THE TRANSPORT and General Workers Union is once again engaged in a civil war. Britain's largest union represents so many...

EARLIER THIS week 52 per cent of Britain's ports were strike bound, 46 per cent working and the remainder still undecided. The...

BRITISH hauliers carrying lamb to France are facing disruption for the second time in two years. Operators contacted by CM...

HAULIERS IN Yorkshire met this week to take legal advice and discuss possible action against Fox Freight, a clearing house...

THE YARDSTICK by which many transport managers and haulage operators judge the cost-effectiveness of their operations, CM's...

THE BRITISH Road Federation is pressurising the Department of Transport to provide more information on whether its budgets for...

ALTHOUGH he renewed the international licence of a Shropshire haulier under existing regulations for 12 months, West Midland...

THE LATEST edition of The Driver's Guide published by the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union has been...

THE IRU has lust published edition No. 19/July 84 of its Selection of International Road Transport Documentation. This...

THE CONTROVERSIAL question of road tolls has again been raised in a question to European Community Transport Ministers....

THE MANAGEMENT line-up of the watercooled division of Deutz Engines has been completed with the appointment of new general...

RICHARD GERLACH has been appointed group financial director of British Road Services. Mr Gerlach replaces Trevor Lerman, who...

TEMESIDE SELF Drive, the Midlands and South West's car, van and truck rental company, has appointed Martin Fauset as its...

DAVID MUIR has been appointed to the board of directors of Abels of Watton (Distribution). Mr Muir, 35, joined Abels in 1981...

IVECO has introduced a new coach chassis — the Ivaco 315 Turbo — to Britain to fill what it sees as a gap in a highly...

A HOLIDAY rescue operation is being mounted by holiday company Club Cantabrica following the collapse of one of its rivals,...

GOLDEN TOURS was granted a licence by the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners to operate four sightseeing excursions. They are...

PERTH Independent coach operator Stagecoach has bought the premises of Priaton Bridge Motors at Kinfaus, Perthshire. The...

DEREGULATION will be discussed at the Cavendish Conference Centre, Duchess Mews, London, on Thursday (September 6). The...

GREATER Manchester Transport ended the last financial year with a total deficit of E2.2 m, according to its annual report....

FODEN TRUCKS has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence to supply 333 of its Heavy Recovery Vehicles to the British...

WHALE Tankers is continuing the production of Molex helical rotor sludge pumps following the purchase of all designs and...

An extra axle has been added to the original tandem axle trailer which incorporates a sliding bogie subframe that extends 990mm...

SPRAY suppression equipment for heavy vehicles is now available from Notion of Blackburn, Lancashire, which it claims will more...

SPECIAUST vehicle builder CSC has delivered two 12-metre (4 Oft) articulated, trailer mounted bodies to Ferranti for equipping...

SPECIALLY DESIGNED curtains from Plastic Protections of Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, have been specified on 12 curtain sided...

LEYLAND has confirmed that its 9-12 tonne gvw export range of Landmaster 4x2 rigid trucks currently built at Bathgate will be...

on noise research THE GREATER London Council has begun to spend some of the £100,000 which it has budgeted (CM May 19 and May...

THE INSTITUTION of Mechanical Engineers is already well advanced with planning a number of conferences for next year. One which...

DAF'S 24 ton gcw tractive unit, the 2100, is now more powerful, and faster. The turbocharged version of Daf's 8.25 litre,...

SALES of light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes have increased marginally so far this year compared to 1983, according to...

RECOVERY equipment specialist Brimec has introduced a twin-axle light vehicle recovery trailer which can be hydraulically...

FOLLOWING recent increases in its UK light commercial vehicle sales, Peugeot Talbot plans to introduce a front-wheel drive...

THE ARTICLE by Jack Semple on the "Amazing" coach services between Newcastle and London (CM, August 3) confirms my own...

THE RAMIFICATIONS of the CM Lorry Driver of the Year contest, this marvellous competition, are more extensive than is generally...

I READ with interest the report in CM on the introduction of BS 6451, covering netting. There appears to be some confusion as...

THE LETTER (CM, August 18) from the Australian magazine Truck & Bus complains that your story (CM, April 7) about working and...

HAULIERS, drivers, truck manufacturers arid their dealers will converge on Cranfield, Bedfordshire, next weekend for the 31st...

New rules making vat payable on imports at the point of entry could make life more difficult for hauliers — especially those...

John Durant talks to the ferry lines that are aiming to make Ramsgate a more important ro-ro port CAN RAMSGATE become to Dover...

company Troy international Holdings, has acquired East Kent Shipping and Forwarding, which has offices in Ramsgate, Dever and...

Calberson International relies on owner drivers to keep its trailers on the move. Jack Semple reports from Dieppe CALBERSON...

direction changed daily. However, use of the splitter saves fuel and the vehicle gave Bill Brock a comfortable ride. IN THE 12...

I CAN'T HELP feeling that the Mad Hatter must have had a hand in /a ronde that began in 1905 when the Lavender Hill Mob built...

HARDENED CYNIC though I am, a publisher's press notice from Kogan Page had me transfixed like a rabbit before a ferret. The...

CORNWALL Bus and Coachways is trying to persuade motorists to get out of their cars and on to their feet. This is not as odd as...

THE RHA may well regard a letter to hauliers from Roy Thwaites, Leader of South Yorkshire County Council, as "a deeply...

GOOD MANNERS succeed where science fails to deal with spray from lorries, I conclude from tests by the Freight Transport...