was that 10,000 people saw the 31 1977 CM Lorry Driver of the Year final last Sunday. This was the industry — both own-account...

Hotel nex Wednesday when 600 delegates attend the Fleet Management Conference. It has been an absolute sell-out, but if you...

• RITISH commercial vehicle xports to West Germany towed a 53 per cent rise in alue during the first five ionths of this year....

NEW engine plant is to be lilt by the Ford Motor ompany at Bridgend, Gla'organ, for operation in the irly 1980s. The project,...

IN A BID to attract more freight away from road transport to rail, British Rail has announced a £67 million scheme to take on...

BEDFORD has won a EA million order from the Ministry of Defence for over 2,000 8-tonne gvw TM 4 x 4 vehicles. The vehicle is a...

FOLLOWING the devaluation of the Swedish Croner, Ailsa Trucks Ltd (UK concessionaires Volvo commercial vehicles) is to reduce...

BUS services in a Forth Valley town have prompted an appeal to the Government for better public transport. Routes have been...

,A MAJOR initiative designed to improve UK industrial performance was launched on Tuesday by the British Institute of...

OPERATORS to Western France should note that our simplified map of the French coast in the CM Ferries Number (September 2)...

CONFUSION reigned within the industry this week as managers tried to determine whether the will have to take the new exam for...

ed CMI-DoY THERE WAS a touch of mag in the air at the finals of th year's CMI,DoY competitio last Sunday, as the sun carr out...

BOC with the second largest entry at the finals made a 16rnm film of the day's action for showing to their employees. A...

THE Department of Transport has accepted the £1,923,678 tender of Border Engineering Contractors Ltd for the improvement of the...

RO • RO BOOST LO-R0 facilities at North :hannel ports Stranraer and ,arne are to get a £41/2 million oost. Stranraer harbour...

A SCOTTISH haulier and driver have escaped normally compulsory driving licence endorsements for a tyre offence because the...

IMPORTS of commercial vehicles — 4,557 — were 32.89 per cent higher last month than in August 1976. And importers gained 20.48...

ABER Carriers (1954) Ltd, Welshpool, Powys, the trans port and warehousing company, is to be sold to G & W Collins Ltd, St...

Tribute to CMLDoY founder SPEAKING at the CM LDoY finals on Sunday, council chairman Gerry Aston paid tribute to the...

ROAD HAULIERS will be among those affected by the draft of a new Dock Labour Scheme prepared by the Secretary of State for...

LICENSING Authorities have now to consider whether drivers with defective eyesight should be allowed to drive heavy goods...

CARRYFAST LTD has introduced a new tariff schedule for its nationwide express parcels service. The tariff, based on the new...

ferry ... TOWNSEND Thoresen'! 6,386-ton Viking Viscount thI week became the biggest ro-r( ferry to enter service at Dove with...

Association seems likely to make an increasingly effective contribution to the Association, writes John Darker. Branches have...

A ROW has broken out in Hampshire over the refusal of the County Council to ban heavy vehicles from three of the busiest roads...

Swedish run P&O is introducing a new ro-ro service between the UK and Sweden, to be operated by Ferrymasters, part of P&O Unit...

ALDER VALLEY is the latest National Bus company to undertake a major service revision programme. The changes have been carried...

UNPROFITABLE bus operations may be subsidised, in future, by the Department of Transport. Under Secretary of State at the DTp...

GRAND Metropolitan Hotels and Townsend Thoresen Car Ferries have just announced a new joint service to coach operators. The...

scorrisH BUS Group is to spend £6.57 million on 276 nev vehicles for its 1978 programme. The programme includes three Leyland...

PWO LEADING British spe:ialist bodybuilders have nerged their interests. Neville ndustries (Mansfield) and :harrold-Huntingdon...

CAV, the diesel injection equipment manufacturing division of Lucas Industries, has announced an addition to its range of...

A NEW high-powered variant of the Daimler-Benz "Dusseldorf" range of integral vans makes its appearance at the Frankfurt show...

TAURUS, a new Reynolds Boughton high-speed fire appliance chassis — featuring Boughton's own gearbox — is expected to make its...

TEN PER CENT fuel saving is guaranteed on long-distanci haulage from a new commercial vehicle air deflector soon to IN marketed...

Birmingham driver is CAUDoll FINE weather at Bramcot* Warwickshire, on Sunda} lured over 10,000 spectator to the finals of the...

Other results Rigid Section (Institute of Traffic Administration Trophy): M. Stokes, North Eastern BRS. Articulated Section...

ratio of 8bhp per ton, the largest engined version of the Fiat 170 NT tractive unit, a V8, has been designed to put out a...

Amid all the furore of the suspension on TGWU from TUC for 60 minutes one point seems to have been lost. Before an audience of...

I thought that report published last week by the British Safety Council was a bit of a cheek. If you haven't read it, don't be...

One man who must feel a little bit disappointed after the Blackpool conference is Jackson Moore of the United Road Transport...

TAKE THE P NGE CONTINENTAL COACH tours should hold no terrors for operators who have been asked, by clients, to take parties...

GREECE has only 1,500 miles of railway in an area roughly the size of England; consequently, road transport is vital to the...

BY the end of 1977, another 305km of motorways should be opened to traffic by the French in a programme which aims to complete...

IN THE 1977 calender for commercial vehicle exhibitions, the "big one" is Frankfurt. Held on alternate years to its British...

I agree almost 100 per cent with those who have written to you concerning "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (CM August 12). Like...

I almost forgot to ask where Mr Silbermann purchases his maximum gross vehicle at around £15,000. If it is worth having. I am...

I have been following with interest the saga of hauliers' difficulties at Dover's Eastern Docks, as it seems to go from bad to...

Iteellang • • • • With reference to the BRS letter concerning costs of breakdown services (CM August 26), the comparison quoted...

Nimitet• • • Whilst I agree with the SM MT alarm at imports of Japanese vehicles I would point out that there are gaps in the...

I couldn't help smiling to myself at the comment made by The Hawk (CM July 15) that the seats on trams were slatted and...

UR STUDIES: YOUR CHOICE A WIDE VARIETY of courses in Transport Studies now exist, and choosing the right one is a very...

MI SKILLS TMs THIS YEAR is hardly a vintage one for transport managers. A fading econo my, stronger trade unions, 'pay...

• • . a CM seminar ficcainting for the small haulier.... 2 Introduction NHILE evaluating the past erformance of a company...

and mall, for they should trigger off our winter preparation proramme in order to get vehicles 3ady in ample time for the gours...

Steering geometry 2 by Preceptor A WELL-DESIGNED steering system will always tend to maintain the vehicle on a straight...

ONE of the problems for a body such as the Chartered Institute of Transport is the assumption many people make that it is...