DESPITE some gloomy forebodings and the strong hints from the VIA president reported on this page, Scottish hauliers are...

ALTHOUGH recognizing t, it was natural, fair E reasonable for haulage cE tractors to want to adjust th rates in the wake of...

IF haulage rates were to be increased by 20 per cent, that would still not be enough to enable the majority of transport...

by CM reporter WITH the threat of strike action on December 1 if acceptable pay increases have not been settled by then,...

INDUSTRY must he prepared to pay the proper price for road transport services provided by independent hauliers or risk seeing...

He reminded haulage conTactors that although they lad failed to achieve a proJuctivity bargain at national evel, this did not...

EUROPEAN Transport Ministers will come to the crunch on the controversial issue of lorry axle weights at their meeting in...

RAIL should be given an opportunity to prove its value in the overall British transport picture. This was the message of a...

GLASGOW'S 20-day-old bus and Underground strike ended last Friday when crews voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new pay offer...

APPLICATIONS for 1975 EEC road haulage permits for hire and reward use are now being sought by the DoE's International Road...

by CM reporter A DIRECTOR of an oldestablished Cheshire transport firm and six of its drivers have got together to form a...

A DECLINE of 121/2 per cent in the number of lorry thefts in London during the first nine months of 1974 compared with the same...

A SPECIAL prize is being made by the President of France, M. Giscard D'Estaing, to the overall winner of the Routiers...

A PLEDGE that the Government would implement its proposals to nationalise Britain's ports was renewed last week by Mr Fred...

by John Darker NORTHAMPTON last week joined the select band of inland ports in Britain with full import and export customs...

THE EEC is backtracking on its proposal to exempt self-employed drivers of commercial vehicles from the proposed regulation...

A NEW depot has been opened in Antwerp which will be responsible for the operation of Norfolk Line Ltd into Belgium, France, etc.

MANAGEMENT in transport and distribution must not be frightened of stating its case when rejecting unnecessary interference in...

TWO extra return sailings a day between Felixstowe and Zeebrugge will result from the movement of Townsend Thoresen's Viking 11...

THE all-steel range of lowcost tipping Omnitrailers manufactured by Neville Industries (Mansfield) Ltd has been extended by the...

AN ENLARGED network of designated routes for heavy lorries should be introduced on an advisory basis for several years, says a...

THE Association of Municipal Transport Officers is to admit to its membership suitably qualified transport managers from public...

IN THE WAKE of the Scottish lorry drivers' settlement, now adopted in the Newcastle area and expected to provide a national...

AT the agm of the Commercial Motor Lorry . Driver of the Year Competition last week, Sir Daniel Pettit was re-elected...

THE NEW Covent Garden Market, opened in London on Monday, has access to the flower market on Nine Elms Lane nearly opposite the...

MONDAY Nov 18. Institute of Traffic Administration — Leicester Centre. "General engineering maintenance" by E. S. Jenkins...

LOCAL authorities and structural or civil engineers will find plenty to interest them at the Public Works Exhibition opening at...

continued from page 22 which carries a full selection of lubricant and servicing facilities. The chassis manufacturers will...

Vauxhall (stand L15) will also have five vehicles on its stand. These include a Bedford KG 12.55 tonnes (12.35 tons) gvw...

A NEW drawbar outfit, consisting of a Bedford KG and York trailer, has recently been supplied to Giles Instone Transport Ltd...

FOUR Ford-based municipal vehicles will be on the Ford stand at the Public Works Exhibition at Olympia next week. The first is...

A LETTER has gone out to all MPs in the London area from London Transport's chairman. Sir Richard Way, appealing for help in...

Deansgate's new Red Rose retains the Transit chassis-scuttle but has a new look profile. Good vision is provided by the extra...

by Gordon Murray IN this country over the years a sizeable industry has grown up around the buying and selling of secondhand...

THE Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh has deferred decision on two appeals. Leith Waste Company appealed against the removal of...

FINES totalling £266,801 were imposed last year for offences relating to the loading of commercial vehicles. Of the 23,248...

CHARGES brought by the police against a Wigan haulier, W, F. Dalton Ltd, Appley Bridge, and one of its drivers, William Keith...

