IF THE telephone calls and letters we have received in recent weeks are indicators then CM has upset more than a few people in...

NEW DIRECT road services for cargo between the UK and France have just begun in a joint scheme set up by British freight...

LIGHTNING may have caused the breakdown of the Department of Transport dynamic weighbridge at Crick in Northamptonshire. The...

Green ban fears PRESSURE for a public inquiry into the Greater London Council's proposed night and weekend lorry ban grew last...

BEES TRANSPORT has joined the growing band of operators providing a next-day parcels delivery service. The company, like Lex...

A LORRY drivers' motel is planned close to Liverpool North Docks. The development is being carried out by Haden Investments,...

EASTERN region members of the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators are planning a rival attraction to the Avro display at...

A SOMERSET haulier has been instrumental in obtaining a new Nissan minibus for his local Round Table. Roger Meaden, chairman...

Volvo sales are up VOLVO TRUCKS has been undamaged by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' reversal of British...

EXPANSION and modernisation projects are being carried out at two of Lex Wilkinson's depots. It has acquired 54,000sqft of...

FROM October 1, employers who make workers redundant will be able to follow a simpler procedure. They will no longer be...

THE VALUE of study courses for the Certificate of Professional Competence examinations has been underlined by the latest...

This year's quota with gary has been increased Hunfrom 3,000 to 3,200 and a minimum level of 3,200 has already been agreed for...

ALTHOUGH a lorry driver employed by Aber Carriers has had a break of service of five months, he was entitled to have a...

A FAILURE to consult a driver about redundancy has led to Emerald Stainless-Steel being ordered by a Manchester industrial...

TWO TOP-LEVEL appointments affecting General Motor's commercial vehicle operation worldwide have been announced by the...

THE DISTRIBUTION company owned jointly by Whitbread and BRS Southern, Bar Delivery Services, has appointed Derek Hobbs as...

THE FOUNDER of Birmingham University's Department of Transport, Professor Janus Kolbuszewski, has died at the age of 69....

BRS NORTHERN has a new sales consultant, Bill Reynolds, and a new general manager for its bodybuilding subsidiary Star Bodies...

A MAJOR restructuring at SPD Group, the transport and distribution company owned by Unilever, has resulted in the appointment...

BLACK as southern area manager. He joins the company from Livingstone International Freight to take up a position which has...

THE SPEED at which roll-on/roll-off freight rolls out of Dover and other ferry ports in Britain may be slowed considerably from...

GREATER London Council transport committee chairman, Dave Wetzel, has said that Nicholas Ridley, the Transport Secretary, has...

The 7.82m (25.6ft)-long single axle unit has a kerb weight of 4.36 tonnes (4.29 tons), giving a payload potential of up to...

FOLLOWING an extended evaluation programme, which involved participation by many European manufacturers, the Danish Armed...

NATIONAL Freight Consortium member Cartransport has bought 18 Leyland T45 Roadtrain 1725 tractive units in an order worth...

DON INTERNATIONAL has begun branding Its range of commercial vehicle brake linings In a bid to foil spare parts...

TYNE AND Wear Fire Brigade has taken delivery of four Hestair Dennis SS tilt-cab fire engines. Powered by Perkins V8.640...

SARACEN Road Tankers of Rochester, Kent, has bought two Belgian built LAG tri-axle bulk liquid tank seml-trailers. The...

The trailers are to an unusually high specification sporting such features as close-pitch cross-bearers and plywood overlay...

Can taxis do it? CHANGES affecting taxis and hire cars announced in the Government White Paper on buses are the subject of a...

TOWNSEND Thoresen has produced a plain man's guide to the regulations governing use of the new British Excursion Document which...

CARDIFF City Council's ruling Conservative group has halted talks with National Bus Company subsidiary National Welsh...

COACH operators planning to take groups to the Motor Show this year can obtain reduced rate admission tickets in advance on...

LAST YEAR was the best ever for Volvo Bus (Great Britain), with sales of 364 B1OM coaches taking it to 17.7 per cent of the...

NEW BUS and coach registrations are running 100 behind last year's, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...

COACH DRIVER Robert Barr of Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, had driven for Browning of Whitburn since 1976 but was dismissed on March...

Like the car from which it is derived, there are more changes to the new VW Golf van than meet the eye. A higher-compression...

GOLF BALLS do some curious things. One driven by Les King, a Wymondham furniture remover, holed in one on a 2ft pike in a river...

JUST as a corset pushes the unwanted from one place to another, so, according to Middlesex Polytechnic researchers, does the...

STEAM BUFFS had a field day on August 4 (a date memorable for another entirely different reason) when Robin M. Addyman of...

BRITAIN's speedway champion, Chris Morton, is burning up the cinders this year under the patronage of Iveco and Harper Trucks...

NATIONAL Freight consortium regrets that the Sealink consortium, in which it had a 20 per cent interest, failed in its attempt...

FOUR lveco diesel engines with a total output of 1,600bhp powered 43ft White lveco to victory in the Everest Double Glazing...

Licensing Authority Randall Thornton regards his role as Quasi-judicial. For that reason he believes that he should not get...

The enlargement of the Road Haulage Association's South Eastern district has placed additional strains on its officers. John...

EFERENCE your editorial 'orgotten Men" (CM July 28) iur ploy to marry the Docks id Miners disputes is a device create substance...

BY ALL means privatise the old units of National Bus, and forbid them help in the way of subsidies. Make them stand on their...

HAVING read the article (CM, July 28), regarding the White Paper, I would like to express my total opposition to the...

I WAS DELIGHTED to read (CM, April 7) your story about working and static truck shows in Australia. Despite the forebodings of...

I AM WRITING in regard to an article in Technical News (CM, August 4). In the article on Synethic saving, AMS/Oil makes...

I HAVE just read, with amazement, the letter from David Ian Armshaw of Sale, (CM July 28). He complains that he cannot pass the...

AS AN ex-regular soldier (22 years) and a qualified testing officer on vehicles from motor cycles to 52 ton tanks and their...

IN YOUR recent road test No 25 (week ending July 28) on the Ford Escort Van, you list in the Manufacturer's parts prices, an...

WHEN Mr Ponsford replied t my letter (CM July 14) he purported to defend bus desif over the last 30 years, whicl point I was...

IT IS a brave person who clair a "first" for anything. I was reminded of this whe reading your item (page 20, C July 7) on the...

again, a strong possiblity, the Spanish rail operator Transfesa is hoping for increased business at its Paddock Wood inland...

The ancient port of Dover is expanding to cope with ever-growing traffic volumes, as John Durant found out when he spoke to...

TODAY, although Dover is remembered as a Cinque Port, it is best known for ro-ro services. However, it has a wealth of recorded...

THE PORT of Dover reported another good year's trading in 1983 with traffic through the port significantly up on the previous...

Although not legally accepted as a substitute for the tachograph, computerised in-cab recorders are capable of fulfilling all...

When the circus comes to town its lorries are a powerful advertisement for it. The vehicles can be as unusual as the loads they...

by Janus While the glamorous section of the transport industry was being promoted at one end of Whitehall, very different...