EARLY 100 employees have , en made redundant by the lsa Trucks Group. A spokesan for the Group told CM is week that, although...

E heavy truck market is ling •a slight—but none the 3 marked—upturn, accord to confidential figures ulated by the Society of...

Rail lobby set for fight from our political correspondent STRONG resistance from the transport industry can be expected if...

BOTH the Association of Public Passenger Transport and the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association are to be wound up....

FFERENT arrangements are be adopted at this year's Atish Motor Show as far demonstration vehicles are teemed. New regulations ■...

DRIVERS who drive vehicles below 3 tons unladen but over 7.5 metric tons laden will receive a heavy goods vehicle driving...

INTER-UNION strife seems likely at next week's conference of the Labour Party at Blackpool. Both road and rail unions are...

THE Commercial Motor Show will be held at Earls Court next year. This was confirmed to CM by a spokesman for the Society of...

THIRTY mini seminars are being organised throughout the country by the Freight Transport Association on the implications of EEC...

It is bad enough that the Government appears to be goinf ahead with plans to give dockers the working rights the have demanded...

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A YORK COMPANY which had previously been warned to be careful over its drivers' records was fined £950 with £100 _costs by...

VAUXHALL is now making a low-priced version of the Bedford CF 22cwt van at £1789 plus VAT but including a number of equipment...

from a CM correspondent VEHICLE belonging to A. Sharpley of Wildboar ugh, Cheshire, was given W160 prohibition preventits...

- 20MMITTEE is being set by the trade associations lerned with wine sales to e with transport underngs and companies about ent...

A COLLECTION and delivery service has been started by the London (East) containerbase at Chobham Farm. The service, which is...

CONSIGNMENTS of one ton and multiple drops of one ton and over are the subject of a new service inaugurated by National...

be improper that he should do so. He told Colclough : "There can be no doubt whatsoever that you will probably for the rest of...

SALVOES Were fired this week by both sides in the road v rail battle. Their target—the Government—was attacked by both camp S...

MR K. C. TURNER becomes the longest-serving chairman of any of the industrial training boards following his reappointment as...

1RVICES operated by the atonal Bus Company should ! transferred to local ownerip and control. A resolution this effect was...

the bus shortage ACTION has been taken by London Transport to ease the effects of vehicle and staff shortages which have...

Dr London PLAN to bring passenger nsport to areas of London Lt full-sized buses cannot ietrate has been devised by stminster...

A SHETLAND bus company realised it had done the wrong thing when it got the goahead to raise the fare on one of its routes. So...

FIFTY Scottish Bus Group double-deckers are to have music and adverts broadcast on the upper deck. Each bus will have eight...

Hopes stronger than fears at APPT conference "THE tide can be turned in favour of the bus." With these hopeful words ClIr A....

k. FUEL additive claimed to ave up to 12 per cent conumption for naturally aspiraed diesels and 16 per cent for arbocharged...

SPECIAL dual-purpose body Hr carrying light density seed Id bag loads has •been built y Seadyke Freight Systems td for Sharpes...

A NEW development designed to increase the payload capacity of its interchangeable bulk-feed body and flat-platform system has...

RENAULT has announced a pick-up version of its 7cwt van for the British market. The power unit is the (51cuin) petrol engine...

ERF's European range of vehicles is believed to be the first British heavy range to have completed testing for compliance with...

AN ADVANCED design of CAV rotary pump, the 0P15, for diesel engines is capable of being fitted to engines having up to eight...

1E Secretary of State for Environment, Anthony osland, has appointed ij-Gen V. H. Carpenter chairin of the Yorkshire Traffic...

Colin Burrows, the CMLDoY champion, attended this year's Fleet Management Conference last week; this week he is off on his...

During the past few months poor old National Bus has been taking a hammering from all directions about its financial troubles...

by Martin Hayes THE long-playing saga of the formation of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport comes almost...

C: Minister, when you took p your new office was there fly single problem which stood ut as demanding urgent at?.ntion?...

or UK MEET demands from UK Tators for increased power operation at 32.5 tonnes tons) gcw, Saviem, the nch truck manufacturer,...

SELECT COMMITTEES of MPs are not usually hesitant about telling their colleagues and Government departments what they ought to...

BUILT ONLY for the UK, the new Saviem SM36 280 that we have just tested is Saviem's response to operator demand for more power...

Minister promises 'softly softly' approach on lorry routes CM staff report from London Hilton. Pictures by Ron Easton...

ntroducing the first paper, he regulation of road trans. t 1976/80" (which was lmarised in CM last week), R. J. E. Dawson...

Presenting his paper on the effects of EEC regulations on distribution costs, Mr Alan West of RHM Foods Ltd, used slides to...

The paper on management control and costing by Mr H. Berry, executive director, United Transport Overseas Ltd, drew several...

With many slides, Mr Ron Ellis, managing director of British Leyland Truck and Bus, illustrated the problems of the truck...

The final session, dealing with the functions of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, was presented by ACAS...

by John Darker, AMBIM is always a refreshing exrience to see a transport npany fighting back In conions of adversity. National...

THE CENTRE for Physical Distribution Management is running a course from October 22 to 24 inclusive with the emphasis on...

the details of the proposed examination subjects which Mr Dawson listed in his paper at your Fleet Management Conference. How...

operator shall be governed by the provision adopted by the Member States in accordance with the common rules contained in this...

persons or undertakings engaging in the occupation of road haulage operator by means of vehicles the permissible payload of...

in the occupation of road haulage operator shall : (a) be of good repute; (b) be of appropriate financial standing; (c) satisfy...

which a road haulage undertaking may, by way of derogation from Article 3 (1), be operated on a temporary basis for a maximum...

that, before January 1, 1971 they were authorised unth national regulations in Member State to engage i the occupation of road...

t Member States pursuant the measures adopted on t basis of this Directive a entailing the rejection of application for...

January 1, 1977, t the measures necessary he implementation of this :five, in particular Article thereof. .:triber States...

taken consideration for the d recognition of profes1 competence must cover ast the subjects listed r. These must be desin full...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE THE LAW requiring speedometers to be fitted to motor vehicles is contained in...