WHAT A GALAXY of talent the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders attracted to the 1982 Motor Show. Willie Whitelaw, Home...

THE LYRICS of an old song say "We'll be off to Tipperary in the morning." We've been to Ireland — not Tipperary — but Belfast,...

NSPORT SECRETARY David Howell was "99 per cent certain" nnounce his plans for a 38-tonne weight limit on Thursday this k. ALAN...

PETER LAZARUS, (below) the Department of Transport's new Permanent Secretary, takes over the top civil service job in his...

THE HEAVY goods vehicle test station network is likely to remain in Government ownership until the summer, and not the spring...

OPERATORS will have to make public announcements of proposed changes to their operator licences from around the middle of next...

FOUR MORE wage claims have been submitted on behalf of hire or reward haulage drivers in England, generally in line with the...

to haulier - 5 A LEGAL AID scheme will be troduced next year by the RI Haulage Association's Noi western district, if the dist...

TRAILERS, tyres and wheels, and accessories and equipment being brought into the Department of Transport's vehicle ret codes of...

KHALL MOTORS must make a profit before Bedford can play a in General Motors' world truck programme. BILL BROCK re'. said GM...

MANY HEAVY lorries will be given altered approval certificates and replated without being examined once the Government has...

(BENCH MPS' proposals for a Metropolitan Transportation ority are being opposed by the Association of County Councils, Is ALAN...

THE HOUSE of Commons transport committee has started its • investigation into damage to motorways and trunk roads by heavy...

On and off the rails A PARCELS CARRIER banned from using British Rail's Motorail service because he was seen as an unhealthy...

BRITISH RAIL has responded to the growing demand for next-day parcels delivery by launching Night Star, an overnight urgent...

:FREIGHTLINER has joined INovatrans to provide a p back permit-free rail/road vice between Britain Europe. The service, which...

SERVICE is more importan many customers than cos survey commissioned k leading freight forwarder concluded. Figures published...

IIES' share of the tonnage of goods carried in Britain fell last to the lowest figure for more than 10 years, but the tonne/km...

EAST ANGLIAN hauliers have joined their own account counterparts in opposing Cambridgeshire County Council's plan for a ban on...

Electrical starting START PILOT, a manufacturer of cold starting equipment for diesel engines, is marketing a new electrically...

A LOW-PROFILE fine pitch sliding mounting for fifth-wheel couplings has been introduced by Heywood, Lancashire-based Jost...

SEEN en route overland to Kuwait are these Volvo N10/Nooteboom tractive unit/grain trailer combinations, the first of a total...

THE PETROLEUM Chemi Division of Ethyl SA has lished the results of a st comparing various diesel in terms of gravity, aniline p...

LOWFIELD DISTRIBUTION has reorganised its management services department to meet the growth of computer-based activities. ALAN...

IDENIS CARTER has become sales and marketing manager for Bedwas Bodyworks of Newport, Gwent. Mr Carter joins the company with...

PROPOSALS for toughening up Department of Transport last wee tyre laws were announced by the k. Current requirements determine...

IVECO has confirmed tha . production of Magirus bus its Mainz plant (CM Octobe • ceased last month. But "a limited activity...

THE CORBY-BASED parent company of Transquip in the McCahill Group, which earlier this year took over the manufacturing and...

BEDFORD commercial vehicle sa boosts by recent announcements coincided with the Motor Show, The largest order of Elm was placed...

NORTH WESTERN BRS is to distribute Kysor Industrial fuel economy and engine protection equipment. The company already fits road...

WEAVER ENGINEERING is to market Italian-built agricultural trailers, including tipping units and grain-handling equipment,...

NBC going private THE NATIONAL Bus Company has moved closer to privatisation. Last week, the Transport Bill received the Royal...

COUNCILS that breach subsidy guidelines for p transport in the forthcol Transport Bill announced ii Queen's speech on Wedne...

TAYSIDE REGION wants the Scottish Bus Group to sell its Perth bus station to it, in an attempt to solve the growing problem of...

LE MANY commercial de manufacturers limp g, Mercedes-Benz in the ad Kingdom has never had it Dod. Erich Krampe, aging...

"AS DAIMLER-BENZ moves strongly ahead in the 1980s, it is perhaps the most impressive commercial vehicle manufacturer in the...

Take a look at these . . E BRITISH Automotive Parts duction Council (BAPPCO) is icerned that the Government luld introduce...

THOSE WORKING in the transport industry frequently have cause to contemplate the actions, and sometimes the inactions, of...

1OLF. I've always thought it the lost unlikely of names for a car r a van. Can you imagine BL or ord introducing a new model...

THERE CAN be few people who have failed to spot a Snap-on Tools van on the road. And if you work for a haulage company, vehicle...

THE WELCOME RETURN to our television screens this month of the fictitious Sir Humphrey Appleby, Permanent Secretary (the most...

IS BEGINNING to look as iugh Freight Rover may have Ind the right blend with its w-look Sherpa, and that tish Telecom has...

No 28, 1982 In town traffic the gear selection was light and precise with minimal gear lever travel. The clutch pedal, which...

DENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the ficate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage ional). idents...

PULSAR Instruments is offering a new industrial sound-level meter family, the 83C series. A wide measufing range from 30 to...

ANEW RANGE of spray guns has been introduced by CompAir AutoPower, including general purpose units with syphon or gravity feed,...

MINTEX has just added a high quality brake and clutch fluid to its product range. The fluid is being supplied by ICI to Mintex...

A NEW LOW COST earthing/bonding reel has been introduced by Collins Youldon of Harlow, manufacturer of tanker fittings designed...

FOLLOWING the recent test Grafatix (see CM Equipment News, July 31) London Transport offered us a one-lit can of their own...

glance around the exhibits :he Motor Show and the bus coach rallies emsises that competition for coach business is insingly...