The Transport and Road Research Laboratory report on terminal delays at common user ports is one of the most useful documents...

K.PILING of diesel fuel by operators who are buying dery ng stations is being blamed for the worsening fuel supply .on. v the...

IARGES in the licensing system operated by the Traffic issioners can be expected from a Labour Government. Secretary for...

ERCIAL MOTOR publishing director John Crookshank :ed our silver salver prize for the winner of the tipper of the CM Livery...

AN INDEPENDENT inquiry is to look into the issues raised by the economic and environmental impact of the lorry. Transport...

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers last week made it plain that — as far as he is concerned — there will be no speedy decision...

INTRODUCING a booking system at deep-sea container terminals would not necessarily produce worthwhile benefits, in terms of...

DETAILS of the sizes of goods vehicles involved in accidents will eventually become available. A new road accident reporting...

THERE HAS been no serious deterioration in the condition of roads over the last two or three years, maintained John Horam,...

THE MUNICIPAL corn and the National Bus pany, which accounted per cent of the stage ca services, should, in the way as British...

PLANS for the RHA Transport Show at Bt from October 27-29 arE ahead apace according national chairman M Silbermann. He told C...

7 , SUGGESTION that road haulage .ators' licences could be refused on ronmental grounds was said to be r too extreme and of...

IGHTLINER, the national road/rail liner transport company is invesE51/2m during 1979 in a major deveent programme which will...

GREATER London Council planning and communications committee chairman Shelagh Roberts said this week that large scale bans on...

NATIONAL BUS Company Chief Executive Robert Brook has launched an appeal to NBC bus passengers to bear with the company because...

There was the House of Commons steadily filling up as MPs crowded in, eager for the debate which could see an end to the...

SOUND barriers can now be built alongside older roads. The Transport Department has altered the rules which limited these...

IN OUR issue of March 23 we stated that William Newham and John Pepper have joined John Birley as joint managing directors of...

THE COST of 10 years operation of the Swansea Lie' Centre, estimated at £95 million in 1965 turned out to b■ 1965 prices — £145...

A 22-year-old Cardiff whose father has set him his brother-in-law up in road haulage business cessfully applied to the de LA at...

AJOR East Anglian haulier was told that he "placed too responsibility on drivers for matters over which they had mtrol." is...

NEFIELD Vehicles, the ofacturer of crosstry vehicles, has inted its final Scottish )r to complete its distor network in...

THE GOVERNMENT is un.: able to say how many accidents occurred during the last two years involving vehicles carrying corrosive,...

ALL TANKERS transporting dangerous materials must now carry a sign describing the hazards of their load. The regulations...

Transport Secretary William Rodgers has received proposals from British Rail for a modified Channel Tunnel. He was examining...

TRANSPORT Secretary William Rodgers, would like to see the National Freight Corporation given every facility to extend its...

THE OPERATOR-DRIVER relationship in road haulage is often better than union-driver relationship, according to RHA national...

WEST MIDLANDS C( Council has been accw Ignoring the problems lution caused by t vehicles by failing to pi lorry routes in its...

T. G. BOARDMAN, prE of the Association of I Chambers of Commerc members of the RHA ii tingham this week th dustry and commerc...

FORMER DIRECTOR of tpman and Ball Ltd, a corny now in liquidation, sue;fully applied for a new Once in his own name foling the...

)SE SEEKING to qualify for a Certificate of Professional npetence under the "grandfather rights" rule must do so )re the end of...

EVISION CAMERAS are 3e installed above the es-bound lanes of the M4 roaching the Severn ge. ie cameras will be fitted special...

THE GEORGE T. FRASER award, presented annually to the best paper from a student member of the Chartered Institute of Transport...

THE SAVINGS derived fron cuts in road-building ar being squandered by somo local authorities who are in traducing "complicated...

FAILURE to comply with conditions imposed on a licence for football excursions by Crown Coaches, Cram lington, Northumberland...

COACH OPERATORS planning to send vehicles to London for the Chelsea Flower Show on May 21-25 are strongly advised to contact...

DAIMLER-Benz has won an order for 340 D303 Mercedes Benz touring coaches from Societe Nationale des Transports de Voyageurs...

TRADITIONAL restrictions on Ribble buses picking up and setting down passengers in the operating area of Lancaster were swept...

THREE MORE indepenc operators have sold ou South Yorkshire PTE, West Yorkshire has b forced to postpone the sal one of its...

ERESTED organisations are currently being consulted by Department of Transport on a proposal to allow foreign ches from outside...

MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS with a fleet of new articulated buses were recounted by the assistant general superintendent of...

orange and cream Northern counties-bodied Leyland dean AN68 may have given rise in Wigan to rumours that :.hester is to go over...

THE LATEST EXAMPLE of co-operation between a Natio. nal Bus Company subsidiary and local authority transporl planners is the...

BUS DRIVERS in Manchester may be asked to switch off their engines when waiting at termini. The city's environmental health...

SUZUKI, the Japanese company previously known in this country for its motorcycles, has entered the British commercial vehicle...

DUNLOP has produced the second in its series of Usercare pamphlets entitled Truck Wheels and Fixings The growth in sales of...

AN AIR-POWERED, qui operating semi-tra landing-leg device wli raises and lowers the Ian( legs by 12 inches in under seconds has...

)0R Vehicle Imports is to bring a new range of Rumanian and four-wheel-drive vehicles into the country which will ercut the...

FRENCH State-owned manufacturer Renault is to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Mack, the American heavy lorry producer (CM, March...

by CM Parliamentary correspondent IT COULD BE argued that William Rodgers, Secretary of State for Transport, was one of the...

in Mortimer has moved to tional Bus Company subary South Wales Transport become area manager est). le leaves Crosville Motor...

MR CROPPER ASKS if your readers have heard of TEC and the courses for technicians in the transport industry, which must include...

Reading between the statistics 'The generally poor economic climate leads operators to cut expenditure at the expense of...

British historic bus enthusiasts will have a 25-mile run around the Potteries as part of the programme on June 3 to mark the...

Rs on the shine for 1979 and get your emy in now for the haulagE class of CM 's famous Livery. Competition 'ICULATED VEHICLE...

backyard image Keeping on top of the cos - s is K&NA answer to the 'cottage induslY charges levelleo against tipper orcr -...

Tipper operators should turn to a new leaf-rubber's all the rage Fodens for prolonging active tipper life. Join Steve Gray in...

WHILE a combination of severe weather conditions and the road haulage strike restricted the entry for CM'S 1979 tipper...

As the price of aluminium soars, so too does e first cost of ligh - weight tipper bodies. Yet despite - ne cost increases, most...

Steve Gray drives DAF's 2305 DHU n ne first of CV's on-site tipper tests. Brian Wea erley took the pictures. -IF FIRST vehicle...

Three-way tippers offer substantial a antages for operators-but the sys - em ts Achilles heel, Graham Montgomerie repot...

Nan Cnalmers-Hunt investigates -- ne increasing use of skip-loaders in a more flexible role for all sorts of operation Again...

Private cars still present the biggest obstacle to bus planners for te 1980s. Noel MiIller repots from Newcastle PUBLIC...

Feature by Noel Millier IF YOU were arranging maximum-comfort transport from Newcastle to Plymouth for highly paid and...

, „,ore Craven Tasker is convinced that there is a future for automatic couplings, despite the decline in their sales. The...

Bill Brock reviews some of the more interes - ing products exhibited at Amsterdam this year THE AUTOVAK exhibition is an...

He back-and nis time at the head of the Lorries and Environment Committee campaign to cut goods handling delays. ELAYS in the...