A FORWARDING division has now been set up by Kwikasair Ltd, the European road haulage subsidiary of the Thomas Nationwide...

IN an unusual case before the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, at Durham Crown Court last week Mr Kenneth...

THE QUESTION of what action a Licensing Authority should take when an operator fails to turn up for a disciplinary inquiry was...

DISMISSING an appeal by C. L. Cheshire, 9 The Close, Hollywood, near Birmingham, against the revocation of his one-vehicle...

'ME DoE is shortly to consult the public on possible alternative routes for a southern by-pass of Norwich; the proposals are...

How a computerized cost control operation can identify profit drains and point to means of business improvement by CM...

by Bill Godwin IN a recent reorganization of warehousing facilities for the Swiss Unilever subsidiary the need arose to open...

in the cupboard by Johnny Johnson The alternatives to buying vehicles for own transport operation might be many, but one...

The 1974 Lorry Driver of the Year spent four days in Europl recently as a guest of Michelin. He asked the questions, 'ail...

its vehicles \ to recover others which might be broken down. The recovery vehicle is therefore taxed as a goods vehicle and...

you say that a carnet de passage is required in France for trailers only. Does this mean that accompanied traffic does not...

a contract to deliver quarry material to a motorway site. I notice that there are tipping vehicles on this job which are not...

run on public roads. In that case, they need not pay Excise duty. Q My ordinary car driving licence has been suspended because...

Vehicles (Driver's Licences) Regulations 1969, a licence granted under Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1969 (now Part III of...

are considering buying a large mobile crane which will not comply with Construction and Use Regulations. Could we move it under...

Seems my comments about the Bedford TM driver handbook in this column on October 25 could not have been more timely. I see that...

Mudholes are out — on the authority of Gerd Hoffmann, m.d. of Mercedes-Benz (UK) Ltd. Without necessarily accepting all the...

If you've been puzzled about Fred Mulley being Ministerfor (instead of qi) Transport, I can now reveal the practical...

This week I was in — dare I say it? — a clearing house in London when the man at the desk phoned a haulage contractor and asked...

UNION officials, espe_cially when they are enmeshed in negotiations, cannot usually afford to say in public anything which...

Jack Mather, the recently appointed md of Tankfreight Ltd, the NFC holding company which specializes in bulk haulage, has...

I could not help feeling that the Reading study of double bottoms had missed some of the alternative propositions which might...

In reply to your correspondent, B. M. White of Bexley, (CM October 25), in answer to his question: "Has anyone taken into...

When will haulage contractors learn that there is a great deal of common sense in the old cliche "Unity is strength"? The truth...

• • inquiry In your report (CM October 18) dealing with the Traffic Commissioners' Inquiry into aspects of this department's...

horsepower - The Hawk" writing in the September 20 issue of Commercial Motor regarding the supply of horses for the Douglas...

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIFITE SECTION 26(1) of the Vehicle (Excise) Act, 1971, makes it an offence to forge or...

Hungary lITISH operators working in Hungary a allowed much the same facilities they would be in any other European untry. They...

2: Unfair dismissal by John Darker AMBIM IN A BACKGROUND. discussion piece, last week, I summarized the main changes in...

7: Italy continued from page 48 THE ANGLO-ITALIAN bilateral agreement is as yet unpublished and British operators can carry to,...

A self-adjusting clutch-stop is now available with Lipe-Rollway 355 mm (14 in) single-plate and 394 mm (15.5in) twin-plate...

Hildebrand vehicle low-bake systems consisting of spray booth and oven are now available in the UK. The booth has strip-light...

With the new optical tacometer from Power Instruments, it is possible to monitor engine revolutions from up to 2ft away from...

The Kenlomain, a combined engine starter/ fastehargeri mains transformer from Kenlowe Accessories, can be used with a high...

A range of heavy-duty drive power takeoff units for side mounting on most popular British makes of gearbox is now available...

The Douglas Kane Group has announced a range of aerosol lubricants from Loctite designed expressly for maintenance, repair and...

Fonadek International has recognized that head-sets restrict movement and that precise volume control is most desirable. As a...