from our political correspondent THE GOVERNMENT is working on a White Paper on transport MPs were told in the Commons last...

UK OPERATORS who are testing aerodynamic drag reducing devices in an effort to save fuel might be interested in the latest...

been recommened to the Secretary of State o r the Department of Employnent by the Road Transport ndustry Training Board. At a...

y CM reporter ELGIAN bodybuilder Bus nd Car of Bruges has sold its rst two vehicles to British perators. The company had a...

more overnight stops MUCH MORE accommodation would be needed for lorry drivers from next January when the eight-hour driving...

TEMPCO INTERNATIONAL, part of the National Freight Corporation, has formed a French subsidiary to operate refrigerated...

LONDON Transport had a working deficit of £10m in 1974 despite a support grant of £23.6m from the GLC. This was revealed in the...

MANY of London's employers and businesses have joined Movement for London which aims to secure a coherent, realistic transport...

A NEW range of truck bodies has been announced by York Trailer Company. The VB range of bodies are produced as a complete...

FOLLOWING opposition from the trade associations the DoE has withdrawn its plan to discontinue the routeing services which it...

has been appointed sole concessionaire in UK and the Republic of Ireland for wrecker equipment produced by the Ernest Holmes...

AN INCREASE in road fund licence of one-third for the larger commercial vehicle and a minimum duty of £40 for the smaller types...

Although the Budget brought sharp increases in vehicle licence duties, the results could have been a great deal worse, in a...

No simple answers to London's problem Report by John Darker THE PAST YEAR'S work of the London Freight Conference was...

in road transport IF the Chancellor believed that our economic revival depended on investment in the future, it was true to...

AN acrylic co-polymer treatment designed for once-a-year application as a protection against corrosion and fading of metal...

SPIERS and Hartwell Ltd, Evesham hauliers, are looking to the Middle East for expansion, to offset the effects of the recession...

Arthur Smith, 42, who has been appointed managing director of Midlands BRS (CM April 18), joined the company in 1973 as head of...

A SUMMARY REPORT on Transport in South West Herts published last week outlines proposals for dealing with the relentless...

DESPITE evidence that a customer had misled a driver over the weight of a load, Henry Johnson (Packers & Shippers) Ltd,...

proportion of faults on new vehicles was revealed by Freight Transport Association inspections last year. The Association's...

A NOVEL PALLET shuttle service is being operated by the Balderton, Nottinghamshire warehouse of Barker's Traffic Services Ltd....

TWO COURSES of interest to managers charged with responsibility arising from the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work...

LAST FRIDAY another new lucrative Anglo-Iranian activity was revealed to CM. A vehicle rental company in Lincoln phoned to say...

in n iran BRITISH haulage drivers arriving in Iran are being invited either to sell their vehicles or work internally and...

CAVE Wood (Transport) Ltd has moved from its Chesham premises to a new depot in High Wycombe. The company plans to extend its...

these vehicles are sitting around waiting for something to turn up and are eventually compelled to seek repatriation through...

THE EFFECT OF compulsory rates for international haulage has been disappointing to Belgian operators, the international...

A DUAL-MODE bus system has been put into trial service in Esslingen, West Germany, to assess its potential for city use....

in 10.7m, 1 11.4m or 12m lengths has been introduced by MAN. Standard features include roll - over bars, polyurethane foam...

A GREATER range of destinations is being offered this summer by National Travel from Cheltenham Coach Station. Although the...

Monday April 28. CIT (Berks, Bucks & Oxon) "Home distribution in Associated Biscuits Ltd " by G. S. Price (operations manager)....

SRPTA conference paper report WE CAN change too much too soon, failing to learn from our errors and failing also to...

TALKS between South Yorkshire PTE and the National Bus Company had opened on the basis that Yorkshire Traction would continue...

A SINGLE-POST roof support and side curtains which can be pulled right round to the front of the body are fresh options...

IN AN EFFORT to re - organise its transport operations, Metal Box Co Ltd has acquired the 500 syctem Leyland Blueline Buffalo...

DISTANCE lends enchantment to the view. To the outsider, the London docks may seem like the country of the Icitus eaters where...

... but new British interest in Europe's top international rally by Martin Hayes; pictures by Dick Ross STRONG NEW British...

holding the baby By bin Sherriff AS a young traffic clerk I was counselled by an old and experienced driver : " Laddie, there's...

21st British coach rally at Brighton by Martin Watkins photographs by Harry Roberts TOP AWARDS at the 21st British coach rally...

by CM reporter IT IS estimated that some 367,000 tons of waste lubricating oil with less than 10 per cent impurities are...

Unreliable services blamed for bus industry trouble by CM reporter THE CONSENSUS of thought of both academics and bus...

as you say in CM March 28 about TML requirements, they have to go back to C-licence days? I no longer carry my own goods and f...

of Road Transport. I had understood that there were hardly any professional institutes of the British pattern on the Continent,...

I accept a rate lower than that which covers both standing and running cost, then I am risking insolvency. However, in these...

hire and truck rental. Sometimes a vehicle from the truck rental fleet is hired to a contract customer with 'a driver, I have...

Bison 6x 4 IN ASSESSING the cost of operating the Leyland Bison tested last week, it has been assumed that the figures given in...

IF REPORTS of abundant supplies of LPG from North Sea Oil are confirmed then the door to low-pollution, lownoise LPG-fuelled...

by Les Oldridge, TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE REVERSING LAMPS are a great convenience and one would think if a lorry is going to be...

by Bill Godwin The growing association of western Europe's cv industry with the East (see Belgrade Show, CM April 11) is not...

Some people in the Road Haulage Association go faint or furious when anyone suggests that the RHA ought to get involved in...

A leading coach dealer with whom I was chatting last week is expecting a late boom in new and used vehicles. While the general...

Here's a phrase for trailer designers to roll round their tongues 10 times before breakfast : "Tyre technicians hate...

Having survived the Turkish mountain roads on his trip to the Middle East, CM's lain Sherriff was just musing that every LDoY...

There 'is a certain irony, which I am sure will not go unremarked by the cynics, about the choice of British Leyland as the...

Our man in the North tells me of a new form of sponsorship which makes good reading. Bob Slicer, md of the Bradford-based...

An artic costing £8,000 in 1975 may cost over £19,000 to replace in 1978. By 1985 replacement costs may have soared to over...

Now available free of charge from Bendix Westinghouse Ltd is a leaflet which provides a clear interpretation of twoand...

An improved version of the Britool torque multiplier has been introduced by James Neill Tools. The new kit includes an L-shaped...

A range of fluorescent lighting inverters has been introduced by Smart and Brown. The range includes models that operate...

Two lightweight steel pallets 1.1m (3.5ft) by 0.8m (2.5ft) square by 0.8m (2.5ft) high, capable of carrying either 91kg (2001b)...

A new industrial degreasing powder, Brantholin, for cleaning workshops, garages and vehicles has been introduced to the UK...