Bordering on the insane WE GET FEW opportunities to express gratitude to French transport people. However, one such...

AFTER the haulage chaos in France, what about compensation for the Brits caught in the melee? Simon Greenly will be looking...

HELP for hauliers in danger of being put out of business by the French drivers' strike last month was being considered by the...

THE FURY of Europe's long-distance lorry drivers over frontier delays was concentrated early this week on the worst bottleneck...

TRANSPORT MINISTER Lynda Chalker had made it clear that she regards even five per cent overloading on lorries, unacceptable....

HEAVY LORRIES are being blamed for the closure of Hammersmith Bridge in West London last week. Although Greater London Council...

EMPLOYEES' worries about the National Freight Consortium's commitment to its loss-making parcels operation boiled over at last...

MOVES to appoint a shareholder director to the National Freight Consortium were approved last weekend, when it was revealed...

THE SALE of Seddon Atkinson to Enasa, the Spanish stateowned commercial vehicle builder, was approved last week by the Spanish...

URGENT ACTION to control exhaust fumes from commercial vehicles has been demanded by the Royal Commission on Environmental...

THREE NEW district managers have been taken on by Cornwall Bus and Coachways to strengthen local control. They will be...

A JOURNALIST on The Guardian with wide experience of public policy issues has been proposed as a part-time London Transport...

DR GIOVANNIA BRASCA, chairman of lveco UK, died suddenly last Sunday aged 59. Dr Brasca was responsible for the first Fiat...

RESEARCH into load monitoring at TRW Prove Electronics, which makes the Loadax vehicle self-weighing system, will be the...

JOHN LLOYD has been made works manager of Potteries Motor Traction with effect from March 27. He will be based in...

JIM DAVIES has become joint managing director of York Trailer, responsible particularly for the York Group's sales and...

THE MIDLANDS district of the Road Haulage Association has elected its officers and officials for 1984/85. Midlan ds District...

THE ROAD and vehicle lobbies showed a united front to MPs last week as they renewed pressure on the Government to spend more...

A HERTFORDSHIRE haulier, J. Sims, has bought £16,0( worth of computer equipmei from Freight Computer Sc vices, the National...

DOW FREIGHT SERVICES c Stockport has won a £500,00 contract to operate nationwide parts distributio service for International...

SCOTTISH road transport operators have expressed disappointment at the Goverment's decision to scrap Its 1979 election...

BRITISH RAIL chairman Bob Reid has opened a new rail terminal and vehicle distribution depot in Bathgate, West Lothian. The...

THE REBELLION by French haulage drivers stemmed from a deep frustration which is felt by international drivers throughout...

THE EXTREME cold faced by drivers forced to spend up to 10 nights in freezing conditions in the French Alps last month has...

ONE OF THE major express parcels carriers has launched a new priority service, while two others are basking in the glory of...

MORE FREIGHT went by road ir Scotland in 1982, but it was car , Heti on generally shorter jour. neys, according to recently...

A NEW RANGE of vehicles from 7.5 to 16 tonnes is to be launched on the European mar ANTHONY CARRIMORE'S latest semi-trailer car...

THE FIRST Dodge 6x4 to be produced at the Dunstable plant for the UK market in over 12 years goes on sale this week. A...

RECENTLY formed company — LAG (UK) of Worlington, Bury St dmunds, Suffolk is now marketing a range of trailers manufacred by L....

Until the official launch, the manufacturer and details of the range will not be revealed. But last week Bill Brock had a...

FOUR Mercedes-Benz 307D refrigerated vans have entered service with Wincanton Vehicle Rentals for use on short-term hire. The...

JANUARY 1984 was a record month for the sales of Peugeot/ Talbot light commercial vehicles, according to the company, with 282...

FULL PRODUCTION of the electric Sherpa van began this week at the Freight Rover Common Lane plant, with an initial run of over...

HYUNDAI has increased the load carrying capacity on the latest version of its Pony pickup. Called the Pony II, the new vehicle...

Fl-GLASS Developments of Edenbridge, Kent has produced a glass reinforced plastic canopy which converts a Ford P100 or P100L...

COLT CARS, UK importers for Mitsubishi light vehicles, has no plans to market its L300 panel van in the UK with the 2.3 litre...

UK AND Continental hanging garment distributor, Fashion Delivery Service has taken delivery of its first lveco 60:10 integral...

WEST GERMANY'S Institute of Traffic Safety, TUV Rheinland, has completed an investigation into the safety of buses and coaches...

WARD DALESMAN bus and coach chassis may yet be in production again as receiver Revell Ward soon expects to receive a firm offer...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nicholas Ridley has allowed an appeal by Vulcancrown (trading as Shuttlebus) against a refusal by London...

EXCELSIOR HOLIDAYS of Bournemouth has taken delivery of the first of 20 Plaxton Paramount 3200-bodied Quest 80 model VM...

THE GOVERNMENT will study ways of ensuring the continuation of rural and uneconomic bus services before announcing its plans...

NEARLY a quarter of the passengers who used Scotland's buses in 1975 had stopped using them by the end of 1982, according to...

THE 00,000 salary being offered for the post of director-general of Tyne and Wear PTE is an insult to the unemployed in the...

NAT HOLIDAYS has appointed a former Master Driver from the Royal Corps of Transport as its chief driving instructor. Jeremy...

ALTHOUGH the French Government is repeating its ban on the carriage of groups of more than 15 children on coaches on all French...

PREACHING to the converted will get me nowhere, but I thought that I ought to write to express my disgust at BBC2's Brass Tacks...

FOLLOWING the BBC2 Brass Tacks programme "Heavier Metal" (Wednesday, February 15), It is to be hoped that this time, the...

MANY of the criticisms which we levelled against the recent BBC Brass Tacks programme can be directed with equal relevance...

Good journey times, driver comfort and a considerable carrying capacity are the hall marks of Mercedes-Benz's 1617, as Bryan...

(Egpto3mtecoim by Keith Vincent Bags of self-regulation PETER THOMPSON's suggestion to last year's RHA Marbella Conference...

IN THE DEATH of Eddie Shaw (Commercial Motor, February 11) the road haulage industry has lost a celebrated enfant terrible....

ENCOURAGED by opinion polls showing that many ratepayers do not agree with Mrs Thatcher's plans to abolish the Greater London...

"WHAT'S ERGONOMICS?" people asked when a commercial-vehicle manufacturer first announced that its new driver's cab incorporated...

THIS is the new MAZ-543293971 artic, made in Minsk. It has a load-carrying capacity of 21 tons and, with overhauls needed only...

IT IS TO be hoped that bus crews have benefited by last years' five per cent reduction in recorded robbery and other violent...

SOME PEOPLE are easily incensed. A reader who conceals his identity behind the initials K.M and claims Reading as his address...

Three Daf operators quiz the firm's service director about this most vital aspect of operating, in a round-table discussion...

The break point for charge-cooling of its 14-litre engine is 300hp says Cummins and the four new Super E variants are its...

Little to fault at NFC HOWEVER you look at them, the National Freight Consortium results look healthy, particularly for those...