AS THE Road Haulage Association delegates gather with their wives and families for their annual conference in Malta this...

RYLAND TANKERS has been in business for 20 years building two and three-axled rigid tankers for major oil companies and...

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley has been called in by the Transport Tribunal to advise whether an owner can exercise...

STRIKE-BREAKING coal haulage might bring benefit to some companies, yet this will not compensate for long term economic...

LABOUR LEADER Neil Kinnock has appointed Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody as his new Shadow Transport Secretary, following last week's...

A MEETING to discuss the future of Unilever's SPD company between management representatives and the Transport and General...

LONG DISTANCE lorry driver Tom Clorley plunged 50ft to his death when he fell asleep at the wheel after driving 760 miles in...

INDUSTRY reactions to the publication of the anti-spray regulations (CM, October 20) range from an enthusiastic welcome to...

THE MOTOR SHOW attracted 7.6 per cent more visitors this year than in 1982, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

PALLET SPECIALIST GKN Chep has won a county court judgment which strengthens its campaign to stop non-members of the National...

FATAL ACCIDENTS resulted in 47 per cent more goods vehicle drivers being killed in the second quarter of 1984, against the same...

DESPITE PROTESTS from local residents, Berresfords Transport of Stoke-on-Trent successfully obtained renewal of its existing...

WESTERN ICE and Cold Storage plans to open its new Oxford Road, Reading, cold store early next year. The site, close to the...

FREIGHT ROVER has won two major orders, including a Om deal for Sherpa vans and the first major order for the new six-man...

THE HEAVY goods vehicle inspection service within the Department of Transport is being developed as a separate accountable unit...

ONE of the most lively and interesting terms of office for a president of the Bus and Coach Council will be experienced by...

New Nottingham manager for BRS BRS Midlands has appointed a new general manager to head the company's transport activities in...

SIR JAMES DUNCAN, chairman of Transport Development Group, has become president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers....

PRESIDENT-elect of The Chartered Institute of Transport is Keith Stuart, chairman of Associated of British Ports. He will...

FORD of Britain is to restructure its sales organisation, part of the aim is to strengthen its fleet market position. A new...

Hours offences cost £2,275 DRIVERS' HOURS offences cost a husband and wife and three of their drivers a total of £2,275 in...

THE P&O GROUP'S road haulage companies will spend £10m on new equipment this year. Most of the investment is in 38-tonne...

A NEW Dundee-Rotterdam ro/ro service is being introduced as soon as possible by a new company Dundee Ferries, formed by Dundee...

SURVEYS have shown that as many as 600 lorries and trailers can be parked overnight in central Aberdeen. But the £1.3m project...

NEW ROAD developments affect traffic in Bedfordshire, )FFENCES involving the falsification of tachograph charts cost lobert...

Carmarthen and Northern Ireland. Transport Minister Lynda Chalker has authorised work on the A428 Bromham by-pass in...

Hyva demount tip HYVA (UK) has introduced a Dutch-built demountable tipping system for rigid vehicles and trailers capable of...

AN HYDRAULIC tank kit designed to give additional capacity for tractive units engaged in tipping operations has been launched...

LIVERPOOL flour miller Wilson King has taken delivery of a 32.5-tonne gcw tri-axle tipping trailer built by Edbro which will be...

NEW TYRES for bus and heavy commercial vehicle drive axles have been announced by two major manufacturers. Bridgestone is...

ALL MINIBUSES other than those used as private cars should be controlled by an extension to the psv operator licensing system,...

THE BUS and Coach Council is fundamentally opposed to the Government's proposal that any taxi may ply for hire at separate...

NEXT WEEK'S Queen's Speech will see promised legislation on two areas of key importance to the bus industry. The Queen will...

THE Government's plans to deregulate the bus industry met with heavy criticism from peers in a short debate in the Lords last...

THE BATTLE between McGill's Bus Service of Barrhead and Strathclyde PTE over a Barrhead-Glasgow commuter service has ended in...

A SUFFOLK coroner has urged school bus drivers to use hazard warning lights when they stop to set down schoolchildren. Coroner...

All change for SBG companies ALL SEVEN existing Scottish Bus Group operating companies are to have their legal names changed...

NORTH AMERICA has become the jewel in Volvo's crown of worldwide truck markets, but this will not affect its overall strategy...

Volvo, White and Autocar together have shown an increase of 134 per cent. We expect to sell about 10,000 trucks in the USA in...

A FOLDING rear passenger seat designed to fit the Honda Acty van is now being offered by Resta!! Brothers of Warley. LARGE...

THE FIRST turbocharged Renault enter service with a UK Health with West Yorkshire Metropolitan The petrol-engined 3.5-tonne gvw...

A FOLDING rear passenger seat designed to fit the Honda Acty van is now being offered by Resta!! Brothers of Warley. The...

KYSOR INDUSTRIAL has launched a light vehicle air conditioning and heating system called VanPak which is designed for use in...

AN UNUSUAL glass reinforced plastic hard-top cover designed to fit the Ford P100 one-ton pick-up, the Alpha Hard Top, has been...

CONFUSION between fact and fantasy has occurred in Mr Fred Hope's letter (CM, October 20), which claims that stopping distances...

As progressive shows come around there is a gnawing feeling of worry in the minds of many of us who have been privileged to...

THE 21st CM Fleet Management Conference seemed to me to reach a higher plateau of achievement than any of the previous ones...

1,500Nm (1,106 Ibft) and maintains a flat-topped profile up to 1,60Orpm. At the higher engine speeds the tuned induction...

FUTILITY can take many forms. Ploughing the ocean, sowing seed in the desert, chasing the wind — Lorenzo da Ponte compared...

A MINISTER who would like a change of job has, it seems, only to address the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders,...

Continued from page one , ;Licli circumstances a pit woe -1c ed. We also agree. • ag had more than to double the size of its...

TALKS are being held concerning the assembly of products ranging from computers to heavy goods vehicles at Southampton...

Motor Shows are not all innovation and astounding revelations. Noel Millier looks at some of the less attention-grabbing, but...

BRITISH vehicle manufacturers are clawing their way back to better times and the preoccupation with recession seems to have...

If you've seen the TV commercial for the Roadrunner you'll know Leyland have proved that their new 7.5 tonne truck can take a...

THIS MONTH my page should perhaps be handed "Guessing at Legislation". For I am looking four or five months ahead to what the...

WINCANTON Transport's orange, white and blue livery is probably better known than any other operator's in the South West, where...

WHICH way distribution? Nobody, of course, can answer that question with absolute certainty, but if you can present well...

IRONICALLY, National Bus Company subsidiaries were to the fore among the objectors to proposals by the Associated Minibus...

Now that the hurly-burly of the Motor Show has passed, David Wilcox reflects on some of its lasting impressions, balancing the...

BRITTANY Ferries is closing its credibility gap with transport operators. New routes, more sailings and lower rates are...

for the next CPC Exam NOW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the...