failure by CM reporter 40ST responsible road haul!rs in Britain consider that the ystem of licensing introduced y the 1968...

TWENTY per cent of the cost of new commercial vehicles and the increased expise duty imposed on commercial vehicles in the...

)3, CM reporter AGREEMENT now being taken the initiative in suggest inalised between the TGWU [rivers' and dockers' branches...

newcomers without proper facilities IT was inappropriate for prospective hauliers to run their buSinesses from private...

German hauliers blockade borders V a special correspondent :x'ERMAN HAULIERS are ising frontier blockading tacks as part of...

THE BRITISH Government las always sought "to impose minimum restrictions on British hauliers both at home md abroad." This...

HAULIERS and others engaged in international road transport from the UK will this month be receiving a questionnaire from the...

A Elm COLD STORE of 33,000 cu rn (1,1m cu ft) was opened by Sir Daniel Pettit last week. It will be operated by Tempco...

AN EXPANSION of Greenwoods Transport Ltd activities was fore at the chairman, Mr P. F. G. Roe, at a luncheon in Southampton on...

MINISTER for Transport, Dr John Gilbert, intends to prescribe minimum Strength requirements for bus and coach roofs as soon as...

could soar PRICE INCREASES of up to £5 can be expected for popular 10.00-20 and similar size retread tyres unless the growing...

by CM reporter A BRITISH company is designing a revolutionary type of engine which would run on a mixture of natural gas and...

If you discover a man boring a hole in the bottom of t boat you don't hand him a larger drill. Yet that is what t Government...

frOm our political correspondent WORK is well advanced on preparation of a draft of the Conservative plans for road haulage to...

FINES and costs totalling £1,194 were imposed on Kwik Save Discount Group Ltd, Prestatyn, and 14 of its drivers, before...

inks with France DOOR-TO-DOOR service for all freight from anywhere in tam n to any destination in ince is now provided 'by...

HAULAGE contractors working for Haringey Council will have to clear spillage on roads or pay for the council to do it for them....

THE first fruits of a GLC policy to make London Transport more "up-market" comes with the GLC approval of a Speedbus link from...

THE MAIN CAUSE of loss of life in the Hebden Bridge coach disaster was the crushing of the victims between the seats, it was...

THE NEW Supreme coach Ix produced by Plaxtons will available for full-sized coi chassis this month. It has pl . ( ously been...

Dr John Gilbert, Minister for Transport, has appointed George Park, MP for Coventry NorthEast, as his Parliamentary Private...

by Martin Hayes TO INTRODUCE a truck *osting £15,950 to the British market at present takes a lot of nerve. MAN has just taken...

MAXIMUM RELIABILITY with minimum disruption of vehicle operating schedules is the aim of a new maintenance system introduced by...

Trevor Longcroft FIRST Fiat 6x4 30-tonne road tipper to arrive in the was shown to the Press week at a Fiat truck test at the...

by Tim Hoare WITH the drop-off in the market for general haulage vehicles, foreign vehicle importers are taking the view that...

rtinued from page 23 tilable an LB80 tractive it with tipping semi-trailer, LBS85 6x2, an LB111 trace unit and an LB140...

"WHAT a disappointment these travellers' tales from the Near East have been !" said Maggie's brother Cromwell. "None of the...

. Too many tipper designs start as haulage chassis. By the addition of an extra axle, a bit of chassis strengthening and some...

WHEN your company is upwards of 300 years old it might be thought that the management — continuing a long tradition—has...

Perrat, public rela manager, who provides media with information advice about removals ma Media coverage, partict from the...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE FOR A CHARGE of theft to succeed the prosecution must prove that at the time the...

SCANIA and Volvo have long been regarded as pacesetters among the Continental makes in the UK heavy truck market. The first of...

The most horrific tale of the week comes from Yorkshire. One of my northern friends who works for a large engineering company...

Seeing the piece in CM recently about the Ogle facelift for the Alexander miclibus reminded me that Ogle celebrate 21 years as...

During a recent agricultural show photographer Dick Ross overheard what must rate as one of the :best pieces of sales...

Life begins at 40 or perhaps in the case of Bob Parkhouse of Benfieet, Essex, at 42. After years experience with heavy goods...

One of the increasing casualtil of inflation seems to be the company newspaper or house magazine; at least, fewer of them seem...

Continent must comply with the regulations laid down by the European Economic Community. If I talze a private party to Europe...

vehicle is being driven under trade plates. Is it permissible to use trade plates for this purpose and, as your driver is not...

the exemption of regular psv services with a 50hm route length was extended later to include all regular services irrespective...

the ruling that a "steersman" on a vehicle being towed need not have a driving licence had been challenged and that this was...

reached si proportions that it is uriE nomical to have this done a fully taxed fleet unit, propose, therefore, to a cate a more...

the bus which belongs to my bus Preservation Society till I am 21 years of age. Is this so, and if so, why ? Even though the...

problem of ting more commuters to use )lic transport. The methods ■ sen range from penalising vate motorists to privilege sons...

return, entitle vehicle owners to free travel on buses and trams. Not surprisingly the strongest objections came from...

A CONSORTIUM of 10 Dutch and foreign haulage and shipping concerns is planning the construction of a transit and distribution...

FRENCH, German and English signs have been erected near Laffrey, south of Grenoble on the Route Napoleon, to divert upwards of...

Sevcon conversion gives smooth changes and improves fuel consumption by Martin Watkins Photographs by Harry Roberts A FULLY...

by Martin Watkins How the NBC costs the maintenance of different bus components was described in a paper presented to the...

large companies by John Darker, AMBIM ALTHOUGH the Health and Safety at Work etc Act applies to companies of all sizes, in...

)esigned to carry two tall ndustrial cylinders each from i78mm (7in) to 267mm (10.5in) n diameter, a new gas ;ylinder trolley...

From Opancol comes a motorised version of its twin-cylinder compressor which is claimed suitable for tyre inflation. The...

Now available from Graham and White Instruments — the HT33, a portable, batteryoperated digital tachometer. The speed of...

An accurate tyre-pressure gauge working an the Bourdon Tube principle has been introduced by Plant Advisory Services, It has a...

Three types of sealing compound for general garage use have been introduced by Hans Motors. Goetzelin-s is a light yellow...