The Conservatives have spelt out their transport policy if Mrs Thatcher is asked to form the next Government. It is very much a...

ONSERVATTVE Government will be aiming to sell shares in National Freight Corporation — but it will not seek to -off NFC...

A NEW EEC directive that will require heavy goods vehicles to be fitted with an underrun bumper is to be published at the end...

Only 33 miles of existing motorways do not have central reserve barriers, and there are no plans to provide them, said John...

BRITISH industry must become more efficient, National Coal Board chairman Sir Derek Ezra told the National Materials Handling...

A MAJOR boost to road hauliers' business in northern Scotland has been served by the opening of the Cromarty Bridge link on the...

MERSEYSIDE Chamber of Commerce and Industry wants to see the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act modified to include a new...

THE LAST Leyland TI engined Marathon left I AEC works at Southall I week amid banners express the regret of the majority the...

LONDON Transport ci firmed this weak Nat orders for its "n generation" bus fleet. As in its previous order I order is for 250...

REPORTS that the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trai has found serious errors in Department of Trans' comparability tests...

application by Byngs International Coaches of Portsmouth, mpshire, to pick up day tour passengers in Fareham outside associated...

UR former employees of ristian Salvesen which ;ed its Aberdeen depot last 1r have branched out on ir own and have added a th...

A NEW tipping gear manufacturer, Hydro Hoist Ltd, was launched in Ireland last week. The company is a joint venture between...

AIGHT Transport Association director general Hugh herstone accused supporters of tariff controls of talking lpycock and pure...

eral Haulage and own account operators who are involved e storage of large quantities of products will be interested in...

TALKS are going on between the Scottish Tourist Board and the Scottish Office about a regular ferry service between Leith and...

THE TRANSPORT Authoi ities ought to ensure that container loads were atlequately packed, it was said by the Coroner, Howard...

SALES OF new commercial vehicles in the UK last month were the highest March figures since 1973, according to the latest...

THOUGH THE British Steel Corporation estimated a loss of E50m in January and February resulting from rail and road haulage...

A LOW railway bridge Dyfed, south-west Wales going to seriously inc venience container Ion using the new B and I Irish terminal...

OT Bowyers, the cooked : at and pie manufacturer4 :cessfully appealed to thet msport Tribunal against the usal by the South...

A NEW simple-to-read guide to the EEC drivers' hours regulations coming into force in this country has been published by the...

:-IICLE EXCISE duty on ut 34,000 electric vehicles be abolished along with on petrol-driven vehicles. inancial Secretary to the...

LEX Vehicle Leasing is to launch a new scheme which enables an operator to sell his vehicles at their current market value to...

THE DEBT on the Forth Bridge was unlikely to be repaid if tolls remain at their present level, outgoing Minister of State at...

TONY RANSOME has been appointed distribution director of Polycell Products. Mr Ransome, who joined Polycell in 1971 as a...

Owners (Al Service) as its general manager. Previously OK's traffic manager, he succeeds Dick Willies, who left Al last year....

YIAND VEHICLES officially announced this week that the ' S6-80 six-speed synchromesh gearbbox will be offered for viand Leopard...

YLAND has won_ a )0,000 refurbishing order m a satisfied Yugoslavian operator. ['he Skopje municipal iertaking, unable to...

PLANS are under way to boost public transport in Lanark District and to improve services to outlying areas. Strathclyde...

A PRE-PRODUCTION Leyland National 2 is expected to begin service trials later this year with National Bus subsidiary Ribble...

ALL RURAL bus services operating from Seagate depot, Dundee, were cancelled at the weekend because of a dispute between W....

DUBLIN City Bus Servic Automatic Vehicle Monitori System will come under ternational scrutiny n( month when Coras Iomp Eireann...

NEWLY RE-ELECTED Coach Operators' Federation presidi Len Collings has told members that the Federation i4 ready a willing to...

'SEW rear-loading refuse lection vehicle is being built the Powell Dyffryn Eneering Company to sell at ler £10,000. he Ranger...

IS 102ft long merchant schooner, built in the 1890s and ghing 122 tons, was recently moved from Belfast to the ter Transport...

A NEW lightweight hand-operated pump for mounting on any tank or barrel has been introduced by Grittmann (UK) Ltd of Fleet...

THE CONDITION of brand new commercial vehicles is Improving. This is the conclusion of the Freight Transport Association,...

VISITORS to the Institute of Solid Wastes Management Conference and Exhibition at Scarborough from 19 to 22 June will see a...

The Mitchell Colts Group runs a large fleet of vehicles for special contract hire. Its clients demand-and get-a very particular...

Noel Millier reviews e bodies available from the British industry and concludes theyfe in good shape THE STANDARD of most...

Masochists among transport operators who spend their holidays in tents or caravans may have a use for a solarpowered water...

What have Mercedes-Benz and Marks and Spencer in common? A great deal, according to Wally Olins, the celebrated and erudite...

The National Freight Corporation and the Transport Development Group manage well enough as umbrella organisations without...

It was inevitable that in a discussion about corporate identity, Leyland's name should arise. Wally's comment was: "Any design...

A double-headed penny, which has hitherto been the exclusive preserve of the Inland Revenue, has been presented to Mike...

The British Association Removers is trying hard uphold the integrity of the trad A Burroughs B80 mir computer on the...

Graham Mortgomerie investigates the use of plastics as a material for e heavy vehicle's cab IE SCIENCE of materials techlogy...

The worst winter for many years has taken its toll of vehicles. Now's - he time to check em out W IS THE TIME for a good A...

Brian Chalmers-Hunt previews some of the new techniques on show at e Storage, Handling and Distribution Exhibition ANY...

The road transport vote The road transport industry would like to know whether more money will be spent on highways ,...

by Bill Godwir COSTING of commercial vehicle operation in which the purchase price forms only a relatively small proportion...

VOLVO F10-derived eightwheelers supplied by Dutch specialist builder Terberg are now marketed in Denmark where this...

TRANSIT TRAFFIC bi vehicles of over 3.5 tonnel gvw between Belgium France and the Saar region of Germany is now bannet from...

It Lorry Driver of the Year time again-don't delay, get your enly in right now THE TWENTY-SIXTH annual Lorry Driver of the...

WITH REFERENCE to the article "Tighter loads, better bays can cut costs," (CM, March 30), I feel that one answer may be to...

In his letter (CM, April 6), Len Payne implied that unless those in the hire and reward sector were prepared to remain the poor...

the elbow grease Put on the shine for 1979 and get your entry in now for the haulac class of CM 's famous Livery Competition...