ARE THE DAYS of supermarket motor shows numbered? We ask the question following the resounding success of our own Accessories...

ES of averting a series of strikes by South Wales haulage drivvere resting on a meeting of employers' representatives...

lARNING that a future )ur Government might have make a judgment on the .nt to which lorries could be in towns and cities has le...

DENMARK stopped sending food to France last month by road after angry French farmers pulled drivers from their lorries in a...

FERRYMASTERS is now competing on equal terms with its European haulage counterparts as its first 38 tonne lorries went into...

SHIPPING and rental companies are among the early converts 10 38 tonne operation, reflecting on one hand the advantages of...

RENAULT'S emergence as of the ixorld's leading corn cial vehicle manufacturers ing boosted by a deal to crease its share of...

THE INSTITUTE of Purcha and Supply is holding a Truck conference in Londoi June 16. It will consider the world ket size, power...

WAR of words between ro and Leyland Vehicles over suspension of Volvo's sh manufacturer label has stepped up. )Ivo Trucks...

EEC Commission has been a en in all EEC countries on the other forms of transport. )sses running into many mils of pounds are...

BRITISH RAIL subsidiary Freightliner has launched a new distribution service called Freightpoint. The company believes it...

THE AVERAGE haulier became poorer during 1982; and that is a conclusion based on actual figures, not theoretical calculations....

A TWICE-WEEKLY TIR run to Vienna has been launched by Euro-Shuttle, the Unispeed International express groupage service. It...

igton Borough Council April 23) wants to build the %ridge in the centre of Holt Road to deter overloaded s from running there...

SUMMER workshops on export trade procedures are being arranged this year by the Freight Transport Association and the...

THE NEW Wales to Cork freight service run by Welsh-Irish Ferries has started amid reports of an impending freight war. The...

SALARY increases for distribution management during 1982 averaged a surprisingly high 10.15 per cent, according to a recently...

A NEW part-load rail-trunking service from Milton Freight Terminal near Abingdon to Motherwell in Scotland started on May 4....

AN IRISH county council is proposing a 50p toll for lorries using a new by-pass from next year, as a means of raising general...

SOUTHERN BRITISH Road vices' main London operatk moving to King's Cross. By June most of SB operation will have moved 1 the...

ALL SHADES of political opinion will be represented at the Fre Transport Association's national conference on September 21 22...

GHT Computer Services, Nlational Freight Consorticomputer company, has 'ed the computer manufac g business and is making a t...

DISTRIBUTION of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, has become the 'act distributor for all Maynards confectionery outlets in the h of...

SALLY the Viking Line is planning to launch a freight-only service between Ramsgate and Dunkirk this summer. The company is...

THE 1983/84 Road Haulage Association manual is now available to members and non-members. It has already been sent free of...

FORD will start to manufacture a 1,600cc diesel engine in September, with installation in certain models, including the Escort...

IICLE aerodynamic ialist Windfoil of Norfolk made Gary Rowell ;man. will be responsible for ; of Windfoil air deflector ems...

)UNTY Antrim man Gordon on has beaten a field of over lorry drivers to take the mai and International DrivAssociation's Irish...

GEORGE ALLINSON (Transport) of Darlington has taken on Peter Gawthrop to launch a new distribution service operation. Mr...

EASTERN NATIONAL, part of the National Bus Company, has promoted lan Banwell to assistant traffic manager. He is based at...

Brian Smith has become divisional director for Group Tyre Services. He joined the company in Norwich in 1948 and was made depot...

PEAK TRAILERS has bought the full manufacturing rights for the range of couplings previously produced by Harrison Bros...

OAF TRUCKS has completed a sponsorship deal with motorcyclist Barry Sheene following his comeback after a 170mph crash last...

IT SEEMS ironic that follow the industry's hard-won ba for increased weights, the if pre-occupation of ma operators is how to...

ANIA has unveiled its latest Mender for the 38 tonne mart, designed specifically for eratore in this country. rhe P112M 6x2...

kIMLER-BENZ is building a w proving ground at Boxberg, out 120km (75 miles) from Atgart. The new test facility expected to be...

