to hours delay BRITAIN'S bid for a deferment of the eight-hour driving day—due to be implemented on January 1—has been turned...

A PAYMENT of £8,000 has brought the 11-week dispute at the Birmingham Containerbase to an end (CM, last week). Management...

leavers was launched this week by the Road Transport Industry Training Board. The two-scheme package is intended to make up...

A SCHEME of designated lorry routes for Greater London— issued by the GLC as a consultative document earlier this year— was...

MOST of the haulage firms Operating depots in the Penrith area of Cumbria are doing so illegally. That is the conclusion of a...

TO WEIGH all laden vehicles entering this country would be too costly in manpower and would impose unacceptable congestion and...

THE POLITICAL masters of both the South Yorkshire and West Midlands PTEs have lined up against the Government's intention to...

or else' COUNTRY DWELLERS in eight north-west counties could be turned back 100 years if Crosville Motor Services did not...

THE FULL programme of lorry routes was unlikely to be completed as was originally envisaged when the Private Member's Bill went...

THE long wait for the Young Driver Scheme to come into operation could soon be over. The scheme—for so long a hot potato within...

AVERAGE fuel savings of 10 per cent are claimed for a new body or trailer-mounted air deflector device announced this week by...

In the August 8 issue of CM we wrote that Dr Gilbert should not be too surprised if his attempts to defer the introduction of...

A BARKING haulage firm's European traffic and shipping managers took " kick-backs " to pass inflated and phoney...

safeguarded DISMISSING rumours of the Dutch DAF Trucks company " going on the rocks" or being subject to takeover, Mr David...

AN objection to an application for an operator's licence by Redbourne Transportation Ltd of Rothwell, Northants, has been...

C-type couplings investigated by Trevor Longeroft LARGE NUMBERS of articulated vehicles could be running with trailer brakes...

THE Institute of Road Transport Engineers should maintain its independence and vitality, said the retiring president, Earl...

intended for operation to the Middle East, will be on Show for the Scottish Motor Show next month. The 310D19FS 38tonne tractor...

AN END to the gruelling run over Turkey's 2,8,00m (9,200ft) Tahir pass. That was the promise made by a Turkish representative...

THE new automatic transmission system for commercial vehicles of up to 20 tonnes gvw developed by DAF (CM exClusive last week)...

A LORRY DRIVER who, after suffering a coronary thrombosis, was dismissed by Gilbraid: Tankers Ltd, Accrington, Lanes, although...

BRITISH Leyland has moved ahead in the battle for commercial vehicle sales in the UK. Figures released by the Society of Motor...

is, CM's new special, Commercial Vehicles on the British Market, may be considered essential equipment. Each year CM compiles...

ALLEGATIONS that poorstandard coaches supplied by East Kent Road Car Co Ltd on a special service between London and Pegwell Bay...

by CM reporter MOSELEY, the Loughborough coach-dealing company, is considering entering the British double-decker market. Mr...

AT a hearing of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners plans by Nottingham County Council for the introduction of a standard...

THE new Scottish Regions have established the first allScotland roads and transportation committee as a unit of the...

A CALL for a complete over haul of of EEC transport regulations was made by members cif the council of the Confederation of...

BUSES ANNUAL 1976, just published at £2.50 by Ian Allan, offers excellent value to all interested in buses and bus operation....

IN a new move to attract staff to work in problem areas London Transport has announced a new scheme to provide home loans to...

TO GET RID of the anomalies in school transport would mean that some who now travel free would have to pay, said Mr Fred...

maintenance contract DAF TRUCKS (GB) Ltd has introduced a contract maintenance •and repair system which is paid for by fixed...

grp spirit tanker BECAUSE of last year's resin shortage, among other factors, still only one articulated grp tanker has been...

GEORGE McKAY is the new president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers. Mr McKay, who retires this month as the...

has moved to NCL's House in London as territorial manager for :the southern territory. John has been replaced as gm at...

PEOPLE one would least expect are finding these days that there are few good words to say about roads. The latest surprising...

THE parting message of the president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers at last week's agm drew attention yet again...

WEST BERLIN has existed for 30 years as an economic, if not political, enclave of the Federal Republic with which it is linked...

A prototype trolleybus for the Milan vehicle replacement programme is likely to prove a major attraction at next week's...

IT IS against the background of an economy vigorously aided by the Federal Republic through special investment allowances and...

WILD MEN on the outer fringes were sabotaging the Road Haulage Association's attempts to stabilise the industry, according to...

THOSE who were loudest in their demands for heavy vehicle controls ignored the fact that vehicle origins and destin ations sna...

GIRLS as well as boys leaving school and seeking a career in road haulage would be encouraged by the advent of the new training...

THE OIL CRISIS is the greatest challenge the Road Haulage Association would ever have to face. This was the warning from...

SMALL family haulage firms have an Achilles' heel—they tend to take a short-term view to avoid planning for the future, said Mr...

I can thoroughly recommend the IRTE's new recipe for an annual general meeting. Maybe the style of last week's event was...

While all the chatter is going on about the strength of coach and bus bodies and their ability to stand up to roll-overs in...

Road transport has competent budding operators, economists and communicators but cannot be complacent about their ability to...

I see that a grading scheme for " wreckers " is being proposed by Wreckers International, of Hertford, with the object of...

For many years vintage psv enthusiasts who have to travel by train between Manchester and Leeds have always had to get to the...

Members call for more insistent attitude BOB BECKHAM, Freight Transport Association president, told the Association's annual...

• labour-relation legislation THE RAPID SWING of the pendulum of legislation was referred to by Prof Innis Macbeath in a talk...

v. reliability by John Darker, AMBIM Long-life prospects are separate factor when considering vehicle replacement ROAD...

Hand hydraulic cranes which can be , folded flat for storage or 'transport have been introduced by Harvey Frost. Two models...

From Chilecrest comes a routemiLeage calculator for maps having scales from 0.1 to 40 miles to t..11.e inch The Milograph,...

Tensioners made from a rubber-based compound and designed for securing tilts and canopies on lorries and containers have been...

A new device for the suspended towing cf light vans has been introduced by Harvey Frost. The equipment consists of a...

From Gordon Tools came two tool kits. Kit 899 A/F caters for A/F size bolts, and the 889M is a twin kit for metric sizes. Each...

Long-term future looks good — and other modes are poor competition. Delegates sceptical of ro/ro alternatives to Turkey THE...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE THIS WEEK let us consider the Tides governing the loading and .ueloading of animals...

With reference to your article "What happens if you break a half-shaft in Frankfurt ? " (CM October 10). The remarks made by...

I feel I must take up certain points in the letter from -Mr L. J. Smith of the Transport and General Workers Union (CM, October...

Do you think the RHA are making themselves look foolish by their unsubstantiated complaints About caravans ? Here are some...

I consider adequate for internal UK freight, I do not think that it is sufficient for the Convention on the Contract of...

am told that a vehicle ambulance is not regarded as a trailer and a dolly is. Why does a vehicle ambulance and a broken-down...

carrying animal feed, hay and so on, and I ant considering buying a demountable body for this to enable me to carry livestock....

stop the suspended vehicle from being used by another operator " on the margin?" A Till the enactment of the Road Traffic Act...

IT wasn't so very long ago that operators were faced with long waiting lists when they went to order a new truck. But these...