,INTENANCE is one of the financial burdens every operator St carry. Not only is there a legal requirement, but there is 3 a...

HE NATIONAL Freight Company's honeymoon with the trades nions over its plans for a management and staff buy-out of the ompany...

`BDS (National Carriers) Ltd, he book delivery subsidiary within the National Freight ;ompany, plans to launch a mall orders...

THE CHARTERED Institute of Transport has launched a development appeal to raise £200,000 for the refurbishment of its London...

LEADING heavy haulage cot pany Robert Wynn and Son L is being merged with Wrek Roadways Ltd with effect fro January 1, 1982....

4 OPERATOR fined a total of £4,500 on charges relating to forged ternational road haulage permits by Rochford Magistrates in...

4SHIONFLOW's new Bristol ranch was opened last week by larks and Spencer director eter Spriddell, who is also a irector of the...

AS PART of itS bid to encourage heavy goods vehicles to keep to major roads, Hertfordshire County Council has carried out a...

f CM'S Lorry Driver of the Ye inals have been given a roi seal of approval for the fi time, as Princess Anne will p sent the...

CONTAINER WAY and Roadferry Ltd plans to cut its haulage fleet ib up to one third by the end of next month, and it is...

VEHICLES which at present escape the terms of the rear markers regulations should not be brought into their scope if the...

m the Road Haulage Associa n the Freight Transport Assotion, and the Transport and neral Workers Union. t said that this was...

SYSTEM or tachograph chart ecking designed to satisfy the ial requirements of drivers' urs and tachograph legision has been...

FREIGHTLINER gave Humbei side an eve-of-bridge openin present last week when it ar nounced a three-year repriev for its Hull...

NORTHERN IRELAND operators should apply direct to their local testing station if their vehicles fall due for inspection. For...

AN AXLE overload on a veh operated by Orrell and Brew! (Transport) Ltd was descril as the classic conflict betw loading a...

ONE OF the potential builders of a Channel tunnel said last week that it could find all £900m required for the project from...

3JECTIONS by South Staffordshire District Council to the renewal a standard national licence have been attacked as an attempt...

K WEST German customs ficers grew rich on the "tips" ey received from international Ty-drivers, a court was told in aunstein on...

A 5.5 MILE section of the M25 from the A111 at Potters Bar to the A10 at Waltham Cross was opened by Transport Secretary Normar...

THREE HUNDRED lorrie blocked Dublin streets last wee in a protest organised by th Irish Road Haulage Association. The French...

A TECHNIQUE which is claimed to improve production of heat exchangers and to reduce costs has been developed by Flowdrilling...

the rails A SODIUM sulphur battery suit able for use in a road vehicli has been developed by Britis Rail. At the Railway...

IA THE British market, Toyota s powered its largest Land uiser five-door estate car with 3.9-litre diesel engine rated at kw...

OVER ONE thousand high-roe conversions on standard Dodg , 2500-Series vans have just beei completed by Locomotors Ltd a Andover...

NATIONAL Coal Board h planning to fit 40 dump truck with closed circuit TV to be USel as a rear-view mirror. Conventional...

1E RECESSION has dramatically reduced the industrial market for tlid wastes disposal, according to Wokingham District Council,...

DESPITE increased fuel costs, van and car engines in more than 90 per cent of vehicles on British roads continue to use at...

TRICENTROL Chassis Developments Ltd of Dunstable has fitted Telma Electric Retarders to Avon Tyres' Melksham-based fleet of...

A RANGE of plastic mini trui is being imported from Frar within the next few weeks. The ERAD four-wheel vehic which has a...

EDDON coaches will soon be back on sale, following Oldham Inch operator Stanley Johnson's decision to market a new range...

PRODUCTION and distributini costs of a new type of leale describing bus services were re couped many times by increase in...

MEW guide titled Rural Public onaport Guide — How To ep a Local Service was inched at a reception last eek hosted by Transport...

LONDON TRANSPORT has commissioned consultancy group W. S. Atkins to undertake studies aimed at improving the engineering...

THE CONFEDERATION of Briti Road Passenger Transport h accepted the Department Transport's recommendatio that articulated buses...

Mr Wilson joined TNT as Oxord terminal general manager n February of last year. He has a ieven-year track record in the...

