M ONDA Y'S scheduled opening of the Reigate-Wisley section of the M25 will, no doubt, be greeted with celebration and relief,...

HAULIERS must do niore to restore respectable profit margins to the industry, a Road Haulage Association vicechairman said...

ABBEY HILL has developed Britain's highest capacity car transporter, a three-deck 12car articulated vehicle. Its development...

Small firms may fold Operators with six to 10 vehicles are most likely to collapse, a newly published academic report...

HAULIERS with fleets of six to 10 vehicles are particularly vulnerable to business failure in the next few years, according to...

IF YOU live in Yorkshire or South Wales or will be in Glasgow for the Scottish Motor Show, then why not spend sonic time with...

LEYLAND'S Bathgate engine plant may close earlier than planned, following troubles at one of its main customers. Receiver...

BRITAIN's road transport market was the busiest in the EEC. in the first three months of this year, according to figures...

THE TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union's insistence on having one of its own members on the London lorry ban exemption...

TIIE INTEGRATION of SPD into the National Freight Consortium will be completed next Monday with the launch of the NEC...

THE LABOUR Party' is to draw up ti-esh plans for an integrated transport policy. The party conference in Bournemouth this week...

TILE LONG-DELAYED M25 section between Junctions Eight and 10 (Reigate to Wisley) in Surrey, opens at last on Monday but lane...

CARRYFAST, the First major haulier to ti.)peal to the Transport Tribunal because of conditions imposed on one of its depots on...

A MAJOR TRIAL involving two Lancashire haulage companies, three directors and two traffic clerks and 21 lorry drivers who are...

ALI - HOUGH a Licensing Authority's action at a public inquiry made a Rochdale haulier breach weight restrictions, the...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nicholas Ridley faces demands at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool next week for increased...

THE FIRST 18 of the transport volunteers recruited by CM for Save the Children Fund famine relief work in the Sudan arc now all...

MARK HIGHAM has moved into the newly created position Of engineering manager at Granning Suspensions, Cheshire. He will be...

THE NEW POST of marketing manager with Lowfield Distribution has been filled by Bob Goulborn. He joins the company after having...

THE LONDON-BASED vice-president, axles — Europe, for Rockwell International is to be William Laule. He succeeds Don DeFosset,...

WE HAVE been asked to point out that Robert Kelly, Baxter Hoare's new managing director, was managing director of Thomas...

MAITHEW BROWN, the Blackburn-based brewery, has appointed Ron Walton group distribution director. Formerly group transport...

THE OFFICER largely responsible for the planning and introduction of highly successful community bus services throughout...

OVERALL responsibility for warehousing and distribution at Mercury Airfreight International has been taken on by Lawrence...

THE MAN who developed a maintenance facility for 160 refuse vehicles in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, is now...

'HIE QUEEN has appointed Freddie Plaskett, directorgeneral of the Road Haulage Association, as a commissioner of the Royal...

AN ENGINEERING company has been given two years to come to terms with planning permission for its depot and to tackle a...

THREE associated Lancashire hauliers' plans to move into a site they have used as a trailer park for 17 years have run into...

'ME MILK Marketing Board is using polyethylene tanks to cope with peak traffic. PD Technical Mouldings, of Thornton Heath,...

THE VOLATILE state of the oil companies' pricing structure was revealed again last week when the major companies cut 0.5p from...

THE THIRD Distribution Services Show takes place at London's Wembley Conference Centre on Wednesday to Friday, October 9-11....

on computer SCOTTISH Licensing Authority Hugh McNamara threatened not to return to Shetland in a hurry, after a somewhat...

PETER DUNCAN, an Ayrbased haulage contractor which has been in business since the beginning of the century, is closing down...

by a special correspondent AN iNTERN A Tit./ N A 1. haulier's operator's licence was renewed for five years last week, despite...

The list, held on a computer system called Landbank, carries details of over 700 sites beside British Rail tracks and...

A CONFTR LNCli on leasing, rental and contract hire and contract distribution is being held at the Crest Hotel, Heathrow...

AN ELECTRIC commercial vehicle with a lighter weight battery and a greater range could be on the road before the end of next...

novel close-coupling system for articulated vehicles on the West German market. Hyva says it has received approval from TUV...

ROCKWELL'S single reduction hypoid drive axles, manufactured at Cameri, Italy, will progressively replace Ford and Eaton axles...

LEYLAND TRUCKS is to give its Freighter, Constructor, Cruiser and Roadtrain models a wider choice of engines, a rationalised...

STANDARD haulage tractive units of up to 3g tonnes GCW can be converted for tipping operation by using Telehoist Motip...

