The president of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport, Mr Ian Cunningham, defended the status quo on road...

M publishes in November a ook containing about 50 lestions and answers on the se of tachographs. The questions cover the ower...

GRANTS totalling more than E13m have been made by the European Regional Development Fund towards the cost of over 50...

TACHOGRAPHS will almost certainly be a legal requirement in all new vehicles from January 1, 1980. As CM went to press...

DAF IS widening its Britishi coach range for next year by adding mid and rear-engined vehicles. The company announced this...

CUMMINS 250 turbo power is the latest change to the all-British ERF B-Series tractive units. CM has been testing the new ERF on...

HEAVIER vehicles can save up to 20 per cent fuel when fitted with a new ZF eightspeed Ecosplit gearbox, it is claimed. A...

TRANSPORT PEOPLE feature among those who have recently been invited to become Fellows of the British Institute of Management....

TRANSPORT MANAGER of International Paints, Robert Witt (right' is presented with the silver salver by CM's publishing director....

THE PROBLEMS of rural transport are to be thrashed out at a symposium at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory on November...

CONFEDERATION of British Road Passenger Transport president Ian Cunningham has hit out at the Government's "reckless haste" in...

FERRYMASTERS has opened a new £220,000 depot at Newark, Notts, on a twoacre site to build up the company's activities...

"TRAVELLING gentlemen" — itinerant scrap-metal dealers — belong in the licensing system. And the West Midlands Licensing...

DOUGHTY Trailer Sales of Bournemouth, which markets the Lube Liner fifth-wheel lubricating disc, has extended its parts...

THE CENTRE for Physical Distribution and Management is to stage a series of seminars given by American experts who claim that...

Portakabin and Coventry Steel Caravans of Newport Pagnell have co-operated to produce the Kabmobile, a 7m (23ft) mobile...

A SELF-EMPLOYED driver, Alan Whitefield of Paddington, was fined a total of £225 at Newton-le-Willow Magistrates Court for...

TRANSPORT operators car rying frozen foodstuffs on in ternational journeys will wel come a new Department o Transport...

A DRIVER who was sacked by Barrie Lake (Haulage) Ltd, Sheffield after refusing to take out a load which involved an overnight...

TWO NEW fork-lift trucks have been added to range of materials handling equipment currently manufactured by Coventry's Climax's...

FREIGHT COMPUTER Services, which has been working for the National Freight Corporation for seven years, is to offer a range of...

CPT elects new• president NEWLY-ELECTED president for 1980 of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) is...

fleet for Papal visit ONE OF THE biggest coach and bus operations ever undertaken in the British Isles is being planned in...

in q uiry A FIFE BUS operator was warned that she would have to comply with conditions laid down by the Traffic Commissioners...

FOLLOWING a study of local travel patterns, National Travel (South West) is to introduce winter service revisions, including...

MANCHESTER'S new Arndale bus station opened for buses this week. The covered bus station, built inside Manchester's new Arndale...

BIRMINGHAM coach operators Allenways is to celebrate its Golden Jubilee next month. Allenways, which went limited in 1929, now...

PADENNE of Italy is the latest coach bodybuilder considering building vehicles for the British market. A spokesman for the...

LONDON'S Tourist Coact Operators' Association ha! announced that it is to step tit its drive to promote industry'!...

FURTHER phasing-in of EEC drivers' hours regulations for psv drivers come into effect from October 1. Maximum driving in a day...

LONDON COUNTRY Service's inter-airport Jetlinlr 747 Green Line coach servic( has proved a success. The non-stop coach service...

AUTOMATIC DUMP trucks were last week demonstrated by Fodens Ltd at Ardley Quarry, Oxfordshire. Vehicles from both the...

TACHOGRAPH manufacturer Kienzle has developed a device aimed at improving the fuel consumption of the vehicle. Known as the...

THE SCAMMELL name is to appear on a range of chassisless van semi-trailers designated Fleetline. The Fleetline, built by York...

THE CUSTOMER will benefit from a E2m five-year investment on new battery manufacturing techniques. Chloride says that when all...

RENAULT Truck and Buses has announced two new models, the GF 151, a 16-ton rigid, and the TF 231, a 32/34ton tractive unit...

nere is no longer any choice-the bus must win the end, if there is to be a viable future for passenger transport. Alan Miller...

bus services? BRITISH RAIL chairman Sir Peter Parker was principal speaker at the conference, and played on CPT's intitial to...

IT WAS STATED recently in Commercial Motor that hauliers' costs have increased by 20 per cent over the year — yet the newly...

I WAS MOST interested to read Know the Law — Hazard Warning Labels (3) (CM, September 14). I feel I should point out, however,...

I MAY BE able to help you with some information about 'George', the yellow VW LT31 featured in the Light Vans Livery...

Hands up all those who knew an - interface with the media" was a Press conference? And how many of you Smart Alecs knew that an...

The sleight-of-hand specialist who can unknowingly relieve you of your braces without removing your jacket is a bungler...

A Calor Transport driver who had a good idea has won £3666 with it. This is a quarter of the first year's net saving of £14,500...

Much of Britain's motorway mileage has now reached the age of decay. This has been accelerated by the appalling winter and many...

The road transport industry is no longer the sinecure of male chauvinists. Women have infiltrated it in greatly increasing...

The suggestion by a Devon vicar that parishioners should pray for garage owners not to profiteer on petrol opens up wide...

Alan Millar joins Don and Gerry on a run down to Spain Costa del Azahar to pick up goods for Herts-based Infradex POSTERS in...

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng (C El), MIMI, AMIRTE I GET more inquiries about the law concerning the towing of broken-down vehicles...

Brian Chalmers-Hunt recounts the story of Wilkinson Transport "s bold move into specialised transport for carpets MOVING floor...

Own-account operator claims to be the first to be to use drawbars, demounts and demount tail-lifts in combination, Report by...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR contained a feature article nearly ten years ago on "Distribution & Transport Planning for Plessey" which...

THERE are many components on motor vehicles which have to be located on a shaft so that they do not revolve on the shaft but...

...says Steve Gray of Ford popular D-Series range, which he has road-tested in its latest and most economical form. But driver...

reliable and versatile transport than farmers. When public services are not readily available and when farmers do not have the...

By CVs FgieerLg Hdior WHATEVER job a lorry is employed for, maximum use is of prime importance. It is here that an automatic...

IL could oe later t non yoL thi K, war ris Alan Villa' NO LEGISLATION remains relevant if left for too long, and the last...

A CV rEoorter advises you look before you leap into lorry purchase ALTHOUGH FARMERS I have talked to tend to regard their vans...

Your quid to tho big rigbs By CV's Stew Gray THE SIXTEEN-TON sector of the British commercial vehicle market is the most...

CV road - tes[er Bill Broci.c. ta - ces 13 4x4s - t - rroJgia field ca - rct s[recr_m_ SINCE the introduction of the Land -...

It's a Coddle if you ta - Ke your time By CV's Technical Editor THERE is no need to fear the annual Department of Transport...

t-\AT Peter Jones t-\AT Peter Jones FERRYING 6109 tonnes of sugar beet 12 miles to the Peterborough sugar factory for £1.27 a...