AS THE Royal Navy and Royal Marines prepared to sail last Monday for the Falkland Islands other preparations were taking place...

transport are improving slightly, survey by Manpower, the tempoincludes Overdrive, the driver ser IPLOYMENT prospects in road...

AN EASTERN DISTRICT of the Road Haulage Association will be formed as part of the RHA restructuring plan, following the...

NEW parcels delivery service aranteeing delivery within 72 urs has been started by TNT er County Parcels Express. This new...

to be fitted with itched rear reflective markings a gross weight rather than 'laden weight basis. The Department of Transport...

FOUR COMPANIES share latest £2.9m of Section 8 raill grants towards the capital of keeping freight traffic off roads. The...

closed, partly as a result of last winter's Leyland Trucks strike, but also through generally depressed business. A Leyland...

CERTIFICATE of Professional Competence students can sit their examinations outside Britain, but only in special circumstances....

THE FREIGHT Transport Association earned a profit of £215,619 last year, compared with £139,041 in 1980. It ended the year...

trading conditions even worse last year for the Appleyard Group, which made a £1.44m loss last year, against £1.88m in 1990....

FORMER EEC transport commissioner Richard Burke it returnini Brussels where he built a solid reputation in charge of the transr...

RE IS no means of assessing the likely effects of a ban and nher it would lead to an increase in vehicles, pollution and le,...

THOUGHT of having the od Inquiry report back in a for its deadline this weekhas been abandoned, and it If not even appear this...

AT THE second reading of the Lorry Traffic Regulations Bill, Michael English (Conservative, Nottingham West) opposed the new...

PROPOSALS are being developed for the conveyance by road of dangerous goods and explosives and for the conveyance and storage...

LEYLAND VEHICLES has denied rumours about the future of the International DT-466, which is scheduled to replace some of the...

on Tuesday this week, following the resolution of the dispute over 13+1 Line's new service from Dublin. Sealink's service to...

SUFFOLK pop music transport company has been granted an tension of four additional vehicles and trailers to its standard...

LEADING Labour and Conservative MPs are giving lectures later this summer on the many changes in employment legislation which...

IADE UNION calls for a reduced working week could threaten itain's ability to remain competitive, Confederation of British...

NETHERLANDS hauliers are up in arms over the fact that they are no longer entitled to year reduction tickets for regular...

)ETAILS of this year's notorway maintenance projramme, which affects eight outes, have been published by he Freight Transport...

the fees charged to drivers for use of the special vehicle recovery service on the Severn Bridge. The new charge will be 02 for...

FALSE tachograph charts and excessive hours cost associated companies M & S Motors (Leigh) Ltd and S & W Garages (Atherton) Ltd...

THE RE-OPENED Belfast-Liverpool car ferry and freight service will not start until the beginning of May. (CM, March 13)....

the Kilgetty-Stepaside by-pass on the A477 from St Clears, Dyfed. Three miles of single carriageway will be built. The...

THE FINAL chapter in the collapse of the Dublin haulage company Ferrywagon was completed when the company's assets were...

CLOSER LINKS will be forg€ between hanging garmer equipment manufacturers an their customers, following a n cent meeting...

DUBLIN driver who neglected to use the tachograph in his lorry id was subsequently dismissed has claimed unfair dismissal at...

A NEW COURSE on depot management will be held by the Freight Transport Association this summer. The residential course, which...

at the Sandwell Historic Parade and Transport Show on Sunday, May 9. With the help of the Sandwell Amenities and Recreation...

MAN-VW has developed a fully encapsulated engine for noise reduction in urban distribution vehicles. The radiator, fan, engine...

FIVE SENIOR managers ha paid over £3m to buy Telehoi and two associated compani from the Rockwell Internation Corporation....

and partly a boxvan has been supplied by Lawrence David Ltd of Peterborough to Wavin Plastics Ltd of Hayes. The idea is to...

The PDX 934 offers ultrasonic pre-load control with built in microprocessor electronics. The guage, which is distributed by W....

MISALIGNMENT of trailer axles increases tyre drag and thus in creases the fuel consumption according to a test carried out by...

Energy, will give the opening address at Drive Electric 82 to be held at Welwyn Garden City on April 14 and 15. Organised by...

He lins the company from ICI. Sir laurice joined ICI in 1942 and as held a number of senior osts within the company. He ecame...

Herefordshire: A. BOYLE, A. B. Enterprises (chairman). J. FRENCH, Midlands BRS (vicechairman), W. SPEAKE, Herefords Hire...

