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The 1979 TUC Conference must go on record as the most indecisive ever. Posturing there was in abundance, and some of the...
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rEsT MIDLANDS hauliers are locked in negotiations with 5/35 • anch of the Transport and General Workers Union over a code at...
A NEW Transport Bill is to be presented to the Commons as soon after the resumption of Parliament as possible, Transport...
PANDORO has announced a massive new expansion programme for its Irish Sea service to give a twice-daily service and it is to...
iE CM Lorry Driver of the !ar finals on Sunday will inide a visit by BBC-TV's Blue ter presenter Simon Groom th the Blue Peter...
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SIR MICHAEL Edwardes' axe fell on Leyland this week but the British Leyland Commercial Vehicles and Leyland Vehicles parts of...
IN JUST OVER two week time the new regulatioi governing the fitting of re fog lamps come into force. As from October 1, no...
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ILS YEAR road users will pay £3800m more in taxation than e Government will actually spend on road building, mainteince and...
kRD ON the heels of West • rkshire's A58 ban comes the ws that neighbouring North Irkshire is to clamp down on avy lorries....
THE TRANSPORT Salaried Staff Association has spoken out against the proposed shutdown of six National Freight Corporation...
THE FREIGHT Transport Association has criticised the composition of the body of advisers who will be assisting Sir Arthur...
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A DRIVER who was laid off by a Scottish haulage company for a month won his case for unfair dismissal at a hearing in Edinburgh...
THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has issued a new guide to TIR operations. Called International Transport of Goods Under Customs...
SCOTLAND's third tachograph centre is now in operation. The Tayside Tachograph Centre at Smeaton Road, Dundee is equipped to...
kB INTERIOR changes to the Bedford CF van range were seen r the first time at the Frankfurt Show this week. Redesign of the...
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THIS MONSTER load, which is part of a North' Sea oil rig, is the widest-ever load to pass through the Tyne Tunnel. The load...
THE DEADLINE for qua tying for a Certificate of Pi fessional Competence urk the "grandfather rights" ri is fast approaching....
A NEW BUSINESS, set up] group of local hauliers in paration for the introduc of the statutory use of tai graphs has started in...
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VALSALL Metropolitan Borough Council opposed an applicaion for a new four-vehicle licence made by Harry Price, trading s...
DRIVER David Sinclair of Kirkcaldy claimed unfair dismissal against Andrew Wishart and Sons Ltd of Kirkcaldy when the firm...
SEVERAL of Britain's road transport organisations have got together to urge the Government to make its views 'known on the...
EUROVAN, the consortium of international removal companies, is to hold its Annual Dispatchers' Seminar in Dublin this year....
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LEYLAND VEHICLES have made two new senior management appointments. John Clarke is the man heading Leyland's new £32m truck...
The Road Haulage Association has named the man to fill its newly-created post of head of communications. He is John Ockenden,...
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An addition to the D25 series engines is now available ith charge-cooling and Lrbocharging, which pushes itput up to 235 kW...
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DAF AND DODGE are examining the possibilities of technical and manufacturing co-operation. Both companies agree that the main...
NIXON High Pressure Washer Sales Ltd, Penrith, Cumbria have reduced prices by a massive 40 per cent and doubled the length of...
THE ELECTRIC Vehicle Development Group is holding a conference In London at the Royal Institute of British Architects on...
A NEW RANGE of medium-size fork-lift trucks has bee launched by Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi. There are four models in the...
FORD has introduced a revised load apportioning valve on all Transcontinental models to obviate the problem of rear brake drum...
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A DALKEITH coach hirer who had five buses banned by the Department of Transport has been allowed to keep his licences. The...
FARE frauds on Edinburgh city buses are costing Lothian Region an estimated £600,000 a year. And that, according to the...
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ENTRY FORMS for the 1980 British Coach Rally will be available from January I, 1980 from Coaching Journal, 122 Newgate Street,...
THE ISTITUTO per to Studio del Trasporti nen' Integrazione Economica Europea at the University of Trieste in Italy is holding a...
TRANSPORT Parliamentar Secretary Kenneth Clarke gc first-hand experience of th problems of bus operation last week when he...
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ACTION from the trade ion movement to the news at Transport Minister Norin Fowler plans to sell off Ares in a re-formed...
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Alan Millar looks at ne operation of a light van That shot' carriE who says at for speed and dependabili - y, it has to be...
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Ford 's Insight scheme improves the quall - y of repair worK and provides a good incentive for high-grade mechanics to prove -...
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PRESSURE GROUPS come in all shapes and sizes in modern industrialised countries. Some, like the British Road Federation, have a...
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HAVING had Stephen Geary's article (CM, June 29) brought to my attention rather belatedly, I would like to take issue with the...
With reference to your letter (CM, August 17) on availability of X2A tyres: what a weak reply from the Michelin Tyre Co! Just...
WE FOUND John Durant's article on factoring (CM, August 10) most interesting. We would like to draw your attention to our own...
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iII Brock describes an on-the-road example of Dodge's ?placement for e Walknru and road-tests it. HE NEW Dodge Truck 50cries...
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The Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year Competition is to lose one of its most valued old-timers. Bernard Hale, who was...
As one who is closely concerned with the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year Competition I appreciate the problems of...
If more than 100 boy racers had not blotted their copybooks, over 400 registered apprentices would now be participating in the...
mayday Having read an exhaustive and exhausting report of the Transport and General Workers' Union's biennial delegate...
An AA expert in coaxing rr miles out of a gallon of pe met his match in Ray Wa man, a coach driver of Watcl Somerset — an area...
"Swansea [Driver LicenE Centre] is crucial to the ! cessful operation of recall c paigns, said John Besw director of the...
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THERE WAS a big entry for Class C of CM'S livery cornpetition and the judges looked at over 160 slides. This class covered all...
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by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI) MIMI, AMIRTE IN THE LAST article I dealt with the panels which are to be exhibited on tankers...
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Tim Blakemore reviews the 1980 models for light-du - y applications and discovers -- ' - )at the Japanese are really beginning...
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Steve Gray reviews the models available to the fleet car buyer and assesses eir relative merits for the 1980 model year, IN...
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MEC:HIEN ICS Locking devices IT IS A COMMON engineering practice to provide some form of locking device to prevent nuts or...