A9: Temporary signals are in use at the north end of Auchterarder iring gas main installations. A77: A 12 tons axle limit and...

A1(M): Contraflow traffic will be in operation until mid-November a 5.6-mile section from north of the Blind Lane interchange...

A45: There will be single-lane, alternate-way working at Fiore, orthamptonshire (between M1 junction 16 and the A5 at Weedon)...

A2: There are numerous roadworks between Bexleyheath an Dover, Operators should allow an extra hour for journeys to th Channel...

A31: Delays are likely at the Wimbourne by-pass in Dorset. A338: There is major road reconstruction in Bournemouth. A4042:...

Because of holiday traffic congestion, the French authorities ha\ banned goods vehicles exceeding six tonnes gross on certain...

ET MYSELF E5 that Maj-Gen F. 3 1askett, who recently retired 54 as the Army's Directormere' of Transport and ovements, would be...

- HOSE WHO invest in the Jational Freight Co will become )art-owners of the only building o receive an award in class 2 of he...

THE BOMBARDIER, which began as a damp squib, has developed an explosive charge. The new bus, built for CIE, the Irish state...

TRANSPORT contractors are unlikely to appreciate the use by The Times of the word "hauliers" to describe the 4,200 sweating,...

THE ULTIMATE in impulsebuying has been achieved by a Yateley haulier, B. Claridge, MI went to buy a £3 fan belt from AB Truck...

ONE SHOULD not be smug , about recent evidence of railVr disintegration. A passing trail threw up a rail clip which bro I the...

EL the need to write this r in praise of Metroimell Weymann's Metrobus, :h has been serving North West London for the past and...

TRANSPORT MINISTER Norman Fowler has been reported as saying that the British Industry is not at present well-placed to produce...

I THINK I can speak with some authority, as a bus and coach operator of many years' standing, together with a considerable...

IN REPLY to Mr M. Spencer (CM, June 13) on the Fruehauf GLZ rigid/drawbar outfit, he, like a lot of people on their first...

I WAS surprised to read Mr N. II) Hedgcock's letter in CMJune 13 regarding the blow-out of a Michelin tyre. It is equally...

Incorrect fuel-stop settings contributed to sluggish performance from LV's Buffalo replacement at 32 tons, but Bill Brock...

To combat the threat from outside, the Lucas empire closed its ranks and set up Lucas Service to give greater unity and market...

Ford has saved hours of maintenance time on its new Cargo, but exactly how and where? To find out, Tim Blakemore saw an 0812...

to cost-cut - tin With claimed savings of up to 50 per cent, London Country's own recon unit down in Crawley has got to be...

VHEN THE insulation on a cable lecomes frayed, perhaps lecause it is rubbing against the letal bodywork or chassis -ame, if the...

With the total market contracting and wit British makers offering the widest range models for years, against the odds Scani...

IV AVAILABLE from Hilka Is is a range of arc-welding s for the professional user the DIY enthusiast. iere are four models...

THE LATEST Dunlop Usercare pamphlet issued by the company's Tyre Division covers the subjects of tyre records and sidewall...

A COMPLETE filing system for tacho discs which the designers say its economical and takes up little space, has been marketed by...

HTC (Nottingham) Ltd, distributors of Koni vehicle lifts, is reducing prices for three of its heavy duty models. The ten-tonne...

SUBSTANTIAL reductions in diesel fuel pump testing times, coupled with greater accuracy, , are the Main benefits claimed fPr...

OLDHAM Batteries claim to be the first British manufacturer to enter the commercial vehicle maintenance-free battery market....

AUTOMOTIVE Products Ltd's Parts & Service Division has just released its new Borg & Beck International clutch service...

A NEW hydraulic vehicle lift for any forecourt or outdoor installation is being imported from Europe exclusively by Morley Auto...

THE SOLENT range of degreasing plant has been designed with energy and running cost savings in mind, says the manufacturer. The...

by Douglas Ainley E REQUIREMENT of the Truck s — principally the 1831 Act t "workmen" be paid in the rrent coin of the realm"...

By Les Oldrid! HEN AN accident takes place n the road it is the duty of the olice to discover whether any affic offence has...