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The introduction of the clause in the Transport Bill at present at committee stage in Parliament which would authorise British...
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EUTISH Rail could be coinling with road hauliers for isiness if an amendment to e Transport Bill due to be bled yesterday...
HE National Freight Corpoation has called for a tighter censing system at point of ntry rather than additional ubsequent...
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MORE and tighter controls over entry to the road haulage business and more attention to the quality of applicants for 0...
CM's Livery Competition for bulk vehicles has been won by Pandora. Last week the company's general manager, Leone Dunkin...
ERF announced this week that it is to sponsor several "grand prix" events during 1978 in association with its distributors....
RUSSIA is using recently s up transport companies fronts for spy lorries to intE cept military communicatior say reports from...
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A new version of the Dusseldorf-built L407D van has been introduced by Mercedes-Benz. Plated at 3.5 tons gvw, it is aimed at...
IEW REGULATIONS deigned to plug gaps in the rivers' hours rules have been nnounced by the Department I' Transport and now they...
The National Freight Corporation supports tachographs. It has told the Foster Committee that as a responsible operator it will...
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ROM April 1 the sections of le Employment Protection ,ct 1975 which entitle mployees to time off to carry ut certain trade...
LORRY driving is a job where there ARE no normal hours of work. Consequently redundancy payment under the Employment Protection...
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New chairman for LT Ralph Bennett took over from Kenneth Robinson as chairman of the London Transport Executive on April 1. Mr...
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[AINTENANCE facilities at le Nottingham depot of itioval contractors Hoults td were virtually nontistent, claimed vehicle...
Dover Harbour Board spokesmen claimed that the drop in freight was due to smaller numbers of cars being imported and exported —...
TRADERS ROADLINE UK Ltd has announced a £900,000 trading profit for 1977 and plans to invest £13%m between 1978 and 1980,...
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GAS-TURBINE powered and valued at $320,000 (£165,00 - 0); Greyhound Lines' MC8 Crusader is one of this month's first unusual...
AILSA Bus will definitely continue to contend in the double deck bus market, said general manager Sandy Glennie, when a...
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end. It was introduced by he former Belfast Corporaion Transport Department in 970. Citybus replaced the tokens iith flat...
LONDON Transport is still the world's No I transport authority — despite its deterioration over the last few years, claimed...
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CARGO Van Equipment L.: has extended its Bridgeni Glamorgan plant to cater fi increased demand for truc and trailer bodies....
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!Vlore loads in '78 RECENT economic survey a large operator in the iulage business has come to )me interesting conclucms....
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I was interested to read about British Rail's trick film at Byfield showing up commercial vehicles in the worst possible...
ALTHOUGH temporarily residing in Canada, I am able to keep up with what's happening in the commercial vehicle field throughout...
There were some inaccuracies in the Berliet TR 280 spares prices quoted in CM's imported vehicles number (March 3). I hope you...
quatiso Thank you for the CPC exam questions which appeared in CM, March 17. I am sure that future candidates for the exam...
• 1 6 Wog . ka I read with interest your article on the CPC, particularly since I intend to sit the exam myself. I sincerely...
I am doing a topic on commercial vehicles hgv/ psv and I was wondering if any of the readers had any spare information such as...
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EFFICIENT use of demountable bodies can save up to 20 per cent on distribution costs. When a claim like this is made by a user...
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VERSATILITY is an essential for the smaller bodybuilder who, unable to match the big boys when it comes to volume production,...
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Specially for you BUYING a basic vehicle ex-stock is much like buying a ready-made suit off-the-peg. You get what you pay for:...
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REFRIGERATION systems fall into two basic categories: mechanical and chemical. The former is the better known as it includes...
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Four single Channel crossings by lorry drivers on Brittany Ferries' Portsmouth — St Maio or Plymouth — Roscoff routes confer...
Maximum credit value is £400, which must be accumulated within 12 months. Proof of crossing is a date-stamp in a passbook...
"There's a big demand for diesels in Haiti." That news shattered my dreams of one day escaping to a daribbean paradise. I had...
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INEVITABLY a time comes when it is prudent to replace a vehicle with a newer model — though the age at which it becomes . an...
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CRANE Fruehauf Rigids Ltd is well known for its range of Imperial Bodies and Pengco demount systems built in large numbers on a...
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NEARLY every school leaver was expected to know the answers to 17 questions prepared by the Institute of Mathematics to test...
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IT'S gratifying to come across a firm where workers have been consistently putting in overtime — even in the depths of the...
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confident. The first inspection went very well but once over the pit, I was warned on three counts of chafing pipes, one set of...