JUST two months after the controversial launch of its South African-built P100, Ford has taken a commanding lead in pick-up...

BOALLOY, the Congleton bodybuilders, is supplying Leyland Vehicles with 14 curtainsided demountable units as part of Leyland's...

MITCHELL COTTS Seafreight has extended its services into Kenya, to include a regular consolidation facility for UK shippers....

MIDLANDS BRS driver Roy Withers scooped the top prize at Cranfield last Sunday to become the 1982 Commercial Motor Lorry Driver...

THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS, in a Transport Policy Document, calls for "increased taxation of heavy vehicles and a general...

THE Thompson Jewitt Group has entered into two freight forwarding agreements, giving the Group greater coverage of the European...

THE FREIGHT Transport Ass ciation held its annual two-di Inspectors and Engineers cowl at the Vale Conference Centr University...

11 INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL has ruled that an Aberdeen lorry driver as unfairly dismissed from his job with a city fish merchant. It...

RING August DAF Trucks hieved a major share of the -tons-plus tractive unit mart. With 187 registrations, DAF ucks achieved a...

FISHERIES development officer for the Western isles Islands Council, Neil Macpherson, is to visit Roscoff in Brittany to assess...

DISCUSSIONS are taking place on the most suitable site for a road/rail freight interchange for Greater Manchester. Greater...

HERE OPERATORS lay down rules of conduct for their drivers, ay should do so in writing, making it clear what the possible...

SWIRE EPD has placed contracts for the construction of a new £1m Aberdeen container operations base. It will be on a...

New bypass for Al2? CHELMSFORD bypass, the only sub-standard section along the main London to Ipswich road, is a vital link...

AN APPEAL by two operators from Stockport against the revoking of their operators' licences has been partly allowed, with the...

BRITISH Road Sevices Truck Rental has simplified its rate structure and some charges have now been reduced. Transits will cost...

PICKFORDS may double the size of its Aberdeen depot at Altens Industrial Estate later this year to handle growing business in...

YORK Trailer International is supply all tipper bodywork a hydraulic equipment for Hi tippers told in Saudi Arabia the...

premises at Longbenton. Longs is part of the Henley Group. MIKE BROWN has become sales and marketing director of Wadham...

LV in diesel deal LEYLAND VEHICLES and the Cummins Engine Company have jointly signed a major collaborative agreement to...

A COMMERCIAL vehicle eng plant is being built by MAN Turkey near Ankara for 135 485kW (180 to 650bhp) units. Together with its...

ERF is to introduce a C-Seri three-axle 6x2 twin-steer tri tive unit at NEC. The unit has been designed operate with a...

developement by Perkins and Land-Rover and produces 93kW (125bhp) at 4,000rpm. Iceberg is scheduled for commercial production...

many readers will have noed, gremlins had been at nk in the feature "Are your gines ready for the coming eze?" (CM September...

PERKINS has launched a third brand of diesel parts — Major Parts — to complement its Powerpart and Power Exchange parts...

BOALLOY will be showing a vehicle designed by committee at this year's Commercial Vehicle Show to be held at Birmingham...

A LIGHT commercial tyre developed to withstand on and off the road winter conditions has been introduced by Sernperit (UKI, St...

PERKINS is to double its Powerpart distributor network, which handles 900 of the company's fast-selling parts. The Powerpart...

A SIMPLE METHOD of conve ing tandem semi-trailers to axle configuration, for operati at the proposed 38 tonnes gre weight, is...

ihe B1OM is now powered by Ivo's new more fuel efficient • ange of engines. The stenrd version has the THD100EC gine rated to...

DIRECTORS of Glenisla Coaches, the Alyth-based company, were warned by the Traffic Commissioners in Perth to keep their...

End for T. E. Jones ONE of Shropshire's best known groups of companies — the T. E. Jones group of Knockin, near Shrewsbury —...

TALKS between National Bus Cornpany subsidiary Lincolnshire Road Car Company and members and officers of Lincoln City Council...

AFTER almost two years of operation a private bus service, paid for by the Greater London Council, will cease in the autumn...

LONDON TRANSPORT's Cardinal bus district is looking at the possibility of diverting its Airbus Central London/Heathrow Airport...

PRESTON Borough Transport has reported that despite the recession and a forecast deficit, its bus fleet returned a surplus of...

RENEWAL of the psv operator licence held by the Barest 01 Motors subsidiary W. Stont and Sons of Stake-on-Trent hi been refused...

WHAT is the future likely to hold in the way of transport regulations and their effects on operations? Francis Bacon, nearly...

lE LABOUR party has learnt >thing in the past 35 years. )me aspects of the plan for ansport that it has produced in ■ njunction...

IS NOT a shortage of money at is preventing railway tracks Dm being maintained to the andard demanded by highmed trains and is...

THE DECISION to separate Leyland's commercial vehicle and car interests, each under a proven chief executive, is long overdue....

THOSE WHO have bound volumes of Commercial Motor will stand a better chance than most of winning an MG Metro in a Multipart...

A SPONSORED jailbreak from Chelmsford police station is being organised for October to raise funds for the Essex Association of...

WHILE the Government is increasing the heavy goods vehicle driving test fee by more than a third from £44 to £59.50, EP...

and for a second yea' THERE could have been no more popular winner; there was a veritable and spontaneous roar of approval on...

THE BRITISH love their meat — and Sunday is not Sunday without the roast beef. So as a nation we know our beef and if you want...

AT THIS TIME of year British international hauliers' thoughts turn to permits as automatically as young men's fancy is said to...

IN A FEW MONTHS' time we shall have reached the second anniversary of the implementation of the 1980 Transport Act. How does...

Afire is a devastating blow but need not be mortal, for there's a form of insurance that can see operators through such...

AS THE OFFICER responsible for directing road safety activities in the Army, I hope you will allow me to correct an inaccuracy...

IT IS NATURAL that Spicers' letter "Why automatic adjustment is best" (CM July 24), should purport to outline the supposed...

LORRY LOADERS have reduced the risk of accidents occurring from the arduous task of manhandling loads. But it has been clear...

Douglas Ainley outlines five principles that employers should follow; the definition of redundancy has been narrowed, he warns...

-IOW should training be orgalised in the future in the road laulage industry? For a start, we io not need Motecs (Multi...

More closures are inevitable, says our contributor, Bob Chadwick, MIMI. He asks: Will the outcome be a haulage industry unable...

Organising for transport studies SUCCESSFUL studies leading to the passing of examinations require organisation and...