- he e - ritish road passenger transport industry, like its freight counterpart, is ine of the country's vastly under-rated...

A PLEA from Road Haulage Association vice-chairman John Silbermann for an agreement with the unions on the use of tachographs...

LADE UNION negotiators ve a great responsibility for e success of efforts to reduce e rate of inflation and imove living...

A NEW association for municipal transport officers is to be formed from the amalgamation of two existing bodies. From April 1...

MAJOR changes in the organisation of the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year competition will take place next year. The...

OUTPUT of Chrysler lorries has been slashed by 50 per cent due to the 16-week-old strike at Eaton Axles, of Newton Aycliffe,...

THE introduction of professional qualifications in the export field as a prerequisite to international operation in the UK...

Representative Regulations into effect said chief inspector of factories Jim Hammer last week. Delivering the annual Andrew...

Ford's A Series light commercials are available with a variety of bodywork, including a parcel van built by Dormobile. CM has...

CONCERN is being expressed by haulage contracdealing with foreign containers and trailers, the equipment is entering this...

THE CITY of London Corporation will soon apply to the GLC for an order to restrict unladen lorries to a 5-ton weight limit....

rattle for Crane Fruehauf this veek as the number of shares he company owned in Crane 'ose to 42.7 per cent. The news followed...

THE HOUSE of Commons has its funny littl endearing ways. There are, for instance, thos occasions when a Government Whip gets u...

THE PROBLEMS surrounding vehicles entering the country in an overloaded condition, though within Continental weight...

has closed after more than 25 years of operating. Woodham Bros (Haulage) Ltd, long-distance road haulier, which has traded from...

and what can be dorm about it? Does the RHA spurn the owner-driver? II so, is it justified? These at the questions we will be...

's official 1E French state-owned mpany, Renault, rencently flounced the merger of its o commercial vehicle sub Berliet and...

A BLACKPOOL commercial vehicle dealer had 17 charges relating to the use of a recovery vehicle dismissed by the town's...

criticised in Edinburgh last week by Freight Transport Association Scottish controller Jack Welsh. He said the directives,...

'shocking' fleet A PERTHSHIRE haulier was ordered to remove one vehicle from the road and had two others taken off for two...

A REPORT from the Conservation Society has stated that the building of trunk roads does nothing to help the economy — and the...

Elm for Leyland ORDERS worth over million , for Leylar Boxer range of trucks h been placed by Post Of Telecommunications. '...

NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary United Automobile Services Ltd's new maintenance depot at Peterlee, County Durham, was...

LONDON Transport took delivery of the 5000th Leyland Natio- 1 nal single deck bus to be produced by the purpose-built factory...

Decisions, decision! FURTHER advice ab , drivers' hours cannot usefi be given to bus undertaki until the formal decision of...

PRICE of a Leyland Leopard 12m coach chassis is, in fact, 24.10 and not £15,424, as stated in the Volvo B58 road test shed by...

According to the region council's planning chairm James Mitchell, bus route cu during Christmas and Ne Year are the worst he...

rREIGHTL1NERS have just accepted delivery of 20 Volvo F86 32-ton tractive units fitted with Jlison MT650 automatic gearboxes....

MERCEDES BENZ (UK) L has introduced a factory e change engine scheme. Each engine, supplied ful equipped with electrical unii...

BERLIET is now offering two additional and more powerful engines to the MDS 06.35.40, which produce 198kW (266hp) fitted to TRL...

The scheme is confined to elivery vans in the 750 to 750kg (15 to 35cwt) range ad the 62 vans to be operated 'dude 25 Bedford...

CM has had National Carriers' fir s t revised Dodge-based electric vehicle for a short test run. The original 3-ton payload is...

?ALLET WASTAGE costs inlustry millions of pounds a tear; it's a burning issue! I saw dozen going up in smoke on I Jubilee...

and are ,875 metres (55.4ft) long. rr Gepraigs told me that this he maximum practical length' Ulm — although the legal ximum...

road tested W in the past 12 months. e tested a double-decker a Scottish-made chassis Swedish engine (Ailsa); tch coach with a...

ANAGED to work a load to Glasgow during the ttish Motor Show and, ng a few hours to wait for return load, I popped g to Kelvin...

and second places in our PSV livery competition. judges unanimously chi Alexandra to win although ti discussed for some time...

SUSPECT that a good deal of our legislation is stupid, but lo not always find it easy to give the reasons. We should be oful...

bumped I have lived and worked in road transport for 53 years — mostly as a trades union officer — and have been involved in...

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feelings of the Hawk, Bird's-eye view (CM, November 18), towards the passing of the name Albion. In my opinion the name Albion...

CM's Scottish Show Supplement edition dated November 11 quoted Miche as saying its casings can be reprocessed three times afte...

Bryn Melyn Motor Services have been operating rural bus services in the Vale of Llangollen since 1921 when the company's first...

MANY coach operators run .per fectly adequate coach operations using second-hand coaches. CM has analysed the current price...

at airports 1PORTS, of necessity, are located away from city and town centres, and 3 does create problems in ferrying...

PASSENGERS embarking on a flight have to decide how to get to the airport: and the many advantages in using public transport....

to emit f acts• • • BRITAIN'S nine major airports handled 40m passengers last year — tt, as many as ten years ago This has...

Freightliners without trace. Without a doubt, that is precisely what British Rail will do with the company that the NEC has...

This is not really "Hate British Rail Week." After all, who can really dislike ancient. institutions? Nevertheless, I'm bound...

If the day ever comes wher do have fast commuter sen on coaches like that super Leyland Executive, we may grateful to the...

Alan Law made tele last week on "Nationwide." It was one of my infrequent early nights. I had just poured myself a reviver and...

BATTLE of the double-deckers has been building up for wal years. Dissatisfaction with first generation rearned buses and the...

Kodak as a sales promotional vehicle. The picture left shows ex-Westem National Bristol Lodekkas off to a new life in the USA...

ohm 1 CONSUMERS voice in ransport has been heard for quarter of a century: the 'ransport Users' :onsultative Committees for...