k 40-tonne weight limit has been proposed by the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities which represents the...

PROFESSIONAL hauliers want the Chancellor of the Exchepier to cancel the tax disadvantages of diesel oil, and to ease yther tax...

DRIVERS of goods vehicli over 3.5 tonnes must incluc private driving in their calci lations of hours worked. This follows...

AN ESTIMATED 7500 lorr drivers have now been laid cr as a direct result of the stet strike, according to the Roa Haulage...

)AD HAULAGE is too inefficient for heavier lorries to be thorised, says the Transport and General Workers Union in its bmission...

A ONE-DAY conference on freight transport and the urban environment is being organised next month by the Centre for Physical...

YLAND VEHICLES conned this week that it is col'orating with a foreign nufacturer on future pro k. company spokesman told that a...

SEDDON ATKINSON has introduced a simplified breakdown emergency scheme — SABRE (Seddon Atkinson Breakdown Recovery Emergency)...

VEHICLES working under contract to public authorities have been brought into the scope of drivers' hours and tachograph...

ME YORK CORDON'S future will be known by May, and it is getting bigger and more restrictive. The special sub-committee set up...

BLUE CIRCLE Port Facilities Ltd, a subsidiary of Blue Circle Industries Ltd, hopes to start work within the next three months...

COMMERCIAL vehicle production in November 1979 was 8000 up on the same month in 1978, according to the Society of Motor...

I once got a Ministry statement which mentioned hectares, and having no clear idea of what this represented, and not trusting...

"ENERGY CONSERVATION makes good business sense." So said Secretary of State for Energy David Howell earlier this week when he...

HANIEL International Forwarders Ltd (HIF) has launched a new Austrian service with the appointment of a new partner, Karl...

THE Road Transport Industr Training Board should adopt levy exemption scheme for al companies, according to th Road Haulage...

:APACITY on the Felixstowe-Rotterdam crossing is being boosted by Townsend Thoresen which has chartered a Swedish D-ro ferry....

THE 1980 edition of the FTA Yearbook is now available. The Freight Transport dissociation has updated this edition, and the...

OVERSEAS removal specialists Neale and Wilkinson of Manchester and its Harrogate . based companies C. L. Wards Ltd and J. Chas...

DISTRIBUTION industry employees stand to benefit from oneand five-day courses being organised by the Centre for Physical...

IMPERIAL Foods Group companies have taken steps in storing larger fuel supplies with the installation of three static fuel...

REDLAND PURLE is to take over Rochford District Council's refuse collection service in a deal which will save the council...

A TARMAC contractor has been told it must reinstate a driver and pay him 0037 compensation. Sheffield Industrial Tribunal heard...

k GOVERNMENT decision on the new road between Oxford Ind Birmingham can be expected soon, but it does not tutomatically mean...

TEMPCO International Ltd Ind the Dublin-based investment company, Silvermines Ad, have formed a new cold torage company — Irish...

A REGULAR groupage service to South Africa is now being operated by Unifast International Ltd in conjunction with South African...

MURPHY BROS (Bulk Transport) Ltd, the transport subsidiary of Murphy Bros Ltd, is now offering a contract hire service for bulk...

MANY of Leslie Chapman's co port's inefficiency are based on to an auditors' report. LT commissioned Messrs Deloitte, Haskins...

LONDON COUNTRY Bus Services Ltd is another National Bus Company subsidiary which has extended the flexibility of garage...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE Passenger Transport Executive has specified the optional Rolls-Royce Eagle power unit in all 144 of it...

THE Transport and Genera Workers Union has publishe( its objections to the Govern ment's free-for-all plans con tamed in the...

CORNISH coach operators were encouraged to take advantage of the Transport Bill's forthcoming deregulation when they met...

COSTING, finance and licensing are among the subjects due for discussion at the third Confederation of British Road Passenger...

TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS will, in certain circumstances, be able to lift conditions they have attached to a road service licence....

A SUFFOLK coach operator who carried out his own maintenance despite not having the necessary skill was told he must have work...

THE FUTURE of a 16-vehicl Renfrewshire coach busines is being threatened by a plan fling row over the use of former haulage...

