to beat price spiral EAVY INCREASES are being Laced on freight rates in a 3 , sperate bid by operators to eat soaring costs....

Minister's appeal to EEC DR JOHN GILBERT, the Minister for Transport, is to make representations to the EEC Commissioners in...

AN APPEAL by National Carriers Ltd against a decision by the South West Licensing Authority to renew its 263 vehicles and 411...

lack on the road to recovery ODENS are set for a :covery from their econnic ills following a £3m Lsh injection by the City...

FODENS are in possession of a letter of intent from a company to buy 250 buses a year when their new double-deck chassis goes...

THE NFC has plans in the pipeline for Scotland, the Corporation's chairman, Sir Daniel Pettit, told a Press conference in...

from our parliamentary correspondent THE DAYS of the National Freight Integration Council— which has met only twice in the past...

The news that Foden have placed their dependence on thE shareholders rather than on part public ownership h probably more...

HEAVY FINES were inflicted upon three lorry drivers who were convicted of falsifying their drivers' records by Chorley,...

driver's ransom PRESTON-based lorry driver Alan Irwin, held by the autho rities in Iran for seven weeks since being involved...

A SITE for the Colditz-style loi park (CM July 18) to be bt. near Aberdeen has been sett. on by Grampian Council's rot and...

Pennine run MORE than 220 old commerc vehicles will be taking part this year's Trans-Pennine run 64 miles from Manchester...

['HOUGH the tractive units rated by wastepaper mernt John Ford (West Bromh) Ltd were in a satisfacr condition, it was a...

E labelling of road tankers rying dangerous loads is to extended—and made cornsory. Ar Harold Walker, Under:retary for...

PLANS for a lorry routeing system through West Sussex have been unveiled by the county council. A draft map showing the...

A PLAN which will bring organisation and co-operation to hauliers and forwarding agents operating on Middle East routes and...

UNLESS hire operators take steps to protect themselves they could be liable for fixedpenalty fines incurred by their customers...

ROAD MAINTENANCE is be cut, perhaps by as much 20 per cent. Dr John Gilbert, •the Tra port Minister, said in I Commons that he...

GO through Eastern Europe to the Middle East and avoid the shortage of West German and Austrian permits, the FTA has told its...

;YSTEM of Premium Grants o be introduced by the Road insport Industry Training ird to safeguard against a ere shortage of...

FACED with a £70m loss on its freight services, British Rail plans two price increases this year and investigations of...

MacKinlay, who joined tish Commercial Transport Co L in March, has now been iointed manager of the freight warders' newly...

increase its subscription rates from October 1 because of the impact of the "very high current levels of inflation." When...

JUST AS Maj-Gen F. J. Elmslie was about to close a hearing of the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners at Eastbourne last week...

TWO MEASURES will be introduced by the Government to tighten up on safety following the Dibble's Bridge coach accident in which...

FARE increases up to per cent for Greater Manster PTE were granted by Traffic Commissioners 1' a five-hour session. be...

lRTY-EIGHT hours after a uble-decker bus had plunged wn a 6ft embankment causg injuries to most of the 40 .ssengers on board,...

CITY of Nottingham Transport Department is taking delivery of 10 Duple Dominant Expressbodied Leyland Leopard PSU3C/4R...

Report highlights link between maintenance and accidents A LINK between falling maintenance standards and rising accident...

A BOOMING bus firm in Dingwall, Caithness, has just gone limited, and the Muir of Ord hotel interests of bus proprietor Mr...

A NEW VENTURE for Lei ter City Transport has the purchase of this Duple coach, the undertaki first coach and also the manual...

for economy by Trevor Longcroft F'S new B-Series truck ige was put under the spotat at a show for Midland;ed operators last...

by Graham Montgomerie DAF have kept their cool with the 2800 truck—and come up with a much more powerful version of this...

'OTA'S four-wheel drive 1 Cruiser pick-up is launchn the UK this week. The (9ft 8in) wheelbase cle can carry up to 1.2...

F. FIRST two production ;ions of the Samson Easy?.t mechanical sheeting ipment for open truck ies have gone into service . 1...

by Martin Watkins "PEOPLE around here need a bus service," Bernard Cheek, joint owner of Harrow-based Elmtree Transport, told...

This must be waste paper month at the DoE since it has launched on an unsuspecting population two tomes, both out of date and...

The DoE's second effort almost matches the first in historical insignificance. It is the Reports of the Traffic Commissioners...

What is even more disturbing is that British Rail's E300m loss for last year is likely to be succeeded by one of over £400m...

While the Treasury was handing Richard Marsh £312n to balance his books, Dr Gilbe was announcing a cut-back in trunk road...

In 1517 when the Worshipful Ccimpany of Carmen was formed they lived in the peaceful pre-rail, horsedrawn days. Between then...

Paul Brockington utilisation HTEEN MILLION gifts are ributed every year by the en Shield Trading Stamp Ltd-95 per cent by...

LOCAL POLITICIANS who have trimmed their sails to popular clamour against the heavy lorry are now beginning to see the...

At. I ER A TEN-YEAR lapse the International Fire Exhibition and Conference has been revived to provide predominantly UK...

about renewing his psv driving licence and said that, in general, Traffic Commissioners insist that the holder should have...

me within seven days as required by law, am I liable to prosecution for failing to see that they do so ? A The requirement for...

convicted of two cases of careless driving and fin and disqualified. In givii judgement, the chairman magistrates said that t....

"Ith regard to your recent litorial concerning the " gap " eween road hauliers and eight forwarders. I consider am able to...

Since the inception of the RTITB I have been very concerned by the requirements of such a body, both administratively and...

VIr Harvey's letter (CM June 27) s a good example of the nuddled thinking on transport iroblems so prevalent even unongst those...

The West Yorkshire MetroOard Is equivalent to the West Midlands Travelcard introduced in October 1972 and still priced at £4...

by Gordon Murray MEMBERS of the National Breakdown Recovery Club join for the reassurance that if they have a breakdown or...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE.1), mall, AlvmvrE IN the case of Higgins v Bernard, which I referred to last week, it was held that...

RHA takes tougher line on 0-licence applicants without suitable centre by Gordon Murray THE Road Traffic Act 1974 requires...

by Johnny Johnson TO DISCUSS the comparative courses of action when an operator is offered rather more traffic than the...

by John Darker, AMB' TRANSPORT MANAGERS in Britain sometimes suggest that they are burdened by more controls and regulations...

gauging paste for indicating e presence of water in petrol oil storage tanks has been roduced by A. Levermare. When applied to...

aretch lope pw-stretch rope made by )rdes Europe France from Du mt Kevlar 29 and 49 fibres now available from John W. orris....

rom Reekitt Industries comes Hydromics range of pressure 'ostlers developed for the =sport industry. They can perate with or...

A new model cold pressure cleaner, the Lightning Maxi Plus, has been introduced by Contractors Pumps (Tamworth). The Maxi Plus...

For the past year WMP has been marketing for most makes of car a sump-oil draining unit. The company is now entering the...