WE FEAR that all of the advice and pleading directed at the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be mindful of the damage which extra...

THE GREATER London Council expects its clash with Transport Secretary Nicholas Ridley over its proposed night and weekend lorry...

AN ATTEMPT by Leicestershire County Council to introduce overnight lorry parking bans in the county, without putting up traffic...

TODAY, CM celebrates its 80th birthday — our first issue was published on March 16, 1905. The front cover is reproduced here —...

HAULIERS were fighting on all fronts this week to minimise the impact of increases in dery prices, with pressure being applied...

it has ignored its views when looking into plans for a weekend and night-time ban. Although no weight limit has been proposed,...

THE DECLINE in new commercial vehicle sales was reversed last month, with a four per cent climb over February 1984, according...

ROAD HAULAGE Association claims that Lloyds Warehousing Services (Northern) is under-capitalised has led to the adjournment of...

1984) are in liquidation and are at present being assessed by the liquidator, Peter Taylor of Glasgow-based Spicer Watson. A...

THE LEVEL of Japanese exports of light commercial vehicles to the EEC and particularly to Britain — is again causing concern in...

generosity to our Send a Spare fund to keep famine relief lorries running in Ethiopia. Our first cheque for £14000 was handed...

THE GOVERNMENT'S failure to provide an adequate infrastructure is the greatest area in which politicians are failing to serve...

FORMER Leyland Vehicles managing director Ron Hancock was discharged at London's Bow Street magistrates court last week on two...

IT IS up to hauliers to ensure that axle weight regulations are complied with, whatever the difficulties, Recorder Diane Cotton...

TWENTY per cent over-capacity in the road tanker market could be wiped out by the end of next year, according to market...

NIGHTLINE, Lex Wilkinson's guaranteed next day parcel service, dramatically increased its volume of business last year, but Lex...

COMMON MARKET ministers have moved a step nearer to the establishment of a common transport policy for the 10 member states....

NE LATEST British Road Ser/ices Manager to have his res3onsibilities extended to nclude functions within SPD is %like Stone....

TO HELP develop the tourism, leisure and business activities of National Bus Company, Michel Wadsworth has been made managing...

ALBERT SIMPSON, the Road Haulage Association's Western district manager, has agreed to retire early, and leaves on Monday next...

THE NEWLY-formed Aftersales Operations of Renault Truck Industries has John Lee as its first director. The new division...

ERF PLASTICS, the compression moulding company which produces sheet moulding compound cab panels for its sister company ERF,...

DEVELOPING new markets and services for Freight is the new responsibility of Stephen appointed commercial manager. Areas...

By John Durant A RAIL FREIGHT terminal opened officially last week by Transport and Warehousing Facilities (TWF) at Wolverton,...

A THIRTY per cent reduction in costs, and major pected by British Rail for Speedlink Distribution, its titor to road for...

Speedship is aiming to prodived at least two TIR trailer loads to and from Europe each week, and to send one container every 10...

PARCELS carrier ANC is addin a new tier to its network franchised operators in order t fill a gap in its coverage, and i...

ANOTHER container theft at Felixstowe goods stolen in two years to £1.2m. has brought the total of In the latest raid at the...

JNFAIR dismissal claims by three management personnel from the Barking container clearance depot of Containerway and Roadferry,...

CHANGES within the next five years in export and import procedures are to be covered in five seminars by the Freight Transport...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has organised two workshops in Watford on May 15 and Gatwick on May 22. There will be...

A PETITION to wind up freight forwarder H&G European (CM, March 2) has been lodged by a creditor and will be heard in the High...

By Bill Brock BEDFORD's 16-model Japanese-inspired Midi range of vehicles is now in full production. For the first time the...

TELEHOIST of Cheltenham has begun producing the Mk II Cheltonian range of steel tipping bodies designed for vehicles up to 7.5...

THE LATEST addition to Nooteboom Trailers GB's modular low loader systems is a detachable rear deck and bogie module which can...

FORD'S POLICY of not granting licences to independent panel producers to manufacture Ford copyright body panels has been...

WHALE Tankers' revised Rotovac 2H system on vacuum fill, pump discharge tankers now makes remote controlled filling and...

THE USE of badly-made counterfeit vehicle components could lead to serious accidents -as well as costing the British components...

of Kenilworth has enclosed vital equipment on its latest sewer jetter. The tank barrel is extended rearwards to contain the...

THE HEREFORD and Worcester experiment in bus deregulation has resulted in the Traffic Commissioners being given tougher powers....

NEW COACH and bus sales fell by 34.4 per cent last month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The...

RIBBLE general manager Ian Chapman has hit out at statements made about his company's safety record by a local MP. Speaking to...

By Noel Millier FRANCHISING of local bus services as an alternative to the complete deregulation proposed in the Transport...

VULCANCROWN is starting its unique multi-pick-up Greater London airport service on March 18. The service, which was the...

TACHOGRAPH records have been used to back-up allegations that a Stagecoach driver drove his coach without due care and caused...

THREATS of physical action against British coach operators by some Irish operators have been withdrawn following a meeting...

THE STAGE is set for China to become a significant producer of vehicle components, and activity in the commercial vehicle...

RAY SMITH has revised its bolt-on, trailing arm air suspension to increase suspension travel and reduce maintenance. The new...

SRI INTERNATIONAL, the strategic and technological consulting organisation which John Bailey, ERF's former sales and marketing...

RICARDO's annual report for 1984 shows that the principal growth in the company's business during the last 12 months has been...

PAUL OPPENHEIMER, Lucas Girling's technical legislation manager has won a distinguished speaker award from the American Society...

IF Janus ever gets tired of looking in both directions at once, I reckon he could, without difficulty, find employment as a...

AS A READER of Commercial Motor for a long time, and also an hgv driver I felt I would like to write this letter in the hope it...

I REFER to the article The killer in the cab (CM March 2) regarding the fatal accidents to drivers sleeping in their cabs...

I READ Mr Christopher Evans' letter (CM March 2) with some amusement, as well as surprise that such a reputable magazine should...

US-style exhaust emission controls may one day become law in the EEC, but are catalytic converters the answer? Not everybody at...

The first manufacturer to develop a universal cab design using standard pressings, the first to launch a commercial vehicle...

GEOFF CAPES, who provides the answer to ever-rising fuel bills, is to defend his title of world's strongest man in a...

THE VEHICLE condition monitoring and fault diagnosis conference held this month by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has,...

WHAT HAVE British Bakeries and the National Coal Board in common? Both have closure plans that are causing employees anxiety....

SOME PEOPLE have a bank manager, others a skeleton, in the cupboard. Elsewhere thousands of transport operators harbour a...

NICHOLAS Ridley, Transport Secretary, may echo the words attributed to Henry II when he went off Thomas a Becket: "Who will rid...

THE POSSIBILITY of a Channel tunnel clearly does not frighten Sealink and European Ferries. Sealink, now free from British...

lveco's top-of-the-range tractive unit has been winning praise and sales on the Continent ever since its launch last year. Such...

The near Continent still has areas with undeveloped potential for British coach operators. John Durant has been to the...

ONE of the pleasures of writing this regular series of articles is the correspondence which it generates. This does not mean...