COMMON MARKET driving hours and records regulations will not apply in Britain until July 1 at the earliest. That is the...

THE GROUP turnover of Fodens Ltd for the 28 weeks ended October 11, 1975, fell to 03,443,000 from £15,138,000 for the similar...

A HAULAGE company which has been operating for 92 years has surrendered its operator's licence. C. Grace and Sons of Croft...

NORTH-EAST Scotland hau iers yesterday increaseci the rates for both local and Ion distance work. Local rates fc hourly work...

(CM December 19) and yet provide hauliers with a speedy and reliable service to this fast growing and lucrative market, a new...

THE FINANCIAL troubles of British Leyland, as revealed in its last accounts as a privately run company, have been alleviated to...

for 12 drivers. It is fitted with refrigeration connecting points. Mr Phillips told CM this week : "The journey time will be...

THE Department of thp Environment has agreed with vehicle manufacturers that vehicles with a design gross weight of 3, 7-1 and...

. CO-OPERATIVE association f bus users in Lincolnshire as organised a subscription heme for bus travel to get n improved...

A NEW legal liability policy has been introduced for road carriers by Phoenix Assurance, 4-5 King William Street, London EC4....

Just as he would be a bold man who could put his hand on his heart and say that he had never, however unwittingly, broken the...

Storage and Warehousing Ltd successfully renewed their 0-Licence at a resumed hearing at Maidstone last week. Deputy South...

offended • OFFENCES relating to the overloading of commercial vehicles resulted in 18,524 convictions last year, according to...

MARKETING public transport has recently become fashionable but is badly understood, according to the Cranfield Centre for...

NORTH Eastern British Road Services Ltd will turn in better profits in 1975 than in 1974, reports managing director Mr Ron...

reception from BRS GOOD pulling power and general engine performance, trouble-tree gearbox operation and satisfactory...

A COMPLAINT about delays in providing 0 licences has been rejected by Dr John Gilbert, the Minister for Transport. Mr Gwilym...

EPWORTH, Lines, magistrates have fined Consolidated Land Services (Immingham) Ltd £25 with £15.53 costs for operating a vehicle...

EXPERIMENTAL road humps are to be installed in Glasgow to determine whether they will reduce vehicle speeds and reduce...

AFTER a lorry lost two of its rear wheels in Perthshire the driver carried on 50 miles to Edinburgh before he discovered the...

ROAD HAULIERS John Bryce (Contractors) Ltd, of Belmont, Juniper Green, Edinburgh, had their conviction of using an overloaded...

COURTS might dislike heavy goods vehicles, but they could not be made to disappear by the imposition of heavy penalties where...

A ROAD transport agreement with Poland came into effect yesterday. It allows an operator licensed in the United Kingdom to...

French trial AS part of a re-examination of the EEC rules for driving hours, France is allowing commercial vehicle drivers to...

THE Scottish Bus Group, who were claiming nearly £500,000 to offset losses incurred on unremunerative mates in Tayside, have...

MAN looks to ZF by Graham Montgomerie FOR several years ZF has been developing a transmission system for heavies. One of the...

DESIGNED to facilitate the application of grp ply panels to aluminium van bodies, a new range of extrusions has been announced...

BRITISH inventor FRED HOPE has been awarded top European awards for two labour-saving and safety devices. Mr Hope, managing...

AN employer says a man was not dismissed; he just walked out. But the law allows a tribunal to declare that it was the...

inderinsure by lain Sherriff ANYONE engaged on international road haulage who is paying less than £3,000 a year insurance...

ALMOST every day comes news of some document which is supposed to be safely locked away in a Ministry pigeonhole. It's...

Here's a chance to put the seasonal goodwill into practical action. CM passenger transport writer Martin Watkins tells me that...

Met Charles Taylor last week, the " young " ex-Perkins man who retired from the Peterborough company about 18 months ago and...

Our technical staff and photographers always complain that they cover more miles on foot in reporting the Frankfurt Show than...

It seems The Hawk must have been reading our mail But first to answer the implication diat we have disillusioned hauliers by...

card schemes The letter from Mr Baans of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in your issue of November 21 gave a...

With reference to your article "Tyre shortage if Government gives 38-ton go-ahead," in CM December 12. Operators should not be...

WITH the EEC eight-hour driving day looming, many operators will be taking a new look at the viability of road-rail operations...

Pitr t " t F786T f 5505 by Trevor Longcroft MACK TRUCKS INC has just appointed a distributor to handle truck sales in the...

premises so that a body can be installed, should the driver be in possession of a heavy goods vehicle driving licence? A...

3 tons unladen. I was told by the police the other day that I should have the unladen weight painted on the chassis. I...

the Continental-type logbook to keep drivers' records but find that in our books, at any rate, the duplicate sheet is...

Work etc Act 1974 a vehicle Out on the road is considered to be part of an operator's premises arid all the provisions of the...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO. MIMI, AMIRTE EDUCATION authorities, schools and colleges, parent teacher associations, youth clubs...

game for tyros THE IMPORTANCE of good depots, not only in building business but maintaining good local relations, is...

..or you'll lose vital revenue WHEN the results of the first major inspection are analysed, condition reports must be prepared...

Stephen Gray investigates the whys and wherefores in brake lining and drum matching. AT ONE TIME or another most a us have...

No lack of facilities to beat unemployment by John Darker, AMBIM GROWING unemployment is causing increasing concern to the...

Suitable for welding a wide range of plastics, the Goodburn Unitherm hot air welding torch has a built-in blower which...

An illuminated sheet rack is now available for the ERF 'B' series cab. Moulded in glass reinforced plastic, it covers the whole...

A heavy goods or passenger vehicle lift which can be set up in any part of the workshop, or even outside, has been introduced...

Designed specifically for small electric vehicle applications, the new range of Oldham Traction batteries carry a four year...