Last week and this week we've been looking at what the manufacturers are offering at Earls Court. Next week we turn the...

THE Northern Lo-Loader, a new trailer produced by Northern Vehicles Distributors Ltd, will be exhibited for the first time at...

Earls Court for the Commercial Motor Show — the great day for truck and bus operators and drivers. It will be officially...

A PLEA to up the maximum weight limit and so put Britain on an equal footing with other European countries was made on the eve...

A NEW LIGHT VAN from Bedford makes a first appearance at the Commercial Motor Show today. Known as the Chevanne, it is a 500kg...

equipment includes brake anti-freeze equipment, an exhaust brake, a Bostrom Viking suspension seat, full door trim and a radio....

in the UK next year, is making a surprise appearance at Earls Court. Built at the Chrysler plant in Spain, the vehicle is...

WITH AN EYE particularly on the construction and roadbuilding industries, Bedford is showing its 4x4 conversion of the CF van...

q hotline •. show Club of on or the UK by Graham Montgamerie SAVIEM today becomes the first member of the Club of Four...

Almost as eagerly awaited as the final declaration of the Government's Transport Policy is the outcome of the consultant's...

ME MARATHON TOPS BL'S BILL TOP of the bill on the Leyland Stand at Earls Court is the latest version of a Middle East cab...

easy to assemble vehicle for deve loping countries, Bedford ha: introduced its basic transpor vehicle at this year's Commer...

1ALPH HILTON, who has yen heavily criticised in a Department of Trade report Mt the running of the now lefunct Hilton Transport...

THE NEW Secretary for Transport, Mr William Rodgers, does not intend to be pushed around by vocal and powerful special interest...

A TRANSPORT and General Workers Union national committee is due to meet on October 14 to discuss the future of the union's...

IT IS POINTLESS to consider the individual county lorry route plans now being put forward under the Dykes Act, the Freight...

A FAILURE for the second time by the majority shareholder in Hecinesford Continental Haulage Ltd to appear at a publie inquiry...

RICHARDSON BROS, the vehicle distributors of Oldbury, West Midlands, were at the NEB in London yesterday discussing plans which...

H. HOLT (Transport Accountants) Ltd, has merged its transport and audit advisory services with those of the RPC Consulting...

to 40 mph on normal roads iave been welcomed by the 7 reight Transport Associaion. News of the plan comes two rears after the...

A SEMINAR on Irish vehicle leasing is to be held in Dublin this month. Organised by the Irish Leasing Association it aims to...

Ian slammed by CM reporter THE National Freight Corporation, in a closely reasoned analysis, published this week, accepts that...

THERE IS no change in hours limits for British drivers in the new regulations which make the use of EEC type logbooks mandatory...

A SOUTH WALES operator which has twice previously been called before the Licensing Authority, receiving a "final warning" in...

THE WRONG MAN was declared the winner of the Eagle Engineering Trophy at the CN LDoY finals (CM, September 12), it was revealed...

DoE MAN MOVES TO TRANSPORT PETER BALDWIN, 53, has been appointed Permanent Secretary at the newly created Department of...

1,ORRY DRIVERS are someimes offered accommodation laving the character of "neoDickensian doss-houses," according to Egon...

LEYLAND has announced a £44.3m profit pre tax for the first nine months of this year compared with a loss of £76.1m for the...

Art of haulage JAMES BOURLE'T and Sons are to start a regular specialist art transport service to link London with Paris,...

Perth take-over TAYSIDE Regional Council wishes to take over Perth town services from the Scottish Bus Group and run them as a...

THE TREND away from cheaper lightweight bus chassis towards heavy-duty units noticeable in the NBC orders is mirrored in the...

NATIONAL BUS looks like seeing delivery of the vast majori0 of its 1977 bus order actually in 1977. Leyland has assured the...

AN OFFICIAL announcement is expected soon that National Bus Company chairman Freddie Wood has accepted an offer from the...

ANGRY BUSMEN last week held a mass meeting and protested to management over a plan by Nottingham City Transport to sell all 18...

The row started with a letter sent by the Henley group of parishes to the DoE asking it to help Oxfordshire in its efforts to...

Dept of Trade report says HIS 'not fit to be floated' RALPH HILTON, John Skinner and Robert Withers, former members of the...

Mediumweights As well as the regular exhibitors in this category, this year sees the introduction of new medium weight...

Lightweights In the lightweight category the exhibits range from the baby Honda van to the new 190 Ford Transit. Other new...

letting yourself in for when you buy a trailer? There's a lot' to be said for buying a trailer. Ask any salesman. But there's...

HRH THE DUKE of Kent will officially open the 28th International Commercial Motor Show at noon on Friday the 24th, cutting the...

Few elec tries to spark interest riiis YEAR at Earls Court there are, disappointingly, only three electric trucks on display,...

Interest in Middle East and other rugged runs is not vnfined to the tractive units. The trailer stands this year see several...

Martin Huckett's guide to restaurants, pubs and even pizza joints, all within a 10-minute walk of Earls Court 1ERE'S a nice...

might think that Earls Court would be pretty much run of the mill. Sorry, wrong again. For there is just as big a ,choice of...

IF YOU want something a bit more up market than the fast food eateries then any one of a number of "cheap and cheerful"...

114 St to West HEY used to cal! it Kanga-` .0 Valley, but these days ails Court Road looks more ke a scene out of Lawrence f...

HAULIERS and coach operators don't just come up to the Commercial Motor Show for a look see at the menu• facturers' latest...

NORMALLY the Commercial Motor Show lifts the lid off new passenger vehicle models whose development has been widely rumoured,...

odybuilders show ingenuity in catering for the ndividual needs of operators with regard to load space nd easy handling and in...

Vehicle manufacturers answer operators questions and criticisms And CM gives you the chance to talk back FIRST QUESTION, to...

there is a blockage in any art of the cooling system, ver-heating is almost ineviible. Naturally, mechanics tend to neck that...

By Les Oldridge, T.Eng.(CEI), M.I.M.I., A.M.I.R.T.E. A COMMERCIAL vehicle garage's wrecker recovered a Ford van which had been...

tale 0 BETTER ammunition • uld have been provided for e new attack on the Dock ork Regulation Bill than e threat of a seamen's...

OPERATORS GET WISE MENTION the Road Transport Industry Training Board at an gathering of hauliers and you will get a variety...

associations . . by John Darker LLTHOUGH road transport is closely regulated industry • the freight and passenger ectors entry...

that it is illegal to display a black and white number plate on a semi-trailer if the attached unit is displaying reflective...

co-efficient between platform and load is such that no physical restraint is necessary. The recent amendment to the C &...

vehicle and use it to train ourselves for the hgv driver's test. Can we tax it at the private rate of a year? Can we use it to...

from employm( agencies for odd days. We believe that as we do pay the driver's wages, he is in our employ but in that of i...