NOTHER tachograph calibration deadline on the horizon, growing evidence that the Department of Transport's fitogramme is...

iHAM'S proposed €20m inland freight port e the M42 (CM April 4) refused planning on by West Midlands ouncil's planning cornThe...

KARRIER MOTORS is the name of the new joint company which will handle the development and sale of Dodge and Renault heavy goods...

THE CONFEDERATION of British Industry is adding its weight to the industry's campaign against the increase in duty on derv. At...

WHEN the M25 London orbital route is completed, companies will move their warehousing premises from inner London and closer to...

ESSEX international Seabourne Express is c British firms rewar Queen's Awards for achievement. Seabourne, which h running...

OWN-ACCOUNT operat fling regularly betwi United Kingdom and 1 Republic can now obta month own-account (lc instead of a...

RAIL'S recovery in the freight market took a massive knock with a ten per cent drop in carryings contributing towards annual...

A £4,400 LORRY BAN has been agreed Tor London's South Chiswick area, and is due to come into force in approximately three...

THE PROTRACTED dispute between Manchester haulier Austin Wilkinson and the Transport and General Workers' Union at Liverpool...

• ERTION by managing director of Seamans Transport Ltd, Eric Seaman that he had not driven a vehicle on the United sections of...

A SERIES of Freight Transport Association-associated Customs export control and documentation seminars has been extended to...

No boards, no let up THE GOVERNMENT will not let companies slip back into the bad old days of inefficient training and...

TDT's skilful first phase is complete TRAINING Developments (Transport) Ltd has just compl first phase of its development at...

P&O ROADTANKS has expanded its wine and spirit-carrying capacity on the Continent by acquiring the Dutch haulage contractor,...

THE world of, local govel is mounting a rearguard c of its refuse collection st despite the successful ta earlier this month of...

ANGE of Henkel lifting s designed to simplify id maintenance and o areas where ladders )rmally be used is to be ad by Zeeta...

as introduced a new : version of the Transit. 3s the Transit Popular it 845kg payload (includtr, fuel and lubricants)....

A £3.6 CONTRACT for the modernisation and improvement of engine test facilities at Shell Research Laboratories at...

Rabbit's hop THE Volkswagen Rabbit pickup has been imported from the US by Surrey dealer Duncan Hamilton of Byfleet. As it is...

CLAIMED TO have advantages over conventional fixed weighbridges, Highwayman vehicle-axle weighing machines comprise a bonded...

AIMED at routine cleaning and degreasing operations the Electrolux-Euroclean 2000 EC8 hot/cold pressure cleaner delivers hot...

LOADING 18 tons or mo freight container in a movement followed by weighing of the contai its transfer to the transit by...

SPEC packa g e has been xi by Bedford for the 'ei g ht TK ran g e. ird has analysed the ordering patterns and I ten TK...

Air intake SMITHS Industries have acq uired the air deflector business Uniroyal. The transaction, which took place on April...

THE QUEEN'S AWARD for Export Achievement has been won for the second time by Garrett AiResearch Ltd. When the company received...

Year of the coach! DRAMATIC cuts in coach fares are a direct result of competition in the "year of the coach", Transport...

STRATHCLYDE PTE has been given the go-ahead to cut its Sunday services by a third and its night services by half. In a written...

ALTHOUGH the last in principle is no criterim dundancy selection rule mingham Industrial Tril upheld coach driver Le: ty's...

A POTENTIAL rival for Coras lompair Eireann's Irish-built Bombardier bus designs has . come in the shape of a Marshallbodied...

Residents stop part COUNCILLORS in the London Borough of Enfield look set to reject a proposal from a private operator for a...

OVER 80 DELEGATES representing major bus fleet operators in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has updated its list of approved tachagraph calibration centres in Scotland, England, and Wales,...

WE AT the British Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute (BICERI) have read your article (CM, March 14, p 54) on the...

I FEEL I MUST take issue with your editorial (March 21). You have criticised various organisations for not putting forward...

SCENT material for a mbe and Wise cross-talk recent interview between :gers, national chairman HA, and Transport Secrearman...

IATELY the section of tween Potters Bar and opened, lorries over 7.5 gross are to be profrom Enfield and Barnet. aater London...

A GERMAN journalist was so impressed by British drivers that he has expressed his admiration and thanks in an open letter to...

IAN OGDEN, manager of BRS Truck Rental's Wolverhampton depot, quickly learned the consequences of promising to supply a vehicle...

ATTEMPTS to interest schoolchildren in London Transport more as an employer than as an object of vandalism have, it seems, not...

IT MAY be just anti-freeze to you and me but to Tony Mace, one of Volvo's boffins, it is coolant mixture. There is sound...

IN TIMES of recession transport is one industry that is hit first; but any astute businessiman can take advantage of this...

either singleor three-phase electrical supplies. These machines are also fitted with automatic stop/start controls which ensure...

which inflate to 206 kN/sq.m (30 lb psi) and achieve the exact contour of the tyre, with the seven sizes of pneumatic Mandrels...

Coil ignition, 3 ast article (April 11) it was that a condense had to be I to a coil ignition to prevent arcing at the :...

Trade licences, E Royal Society of Arts sylfor the CPC examination, E, Law, subsection 4.2.2. : "Describe the require; and use...

IN Engineering News (CM February 28) I reported on an interesting development in the field of alternative materials, namely an...

Employers Conduct. Action by employers which may entitle employees to leave without notice and claim constructive dismissal...

John Hum, technical manager of Eat Truck Components Marketing, puts forNA a constant argument that synchro is not a soft...

HEAVY haulage tractive units are usually the heaviest models in a manufacturer's range, but unfortunately are rarely...

No 2 in our new series on business enterprise in the Eighties. Story by John Darker; pictures by Dick Ross ain's salvation...

ceedingly popular, would pass out of production," we stated. "There is not an atom of truth in such stories. The Bedford is in...