAL operator being invited to bid for tional 1982 EEC per pending next month's Tram Council meeting at...

10TH major trade associations !xpressed qualified satisfaction vith the outcome of the London :Iffy ban inquiry's opening...

DISTRIBUTION and Society was the theme, when Sainsbury di bution director Len Payne gave this year's Henry Spurrier Mem Lecture...

than he could be by a few very large companies, according to Transport Secretary David Howell. Addressing a recent Business...

ESIDE hauliers took trades union negotiators by surprise last when they offered a small increase in basic pay, but it may not...

DRIVERS employed by Liverpool-based George Davies & Son returned to work last Friday after a four-day strike over...

EW TERMINAL has been ed in Durham this week by Overnite. The new centre landle its delivery service in orth-east. :ated on...

THE DROP is sales of new commercial vehicles showed its strongest sign so far of bottoming out last month, with sales down by...

into the Temple marshalling yard, in Leyso that the site can be ad up to inter-modal traffic, wants such a project to be...

the London Borough of Brent at its lorry park at St Raphael's Way, Wembley. In addition to this, it can accommodate 35 lorries...

THERE has been an increase in the number of sailings between Harwich and Dunkirk, and Sealink advises operators that this...

LONDON'S road system must be improved greatly if goods are to be moved around it efficiently, the Freight Transport Association...

GENERAL HAULAGE regained its lead over own account transport last year for the first time since 1977, according to figures...

A CREDIT control and de covery company has established to serve the f industry. Swimtree Ltd has estab Freight Trades...

THE ROAD Haulage Association's COMPACT campaign ye comes to the end of its 17 month trail today (Saturday) wh takes part in...

DEVELOPMENT work on asbestos-free brake linings for commercial vehicles has reached an advanced stage, reports TIM BLAKEMORE....

DAF TRUCKS has opted ft flywheel power take-off as s dard equipment for its 2 OHRE after exhaustive dis sions with mixer...

A NEW type of purpose-built van from Coachwork Conversions I made its public debut in Glasgow this week at the Scottish Mc...

A TELESCOPIC trailer for demountable bodies — extending an 18m lorry to 24m in five minutes — has been developed by Kockum...

THE NEW Sherpa 255L Dropside, made complete at Freight Rover's factory and shown for the first time at the Scottish Motor Show,...

1K TRAILER has developed a ;ion of its Envoy grp Trailer ake air freight pallets. ork claims that this is the y van available...

road gritter based on the 7.2 tonnes gvw chassis giving non hgv flexibility in usage to the operator. Three machines have been...

Bus Company, but no one, perhaps Transport Secretary David Howell least of all, is sure of how this might be done, writes ALAN...

STRATHCLYDE PTE lost £8.9m on its bus and Underground services in 1980/81, a deterioration from £5.3m the previous year. In...

available to British operator The mid-engined MB200 E Mark 2 now comes with air pension as standard. Other features are twin...

sday this week, when the Court of Appeal ruled that London 'sport's cheap fares, subsidised on the rates, are unlawful. [rd...

DEVON PASTIES and cider helped launch the first doubledeck Neoplan coaches to enter service with a British operator, and one of...

CISION on the Greater Lon:ouncil's plans for a London factory is unlikely to be until next year. _C transport committee man...

the county, will serve the parishes of Charhey Bassett, Denchworth, Goosey, Hatford, Stanford-in-the-Vale and Shellingford....

T HAS BEEN a time of mixed fortunes for West Midlands minibus aperator Brian Pedley. Last week he was granted an appeal against...

ONE of the first experirm conversions carried out at new British base of ZF, at tingham, was of a Ley National 2 which was...

Albert Wheway has been made a non-executive director of ERF (Holdings) Ltd. A former merchant banker, Mr Sheway is a director...

MOR Transport Minister Kenneth Clarke has reaffirmed the Govment's intention to cut the lead content of petrol from 0.4 to 0.15...

THE COMMERCIAL electri vehicle has a distinct advantag over its diesel counterpar where vulnerability to fuel pric rises is...

1981 MacRobert Award for Ivation in engineering has won by a team of three Lucas CAV for the design I development of the ....

STRATHCLYDE PTE has refurbished an area ofits Larkfield works tc deal specifically with fuel injection equipment. The floor...

lETHER it continues to be lied the Inquiry into the Effects Bans on Heavy Lorries within ndon, or if, like other national d...

E STATEMENT in the rliamentary debate on bus vices in Herefordshire that Mr R. Hemming (whom I advise) s applied for a...

ERE have been some press - nments regarding an Jerimental fitment of a eder-Root electronic ;hograph in a press monstrator...

FOLLOWING the list of freight forwarders in CM (August 22) may we point out that the addresses and telephone numbers at our...

I READ with interest Graham Montgomerie's recent article (CM, October 31) on cold weather causing fuels to wax. I was...

YOUR correspondent, Mr Ingham-Johnson (CM, September 26) has made a number of fundamental errors in his Benthamite analysis of...

he Shire Horse Society has its y, this journal's title will have be changed to Commercial itor and Heavy Horse. The :iety has...

ilTING to the Daily Telegraph a spirit of sweet reason, a BL )pfloor worker with an Irish - ne said: "Provided people )1.4 ,...

RED-FACED with embarrassment and chagrin, an Osram-GEC commercial representative was prosected for having only one working...

• IT IS POSSIBLE to have one's haggis and eat it, as Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive is demonstrating by transferring...

KENNETH LIVINGSTONE, Greater London Council's prodigal leader whose shattering rate demands to p for reckless cuts in public...

COMMUTERS waiting outsid( London's King's Cross statior can now while away the time study of a 138 ft by 23 ft mur on the theme...

stand-by-stand review; see pages 68-71 for plan and complete exhibitors' lis ITHOUT the benefit of the Parck Bus Garage or...

Graham Montgomerie's first selection corn from Volvo, Perkins, Scania, Gardner anc Cummins. Then there are such exhibits as t...

CM's GUIDE TO THE Scottish Motor Show includes all the exhib tors in Kelvin Hall. We are on stand 189. In addition to the...

New roads, relaxation of drivers' hours and tachograph regulations, improved and cheaper ferry services, are just some of the...

Fears that the creation of Scotland's first enterprise zone will give unfair advantages to newcomers are groundless says...

nntlig7enburg and bac Tim Blakemore joins the driver accompanied Irvine/Gothenburg run for unstocked items; D. Smith (Troon)...

A London/Glasgow coach service with car comfort and speed allied to airline facilities has resulted from the 1980 Transport...

Bill Brock, not over experienced with this configuration, tests DAF 2300/Crane Fruehauf unit and criticises its motorway...

This company's assembly lines are as up to date as any in Europe. How has a sophisticated American engineering firm been able...

Why? Reliability, speed of maintenance and fast parts service, operators tell Steve Gray /ES Cummins, co-incidenanother...

ROPER maintenance of the es in an operator's fleet is amount importance. I asised this in my last . One reads almost every )f...

:IAL precautions are ssary when using grinding ?Is. e eyes must be protected flying particles by the use ixed shield or clear...

The TL's got a tilt cab, gives more comfort and is easier to maintain — it is definitely up market of the older model, reports...

No safe markets are left anywhere, writes Graham Montgmerie, but if a manufacturer seeks survival it must increase volume...

If the 1930 monopoly, which favours Strathclyde PTE services, is removed, who will gain? Could it be the Scottish Bus Group or...

by Douglas Ainley CAN EMPLOYERS faced with a clear case of gross negligence involving one or other or both of two employees,...

The completion date for the Kessock Bridg has been delayed till mid-1982. By then th Scottish transport scene may be back to...