"ER thirty years the time has surely come for some radical changes in the anisation and format of the Lorry Driver of the Year...

IAJOR EVENT in the transport calendar - le Freight Transport Association's ional conference, held in Londoil on dnesday and...

THE FIRST wage claims of the coming winter have been lodged by drivers in major port areas, but there is no sign yet of any...

AUSTIN-ROVER's revised spe fication Metro car-derived v has won a 300-vehicle on from the Post Office. It is taking the 998cc...

DAF TRUCKS will spend over £130m before 1990 on a new rang( commercial vehicle products, its chairman, Aart van der Padt...

ANOTHER £160,000 a year worth of contract business has been won by National Freight Consortium companies. £100,000 of this...

THREAT of large-scale lorry s in Greater London has n postponed, but an industry kesman warned that draco actions should not...

3FOLK LINE, which was the : firm to place a large order tri-axle trailers (300) in March I, March 29), has reported a mrable...

ANOTHER 7,000 French permits will soon be available to British hauliers. At a meeting in London at the end of last week...

RENAULT is extending its range of British-built lorries, starting early next year with a premium range 16-tonner which will be...

FORD dealerships throughout Europe have begun to carry out free updating modifications to all Cargo models, reports TIM...

FREIGHT transport conditions in Northamptonshire may ,soon be improved if the Government takes note of the findings of a...

WEST GERMANY'S 50,0001 distance lorry-drivers I threatened their first m strike after negotiations employers for impro working...

FREIGHTLINER, which lost ness to road transport di the railway dispute last mer, is faced with the pos closure of one terminal...

Insights for outsiders TWO-DAY transport semi for non-transport specialists for engineers are being (1 nised by the Freight...

GRAHAM RUSSELL Transpoi Newmachar, Aberdeensh has acquired a private rail tei nal and warehouse at Ferr Sidings, Aberdeen. The...

London cently taken over by Charthire (CM, May 21), has opened its fo London depot. The site, at Six Bridges Trading Estate,...

Staffs trial starts FFORDSHIRE HAULIER Philip Leo Taylor, trading as Taylor's sport of Lichfield, denied a series of charges...

TORS to the CM Lorry Driver ie Year finals at Cranfild last .kend were introduced to faid, a traffic information use using...

THE DELICATE and skilful operation of righting an overturned tanker was demonstrated last week for the benefit of police...

SAINSBURY's distribution director, Len Payne, takes office on October 1 as president of the Chartered Institute of Transport....

DIRECTOR and general manager of AE Truck and Trailer Components is Sydney teal, who was previously operations director with...

Hawkins md JOHN HAWKINS has succe Jim Merrilees as mem director of Bendix, the Br based commercial vehicle I manufacturer. He...

ELAINE WILSON is Wincanton Vehicle Rentals' assistant truck rental manager at its Milton Keynes branch. Mrs Wilson, who...

CUMBERLAND Motor Services driver Roger Burge won the Bus and Coach Council's Bus Driver of the Year finals in Blackpool on...

NEW MATERIALS and tecl managers have been appc at Interlube Systems, the mercial vehicle lubrici . systems specialist subsidiE...

INIS and Duple's parent pany Hestair, has reported icreaSed profit for the first months of the year. Profit been increased from...

A NATIONAL SCHEME of bus fare concessions for pensioners is likely to be suggested to the Government by Conservativecontrolled...

THE BURNING ROW in Tyne and Wear over the Northern Traffic Commissioners' decision to grant Low Fell Coaches a permanent road...

ANOTHER TWIST to the debate about coach safety has emerged in the past week, with the industry turning the tables on highway...

BOTH SIDES in the battle to win bus passengers on the Edinburgh to Glasgow express route have expressed satisfaction with their...

Pre-inquiry date for Arna VICE ADMIRAL Sir Stephen I than is to hold a pre-inq meeting ahead of the appea Amos against London...

Supacat sells well MALL West Country menuturer is attracting widead interest in its six-wheele, all-terrain vehicle called...

DOBBS International, airline caterer, has added an Edbro hilift equipped MAN 10.136 to its fleet of Ford 16-tonners. The...

BOALLOY'S exhibit at the Frankfurt Show is a Tautliner Cu' sided body mounted on a Van Hool semi-trailer. It was built to the...

IVIcHARG's letter "Our (s need pulling up" (CM, tember 10) needs very !ful reading. He complains ut an obviously atisfactory...

ALUMINIUM cleaner cially developed to remove - ninium oxide film from icle bodies and trailers has n launched by the Transport...

egates at this year's Bus I Coach Council ference were able to gratu late themselves on success of their publicity ipaign, but...

Lively yet economica BRITAIN'S move towards integral or integrated coaches is undoubtedly gathering momentum and within ten...

e braking from the coach ;hed up to its power, and my 3ctations. It stopped quickly in a straight line without ng any wheels...

ADVANCES in coach design are immediately obvious to even the casual Coach Fair visitor. Our array of 40 coaches shows a wide...

THE IMPENDING inclusion of car driving in the school curriculum is seen by the National Joint Council of Approved Driving...

FOR THE SECOND year running, Midlands British Road Services can justifiably claim that it has on its payroll the best lorry...

As 1983 Lorry Driver of the Year GRAHAM SMART won the following awards and prizes. The Coventry Trophy presented by Leyland...

A TURBOCHARGER consists, basically, of a turbine, powered by a vehicle's exhaust gases, which is directly coupled by a shaft to...

Hants and Sussex recollections THE DAY may not be far off when entrepreneurs get back to looking for opportunities to start...