LEYLAND has begun to supply parts for other makes of commercial vehicles through its distributor network. The Multipart service...

RUBERY-OWEN-Rockwell's Anchorlok ES spring brake for trailers will be launched at this week's Amsterdam Show. It is now...

AMERICA'S International Harvester, the parent company of Seddon Atkinson and one-third owner of DAF, is to invest in yet...

DAF Trucks' export division has appointed Saudi Arabian Truck Agencies as its Saudi Importer. SATA is a newly formed company...

ROLLS-ROYCE thinks that the high power outputs. The company bases this assumption on a number of factors which include an...

STAFFORDSHIRE Moorlands District Council has taken delivery of the first 3.048m (120in) wheelbase Shelvoke and Drewry PN model...

AN ALUMINIUM dropside body is being offered by Ingimex Ltd of Telford to maximise the payload capacity of the new non-hgv...

MAN-VW has unveiled details of a massive support programme for operators. Outlining the new programme Truck Care marketing...

SERVICE exchange scheme will pay a greater part Ii Volvo's operation in the nex decade. This is the opinion o Blair Campbell,...

LEYLAND VEHICLES an, MAN have announced plans build commercial vehicles ii Rhodesia. LV executives hay returned from a visit...

BRITISH Standards Institu. tion has published a revise( edition of BS 4552 Fuel Filters Strainers and Sedimentors fo...

A NEW engineering service for users of hydraulic platforms and tower wagons, is now available from Mobile Access Services, PO...

STAINLESS-STEEL semi-trailer tankers, designed and manufactured by Magyar SA of France, are being marketed in the UK by Vaxhand...

E law concerning the use of its on vehicles at night is tamed in Section 68 to 81 of Road Traffic Act 1 972 and Road Vehicles...

Among the tangle of lighting regulations, John Reid picks CT most mooant to help you keep ne right side of e law THE LIGHTING...

N your editorial of January 26 fou say that many recovery )perators would welcome some orm of licensing for the inlustry; but...

s,S A REGULAR reader of CM or many years, I always look orward to my weekly copy, larticularly the (January 26) sue — the guide...

WHILST reading through your issue of January 26, I noticed my firm's name was missing from the list of recovery operatives....

YOUR ARTICLE on tyre inspection procedure (January 12, p36) made interesting reading but simply confirmed the opinion of a...

A RECENT press release issued by the British Rubber Manufacturers Association Limited criticised the use of tyre sealants. We...

Electronics gets more sophisticated almost by e minute. but technologists are also active in finding ways of making maintenance...

UK Petroleum Regulations specify at tankers - wiring must be double-pole. Tim Blakemore finds ou -at conversion is not easy...

Electrical failure is e most common cause of commercial-vehicle breakdowns, but as Steve Gray reports, cr least one...

\M SURE the Lorries and the ivironment Committee is corct when it says that the , erage member of the public is rt really...

IS THERE SCOPE in road haulage for a productive conference of employers and employees similar to one held in the dairy...

IS NORMAN FOWLER trying to make amends to the French for the Prime Minister's tough line on the common agricultural policy and...

TIME stood still in Dewsbury (and what's new in that you may ask?) when the Yorkshire Bus Company's 45-year-old brass band made...

£6000 to be won CM's 75th anniversary celebrations will be marked by a competition in six classes each carrying a £1000 award....

demand in the 1980s and beyond. The author should consider the warehousing and distribution functions as an extension of the...

P&O European Transport Services The development of European road transport. To examine the development of European road...

Renault Trucks & Buses UK Ltd CV 2005AD To consider the design and development of the commercial vehicle in the next 25 years....

Each entry must be accompanied by official entry form and six copies of the ei They should bOtypewritten to 50 charm and double...

Rolls-Royce Engines Engine development in the Eighties. The development of the diesel engine, its components, the case for and...

Lighting systems E WIRING SYSTEMS used motor vehicles are of two ds; on private motor cars and ht commercial vehicles the arth...

Both the electronics incus - ry and manufacturers are convinced" at UK technology is not lacking; says Graham Montgomerie, but...