One of the major issues in the General Election campaign, now happily in its last few days, has been the use of union power....

LE National Freight Corporation made a record trading profit £20.1m on a gross turnover of £407m in 1978. After deduction £9.2m...

THE NATIONAL Bus Corn , pany has claimed that more bus traffic schemes could save the company millions GI pounds by easing...

E IRANIAN activities of the NFC are all but folded up. Mr K. ok, the Corporation's Director of Technical and Overseas Fairs...

THE SHORTAGE of diesel fuel at garages and service areas seems to be worsening as stocks dwindle. Hauliers are reporting that...

BRS Rescue claims that 20 per cent of the entire UK commercial vehicle fleet is now in its registered membership. The service...

ANY incoming Government must repeal unnecessary laws and leave business alone to get on with the job said Freight Transport...

IN THE run-up to the Get Election the fate of the N; nal Freight Corporation been a subject in the man toes of both main...

OUR ARTICLE by Wilh Dreskornfeld on Geri transport last week said ■ tons of freight were carrie road in 1978; the figure sill...

IE NATIONAL Freight Corration has reported March having been one of the siest periods in its trading tory. A spokesman for the...

LEYLAND has goine into the Spanish market with the announcement of the formation of a new company, Leyland Espana which will be...

THERE are no better vehicle: in the 7.5 to 10 ton categon than Bedfords or 'Ford! according to Peter Thompson chief executive...

OVER 500 towns and village: that need bypasses have little chance of having them built within the next 20 years say: the...

LORRY driver who was dismissed for suspected dishonesty by e Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd has been awarded £3,825...

IN OUR road test of the Seddon Atkinson 300 on April 13 we quoted the price of £23,963 as tested which includes the body and...

AMONG the winners Queen's Awards for Expos Achievement announce earlier this week are severs companies in the commerch vehicle...

A NEW series of paperbacl books for businessmen the will be useful for hauliers wa launched yesterday. The series, called...

anti lorry group THE THAMES Valley branch of Transport 2000, the transport pressure group, has published an open letter...

airport delays CARRYFAST is to introduce a new service aimed at avoiding the delays at major European airports by running a...

NORTH SEA Ferries has a nounced that sailings of ti M.V. Norland on the Hul Rotterdam (Europoort) rou will be distupted next...

INCIDENT in which a lorry driver was convicted and fined taking away a vehicle without consent and using it whilst insured...

ARC welding safety cur.n which is not only a visual reen but also withstands arks and droplets of moulten .ttal has been...

DETAILED arrangements have now been announced for the Road Freight Transport international conference being sponsored by the...

FORD profits for 1978 were well short of the company's targets and were slightly lower than I977's figure. The just-published...

CTICAL advice on new road tanker labelling regulations is available in a booklet price Ell which has been published by Health &...

REPRESENTATIONS have been made to Manchester Airport Authority because lorries carrying stone for runway repairs and...

WHEN AN Edinburgh 1 driver refused to go Birmingham to pick up a 11 he was dismissed. But an dustrial tribunal has decil that...

latfield show debut ERE was plenty of interest he transport exhibits at this ak's Site Equipment Deristration — SED — which...

for Milian market BEDFORD'S top weight specification the TM 44 tonner, first developed for the Italian market, made its debut...

PESCO Ltd of Tamworth make locks and fittings for by bodybuilders has desigr a hinged pillar for Ingitr drop-side truck...

!UTHAMPTON City Transport general manager Bill Lewis wribed the struggle for the development of bus priorities ice the early...

SCOTTISH Bus Group corn pany Alexander (Midland) ha introduced zonal travel card! in its Stirling "zone" in a bid t( increase...

GREATER Manchester Transport is to launch a new Satur. day shoppers bus service tc link the major stores ir Manchester's spread...

■ TIONAL Travel (NBC) Ltd has planned a major facelift to prove facilities at Victoria Coach Station London. [he planned...

iland Red is to launch yet ather of its 'tailor made demised bus networks folring a market analysis prot in the Nuneaton and...

AN APPLICATION to relocate an Alder Valley stage carriage bus top to a busy shopping street in a Reading shopping centre has...

ONE BUS travel bargain not going up in price this year is the National Bus Company "Wanderbus" Ltd. "Wanderbus" gives...

SOUTHAMPTON City Trar sport's new workshop block E its Portswood Depot redev( lopment was officially opene by the chairman of...

COACH insurance specialis Chapman Stevens of Woobm Green, Buckinghamshire 111 added a scheme for person accident insurance to...

TOWCESTER Parish Council (Northants) is looking into t possibility of starting a half-fare concessionary bus scher whch could...

3t anniversary coach rally RIGHTON was again the venue last weekend for the 25th nnual British Coach Rally where British and a...

Fecrure by Alan Millar Pictures by Brian Weatherley PURISTS will tell you with feeling that refrigerated meat, fruit, or...

Graham Montgomerie examines HTrs cool idea for transportable storage of containers AS IF ANYONE involved in transport needs...

Trans frigoroute poised to play a greater role at government leve ALTHOUGH a total of more than 400 firms belong to Transfrigo...

on the shine for 1979 and get your en - ry in now for the haulag class of CM's famous Livery Competition ARTICULATED VEHICLE...

I READ your Editorial in CM March 16, with great interest and find myself in complete agreement with your views. The experience...

THE EMPHASIS of your editorial of March 16 concerning the very large number of 'O' - licences held by small operators and...

I FIND the CPC questions very helpful indeed, as I am sure that your five questions each week helped me to pass my exam for...

IT MAY seem unnecessary at this season of the year to go on about dangerous road conditions in winter. Yet, this is precisely...

IT IS SAD to read letters in Cri from individuals who appear t be so ill-informed. 1 refer to the letter "Who' heard of -...

3ECOGNISING a section of the narket with growth potential 3RS Truck Rental recently inluded refrigerated vehicles in ts hire...

iII Brock takes a fresh look at Hubbard cab ventilators :NCOURAGED by sunshine luring the Easter break the iummer motorist...

Noel Miller looks up market ONLY a few British coach operators have specified the fitting of air-conditioning to their coaches...

vehicles — 100 per cent with refrigeration units, carrying cheese — through to all parts of Britain. The company with this...

The story of refrigerated container OCLU 2653, Part 1, by Truck and Bus staff writer Steve Brad HAVE you ever spared a...

Part 2 by CM "s Alan Millar WAITING for container OCLU 2653 and the Melbourne Express made me feel like an expectant father. I...

Northern enthusiasts for models (no, not that kind) will have a field day on May 5 when the 16th Manchester Model Bus...

The hard-won experience of J. E. (Jed) Day will not be lost to Southern British Road Services on his retirement as marketing...

When Jed left shippinghe joined Carey, Davis and Thomas, a famous clearing house and haulage company, and became London...

Ten thousand people are expected to become hauliers in the next 12 months and many of them will go bankrupt within five years....

WHEN DPA and - in-line" injection pumps are serviced, two main tests, "calibration" and "phasing" have to be done. -...

THE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1918(1) by Les Oldridge, Tech Eng (CEI), MiMI. AMIRTE THIS ACT which came into...

One London firm moves into vehicle sales, another into contract - - FAMILY FIRMS are often identified by the personalities of...

FREIGHTLINER has named Jim Burnham as director of marketing and operations. Mr Burnham joined Freightliner in 1968 as manager,...

make the man — well perhaps they do, but we don't make any such grand claim for this week's special offer. However, we suggest...