Nine hour day in new EEC plans FURTHER PROOF that last month's blockades have had an effect upon EEC legislators is news that...

FRONT underrun bumpers are high on the Department of Transport's safety shopping list for lorries, senior officials made clear...

SIR PETER THOMPSON is expected to relinquish his position as chief executive of the National Freight Consortium shortly, but...

THE Road Haulage Association has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson asking whether there has been a mistake in...

THE ROLLS-ROYCE diesel plant at Shrewsbury is now firmly in the Perkins fold. The Rolls name will ultimately disappear and a...

NEW HEAVY haulage regulations are expected soon in draft form from the Department of Transport. The DTp is pressing ahead with...

accountants this week trying to assess the effects of the Budget, particularly the phased abolition of capital investment tax...

THERE is little prospect of an increase in gross weight for drawbars in the near future, senior Department of Transport...

OILY JOINT PLANNING by Common Market Transport Ministers an remove the "disastrous" bottlenecks impeding cross-frontier ravel....

HE TRANSPORT and General Yorkers Union is reviewing its prig-established opposition to igency drivers. Local officers have...

TNT, which last week claimed to parcels carrier, is faced with havi for the amount of work available. be Britain's biggest...

industry's complaints about last month's Brass Tacks anti-lorry elevision programme has been dismissed as "arrogant and rude"...

ROADLINE UK shop stewards are to meet in Birmingham this weekend to discuss what action should be taken against the company....

general manager Charles Mr Mercer has served with National Bus for more than 45 years. He began his career with Devon General...

this week and the following chairmen and vicechairmen have been appointed: East Riding. Chairman: Don Dormer (John Smiths...

WINCANTON CONTRACTS has placed more emphasis on customer service and support by the creation of a fleet services manager. John...

LEX subsidiary Bees Transport has made Emily Nairne personnel manager, responsible for the national workforce of about 400....

NATIONAL FREIGHT Consortium chairman and chief executive Sir Peter Thompson pictured outside Buckingham Palace after being...

Malcolm Howard to give new impetus to the company's product development plans. Four regional operations managers have been...

CARRIERS of dangerous goods have a duty to observe safety standards, even though the Government was determined to keep the...

NEW SPEED limits took effect this week. Lorries over 7.5 tonnes may travel at up to 6 0 mph on motorways, 50mph on dual...

TNT SAMEDAY, which uses National Express coaches for trunking, launched new rates last week which mean customers no longer have...

14.5 per cent to £21m for 1983, and the National Freight Consortium has made a pre-tax trading profit of £6.3m for the first 12...

In a Parliamentary reply, he has told a London Conservative MP, Peter Bottomley, that a public inquiry should be held "so that...

BREWER AND TURNBULL, the Whittle International group removals and storage subsidiary, is offering its entire depot network to...

LUCAS KIENZLE has developed new fleet management computer software which can be used in conjunction with its ACT Sirius...

RO-RO 84 at Nice in May is being held at a time which marks the advent of a new era in roll-on/ roll-off ferry transport, with...

DIP-STICKS and meter fuel measuring systems for tankers must be properly tested and stamped by July 1 to comply with new EEC...

its road haulage services could suffer in the event of a takeover by Trafalgar House. In clearing the bid by Trafalgar House,...

NATIONAL BUS's plans to create a coachway using London's Marylebone railway station and its approach tunnels are achievable,...

SCANIA's computer-aided gearshifting system (CAG), first described in CM January 29, 1983, has now gone into limited production...

RETARDERS will be required by law on all buses and coaches owing to stricter EEC braking standards, particularly on fade tests,...

in advance of the Bus and Coach Council's code of practice on driving standards. Rigid vehicles may travel at up to 70mph on...

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE director-general Bill Cottham feels that the bus industry in general has failed to recognise the importance...

LONDON TRANSPORT'S Selkent bus operating district is to operate its own coastal excursions this summer. Starting on Good...

THERE IS STILL no decision on Midland Fox's application for revised services in Leicester and for removal of boundary...

