IT APPEARS that the work load of ffie Licensing Authorities is building up. Public enquiries on overloading, under-maintaining...

WERLOADING convictions led to P&O Roadways Limited ippearing at disciplinary proceedings before South Eastern Licensng...

IRITISH Road Services had to le treated the same as any little Iperator with a couple of *hides and they had to toe the ine...

THE price war, which has led to discounts of up to 40 per cent on the list price of commercial vehicles, may soon be a thing of...

DRIVERS and operators who committed offences involving the falsification of tachograph records could expect immediate prison...

THE HELICOPTER link between Heathrow and Gatwick is to be replaced by a fast coach service once the M25 is fully opened, Junior...

A NORTH-EAST union official has submitted that he is willing to force road haulage firms into bankruptcy if they continue to...

ANOTHER eight men have qualified for the final of the CMLDoY which takes place at Cranfield on September 9. SOUTH YORKSHIRE...

NEITHER the shop stewards at Leyland's Bathgate plant nor the Scottish Council (Development and Industry) seem ready to accept...

'UNLESS the seven week old metalworkers' strike in West Germany is settled soon there could be further serious effects on cv...

LONDONERS should not be deceived by the GLC's advertise ments about banning lorries at night, the Freight Transport Association...

TYNE and Wear Passenger Transport Executive coaching subsidiary Armstrong Galley is to introduce a new express coach service...

FOLLOWING the recent announcement that NBC's Eastern Counties subsidiary is to be reorganised into three smaller companies from...

ager of Ambassador Travel (Eastern Counties) Ltd, which will operate as a subsidiary to Eastern Counties providing scheduled...

FOLLOWING the appointment of Geoffrey Clarkson as general manager of Eastern National Omnibus Co., new managers have been...

JOHN LAWSON has returned to the York Trailer Group as tipper sales manager. Mr Lawson has worked in the tipping industry for...

EFFLUENTS SERVICES LTD, the Macclesfield-based waste disposal specialists has appointed three new directors. The new director...

Peterborough headquarters, following the retirement of Phil Burns. Mr Mee will be responsible for all aspects of company...

THE massive amount of work required on Britain's road network is set out in extensive detail in a new report from the British...

A NEW medium mobility vehicle for military transport applications, developed by Hearncrest Boughton Engineering, is now...

EMPLOYEES are not greedy when demanding their share of additional profits. That is the experience of the National Freight...

BRITAIN'S international hauliers have managed to throttle back the rate of increase in their costs to the EEC average, thereby...

THE Telehoist Cheltonian tipper duced 12 years ago as a package tipping gears and bodies were n axle loading for vehicles...

DALGETY Agriculture has taken delivery of two Foden 8-wheelers fitted with Wilcox Seadyke bodies. The vehicles operate from the...

KING Trailers, the Boustead group company which bought Dyson Trailers of Liverpool, has redesigned Dyson's Superlight...

CENTRAL Tyre Company, the Pirelli subsidiary, has published a book listing the recommended wheel nut torque settings for a...

QUINTON Hazell has reduced the price of its QH Underrider kits following a sales upsurge. Price reductions are between £20-£40...

LAST WEEK'S final of the Road Transport Industry Training Board organised National Junior Mechanics Competition (CM, June 23)...

LEX WILKINSON is reported to be dissatisfied with the performance of the grp panelled bodies it has operated for the past three...

BIRMINGHAM University's Accident Research Unit has completed a pilot study in the Birmingham area on the effects of toughened...

A NEW type of lock washer, for which patents have been applied, has become available in the UK. The Nord-Lock washers are...

AN independent bid to break into the stage carriage market and provide services in the Stratford upon Avon area, competing with...

LICENCES have been granted to all the operators involved in the battle over who should serve the Sullom Voe oil terminal on...

FREE bus travel for children on a Sunday could be the Greater London Council's way of marking the loss of its control over...

LES HUGHES Transport Services (North Wales) has been granted a renewal of his operator's licence for one year. The North West...

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley has rejected the appeal by "Associated Minibus Operators Ltd" (AMOS) to run a minibus...

A BUS DRIVER and union branch secretary with Cumberland Motor Services has been awarded the BEM in the Queen's Birthday...

As reported in CM last week, new arrangements for the operation of occasional coach and bus services between member states of...

DECLON, a foam fabricator and a major supplier of seals and gaskets to the UK motor industry, has developed a polyurethane foam...

NEITHER Land Rover nor Perkins will confirm or deny that there is any substance to the speculation which began last week that...

!AYCOCK Engineering, the GKN subsidiary which manufactures garage equipment, reports having won "substantial orders" at last...

Hans Tauscher, managing director of Mercedes-Benz (UK) Ltd, has grave reservations about politicians — and well he might have....

Like the miners' strike in Britain, the industrial stoppage in Western Germany over the demand for a 35-hour week has, I am...

The grapevine whispers that a distinguished past chairman of the Road Haulage Association fancies himself as either its next...

London's old green wooden shelters for cabmen, of which more than 60 were built by a charity set up by the Earl of Shaftesbury...

If the Government's plans to deal with spray from lorries are ham-handed, the situation in America appears to be worse. From...

Erik Johnson, of Mercedes-Benz, has shattered one of my cherished illusions. He says a Unimog is not a one-legged cat, but is...

Starlings have been given the bird at St Peter Port bus station in Guernsey. Every morning the pavements have had to be washed...

AS AN OWNER driver, may I say how I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Mann's letter of May 26. Mr Oliver's letter of June 16 was...

WE READ with some interest the road test of the Volkswagen LT31 carried in your May 19 issue. Whilst we have no comment to make...

Mr OLIVER asks howl arrived at my conclusion in my letter (CM May 26). Well, I'll tell him. Every article I have read about...

YOUR reviewer (June 16) of "On Guard", the IRTE guide to side guards and underrun requirements, said the booklet was published...

WITH reference to your revelations re parcel express services, we are one not mentioned, but we, and I'm sure the others were...

IN RESPONSE to your recent sur vey of the "Next Day" parcels market, we are delighted that you have concluded that Roadline...

Ms ANNUAL Tables of Operating osts is probably the most widely sad publication of its type in urope. It gets into the hands of...

It was awarded to Tom Curran of Roadline for an act of outstanding bravery, but other people who displayed great care or...

Paper by Alan Bunting, CEng, MIMechE, ASAE Since the first world oil crisis of 1973/74, fuel economy has taken on a previously...

Paper by Tim Blakemore, TEng AMIRTE, AMIMI This paper traces the development of driver aids for fuel economy, from the...

Paper by Bryan Wilson, NFC The expression 'Buying Out Bonuses' is a very emotive phrase. It sounds expensive. It suggests...

Paper by Kaj Holmelius, Scania The surge in demand for manpower on the labour market in Sweden during the boom years of the...

ADCLIFFE ENGINEERS is a name that may not come readily to mind, but the company's customers are well known. De. benhams,...