Built-for Britain's roads, British loads A particularly wide range of artics and rigids for every purpose, all available with...

Master Hire dealers are Vauxhall/ Bedford dealers. So instead of having to buytheircars,vans and trucks through a middleman,...

by CM reporter CONSUMER protection officials in at least one county are concerned that some Continental drivers of overweight...

REGULATIONS have been laid before Parliament to permit drivers of public service vehicles to speak to their control centre by...

ANY London lorry route scheme should be advisory, provide for access to premises located off the network and be accompanied by...

by CM reporter THE SECRETARY of State for the Environment, Mr Anthony Crossland, gave a cautious welcome last week to a Labour...

There is growing expectation that Mr Healey is planning a drastic revision of the entire system of vehicle taxation. One...

which has not heal formulated in public it is safe to assume that significant changes may be just around the corner. This seems...

PRE-EASTER ionstration trip of i53km (7,800 miles) to eran and back was ntly completed by a - land Marathon. The icle, a...

SPENDING on roads brings a better return for Britain than unlimited subsidies for British Rail. This case is stated by Mr Tony...

Group turns in another record profit IN ORDER to replace existing vehicles and plant at prices current at the end of 1974,...

From next week CM will be published in a larger format, printed to an increased page size designed to be easier to read. By...

Dublin ferry service FROM April 1 B+I Line is operating a new roll-on/rolloff ferry between Fleetwood and Dublin with six...

REDUCING distribution costs and improving company cash flow are two subjects which will be dealt with in SwopBody '75...

FOUR-HUNDRED DELEGATES attended the Hazchem two-day seminar arranged jointly by Teesside police and the Middles brough...

From lain Sherriff, Sofia, Bulgaria, March 29 SINCE leaving Salzburg on March 24 (CM last week) our journey has not been...

THE need for accounting methods to be adapted so that studies and comparisons were made on the basis of realistic projections...

C. W. Bridge (C. W. Bridge (General Haulage) Ltd, Huntingdon) has been elected chairman of the eastern area committee of the...

CARDIFF Corporation Transport has been given permission to increase fares by 50 per cent from Sunday, but in doing so the...

THE Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport is moving this weekend to new premises. The new address is Sardinia...

VOLVO has won an order to supply 310 B59 bus chassis in a knocked down condition to Adelaide. sales by 40 per cent in 1974...

THE PICK-ME-UP dial-abus service at Harlow, Essex, which started operating last August and is being run by London Country Bus...

AN INCREASE of up to 40 per cent in National Travel (South East) and National Travel (North West) express coach fares has been...

THREE POEMS have been written by Southend's public relations officer in order to get across the bus undertaking's new no-change...

fares 'chaos' THE present situation of concessionary fare schemes for retirement pensioners was one of absolute chaos, an MP...

AGREEMENT has been reached between the West Yorkshire PTE and a number of private bus operators to allow passengers to use the...

A NEW combined escape hatch and ventilator, called the Libvent, has been introduced by Weathershields of Birmingham. Sales...

COMPUTER dispatch equipment for the Ann Arbor diala-ride network has been ordered from the International Aeradio group of...

MERSEYSIDE PTE has taker delivery of a new ERF vehicle fitted with TFL bodywork anc recovery equipment. The heavy-duty...

DIAL-a-BUS, driver communication, urban traffic control and new urban transport systems (Minitram) will be featured in...

TWO previous failures with haulage companies and a pending liquidation would prejudice the chances of proper maintenance and...

A FORMER EMPLOYEE of Pengco Transport Systems consented to an order against him in the High Court last week banning him from...

BUS SERVICES in Brighton will come in for a big shake-up on April 27. The Traffic Commissioners have approved in full proposals...

FOUR owner-drivers whose vehicles were specified on the Hull licence of Link Wilkinson Transport Ltd were successful in...

GEORGE SUTHERLAND, trading as Express Deliveries, appealed to the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh against the decision of the...

MILLIONS of gallons of fuel are wasted each year through badly tuned engines, according to Champion Sparking plug Co which is...

f rom Merriworth TRUCK bodies built using similar methods of construction to steel trailers are now being offered by Merriworth...

A NEW £250,000 repair and maintenance centre for truck and van operators has been opened in Leek New Road, Cobridge,...

Billingham DAF Trucks dealer B. Sharp Ltd of Billingham, Co Durham, has opened a new £250,000 workshop and parts centre at...

AREA HEATS for the vehicle trades apprentice competition arranged annually by the Road Transport Industry Training Board are to...

A SIMPLY OPERATED manual version of the Samson Easysheet — a device for quick sheeting of tipper bodies-is being produced by...

A FURTHER fifteen 12m (40ft)-long refrigerated trailers have been sold by Crane Fruehauf Overseas Ltd to Et Ve Balik Kuruna of...

DUNLOP Suspensions Division, Coventry, has appointed Martonair Ltd of Twickenham sole sales distributor of Dunlop Industrial...

A GLASGOW company, Stewart Plant Sales Ltd, Townmill Road, has been appointed distributors for Magirus Deutz vehicles in...

VOLVO is spending £21m on a new truck plantnear Gothenburgh, Sweden. It will expand production — now running at 19,000 units a...

SEWAGE HANDLING equipment, including vacuum sludge tankers, pumps, pipelines and distribution guns, will be demonstrated by...

NET PROFITS of Eaton Corporation for 1974 amounted to $89.9m (1973: $85.6m); Eaton Ltd employs nearly 6,000 people in its...

MONDAY April 7. CIT (Sheffield) "South Yorkshire PTE" by N. McDonald (director-general, South Yorks PTE). Royal Victoria Hotel,...

When Transport Minister Fred Mulley opened a new extension to the Bostrom factory at Northampton recently he stressed his...

The seat-testing rig developed by Bostrom at a cost of some £15,000 provides erstwhile buyers with simulated road tests of...

Containing maintenance costs without letting vehicle standara slip calls for close monitoring by Tim Hoare MAINTENANCE comes...

BRITISH manufacturers have, until recently, had a free hand in the eightwheel truck market, which some companies think may...

by Gordon Murray N SPRINGTIME an operator's houghts lightly turn to draining antireeze from vehicle radiators — and vondering...

specialized nationwide recovery service ? by John Darker ONE OF the worst chores known to road transport operators is to take...

WARNINGS by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, on the effect of too many operators chasing too little...

We have been following your series of articles on laying up vehicles and notice that in your issue of February 28 you deal with...

that it can he movedfrom site to site. The vehicle is unable to carry, goods. Could I therefore tax it as engineering plant,...

. contract hire vehicle which is not displaying a road . fund licence because, although the vehicle has been taxed, it has not...

. from a country town. Four of the village children go to school in the town and at present are taken by taxi. If Iprovideda...

How RRI found the true costs by John Darker, AMBIM AT the recent PDM conference of the British Institute of Management a...

Most bans are at court's discretion by Les Oldridge, T.Eng. (CEO, M.I.M.I., A.M.I.R.T.E. THE PENALTIES for the more serious...

A new series of portable single and two-stage air compressors has been developed by Gomo Engineering. The compressors, the...

Two new convex mirror glasses have been added to the range of Spondon Motor Spares. S MS 185 is approximately 31cm x 20cm...

A new design of hand grips has been introduced by Allchin and Co. The Universal Grip pliers are made from chrome vanadium...

An instrument for accurately settingup the governed speeds of diesel engines is available from CAPA Group Ltd. The Revtester is...

Two ranges of valve servicing equipment are being imported from the USA by Morris and Ingram. The Hall-Toledo heavy-duty model...