THIS WEEK the British motor industry can pull its shoulders back and hold its head high. The reason for this mild burst of...

TRANSPORT MINISTER Lynda Chalker this week revealed details of the £10m QHV 90 project for quieter goods vehicles by 1990....

A PUBLIC INQUIRY may yet be held into the Greater London Council's plan for a night and weekend lorry ban, the ruling Labour...

THE ROAD Haulage Association's campaign to end the Post Office's exemption from tachograph rules for parcels work may be...

A SEVEN-POINT directive has been issued by the Transport and General Workers' Union executive to try to bring a speedy end to...

PROBLEMS connected with overloading at the Ravenscraig works of the British Steel Corporation were highlighted when Transport...

THE ANTI-SPRAY regulations which were expected to be published within days of CM going to press this week, may not now apply to...

NO LEGAL obligation is laid on Transport Ministers in Rome to draw up a transport policy for the EEC. And were, the European...

COMMON MARKET authorities are seeking a relaxation in the tolls and taxes faced by trucks crossing Austria as a trade-off...

B+I LINE claims that since it started its Holyhead/Dublin roro ferry service in 1982, freight levels have risen by 22 per cent...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport points out that, contrary to the story headlined "Flexible licensing" (CM, September 15, p3), the...

THE much heralded agreement between EEC transport ministers on drivers' hours, lorry weights and international permits which...

INTERNATIONAL hauliers face additional annual charges ranging up to almost ELMO if they use Swiss roads from next January...

TWO MEN accused of conspiracy and forgery in relation to an application for an hgv driving licence have been committed for...

SCOTTISH FREIGHT, the National Freight Consortium's regional group holding company for Scottish Road Services and Scottish...

PARCELS specialist TNT has elevated two former National Freight Consortium men to key positions in its enterprise. John...

JOHN CURREY is the new general manager of the Bardlense Group, parent company of Norfolk-based Windfoil and Econolite, the...

AS PART of the major reshuffle within the National Freight Consortium top management next month, Michael Wigmore will become UK...

RYDER Truck Rental has made David Fenn its personnel director, based at Ealing, West London. He was previously with AFA...

CONTROL SYSTEMS, the busticketing equipment manufacturer, has made David Lee its transport sales manager. Des Beeson,...

AFTER three years research and development and a cost of £10M, Leyland's Terrier-replacement, the Roadrunner, has finally been...

SCAN1A has developed two new 8.5-litre six-cylinder diesel engines for use in its new 92Series truck range, for operation from...

NORDE'S SOLUTION to operators' problems over axle-load equalisation, particularly on tri-axle trailers, is its new Fluidride...

BEDFORD'S lsuzu-designed Midivan range of panel of window vans, nine-seat personnel wagons and 12/15seater minibuses is being...

EATON TRUCK Components new heavy truck semi-automatic twin-splitter transmission will become available by mid1986. It is based...

AT PARIS next week, Renault Vehicules lndustriels will be displaying its latest G and Rrange vehicles with specification...

EARLIER this month Daf celebrated the assembly number 250,000 at its Eindhoven plant in Holland. of vehicle Daf began as a...

ERF's CP-Series tractive unit is the company's first weapon in an armoury designed to prevent the company from going out of...

A LESS REGULATED bus industry will not be allowed to become a less safe one, Transport Minister Lynda Chalker told guests at...

NO ANTIPATHY exists between the Bus and Coach Council and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders over the SMMT's...

SCANIA is complementing its heavyweight K112 coach with the K92, powered by a downrated version of a new low-revving 8.5-litre...

DERBY City Council has been ordered to reduce its charges for operators using Derby Central bus station. Trent Motor Traction,...

LONDON Regional Transport may raise its bus and Underground fares in January, rather than next spring as expected earlier,...

HESTAIR DENNIS has won new vehicle orders in the currently depressed stage-bus market. Ipswich Borough Transport has ordered...

The Red Rover Omnibus Company was seeking a stage licence for a service between Cryers Hill and London Wall, which it currently...

Wiper blades for everyone TRICO'S TX wiper-blade range, designed for commercial vehicles, has been completely revised to give...

No, I don't condone unsafe practice THE CRITICISM of my comments on BBC's Going Places contained in your Editorial of August...

WHATEVER happened to Basic English? As I remember, its cause was championed by Winston Churchill. The idea was that with a...

PHIL IVES went down fighting aboard HMS Belfast. Before lowering his personal pennant, he castigated the Government and the...

The Leyland Bus Tiger 260 shone brightly among Continental exhibits. Noel Millier finds interesting variations on existing...

good bookings,' writes Brian Weatherley, who looks at tremendous improvements implemented during four years AIR TRAVELLERS...

With a new cab, chassis frame and front axle, the Roadrunner is poised to attack the burgeoning 7.5-tonne market. Tim Blakemore...

If you've seen the TV commercial for Roadrunner you'll know Leyland re proved that their new 7.5 tonne ck can take a spot of...

Once this break-even point is reached, reports Brian Weatherley, Ford's diesel van could save businessmen a great deal of...

MENTION the name King in the company of transport operators and they will think of specialist trailers for heavy haulage. A...

David Wilcox delves into the multi uses of the hard to pin down Multicar from East Germany TRYING to categorise the Multicar...