B RITAIN is inching its way towards metrication, it is claimed. The same could be said of the European Economic Community's...

BRITAIN lives by its exports and many hauliers live by carrying export loads. We're taking a look at international haulage next...

Road programme grows Fifty-one new road schemes, 25 of them bypasses, have been added to the English trunk road programme 4...

EEC TRANSPORT Ministers finally hammered out a compromise on Monday on a more flexible arrangement of rest periods and driving...

THE GOVERNMENT has ordered an 18-month study with a view to building a third Dartford Tunnel or a bridge, Transport Minister...

THE CONTRACTOR carrying out the Al(M) Roestock-Stanborough scheme at Hatfield has been told to keep two lanes open in each...

TACHOGRAPH calibration fees, last increased in May last year, go up by over seven per cent next week. With effect from July 1,...

FIFTY-ONE new road schemes — 25 of them bypasses — have been added into the English road programme at a cost of - 011m. The...

A legal challenge is under way over the Government's decision to raise the Severn Bridge's tolls this week by 150 per cent....

THE EEC Commission has expressed concern at possible inadequacies in regulations governing the transport of live animals. But...

H. CAMPEY and Sons were cleared of using a vehicle with a defective tachograph after Alfreton magistrates decided the company...

A VERDICT of not proven was returned on owner-driver James Forbes of Montrose on Friday last week after he had been accused of...

EUROPEAN truck manufacturers are responding to the urgent need for famine relief vehicles to be sent to Africa, and Leyland has...

LEASELINF is expanding its light van contract hire and leasing operation following the restructure of its commercial vehicle...

by a special cortespident OVERLOADING fines imposed on Ron Hall International Trucking by the Halesowen magistrates were...

ROAD Haulage Association director-general Freddie Plaskett has added his voice to the condemnation of the Department of...

BRAKE parts manufacturer Lucas Girling has been in dispute with South Wales operator Karyon (trading as Durrant Transport...

NORTHERN IRELAND operators stand to benefit from the expansion of Freight Transport Association activities to the province....

LORRIES carrying chemical products classified under ADR standards may now use the Frejus Tunnel between France and Italy, thus...

ARCHIBALD SCOTT, of Bellshill, orrated for 108 years by the Scott family as a specialist mobile shop coachbuilders, has been...

YORK TRA1LER's group sales office phone number in Corby has been changed to 0536 203561.

TOP GOVERNMENT, EEC and industry speakers have been booked for the Freight Transport Association's biennial conference in...

George McLeod THE NEW POST of marketing and development manager at P&O Roadtanks has been filled by George McLeod, formerly...

A PRIVATE sector transport manager has joined the London Borough of Lambeth in charge of its transport operations. Robert...

THE EVER-CHANGING scene at the National Freight Consortium brings a new director to the main board, to a subsidiary company,...

ANC MIDLANDS, the regional subsidiary of parcels group ANC Holdings, has made David Boon its managing director. He joins the...

KEITH KID SON is the new secretary and chief accountant of United Counties, the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Buckingham...

GAY FENN-SMITH takes over next week as executive chairman of the United Transport Company, the holding company for the British...

BECAUSE Canterbury City Council had failed to send a copy of its objection to plans to BRS Southern to move into the Roadline...

BRS MIDLANDS is to supply a Birmingham barbecue and garden furniture company with a dedicated distribution fleet. It is...

BRS NORTHERN'S Doncaster branch -is to be the base for a new contract with Northern Counties Newspapers for the distribution of...

TAYSIDE Regional Council's road committee has urged a ban on sleeper cab overnight parking within official town parks where the...

LIVER TRANSPORT, part of the Unilever-owned UAC International, is to close its Liverpool office in November, with the loss of...

DRIVERS' HOURS and tachograph offences cost J E Clarke and Company (Transport) of Yate and 18 of the company's drivers £6,250...

SMALL OPERATORS unable to spare time for evening classes are among the target markets for a series of open learning transport...

A NEW Scottish company, Bell Rock Transport, has been formed by three owner drivers, James Traill, Doug Rennie and Alec Scott,...

SUFFOLK POLICE seized thousands of pounds of goods after raids on the homes of workers at the port of Felixstowe, a spokesman...