SHERWOOD Universal Vehicles is a new company in Pinxton, Nottinghamshire set up to manufacture a multi-bodied vehicle which...

BOALLOY has won a contract worth about £200,000 to supply 46 curtain-sided Tautliner semitrailers to British Telecom. Bodywork...

BLACKWOOD Hodge has been appointed to sell and fit Lucas Girling anti-lock braking systems to commercial vehicle fleets based...

NATIONAL Bus Company coaching resources in South East England are to be boosted by a new company now being set up to act as an...

THE SECOND bid biCumberland independent Yeowarts Coaches to operate town services in Whitehaven in competition with Cumberland...

CARDIFF's new central bus station has been officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff and the Chairman of South Glamorgan...

VOLVO has won an order to supply 100 single-deck bus chassis to the largest bus operator in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The order is for...

THE COMMONS transport cc mittee is backing the call for mote rail services to be replal by buses. MPs in the committee w due...

LONDON TRANSPORT has tended one-man bus opera to a further 13 routes, all ope ing in suburban areas. changes will mean 500 fe...

A LUXURY eight-seater minibus has been introduced to Britain by Toyota. The Model F Space-Cruiser bears a marked resemblance...

AS REPORTED in CM last week, Mercedes-Benz (UK) is preparing for a burgeoning demand for right-hand drive 38 tonnes gcw...

Bryan Jarvis reports on the most important items that caught his eye at the Accessories and Components Exhibition last week...

MR LUDDINGTON's tirade against the RHA ("Dear Sir", April 16) omits to mention that the argument in favour of raising the lorry...

THE BRITISH Vehicle Rental Leasing seminar (CM March 26) appears to have been abundant with interest. Bill Neill, from Swan...

I WAS very interested to read the article on the campaign being advocated by your magazine to improve the road transport...

The major UK engine manufacturers will be mounting a strong show at this year's Institute of Road Transport Engineers'...

4NUARY 1975, writing in Ford Magazine, I asked three 5tions: Jill the tachograph improve le efficiency of transport...

MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised by schools throughout Greater Manchester to help Motability, which provides cars for the...

WITH MY reputation for "potted, poisoned political nonsense," I am almost afraid to refer to the spying in Western Europe by...

driver's mate, in the semi-final of the BBC television contest, Mastermind. I suffered with him as he desperately searched his...

A THREE-DAY VISIT to Hungary by 160 Swedish travel agents makes me wonder whether British Continental coach-tour operators are...

PLEAS by the Road Haulage Association for a defence of "due diligence" in overloading cases will, I am afraid, always fail, but...

IF I WERE to trust the evidence of my eyes! should believe that Kawasaki had furtively infiltrated the commercial-vehicle...

as vs as in transport. F. G. TrathE and Son, the Plymouth cow operator, defeated British Ri by 20 points to 10 in a char match....

THE IMPETUS given to the doyourself movement by Peter Thompson and his cohorts Intl National Freight Consortium gathers...

As speculation rages over the Japanese tie up, Graham Montgomerie talks to the company's sales and marketing director about...

lagazOmrec by Keith Vincent 'Any real advance must get away from scratching wax off a paper disc with metal stylii. Even in...

Italian renaissance While Fiat dominates, total vehicle park figures are only an estimate. GM is selling in the face of a...

The international bus salesman needs the vision of a Bonaparte and the finesse of a Kissinger, or so it must often seem to him...

Fast freighting on a global scale is the aim of the International Parcels Express Company. Relying solely on road transport,...

Efforts to re-establish Bedford and develop GM as an international force centr( on the world truck. Alan Millar looks at its...

RHA's pleas for a "due diligence" defence and the FTA's for a five per cent tolerance on axle weights where the gross and axle...

DG's reliable arometer E FINANCIAL results and nuel report of Transport velopment Group are , ariably eagerly awaited by :City...