7.5 tonnes will be new driving maximum THE CHANGE from 3 tons unladen weight to 7.5 tonnes (7.38 tons) gross plated weight as...

TO DEVELOP its trading operations in Eastern European countries, General Motors is to sign a multi-million pound agreement with...

TRANSPORT specialists and training managers from a dozen European countries are to meet in London from April 27 to 30 to...

LORRY DRIVER Jack Raven was looking forward to his supper and a few pints after a day on the road. But he ended the day with a...

TRAFFIC will soon be back on the costly and time-consuming sea route to the Gulf unless hauliers are paid a sensible rate for...

NO GROUNDS exist for imposing a "social cost tax" en road It - eight transport. This is the conclusion of an inve;tigation...

RAPIDLY escalating costs are frequently not being recovered by increased charges, one of Britain's biggest road haulage groups...

A LOBBY was working against buses, Mr Robert Brook, National Bus Company's Western divisional director told the long-service...

AN IMMEDIATE STUDY of transport services in Scotland has been ordered by the Scottish Shadow Secretary, Mr Alick...

GOODS VEHICLES with a maximum permissible weight of 7 tons and over will be prohibited from using Swedish roads which have E...

Nobody disputes that a developing communications network is the basis upon which under-developed countries grow. The point has...

British haulier to help stamp out thefts from loads by fellow work mates. Mr Jack Brown, managing director of Atlas Express,...

strictest confidence if they thought a colleague was dishonest. Mr Brown, who is chairman of the RHA's vehicle security...

BRITISH goods-in-transit and motor insurers, in conjunction with a Turkish insurance company, have come up with a scheme to...

A NEW computerised truck market has been started by the Primrose Group. Computatruck is aimed to supply prospective buyers of...

DESPITE the major concessions made by the Government (CM last week) the fight against the Dock Work Regulation Bill is far from...

THE CLOSURE of Seddon Atkinson's Atherton plant and their workshop at the Bamber Bridge plant is to begin on June 18. The...

THERMO King—maker of truck refrigerator units—is to set up a £20m plant at Galway, Co Kildare, Republic of Ireland, to supply...

WITH the giving of Royal Assent to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Bill last week closed shops become legal...

EXPORTS were nearly two and a half times imports in motor products in February, according to statistics issued by the SMMT this...

NCL man to NFC NATIONAL Carriers' managing director Richard Teager is to join the National Freight Corporation in the newly...

UNSATISFACTORY maintenance of vehicles operated by Pickfords Tank Haulage Ltd, from its two East Midland depots, led to the...

A BANFFSHIRE haulier wants to develop a regular fish freighting service between Orkney and the fish markets at Aberdeen and...

HAULIERS must watch out for and report on bad access to farms and farm buildings, said Road Haulage Association agricultural...

THIS year's annual tipping convention is likely to be bigger and better than ever. The whole of the Harrogate exhibition...

MOVING the Commercial Vehicle Show to the new National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham in 1978 will not necessarily mean that...

Slowing up THERE are now 1,312 miles of motorways in Britain including 114 miles which have been opened in the past 12 months...

TEN new Mercedes-Benz 0303 coach chassis with Jonckheere Bermuda bodies have been put in operation for the summer season by...

by CM reporter ALLEGATIONS that coaches like "works buses in France" supplied by East Kent Road Car Co Ltd, on the special...

THE FIRST exhibition organised by the Private Association of Motor Bus Owners will take place at the Burlington Hotel...

SOUTH Yorkshire PTE is to take over the Doncaster-based Felix Coaches Ltd in an effort to integrate the passenger transport...

FIRST of the Van Hool-bodied Ailsas has now been delivered to South Yorkshire PTE. This Is the first export order of...

BUS CREWS at a Dunfermline depot have voted not to implement service cuts due to start this month. Mr James Irvine, branch...

A FAST NEW coach service proposed by National Travel (North West) Ltd, between Pwllheli and London Victoria, has been approved...

SEVERAL choices of seating arrangements are available on the crew-cab conversion for the Bedford TK range, which is now being...

A SPECIAL 40ft version of the Taskvan semi-trailer has been built by Cravens Homalloy (Sheffield) Ltd and fitted out for...

FOUR 9.1m (30ft) York Freightmaster trailers are now in service with F. Austin (Leyton) Ltd delivering the Austinsuite range of...

WHEN BUYING a new tractive unit, operators can show a considerable saving in delivery time if they arrange for all the...

by Stephen Geary A GREATER London Council plan to ban lorries over 40ft long from London at night is likely to cost hauliers...

It's what CMLDoY is all about Alan Wilson, National Secretary, previews the 23rd competition "SOME PEOPLE say that you drive...

"THE ESSENCE of the change over the past 10 years or so has been that instead of transport planning simply catering for trends...

I was astonished to read in such an authoritative journal as yours, Trevor Longcroft's remark (March 5 issue) : "The tipping...

Undoubtedly, the introduction of pallets brought great benefits to many of us. Speed and ease of handling in transit and...

Whilst offering you my congratulations on the great efforts that you are putting in to keep the transport industry abreast of...

We would not want your readers to get the 'impression from the news item (CM February 20) headed "Bodybuilders boom" that only...

I read with interest the report (CM, March 19) by Stephen Geary on the recent Conference held by the Institute of Purchasing...

, Continuing last week ' s article about the likely effect on costs of the 8-hour driving day and the possibility of additional...

You've heard of the Government plans to produce a Green Paper on integrated transport before the summer. I'm sure. Well, a...

Bill Ronan, the principal guest at last week's CIT annual dinner, is currently chairman of the Port Authority of New York and...

Old sailors will remember the middle-watch "wakey wakey": "Pssst ! Want to buy a battleship mate ?" This week I've heard of the...

The tele cartoon programmes have taken over in Somerset. Haulage contractor Michael Fowler, of Cheddar, found difficulty in...

British Rail's consultancy unit Transmark has taken over Transmode Ltd, a specialist consultancy company, from NFC and British...

and operational trial LIKE MOST French models, the Simca 1100 high-top van is, of course, tall and has style. A recent CM road...

MAPS are potent propaganda, as Mr Michael Foot will bear witness. It was only under pressure from his opponents that he made...

Pressure to reduce downtime EVEN when the fleet engineer has a good preventative maintenance scheme going, he is under...

by Sue Copeman NO LONGER is it compulsory by law to obtain a green card for insurance cover In EEC countries. The green card...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE psv regs 4 THE Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and...

steep cambers of the ride and handling circuit, but the coach coped admirably with potholes and corrugated surfaces. Hill...

charge of a vehicle while having excess alcohol in his blood, and convicted, must be penalised by having his licence suspended....

the braking system was not in order. The job was being done by a recovery vehicle and the broken-down vehicle was on a...

Metropolitan Authorities discuss planning problems by John Darker, AMBIM IS INTEGRATED transport a meaningful concept ? This...