WE HAVE NEVER subscribed to the view that late lobbying would influence a Chancellor of the Exchequer in the preparation of his...

NEYMOON PERIOD for retrospective fitting of sideguards to nne lorries is being given sympathetic consideration by the rtment of...

TRANSPORT Under Secretary Lynda Chalker has given the strongest hint so far that the Government will block the Great London...

IT APPEARS that the Department of Transport is backing the transport industry in its call for a cut on dery in the Budget....

RETAIL outlets of liquefied petroleum gas should operate under a strict compulsory code of practice says the Association of...

SOUTH WALES drivers' union representatives this week began to make direct approaches to hauliers in the region, seeking 1983...

A REVIEW of all lorry speed limits is being undertaken at present by the Department of Transport, chief mechanical engineer...

HAULAGE RATES continuf rise at a lower rate than t port costs, according to figures just released by Freight Transport...

THE FINANCIAL status of a Bedf and found wanting at a Transport to continue operating was dismiss ordshire company was exarr...

distribute he equipment for Prometheul pliances, a West German pany based at Banbury.

TREATMENT of express parcel-delivery service Overnight Bag 'prises by the Motorail section of British Rail (CM,November )112)...

HOPES operators might have had of gaining political symy for proposals to down-license lorries running below their imum plated...

ANNOUNCEMENT of a or deal between ERF and Jaese manufacturer Hino is exted to be made early in the ng. present, ERF is only...

EEC TRANSPORT ministers are holding a special Brussels meeting next week in a last minute bid to make at least some progress...

DAF TRUCKS (GB) added its voice to the pro-down-licensing campaign last week when its 6x2 tractive units were launched (see...

increased its UK network to 24 branches with a new branch run on an agency agreement with Ford and Slater in Grimsby, catering...

IRISH GOVERNMENT has dealt another serious blow to the try's road haulage industry with the announcement of a 10 per increase...

AN APPEAL for a Salisbury, Wiltshire-based company to run its waste-collection vehicles on a restricted operator's-licence was...

AN INQUIRY into why lorries on board the Irish Continental Line ferry, St Killian 11, were so severely damaged during a storm...

SEALINK, P&O and European Ferries have reduced their charges for light vans on cross-Channel ferries, following protests from...

free to members (extra copies £10.50). It is a comprehensive publication and with more than 50 sections — from drivers' hours...

THE HERON Corporation has expanded its interests in road haulage by taking over Greenwoods Transport from Amey Roadstone for an...

A COVENTRY operat launching a low-cost ex parcels service from the Midlands to various poir Britain. The Red House Groi...

TWO GOVERNMENT Ministers have been engaged to speak at Haulage Association events later this year. Employment Secretary Norman...

Karrier (Cleveland). It is still based at Cowpen Industrial Estate, Billingham, Cleveland.

XPARTMENT of Transport buy 11 of the new Lucas de microcomputer-based ular Fleet Organisation sms (M-FOS). is designed for the...

TRAINING for international drivers of dangerous goods (ADR) can be provided by Class One School of Transport in Huddersfield....

THE MANAGEMENT of B and R Transport is being charged with endangering the welfare of the general public, after the explosion at...

BERKHAMSTEAD and Kings Langley urgently need by-passes to reduce traffic levels, the British Road Federation has told the...

MOST OPERATORS will use two-axle tractive units for 38tonne operation, Daf sales engineering manager John Beveridge said last...

BRIDGEWATER Windscreens of Watford is calling for laminated screens for cars and light commercial vehicles. Laminated screens...

WHALE TANKERS has built a scaled-down gully emptier, to less than 1.82m (6ft) in width, for use where access is restricted....

MARQUISS TRANSPORTE Luce Estate, Annan, DUET shire has produced a light r ery vehicle designed specil for the garage which off...

OPERATORS who decide on three-axle tractive units for 38-tc operation will be interested in a retractable king-pin develops...

RECORD with regret the hs of George Webb and WilMayes. r Webb was the founder of Willingham, Cambridgeml George Webb group of...

AS PART of the re-organisation within the membership services division of British Road Services, a new financial position has...

UNITED DISTRIBUTION Services, the newly-formed United Glass transport and warehousing company, (CM. February 12) has chosen its...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport is beginning to take a closer interest in the road/rail O-Bahn experiment now taking place in West...

WILLOWBROOK International is fighting the recession by increasing the coach service activities at its Loughborough plant. In...

ESPRIT Marketing of Worthing ha repair of laminated coach windscr The method, which is a modification of the Novus method...

THE FARES battle betwes metropolitan counties anc Government is hotting up, fares-cut proposals from Greater Manchester and...

INSIGHT International has bought Evan Evans, Wallace Arnc London-based coach tour operation. The company is plannint operate a...

Association to publish a map showing principal bus routes operated by NBC operators together with the location of YHA hostels....

ADING-BASED coach company appeared before the South irn Traffic Commissioners last week after maintenance probwere discovered...

THE COWIE Group of Sunderland is in the market for "small to medium coach operations" which would be compatible with its...

TOWNSEND THORESEN has launched an express coach service between London and Northern Ireland. The service operates twice weekly...

A HYDRAULIC tail lift that is only half the width of the vehicle has been added to the Scan range made by Ray Smith (Tail...

THE STRATOFOIL air-defl from Strathcarran Air Mar ment is now available w new mounting kit design( fit the Ford Cargo cab. The...

VEHICLE LIVES will be prolonged in future by labour-intensive independent fleet inspections, Freight Transport Association er...

Some experts believe that Continental-st cantilever tail-lifts are about to make a breakthrough in the UK. David Wilcox...

Noel Millier reports a revival in confidenc( at Plaxtons, where the customers' wishes are Paramount THE BRIGHTON Coach Rally...

1E PROLIFERATION of group inferences with the Road lulage Association must tend drain the main annual inference, at which the...

iE IDEA of holding the RHA Irma' conference abroad has 3en kicked around for years. It as once suggested even that a ler should...

DOWN IN ESSEX the County Council's supplies department has come-up with a cost-cutting brainwave. The department has saved...

HAD I (perish the thought) strayed into the melee at Cardiff's Arms Park for the England v Wales match? No, I was one of some...

THE 10,500 NFC shareholders are no piggy-bank savers and those who went to Birmingham did not go just for the ride. They were...

Tautliners, Insuliners, and Linkliners all originate from the Cheshire stables of thil well-established bodybuilder. Bryan...

TALK LOADING to the average transport operator and he will probably say that platform trailers are the most versatile. Ask the...

A newcomer to bodybuilding, but one tl' is finding itself well able to complete wi . its elders. Bryan Jarvis reports LAWRENCE...

"OPERATORS of goods vehicles ... should pay a specific charge per vehicle which will reflect the extra costs imposed on the...

N RIGHT you are to question RHA holding its conference foreign country. ly company has been a rnber since the RHA started I I...

RITE with reference to lancial Market' by George lcolm which appeared in mmercial Motor February 5. Malcolm appears to have...

I READ your editorial about seat belts. They do save life — and horrible and disfiguring injuries. I, for one, am alive and...

ARGUMENT about Britain's ibership of the European lomic Community keeps on aling. Even if 1983 were not to see a General...