LABOUR RELATIONS procedures—or the lack of them— in the road haulage industry will be given the most thorough "going over"...

THE worst weather canditions for many years are forcing drivers on the Middle East run to abandon their vehicles in Turkey. Mr...

FODEN and the owners of one of their vehicles have between them paid out £20,000 agreed damages following an accident five...

A STRIKE by delivery drivers at the Leamington-based Car Transport Ltd is threatening deliveries of Jaguar and Triumph. The...

WNER DRIVER Mr David ichter is free from a 12onth prison sentence — Lanks largely to Commercial afar. He had been sentenced to...

THE Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Road Transport Engineers are to hold a three-day conference, March...

Government should beware the trap of maintaining transport services as an end in themselves was made today by the Freight...

OPERATING staff and vehicles have been cut back in at least two of the five regions of National Travel to increase efficiency...

■ IEXT WEEK'S meeting of the national council of the Road -Iaulage Association may decide if the Association should take .teps...

N CONTRAST to what is proaosed in the UK for licensing ransport managers, the French 'aye decided that formal eduational...

HAULIERS should welcome the Government's decision to have an official investigation by the Advisory, Conciliation and...

service by NCL _AST Monday a new next-day ollection and delivery service vas introduced by National 2arriers Ltd. The system...

GIANT warehouse complex )f Quinton HazeIl (Holdings) ..td, opened last week by Mr eslie Huckfield, MP, will iandle half a...

BECAUSE of the present economic situation, Croda International Ltd of Goole had reduced the number of vehicles operating from...

r0 IMPROVE communications to the spares order desk, Foden has installed two direct lines to replace the former method of...

TORY LEADER, Mrs Margaret Thatcher has appointed a new "shadow" Minister for Transport. He is Mr Norman Fowler, 37, MP for...

The First Lady ELIZABETH SHAW has done her bit for women's lib this week with her appointment as the first woman assistant...

THE DOOR to Europe and beyond will soon be almost closed to hauliers attempting to leave Britain without international road...

A NEW service to distribution managers was unveiled last week. A BRS computer "package," called Pathfinder can quickly and...

saves 1 0 licence LIVERPOOL haulier Mr James Cameron nearly lost his application to renew his 0-licence after tragedy struck...

THE Port of London Authority is to close the West India and Millwall docks by the end of the year, it decided this week. The...

IT could cost the road haulage industry Elm a year if the Greater London Council gives the green light to the proposed Speedbus...

THE TOP SHARE of the commercial vehicle market for 1975 is claimed by the Ford Motor Co Ltd with 30.4 per cent share of the...

TO MEET the specific requirements of Young's Seafoods Ltd who needed a hygienic method of transporting wet fish in a vehicle...

Distribution depot A STORAGE and distributioi depot for international haulier: has been opened by Trader Continental Ltd, at...

per cent out on a radial route through the eastern suburbs. The route was seriously congested in the morning peak and a bus...

TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union bus members are planning a mass meeting at Westminster Hall on February 18. The meeting...

LONDON Transport will stop running the Hampstead Garden Suburb dial-a-ride service at the end of February, as predicted in CM...

THE use of an express coach service between Fusion, London and Liverpool's Speke Airport had enabled Aer Lingus last summer to...

BIRMINGHAM coach operators L. F. Bowen Ltd last week failed in a High Court bid for a jail order on the man who sold them his...

International questions of hover link services IF National Travel operated the UK road link part of HoverBoyd's London to...

REDUCE fuel consumption by eliminating the low pressure area formed behind a truck at motorway speeds. That is the idea of...

THE first three Seddon Atkinson 400 series tractive units built to Continental specification will be exhibited at the 1976...

THE WANKEL diesel could make a comeback if a new method of adapting the design is successful The contract to develop the engine...

VAN-TYPE rear doors and allsteel dropsides were specified by H. G. Brown & Sons International Trucking for their latest TIR...

AN ex-WD Scammell recovery vehicle is heading out to Turkey to provide a rescue service for trucks which get stuck, turn over,...

ONE operator who is using his ingenuity to overcome the current economic situation is Mr T. Squires, of Squires Transport,...

A NEW five-year warranty scheme has been introduced by Abel Systems Ltd, manufacturer of 'demountable vehicle equipment. The...

is reasonable? THE dismissals legislation says that an employer cannot sack an employee unless the employer's reason is...

WE are pleased to answer readers' questions and help them to sort out problems —but please put them in writing. We cannot deal...

by CM reporter AS each new piece of EEC legislation arrives on t he British transport scene it provides more support for the...

not so tough by J. M. Schofield OBTAINING a Transport Manager's Licence by examination is a relatively simple exercise...

THERE is no mistaking the message from Holland : over the past five years 1,600 small hauliers have called it a day. In 1970...

IN a pilot scheme designed to help in long-term corrosion tests a number of VW transporter doors have undergone galvanising...

TAKE a dictionary on your next trip through France for many of the familiar English words that have helped to guide the...

Carried along by that outspoken magazine Overdrive ("The Voice of the American Trucker"), owner-drivers in the USA have...

THE rail unions are complaining that the Government has not kept a promise to consult them or the British Rail Board before...

When recently tested at an average speed of 44.4km/h (27.6mph) over our light van test route the Robin returned a creditable...

VEHICLE LIGHTING and starting systems have already been covered in this series, and this week it is the turn of the charg ing...

by Sue Copeman MANY fleet owners have found that their motor insurance premiums have more than doubled in the past three years....

THE rapid development of the Middle East as an important trading area has presented many international road hauliers with...

:go I' The new Employment Protection Act has again focused attention on employment rights and dismissal procedures. We asked...

rear marker boards on heavy goods vehicles now that the criterion which governs the classification of these vehicles has been...

farm to a nearby mushroom grower. This I carry in my own vehicle. I am told that in a recent case it was held that undertaking...

in my rural area—at present I operate one coach on mainly schools or private hire work. Could you tell me how I can qualify for...

12 months and has, therefore, no longer a valid hgv licence, in the present state of business I cannot afford to keep him...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO. MIMI, AMIRTE WHEN I was considering the driver's liability at pedestrian crossings last week, I...

Don't get behind with trailers ALTHOUGH the modern trailer is simple and reliable, it must not be ignored when the preventive...

Its road v. rail in Govt. investment stakes by John Darker, AMBIM THE West Midlands section of the Chartered Institute of...

To facilitate the inflation of tubeless tyres after initial fitting, Stenor has introduced the Expandabead pneumatic bead...

From Gordon Tools come two socket sets, a "Build on" set and a " Handy " kit. The first set consists of a basic, six in drive...

The model RR reversible reflective safety jacket from Cowling Signs and Displays has, on one side, a highly fluorescent surface...

From Scottorn Trailers comes a 1,364 litres (300gal) capacity sludge/sewage trailer for use in confined areas. The trailer has...