by CM reporter LOCAL AUTHORITY passenger transport undertakings are this week in the middle of a tug-of-war over their policy...

rIM SKYRME is to be the next )resident of the Confederation )f British Road Passenger 'ransport. Mr Skyrme has )een the chief...

, CUTBACK of 50 vehicles on le operating licence held by catfish Road Services Ltd ras ordered last week by the cottish...

THE Price Commission has lopped 4.5 per cent off a 19.83 per cent rates increase application for car and truck transporting by...

MODERN BRIDGES would require no strengthening if lorries of the weights permitted in other EEC countries were allowed in...

cowboys by CM reporter Pressure mounts to eject law-breaking operators from haulage industry PRESSURE is growing for a 3peedy...

THE EEC and the West German government are trying to initiate a shipping-type trading convention to regularise road transport...

'HE Danish road haulage .ssociation has obtained a arge concession for its memlers in respect of a new tax ihich becomes...

NEARLY 100 operators have accepted an invitation to a meeting organised by ABC Forwarding Ltd (Felixstowe 70436) on the...

by CM reporter A SPECIAL cab for use or runs to the Middle East anc for TIR work has been designed by Ailsa Trucks Ltd. It will...

AN AGREEMENT between the EEC and the Austrian Government, signed earlier this month, is intended to simplify the customs...

of EEC driving regulations change MR NEIL CARMICHAEL, Under Secretary of State for the Environment, is "hopeful that...

TO MAKE maximum use of existing roads in congested urban delivery areas, priority had to be given to lorries on legitimate...

This week Commercial Motor's long-established service t readers in assessing the performance and other characteri. tics of...

IT was not right for a Licensing Authority to appear to condone falsification of inspection reports. There was already a great...

WHEN Mr Ted Hains, of P and 0 Road Services Ltd, spoke to an ICHCA conference on " Inflation and the movement of goods" in...

BIG fleet operators scored I honours in last weekend's rour of the CMLDo? contest. Brit Road Services, for instance, w no less...

TMs' lick-back' not unusual, Institute of Purchasing told CM reporter a large organisation where professional buyer is em)yed,...

BRITISH transport cafés offer better value this year than they did last, according to the second edition of Crane Fruehauf's...

AN APPEAL against the decision of the West Midland LA to revoke the 0 licence of J. E. L. Tibbetts and Co, demolition...

MEMBERS of the Road Haulage Association who find it necessary to sub-contract consignments to the Middle East are being advised...

Martin Hayes HIS MONTH has ' seen the droduetion of Volvo B58 aches with Alexender.M-type xlywork on the Glasgow to >ndon...

SCOTLAND'S central Regional Council is contributing in the region of £750,000 annually to a bus operation in school bus and...

THE Scottish Bus Group has advised the Fife Region that it will remove 35 services unless its subsidy, currently running at...

A GUIDE to the personnel in the National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group was published this week by Travel and Transport...

last words • • • BUS SERVICES should try to cover their costs and not rely so much on revenue support, Mr Fred Mulley told the...

ORE government money for ansport spending by the nailer local authorities was . omised next year in a mmons statement. Mr Neil...

AN MP told the Commons that there seemed to be grave apprehension in the country at large about coach accidents, after a...

A CODE of action should be posted in buses so that members of the public were perfectly aware of their duties when bus crews...

THE APPOINTMENT of six transport co-ordinators for Strathclyde region has been Suggested by Mr Ronald Cox, the director-general...

ter Sudworth, 48, a former tr:bution manager with Reckett Coleman, joins Southern l3RS manager for the SBRS cornx at Bedfont,...

A HEAVY DUTY 6 x 4 tipper for off-road operation was introduced by Fiat at a truck test day held at Silverstone for UK...

A PRE-PRODUCTION maximum trailer from Welford Truck Bodies Ltd of Stoke on Trent which is entering service with Allied...

At the Cork Summer Show last week a number of commercial vehicles were exhibited, all with locally built bodies. The only...

AT any other time, the more fervid supporters of free enterprise would have hailed the £12m loss sustained by the National...

Ash Grove Motor Engineers Ltd Lime Street Hull Yorkshire Hull l0482) 23573 Borderman Trucks Ltd Woodlands Garage Callerlen...

Well, I've seen some conference finales, but nothing approaching the showmanship with vvhich Daimler-Benz closed its...

publicity This show-stopping demonstration cost Mercedes not a penny in fees, because they already provide two Type 408 vans...

Staff work of an entirely different calibre got a mention by one speaker during the seminar. Surveying the various haulage...

I have the feeling that the new Minister for Transport, Dr John Gilbert, may regard the unfortunate circumstances of his...

RHA Agristock conference at Droitwich report by Martin Hayes Photographs by Harry Roberts ORRIES are the farmer's lifene....

w ort h ? MY HEADING may seem a rather sweeping question, but I think there are a lot of deficiencies in the existing services...

Martin Watkins examines the coaching operations of Grey-Green, Bee-line and Tricentrol groups THE PARENT companies of three of...

What prosecution can inolve by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE 'LAST WEEK I discussed an employer's powers of arrest,...

Speakers at a Daimler-Benz seminar in Eastbourne tell how to mprove transport performance and save fuel, warn about aolitical...

for use on my farm. I know that I can claim exemption from paying Excise Duty if it is not used on public roads more than six...

as workers' transport and I notice that it has only one rear light. 1 am assured that this is permissible, but I have my...

put "long vehicle" plates on the rear of trailers which are hauled by my vehicles even though they are trailers from a...

refers to the parking of vehicles, other than heavy commercial vehicies, on verges and footways, there is a reference to...

it is ted as •a worthwhile inlent by many operators avy dump trucks engaged y or wholly on intensive e-road work. smooth...

Operators of tipping vehicles engaged in short-haul on/off-road work commonly cite clutch failure as the most frequent cause of...

With reference to Middle East transport : I wish your magazine would print an article on the other aspects of the Middle East...

I have read With interest the recent articles written by George Wilmot on the urgency of solving training problems to meet the...

I feel I must comment on the article by Janus (CM June 7), though perhaps not in the order Janus presented the issues. In...

6. How the new law will be administered 1E OUTLINES for the detailed ministrative framework of the With and Safety at Work etc...

w formula Redex petrol ive has been launched by Is Industries. len mixed with petrol in arreat proportion (about easpaon per...

able self-grip earth clamp al developed for tankers Vlole & San. The device, is locked on to the has adjustable jaws and gral...

A range of industrial and dockside drawbar trailers has been introduced by York's truck equipment division. Three models are...

An induction heater for pre-heating little ends, flywheel rings and similar components has been introduced by Tetroc. The...

Morris Marinas with the L3-litre engine can now be fitted with an electric engine fan. Available as part number STN 0037 from...