ORKNEY Sea Link has been launched on the South Island of Orkney to promote and create a ro-ro ferry link between Burwick and...

The self-contained Fuelminder system has horizontal cylindrical tank and steel surround, an electrically operated high-speed...

HYSTER has complemented its range of combination engine lift trucks with a new generation of nine electric lift truck models...

because of the additional payload offered by a Volvo F7 drawbar combination, according to general manager David Hall. The...

A further 11 Ampliroll units, which can push filled containers back on to the carrying frame while continuing into the tipping...

CATS WHISKERS, The Schlegal spray suppression system, incorporating an extruded polypropylene sheet used in conjunction with...

by Bryan Jarvis CARRYMASTER'S new 4,550sqm (49,000sqft) extension to its Carcroft, Doncaster factory has been officially...

DACTRON of Reddish, Stockport, has produced a precise sensing and data process system for in-motion weighing. The low profile...

FEES FOR public service vehicle driver's licences will rise from July 1. The psv driver's licence fee goes up from £5 to £10,...

EASTERN National Engineering has won the 1984 National Bus Company chairman's award for innovation. The award was for the...

MIDLAND Red West is to replace Leyland National single-deckers in Worcester with a new fleet of minibuses. The company plans...

NOT the world's largest articulated bus, but the restoration of double-deckers to an established bus fleet. Premier Travel...

A DIAL-A-RIDE minibus service — first of its kind in Scotland — was launched on June 18 by Grampian Regional Council. The...

LONDON Regional Transport has announced details of the next three stages in its route tendering scheme. Ten more routes to be...

by Noel Millier VOYAGE National, the National Bus Company's French coaching venture, has become fully operational with the...

MUCH-BETTER off-street parking facilities for buses and coaches are needed in central London, Metropolitan Police Commioner Sir...

OPERATORS thinking of taking advantage of bus deregulation next year are being canvassed by the Central Manchester College and...

JUDGMENT has been reserved by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioners in the battle over stage services in Warwickshire between...

VOLVO BUS (GB) has on an order for a further 4 Volvo B55 (Ailsa) bus underframes from the Ministry of Land Transport in...

THE BLAST-OFF earlier this month of the US Space Shuttle from its base in Florida on its 18th mission was the first occasion on...

IT IS an anachronism for the Traffic Commissioners to have overlapping responsibilities now that local authorities are so...

the visitors' reception centre on two-hour tours over much of the 220 square mile complex, often mistakenly referred to as Cape...

MOST certainly the Freight Transport Association must be applauded for its endeavours to have bridge and tunnel tolls...

I READ David Wilcox's article, Express parcels (CM, June 1) with interest. However, I feel that Datapost had an unfair...

WAS dismayed to see the article by Alan Millar (CM, May 11) about the demountable bus which Strathclyde Passenger Transport...

THANK YOU for the very full and fair account (CM, June 1, "Graded lorries mean finer treatment") by John Durant of the...

TANKCON Bryan Jarvis reports an increasing use of stainless steel by tanker manufacturers exhibiting at the RHA's Bristol...

WORLD WIDE Have you ever wondered how many lorries there are in Luxembourg, Russia or The Maldives? If so, John Durant has...

NEED MORE CARE While Britain has a remarkable record in that no member of the public has died since 1973 from a hazardous load...

AND ON THE RIGHT ROAD Having discarded its long established railway wagon building business Charles Roberts of Wakefield is...

N OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Professional...

TANKER OPERATORS Many small fleets may not be in tune with the new dangerous substances requirements. Tim Blakemore joins a...

f you arc afraid of the Sinclair CS t ricycle, what price the pillion of a scooter in Paris? Ten Vespas with skeleton bodywork...

EEC QUOTA Now the Common Market has developed a 'milk lake' with the result that dairy transport is being cut back. But tanker...

TRACTIVE UNITS TRACTIVE UNITS are much more than just the prestige end of the UK commercial vehicle market — they are big...

STOP THIEF A HEAVY-DUTY anti-theft device for commercial vehicles has been launched by security company Strongarm. The...

MANY GAINS WITH THE In response to a growing demand from operators for air-sprung coaches, Bedford unveiled its Venturer...