F 4 XPORTS are the life blood of most countries in the world. Britain is particularly dependent on its export trade, especially...

A NEW RANGE of ERF lorries is being developed for the late Eighties, company chairman Peter Foden revealed when he announced...

by Jack Semple TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union leaders plans to recognise the use of agency drivers by operators were...

by Alan Millar YORK TRAILER is within weeks of having a new owner, but the John Brown group appears to be in no rush to sell...

THERE is still little sign of economic recovery in transport, according to the latest figures from Overdrive, the temporary...

T1PHOOK Holdings, container and trailer leas group, has postponed plam seek a full Stock Exchal listing. A formal announcem...

aren Miles HOUGH coal hauliers ed cheaper and more re: in the pit strike than rail tid British Rail's freight ations lost...

3.ICULTURAL hauliers t to be exempted from stricter rest period rules agreed by EEC Transport isters. a statement issued...

SAAB-SCANIA's operating profit for the first four months of this year is up by 19 per cent over the same period last year....

THE LEP GROUP has paid £.7.8m for Swift Transport Services, the Northamptonbased haulage and warehousing business. The deal...

DESPITE the impetus given by the EEC judges, Common Market Transport Ministers failed again last month to launch a programme...

IN .A FURTHER attempt to keep heavy lorries out of London, the Greater London Council is funding the development of a...

PROPOSALS for new regulations on the conveyance of explosives by road arc set out in a consultative document published by the...

CARRYFAST, the management-owned parcels company bought from Unilever, has cut out parcels transhipment on its West Country...

THERE is no question oi tonne lorries being accept in Britain, Transport Mini Lynda Chalker has asst MPs. Mrs Chalker gave the...

THE GOVERNMEI wants to speed up plant inquiries for new roa Transport Secretary Nich , Ridley has made clear. In a major...

TRANSPORT Secretary cholas Ridley is continuinE resist pressure to scrap t on bridges and tunnels. Mr Ridley told Tory Dr...

TAYSIDE Truckstop will able to take lorries affected any ban on sleeper parking in Dundee, dire( Phil Ridgway said this wee CM...

SAYERS Offshore Pare Express, the TNT grc company which provides press parcels services to Channel Islands and the of Man, has...

FEATURE writer David Wilcox has been singled out for high honours for his work on Commercial Motor. He has beaten 93 other...

Don Smith, Walter Alexander Coachbuilders' sales manager, died suddenly last week, aged 49. He died during a match at the...

i s n ew CM next month manager for E THE SUCCESSOR to lain Sherriff, Commercial Motor's editor for the past nine years, has...

JOHN SMALL SHOW, distribution director of Bass Mitchells and Butlers of Birmingham, has won the first National " Carriers...

WHITE Express Carriers, the new Glenfield, Leicester company formed following the acquisition of F. White (Haulage) by a...

GROUP marketing ma of York Trailer Compar the past 18 months, I Carrington, has been deputy general manager York Truck...

GOVERNMENT has it planning clearance for 'vice area on the M25 ion orbital route at :et Lane, near Westerin Kent. le Freight...

ESSO Petroleum driver 3 Southampton was ill winner at last month's pshire regional heats of ,orry Driver of the Year A. Clark...

THE BACKGROUND to the fatal lorry crash in North Devon in which 16-year-old Ricky Anamaet died (CM, June 15) is being...

BRITAIN's newest roll-on/ roll-off ferry terminal, at Dartford, Kent, will be in operation by June next year. Blue Circle...

A DRAFT code of practice prepared by the Department of Transport recommends that lorries should be banned from using...

A PACKAGE of part-t afternoon and evening tr port courses will be off from September by Lon University's extra mural partment....

WHITTLE Internatioi Freight has been appointed UK carrier by the Bulgar state forwarding compa Despred and the Balkan Black Sea...

WORK STARTED this week on the Dover Harbour Board's £1.6m freight drivers' complex which is expected to be ready by Easter next...

THE FERRY rebuilding programme to create extra lorry capacity on Townsend Thoresen's cross-Channel routes is proceeding apace....

1E LONG-PROMISED indee-Rotterdam ro/ro Ight ferry filially got under y on Monday when Dun Ferries' first ship Angus off on the...

