A HIGH-LEVEL forum known as the National Transport Council could be formed as a result of the Government Green Paper on...

by CM reporter IT WILL cost hauliers between £10 and £50 a week more to run their vehicles if proposals in the Government's...

THE GREEN PAPER on Transport Policy is a consultative document which reviews the available options and asks what changes might...

FEARS that the Government would hit the road haulage industry hard in a bid to boost rail freight traffic proved to be...

NATIONALISATION of road transport is still the Government intention but with the current economic situation it would not be...

THE GOVERNMENT'S Green Paper on Transport has given the thumbs down to a system of quantity licensing for freight movements on...

GOVERNMENT must accept the responsibility for maintaining the basic passenger transport network and the basis of that network...

COACHES have emerged as by far the safest means of transport, says the Government's Green Paper on Transport issued this week....

STEPS must be taken to reduce the impact of the lorry on our environment—and that could mean tightening up the system of...

INCENSED at the increase of 7/ pence a gallon on dery imposed by the Chancellor, last week, coach and lorry operators in London...

What a surprise, but what a pleasant surprise, the Transport Policy Consultation Document has turned out to be for the road...

NORTH British Express Carriers Ltd is to close down thus ending the services run by four of the company's trading names...

A 130-TON low-bed trailer with eight axles and 32 wheels has been launched by Sverre Damm, the Norwegian coachbuilders. The...

says BRS chief • THINGS could be looking up for the transport industry, according to BRS group co-ordinator Mr David White—and...

slow progress MANY people would not mind if gross vehicle weights were increased slightly, because it would not make any...

A WRITTEN warning notice is to be issued if, in the view of an MoT tester, a vehicle which has failed to pass the test is...

THE PENALTIES proposed for contravening the ATP agreement on refrigerated transport used to carry perishable foodstuffs...

A CHARGE of operating an articulated vehicle whose length was in excess of 15 metres contrary to the Construction and Use...

PROPOSALS for the massive £60m Pool of London roads and the 010m Docklands Southern Relief roads have been left out of the...

SIXTY-SEVEN applications have been received for hauliers to be registered with the National Joint Training Committee and 34...

TRUCKING problems to the Middle East will be highlighted in a seminar being organised by the Freight Transport Association....

A NEWCOMER to road haulage, Mr M. E. Jarvis, trading as Banbury Haulage Company, Laburnam Grove, Banbury, Oxon, was refused an...

ONLY one person died after an accident involving the load of a bulk chemical tanker in the past 10 years—although more than two...

by CM reporter A BALANCE has to be struck between what the economists and politicians call the "social costs" of the lorry and...

A FIRST DRAFT of legislation aimed at making information plates compulsory on vehicles carry hazardous loads had been...

LESLEY SMITH, the winner of the first Lady Trucker of the Year award, has given up the life on the roads with a Doncaster...

driver with London Transport in 1948. He has also been with the Country Bus and Coach division at Hemel Hempstead before being...

A PSV engaged on stagecarriage work is repeatedly accelerated and braked and a high-capacity retarder would lengthen the life...

by CM reporter PROPOSALS to operate daily express coach services between the east coast of Yorkshire and London by National...

THE Bedford CF crew-cab conversion from B. Walker and Sons Ltd, Gammons Lane, Watford, Herts, has been designed to give...

SCANIA is testing the market response to an LT145 dumper/ tractive unit chassis. A lefthand drive demonstration dumper is...

RANKS Hovis McDougall Foods Ltd has taken delivery of 14 Boalloy Linkliner vans based on Ford D-Series chassis. The body floor...

A sleeper-cab conversion for the Leyland Buffalo has been added to the range produced by Locomotors Ltd of Andover. The...

THE GOVERNMENT last week agreed to bring the maximum lead content of petrol down to 0.40 grams per litre. Mr Denis Howell,...

A LINK-UP between M G Trailers (Lye) Ltd of Hayes Lane, Lye. Stourbridge, and George Neville Truck Equipment, Kirkby in...

from the Chancellor's bag last week allowed one very important "enemy weapon" to slip into the economic war almost unnoticed....

THE Chancellor's fuel tax bombshell has come under heavy fire from the goods and passenger transport industry representatives....

NATIONAL COACH of 1976: Park's of Hamilton Ltd, 34seater Plaxton-bodied Volvo. Runner-up, National Travel North East,...

May I refer to a statement by Mr Ken Hatcher, chairman of the Road Haulage Association? (CM March 26). I suggest he tests the...

Almost the first action of James Callaghan as Prime Minister was to produce yet another environmental supremo, and the threat...

Reference to the interesting article (CM April 9) by Martin Watkins headed "Is B15 the best ? " This article goes to show how...

NBC has run an empire of empty buses on subsidy for too many years. At last county councils are asking what exactly are they...

the timetables by Martin Watkins WHAT INFORMATION does the bus passenger require ? What media are available ? How can that...

THE INCREASING subservience of public transport operators to political decisions was a continuing theme at the symposium....

hire one of my psv for which I hold a road service licence to another operator ? A Yes—but the operator to whom you hire the...

repairs on a vehicle we were asked by the company, to whom the vehicle belonged, to have one of our employees drive it back to...

CHANCELLORS of the Exchequer can always find several good or bad reasons for their proposals. As a man with some experience, Mr...

West Yorkshire Part 1 Trendsetters IN TWO RESPECTS at least West Yorkshire road transport men are responsive to a changing...

Motor vehicle mechanic (Health Service) £55.70 plus bonus. Petrol and diesel experience and hgv 3 required. Electric Fitter,...

I asked the md of the company, Mr Tony McGovern, how the vehicles had fitted into the company's operation and if he could give...

York Racecourse recently put up for sale its Ford van after 41 years' service. Back in 1935 VY 6496 cost 6197. It's been used...

There's apparent flexibility among the Commissioners in Brussels if Hugh Featherstone's intelligence service is working...

There appears to be something in this secrecy business just at the moment. The North West Gas Board told us about a new mobile...

give you a Chinese headline— because this is the way that the Hong Kong Automobile Association started off its acknowledgement...

Where, oh where, did my friend Mr Derogobian of Transmodial of Istanbul get to when he should have been at the Middle East...

At a lunch-time meeting for the REA the next day at Nottingham University, our new Editor had the chance to sound off about...

AMA conference told: more rational distribution schemes needed in UK by John Darker, AMBIM EACH PERSON in Great Britain...

Kongskilde UK has anounced a high-pressure washer, the Thermobile KR-14. The washer uses a combination of specially formulated...

A high-power soldering iron for extra-heavy-duty soldering applications has been introduced by Litesold. The iron is available...

Two heavy-duty Milbar pliers are available from A. Levermore and Co Ltd. The model 7R is designed to remove internal circlips...

Nylon flexible drive couplings— the Nylon Panamech range— are now available from Powder Couplings. Made from one piece of...

A range of quarter turn shut-off valves for use on compressors and low-pressure pipework is now available from Leviss...

IN MANY CASES a commercial vehicles operator is not clear whether his insurance policy will cover a certain accident or not....

By Sue Copeman tougher line in such cases where there appears to be an element of fault on the operator's side. But generally...

THE SPEED at which a job gets done in the workshop ultimately depends on the mechanics—on their ability, their sense of...