TROLLEYBUSES can play a part in reducing operating costs two West Yorkshire PTE specialists told a Newcastle-upon-Tyne...

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE strategic planning manager Dr Michael Harrison has been appointed to represent Britain on an international...

A WELCOME touch of down-to-earth realism was introduced to the Newcastle symposium by Werner Heubeck, the managing director of...

A CALL for a wide-ranging inquiry into Passenger Transport Executives was turned down in the Commons last week. Mr McCrindle...

VOLVO has announced an up-dated version of its front engined B6FA bus chassis. The new model, the B6FA Mark 2, is built to the...

H MORRIS, former managing director of CK Coaches (Cardiff) ted, failed in his application for a licence to operate two hes in...

NATIONAL EXPRESS'S increasing links with the private sector have been strengthened by the introduction of hourly services from...

SIX MILLION Nimble loaves being sold this month have vouchers for National Bus Company Explorer tickets which entitle the...

NINE vehicles have been removed from the psv operator's licence held by Henry Hulley and Sons Ltd, of Baslow, by the Yorkshire...

BUS AND COACH operators must now pay out-of-scope rates for any Road Transport Industry Training Board facilities they use, as...

JUNIOR Transport Minister Lynda Chalker last week announced the Department of Transport's intention to introduce tougher laws...

ALL NEW vehicle bulbs will have to be rnarked, to show they comply with the reit" international standards. Regulations...

Bodyshop AT THIS year's Bodyshop exh tion to be held at the Wemb Conference Centre from JL 10-12, an articulated ()vertu power...

LNE FRUEHAUF LTD has rely completed a 45 tonne load extendible deck over s lowbed for Mil!field HorLtd, general hauliers of...

:o the UK in May for a seminar lich will be attended by deletes from overseas BP assortes. They will be able to asss the tanker...

A RANGE of anaerobic sealants and adhesives have been made by SK Variform Products of Manchester. The company has just...

DAGENHAM MOTORS of Essex claims the first major fleet order for the yet-to-be officially launched Ford Cargo 32 ton tractive...

DISCUSSIONS between Monsanto and York have resulted in York becoming the national distributor for Clear Pass. Monsanto...

WE NOTED a letter from Mr A. Bogen in Commercial Motor, week ending March 20, 1982, referring to the fact that a number of...

YOUR EDITORIAL on March 6 was doubtless intended to help the interests of road transport and the existing cross-Channel...

I MUST point out a mistake in Commercial Motor February 27. It was in the four-wheel drive tests by Bill Brock and Steve Gray....

YOUR article on this year's pay agreements for drivers which appeared on page 15 of CM March 27, contained one or tw(...

Managers must seek knowledge of how tc improve working relations. Alan Millar ha followed them back to school THE MINEFIELDS...

DESPITE the present glut of oil, conservation is still vital and the relative merits of road and rail in saving liquid fuel...

THE PAGES of costly displayed advertisements for executives in some quality newspapers might give the misleading impression...

"THE TRAIN speeds from city centre to city centre. No parking problems. No traffic jams," a British Rail newspaper...

A 1969 FORD D-Series refuse collector from Southend, where private enterprise has taken over public cleansing, is now a family...

WHY is Runcorn new town's bus system a success whereas that at Milton Keynes is a dead loss? If I understand Terence Bendixson,...

THE opening of the first motorway post office at the Forton service area on M6 near Lancaster marks a new era in communications...

Leasing is a very flexible form of finance. David Wilcox has been investigating how you can bend it to your advantage THE OLD...

The Companies Acts impose a daunting range of requirements on all limited companies and it is vital that managers should come...

Having cashflow problems? Prepare to pill them behind you, as lain Sherriff unfolds the mysteries of this vital key to business...

Borrowing money is not hard these days — finance houses and banks offer many tempting schemes — but you need to have your...

Rental companies solve many problems for operators, but the service they provide varies greatly. Steve Gray was unimpressed by...

VOLVO has long been associated with diesel engines in general and turbocharged diesel engines in particular. One man was...

Lorry Driver of 1982? MORE THAN 3,000 drivers enter the CM Lorry Driver of the Year Competition annually; 1982 marks the 29th...

THE NAME OF ZF has become synonymous with transmission and steering technology to such an extent that the activities of the...

IN A SCHEME believed to be unique in Europe,full integration of public transport fares and interchangeability of tickets has...

SCHEDULE 4 of the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road Tanker and Tank containers) Regulations 1981 Jeals with the delivery...

OTOR VEHICLE brakes must ive several other qualities tside the obvious one of tabling a driver to stop his :hide in the...