THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board wants to become responsible for training transport operative throughout the...

SECRET memorandum sent y Transport Minister William todgers to his EEC colleagues eveals a complete aboutface )n Britain's...

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers walks a tightrope next Wednesday when he presents his first White Paper to the House of...

A NEW 25 million dollar truck transmission plant for a division of Eaton Axles was officially opened today by Eaton's president...

A DISPUTE over mobility of labour has caused a strike among 140 engine assembly men at the British Leyland plant in Bathgate....

REASONS behind the delay in publishing the long-awaited Transport White Paper have been emerging this week with news that it...

YORKSHIRE area vehicle examiner Freddy Beardsell, awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List last...

lams work ALLEGATIONS of discrimination against owner-drivers over the working of new tax benefit arrangements have been...

. MAJOR new initiative to roaden the scope of hgv river training was launched us week by the Road Transoft Industry Training...

recognised by the Merseyside County Council, chairman of the surface transport committee Charles Brereton told the Council of...

A STUDY into industrial potential in the Lothian region to supply components for the expanding truck and tractive unit...

RENEWING an 0 licence held by John O'Neill, of Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, for a I2-month period, West Midland LA, A. A....

DPERATORS will have to ippoint a competent person to ;upervise the use of lifting gear in yards and workshops, I proposed draft...

PART of the The!wall Viaduct which carries the M6 Motorway over the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal near Lymm is to...

BECAUSE a haulier began using large artic trailers, he was told his depot had become unsuitable as an operating centre. The...

AN INTER-county heavy goods vehicle legal wrangle looks like being on the cards following plans by a West Yorkshire County...

IF A company decides to make directors of a subsidiary company redundant, there are no grounds for claiming unfair dismissal,...

ONLY days after successfull! fighting off an £8.4 millioi take-over bid by Rolls-Royce Fodens has announced at export order...

ROAD haulage chiefs are to delay their threat of imposing demurrage charges at Liverpool's Seaforth Docks to allow time for...

PRODUCTIVITY in the Mersey Docks will improve when new supervisors at present being trained, take up their duties, according to...

Take over TLT TRUCK Services, the vehicle sales and maintenance division of Tate and Lyle has taken over the management of...

town's annual Bus Rally organised by the Eastern National Preservation group. The rally, which attracted over 100 entries was...

of Transport asking them how many full and part time drivers they employ and asking then to record details of any accidents...

UP PROFIT A NBC PROFITS of £24.2 million before tax have been reported by the National Bus Company compared with a £1.9...

'rivers TRANSPORT chiefs in Glas gow are spending thousand of pounds to protect bu drivers by equipping 100 buse with...

CHESHIRE's county transportation unit has prepared a repor spelling out problems that will face bus operations in the count,...

LANCASHIRE County Council has developed proposals for Ribble to replace Clitheroe town centre's bus services with a new...

THE villagers of Ratho in Midlothian have won a six-month fight against bus service cuts which they claimed could "leave us...

WEST Midlands Passenger Transport Executive is applying to the Traffic Commissioners for an average 30 per cent increase in...

Continental runs COMPANIES in the Eastlander Pool have applied to the EEC and the Traffic Commissioners for a regular service...

Sir Frederick has been on the board of NBC since April 1971 and was appointed chairman of the company in January 1972. He was...

and Citybus managing director Wenerner Heubeck. North West Transport Users Consultative Committee chairman Alan Hunt; Western...

NATitDNAT Freighi (7-orp.• orattell'S DITE:Ct-01 of Corp ora:U Planning Pt' - i I and has beer ri, , ited to become Fellowti he...

A NUMBER of design improvements and modifications have been built into the Cummins V6 and V8 range of engines. To quieten the...

JOINT co-operation between PIE International Carriers Ltd. of Southall and bodybuilder Southfields Coachworks Ltd of...

THE first of three bonneted Mack R685RT tractive units has entered service with R. J. Norman Ltd of Barnsley. With a design...

RESPONDING to the demand for an easily transportable work platform, Hymo-Lift Ltd, of Quarry Park Close, Moulton Park,...

TRAILER manufacturers, especially those in the specialist field, can be forgiven for feeling that their products are rather...

Cleaning up PSIMAT Ltd has introduced a new high-pressure cleaner called the C4. The machine can be instantly switched from...

tegetite:,.. Your Leader and the report from the Chartered Institute of Transport (CM May 27) will make most interesting...

tem ... I read with interest your News Extra (May 20) about the Commons Select Committee, considering high taxes on commercial...

it encountered following the imposition of VAT a couple of years ago, which is good news for hauliers who specialise in...

s out in front Graham Montgonterie takes the road to York THE TRAILER MARKET i now used to being a bar meter for the whole...

ONE ENGINE which has recently been attracting a great deal of attention from operators is the Rolls-Royce Eagle 265L, so it was...

THE DIAGRAMS in this article give a guide to the maximum permitted weights and dimensions of the most common commercial...

bigger transit tax li 4 _ . . . . SITTING firmly across some major European transit routes, notable those from the West and...

THE FIRST presentation in another country of the new range of Soviet-built Karnas heavy commercials took place recently in...

LOAD SPILLAGE is less apparent now than it was, say, ten years ago. Driver traning in sheeting and roping has contributed much...

CM road test by Stephen Gray SINCE the Commercial Vehicle Show last year, the well established Volvo F86 has been available in...

I wonder if you remember the reports from the British Everest Expedition when Chris Bonington and his men took two Godfrey...

Ne heard a nice tale this week about lorry drivers -all of them lameless, all oi them courteous, maybe even heroic. Gwen...

rhere's no doubt about it, laving a sense of humour helps n this life. Take the case of Bill itrath for example, ex-managng...

IN OUR last chat I wrote about the problems caused by sloppy roping, and sheeting. In Britain we still seem bound to the...

'TRAILER maintenance' I was told. Now just what can go wrong with trailers, I said to myself. So off I went to see chief...