so No 1 EDFORD jumped back into e No 1 seller spot in the itish truck market last year. Figures issued by the Socie of Motor...

WILLIAM -RODGERS, Minister of Transport, has urged the EEC to stop the clock on bringing in Euro-style drivers' hours rules to...

FOLLOWING an accident involving an artic unit in which a mother and child died, Ken Weetch, MP for Ipswich, has called for a...

ERF have reported 63 per cent increase in turnover during 28 weeks ending last October, and the Board has recommended an...

AN ESTIMATED £821 million is being spent during the current financial year on road construction and improvements in Great...

AN agreement designed to end previous squabbles over the allocation of bus grant has been drawn up by the Department of...

OVERRIDING bus passengers in Merseyside could find themselves faced with a fine of up to £50 if they are prosecuted as the...

fight to get a higt minimum bread price wh the employers referred t conflict to arbitration. United Road Transp( Union general...

NATIONAL Freight Corporation results were expected to be announced last night (Thursday) during the long awaited Parliamentary...

fifty years ago, has gone into voluntary liquidation. S. Harfoot and Sons Ltd, who employ a staff of fifty, was started by...

LORRY driver who refused do overtime on a Saturday s unfairly sacked, an 1n ;trial Tribunal at Brighton ed. The amount of...

A El MILLION branch of Roa - dline UK has won a major commendation for working conditions and environmental considerations from...

OVERNIGHT parking in the streets of London has been almost eliminated by parking bans, according to Greater London Council...

A NEW El million truck centre is to be opened by South West Scotland Mercedes-Benz dealers Caledonian Truck Services, a...

INTERNATIONAL freight forwarders Thomas Meadows and Company Ltd has opened a branch office near Gatwick airport. The new...

Operators must impress on their drivers that if they did not face up to their responsibilities, the Licensing Authority could,...

of a new general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, following the announcement of Jack Jones's intended...

Africa run EUROBRIDGE International Transport of Manchester has announced a new weekly container service from the UK to North...

A COMMON SENSE and relaxed attitude — that is how Transport Minister William Rodgers advises this country to approach the...

A WARNING that many low bridges are not signposted has come from the Freight Transport Association, following a Department of...

The AMA has always accepted that in the difficult economic situation, Government spending would have to be cut. What has...

Department Transport. The County's - ansport Supplementary rant for 1977/78 is slashed Dm last year's E51/2 million, to...

Present noise levels are about 89dBA, which should be reduced to 82dBA with the help of a reorganised engine compartment. The...

Beagley to head CIT NEXT president of the Chartered Institute of Transport will be Tom Beagley who takes over from current...

AIDSTONE Borough Coun1 Transport Department has aught 14 of the 18 'Lilac eopard' coaches previously perated on the Nottingham...

COMMUTERS from Cranleigh, Surrey, will soon get the chance to travel to London and back by coach — but only for a two-month...

THE Greater London Council Transport Committee is worried about the proposed 17.4 per cent rise in London Transport bus fares...

the Leyland Terrier ruck range replacing the oriinal 'full power' hydraulic ystem. Leyland claims the new iyout has been...

WHALE 'tankers of Ravenshaw Lane, Solihull, West Alidlands has built a highthroughput vacuum tanker which, it is claimed brings...

FORD is to use its own C3 lutomatic transmission for the Genk-built Transit range, replacing the existing Borg Warner 35 unit....

FIRST six months of 1976 saw Daimler-Benz hold the number one position for cornmercial vehicle production, over 15 tonnes in...

GLC about-face on road haulage SOMEONE at the Greater London Council must have been reading the Government's Green Paper on...

Making certain of a competent and reliable road transport system for the future means the responsible training of young...

This was the question we put to four large operators who run Bedford 'Y' Series bus and coach chassis. Here are some of their...

min bonus plan.. DRIVERS in West Germany, like trade union officials, local government officers and operators, cannot...

Yelloway of Rochdale are one of England's leading coach operators. Their coaches frequently cover 1,200 miles in 48 hours. They...

Report by Graham Montgomerie. Photographs by Dick Ross AS announced in CM last week, Scania's uprated DS14 V8 engine is making...

IT WAS late afternoon one Christmas Eve when I and my not-so-youthful eight wheeler came trundling home down the A5, towards...

have read with great interest :M January 7, "Opening up repairs" by John Darker) of le activities of David Ailion in endeavours...

I read with interest and fear the report 'Help us, plead minibus drivers," (CM, January 7) about a working party of...

think, to be set in perspective. The TR R L report referred to, commissioned by the NFC and BRB, was in fact a general study of...

Steve Gray on a refuse collection round in Norfolk discovers how effective the She /yoke and Drewry Revopak refuse truck really...

Had any good driving licence reminders recently? I did, just before Christmas, telling me that my existing one expired on...

I wonder how many delivery men are injured in the course of their duty during the winter. am thinking especially of the milk...

EEC road reports... Terry Wogan, with the lilting Irish brogue who presents a disc and chat (his own) show on Radio 2, Monday...

I have never liked the suffix letters that many bus operators use to number their services. I'm also sure most passengers can't...

Our man in the north recently noticed an advertisement in a contemporary motoring journal which read: "For sale, 1935 500K...

Designated VA 4400 the aur-wheel-drive units will evenJelly replace the VA 314 and 'A 328 models which were also upplied by OAF...

's a growing business . . THERE'S MORE to school transport than carrying children to school every weekday with occasional...

CRITICS who have suggested that the Organisation known as Transport 2000 performs no useful function must now eat I heir words....

Mr. E. A. Rowley. Transport and Distribution Manager. 0 zalid (UK) Ltd. "...I realised how much information there was in the...

MANY operators dread working out their vehicle operating costs and some openly admit that they would not know how to do it even...

Today's engines are inherently more vulnerable to corrosive attack. Castings are thinner. Service lives and maintenance...

SPECIFYING or tailoring vehicles for particular jobs is not easy, but is vital in order to get the best results. Ideally, the...

Graham Montgomerie describes the latest changes made to Ford's Turbo 1.1 engine. OPERATORS are divided in their views on...

• • -top sermang... MUCH of Ford's success s based on a highly specialised and professional dealer network. Since the...

them in Britain, carry a large stock of parts—typically around £250,000 worth— and the majority of most parts are available on...

Ford's Contract Confidence servicing agreement provides a full set of record sheets and charts which can be used as a...