THE INCREASED lorry weighl proposed by Sir Arthur will b wholly neutralised by "objectia nable" taxation and contrc proposals,...

A TREMENDOUS tonic for i dustry. That was Freight Tran port Association director gener Hugh Featherstone's immedia reaction to...

1E3 PER WEEK increase has been offered to National Freight Corn'any drivers, shunters and loaders covered by the Transport and...

'HE QUESTION of lorry weights ; being decided in ignorance by he European Commission, ccording to a timely report orry Weights...

FREIGHT traffic decreased by four per cent at Dover during the first ten months of this year while passenger traffic increased...

THE Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service is expected to be called in to help resolve a dispute between the United Road...

EUROPEAN FERRIES is expected to make a bid for a controlling interest in the fleet of ships British Rail operates in the...

quota for transport authorisations in 1981, though it has allocated 76 permits to Greece which joins the Community in January....

THE Government wants to be given the power to confiscate counterfeit vehicle parts. Questioned in the Commons about plans to...

THE BRITISH pay a higher rate of duty on dery than any other member of the European Community. Minister of State to the...

FOLLOWING his call for minimum operating rate for ti industry, chairman of II Thames Valley Owner-Drive Association, Keith...

Ford has returned to market leadership, with 5,737 British built vans sold, but this is still down from 1 9 7 9's 7,8 9 3....

EUROPEAN Transport Comn sioner Richard Rurke steps do at the end of the year, at same time as British presid Roy Jenkins hands...

IN ONE of the first contested cases over the tachograph regulations, an intricate legal defence failed to prevent Scottish...

THE PROVISION of more and better roads is of vital importance to the future of Wales, and road building and improvement...

FREIGHT Transport Associatic members in South Wales hal been assured that several roc programmes will go ahead the future....

enes in their record books, proceedings against London-based WBS 3nsport Ltd were dismissed when the hearing was resumed last...

IE STANDARD format ropean driving licence has 3n approved by Transport nisters in Brussels following tish Minister Norman Fowl;...

IT IS ESSENTIAL that trunk roads and motorways should be kept open throughout the winter, otherwise freight distribution will...

THE SCOTTISH Deputy Licensing Authority acted fairly in refusing an Operator's licence on the grounds that the nominated...

THE ROAD Haulage Association's Security Committee sets an example to the nation in crime prevention, Home Office Under...

MERSEYSIDE County Council has approved a 30 per cent rise in Mersey Tunnel tolls. The increases have still to be approved by...

INTERNATIONAL freight trar port operator Interlink h. launched a new road service 11 tween Leeds and Reutlingen f Stuttgart....

AN IRISH lorry driver who had to find £200 bail to keep himself a of prison has been fined £50 and his employer £135 by the...

tEATER GLASGOW PTE's ector of operations and engiering is Keith Moody, the preit Birmingham/Solihull traffic tnager with West...

SCOTLAND: M8. At the St James Interchange, Paisley, the eastbound carriageway only is in use and drivers are urged to take...

AFTER WELL over a decade of production, Scania's LB forward control vehicles have been replaced by a new range, the GPR...

A HIGH-STRENGTH load-rete tion strap has been develop( by lorry bodybuilder Boalk Ltd, Congleton, Cheshire. The new strap...

IERCEDES-Benz have made significant changes to their New Genration of heavy duty vehicles first introduced in 1973, reports TIM...

THE WEIGHT of certain vehicle components could be reduced dramatically by the use of composite materials in place of...

THE Property Services Agency — responsible for the operation of 540 Government vans and cars in the Greater London area — is to...

LONDON'S experiment will electric vehicles is making "ver encouraging" progress with th gap between these and conven tional...

OTAL deregulation of bus services would be catastrophic in terms f energy, road space, safety and efficiency. So said J. R. Le...

:OVENTRY-based operator Aid-Warwickshire Motors has iotified the Metropolitan Traffic :ommissioners of a new exiress service...

REATER Manchester County ouncil's decision to axe the ale Dial-a-Ride scheme has een attacked by the Spastics' ociety Action on...

HONG KONG bus operator China Motor Bus Company has placed an order with MetroCammell-Weymann for two 12m extra large Metrobus...

ANY DECISION on London Transport's 1981 budget is likely to be deferred until the Greater London Council knows the Government's...

JUNIOR TRANSPORT Minister Kenneth Clarke has called for international coach services to be deregulated along similar lines to...

VEST YORKSHIRE PTE could be n breach of the 1968 Transport Ict by carrying forward a culnulative deficit of £5.32m. A report...

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ir the 1980s are the subject of I conference organised by the As sociation of District Councils tc be held...

MERSEYSIDE PTE has launched a campaign to encourage firms and employers throughout the county to be agents for its zonal bus...

MAYNES of Manchester have extended one of their stage carriage routes in the Manchester area. Despite objections from Greater...

SIR ARTHUR ARMITAGE will long be remembered as the man who recommended 44-tonners for Britain's roads, but his report is much...

extended to include lorry depot and other places where th operator often parks his lorries. Sir Arthur also wants the LA to...

NAME of Norman E. Box Id, of Manchester, whose Derations were described to :embers of the Historic Cornlercial Vehicle Club,...

ENJOYED some of the subtle vases used in a debate on rooties by the engineering menucturing division of the Institu)n of...

RESPONDENTS to a survey of public opinion on the lorry were asked to choose what they thought were the two most serious of...

DETECTIVE work by David Blunt, Perkins Engines' instrument project engineer, is saving the company the need each month to send...

THOUSANDS of Americans have been persuaded that they can improve petrol consumption by attaching a pair of 3 1 /2in 4oz magnets...

MR R. W. Ingham-Johnson argues (CM, November 15) that the Ramblers' Association should spend less time worrying about heavy...

IN your news item headed BL Trumps Ford Again (CM, November 22) you state that for the second month running, Ford was beaten...

I HAVE read with interest the article Scotland the Brave (CM, November 22} on Scottish Road Services. I would like to point...

THE Birds Eye View piece (CM, November 22) headed Master is Mindless was interesting because the first time I came across the...

THE SECOND Spring Transport Festival and Manchester Model Bus Show will take place on April 4/5 at the Museum of Transport,...

THE OTHER day while driving along in my 1943 DUKW amphibious lorry having just had a pleasant half hour playing in the Thames,...

MY VISION that The Hawk was a man of the world and a man's man was shattered by his comments on girly calendars (CM, November...

Up in the Far North, Farnorth (Bill of that name and RHA area secretary) is too experienced a man to pretend that things are...

IN THE North-west the RHA is not blessed with the simplicity of negotiating on wages on a Joint Industrial Council. The set up...

Regularly updating and developing, always on the look out for new business, Noel Wilier believes that Duple will stay Dominant...

Roy Hutchings plays doctor to 18,000 operators and 70,000 vehicles. And that's some panel! To find out how he's coping, Steve...

The DKSE completes the second generation F2800-Series. That E's for economy, but, as Bill Brock discovered when he took the...

UNLIKE the steam engine, where power is available immediately the throttle is opened, the internal combustion engine has to be...

by Graham Montgomerie by Graham Montgomerie I'S NOT the usual policy of ommercial Motor to stray into - le domain of military...

The daily driving limit applies to time spent behind the wheel actually driving the vehicle between two daily rest periods -IE...

ALL OPERATORS need to hold a Certificate of Professional Competence — or have at least one of their staff pass the CPC...