No dodging this one THE belated arrival of the reports of the Licensing Authorities for 1980/81 makes most of the content, so...

WHAT sort of man is Transport Secretary David Howell? What does this mean for our industry? How is the CM Lorry Driver of the...

THE Cummins Engine Company's British-based subsidiary is among the 9/ British firms to receive the Queen's Award for Export...

THE INDUSTRY'S efforts to counter opposition to the heavier lorry have gained further momentum, with Transport Secretary David...

EXPORTS may be recovering, but international road haulage operators are still faced with severe operating troubles, and...

A GOVERNMENT-sponsored committee is to investigate the possibilities of applying spray suppression standards to heavy lorries,...

A FINAL Government amount ment on its heavy lorry proi sals will be made very shorl Environment Under-Secretg Lord Bellwin told...

A BREAKDOWN and recovery service is being added to the Natio, Carriers Fleetcare repair and maintenance service, which has be...

FINES totalling £1,725 were imposed on A. L. Crawford & Sons Ltd and the company's managing director and a driver by the...

OMMERCIAL vehicle producon for the first quarter of this ,ar was up by over 12,000 corn!wed with the same period last 'fir, say...

THE HAULAGE industry was one of the protestors against Government proposals to move the early May Bank Holiday to link up with...

A MAJOR lorry traffic survey is being carried out by Merseyside County Council this month as part of a constant review of its...

AVON County Council's long-threatened war on the heavy lorry has been moved into a mubh more limited theatre of operations,...

NORTHERN IRELAND'S Department for the Environment is stepping up its enforcement effort against overloaded lorries, and has...

A MAJOR London link road, giving area should be started as quickly British Road Federation. direct access to the Docklands as...

OVER 100 heavy goods vehicles travelling into Gwent by the M4 were stopped by police for official checks during a four hour...

OPERATORS convicted of vehicle excise duty offences should have these taken into consideration for possible revocation of their...

A NEW co-operation agreement has been signed between Direct Container Line of the United States of America and Eurofreight,...

IRELAND's road hauliers will be persuaded, rather than prosecuted, into using the tachograph, the country's Junior Transport...

THE closure this month of traf examiners' offices in Inverne and Dundee could have seri° repercussions for the transpc industry...

HE Road Haulage Association's love to its new headquarters in ulham, South-west London, rent like "clockwork", accords to Ben...

FORD has adopted the West German-built 9.6 litre Deutz aircooled F6L 413 naturally aspirated V6 engine rated at 154 kW...

HE prototype of an electricmwered version of the Terrier Ii73111 has been unveiled by Leyand Trucks, along with plans for 'a...

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL has introduced four Bedford CFbased Scarab cleaning vehicles built by RJP Engineering Ltd, of Marden,...

Belgian coach wins A BELGIAN-owned coach — the only foreign-registered entrant — was the controversial National Coach of 1982...

MAN-VW plans to build on its initial British success in the British coach market with the European-built high-specification...

A NEW circular stage service ir and around Chester proposed by Wrights of Wrexham was not against the public interest, do....

/PERATORS carrying pilgrims to papal visits around Britain next month should bear in mind that some of these take place over a...

AN INTERNATIONAL coach service timetable is to be produced by the International Road Transport Union, detailing times of...

DETAILS of luxury and executive coaches run by 157 operators are contained in a Confederation of British Road Passenger...

Wha hae! SCOTTISH independents are increasing their market penetration, helped by the 1980 Transport Act, reports a special...

Gardner cultivations TWO NEW engines are currently undergoing development at Gardner's Patricroft factory — an enlarged...

IN EVERY major category of electric vehicle design (battery, motor, controller and charger) Britain is ahead of the foreign...

TOM KAREN, managing director of Ogle Design, has called for Government investment in design to secure the long-term success of...

REINFORCED polyurethar foam composite beams can designed to be 10 per co lighter than the optimum re tangular steel tubes of...

DEMAND for the aluminium-cased version of the Turner-Spicer SST 10 splitter gearbox has reached such proportions that the...

THE ALUMINIUM alloy piston expected to retain its populari for many years, but with a trer towards more complex forms. This is...

HAT is it that Freddie Plaskett is and the others haven't? For lirs George Newman, his edecessor as Road Haulage ;sociation...

gLY three years after the late ank Perkins founded the iterborough company which is lebrating its golden jubilee is year and...

I STILL recall Perkins's humble origins in a terrace house in Queen Street Peterborough, where Frank Perkins, who died in 1967...

EDWARD HEATH will be a welcome guest speaker at the RHA's Tipcon at Harrogate from May 14-16 but will he have the rapturous...

AS THE hounds tease their quarry and tallyhosis taints the air, I have more than a sneaking sympathy for those members of the...

WITH A NAME like Premier Transport, this is one company that is obviously proud of itself. And why not? Bob-Russett oversees...

THE STORAGE, Handling and Distribution Exhibition opens at London's Earls Court on Monday (April 26) and with nearly 200 stands...

SECURICOR is best known for its cash-carrying vans, which call at banks in virtually every High Street in the country. In fact,...

its place in the 80s NO ORGANISATION can be expected to perform at its best when there are too many fundamental changes made...

FREIGHTLINER is associated in many hauliers' minds with really big hauls; and I suppose it's at the back of some...

FREIGHTLINER says that a user can reserve space on a Freightliner train as easily as booking a seat on an Inter City express: •...

AT ANY ONE time there may be as many as 20,000 containers within the Freightliner network. And the Container Operations...

FREIGHTLINER reckons that it it on to a winner with LeapfroE services for hauliers. GKN Lincoln Electric, based ir Welwyn...

by Graham Montgomerie /7 ( ) r - § I i D (--, . ) i , ) , B i U i G j U WITH the number of commercial vehicles that Ford...

l_fiJC 1 IN THE LAST article, the principle of leading and trailing brake shoes was explained and it was stated that where a...

RIE CH YEAR in Britain, about 100 people are killed on the 3ds. Every accident produces three ssible legal consequences. st,...