THE 1983 Road Haulage Association Conference is likely to be in foreign parts. This is a departure from the boring seaside...

WARNING that Britain might be forced to allow some 40-tonne ries on the roads has come from Shadow Transport Secretary, )ert...

IE GOVERNMENT is to guillole debate on the controversial ansport Bill when MPs return om the Christmas recess on nuary 17. The...

IN THE YEAR to September 1982, basic rates of pay for drivers typically rose by about 8 per cent. Gross earnings only rose by...

GEOFF HILDITCH, general manager of Leicester City Transport, Eric Russell, immediate past secretary of the Road Haulage...

THE EEC Commission is taking steps to monitor the flow Of imports of small vans from Japan into the Common Market countries....

THE CONTROVERSIAL sub, of lead levels in petrol is rently under discussion in European Parliament. The EP Environment Comr...

ALMOST EKI per cent of all tra to and from British ports is ried by road, according figures from a study carried by the...

A ONE-WEEK international certificate of professional competence course is being held in February at the Freight Transport...

THE CHAIRMAN of Avon Rubber, Lord Farnham, highlighted the difficult conditions in the tyre industry which have affected groups...

THE ORWELL BRIDGE and Ipswich southern bypass were opened before Christmas by Transport Secretary David Howell, who announced...

SEDDON ATKINSON enjoyed a p the poor market conditions. Ord cember were significantly up o months. re-Christmas order boost...

THERE HAS been a merger tween McKelvie Transport, PI ley & Stratchclyde Transpl Frood Street, Motherwell, wh has resulted in...

NE SWARTZ has been made nager of engineering of the cer Transmission Division of la in Wolverhampton. He has in with Dana for...

VARIOUS CHANGES have occurred at Carpet Express and Carpet Europe, both companies in the Lex Service Group. Ken Davies has...

WE RECORD with regret the death of Frederick Burnett, founder and chairman of Vickers Motor Body Company. After a prolonged...

CHRISTOPHER DENBY becomes branch manager of Southern British Road Services, based at the Canterbury base. He joined the company...

A SPECIALLY designed semi-trailer used for the collection of waste glass or cullet has recently entered service with Cleanaway,...

DUNLOP has ceased manuf, ture of its Maxaret anti-s1 braking system. Maxaret was developed frc Dunlop's aircraft braking systt...

BLACKWOOD Hodge Vehicles has selected one of the new Ye Bodyline curtainsider bodies to be used as a demonstrator on Mercedes...

i n • I rish Republic E, the semi-state-owned transport undertaking in the Irish Repubhas raised its passenger fares to meet...

THE 1982 World Travel Market, held at London's Olympia from December 1-5, broke attendance records by attracting 18,300 trade...

NATIONAL BUS Company operators, Trent Motor Traction and Crosville Motors, have gained first and third prizes in the 1982...

RTHUR MONK Car Cruises, a North London-based company which )ecialises in the hire of vehicles and drivers for passenger trips...

i i [Z 7 d( by Keith Vince' Getting out—how it could be done ALTHOUGH this New Year will not inevitably see a general...

Wind deflectors and road speed governor are proving an effective way to take the drag out of air resistance and reduce fuel...

S ALWAYS a great pleasure read the Leaders in CM and Is especially so with those of A/ember 27 and December 4 d 18. But first...

The most obvious way to cut fuel bills — one seldom tried — is training drivers to drive more economically. Ron Cater, Sale...

SALES of Brown lines' Captive Strap Load Restraint System — the world's first self-locking anchorage captive strap system —...

The search for fuel efficiency at Air Products has paid off, but in an unlikely way. Tim Blakemore explains R PRODUCTS is not...

runs (with one driver whenever possible and documented to indicate when weather or traffic conditions had an effect) were...

by Janus Competing on unequal terms EVEN THOSE most in favour of the process it describes admit that the neologism...

i This s a tractive unit that operators who will keep on running at 32.5 tonnes should not overlook, says Tim Blakemore WITH...

Labour trouble in store for dealers? I HAVE NEVER thought of vehicle dealerships as hotbeds of industrial threat but Leon...

One engine drives 45 buses. Hope for Neoplan artics THE ANNOUNCEMENT that a second assembly plant has been opened in the...

FIRED BY the success of a "Trucking Festival" held this autumn, two specialist road transport publications in Sweden —...

by Graham Montgomerie THE NEW Michelin 80-Series Pilote tyres are claimed by the company to give greater vehicle stability,...

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage...

The Government is determined to put an end to local councils defying it through generous transport policies. Alan Millar looks...