The Commercial Motor/Leyland Vehicles 38-tonne workshop held last Friday underlined our opinion that the new upper weight limit...

LEYLAND will have a 6x2 twin steer chassis for 38 tonne operation by the end of the year according to UK operations director...

TIMES for haulage may be hard, but the Road Haulage Association is pressing ahead with its plans for a week-long 1983...

THE BIG PUSH is on to reduce dery tax. The Freight Transport Association, Confederation of British Industry, and the National...

THE MAY 1 cut-off date for down-plating of existing vehicles was strongly emphasised at last Friday's CM/ Leyland 38-tonne...

THE ALLOCATION of r• haulage quotas for 1983 been condemned as a "polii compromise" by the EEC's • nomic and social...

JUSTRY PRESSURE is building uncirs 00,000 anti-lorry camp tners from the capital. =reight Transport Association eater London...

SEALINK'S short sea ferry routes contributed to its overall successful year in terms of ro-ro road haulage units. The...

CHANGES in Government training policies are hampering plans at the Road Transport Industry Training Board's Livingston Motec...

RMSH OXYGEN'S Irish subdiary has been awarded 1E1,600 (0,391) compensation ter one of its lorries had its rres destroyed by an...

IVECO AND EATON are aiming to start producing a joint range of medium and light duty transmissions for European and world...

LIGHT VANS with front bench seats require only two seat belts, and not three, as some operators believe. These must be worn by...

Cargofax in spring goes to SBRS iRGOFAX, the Road Haulage Association's viewdata load match; and information service, is going...

DOR SIGNING on the M25 orbiil route around London will mfuse drivers and lead to unanted traffic straying into the 'pita!, says...

A PERTH COMPANY had its lice curtailed by Scottish Licensing week. I. & H. Brown Plant will now have a licence for 30 vehicles...

now using Southern British Road Services' Newington Butts London branch for storing its garments. SBRS offered the company two...

THE ASSOCIATION of County Councils now accepts that its £100m estimate of the cost of bringing bridges up to the standard...

16-tonner was the villain of the Manchester Canal bridge? THE POSSIBILITY of building a £20m high-level bridge over the...

THE NATIONAL Road Maintenance Conditions Survey Miff discussed at length when the Standing Committee on Highwe Maintenance gave...

THE PORT of Dover has had a per cent increase in the numb of road haulage units passil through the docks in 1982. For the...

IEW ROAD system in Greater 'don would provide the arta, for a revitalised capital, wing traffic to flow easily I giving...

MULTIDROP Round Planning is the subject of the 1983 Freight Operations Seminar to be held at the Polytechnic of Central London...

LOWFIELDCOOL, the Daventrybased fresh and chilled food distribution company, has won a delivery contract with St Ives Food...

ROADLINE UK, has taken on Graham Seve as an executive line manager. He has overall control of five Roadline branches, 550...

FOLLOWING THE promotion Erich Krampe to a more ser position within the marketing ganisation of Daimler-Be Hans Tauscher will...

MICHAEL ROSE has become new Road Haulage Associati industrial relations, training a personnel manager, taking ol from Doug...

He succeeds Chris Millward, who retires as divisional general manager (north). Mr Taylor takes on the new role after six years...

THE RED HOUSE Group, a Covi try based transport firm w eight vehicles, has taken David Purser as shipping mz ager. The company...

1111) will submit design proposals for sideguards to the Departent of Transport before going ahead with fitment according to...

TWO NEW oils launched by BP Oil last October for use in dieselengined vehicles — Vanellus FE engine oil and Multigear FE gear...

THE SEE-SAW saga of London Tra lurch last week when three High Greater London Council fares cut i Lord Justice Kerr, sitting...

BENNETTS of Kilwinning has been granted authority to operate a new service between Largs and Glasgow, but the Scottish Traffic...

VOITH ENGINEERING h conducted pilot installations its VHBK 130 retarder in ti mid-engined coaches wi British operators, and...

HE FAST-COLLAPSING doublekeck bus market has claimed nother victim. Leyland Bus is to lose its Bristol Commercial Pellicles...

OTHIAN Region's controversial "der for 34 double-deck bodies n Leyland Olympian chassis as been placed, after all, with...

