A PRE-EMPTIVE strike against the heavier lorry has been launched by the Greater London Council. Its transport committee has...

HE WOOD INQUIRY into the )ossible effects of controls on orries in Greater London is to nake two reports, one by the ind of...

INDUSTRY pressure looks certain to persuade the Government to drop its controversial Transport Bill proposals for ancillary...

THE BRITISH commercial vehicle industry is losing sales while operators await the delayed Government decision on an increase in...

THE GRADUAL improvement in new commercial vehicle sales is reflected in the latest statistics from the Society of Motor...

WEST GERMANY'S power' commercial vehicle Indust shared the same fate as oth industrial countries last ye with production down...

ROAD transport operators will vances in telecommunications t according to the Road Haulage vices. The RHA's Vehicle and...

IE NEGATIVE attitude of environmentalists who oppose the conruction of new roads in London contrasts sharply with the...

ORD STOKES of Leyland will e the next president of the istitute of Road Transport Enineers, when London Transoil chairman Sir...

THE GOVERNMENT's "relaxed" attitude to road building came in for heavy criticism last week, when British Road Federation...

CONSERVATIVE MP Eldon Griffiths told the National Association of Warehouse Keepers this week that he was appalled to learn that...

I APPEAL against a three-month suspension of arator's licence was dismissed by the Transport .ek. a company's Tribunal last...

TWO compa les have been given 009,500 under the Section 8 grants from the Department of Transport. The Dagenham Storage...

LORRY traffic through Dover in March was up by nearly a quarter on the same month last year, and other freight traffic was up...

A DRAFT directive aimed at speeding up the time-consuming formalities at frontier crossing points within the EEC has been drawn...

'A FIRM selling plastic goods at county shows and fairgrounds was not entitled to a showman's road fund licence for its...

EUROPEAN Transport, P&C road fleet and ro-ro ferry servii reduced its national vehicle fle by 10 per cent last year, at ended...

AN ELGIN transport company is to provide overnight accommodation for lorry drivers. ;TRIBUTION managers make insufficient use...

DISCRIMINATION by councils against contractors with non-union labour is bad for the ratepayer, the taxpayer and the country,...

A NEW fire appliance has started service with the fire brigade which forms part of the Department of the Environment's fire...

A CONTRACT for the supp 12 Tugmaster terminal tra units has been placed by Containerbase Group Douglas (Equipment) Lt...

Roadways. He joined Roadways in 1969 and will be based at Felixstowe. The Wincanton Group has appointed DICK PULMAN chairman....

VOLVO is placing a E100,000 order for a British electrical test instrument which is to be in /0 transport tasks with just one...

‘RDIFF-BASED operator W. T. Davies (Transport) has bought ree new Mercedes-Benz tippers, two 2419 6x4 rigids and a 4x2 17 K....

test instrument which is to be in lorry service stations throughout the world. The instrument — a digital multimeter for...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY David Howell has been impressed by a visit to Hamburg and Munich to study urban transport development. Mr...

IF London Transport simp achieved the productivity levi of other major cities in Brita savings of at least £80m wot be...

NATIONAL EXPRESS hi launched a second Rapide cos service similar to its Plymott and Exeter service operati with Trathens of...

GREATER Manchester Council is seeking Government approval of its plans to provide concessionary season tickets to the...

THE JOINT municipal express bus service between Reading and Southend is being split into two interconnecting services from...

THE most likely route to success for the electric car is with a hybrid system using batteries with a small petrol engine to...

KARRIER MOTORS has s nounced an urban distribut package for the G15 and Dodge 100 Series chassis. This was previously availa...

PERKINS ENGINES has just completed a E200,000 investment in a new production line for building the 4.108 diesel. The new line...

JOHN WELLS, national organising secretary of the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year Competition, who was admitted to the...

(LAND VEHICLES introduced Constructor 6, its latest 6x4 per from the T45 range, a year D. As replacements for the Bi models,...

of the cylinder block with the gasket flame ring located around it and, clamped between head and block, it is protected from...

THE TIPPING gear market is not one which changes very much in design terms. The basic designs have been around for a long time...

ram positions, there are advantages and disadvantages to both types. At one stage, Edbro was 100 per cent bore seal, but...

■ 1 1979 Packington Estate Enteirises Ltd (PEEL) banned artictlated tipping vehicles from its andfill sites in the Midlands....

THE Road Haulage Association Tipping Conference and Exhibition has, over the years, become an event to be reckoned with....

"BUSY FOOLS" is a very apt and descriptive expression. It describes those that have fallen into the trap • of rushing around...

Honest communication WE ARE often told that we live in an age of science, and it is time that the dominant principle of...

THE LABOUR transport policies ... What a load of miserable ideas; nationalisation is the only word they can think of. Increase...

DODGE updated its range of Commando models in 1981 and although it retained the cab, it has made many detailed trim and...

PRACTICALLY all heavy commercial vehicles are fitted with air-operated brakes, and on reflection this is not surprising. Air is...

MARKET conditions in West Germany are now very different from what they were, and this was reflected by the atmosphere at the...