T HE FREIGHT Transport T HE FREIGHT Transport Association must be applauded for its endeavours to have bridge and tunnel tolls...

WHEN CM carried out its overnight parcels carrier test last June three of the 10 carriers failed in at least one respect: one...

NFC profit nearly doubles NFC latest half-year figures show an 80 per cent jump in pre-tax profits. The original £1 -...

HOSTILITY has greeted a Road Haulage Association demand that group training associations should be able to carry out heavy...

THE POSSIBILITY of Sunday trading has added another twist to the effect on operators of the Greater London Council's proposed...

AN ARGUMENT arose in the Commons last week when MPs passed the Finance Bill clauses which increase sonic rates of vehicle...

THE COUNCIL on Tribunals has rejected Transport 2000's demand that it give residents the right to appeal against the granting...

OPERATORS should be permitted to perform or organise their own minor repairs at motorway service areas, the Road Haulage...

SCOTTISH tipper operators have 'succeeded in reviving their tipping group and have nominated two delegates to represent them on...

THE NATIONAL Freight Consortium achieved an 80 per cent increase in pre-tax profits for the first half of the current financial...

THE SCHEDULE') price of commercial ,bulk dery has remained static since the end of April, according to the main oil companies....

:HE "STRATEGIC" high/ay authorities which have een added to the Governlent's plans to abolish the six ietropolitan counties and...

BID by local residents and ighbouring firms to impose vironmental restrictions on .-. licence held by heavy ulier Hills...

THE EEC Commission announced plans this month for a series of new measures to improve road safety of heavy commercial vehicles...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S 1985 Fleet Management Conference takes place on October 17 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. An...

A CLEAR hint that the Government will go ahead with its plans to more than double tolls on the Severn Bridge has drawn a rapid...

by Brian Weatherley CONFUSION is rife following the Italian Government's decision to ban foreign vehicles with secondary; fuel...

COMMON Market officials have been asked to help international hauliers to clear a path through a new jungle of road transport...

AN EIGHT-MINUTE video resentation of the case for the lorry has been prepared as part of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

JIM SKYRME, chief executive of the National Bus -ompany from January 1972 intil his retirement in Decem)er 1976, has died after...

.IEW MANAGER of the :hesterfield branch of BRS 4idlands is Mike Barnett. le moves to the branch from iellington where he has...

A MANAGEMENT reshuffle has been carried out by National Carriers Parcels to improve its operational structure and increase...

ANDREW PACKER, southern area general manager with MO Roadways since early last year, has been appointed to the board of the...

UK manufacturing operations director responsible for the Cummins Engine Co plants at Shotts, Lanarkshire and Daventry,...

NATIONAL PRODUCTS, the expanding marketing and business development division of the National Bus Company, has appointed Roger...

A PUBLIC inquiry into the renewal of the international licence held by Pandoro, the P&O subsidiary, has been cancelled by North...

A PUBLIC inquiry into the proposed increases in Forth Road Bridge tolls is to be held in Edinburgh next month. The inquiry, to...

YUILL AND DODDS, the Scottish haulage contractor which ran coal daily between Hunterston terminal and Ravenscraig steel works...

THE DAVIS Company has opened up a new division to handle the recruitment and selection of staff for the motor industry. It...

THE WELSH OFFICE has awarded contracts for nearly :23m worth of improvements to the country's trunk road network. It is...

NORTH Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Norman Moody refused to hear objections when Albert Hymas sought renewal of its...

INSURANCE against defaulting on a loan of up to £15,000 is readily available under a new small loan scheme launched by Midland...

RENAULT Truck Industries has launched an instant credit 24-hour breakdown service which it says will provide emergency...

NATIONAL Freight Consortium - owned National Carriers Contract Services has won a £186,000 contract from fellow NEC company...

A SUFFOLK haulage firm sent all its tachograph charts for computer checking at a cost of 35p a chart, magistrates were told....

SCOTTISH farmer Alexander Niven and two of his drivers had mixed success when they denied overloading offences before the...

wheel guidebook THE FREIGHT Transport Association is about to publish a "good housekeeping" guide on the maintenance of wheels...

"I'HE SAFETY factor in modem commercial vehicle wheel assembly design is inadequate, according to the first phase of the...