CARDIFF is to be the scene of a bus rally to celebrate 100 years of municipal public transport. The event, organised by the...

THE POSSIBILITY of standardising all Metrobus services in West Yorkshire on Holiday dates at Easter, May Day and Spring Bank...

THE PSV operator's licence held by the Berresford Motors associate, William Stonier and Sons of Tunstall has been renewed for...

Ebro tells us that the vans that go on sale in May will also have a tilting passenger seat and large hinged cover for the...

chassis cab models already sold in the UK. The L757 is a 7.5-tonne gvw van with a Perkins turbocharged 4.236 engine and...

MICHELIN'S new 70mm negative offset wheel (see page 18) will "soon be available," says the tyre and wheel manufacturer. The...

RE TYRE and Rubber, of Alton, Hampshire, has improved on its Ken prest truck tyre retreading system. The new system produces...

IN INTRODUCING the speakers at last Friday's 38tonne workshop at the RAC, Woodcote Park, lain Sherriff, CM's editor, made it...

REG DAWSON, who for 12 years was head of the road freight division of the Department of Transport, began his presentation with...

ROBIN WOOLCOCK, UK operations director of Leyland Vehicles, said that the weight increase has been the biggest thing that has...

MANY OF the engineers and managers at Woodcote Park were keen to hear about the relative merits of different conversions to...

TERRY GOLDRICK, the FTA's director of engineering services, in his afternoon presentation reminded the audience of a man called...

WHEN TALKING about the technical aspects of 38-tonne operation, Walter Batstone, the National Freight Consortium's chief...

Alan Bridge I question Walter Batstone's cost saving prediction of less than 1p/mile. "At that figure we are talking about plus...

.but one that British Sugar has in the bag. David Wilcox has been admiring its facilities and transport policy 'ERY MAN, woman...

FLEXIBLE intermediate bulk containers are designed to be lifted from above by integral or detachable devices, and used for the...

World freighting ROUTES '83, a Businessman's Guide to Freight Services (MacLean Hunter; £3) splits thi world into...

NUMBER 7 in the Your Café 'Accommodation Handbook series (URTU; 75p) is available from the United Road Transpor Union. Like...

ADDITIONAL WORK carried ou to improve the park facilities on the Dooley Terminal at the Port of Felixstowe will be completed...

Bulk transport in containers is this firm's business and it does it rather well. Mike Rutherford investigates its...

THE "SILLY SEASON", normally mid-summer, has arrived early this year. 1983 was only four days old when the Freight Transport...

As the recession worsened and traffic slackened, this Unigate subsidiary decidec to spend f4 1 /2m on a new service centre in...

1982 WAS a remarkable year in road transport legislation, for a number of reasons. Most notable was the Parliamentary approval...

Drum Engineering is the manufacturer its rivals have to beat. Bryan Jarvis examines the operation. Pictures by Brian...

I HAVE READ with interest in various issues of your magazine transcripts of speeches by prominent people within the industry,...

I WAS concerned to read your leader of November 27 in which you say that the RTITB does not pay grants for management training....

AFTER the Transport UnderSecretary's statement about down-plating are we to take it that 38-tonne tractor units (at present...

ENGLAND is in the grip of insurrection. A Yorkshire schoolcrossing warden has refused to brandish her lollipop in her right...

IF THE Angry Brigade had tried to blow up the Palace of Westminster instead of the Conservatives' humble Leeds office, the...

ROULETTE and blackjack will be among the elegant diversions at the first Fleet news show charity banquet and ball in aid of the...

THE RAILWAYS are commemorated on many an inn sign but the "Leyland Tiger" at Earnshaw Bridge is, so far as I know, the first...

BRITONS obviously like a kick to their custard, because between autumn and early spring, Erven Warnink, of Rotterdam, will...

CM's Lorry Driver of the Year wanted a taste of hauling in Arctic conditions. Thanks to Michelin and Salm& he got it. David...

Noel Millier argues that the capital can learn from Hong Kong, and through convenience and lower fares attract many car drivers...

There's a terrific draughtsman in here says Edbro's technical director. He's talking about computer-aided design and how his...

VOLVO EXECUTIVES must have been rubbing their hands with glee at remarks made by Leyland Group managing director, Ron Hancock,...