MANY of the hauliers specialising in agricultural transport could go out of business this winter unless the economy picks up....

i n a name? BRS Parcels executives ar incensed by the implicatio they read into Mr Adley' words — that their compan is yet...

AN NFC TEAM was second overall, the first in the commercial section, of the 1975 Beaujolais Race at the weekend— the object...

Heavy haulage experts Sunter Brothers of Northallerton have claimed an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for what they...

TWO new heavy security lorry parks opened in the London Borough of Greenwich last week at the same time as the local council...

4ATIONAL TRAVEL coaches will be moving into a rail-dominaed area, of the travel market on Christmas Day and Boxing )ay. They...

starvation threat by CM reporter STARVATION would be the only alternative to surrendering to any demands made by dockers if...

VALUE for money will be the theme of next year's RHA tipper conference to be held in Harrogate from April 29 tc May 2. All...

HRH The Duke of Glouceste: will be the principal gues speaker at the 30th anniversan lunch of the Institute of Roac Transport...

FREIGHTLINERS Ltd is looking for a fourfold increase in its direct distribution of container-loaded traffic from the factory to...

A SINGLE CARNET for both tractive unit and trailer is likely to be introduced next year by the ECE. This is one result of a...

A MAJOR conference on operating a n d engineering aspects of public service vehicles is being mounted in Britain in July,...

We've met very few hauliers (or farmers) who were optimists in their speech or pessimists in their actions. Our round-up this...

A CERTIFICATE has been granted to Lucas Kienzle Instruments Ltd, in conjunction with Measurement Technology Ltd, of Luton, for...

SALES of British trucks in October rose to 16,925 (October 1974 : 16,246), according to figures issued by the SMMT. And imports...

West this week when the newly announced Seddon Atkinson 200 Series medium-weight truck range went on show at a new Seddon...

DRAFT regulations on the use of dynamic weighing machines have been slammed by the Freight Transport Association this week....

INTERNATIONAL 'hauliers Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd., are this week moving a 177 ton export order from the manufacturers in...

UNLESS BRITISH vehicle manufacturers made an attempt to satisfy the present vehicle demands of heavy hauliers, they were going...

GOING all-out for new warehousing business the Port of London Authority has launched a specialised storage service. Based on...

turbine button UNDER PRESSURE from satisfied try-it-and-see operators, General Motors are now likely to put a commercial...

TACHOGRAPHS could not be used as "spies in the cab" for speeding prosecutions, a meeting of management and drivers was told...

Danger news REGULATIONS regarding the transport of dangerous goods abroad have been amplified by the issue of an amendment to...

NATIONAL TRAVEL is testing on trial a new seat—the Chameleon—made by A. W. Chapman of Shepperton, Middlesex, which is said to...

COACHES operated on behalf of Hoverlloyd Ltd, by the East Kent . Road Car Co Ltd, were examined by the Metropolitan Traffic...

Assaults down THE number of assaults on London Transport bus crews fell to 180 in the first nine months of this year, a...

THE Government favours direct grants for specific transport schemes rather than the present blanket subsidies according to...

Manchester PTE THE FIRST Foden-Northern Counties double-deck bus is now nearing completion. The chassis section of the...

TOTAL expenditure by local authorities in England on transport between home and school was about £38m in the financial year...

London Country, facing Om deficit, calls for rates support BY THE end of 1975 London Country Bus Services will be nearly £5m...

A NEW mechanical handling device called the Satellite, now being used by Gillette Industries Ltd at its Reading factory,...

AFTER CONSULTATION with operators, Doughty Trailer Sales Ltd, 80 Cranleigh Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth BH6 5JL, has designed...

Frigid rigids GEEST INDUSTRIES LTD has switched to Freight Bonallack insulated bodies to overcome rigidity problems...

by Trevor Longeroft A PROTOTYPE version of the new DAF Transmatic variable drive transmission (CM October 17) is being tested...

Bruce MacCormack, Marketing Director of NCL since August . 1974 is leaving the UK to return to Canada. He was formerly md of...

WHENEVER an employer dismisses a person, the onus is now on him to justify this action. The first thing to emphasise is that...

Dealer Network Ash Grove Motor Engineers Ltd Lime Street Hull Yorkshire Hull (04821 23573 Borderman Trucks Ltd Woodlands...

I am writing in relation to the article in your October 10 issue entitled "What happens if you break a half-shaft in...

;sisting member without delay. This clause in our system is a safeguard for the assisting members against any dishonest...

By Johnny Johnson DIFFICULTIES with environmental legislation in the United States, air-conditioning requirements laid down by...

THE FIRST prototype of Leyland's new-generation doubledecker — the B15 — is scheduled to go into passenger carrying service...

by Martin Watkins The impossibility of updating the Atlantean or Fleetline made a completely new design a necessity. The old...

ONCE the B15 comes into production—in 1977—first, the Flee tline, and secondly the Atlantean will cease production. This will...

WHEN LEYLAND showed the B15 to journalists they also provided a recent Daimler Fleetline so that the two vehicles could be...

Down in numbers but not in spirit, Northern area RHA members and their guests enjoyed themselves in traditional manner at this...

Why do railwaymen have 27ft henhouses ? Freightliners chairman George Gibb had the answer at last week's 10th birthday...

On another Ministerial occasion last week it must have been difficult for Dr Gilbert to resist the temptation to press his...

by Technical Editor THIS WEEK we publish the first full test report to appear in Britain on Club of Four vehicles : two of...

The Volvo personnel present for the discussion betwem the factory and the Euro Truck Press group included Hans Engdahl,...

records, it is tempting to assume that the system runs itself. Nothing could be farther from the truth—without thorough...

Of course, a comprehensive routine is needed, but the inspector must be a man with sufficient experience to be able to detect...

UNTIL recently operators may have imagined that there was love offence — assuring they had heard of it that it was aapossible...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE CONSCIENTIOUS emPloyers have always regarded the safety and welfare of their employees...

i F YOU think things are pretty bad on the haulage front at the moment then hang on to yoUr bank balance — they will be getting...

HAULIERS specialising in agricultural transport are having a tough time at the moment. With warning notes being sounded about...

DOMESTIC long-distance haulage appears to be at "tickover" stage with operators finding just sufficient traffic to keep...

THE RECESSION in trade has had a damaging effect on the tUrnover of most of the companies involved with smalls and parcels...

LEGISLATION, existing and pending, is affecting two areas of tipper operation; the Control of Pollution Act 1974 has not yet...

NEITHER car nor caravan transporters has been having much of a 1975, and the prospects for early 1976 seem pre tt y...

has asked me to collect his personal equipment from a camp in Mons, Belgium, and I want to use a Bedford 'CF Luton van. Is any...

to include transport to Israel, but I understand that there are difficulties which involve the relationship between Israel and...

held that a load is not necessarily unsafe and likely to be a danger, simply because it does not have any extra means of...

into force in January 1976. If so, where can these books be obtained? Do these rep/ace the standard books now in use, or are...