Visiting Scandinavia can be stimulating, depressing or inspiring, depending on the purpose of the visit. CM's recent in-depth...

STOMERS are still taking their business away from the [ways to put freight on the roads — and there is no indication .t the...

A CALL to abandon th notorious Windsor Cordo series of heavy vehicle bans i Berkshire has been made b the Freight Transpot...

NEW approach to the Secretary of State for Energy David owell has been made by the Road Haulage Association in an fort to get...

ERF MANAGING director Peter Foden has approached Crewe Labour MP Gwynneth Dunwoody in an effort to get more support for the...

THE GOVERNMENT is 1 take steps to reduce the deb in waiting for driving tesl from its current average ley , of 26 weeks....

THE PRICE of diesel at many garages rose by yet another 4p or 5p last week following BP's announcement that it was charging...

From the commercial vehicle viewpoint, the show is a disappointment. Only one exhibit — a Belaz 545 dump truck — can be seen to...

CM is short of news pages this week — but not because we are short of news. Time is the factor. The constant succession of...

CONFEDERATION of Br Road Passenger Trans] Director-General Denis ( has written to Secretar State for Energy David Ho to seek...

THE PLAN to phase vehicle excise duty is Im reconsidered by the r Government, Transport 14 ister Norman Fowler nounced last...

RADES Union Congress is to press )ort Minister Norman Fowler to uce measures contained in the r Government's Green Paper on...

IBOROUGH-based coachbuilder aim, has shown improved profits in Lterim report for the six months I March 31, 1979. profit for...

NATIONAL Bus Company chairman Lord Shepherd, emphasised that buses require a continuation of the firm commitment to public...

STRATHCLYDE is to review the operation and management of Campbeltown bus firm West CoastMotor Service Company as "a matter of...

THERE WAS a point when it looked as if Parliament might overlook the oil crisis. Energy was barely mentioned during the debate...

Heavier vehicles are 'absolute nonsense' THE TRADES Union Congress is to fight any move towards the introduction of heavier...

HEAVY VEHICLES in the Hackney area of London are causing concern among local MPs and last week they raised the matter in the...

LATEST RESULTS in CM's Lorry Driver of the Year competition available at the time of going to press are: Nottinghamshire Class...

TACHOGRAPH evidence been used in a court to I clear a driver who knoc down and killed a woman. An articulated lorry dri by...

MORE THAN 2,000 lot operators were prosecuted : overloading offences last ye Transport Under Secreta Kenneth Clarke said in t...

[HOUGH criticising GA Transport Ltd, trading as Aliens nsport Services, Trafford Park, Manchester for the way it gone about...

EIGHT traffic in transit across Europe and the subsidisation irban bus services were the main two subjects under ussion at a...

Manager at arm's length A PETROLEUM product company which operates tankers throughout the country and has licences in four...

CUMMINS . Engine Co thE American side of the diese engine company, has signed an "interim agreement" with Ford to develop a...

UK's token turn-out at Euro coach show EUROPE'S 24th International Week of the Coach and Bus, held last week in the Province...

manufactured Motor Panels of Coventry been adopted for a new cialist Dutch heavy-duty etive unit. 'he Floor tractive unit is...

OPERATORS aware of the benefits of improved airflow over their vehicles will be interested in two new airdeflector fitments for...

TWENTY Fuller gearboxes are on their way to Ireland to be fitted to Japanese Hino HE 32 tonne tractive units. J. Harris...

winstead follow John Durant's handy guide to getting around in Scandinavia anc the Low Countries. A great deal of English may...

T THURSDAY was Ascension Day and throughout mainland ■ pe it was a public holiday. Many operators and drivers were iht out...

LEP TRANSPORT has introduced a new ferry port service in the past few months. The service offers a full support facility to...

CM reports from Go enburg on how AB Volvo accident investigators are heiping to build safety in to eir vehicles. A TIME when...

Tit Tamme in Stockholm calculates how Britain could save 30 per cent of e fuel used in long-distance haulage HEAVIER LOADS and...

name of the game Bill Brock tests Volvo F7 and finds it hard-working and frugal. But it has shortcomings in some areas....

Bill Brock piss DAF's latest turbo tipper through its paces on the new combined road and site test. Pictures by Bran...

Sweden has two of the strongest manufacturers in Europe-but Scandinavia and the Low Countries all boast powerful vehicle...

I FEEL I must comment on the letter (CM May 18) "Ten years behind - . I must agree with the writer but I would say that LV was...

MR HENEBERY'S castigation of Leyland is, in my opinion fully justified, particularly his comments concerning spares. The...

IN REPLY to John Henebery's letter (CM, May 18), I would like to substantiate his claim that driving a Leyland should carry a...

HAVING read Mr Henebery's letter (CM. May 1 8) I must say that with his gift for sweeping generalisation, unsupported argument...

I WAS interested in the article "Top people take luxury coaches (CM, April 6) which described the design of luxury coaches. It...

display at the IRTE Conference exhibition (CM last week) was a single-spine chassis from DAF based on the FA 2105 chassis. This...