THE FIRST appointment t joint Renault/Dodge corn Karrier Motors, reflects thi that, although the two pal have equal shares,...

CHRISTIAN Salvesen is exr ing its vegetable proce: facilities at its cold store an tory in Dundee and up to 15 jobs will be...

THE strict enforcement of drivers hours rules for heavy vehicles was an important road safety measure emphasised...

HE Vauxhall-Bedford main lealership of Burrells of Ipswich las been closed by the Cowie 3roup. Burrells was part of the 3eorge...

THOMPSON Jewitt International Ltd, the international freight warding and transport company, has sold its premises at Pa; Lane,...

AL use of credit cards, bad debts, the temporary loss of an ators licence, and various court fines and legal fees have canted...

ED by a claim that some I hauliers had access to pean road haulage quotas, e others found it difficult to the number they...

ERVIEWS are still taking .1 for the post of Road lage Association chief utive, which falls vacant the retirement of directorral...

WINNER of the CM Challenge Trophy at last weekend's Leyland Vehicles Historic Commercial Vehicle Club London to Brighton run...

DAF TRUCKS made a net profit of £4.5m in 1980 compared with £4.1m in 1979. But despite increased profits sales for 1980 fell by...

FORD went into Western Europe this week, with advance customer orders for the new Ford Cargo worth fl4m. Cargo represents a...

WEST MIDLANDS haulier was found guilty by Cannock gistrates on April 29 of 29 offences causing drivers to break the ars records...

A MANCHESTER haulier's licence was revoked by the North-western Licensing Authority Roy Hutchings - last week because of...

MOLLUSCS and crustaceans have been added to the fish covered by the European Agreement on the International Carriage of...

A £9.2M ROAD irnprovemen . scheme in South-east Londor designed to ease congestion anc improve access to the Dockland; area,...

TO MAKE SURE that what had been described as "excellent maintenance facilities" would be used in the future, North-western...

FREIGHT forwarder Hill and Delamain is offering a complete cargo packing service from its cargo headquarters near Heathrow...

A GROUP training association in the Midlands, specifically for the freight forwarding industry, is likely to be formed if...

HOUSE of Fraser plan rationalise its storage, hand and distribution arrangem for larger items of merchan over the next two to...

Sally the Viking Line, a Finr shipping company, is to ope new cross-Channel ro/ro fl service between Ramsgate Dunkirk on June...

ILE BEING prepared to listen to what a local authority had to say elation to an operating centre it was the Licensing Authority...

JEW joint company is being up by Powell Duffryn and ncis Parker to manage their ith coast stevedoring, arfage, and road haulage...

E PROSPECTS for freight isport operators will be aired lin next month by the Henley rtre for Forecasting. is holding another...

THE INTERNATIONAL Roa Transport Union has publishe an updated guide to the ADI international dangerous good regulations, but it...

NEW shunting/terminal tractor, model PT22, recently launched on :a the British market by the Bolines Tractor Division of...

Js1 AT-A-GLANCE planning ystem suitable for warehouse r transport management needs as been produced by the Peter Iilliams...

THE FIRST of a batch of seven fire-fighting vehicles being commissioned to protect BP's Sullom Voe oil terminal in the...

A NEW high-pressure co vehicle wash known as Wash 'n Shine has been i duced by Electrolux-Euroi and offers a pre-set wen cycle...

AS PART OF its expansion p aimed at doubling sales w three years, garage equipr supplier Harlem-Wilcomati to sell direct to the...

IN AN EFFORT to counter the trend of increasing imports ft Taiwan, the Solihull-based Whale Tankers Ltd have sold the British...

A NEW high-performance pallet racking system with metal upright profiles, each having eight bends, and joined with compatible...

HAND PALLET trucks to resist corrosive and moisture-laden at mospheres have been intro. duced by Jungheinrich, The Ameise TM...

THE GABRIEL group of Enfield in north London who bought the first Seddon Atkinson 300 Series double-drive six-wheeler in...

A NEW short engine excha plan has been announced Perkins Engines of Pete rough. The scheme, opera through the Perkins UK net...

THE DENNIS Dominator 6,63rnm (18ft 6in) wheelbase bus chassis with fully automatic gearbox and power steering has been chosen...

AN ABRASIVE DISC enabling finishers to use a polish machine for stripping op( tions has been introduced the Automotive Trades...

THE Institute of Road Trans: Engineers conference and ibition in Solihull next week, ne-Fruehauf will demons.9 a GLZ drawbar...

FEWER than 20 per cent of th motor industry's qualifie technicians have to date regi: tered with the Engineers Regi: tration...

