CM's 1982 editorial plan is to continue to assist the various sectors of the industry to meet the changing circumstances of...

THE FIRST STAGE of further controls on carrying dangerous goods in packages will cover liquified petroleum gas in cylinders...

THE GOVERNMENT has accepted £1,631m expenditure on transport by English local authorities in 1982/83, on which £456.9m...

THE WOOD INQUIRY into the possibility of large-scale lorry bans in Greater London will start to take oral evidence on Tuesday,...

COUNCILS which want to hold down fares have been told they will get no help from Transport Secretary David Howell. In...

SCOTTISH coach tour company Cotters of Glasgow has launched an enlarged programme of holidays this year. It plans to carry...

ENSIGNBUS of Purfleet, Essex, is now marketing Dutch Berkhof coach bodywork in Britain. Two body types are available including...

SEVERAL SCOTTISH councils are to look into the possibility of starting schemes to provide free or subsidised bus travel for the...

ARRIER MOTORS made an historic step in the development of the lectric commercial vehicle before Christmas, reports BILL BROCK....

A9: Single line traffic at Guay Bridge (north of Dunkeld) and Ballinluig in fayside Region. A80: Diversions for westbound...

AVM): Only one lane open in both directions north of Darlington, Co Durham. A19(T): Closures of A19 and A66 slip roads at...

AS: Temporary signals are in use at Kilsby and Cowellbend, in +Jorthamptonshire, between Weedon and Hinckley. Al2: Weekend...

A13: The Beckton Road flyover will be closed for regular inspection and maintenance on two Tuesdays in the future between...

A39: Temporary signals in use at Stratton, between Bideford and Fraddon. A40: Delays are inevitable between Llandeilo and...

Can London Transport break even? It's questionable, but Alan Millar suggests a mix of economies to . alleviate the position,...

British Road Services as finance director. He has been with the company for just over a year. Mr Rogers was previously...

Worse than that . . . ELEVEN Conservative MPs voted against the Government and many abstained. Hon Gentlemen brayed and Rt Hon...

UNDER the main heading, "Transport," written answers to Parliamentary questions in Hansard dealt with wheel clamps, lead...

IS Citizen's Band radio a danger to health apart from being a pain in the neck? Sir Bernard Lovell, the distinguished...

IS it a tribute to his remarkable intellect that John Mellor, a lorry driver of Brailsford, Derbyshire a man in the Housego...

:UEL SAVING in warehousing ind road transport is potentially ivailable by three routes: hrough improved motivation of...

IT'S A LONG time since David Lowe, now a transport consultant, was on the staff of CM, and it's 11 years since he first brought...

ERIC TOMPKINS, the author of the History of the Pneumatic Tyre (Eastland Press, £9.95), was a member of Dunlop's technical...

IF ANYONE is qualified to write about buses, Leicester City Transport general Manager Geoffrey Hilditch is. His years of...

IF you have a couple of tokens and have a hankering for jeeps, then you've got it made for the next best thing, Brother! The...

A BOOKLET, First Aid at Work, about the new regulations on this which come into force on July 1,1982, is published by the...

Better buy a van . . . Where past and future meet in the world oi megamerchants, by Derek Tid man IF you want to make a lot...

by Janus ro heck with the cology badge IT WAS an upset for Transport 000," said Maggie's brother :romwell, "to realise that...

John C. Vann advises operators to look at two new commercial vehicle contracts THIS IS THE AGE of change. In the insurance...

A NEW STUDY shows that it can be easier to haul freight to an Iron Curtain country rather than try to cope with the...

A NEW-LOOK heavy duty dery pump has been introduced by Fiecon Pump Services in response to customer demand for extra protection...

AN EFFECTIVE way to protect the decking of flat-bed lorries, vans, containers and rolling stock from impact and abrasion...

THE manufacturer of the Hamech Ransomes range and distributor of Mitsubishi forklift trucks, Hamech, has opened a depot in...

WELCONSTRUCT of Birmingham has introduced Spanwel, a range of boltless, wide-access shelving, to provide a means of storing...

A HAND CLEANER guaranteed not to remove the natural oils in the skin has been introduced for workshop use by Mayvil Chemicals....

BLACKHAWK Automotive has launched a lighter (4-ton) version of its Snap Porto-Power hydraulic.body repair tool range. The...

Manufacturers are taking more and more trouble to protect their vehicles from rust. Graham Montgomerie looks at some of the...

Clean vehicles can help improve a company's image. Mike Rutherford looks at some of the vehicle washing machines that are...

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CMSpecial Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage (National)...

Tim Blakemore assesses the dangers of faulty vehicle lights and looks at a number of ways that better use of lights could...

These new wheel flaps, writes David Wilcox, really do reduce tyre spray . . . ONE DAY in 1973 a truck operator in Oregon, USA,...

DURING the past year Continental cpac.h manufacturers have made more inroads into the British coach market. Only ten years ago...

In this, the first of a new series of articles on commercial vehicle driver training, we shall try to cover the basic...

Will the scheme limit manufacturers' inventiveness? Tim Blakemore explores this controversial subject and explains the regs and...

What's taught? Is it value for money? ArE the days of the apprentice numbered? Preceptor provides the answers, and alsc...