DoE plans to change law to stop 'anomalies' by CM reporter DOLLIES are to be made legal. Moves now under way at the Department...

SUMMONSES alleging overloading of an articulated vehicle, against Kaye Goodfellow and Co (Transport Consultants) Ltd, Quinn...

SOUTH EAST LONDON 'haulage contractor, Reece Bros Transport Ltd, is to erect a motel, security park, inland customs depot and...

Wells report JOHN WELLS' report on ways and means of improving the haulage industry's efficiency and standards has received...

meeting THE PTRC summer annual meeting, July 7-11, offers a choice of 14 simultaneous streams to cover a total of 300 papers...

TA member A NEW member has been admitted to the Transport Association. The company is Flowers Transport Ltd of Skeldergate, York.

A STRONGLY worded memorandum has been sent by the National Association of Warehouse Keepers to Mr Michael Foot, Secretary of...

THE PROGRAMME for the RHA Tipping Convention—July 4/5 at Harrogate—has been finalised by the organising committee. Mr N....

BOTH goods transport operators' associations have told t h e Government that they are opposed to an early winding-up of the...

A DECISION to concentrate production on the quiet-pack VRT Mark 3 has been taken by BriStol Commercial Vehicles. Once current...

DERV prices have been reduced by lp per gallon by Esso, BP, Shell and National Benzole.

by Trevor Longcroft AN OPPORTUNITY to drive VW's new light truck range was the main feature of a press conference held last...

By supporting the young hgv driver scheme which starts in September, operators can demonstrate that they view it as no mere...

THE OPINION of a traffic examiner, that the use of selfemployed drivers to drive the vehicles of a St Helens haulier meant that...

A 40 PER CENT cut back in orders for commercial vehicles is being experienced by Britain's vehicle bodybuilders. This was said...

A PEDESTRIAN controlled fork lift truck which rides piggyback-style on the back of a lorry when not in use was demonstrated in...

IF BRITAIN comes out of the EEC it will face a tariff on trucks of 22 per cent instead of tariff free entry, EEC Commissioner...

by CM reporter THE NATIONAL Bus Company lost £12.3m after tax in 1974, on a turnover of £226.8m. These figures were revealed in...

INFLATION and high staff costs — these take the blame for a 20 per cent fares rise requested by West Yorks Passenger Transport...

London busmen will put London o-m-o drivers on £50 per week basic in July. The new deal has also agreed a cost of living...

by Trevor Longcroft VOLKSWAGEN will market chassis-cab and standard and high-roof integral van versions of its new...

BACK ON the market—after a gap of 14 months—is Ford's integral A-Series parcels van. The vans are being produced by the...

or discharge delays are said to result from use of Explosafe, a new material designed to stop fires and explosions in road...

David Leahy has been appointed general manager of Dormer Gases Ltd, subsidiary of Roadships Ltd. Mr Leahy was previously...

by Trevor Longcroft REDUCED NOISE, increased payload, and greater discharge efficiency. These are features of the new...

by G. K. Newman, MA (Oxon), director-general, Road Haulage Association MUCH that has been written about the common transport...

by H. R. Featherstone, FCIS, FCIT, director-general, Freight Transport Association JUST as it is impossible in total national...

by D. R. Quin, FCIS, FCIT director-general, Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport BUT for one factor, the position...

Berliet TR 280 IN assessing the probable cost operating the Berliet TR280, road tested last week, it is possible to use updated...

INTRODUCED in haulage form for Europe in May of last year, the first models from the new range of Mercedes-Benz trucks are now...

INTRODUCED early in 1974, the Commer Commando range from Chrysler UK extends from 7.5 to 18.3 tonnes (7.4 to 18.0 tons). All...

Volunteers still take the money by Les Oldridge, TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE WHEN considering redundancy payments made upon...

by Martin Watkins A review of the papers presented to the UITP congress at Nice A SPLIT is emerging in the planning of future...

Seeing a London Transport uniformed employee frantically thumbing at a bus stop on the borders of Kent last week I did not (as...

This year's retirement of three Licensing Authorities reminds me how seldom these days we hear the snippets of humour which...

Another reminder of times past is the news that Syd Abrams Ltd, of Manchester, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The...

To many people Manchester means Old Trafford (the only cricket ground where you can hear the birds coughing during the match,...

Your Editorial in the April 18 issue caught my eye. Considering that your paper is good at telling hauliers what they should...

As the originator and organiser of the annual British Coach Rally at Brighton, I should like to make the following comments on...

As managing director of Transcontinental Freight Ltd, I am writing to you to say a) how much I enjoyed lain Sherriff's articles...

and private hire work I would like to diversify into the lucrative business of providing a regular service to the coastal...

and propose to take to rallies. Could you tell me if it is necessary for my vehicle to be plated and tested annually, do I need...

asked to take out a loaded vehicle though the load did not look secure to me. On these grounds I refused to drive the vehicle....

by John Darker, AMBIM MORE THAN 20 years ago I had personal knowledge of a specific hazard to employees in a road haulage...

LONDON dockers have a bad image, whether or not it is deserved. So that when the FTA suggests that the Government's plans would...