1 .20 added to fleet for 'fair' price y CM reporter TOTAL . of 220 vehicles rmerly operated by J and H lansport Ltd—part of the...

by CM reporter INFORMAL discussions have taken place between the new Minister for Transport, Dr John Gilbert, and Mr Jack Jones...

DUTCH road hauliers are this week smarting under the impact of a decree just issued by the Government in Holland Which makes...

'orn a Continental correspondent .ITERNATIONAL Harvester is .anning to pull out of DAF rucks in Holland, whene it as a 30 per...

, LORRY DRIVER, stopped by olice in Canterbury on his ray to a weighbridge, was ned for exceeding the veicle's maximum...

THE DIESEL-engined vehicle was likely to provide substantial cost savings over the petrol version provided a stipulated...

ELEVEN companies have applied to the Government for a grant towards the cost of providing private rail sidings so that they can...

on Wells and docks by CM reporter MEMBERS of the Road Haulage Association were this week studying two questionnaires sent out...

SPEAKERS at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference, to be held at the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, October 2022,...

this mont been given the opportunity to exert a direct influence c the industry's future standards. Their response to ti...

PLATING and testing, excise licence, 0-licence and drivers' records offences led to a Lancashire operator being fined a total...

Fire! TEN member companies of the Fire Fighting Vehicle Manufacturers Association will be exhibiting at the International Fire...

IN the report of the Road Haulage Association tipper conference, in CM last week, the Hawker Siddeley Checkweight equipment...

THE British Road Services ml able warehouse which has b in service for the past eight yt at Exeter has been replaced b new...

EXCEPTIONALLY low ma gave a Post Office driver place at the Grimsby round of CMLDoY •contest last weeker Grimsby: Overall...

CM conference commercial and engineer subjects. The full prograrr was published in CM on J 20. Readers interested in mak...

, IEW distribution service for d manufacturers, started in th last week, is designed manufacturers in England I Southern...

A CODE OF CONDUCT has been drawn up by the car transporters' functional group of the Road Haulage Association which is designed...

COLDITZ style lorry park, nplete with watchtower, bed wire and tank traps .y be built on the outskirtS Aberdeen. Grampian Coun...

Gordon Murray reports a one-day course on the Control of Pollution Act IF members of the National Association of Waste...

A SPECIALISED unpacked furniture service to the Middle East was introduced this week by Pilot Transport (International) Ltd. in...

A THREE-DAY conference transporting goods between E countries and the Middle East to be held in Paris, October 15at the Maison...

1MOBILE'S prototype Ford eries welfare bus was wn at the Naidex connce at Harrogate last week. he body has been designed...

westigation 1E CAUSES of assaults on smen are being investigated an inquiry set up by the eater London Council. The aject...

A PLAN by Sheffield United Tours Ltd to expand its package tours into Humberside and West and North Yorkshire has been Slashed...

THE first 10 Willowbrook Spacecars on Bedford YRT chassis have been handed over to National Travel. Two have gone to each of...

by CM reporter BUS PLANNERS slammed the first year's operation of Transport Policies and Programmes by non-metropolitan...

AN IN-depth public transpo policy study has been 'launch by the Association of Metr politan Authorities. The stuc will be...

PLAN to predetermine sering costs on the Volvo cks sold by Lancashire lck Distributors Ltd of rerpool was announced this ek....

;hort of BOC DELIVERY vehicle has been it into service by the Dundee anch of BOC Ltd which lows full utilisation to be ade for...

THIS novel Scheuerle transporter for concrete building panels has been designed for self loading. The main semitrailer frame...

OVERALL production in the UK of commercial vehicles, including coaches and buses, took a nose dive during May. Figures...

FODEN has launched a new cab—the 583—to supersede the S80 model which has been the standard for the past two years. The new cab...

TWENTY pallets holding 18.2 tonnes (18 tons) of automotive components, brake shoes, radiators, etc, can be carried in a...

Graham Montgomerie S SECOND production se of Bedford TM models begin in the autumn. Be3e of the production diffiies inherent...

A NEW EEC-approved road speed and engine speed tachograph for oneor two-crew operation has been introduced by Lucas Kienzle....

A NEW DESIGN of tilt has been developed by Lawrence David Body Engineering with the one-man operator specially in mind. The...

ME 20 different maximum ight tractive units are now der test as part of a National ?ight Corporation vehicle 4uation programme....

A ONE-WEEK residential course is to be held by FTA to teach traffic clerks and junior executive staff more about road transport...

In spite of themselves, many road operators not normally supporters of Mr Harold Wilson may have warmed to his threat of action...

It's not often that buses get inside buildings — that is, unless they arrive through the front window after an accident. Last...

In any competition for the most attractively situated transport office, John Baker's at Rownhams, Southampton, would stand a...

My spies tell me that BRS Parcels have tired of their Green Man image and are in the throes of introducing a new livery, an...

The Southampton-area distribution service which was the cause of the celebration in fact originated with Victory Transport in...

New faces are always welcome in the CM Lorry Driver of the Year Competition and I was intrigued when reading through some of...

I wonder if recent issues of CM may have confused your readers regarding the EEC drivers' hours regulations proposed to come...

Both my clients Sevens Ltd and I were much gratified to find that the Sevcon automatic transmission had made such a good...

I was interested to read your report in CM, July 4, regarding the so-called ".° revolutionary type of engine which runs on a...

Following the recent articles in your publication I have tried to establish the precise position for United Kingdom vehicles...

The Questions and Answer (CM May 23) in regard to the impending prosecution for defective tyres has raised a problem which I...

It appears that Mr Harvey's letter (CM June 27) that we are not short of budding Don Ryders—whether they may all obtain the...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMITE THE Protection of Eyes Regulation's 1974 which came into effect on April 10 1975...

• • WE NEED the toughest 'hides for the roughest jobs id I hope we don't have to go reign ; but it might be necestry if UK...

reported by John Darker k COUNTY STUDY TEAM has :oncluded that it would be far oo expensive to put up enough tigns to restrict...

, PAPER by A. A. S. Symonds nd D. J. Day of London Transort Executive provided inresting details of the training f dial-a-bus...

THE GREAT social significance of the Scottish Postbus network comes out strongly in a paper by Mr C. W. Trodden, Scottish...

by Johnny Johnson FOR something like six years, operators have been trying to meet the standards of vehicle maintenance...

to use ist for carrying my own uilding materials to build iyself a house. Can this be axed as a private car? And I were to add...

are the certificate of fitness and psv licence still valid in my ownership ? The certificate of fitness is certainly...

the latest addition to this fleet has an unladen weight of 35cwt. I know that dieselpowered vehicles over 30cwt unladen must be...

tipper convention about the liability to prosecution of a haulier's customer who is the actual loader of a vehicle which...

by Johnny Johnson TO FORMULATE a claim for the loss of use of a vehicle while it is off the road following an accident is not...

9. Summing up the series by John Darker, AmBim ALTHOUGH many transport managers yawn when the subject of health and safety of...

A new model has been added to its range of lorry loading cranes by GET Services. Designated the PM7002 the new unit has a...

iw range of battery electric ered platform trucks has introduced by Kelvin ineering. ie trucks, of one and two capacity, have...

ew heat gun from Kent-Moore . Ltd has been designed to • er a wide range of rlications and will provide tant electric heat in...

A range of adjustable reamers has been introduced by Euro Tools. The reamers are available in superhigh speed steel or with...

An automatic gas cut-off control for LPG-fuelled vehicles has now been added to its range of vehicle accessories by Dynamics...