TO compete on equal terms with his competitors international haulier Barry Lee Transport of Macclesfield had to tax his...

AFTER AN ABSENCE of 12 months, Ford has quietly re-entered the 38-tonne gcw tractive unit market with a heavier kerbweight...

PILKINGTON BROTHERS of Chester-le-Street, County Durham has taken delivery of a Crane Fruehauf single compartment 26,140 lit...

THE METROPOLITAN Borough of Walsall is pioneering the use of a lorrymounted container handling system. The Side Loader...

MERCEDES-BENZ is to ii troduce a new model in i Unimog 4x4 range wit added appeal for municip operators. Demand for more pow,...

REYNOLDS BOUGH TON (Devon) has mad Tanker Services of Gay Lane Otley as its northern agent As well as marketing fuel o and...

(LAND has regained its .ership of the eight-wheel d truck market for the . half of this year, after beovertaken by Volvo in the...

lam Sherriff YLAND TRUCKS has nched a vigorous campaign improve its after-sales sere image. By the end of itember, a Leyland...

BUCKINGHAM VEHICLES has supplied Leicester City Council with a non-hgv 2,727 lit (600 gal) tanker based on a Ford Cargo 0809...

LONDON Regional Transport's top management has accepted that its goal of 100 per cent one-person operation of its bus routes...

CANCELLATION of the Continent's second biggest beer festival this year at Wieze in Belgium will hit about 200 British coach...

ORDER starved manufacturers must wait until later in the summer to learn whether they will share in the Scottish Bus Group's...

4AN has ended a long criod of speculation by addig a coach chassis to its ange available in Britain. .ight-hand-drive versions...

'LANS are being formulated - or a major reorganisation of he administration and manigement of London Buses . . To make the...

A NORFOLK independent operator claims its operating costs will rise drastically if it is compelled to move from one of its...

STAFFORDSHIRE independent bus operator Stevensons of .Uttoxeter and the municipal bus undertaking operated by East ....

GREYHOUND LINES, America's famous inter-city coach network, is selling franchises to independent coach operators. Its...

PULLMAN Executive of London has introduced a three times weekly London to County Cork coach service using a high specification...

- URBOCHARGED 2.5Talbot Express diesel converted by PAO Preitions of Aldbourne, shire, is expected to be iched at next month's...

GENERAL MOTORS' UK service parts operation is offering a range of exchange engines for front-wheel-drive GM light vans and...

FREIGHT ROVER is now fitting a five-speed gearbox as standard to all its small K2 Sherpa vans and chassis cabs. The singlt...

AN EXTENDED three-year (100,000-mile) warranty accompanies the latest Mitsubishi L300 van models launched by Colt Cars last...

ESARCO, the Wiltshirebased cross country vehicle specialist, has signed a production agreement with body builder MarshaIls of...

LAND ROVER has laum its own finance scheme, Financing, which is desii to give Land Rover Range Rover buyers a N choice of...

THE JOINT C.; Cooltrucks/Freight Re range of light refriger; vehicles has been extei with the addition of a lightweight fridge...

FULL PRODUCTION of Telehoist's 3.5-tonne gvw chassis Microtip tipping gear, which was shown for the first time at the Tipcon...

Should quotas be abolished — should there be stricter regulations and higher standards demanded of international hauliers — and...

FRIEND OR FOE? International hauliers often double-up as freight forwarders while forwarders also act as international road...

N obody could complain that the gross weight of 230 tonnes of a Volvo N12 tractor, trailer and windtunnel section damaged the...

I F the Government wants faster Journey times for goods vehicles and coaches travelling to the Continent, why are procedural...

)RMULAE FOR JCCESS? 'ON, Rockwell and Cummins have ablished their financial reports for . All three had a good year, :ting...

TS TOO PLEASE, IR RIDLEY! ; I SAID at the time, bringing il aviation and shipping back to enlarged Department of ansport from...

UNJAMMING THE EEC THE EEC drivers' hours Regulation No 543/69 is important for at least two reasons. While it affects the...

nearly 25 per cent more platform length than the standard 12m (40ft) semi-trailer. Licence fees of £1,385 show a good saving...