TUDOR VEHICLE Imports hal appointed four more dealers f , its range of Romanian Aro fou wheel drive vehicles and Tud. twoand...

3WEEPING CUTS involving the axing of 6,000 jobs and 60 route niles are likely by National Bus Company subsidiaries in a bid to...

SCANIA and Van Hoot have won a contract to supply 457 BR116 rear-engined coaches for Algeria's national bus company, SNTV. The...

NO operator York Bros have, fo time being at least, pulled o operating coaches on Br Coachways London-Northi ton services...

PSV operators' licence has been granted by the South-eadtern raffic Commissioners for only 18 of the 21 vehicles operated by...

BARNSLEY bus dealer Paul Sykes Organisation has supplied second-hand Leyland Atlantean double-deck buses to a tot agency in...

EGAL OPERATIONS and the construction of a workshop without anning permission led to an application for a new psv operator ence...

'REY-GREEN'S parent cornany, the Cowie Group, has corded a pre-tax loss of 195,000, compared with a revious half year profit of...

IATIONAL Express is launching new hourly Birmingham/Lonon/Dover Docks coach service n May 17. The service, which will onnect...

THE FIRST Control Systel Portatim electronic tick machines are due to be c livered around the end of & tember. Microprocessors...

WHILE the arguments about privatisation of commercial vehi test stations go on, London Transport has meanwhile been giu...

.THOUGH SEVERAL old lorries 3 being restored on Jersey, are was no island representa e at the Historic Commercial , hide Club...

IT IS SALUTARY to be reminded that the sources of half the oil to be used by the world only 20 years from now are not yet...

ROBIN COUSINS, the former Olympic gold medallist, was not the only person to get his skates on when the Holiday on Ice show was...

SYLVIA HAUSER, Britain's 23 year-old woman dragster chan pion, who is liable to accelerat from rest to 130mph in te seconds,...

I" APPEARS to me that there are nomalies in the present peration of road passenger - ansport services, particularly s far as...

WE WOULD like to inform Commercial Motor and its readers of our newly formed club. Our membership is made up of ovvner -...

I WAS concerned to read that some transport consultants are worrying the Road Haulage . Association's Express Carriers...

HAVE read about the concerr expressed by the Road Haulag Association express carriers functional group about certair transport...

Leyland Bus' new prodigy wasn't at all overawed by some exotic company at the Nice Coach rally, reports Noel Millier. Pictures...

As home markets dwindle, manufacturers are boxing clever and setting their eyes on more distant horizons. Sending bus body kits...

What's it really like to run a British lorry abroad? David Wilcox visits a Parisian Dodge 100-Series operator and gets some...

The icy grip of 'spring' cut short our BSeries road test, but Bill Brock still has time to find out that though the 35 R2's...

Britain's big three lorry manufacturers will have their hands too full facing Japanese competition to challenge Hestair Dennis...

_LEGAL OPERATIONS and the construction of a workshop without lanning permission led to an application for a new psv operator...

THE FIRST Control Syster Portatim electronic tick machines are due to be c livered around the end of SE tember....

;REV-GREEN'S parent cornany, the Cowie Group, has ecorded a pre-tax loss of 195,000, compared with a irevious half year profit...

\IATIONAL Express is launching new hourly Birmingham/Lonion/Dover Docks coach service )n May 17. The service, which will...

WHILE the arguments about privatisation of commercial vehi test stations go on, London Transport has meanwhile been giA...

THOUGH SEVERAL old lorries ; being restored on Jersey, )re was no island representa e at the Historic Commercial hide Club run...

IT IS SALUTARY to be reminded that the sources of half the oil to be used by the world only 20 years from now are not yet...

ROBIN COUSINS, the former Olympic gold medallist, was not the only person to get his skates on when the Holiday on Ice show...

SYLVIA HAUSER, Britain's : year-old woman dragster cha pion, who is liable to acceleri from rest to 130mph in t seconds, flew...

- APPEARS to me that there are iomalies in the present peration of road passenger ansport services, particularly s far as the...

WE WOULD like to inform Commercial Motor and its readers of our newly formed club. Our membership is made up of owner-drivers,...

I WAS concerned to read that some transport consultants are worrying the Road Haulage Association's Express Carriers functional...

HAVE read about the concerr expressed by the Road Haula Association express carriers functional group about certair transport...

Leyland Bus' new prodigy wasn't at all overawed by some exotic company at the Nice Coach rally, reports Noel Millier. Pictures...

Jble glazed and fitted with :ed Dominant 2-type windows the first two bays, with smalDominant 4 windows on the :k bays. he...

As home markets dwindle, manufacturers are boxing clever and setting their eyes on more distant horizons. Sending bus body kits...