NEWTONS COACHES of Dingwall is to move to the Longman Industrial Estate at Inverness within the next few months and plans...

THE EASTERN Traffic Commissioners have warned Lunar Module to stick to its road service licence conditions for its minibus...

PRIVATE operations will fill the gaps left behind when the National Bus Company withdraws from supported services, Transport...

DESPITE 1985 being a particularly hard year for coach suppliers Jonckheere importer Roeselare of Northampton reports that it...

PASSENGER loadings on Midland Red West bus services in Hereford city centre have risen by around 50 per cent since the...

THE WHOLE of the town bus service network in Weston-super-Mare, Avon, is to be converted to minibus operation in June....

THE GO V ERN M E I has successfully resisted Labour MPs' attempts to cut the proposed increases in vehicle excise duty on...

By Noel Millier PARTICIPANTS from nearly 50 countries including Rwanda, the Soviet Union and Ireland took part in the 45th...

MCW METROLINER double-deck coaches have been introduced on the City of Oxford Motor Services Oxford City Link services linking...

MAJOR CHANGES in UK regulations governing the construction and maintenance of minibuses, buses and coaches are imminent,...

NCS of Chesterfield expects to sell around 12 1.5cum (1.96cuyd) payload Minimix wet concrete mixers for 7.5tonners this...

SERVICE bulletin SD12 has wen published by Lucas Giring's parts and service denrtment at West Bromwich a - ) cover the...

A NEW SPECIALIST trailer manufacturer, Andover Trailers, has been established on the site of the former Craven Tasker factory...

A NEW RANGE of recovery cranes, designed and manufactured by Lyka of Preston, Lancashire, was shown at the Association of...

been built y Thompson Tankers of ;Hsu - in, West Midlands for ic Rowntree Mackintosh hocolate tanker fleet. Both of the 18,000...

MULTIPART has extended its exchange injector scheme to cover all Bedford, Dodge, Ford and Leylaiki engines. The scheme covers...

FORD is to launch a Japanese-built light van called the Econov an in selected European markets in the autumn, but not in...

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Truckfest show at Peterborough: such opportunities for owner-drivers and the general public to see our...

CONGRATULATIONS on your excellent new look CM. I like the new format and presentation and it definitely puts CM ahead of its...

CONGRATULATIONS on the new look of Commercial Motor which is indeed most impressive. We have always appreciated CM and I think...

IN the report on Tipcon (CM May 11) Bill Brock states that Scania is only using the none charge-cooled engine rated at 245bhp...

In the article on motorway services in your journal (CM May 4), you quoted an AA report that coffee cost 60p a cup at Granada...

LIFTS RECOVERY 4 AMAGE-free' are the operative words in recovery which, show the difference between the professional and the...

ROADRUNNER SERVICE A FTER an extended post-launch honeymoon period with the bodybuilders, Roadrunner has been in service for...

BANG ON AT THATCHAM Tim Blakemore looks at the new impact test procedure at the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre which...

T HOSE of us at the Freight Transport Association's annual dinner were interested to listen to Metropolitan Police Commissioner...

MORE SALES Bryan Jarvis finds out how two truck importers are increasing their UK market shares REAKING into new fleet...

LASER Bill Brock reports on an Eighties alternative to a ball of string S OON after Derek Godden started his axle alignment...

TRUCK NOSTALGIA P ERHAPS the best feature of Truck Nostalgia (Blandford Press; £10.95) is its front cover, done in the manner...

W HEN so many transport hooks on the market today arc priced close to £10 — sometimes more — it is pleasant to find one...

They're quicker, more accurate, more detailed and more available — Jack Semple reports on the new analyses of tacho charts...

N OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Professional...

PROBLEMS ACCEI,ERATE THERE is a growing unease among many transport engineers about brakes. Many have noted a recent general...

Metalock repairs return components to their original strength — sometimes even stronger. The world-wide Metalock...

— the all embracing repair techniques for cast iron, aluminium, magnesium and steel. The world renowned fusion welding and...

PULLS PROFESSIONALS WITH BUYING POWER T WO clear trends emerged from last week's Institute of Road Transport Engineers display...