18 TALKS on the next wages ound draw nearer. Road laulage Association outhern area secretary &art Simpson says that he an...

HE Amalgamated Union of :ngineering Workers says it as not given Vauxhall workers its approval to black he Japanese-built lsuzu...

HITTING THE ROAD next week is the Road Haulage Association's 40-tonne COMPACT campaign lorry. The mobile exhibition and...

THREE European states have been given a rap over the knuckles by the EEC Transport Ministers for their enforcement of drivers'...

SIR BERNARD SCOT1 chairman of Lucas Industrie until March of this year, ha been elected president of th Society of Motor...

ITAIN has secured a special deal for ry and bus driving licences which has iped the EEC move a step much closer a common...

SEVERAL British lorry drivers were among those expected home earlier this week, after being held up by protests on the border...

the Old Testament must have wondered for a moment how Lord Mishcon would paraphrase King David's lament for Saul and Jonathan...

LUXEMBOURG this week the luncil of Transport Ministers iefly discussed the Green per on transport infrastruc • e. They hope to...

R ARTHUR ARMITAGE gave a clear hint last week that his wiry is moving towards an increase in permitted lorry aights when he...

LIVESTOCK farming company, fined for using a vehicle on hich insufficient road tax had been paid, lost its High Court peal...

SHOWMEN want the 18m limit on drawbar outfits to be raised to 22m when hauling living vans. The Showmen's Guild was appealing...

THE Freight Transport Association has extended its series of mini seminars dealing with the introduction of the tachograph....

The quota of co-operation !rmits (available to hauliers ho provide backloads to )rtugese operators) is to le immediately from...

THE Port of Dover increasi its gross revenue by 22 cent to over E11rn in 1979 year of record traffic growl ln the Dover Harbour...

THE NEW ABC Guide to Recovery Services listing telephone numbers, lift/tow capacities, spare part availability, and hours of...

A HAULIER representing himself at the Transport Tribunal in London has had his case referred back to the deputy Licensing...

Its looking for an AEC Mammoth Major fitted wi Wreckers International Bulldog twin boom recovery equ rnent and belongs to the...

I BELIEVE it would not be possible to raise funds for a fixed hannel link without state investment of one kind or anther." So...

OFFFICIALS at the EEC Commission are studying ways of tightening Common Market rules covering the transport of live animals....

N EMPLOYEE working for two associated companies conmutively should have his service considered as continuous rnployment for the...

DMT Transport Ltd has acquired the business of T. Scott Transport Ltd. The Lincoln-based company will now provide a total...

CUMMINS have increased their market share as suppliers of engines in the UK over 28-ton tractive unit category. According to...

CHUBB Alarms Ltd has recently introduced a microcomputer-based security monitoring and control system designed specifically for...

DAVCO has announced ii all-British designed an manufactured totally por able security system. Known as the Multiguar( the...

WHEN vehicles or trailers are used to carry containers, engineering equipment or skip loaders, the height of the vehicle and...

THE Western Traffic Area Maintenance Committee of the Road Haulage Association has produced a booklet entitled Effective Brake...

The first, a CF Holmes 750 ahicle recovery unit, is disrayed fitted on a Foden Super aulmaster 6x4 chassis. It has capacity to...

AT BEDFORD's Mil!brook proving ground last week I had my first chance to drive some vehicles in the new TL range which was...

VEHICLES hired to bus and coach operators for short periods viii remain the responsibility of their regular operators and viii...

DUTE and vehicle costing, stock control and analysis of affic, and revenue statistics and the payroll for 14,000 nployees are...

LONDON busmen have agreed to a 20 per cent pay award and a reduction in their working week from 40 hours to 39 hours. A number...

THE WARNING by chairman Lord Shepherd, that many co because of the Transport Bill ment last week. of the National Bus Company...

WREXHAM MAGISTRATES have thrown out a case against a coach operator who ran a free service to and from a bingo club....

DESPITE objections from th Greater Manchester Police the North-western Traffi Commissioners hay approved proposals by te...

IN SHARP contrast to the heated and emotional Press conference that marked the release of the controversial PA report on IT...

DEVON Conversions of Sidmouth have added the Toyota Hi-ace to their range of minibus conversions. Available with 12 or 14...

HE LONDON TRANSPORT ne-bomb finally exploded last eek. Relations between LT and le Greater London Counci, )ve been...

CASH FLOW problems loom large in the minds of all businessmen today. How best to make use of capital is another pressing...

YOUR recent news item "Freightliner md attacks hauliers" (CM, June 7, p3) indicates some misunderstanding as to my recent...

I was a little disappointed that there was no response to your report (CM, June 7) on Frank Tinsdale's sudden resignation from...

I WOULD be interested to know how many of the operators who read Commercial Motor can afford to have 25 per cent of their...

I READ with interest Mr MI timer's letter (CM, May 3' While it is true that the tyre 1 for a 38or 40-ton vehicle v be somewhat...

Seven in all and - neyfe diesel-powered, but is - ne transpoi manager likely to go for -nem? Tim BlakemoR repot on -nese...

E WO most striking factors to . emerge am the table of results for all the cars are eir high price and good fuel consumption....

ONE of the unforseen blessings of membership of the EEC is the requirement that every vehicle produced in the United Kingdom...

MICHELIN has been contributing to energy conservation in subtle ways for nearly 30 years. Compared with the cross-ply cover,...

STEPHEN GIBBS, chairman of Turner and Newall, which owns Ferodo and many other companies, does not beat about the bush. In an...

SIX high-speed gasmen from Norwich have defected to the enemy and entered for the Lucas Electrathon speed trial for...

AUSTRALIA'S taxis, eac averaging 80,000 miles a yea' would cost £20 a week less t run if they were converted fror petrol to...

A. R. PORTER, editor of The lrc Wheel, published by the Lai cashire Traction Engine Clul was delighted when he cam across an...

"E7,000 PER YEAR plus company car." Look through the management and sales situations vacant columns in the national papers and...

TODAY'S high standard of commercial vehicle maintenance is a reflection of transport engineers' willingness to install up to...

well-documented and argued about for a long while, but the basic fact to emerge from the events of the Seventies was that the...

BATTERIES are expensive and any extra care which will prolong their life is well worth while. Correct installation when the...

By Les Oldridge, T Eng (CE I). MIMI IN the last article (May 10) it was stated that if a vehicle carrying an abnormal load...