"Truck" magazine's April issue reported a comparison between Sherpa,Transit, Bedford, VW and Dodge vans. Their gruelling test...

ORRY BAN E1ODY BLOW 'LAN TO BAN vehicles over 5 tons unladen has come under attack from the industry. Thought ye the first ban...

HAULAGE COSTS rose by 8.3 per cent during the first six months of this year, according to figures issued by the Road Haulage...

FREIGHT traffic for Europe over the Bank Holiday, this weekend, should have a clear run, according to ferry operators and port...

New £Y2m rail bait ROAD HAULAGE could lose an estimated annual 5% mil lion tons of freight to rail as the result of subsidies...

THE SCOTTISH Association for Public Transport (SAPT) has called on Lothian Regional Council to reject recommendations in its...

BRITAIN'S FIRST specialist garage equipment show takes place at Olympia, in October, and more than 20,000 brochures in five...

TRANSPORT Development Group Ltd increased its profits from £3,542,000 to £4,520,000 the first six months of this year, compared...

• luslice EAST SUSSEX County C , cil is using a new schem "overnight justice" to pi cute drivers of foreign veh with...

LEYLAND International has landed bus chassis orders worth more than E2 million from New Zealand. Wellington Transport...

%lost executives in TDG's companies are, in the tin, optimistic about future Kling, says Mr Duncan. But th the current...

THE ACQUISITION of more space for this year's Motor Show, November 11-19, means that the Scottish Motor Trade Association is...

Known as the Nubian, the new range 11 be built at the Scammell plant at atford with production models being ailable from...

THE Department of Transport has accepted the £267,389 tender of Amey Roadstone Construction for the building of an extension...

There are three ways in which we as premium truckmakers keep our Foden trucks and your business on the move. First and...

T IS IMPOSSIBLE for a lorry river to carry out his emloyment if he is only going to ork during normal working ours without...

DRIVERS employed on international runs, by Bannon and Ward transport Ltd of Dewsbury, had driven dangerously long hours with...

A GRANT of £63,000 has been made by the Government, under Section 8 of the Railways Act 1974, towards the cost of a £126,000...

James Holt is the new managing director of Humber McVeigh Transport and Humber McVeigh International Transport Services. He...

SINGLE-DRIVE axles in 1 dem bogies — instead double drive — are on increase in Australia beca hauliers find them more c...

A SERIES OF one-day sc nars for hauliers and own count operators is to presented by David Lowe Associates in co-opera1 with...

)mply with conditions in ustralia and New Zealand or Aiding specifically overseas iodels from a combination of nported or...

rHE Freight Transport Assoiation is in favour of an pswich by-pass by the souhem route and has written to he inspector...

Safety aspect THE SAFETY ASPECT of lorry tyre fitting will form over half the tests to be undertaken by fitters seeking their...

THE ROAD HAULAGE Association has welcomed a statement from the Department of Energy that called for the introduction of a...

BUS STOPS Autos for CIE CIE, the Irish State-owned operator, is to fit 50 of its M-type single deckers with GM671 engines and...

A study conducted in parishes two years ago, followed by several exp mental services and only I of these has been abandon( The...

PASSENGERS are happy with the reshaped Andover town services introduced by Hants and Dorset Motor Services Ltd, earlier this...

20-TON VERSION of the 3dge Commando tractive lit has been introduced by wysler UK Ltd. The new model provides an :tra half-ton...

HE DAF double-reduction , ar axle, currently offered on te 2200 Series model, is to be lased out in favour of a hub !duction...

NK-HAMPSON Automotive ivision, Tunbridge Wells, ent, has introduced a 4.1m 3ft 6in) general purpose achinery trailer. Suitable...

SAYER TRANSPORT Group of Hounslow has taken delivery of a Volvo C303 cross-country vehicle — even though Volvo has not yet...

SHORT HAULS Power washer A NEW POWER WASHER for portable use, designed with a one hp engine and a heavy duty pump, will give...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR now has its own test railer. Thanks to the kind co-operation of Crane Fruehauf, CM will, in future, test all...

ESPITE the possibility of the epartment of Transport arting to use dynamic eighing equipment for liecking vehicle gross and le...

VEHICLES last longer in New Zealand: the Kiwis make them last longer. So the New Zealand market — three million people in an...

IN the past couple of weeks, the New Zealand Government has decided to relax the 40-mile limit — the mileage beyond which...

"WE HAVE a different type of heavy haulage over here," says Mr R. Hyde. "If we want to carry over 25 tonnes, the units have to...

IN 1976, the UK had 48 per cent of the New Zealand commercial vehicle market at 8,827 vehicles; Japan had 33 per cent at,...

Wheelbase Limits Every road, however, has pipes and culverts under it and a selection of bridges. Some bridges are long but...

Life is made difficult for operators in Western Australia. CM correspondent Charles Gye reports... ROAD TRANSPORT in Western...

I was very interested to read "Watch those warning signs," by Ron Douglas. As an ex-tipper-driver I agree with everything he...

In your Breakdown feature (CM Aug 12) a significant point which appears to have got lost is that BRS charges for recovery are...

eat SA... Potoective... a fast and reliable service, which will get a load on the move again. With standing costs up to...

With reference to the article by Stephen Gray (CM July 29) as major manufacturers and suppliers of accessories added to a...

Yearbook was published on January 4, your reviewer's comments on the Admission to the Occupation section need to be put into...

Most of your report on the contrasting merits of the main breakdown and recovery systems on offer was factual and fair....

caguegfiegat • • • Your photograph of the radi fitted below the dashboard on the Mark II Marina caugl my eye (CM July 8) Your...

A letter from Tony English published in CM August 12 said 40,850 hgv drivers are employed in the food, drink ai tobacco...

Charles Dowding, export admin manager, Bedford Commerical Vehicles, was among those to risk New Zealand on a fact-finding tour...

SEVERAL manufacturers competing in the heavy and of the UK market offer both 'lightweight and 'heavyweight' 32-tonners. Volvo...

MANY drivers have the mistaken idea that the police are all-powerful and can do almost anything they please. But nothing could...

BUSES an d coaches in Australia have to cover much higher mileage than their UK counterparts because they cater for far fewer...

IT IS NOT unusual for a road transport operator to begin by offering a domestic service wholly within the United Kingdom, then...

SO FAR in this series on loads, the emphasis has been on the dangers of careless loading and the use of unsuitable materials...