A TWO-COAT paint system has improved corrosion protection for the York Trailer Company at Northallerton. The first part of the...

BY NEXT summer between 40 and 50 bodybuilders will be approved by the British Standards Institution and be signatories to a...

FIFTY JOBS and 144 bus journeys have been axed in the past few months as one National Bus Company subsidiary has come to terms...

BUS OPERATORS will rise to the challenge of competidon after deregulation, Junior Transport Minister David Mitchell said at a...

THE FORTHCOMING route registration rules will deter more operators than are intimidated by road service licensing, West...

WHEELCHAIR safety in passenger vehicles requires more attention, according to a study by the Federation of London...

THE FIRST National Bus Company urban minibus service in Norfolk started this week in Norwich. Eastern Counties has replaced a...

LEYLAND BUS has won more than half of the National Bus Company's business for full-size buses and coaches next year. The .0.5...

TI IF BIG city firm of accountants and management consultants, Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, is to advise the Department of...

A STAFFORDSHIRE independent has been fined 1295 (including costs) for breaching road service licensing conditions and running...

IVECO's turbo Daily goes on sale officially at next month's Scottish Motor Show, taking the Daily van and chassis cab range...

IF PRICE and power of FSO's Polish-built pick-up have both been increased. An F50 pick-up now costs 1:2,78 I plus VAT or...

AUSTIN ROVER is to spend £80 million building Peugeot gearboxes under licence at its Longbridge car plant. The new gearbox is...

RENAULT is developing an ambulance version of its Espace car in France which could become available in the UK. The compact...

SOMETIME "before the end of the year" is all Nissan UK is saying about the launch of the Spanish-built Nissan Vanette in...

PRICES for Renault's Master md Trafic vans have gone up by nearly four per cent. A petrol-engined T1000 now costs £5,410 plus...

MINOR REVISIONS have been made to Volkswagen's LT van and chassis cab range for 1986. The old LT cab is now fitted with square...

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE distributors looking to expand their business into the specialist 4x4 market are being sought by IFL of...

AN EXTENDING loader for light commercial vehicles which allows drivers to lift up to 350kg is novv being offered by Ipswich...

FOLLOWING the success of a single evaluation vehicle, Bedford Commercial Vehicles is to supply a further 35 electric CF vans to...

LIGHT vehicle bodybuilder Walkers of Watford is now offering a version of its aerodynamic Walkervan Luton body for long and...

WITH REFERENCE to your write-up (CM. September 11), it is most disturbing for one who has had faith in the aforementioned...

SOME CONFUSION crept into your article "Danger regs delayed" (CM, September 7). The Road Tanker Regulations arc enforced on the...

WE READ with interest the article "Video test case lost" (CM, June 13). ft is very disappointing to see Target Travel lose its...

DURING this year Bill Bromidge and I have formed a Scammell Register and we have over 64 members. If any of your readers would...

NEXT WEEK'S third Distribution Services Show at the Wembley Conference Centre in North London offers the visitor a unique...

haulage to the use of third-party dedicated distribution networks is provided by United Transport Distribution, which will be...

1X/HA1 should we do about () licensing? That question is currently exercising officials in the Department of Transport. At the...

Now that the shape of Britain's largest distribution group has been determined, its principals are planning the way ahead....

Bryan Jarvis treks between Madrid and Paris at the wheel of Ford's most powerful European-specification four-wheel rigid W HAT...

IT IS a decade of make or break for many truck manufacturers. This is clear from the "state of the market" evaluations made by...

After a management buyout Boalloy is back on its own again. Bill Brock traces the history of a company which produced the...

Bryan Jarvis lifts the curtain on Boalloy's new bodies for 7.5-tonners used on urban delivery work. ONE of the most popular...

In Boalloy's Linkliner body, sliding panels take the place of curtains to give an extra measure of security. Bill Brock...

Boalloy's response to the growing market for temperature controlled transport was to insulate its already successful Tautliner...

The Tautliner set the pace for curtainsided bodies 16 years ago, and the pattern for future Boalloy developments. Bill Brock...

L EYLAND'S problem in getting the market to buy more of its trucks is, according to marketing director Rod England, one of...

London Buses is pioneering the operation of a Cumulo-assisted Volvo Citybus, which is particularly light on fuel. It converts...

N OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Professional...

A mock traffic court and speakers who represent ends of the transport spectrum promise a stimulating 22nd FMC at London's...

MIEN the late unlamented Hermann Goring heard the word "culture" he reached For his revolver. I suspect that, in the same way,...

STRUGGLE FOR WORLD POWER Could the day be finally approaching when engineers the world over will be able to talk to one...