ULSTERBUS is now taking delivery of the first of 80 Leyland Tiger single-deck buses. All of the vehicles will be fitted with...

A DIAL-A-RIDE service in Chesterfield, designed primarily for the disabled and run by Ringwood Coaches of Staveley, has been...

• , DTP PermaeM Secretay Peter Lazarus told the i'''(,O0141110k1S comn iflee last week that it wa Wm, Thi d_ pls"ned to do so,...

FIRM CONTRACTS between bus operators and shire counties may come as part of the review of the organisation of the bus...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE PTE has introduced minor modifications to make its buses running in Shot... , field easier to use for blind...

WEST MIDLANDS PTE has acquired independent coach operator Central Coachways of Walsall from the West Midlands Co-operative...

STRATHCLYDE PTE has been told to arrive at a "sensible non-doctrinaire assessment" of passengers' needs before seeking licences...

KARRIER MOTORS has introduced a midibus chassis derived from its Dodge Commando 2 lorry. The new chassis, which competes...

New Rapide departures will operate from April 1 on the London-Llanelli route which also serves Swansea, Port Talbot and...

LEYLAND TRUCKS has derived two new 32.5 tonnes gtw drawbar models, aimed primarily at the car transporter market, from its...

CONCARGO has introduced Alugloss, a new range of aluminium faced insulated panels for use in refrigerated trailers. It extends...

A VEHICLE-MOUNTED system known as the Side Loader for picking up a detachable body or container and setting it on the ground...

Mermaids with scales on the M5 patrol TRADING STANDARDS officers are in the news just now. Their future if the metropolitan...

months and a number have been bought specifically for the now-traditional shuttle runs to the sun, The latest generation of...

FOR THE PARTS that other exhi bitions cannot reach, it has to be ACE. From next Wednesday (March 28) through to Friday (30th),...

AS AN operator and a driver of a heavy goods vehicle, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Alan Swann of the New...

IT HAS OCCURRED to me that a very rapid solution to the problem of overloading, apart from the load distribution aspect, would...

WE WERE very interested to read the short item on night heaters for lorry cabs, arising from the situation in France, in your...

several well-known "facias" in the High Streets of Great Britain. The Presto and Liptons chains are the group's leading lights;...

WITH ITS picturesque green surrounded by a cluster of quaint cottages, a pub and a church, Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire is...

SOMEONE who is keen for you to have your cake and eat it is Mr Kipling. The ubiquitous Mr Kipling — he of the exceedingly good...

INCREASING use of microchip technology has meant that many companies that transport computers and other delicate equipment are...

BRITISH RAIL has mixed feelings about a new 1 3 /4-mile length of track near Colwyn Bay with which the Welsh Office has...

KEN HOWE, for 25 years a Yorkshire lynchpin of the RHA, has left his neat footprint on history by being the first regional...

WORKING on the principle that if one looks after the gallons, the pounds will take care of themselves, Bill Thomas, of...

HUGH FEATHERSTONE, who retires this month, has joined the computer age thanks to a farewell present from his members and...

I ENJOYED the rare spectable of the Freight Transport Association wooing the Road Haulage Association with the blinds up....

ONE SHOULD be grateful to the international group, Iveco, for injecting a little optimism into Britain by forecasting that,...

WICKHAM Industrial has added a transportable hot and cold pressure washer and steam cleaner on The Deluge 100 to its range. It...

A HALF-MASK, air-fed respirator, manufactured by Sate, can be used when spray painting or sanding. A belt-mounted air...

SOURIAU'S Dieseltester allows fitters to check the fuel-injection system without having to break into the fuel line. Using an...

FOR THOSE operators who sometimes need a diesel engine injector tester, Kent-Moore has introduced the Dieselcare 270...

CLAMP specialist Smith and Johnson has updated information on its Vee-clamp range, which includes ones made of special...

BURMAN and Sons, a member of the Adwest Group, and a major manufacturer of steering boxes can trace its history back to 1873....

60mph on motorways with a fully laden 32.5 tonnes gcw articulated combination with a box-bodied semi-trailer". Such a claim...