HAS AN EEC committee urged that the UK be given the chance to opt out of the compulsory fitting of tachographs? The Transport...

7 OLLOWING the exclusive Commercial Motor trials of a double )ottom outfit (CM, September 24) the Department of Transport las...

demand AN Ampthill by-pass must be built before weight restrictions are improved on the A507, says the Road Haulage...

Dispute warning PAY DEMANDS AN INDUSTRIAL dispute is firmly on the cards unless the Road Haulage Association and the United...

■ OME car and taxi drivers will be able to charge passengers at eparate fares and unlicensed minibuses operate when...

CALLS for legislation to apply special conditions to the operation of football coaches have been made following last Saturday's...

DPERATORS can now pass through Greece and deliver there without the use of permits under a new agreement which came into force...

TRANSPORT 2000 — the pro-rail pressure group — has urged the new Minister for Transport to press ahead with the implementation...

DURING the next four weeks, CM will be participating in a traffic experiment which could lead to a saving of millions of pounds...

Licences should be fair TRANSPORT MANAGERS' licences should be a flexible *system to be fair to the companies and the...

for Glasgo The Glasgow centre of IOTA has been awarded the Frank White trophy for the second time. The trophy is presented to...

UK Ltd and he will be responsible for directing all the activities of the company along with its co-ordination. Mr Lacy joined...

k MEETING between the toad Haulage Association and Eransport Minister Mr Wiliam Rodgers to discuss plans or local authority...

IARINGEY COUNCIL in iorth London, have warned uilding contractors in the rea that if they drop mud on lie road they will be...

OPERATORS who fail to keep their vehicles at the points set out in their licence applications or who allow drivers to take them...

was not involved in the offences. Mr Bloom, who represented six of the drivers, admitted , they had done the extra work for...

THE Road Haulage Association's Express Carriers Group has welcomed an assurance from the Post Office that they will continue to...

THERMO KING have begun production of vehicle refrigeration equipment at their new Galway, Ireland, plant just six months after...

THE TRENT Motor Traction week by Mr Cecil Sheridan, Traffic Commissioners. He said he was seriously 1:oncerned at a failure of...

NATIONAL TRAVEL has been able to introduce oneman operation on its winter service to Frankfurt. Using left-hand drive coaches,...

A BOOM in numbers otoverseas visitors to the United Kingdom was predicted by a Traffic Commissioner last week. He was...

A REDUCTION in early morning and late evening runs on the Knowle and Dorridge dial-a-bus has been predicted by West Midlands...

UNLESS ACTION is taken now, the collapse of passenger transport is imminent, accordmg to Oxfordshire Transport operations...

A NEW dual purpose lightweight tipper body that doubles as a bulk carrier when converted, is being built by Wilcox of...

BY USING a single Reliant three-wheeler chassis cab in conjunction with four interchangeable demountable bodies, Yeovil...

allows the gritter to be operated on a speed related basis. This means that the pre-selected rate of spread is maintained...

Water tender makes debut FIRE APPLIANCE manufacturer MCB-Angus Ltd of Southampton has introduced its new CSV water tender...

THE SCOTTISH firm of Fulton and Wylie has displayed its nev all-alloy fire appliance. The company claims that the swing towards...

A CHASSIS for fire brigade use has been introduced by DAF Trucks to the Dutch market. Based on the existing FA 1600DT and FAV...

An occasional series on faces in The news Value for money transport urged IT IS up to Britain's transport industry to make...

BEATS THE STATES by John Darker IN the tyre industry there is strong feeling that America will transform its trucking habits as...

• The power unit for the home market series is the International Harvester D-358 unit. (The export version uses a Perkins.) The...

AN EXPERIMENTAL scheme to control traffic in Nottingham by the zone-and-collar method was not successful, said Mr. F. P....

IF BIGGER vehicles are allowed on British roads, it should not be assumed that all UK hauliers would wish to convert their...

Of all the things we use in transport, time the-rnostimprIrta nt - . You can't see it. You can't feel it. You can't smell it....

CM did a tour of the Channel ports recently, and we looked at the amenities offered in some of the terminals. While none were...

continued from page 39 kitchen will enable hot meals to be served around the clock, but this great leap forward won't be...

Drivers' accommodation includes two-berth cabins, the use of a sauna bath and a comfortable day lounge on the Tor Gothia. From...

Middle East haulage involves operators in great expense. Freight forwarders' rates should reflect these charges, but don't by...

White Trux run from fertile Kent to the arid desert 365 days a year. by lain Sherriff IT'S A LONG HAUL from the Garden of...

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng (CH), M.1.M.1, A.M.1.R.T.E LAST WEEK I set out the purposes for which a motor vehicle may be used with...

THE HORROR FILM industry makes extensive use of the mediaeval legend of the hooded stranger who joins the dancers at a hectic...

The ferry I took was the my Europic Ferry, from the Transport Ferry Service division of Townsend Thoresen. This ship, captained...

always employed a driver with a heavy goods vehicle driving licence to drive it. This man has now left our employ and I am told...

orchestras to quote for a week's tour of Britain. They stipulate that four 53-seat coaches should be supplied together with a...

Girling Skidchek. The anti-skid, anti-jack-knife system from Britain's leading brake systems manufacturer; one of the most...